CE Day Event Vikram Samvat Month Tithi     || 3 September ||     1820 Sunday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-7 In this Vachanamrut, Bhagwan Swaminarayan explains that where the mind and senses do not crave for worldly object, ""That place should be known as Naimisharanya Kshetra. Pious deeds such as chanting the name of God, austerities, observances, meditation, puja, etc., commenced there flourish rapidly, day by day. Furthermore, that Naimisharanya Kshetra should be known to be wherever God’s Ekantik Sant resides."" Concluding, Shriji Maharaj states, ""One should seek liberation wherever one sees such a Naimisharanya Kshetra in the form of the association of the Sant, and one should remain there with an absolutely resolute mind. 1876 Shrãvan vad 11             1823 Wednesday Vachanamrut Gadhada II-33 Bhagwan Swaminarayan describes three components, which when practiced together, enable a person to practice the vow of non-lust. "One is to conquer the mind by constantly contemplating in one’s mind, ‘I am the atma, not the body.’ Also, the mind should be continuously kept engaged in the nine types of bhakti, i.e., listening to spiritual discourses related to God, etc.... "The second component is to keep the prans under control. Shri Krishna Bhagwan has said in the Bhagvad Gita, ‘One’s diet and activity should be kept regulated; that is, one should not keep a strong yearning for food.’ One who behaves in this manner is said to have kept his prans under control... ""The third component requires one to control one’s body by physically keeping it within the niyams prescribed in Satsang for each individual." 1879 Shrãvan vad 13             1984 Monday Murti-pratishtha at Los Angeles 2040 Bhãdarvo sud 9                             || 4 September ||                 1820 Monday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-8 This is one of the shortest Vachanamruts and in it Bhagwan Swaminarayan describes the characteristics of jealousy, ""Jealousy develops from the egotism that a person harbours within his heart. In fact, anger, matsar and asuya also arise out of egotism. But the characteristic of jealousy is that one cannot bear to see even someone greater than oneself being honoured. A person who has such a nature should be known to have jealousy within his heart. Moreover, one who has extreme jealousy cannot bear anyone’s greatness. 1876 Shrãvan vad 12             1988  Sunday Murt-pratishtha at Houston Mandir, TX 2044 Shrãvan vad 9                             || 5 September ||                   1820  Tuesday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-9 In this Vachanamrut, Shriji Maharaj is described as wearing a white surval and angarkhu. 1876 Shrãvan vad 13             1823 Friday Vachanamrut Gadhada II-34 Bhagwan Swaminarayan explains that the elements which comprise the body are inanimate, while the jiva which resides with the body is 'chaitanya' (animate). 1879 Bhãdarvo sud 1             1970 Saturday Murti-pratishtha at Mahuva 2026 Bhãdarvo sud 4             1998 Saturday Murti-pratishtha at Augusta, GA 2054 Bhãdarvo sud 14             1990 Wednesday Murti-pratishtha at Samarvarni 2046 Bhãdarvo sud 15             2003 Friday Murti-pratishtha at Jesarva 2059 Bhãdarvo sud 10                             || 6 September ||                   1820 Wednesday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-10 Shriji Maharaj walks from the village Kundal to Khambhda. There, under a pipal tree, he discourses to the village folk, ""In this world there are two types of people: those who follow the path of righteousness and those who follow the path of unrighteousness. Of these, one who follows the path of righteousness forsakes stealing, adultery, slander and all other forms of sin. Fearing God, such a person remains within the disciplines of dharma. As a result, everyone in the world trusts him, be it a member of his family or anyone else, and whatever he says is accepted by all as the truth. Only such a person who observes dharma likes the company of a true sadhu. “On the other hand, a person who follows the path of unrighteousness is engrossed in evil deeds such as stealing, adultery, eating meat, drinking alcohol, changing someone’s caste by force and having one’s own caste changed by force. As a result, no one in the world ever trusts him. In fact, even his own relatives do not trust him. Such an unrighteous person never likes the company of a true sadhu. In fact, if someone else were to keep the company of such a sadhu, the unrighteous person would spite him too. 1876 Shravan vad 14             2000 Wednesday Murti-pratishtha at Songadh 2056  Bhãdarvo sud  8                             || 7 September ||                   1820 Thuresday "Vachanamrut Sarangpur-11 Shriji Maharaj describes what spiritual progreee may be attained by personal endeavor, "One who, by the words of the Sadguru and the scriptures, has attained firm vairagya, has firm shraddha, strictly observes the eight aspects of brahmacharya, has affinity towards non-violence and absolutely firmly realises oneself to be the atma is relieved of the burden of births and deaths which hangs over one’s head. Then, just like a grain of rice that has had its outer chaff removed does not grow, a mukta who has the virtues just mentioned is freed from eternal ignorance in the form of maya. He is thereby freed from the cycle of births and deaths and attains the state of atma-realisation. This much can be achieved by personal endeavour." 1876 Shravan vad 30             1821 Friday "Vachanamrut Gadhada II-16 Muktanand Swami asks, “Can the desires for the panchvishays be conquered by vairagya, or can they be conquered by other means?” Shriji Maharaj answered, “Whether or not one has vairagya, if one diligently observes the niyams prescribed by God, then the desires for the panchvishays can be conquered." 1877 Bhãdarvo sud 10             1996 Saturday Murti-pratishtha at Charlotte, NC 2052 Shravan vad 10                             || 8 September ||                   2002 Sunday Murti-pratishtha at Columbus, OH 2058 Bhãdarvo sud 2             1820 Friday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-12 Shriji Maharaj describes the characteristics of a person who has understood the distinction between the perishable body and imperishable atma, ""Once a person has clearly understood the distinction between the body and the atma, it cannot be forgotten. Even if he believes, ‘I am the body,’ he can no longer accept himself as the body. Also, once he has firmly established the conviction of God, even if he tries to discard it, it cannot be discarded. Furthermore, the notion that his realisation of himself as atma has been lost and the belief that he is the body has begun to prevail is simply a misconception of his mind; the belief never actually returns. Such a devotee with perfect gnan is conscious only of his atma. Also, he believes his atma to be brahmarup and that Purushottam Bhagwan – also known as Parabrahma – forever resides in that brahmarup atma. Also, his conviction of God remains forever steady." 1876 Bhãdarvo sud 1             1996 Sunday Murti-pratishtha at St. Louis, MO 2052 Shravan vad  11                           || 9 September ||       1820 Saturday Vachanamrut Sarangpur-13 Shriji Maharaj explains how a person's faith in the scriptures helps spiritually, ""If one does have faith in the scriptures, one would never turn away from God. Why? Because the scriptures describe an endless variety of divine actions and incidents of God; so, regardless of which action God performs, it will never be outside of the scriptures. Therefore, only one who has faith in the scriptures is able to develop unshakeable faith in God, and only such a person attains liberation. In addition, such a person would never deviate from dharma." 1876 Bhãdarvo sud 2               1827 Sunday Vachanamrut Gadhada III-22 Shriji Maharaj says, ""One who has already maligned a devotee of God and whose maligning attitude has become established will under no circumstances be able to eradicate that attitude. On the other hand, another person who is in the process of maligning, realises, ‘I have committed a grave sin in maligning God and His devotees; therefore I am extremely vile, and God and His devotees are extremely great.’ When one sees others’ virtues and sees faults within oneself in this manner, then any sins one may have committed will be eradicated, however grave they may be." 1883 Bhãdarvo vad  4

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