This Week In History(48) -

|| 26 November ||

Vachanamrut Gadhada I-7
Shriji Maharaj reveals His philosophy of five eternal realities, "These five entities – Parabrahma, Aksharbrahma, maya, the ishwars and the jivas – are eternal.”

|| 27 November ||

Vachanamrut Gadhada I-8
Shriji Maharaj guides, "One should indulge in the vishays only as prescribed in the scriptures; but one should never indulge in them by transgressing the regulations that are described in the scriptures. Also, one should keep association with the Sant and should shun bad company. In this manner, when a person shuns bad company and maintains association with the Sant, the sense of I-ness that he harbours towards his body and the sense of my-ness that he harbours towards his bodily relations are eradicated. He also develops profound love for God and vairagya towards everything except God.”

|| 28 November ||

|| 29 November ||

|| 30 November ||

Vachanamrut Gadhada I-11
Defining the nature of vasna, Shriji Maharaj says, “A desire within the antahkaran to enjoy vishays that have been previously seen, heard or indulged in is called ‘vasana’. Moreover, a desire within the antahkaran to enjoy those vishays that have not been previously indulged in is also called ‘vasana’.”

|| 1 December ||

Vachanamrut Gadhada I-12
Shriji Maharaj describes the abode of God, "The abode of God is without a beginning and without an end; it is divine, infinite and indivisible; and it is characterised by eternal existence, consciousness and bliss. I shall describe it using an analogy. Imagine that this whole world, with all of its mountains, trees, humans, animals and all other forms, is made of glass. Also imagine that all of the stars in the sky are as bright as the sun. Then, just as this glass world would glow with extreme beauty amidst this radiance, the abode of God is similarly beautiful. Devotees of God see this in samadhi and attain that luminous abode after death.”

Vachanamrut Loya-2
Shriji Maharaj reveals the qualities of those who do not fear death, “There are four types of devotees of God who no longer fear death and who feel completely fulfilled. These four types are: first, one who has faith; second, one with gnan; third, one with courage; and fourth, one with affection. These four types of devotees do not fear death, and they feel fulfilled while still alive.”

|| 2 December ||

Vachanamrut Gadhada I-13
Shriji Maharaj reveals the qualities of those who do not fear death, "The jiva, in its past lives, has performed many karmas – some with sattvagun predominating, some with rajogun predominating and some with tamogun predominating. As a consequence of those karmas, God grants that jiva a body of the udbhij category, or a body of the jarayuj category, or a body of the svedaj category, or a body of the andaj category. God also grants it the fruits of its karmas in the form of happiness and misery.”