In the Samvat year 1876 on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Magh, Swami Shree Sahajanandji Maharaj was seated on a thick mattress and a bolster spread on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the west near the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada He had put a white upper garment over His shoulder and covered His body with a rich saffron colored cloth interwoven with gold and silver threads at the ends. He had put a headdress made of an equally rich sky colored cloth on His head. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly.
Then Muktanand Swami asked. “Maharaj, there is a reference to a dialogue between King Janak and the nine Yogeshwar in the eleventh canto of Shreemad Bhagawat Therein is given the description of the Bhagawat Dharm. (religion based on moral-integrity, knowledge. non-attachment and devotion) Please tell us how we can nourish and advance Bhagvat Dharma. Also please tell us how the door to one’s ultimate redemption can be opened.”
Shreeji Maharaj replied. “Bhagawat Dharm can be nourished by association with an ekantik saint [a single minded saint] of the Lord who worships Him with moral integrity, knowledge. non-attachment and devotion accompanied with knowledge of His greatness. The doors to the ultimate redemption also can be opened by association with
such a single minded saint. Bhagawan Kapildev in His address to Devahootee said.:
It means just as the soul is deeply attached to his bodily relations. he must be so deeply attached to the single minded saints. Then only the door to one’s ultimate redemption can be opened.”
Then Shukmuni asked. ‘What are the signs that indicate that a person is not likely to falter from his path of religiosity even in times of the greatest calamity?”
Shreeji Maharaj replied. “One who is alert to obey the wishes of the Lord. one who never goes against His wishes. however great or small the wishes may be, will never falter from his path of religiosity even in times of the greatest calamity. One who has firm faith n the words of the Lord will remain steadfast in his path of religiosity and will remain steadfast in the holy fellowship.”
