In the Samvat year 1876 on the fifth day of the bright half of the Month of Magh in the evening Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid on the platform under the neem tree near the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Garlands of yellow flowers adorned His neck, and bunches of yellow flowers were studded over His ears. Tassels of yellow flowers were hanging from His turban. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj asked the assembly to start questions and answers. Thereupon Nrusihanand Swami asked, “Maharaj, it is said in the scriptures that:   [I am one and alone. I would like to multiply and create the world]. This is interpreted by some scholars and Vedanti philosophers as ‘God was alone at the time of dissolution and out of His own will. He assumed the forms of souls and Ishwar at the time of creation of the universe.’ Such an interpretation can convince only fools. We do not think that it is so, as we have fully surrendered to you. We understand […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Magh in the evening, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid on the platform under the neem tree 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 white cotton shawl. He had put a white turban on His head. A tassel of yellow flowers was hanging from His turban and a garland of yellow flowers adorned His neck. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Muktanand Swami said, “Maharaj, please explain to us what is savikalp samadhi [trance with self-consciousness and what is nirvikalp samadhi [trance without self-consciousness]. Shreeji Maharaj replied, “Vicious thoughts will not arise in the mind of one who has fixed his mind on the divine image of God. His mind will always be full of auspicious thoughts such as : ‘I would like to be like Narad and Sanak and Shuk, or I would like to go to the hermitage of Shree Nar Narayan, stay there in the […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the third day of the bright half of the month of Magh, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid on the platform under the neem tree in front of 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 white cotton shawl. He had put a white turban on his head: Tassels of yellow flowers were hanging from his turban. Bunches of white and yellow flowers were studded over His ears and garlands of yellow flowers adorned His neck. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then a Brahman who was a follower of the Vedanta philosophy arrived and took his seat in the assembly. Shreeji Maharaj addressed him and said, “Your philosophy establishes only o n e and absolute Brahm and considers all other things like soul, Ishwar, Maya, universe, Veda, scriptures, bran, Smriti, Itihas to be mithya [unreal]. But I cannot follow your philosophy and I am not prepared to believe in it also. Please explain t o me its soundness. You must base […] read more

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In the Samvat year. 1876. on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Paush. Shreeji Maharaj was seated facing the west, on a wooden bedstead laid under the neem tree in front of the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white turban on His head, and .a4 tassel of yellow flowers was hanging from His turban. Two bunches of white flowers were studded over His eds. and a garland of white and, yellow flowers adorned His neck. He had covered His body with a white cotton shawl and put a white upper garment over His shoulder. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj said. “An ignorant person, even if he renounces this world, cannot get rid of his love for his birth place.” With these words Shreeji Maharaj displayed a scar on His thigh caused by the spike of a tree in His childhood and said. ‘Whenever I see this scar, I am reminded of the tree and the pond. It is very difficult to eradicate from one’s mind the memory of one’s own birth place, […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Paush. Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid on the platform under the neem tree in front of the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Garlands of white and yellow flowers adorned His neck. Two bunches of white flowers were studded over His ears. A tassel of yellow flowers was hanging from His turban, and another tassel of red flowers of arnica was studded over His turban. He was playing with a ball of white flowers in His right hand. Thus He was seated in full glory and elegance for the pleasure of His devotees. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj said. “If one who has renounced the world and adopted the-life of a renunciate is attracted towards the unreal things of this world and not towards God, then he can be compared with a pauper standing beside a millionaire. A pauper does not possess a garment worth the name to cover his body. He picks up […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the twelfth day of the dark hall of the month of Paush, Shreeji Maharaj was seated facing the east, on a wooden bedstead laid under the neem tree in front of the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then addressing the saints Shreeji Maharaj said, “Either you ask me a question or I ask you a question.” Thereupon the saints said: ‘You may please ask, Maharaj”. Then Shreeji Maharaj said. ‘There is a man who is not so intelligent, but he is not tired of doing all that is necessary for his own good. And there is another man who is highly intelligent and is able to point out the faults of even the great persons. But he does not follow the path of his own good. What is the reason?” The saints tried to give an answer but could not give a satisfactory one. Shreeji Maharaj raised a doubt on very point. At last Shreeji Maharaj said. ‘Well, I will give the answer. Though the person […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Paush in the morning Shreeji Maharaj was seated facing the south on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the west in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white turban on His head and a white upper garment over His shoulder. He had covered His body with a large white double sheet of cotton. Garlands of flowers adorned His neck and tassels of silk threads and flowers were hanging from His turban, and two bunches of flowers adorned His ears. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Saints were singing devotional songs with the accompaniment of musical instruments. Then Shreeji Maharaj asked the saints to stop singing and start questions and answers. There upon Brahmanand Swami asked, ‘The supreme Lord is beyond everything and is the abode of perfect bliss. and yet the soul does not concentrate his mind on Him and is attracted towards worthless perishable worldly objects. What is the reason?” Muktanand Swami tried to give an answer but could not give a satisfactory […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the fifth day of the dark half of the month of Paush in the afternoon. Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the east near the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white upper garment over His shoulders and covered His body with a white cotton shawl. He had wrapped round His head a short white garment with saffron color at the ends. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Muktanand Swami asked, “The scriptures have described innumerable ways of pleasing God. Please tell us which of them can help us in achieving our goal of pleasing God: Which one is able to do as much as which can be done by all the other ways taken together”. Shreeji Maharaj replied, “I will tell you one single way that can help you in achieving your goal, as capable as all the other ways taken together. Taking firm refuge unto the Lord is the greatest of all the means of pleasing Him. Your act of taking […] read more

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