In the Samvat year 1876 on the first day of the dark half of the month of Paush in the evening, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the north. near the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white turban on His head, and a white upper garment over His shoulders. He had covered His body with a white cotton “shawl. Garlands of white’ flowers adorned His neck Tassels of white flowers were hanging over His ears, and wreaths of white flowers adorned His wrists Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Saints were singing devotional songs. Then Shreeji Maharaj said, ”Let us now start questions and answers.” There upon Deenanath Bhatt raised a question, “Maharaj sometimes the mind is full ‘of thousands of ideas, but none of them leaves any impression on the mind. But sometimes only a small idea crops up in the mind and it leaves a permanent impression on the mind. What is the reason? And what is the remedy for a devotee of God to clear his […] read more

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In the Samvat yea 1826 in the evening of the full moon day of the month of Paush. Shreeji Maharaj was seated 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 sod- a white upper garment over His Shoulders. He had covered His body with a white cotton sheet. Garlands of white flowers adorned his neck. A tassel of white flowers was hanging from His turban. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj told the assembly to ask Him questions. There upon Gopalanand Swami said. “Please tell us how our devotion, accompanied by morality, knowledge and non-attachment, can grow in intensity.” Shreeji Maharaj replied, ‘There are four factors which can intensify the strength of devotion: sacred place, auspicious time, auspicious actions and company of saintly persons. Out of these four factors, the effect of auspicious actions is very little. But the effect of time, place and company is very great. Actions are bound to be auspicious if the place is sacred, time is auspicious and there is […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the fourteenth day of the bright half of the month of Paush, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall near the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Saints were seated before Him in a row for dinner. Then Shreeji Maharaj said, “When a devotee is destined to fall from our holy fellowship the first thing that happens is that vicious thoughts arise in his mind. First of all he begins to find faults with each and every member of the holy fellowship and thinks that is the only wise person in the fellowship and all others are fools. He thinks himself to be the wisest of all. As a  result be feels uneasy in his mind, day and night. He is not able to rest at one place during the day, and at night sleep eludes him. His anger never subsides. He feels suffocated like a half burnt log of wood. If anyone feels like this, it indicates that he is about to fall from the holy fellowship. Such a […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the twelfth day of the bright half of the month of Paush before sunrise. Shreeji Maharaj arrived in the residential place of the saints in the Durbar of  Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white headdress on His head and covered His body with a large white double sheet of cotton. He had put a white upper garment over His shoulders. We was seated on a platform facing the west. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Shreeji Maharaj fixed His eyes on the tip of His nose for a while and then started His discourse with these words. Everyone desires to worship Gad. But everyone’s  understanding about God is different from others. God resides in all respects in the heart of those who know that it is God who keeps this earth steady  and it shakes when He shakes it. He has kept this star- studded-sky high above us without any support. Under His command god of rains send rains Sun and Moon rise and set. The moon waxes and wanes and the oceans keep within their bounds. A human being is produced from a […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the eleventh day of the bright 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 in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on a white turban on His head and put white upper garment over His shoulders. He had covered His body with a large white double sheet of cotton. Two large flowers of guldavadi adorned His ears and a tassel of flowers was hanging from His turban. saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Saints were singing devotional songs with the accompaniment of musical instruments, like tal and Then Shreeji Maharaj asked the saints to stop singing and said, “Listen to me. I am going to sing ,a different sort of devotional song today.” There upon the saints said, ”Very fine. Kindly begin.” Then Shreeji Maharaj said. “It is very nice if, one is engrossed in. the divine image of God, while singing amorous devotional songs. But it is a matter of  great loss if one also takes interest in things other than […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the seventh day of the bright half of the month of Paush in the morning, Shreeji Maharaj had been to the residential place of the saints in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on a white upper garment over His shoulders and covered His body with a large double sheet of cotton. He had put a white headdress on His head. He was seated facing the east. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then addressing the assembly mercifully Shreeji Maharaj said; ‘Though a devotee may perform his own duties perfectly, he does not experience full contentment in his heart. Full contentment is achieved by faith in one’s own self and perfect knowledge of the greatness of God. If he lacks in these two qualities, he will not experience full contentment. Hence a devotee should try to achieve these two qualities with a, firm determination. If he lacks these two qualities, there will be a proportionate failure, in his attainment of the state of trance. Recently I sent a female devotee into trance. In the trance she so much light around her that she […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 at sunset on the sixth day of the bright half of the month of Paush. Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the east. in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on a white head-dress on His head, and had covered His shoulders with a white upper garment. He had put on a red woolen jacket and had covered His body with a large white double sheet of cotton. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj addressed the saints and said today I am going to explain to you the State of mind attained through knowledge. Knowledge is beyond Prakruti and Purush. When one acquires knowledge, one loses the consciousness of Prakruti and Purush and their creation. This is called Gnanpralaya [dissolution due to knowledge]. In such a state of mind me sees only the universal spirit uniformly pervading every where. Therein one sees only the image of the Lord, and no other mage is seen there. Sometimes even the image of the Lord is not visible and one sees only […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1856 on the fifth day of the bright half of the month of Paush, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the east in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put a white headdress on His head. He had put on a white jacket and white trousers. He had tied a saffron colored rich garment with golden borders round His waist. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then mercifully Shreeji Maharaj started His talks with the saints and said, “The book of Vasudev Mahatmya is very dear to me because therein is described the method of worshipping God in full details. Devotees of God are of two kinds. One has a firm faith in God. But his mind is attached to his physical body. The other considers his real Self to be spiritual entity as distinct from the three kinds of bodies: sthool, sookshma and karan: physical, subtle and causal] in all the three states of consciousness: jagrat, swapna, and sushupti i.e. wakeful, dreams and dreamless sleep. He visualizes his Sex to be very bright. […] read more

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