In the Samvat year 1876, on the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Paush at noon. 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 all white garments. A tassel of white flowers was hanging from His turban and bunches of flowers adorned His ears. A garland of guldavadi flowers adorned His neck. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Saints were singing devotional songs. Then Shreeji Maharaj said, “Listen to me. I want to tell you something today.” There upon the saints stopped singing and became anxious to hear Him. Then Shreeji Maharaj said, ‘While singing devotional songs with the accompaniment of various musical instruments like mridang, sarangi saroda, tall etc, if we forget God, our singing is as good as no singing. Many people in this world sing songs and play musical instruments, but forget God. Such people do not get peace of mind. Hence we should sing devotional songs, or recite His names, or chant the names of Narayan or do what ever we […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 in the evening of the third 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 covered His body with a large white double sheet of cotton and had put on a white turban on His head. A white upper garment with black borders was put over His shoulders. He was seated facing the east. Saints were singing devotional songs with the accompaniment of musical instruments like zanz and pakhaj. etc. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj asked the saints to stop singing and said, “All of you please listen to me. I want to say something to A you to-day.” With these words He closed His eyes for a long time and remained in deep meditation. Then He said, “If a devotee desires to highly please God, the only means to do so is that he should have firm faith in his own Varnashram Dharm- [duties ordained by the holy scriptures according to the […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the second day of the bright half of the month of Paush, Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a thick mattress and bolster 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 turban on His head. Tassels of yellow flowers were hanging from it. A garland of yellow flowers adorned His neck. Bunches of white and yellow flowers were studded over His ears. He had covered His body with a white double sheet of cotton. He had put a white upper garment with black borders over His shoulder. He was listening to the reading of holy books. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Swami Shree Sahajanandji Maharaj said. “Listen to what I say. I am going to ask you a question”. There upon all the devotees said with due regards. “As you please, Maharaj.” Then Shreeji Maharaj said. “Who is the most ignorant of all? the ignorant persons?” All the devotees pondered over the question but could not give a satisfactory answer. So Shreeji Maharaj said, “Well, I will give the […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the first day of the bright half of the month of Paush, Shreeji Maharaj was seated in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada in the evening. He had put on all white garments. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj said, “In our holy fellowship devotees of God desire for their ultimate good. But it will not be sufficient for them to possess only atm-nishtha, faith in one’s own Self, born of knowledge. Such Knowledge alone will not achieve for them their ultimate good. Nor only love for God strengthened by nine kinds of devotion, nor non-attachment alone. nor even adherence to swadharm, one’s own path of duties, none of these will singly achieve the desired goal. One must practice all the four, because they are dependent on one another. I will explain how they are interdependent. If one tries to acquire faith in one self but has no love for God, he will not be able to earn His pleasure. He will miss the grandeur to be gained through His favor. He will not acquire the power to resist the influence of Maya. […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the sixth day of the dark half of the month of Margashirsh. Swami Shree Sahajanandji Maharaj, was seated on a wooden bedstead laid in the open space in front of the verandah of the hall facing the west in the early morning when the last quarter of the night was still to go, in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on all white garments. Then He called for the saints and the devotees. and sat before them engrossed in deep thoughts for a long time. And then began to address the assembly. He said. “Listen to what I have to say today. I rather feel like not telling you. But you are all dear to me. So I have decided that I must tell you what I think. Only those who understand what I am going to say now. and act accordingly will be freed from the bondage of Maya. Without such understanding, even if one studies the four Veda and six scriptures, and the eighteen puran and the historical volume like Bharat and understands their meaning or listens to them from others. he is never going to be free […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876 on the fifth day of the dark half of the month of Margashirsh. Shreeji Maharaj was seated in the Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada, in the hall facing the west and was listening to the reading of some holy texts. He had put on a white upper garment over His shoulder and covered His body with a white cotton shawl. He had put on a white turban on His head. A garland of yellow flowers adorned His neck. A tassel of yellow flowers was hanging from His turban. He seemed to be in an extremely pleasant mood. Then He called for Muktanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami and other saints. Addressing the assembly He said, “I feel there are some traces of unholy elements still lingering in our holy fellowship. Today 1 want to drive away these unholy elements and start a new chapter. I want to see that the new chapter spreads among the great saints, and followers of Sankhyayog [path of renunciation], and the followers of Karmyog. [path of action]. I will tell you who are these unholy elements and how they proliferate in our holy fellowship. They are engaged in loose discouraging […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the fourth day of the dark half of the month of Margashirsh. Shreeji Maharaj was seated 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 Shreeji Maharaj started His discourse with these words, “One who is able to discriminate sat the reality, from asat, the unreality, will be able to know his own faults, and will try to eliminate them with determination. But if he comes to know of any fault in a saint or a satsangi a member of the holy fellowship, he will not look to it, but will imbibe his virtues only. And in no case he will find faults in God. He will always believe as truth, whatever is said by the saint or God. He will never doubt their intention. If God or saints ask him to believe that he is the real thing, different from the physical body and the senses, mind and pran [breaths of life] also and that the body and things associated with it are unreal, he takes their words to be true and behaves […] read more

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In the Samvat year 1876, on the third day of the dark half of the month of Margashirsh, Shreeji Maharaj was seated 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 starting His discourse Shreeji Maharaj said. “One whose heart is full of devotion of the Lord, always thinks that he should do whatever the Lord and His saints tell him to do. Such a devotee is said to be a brave devotee. A brave devotee will never think that he will be able to do this much only, and will not be able to do other things. To hold the divine image of God in one’s own heart requires bravery. Even after many attempts, if he is not able to fix it in his heart, he will not lose patience, but will keep up his faith in God over and over again. If vicious thoughts enter his mind while holding the image of the Lord in his heart, and if such thoughts do not disappear inspite of being driven out, he remembers the immense greatness of God, and considers […] read more

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