In the Samvat year 1876, on the seventh day of the bright half of the month of Magh in the evening, 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 turban on His head and covered  His body with a white cotton shawl. He had put a white upper garment over His shoulder. Tassels of yellow flowers. Were hanging from His turban and garlands of yellow flowers adorned His neck, and bunches of yellow flowers were studded over His ears. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Then Shreeji Maharaj looked at the devotees with great compassion and said, “All of you listen to me. I want to ask you a question. It is said in Shreemad Bhagavat that devotees of God do not aspire for the four types of mukti-[redemption]. Even other great devotees of God also say that the devotees of God do not aspire for the four types of mukti-redemption. These four types of redemption are as follows: The first is to reside in the divine abode […] read more

In the Samvat year. 1876 on the sixth day of the bright half of the month of Magh, Shreeji Maharaj was seated facing the west on a wooden bedstead laid on the platform under the neem tree in front of the temple of Shree Vasudev Narayan in Durbar of Dada Khachar in Gadhada. He had put on a white turban on His head and covered His body with white cotton shawl. He had put a white upper garment over His shoulder. Bunches of yellow flowers were studded over His ears. Saints and devotees from various places had gathered before Him in an assembly. Some Brahmans belonging to the Vedant philosophy were present in the assembly. When Shreeji Maharaj saw them He said to them, ‘Those who have studied the Vedant scriptures or heard them say that ‘The rules of Vidhi and Nishedh [‘do’s and ‘dont’s of scriptures] are false. Heaven and Hell to be gained by observing these do’s and ‘dont’s are also illusions. The preceptor and the disciple are also illusions. And the only one ultimate reality is the all pervading Brahm. What do they mean by such statements ? Shankaracharya, the exponent of the Vedant philosophy has ordained […] read more

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

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

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

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

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

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