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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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