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

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

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

In the Samvat year 1876 on the third day of the dark half of the month of Paush in the morning, 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 and a white upper garment over his shoulders. He had covered His body with a white cotton shawl. He had applied sandalwood paste blended with saffron on his forehead. A garland of white flowers adorned His neck and a tassel of white flowers was hanging from His turban. 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 am going to ask you a question. There upon the saints and the devotees said with one voice. ‘You may please ask, Maharaj.” Then Shreeji Maharaj pondered for a long time and then said, ‘The lustful souls in this world cannot live without enjoyment of the objects of the five senses. Just as such persons enjoy the objects of the senses, the devotees of God also enjoy the […] read more

In the Samvat Year 1876 on the second day of the dark half of the month of Paush in the evening. Shreeji Maharaj was seated on a thick mattress and bolster laid in the veranda in front of the hall facing the east in His own residence. He had put on all white garments. Then Yoganand Swami asked. “Maharaj there are two types of devotees of God. One leads a detached passive life and never hurts anybody by words. The other serves God and His devotees by offering food, garments, flowers, etc. But he may hurt others by words. Which of the two is superior ?” Shreeji Maharaj did not reply to this question, but called for Muktanand Swami and Brahmanand Swami and asked the same question and waited for their reply. Thereupon the two saints said. “One may hurt others by words, but he is the superior of the two because he serves God and His saints. Of course the other leads a detached secluded life and never hurts any body by words. But thereby he does not serve God and His saints. He must be considered powerless. One who serves God and his saints is the true devotee. […] read more

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

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