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

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

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