In this world, people understand religion in 2 ways: one is "community religion" & the other one is "duty". If one is fulfilling duty towards his children then he says, 'It is my religion' & when one does worship & prayers in the temple, one says, 'I practiced religion'. But what is the correct understanding in all this? The interactions that we do with each other- between parents-kids, husband-wife, mother & daughter-in-law is all out of duty, whereas religion is an int...

Except for a few saints & the Gnani Purush, everybody in this world constantly thinks about how to get more & more money, don't they? But no one knows the basis on which money comes or doesn't come. This knowledge is there only with an enlightened being. Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan reveals that one earns money neither through intellect nor through hard work. You earn money as a result of merit karmas of past lives. And losses are due to demerit karmas of past lives. So, if ...

Neither do we like bondages of this world nor are we able to get rid of it, so how can one attain peace in all this? Bondages in this world are created due to attachment-abhorrence occurred with people in previous life due to aggression through thought, speech and action. So to free from these relations we need equanimity & pratikraman (three step process of reversal from aggression through thought, speech and action). If we dislike or have contempt towards any person th...

Due to Akram Vignan, one attains the knowledge of the Self in just 2 hours, after which the vision of the Self to the extent of second day of lunar fortnight is manifested within the followers. Now what spiritual efforts must followers take to progress from the second day of lunar fortnight to full moon & attain the state of absolute vision? If the followers keep 5 special directives of Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan even to the extent of only 70% then also their worldly inter...

In this world where ever we go there are differences. Now till the time there are differences there cannot be peace or happiness. Then how can one come out of these differences? Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan says that we should not let 'causes' of differences be sown, as a result, we will not have to face its consequences. The biggest cause of differences is to firmly hold on to our opinion & try to prove it right. But our opinion is correct from our view point but it can be ...

After attaining Knowledge of the Self one gets so many principle based keys to control the mind. Our mind is the result of opinions formed in the past lives & our today's knowledge is different from it. This is the basic foundation which one has to understand. And after understanding it, one has to act according to today's knowledge & not the mind. If one imbibes this subtle understanding then the mind cannot hinder liberation. This entire world is innocent, no one is at...

We humans are always alert of dangerous things, aren't we? Don't we stay away from 440 watts transformer? If we see a big snake don't we immediately take safe side? But we are unaware of the dangers of sexuality & its impulses. Moreover, we have assumed it to be means of complete pleasure. Marriage leads to rightful sexual relation between husband & wife. But that should also be in limits. But today it has further deteriorated to one having unrightful sexual relations. O...

We often hear people saying that our mind is very impatient, we should make it steady; mind wanders off, we should control it, don't we? But in reality it is the chit (Subtle component of vision and knowledge in the inner functioning instrument called antahkaran) that has become impure which causes uneasiness and makes one wander off. Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan has revealed this science. He does not bring the mind in between at all. The main cause behind everything is impu...

We use speech in all situations, sometimes our speech hurts others & sometimes it pleases others. We even happen to speak good-bad about our own self, don't we? One also gives opinions about others through speech. Since we don't have awareness at all stages, as consequence we suffer. Even if we say one bad thing about anybody through our speech then it will not only harm that person but also harm us & that too on a larger scale. If one happens to speak negatively about a...

The world is the puzzle itself'. One always feels entangled in this world. On one side, we have attained Knowledge of the Self whereby we want to stay as the Self, discharge our karmas & attain liberation. On the other side we are entangled in worldly interactions. These worldly interactions have obstructed our liberation but it is not their fault. We don't have the understanding to resolve these entanglements! Husband-wife; parents-kids; customer-businessman; boss-emplo...

In this world, till the time there is ignorance of one's true self, whatever one sees externally – husband, wife, children, house, money, body - illusory attachment is bound to occur on it. But whatever we see, experience through five senses, are all circumstantial relations & that's why with passage of time separation with them is bound to occur and whenever separation happens one often suffers pain & ends up seeing fault of the person or circumstance. But we do not rea...

In our routine life we often use words like command, teaching, etc., but we can understand these words only after an enlightened one reveals its actual meaning. What is commanding speech like? 'You don't have to eat potatoes. Take a vow that you will never eat potatoes. You will have to do like this.' It is in the form of an order. Whereas speech which is in the form of teaching will make one understand, 'To not eat potatoes has following benefits. If you eat potatoes th...

Are you aware of this saying, 'World is reflection of our vision'. If we change our vision the entire world appears faultless. But how can we change our vision? If one happens to meet a person who is ignorant of his Self then he becomes instrumental in strengthening one's wrong/deluded vision. However, if one meets a Gnani Purush then he becomes instrumental in one leaving his/her wrong vision & attaining right vision. We are not required to perform any action or change ...

No one likes to clash but still clashes happen in our houses, don't they? Lord does not reside in the house where there are clashes. The main cause of clash is ignorance. In this world, the nature of no two people is the same. But through this Knowledge of Self one learns to adjust everywhere. Business does not prosper in the house where there are clashes. So one must strongly resolve not to have clashes at home. How much ever loss one suffers but can it be more than the...

According to Gnani Purush true meaning of Samayik is to remain as the Self or to apply understanding of Knowledge of Self & not let any agitation happen for 48 minutes. Or to just think about the Self for an hour, to not let even a single thought of worldly matters occur is Samayik. To remain as knower-seer of one's mind-body-speech for an hour is higher form of Samayik. One attains Knowledge of Self in just 2 hours but without settling past karmas that's why Param Pujya...

Just by merely reading the word 'celibacy' many people think that this is not possible, we are married & this is a very high level talk. It is for saints! However, Akram Vignani Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan has opened the path of salvation even for married ones. In this world, women-children-husband-money, none of these things obstructs our salvation. It is only ignorance of our true self that obstructs salvation. Here it is not about controlling sexuality & its impulses but...

Every individual follows some religion since childhood, isn't it? Like we do devotional worship, service, penance, chant prayers, do fasting and what not? Still neither are we able to free ourselves from pain & suffering nor do we experience inner peace. Why are we still unable to free ourselves from anger-pride-deceit-greed-attachment-abhorrence-worries-tension-clashes? Where are we going wrong? One side we say 'I want to know the Self (Soul) & for that 'I do meditation...

One should understand form of 'Chit' in all its subtlety. One can know the mind easily but it is difficult to know the chit. Only the one who is beyond mind-intellect-chit-ego, the one who is constantly in the state of ‘Self’ can explain about chit. In simple terms chit is the combination of knowledge & vision. If there is impure knowledge-vision then it results in impure chit, which keeps on wandering. When knowledge-vision becomes pure then it results in pure chit whic...

Today in many families even if there is only one child, he/she becomes a headache for parents. Parents suffer right from his childhood & even after his marriage. And then the situation aggravates till the point where clashes happen & words like 'Get out of my house'; 'I don't even want to see your face' are used. But why all these happen? One often fails to understand the mystery behind it. All our relations of this life are due to karmic accounts of attachment & abhorre...

We often come across various right & wrong tricks to earn money in business, don't we? By comparing ourselves to others we often take up the wrong way to earn money. We only see the immediate gain but we are unaware of its consequences. But would we like if someone cheats us or cleverly takes more money from us or doesn't return our money or tricks us? We wouldn't, right? We would never want others to behave with us in this way then how can we behave with others in same ...