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1. You should pray to God as much as it is possible, with single faith, and performing
your daily duties.
2. Lust, anger, and greed can be eliminated only with belief in God and with prayer.
3. Even unwillingly you should practice in repeating Gods names.
4. Of all the means to reach freedom from reincarnation, such as: constant service to
Vishnu in the period of Satya Yuga, practice of sacrifice in the period of Treta Yuga,
worship of God in the period of Dvapara, our era of Kali Yuga has preserved only
glorifying the names of God.
5. Hindu acknowledges only reverence of cow.
6. Him, who brings joy to people through pure speech, fair judgment, decent behavior,
and morality, God makes His authority on Earth.
7. When there is nothing left there is God.
8. The purpose of taking a meal is to unify body and soul. Amount of food should be
limited.
9. My son, you should always remember the following: the root of sickness is excessive
nourishment; the root of suffering is excessive love; the root of poverty is greed, the
root of sin is wealth.
10.The remedy eliminating suffering is as follows: eating proper food (what we eat, i.e.
bread), taking walks (directly walking on foot). When taken in the specified amounts,
both become medication from suffering.
11.Observance of fasts stops destruction of the body and makes it stronger. Such practice
facilitates purification of the soul. Observance of fasts is capable of bringing
deliverance from illness and suffering, as well as maintaining the internal balance of
human organism. My son, look at the lives of animals or birds. Once feeling even a
little sick they stop feeding. They do not take any outside medicine. They use
protective qualities of the internal powers of own bodies.
12.Devotee, I will tell you about an absolutely free and accessible pharmacy, a remedy for
all ailments. These remedies are earth, water, sun, and air.
13.My son, I will tell about yet another strong remedy. Do not tell you family and friends
about your illness. If your friend or relative learns about the illness, it would not think
to leave you. If well-wishers express their sympathy with you, this would only spur
the illness.
14.There is only one universal remedy, my brother, i.e. to learn to laugh.
15.Fame can be compared to the pigs excrements, majesty to the infernal flame, pride
to debauchery. That is why you should abandon them.
16.Dear soul, whatever you look at, nothing is what it seems to be. You are not this body,
you are eternal, and you are divine. That is why you should not be bothered by
condemnation or insult.
17.If you do not respond to the insult, a piece of happiness of the insulter will pass to you.
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18.Awakening of the energy of kundalini shakti (primordial cosmic energy, present in

every living being) is called gomedha yagya, opening of manipura-chakra (chakra in
the navel area) ashvamedh yagya, opening of anahata (chakra in the heart area)
shayena yagya, and opening sahastrara (area on the top of the head, where kundalini
energy meets God) soma yagya.
19.When mind (following cognition) becomes mature, in yoga teaching it is called
dharma-medha samadhi.
20.Guru-tattva (existence of the spiritual teacher, his essence, nature), as well as the
Almighty God is omnipresent, i.e. it exists everywhere. There is no difference
between them. Spiritual teacher is the form of God.
21.The land of Bharata-varsha will be prosperous. No evil will happen to it. Mother-cow
protects it. On the land, where Rama was born, a temple will be built in the joint
effort of the Hindu, the Muslims, the Sikhs, and the Christians. I bless everyone, and
grant everyone my grace. Even after I leave my body, my soul will continue to live on
the land of Bharata-varsha and take care of its prosperity. The world belongs to me
and I belong to the world.
22.A steady habitude of soul is called unmani or turyavastha. It is also called samadhi.
23.Sound Om, Gayatri-mantra are both equal to God Almighty. Sound is the form of
Brahma (Brahma, the world spirit, divine substance).
24.For family people practicing yoga is not a law. They should simply pray. This practice
is yoga. It helps mind to concentrate. This state is called bhava-samadhi (the sate,
which is reached by bhaktas with the help of strong divine emotion). It enables
strengthening connection with God.
25.Love and hate are roots of all conflicts in the world. Precisely because of them world
has so far failed to reach perfection. If man refuses them and will be able isolate from
them, he will be free from all suffering.
26.If a person, who practices other religion, begins to worship Lord Rama, becomes his
devotee and calls himself kshatriy, he will not be mistaken.
27.Dont ask about some yogis age, but always know his state. My state is the one, who
merged with Brahma, i.e. with God. (Note: Baba himself was the Supreme Absolute.
Brahma, or the world spirit, was in him). Precisely for this reason, one should touch
his feet for three times and repeat the following words: Gurusakshata para-brahma
taramai sri gurudeva namaha, taramai sri guruve namaha, taramai sri guruve
namaha, because he is the Supreme God above Brahma, Vishnu and all of the
demigods.
28.Not a single human wish is fully fulfilled. The wish of king Dasharatha was not
fulfilled completely, he was deceived. My grace is one thing. Your enjoyment is
another thing. Sickness, grieve, death are completely different things. All of them are
independent. A man can die but my grace is infinite, eternal.
29.The prayer to God should be only for Him to show us the way and not to let us fall
down. He is a sanctuary. This is his mystic nature.
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30.Wherever we go, we should consider the way as a religious procession around the
temple. Whatever we look at, should be considered as spiritual contemplation of
different forms of God.
31.Respectability means not only to accomplish good deeds and to abstain from
committing wrongness. Its particular significance is performing all instructions of
shastra (the Scripture) and authorities.
32.As a man cannot live without food, so life without a prayer is compared to nonexistence. Food is garment for the body, while the prayer is garment for the soul.
33.My son! I am neither a human, nor a kinnara (a mythical personage with a head of a
horse, half-god and half-human). I am neither a gandharva (a kind demigod, divine
singer and musician), nor a nag (a demon with a face of a human and tail of a snake),
nor a demigod, nor a demon, nor Shiva with hair folded in a flock on the top of his
head. I am a form of knowledge of God, and, as well as this sky, I am omnipresent.
34.Repetition of guru-mantra (prayer, mantra, for which a spiritual teacher provides
initiation to a man) in any form brings merit.
35.Mantra, received from a spiritual teacher, or a bija-mantra, is most useful, as it is a
mantra of wisdom, and with its help one experiences immediate sensation of the
shining mind.
36.Kundalini energy is paravack, which is represented by sound Om. On the other hand,
it is first of all, pasyanti (the second state of sound, when sound is not perceived
physically). Madhyama (audible sound, brute sound), and also vayshva (unheard
sound, delicate shound) are separate. In the state of pasyanti manasa-japam
(mental prayer) transforms into akhanda-japam, in which word form and meaning are
connected. This is called ajapa-japam. This is a natural super consciousness state of
yogi. It is called japam-siddhi or ishta-darshana. However, in the sound madhyama
word and sense are united, that is why it is possible to recognize it as manasa-japam.
Whether loudly spoken or sounded in a whisper, both mantras are part of vaikhari
(uttering the mantra aloud), as in mantra the word and sense are separated. When
mantra is spoken, first vaikhari is created, then madhyama and eventually, pasyanti.
Vibration of kundalini energy represents the sound Om.
37.Meditation about an inextricable link between jivatma (the individual soul) and
paramatma (the Supersoul) is called the state of samadhi. Jivatma is eternal, while
paramatma is filled with bliss. Awareness of ones own initial eternal and blissful is
the state of samadhi.
38.In the state of samadhi all desires retreat and jivatma is united with paramatma. In the
state of samadhi bonds of all desires are broken. Freedom from chains of desires
leads to destruction of karma, which generates awareness of ones own primordial
spiritual form (svarupa).
39.It is not possible to receive all of the worldly comforts and find God simultaneously.
40.Wherever you go, consider it as fulfilling parikrama (a religious procession around the
temple or Gods statue). Whatever you drink, enjoy it as you would enjoy nectar from
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the Lords feet. Whatever food you eat, take this meal as prasad (food, which is first
offered to God, and then eaten by His faithful devotees). When going to sleep, accept
it as a respectful bow to God, as a rest on His hands.
41.Never forget that you live for God. My son, the main thing is complete devotion to
God.
42.My son, a conflict between two ladies starts a burning flame. One of them is heart, the
other one is the name of God. If the name of God continuously touches ones heart,
this person will start to directly perceive God. This is beyond any doubt.
43.The eternal energy of paramatma is called maja. It is neither real, nor unreal. It is
beyond understanding. When it starts embracing you, do not even try to understand it.
Running from it as far as you can is wisdom, and also it is salvation. It is good to
know it, but it is dangerous to challenge it, because it is very strong. When you drop
the veil of maja you can get the opportunity to see God. Maja is only afraid of
devotion to God. That is why devotion to God is of particular importance.
44.Why do you seek salvation from maja? Is it so necessary to start a confrontation with
it? It runs the Universe. It is head over ears in this work. Its mere wish will put you
face to face with God. Its not wise to challenge it. It will be a mistake to take pride in
ones knowledge and austerity.
45.Never forget about God. Even if He for some moment forgets about you, your worry in
this case will also be devotion to Him.
46.Love of God starts with sorrow over separation with paramatma. Tears of love come to
the eyes and the whole world becomes hostile.
47.Gradually, as connection with the spiritual teacher or God grows, senses will come to
balance, and little by little there will not remain even the slightest notion of the
difference between the thought and the object, towards which this thought is aimed.
In this state breath will slow down and become regular. This state is called
janabhava--samadhi. This state brings liberation from false identification of self with
own body.
48.In the field of devoted love of God mainly dhyana-samadhi (the state achieved through
concentration of mind, meditation) represents all, as even one moment of this state
generates more bliss than even yoga-samadhi (going deep inside ones own self with
the help of yoga practice).
49.Appearing in the shadow of God, maja conceals its power this is a rule.
50.My son, this (my) nature is immense. I am present everywhere. These words you hear
now are the words of God.
51.In order to punish the sinners God sends suffering, grief, torments, diseases, etc.
Sometimes, exhausted by diseases or suffering, man, like the elephant-leader,
disregarding any obstacles, starts to pray. In this way he is liberated from suffering
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52.Therein, where there is temple of God, there is the statue of God; there one partakes of
nectar from His lotus feet.
53.Worship of the stone statue is the first stage of the ladder to God, a road to the training
of mind.
54.Because of own stupidity man considers ishta-mantra (mantra of the selected
patronizing deity) to be merely a combination of sounds, and Gods statue to be
merely a stone. A spiritual teacher often estranges from such man.
55.Who offers his ownership to God, who uses his knowledge for virtuous deeds, who
speaks for the benefit of others; he will become tilaka-ornament on Gods forehead.
56.When sadhak (observing, performing, practicing spiritual activity) takes control of his
senses and his own Self, completely confides in his teacher, 5 million times reads
mantra, he meets God.
57.Even years of praying do not bring such benefit as feeding the hungry, and comforting
the tears of the one who cries.
58.God is patit-pavan (correcting the sinners). He annihilates all of the sins. By all means
He will correct you. You need not be afraid of the memory of your sins. He will
through you into fire and all of your sins will turn into ashes.
59.Most people in this world are sinful. Direct your body to help other, to make everyone
happy.
60.Grace of saint people, mahatmas (mahatma great soul), which has no cause and no
passion, is granted to each according to ones inclinations, diligence and needs. Its
amount cannot be conditioned by the quantity of prasad that you offer.
61.My son, in order to find God it is necessary to have a pure soul. This will help to reach
material welfare. Leading your life in accordance with the instructions from shastra,
try to take all of the sadness and suffering on the chin. In due time this will take you
to God.
62.My son, Guru-tattva has a great significance. It is extremely mysterious. Owing to its
grace it is possible to grasp understanding of both worlds (i.e. material and spiritual).
The natural state of yoga is also conditioned by the favor of your spiritual teacher. In
sastra guru-tattva is valued even more than ishvara-tattva (aseity, His nature).
However disciples aptitude is conditioned by the favor of his spiritual teacher.
63.My son, if you board on a boat with me, then you should take inside a bundle of all
your earthly anxieties, as they are no more your concern.
64.God is compassionate to all. His natural grace flows constantly, as the rain does. So
what should a man ask God for? Then he forgets about a prayer. This is a greatest
tragedy.
65.My son, when my body ceases to exist, then without any fuss put it directly into
Yamuna. My eternal grace covers all of my bhaktas. (Sri Baba left an order to his
followers, so that as far as possible they should refuse taking meals with onion, garlic,
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beans, vegetable marrow, and observe ekadashi fasting). Dont give way to despair,
my devotees. I will come to existence again.
66.Disobedience to a spiritual teacher, censuring Veda and Shastra, distrust to the words of
acharya (aharya spiritual leader, guru, founder), treatment of the name of God and
His glory as empty words, commitment of evil deeds, behind a prayer, these all are
sins, a deliberate crime. Souls of such worshippers with never purify.
67.He, who concentrates his mind on God, on paramatma, which is always present in his
soul, has performed ablution in all of the holy places, like king Bali has given
presents to all honest brahmans, has received benefits from ten million sacrificial
offerings, has also received benefits from a righteous divine service, has pleased his
forefathers with the offering of delicious food, has helped them to reach divine
planets.
68.Considering the names of God contains a wonderful power. With His involvement a
soul can see the divine light, all of its vices subside, and gradually it receives the
sensation of being whole with paramatma. With the power of the name of God many
rishi (wise man, prophet of truth), muni (wise man, ascetic, a man who keeps silence)
Dhruva (epic hero), Prahlada (king of demons) and other bhaktas of God have been
liberated from reincarnation. In the age of kali there is only one way to receive
purification, and it is considering the names of God and meditating upon Him. Kali
yuga is only based on the name, that is why you should always remember this, and
always righteously consider the names of God.
69.Soul should also be considered as light, concealed by the five sheaths of rough physical
body. Likewise, taking into account the three states of body wakefulness, sleep and
deep sleep without dreams it should be considered pure, invariable and eternal.
70.He who celebrates humility, and also he, whose humility is celebrated by his devotees,
is a magic sound Om, which contains all of the names of God.
71.So you should gain control of your body, and give priority to the sound Om, and also
study it with diligence. Then God will appear like the hidden flame.
72.When you are free from your Self and My, you will reach closer to God. This is a
true delight.
73.Hand over to God everything you own. You will see that the day will come, when God
gives you all. If a believer truly relays on God, then He will undoubtedly preserve this
support.
74.Inferior social casts spring from the lotus feet of Vishnu and belong to Ganga (River
Ganga; Goddess of the River Ganga). Thus, from the point of view of shastra, all of
them are brothers of Ganga.
75.Gyana (knowledge), karma (activity) and worship of God are the three parts of whole.
Theres no principal difference among them. Gyana and karma are the integral
properties of strong faith. Similarly inevitable is the obstacle on the way to get
knowledge, and namely, concentration on the benefits that are generated by activity,
which is also the basis to worship of God. Unavoidability of karma has been proved,
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but through it one can also see the capacity for devotion and rejection. The difference
is only in the point of view. What, from the viewpoint of antarmukhi (turned inwards,
thought-immersed, meditating of divinity), is inconceivable (has no form), that, from
the viewpoint of baharmukhi (turned outwards, inclined to outward consciousness)
has many forms. That is why both yogi (who is practicing yoga; a disciple in any
field; an advocate for union with God) and gyani (sage; the one who has knowledge
of God) equally receive enjoyment. Yes, mostly it is possible to say, that the greatest
achievement of bhakta is reaching the highest bliss and that the finite goal of gyana
and yoga is the same. Following virtaka (thought) and vichara (thinking) there is a
state of bliss. Virtaka is doubt and hesitation. By immersing into virtaka, yogi learns
the properties of substances, and by immersing into vichara his vision can reach the
soul, the essence of the five universal elements and their primarily forms.
76.A word contained in Self, Self contained in mind, mind contained in mahatattva
(principle of mind or buddhi; Hiranyagarbha or Brahma), mahatattva, contained in
the soul are the means of reaching svarupa.
77.Exploitation of human body has only one reason, which is listening to the word of God
and, by following it, developing the ability to get knowledge of Him. He who
develops this ability will reach Him.
78.The man of truth experiences neither joy nor sorrow. By becoming chaitanya-svarupa
(aware of own true nature), he fully immerses into a primordial and natural state of
bliss.
79.Human being is an embodiment of love, mercy, worship and bliss.
80.I saw false differences, and in order to show union in their temporarily distinction, I
have presently started to consider Narayana-mantra (mantra, addressed to Lord
Narayana, i.e. Krishna) and Rama-mantra (mantra, addressed to Lord Rama)
together. I would like to consider them right now.
81.Taking a meal or milk one should accentuate the right side; and while drinking water
one should accentuate the left side. Otherwise the body will get sick.
82.When one gets to know own nature, the veil of maja falls and he can see his own divine
nature. This is called svabhava. One can grasp it by glorifying the names of God,
concentrating upon Him (meditation), and reading mantras. One, who comprehends
it, becomes bhakta. Svabhava transforms into love. When it opens, it naturally helps
mind to penetrate the realm of soul. Then mind starts into motion. This is the mystery
of prema-bhakti (overwhelming love of God). When this state is achieved, synna,
adjapa, anahata-nada disappear. Whereas syrti (constant contemplation over
something) flows unto nyrti (great love of, going deeply into something) and djiva
merges with Brahma.
83.Taking natural food and wearing clean clothes contributes to the purity of mind. Thus,
if a person having small income starts to eat meat, fish and other likely poor food,
wearing expensive clothes, then he will have to seek more means to support his
existence and existence of his family. Eventually it will become difficult for him to
maintain purity of mind. Perhaps he will have to turn into an unbeliever. Likewise, if
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a person receiving extensive remuneration starts eating unworthy food, he will have
to take an unrighteous path.
84.It is said that at the battlefield of Kamadhenu (magic cow, fulfilling wishes) an ear
was cut off and where blood fell into the ground, there tobacco plan sprout and then
grew all over.
85.True gyani knows that he is not the body, so theres no need to be proud of it.
86.If a person who prays, commits bad deeds, and thinks that all of his sins will be
purified, then he is deeply mistaken. It is said that this sin becomes a striking arrow of
Indra (king of the sky) and even Yama (king of the underworld beyond the grave)
fails to wash off such sin. Sin is the destruction of everything that helps to entrust
yourself to God, and receive His protection.
87.Desires are the root of all sorrows. Cut it down! But you can cut it down only with the
axe of knowledge.
88.If food is not clean, blessed and simple, then ego becomes stained and generates
vicious thoughts.
89.A healthy Self exists only in the healthy body. And only he has healthy body, who has
put his senses under control.
90.The union of Self, word and action is always maintained by food.
91.The majority of illness is generated by Self. If it is sick then body aches as well.
92.Therefore, do not let it get sick, do not allow for degradation of mind. Self is the
supreme sense of perception. It is the form of God. It is filled with infinite power and
force. Merely protect it from depression and be in joy. Whether Self is out of spirits or
in joy, conditions endurance and purity of mind.
93.Delusion is the root of all illness. And doubt often comes upon their invitation.
94.Self-control also contributes to maintaining good health.
95.Wealthy is the one, who possesses spiritual knowledge.
96.If instead of ailing someone you will put a ring on a right leg finger, a sense of
quiescence will come.
97.If when dying of rheumatism, bile (hepatitis) or phlegm (pneumonia), my bhakta loses
his spirituality and forgets about me, then I forget him not and bring him to
paramapada (supreme state, moksha).
98.Earthly benefits are distributed among men according to their deeds in the past life. In
turn, they are directly based upon actions (karma). Thus, earthly happiness depends
upon actions.
99.My son, like forge bellows fan fire, with each breath fan fire of bhakti (devotion, love
of God). All sins will be burned in it.
100. Until mind is connected to Self, the soul cannot purify. Try to keep mind connected to
the soul.
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101. Sharanagati (devotion) means being satisfied with own income in full faith and trust,
accepting them as His grace (faith + trust + satisfaction = Gods grace).
102. Considering every action as service to God, and consequences of these actions as
prasad, being equally truthful and decent with everyone, getting rid of anger and
greed is service to God. (every action + consequences of actions as prasad + equal
treatment for each and everyone + liberation from anger and greed = service to God)
103. My son, I am omniscient. There is nothing that could conceal from me.
104. When the sick drinks water, blesses with my name, he will be healed.
105. A person gets benefit from yoga in accordance to his abilities. As the light of sun rays
he absorbs different knowledge corresponding to his abilities.
106. Friendship with a happy person helps to get rid of envy. Sympathy for the unfortunate
help to get rid of desire to treat others badly. Meeting with a well-mannered person
and efforts to be like him help to get rid of jealousy. Ignoring sinners helps to get rid
of anger, aversion, etc. This is the life code of a spiritual disciple (sadhaka).
107. You should take meal seated, quickly finding a place to stay in private and removing
it from the sight of the others. You should eat in silence. You should eat food faced to
the East, while drink faced to the West. Seated in front of your meal you should bow
hands fold.
108. Energy of God rules the world. He endows His bhaktas with His grace in accordance
to their actions. However, the energy of a spiritual teacher us a boundless ocean of
sympathy and grace.
109. When sadhak (yogi, muni) tires of constant penetration into the essence of divine, of
studying the Scriptures like Ramayana, and his mind fails to think, paramatma
endows him with such powerful mind and gift of prophecy, that having grasped its
(paramatma) nature he finds wealth and all of these difficult tasks will be completed
easily.
110. As the daylight prevents from seeing the stars, so beyond the dazzling light of avidyamaya (ignorance, lack of knowledge; power of illusion in Brahman) it is not possible
to see God. The dual nature of joy and sorrow, emerging as a result of desires and
hostility, is interpreted by the majority of people as ignorance.
111. But he, who is fond of meditation, receives the highest grace of paramatma, which
destroys the root of ignorance in his heats with the light of knowledge. Such bhakta
can see the nature of paramatma and he is filled with it.
112. That is why bhakti is the way, following which with the grace of God, it is possible to
conceive His mysterious nature. With mere knowledge of Veda, Purana and other
Scriptures, or merely studying these texts it is not only difficult but also impossible to
conceive the nature of paramatma.
113. (It is important to remember) that God is the ocean of mercy. He cannot bear the
suffering of his bhaktas. (You are not taking off the veil) God reveals himself.
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114. These Self and mid are the riches of God. Dont consider them to be yours, give them
out under His protection take! Me Self is Yours, my mind belongs to You.
115. All of the intrigue is in Self, isnt it? It will not remain yours, and will not disturb you.
With the grace of God it will come to the state of rest and then he will open up to you.
116. Going deep into meditation, try to receive the grace of all-loving God. Undoubtedly
you will receive His grace. And when you will receive it, God will come into your
consciousness.
117. Do not give way to despair. Concentrate upon the prayer. He brings closer those, who
follow this road.
118. Do not worry over changes that occur in the world. Taken prisoners of earthly joys
and sorrows, we turn away from God, while He never turns his back on us.
119. Everything happens because its the will of God and will continue to happen
notwithstanding your desire. Theres no one who could delay the world. That is why
it is necessary to completely turn away from the world sansara (material world, the
Universe, perishable world; the worlds of continuous reincarnation) and address God
as often as possible.
120. If you remain under the influence of the world sansara, then you will have to laugh
and cry. Try to come under the fascination of illusion as little as possible. This is
wisdom.
121. It is wonderful when the spiritual teacher guides the activity. The object of meditation
can be God, guru, some definite object, and also the one who meditates.
122. Meditation is one for the forms for concentration of soul and intellectual
modification. In meditation of God it is important to have concentration both on His
name, and His form. Concentration upon the name of God leads to concentration
upon His form. Communication with bhaktas and grace of the spiritual teacher are
very important in order to develop the capacity of concentration upon God. Without
these two things it is impossible to reach bliss.
123. If during meditation on the image of God you will perceive several images, you
should see them as ishta (object of desire, selected ideal, a special form of God) or a
spiritual teacher.
124. Meditation on God should be considered the supreme means of worship of Him. But
upon one condition: devotion should be kept only towards one of the images, while
the rest should be considered to be merely variations of it.
125. In meditation thoughts and feelings are everything. (Feeling is the primarily image of
thought) When once you experience joy in meditation, then sattva-guna will start to
develop (one of the three guna, symbolizing something light and bright, like for
example, kindness and sanctity). Development of sattva-guna leads to concentration,
whereas concentration is love and God himself.
126. When sattva-guna is developed w start to perceive all of our earthly duties as
happiness and fulfilling the most laborious tasks brings joy.
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127. The birth of sattva-guna is the revelation of God.

128. When a strong bond to the object of mediation is developed, there are no rules left.
129. Bhava-samadhi also originates from concentration upon the object of meditation. In
this process Self, speech, breath, and body come at rest.
130. Gyana, karma, bhakti, religious ceremonies, and divine service, all sorts of worship
of God, facilitate spiritual development, whereas, meditation upon God is
the best method of all and the best spiritual practice.
131. Regular study of Veda is also one of the types of meditation, as they also provide
knowledge about the true nature of the object of meditation and help developing
attachment to His qualities.
132. During Kaliyuga kirtany have a great importance (celebrating the name and glory of
God). During kirtana chanting the power of sound is perfect. Imagination weakens
also.
133. If bhakta fails to find time to study Veda, rituals and other spiritual activity, and also
lacks intelligence because of ignorance, he will find the remedy in glorifying the
names of God. It is very important to go deeply into this practice. Sadhak starts to
rhythmically glorify the names of Gods, thereby developing animadika (animadika
the supernatural ability to reduce body weight, one of eight Siddhi supernatural
abilities).
134. He, who has no self-confidence, has no confidence in God.
135. When glorifying the names God or a spiritual teacher, bhakta and the name of God
merge together. Kirtana is the flame of word. With the help of kirtana the body
becomes brahman (one possessing knowledge, bliss, and the absolute) and achieves
such fortune, that even God is indebted to him.
136. Whatever states are mind, speech and body of djiva (living being), mind should
always remember God, speech should be continuously directed to glorify His names,
and body should be guided to perform the divine service. This is worship of God.
137. All universal knowledge is contained in Gayatri (a type of verse for Veda writing; the
most sacred Hindu mantra). At the same time Gayatri itself is part of all knowledge,
magnitude and purity of the world.
138. It is good to know Maja, but it is dangerous to challenge it, as it is very powerful.
Tearing away the veil of Maja it is possible to find the ability to see God. Maja is
only afraid of devotion to God.
139. When mind is diverted from everything and concentrated only upon God, then comes
the sense of sadhana (spiritual practice, perform rituals, etc.) and in this and
following incarnations all of desires are purified.
140. Main rituals that were performed in the past incarnation ensure a meeting with a good
spiritual teacher in this life. Otherwise it is very hard to receive a good spiritual
teacher.
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141. It is hard to achieve renunciation of sensual pleasures, direct experience of the soul,
and sahedjavastha (supreme state, that has become natural and constant) without the
grace of spiritual teacher.
142. A word or name liberating from ignorance is called mantra. Thus, under the influence
of mantra and accelerated by it, human life becomes what it should be like.
143. There are three important kinds of faith: faith in oneself (self-confidence), faith in
God and faith in the grace of God.
144. God is Creator, not me, and all belongs to Him, not to me as this will penetrate
your consciousness, Self will retreat.
145. The most sacred place for pilgrimage is your own soul. It doesnt accept gifts from
anyone, while is content with what it gets conditioned by achievements in past
incarnations.
146. With this memory the soul becomes mature. Meditation helps to enforce this memory.
That is why meditation is also considered to be one of the types of yoga, as well as
dhyana-samadhi.
147. In the field of bhakti dhyana-samadhi is all, because a single moment of dhyanasamadhi brings infinite delight, which is even more than that, which is achieved in
yoga-samadhi. Also in the field of bhakti memories, continuous remembrance, or
memory repeating time after time, is a necessary element of meditation, i.e. it is a
primarily form of love. As love (of God) is developing feelings start to balance, and
gradually there will be no slightest hint of the difference between the meditating
person and the object of meditation. In this balanced state your breath will also slow
down and will become regular. This is called bhava-samadhi. In this state comes
liberation from the false identification of self with the body.
148. My son! Such is the sequence of earthly lives: love (of God) is developed through
meditation, then develops a desire to receive it, further one finds himself under the
influence of anger (extreme ignorance) this brings memory into ignorance. Ignorance
of memory causes destruction of intelligence, followed by complete destruction. But
all of the abovementioned states are only possible, when there is desire of benefits,
received from the object of worship, i.e. not desire fore the object itself (vishayakar
vritti), but to the benefits that it brings (phalakar vritti). Im telling that if there is
only yearning for the object of worship, then even the greatest sinner can receive
freedom from reincarnation, because in vishayakar vritti there is only the game of
senses, whereas in phalakar vritti there is desire for benefits and their utilization.
(Naturally Baba meant that it is out of question lest feelings, memories, meditation,
etc. should not even mention benefit. Computing benefit means the end of vishayakar
vritti. You should keep commitment to your spiritual teacher or God, remember,
practice meditation, cherish love, but do not consider any benefit in these activities).
149. (Baba continues) Those beasts and birds, which, like the saints, adhere to vishayakar
vritti are better than modern men. Vishayakar vritti means that meditation is merely
concentration upon the object and nothing more, neither concern for the body, nor
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worry for the words in mantra and their meaning. There are only memories,
continuous memories, memory of the image, name, and nothing else.
150. Then body, breath and mind become whole. This is vishayakar vritti.
151. There may be a question: vishayakar vritti is free from concentration upon benefit but
still there are desires. Sri Baba says: Yes, my son! It is impossible to fully eradicate
desires, as they may appear in the form of phalasakti (desire to use benefits, results).
152. There are to ways to stop them. The first way is yoga, the second one is bhakti. In
yoga the object loses its qualities by merging into triputi (triad: observer sight
object). This eradicates desires as well.
153. In bhakti there is the following: the true nature of the object is separated from it. The
object of worship disappears, but the attachment to it cannot disappear. Gita says:
niraharasya dehinaha vishayaha vinivartante sarvadjanam (which means: by
separating the true nature from the object of worship, the soul continues to enjoy its
benefits).
154. (In this case) To the best of ones ability it is necessary to separate body and mind. I.e.
no need to concentrate upon neither physical needs, nor any of its particular activities,
as in both of the abovementioned cases mind develops attachment to the body.
155. If your mind will be directed towards the object of meditation, like the thick stream of
oil, then it will separate from the body on its own and cause kevalakumbha (sudden
breath-holding without prior inhale or exhale). Asana (pose, position) or ability to
perform pranayama (regulation and control of breathing) are yet another ways to stop
activity of the body. This practice of bhakti is called krija-yoga.
156. Thus, when ishta, or the object of worship, becomes the center of all desires there will
appear the ability for recollection of memories and meditation. When all of desires
and activities are put under control, what is left is knowledge, which is for bhakti the
form of aspiration for the image of God.
157. My son, there are four stages to reach bhakti: name, image, lila (divine games) and
dharma (pious way of life, as written in the Scriptures). In the majority of bhakti
trends these stages possess a great significance.
158. You need help of faith and trust for your spiritual activity. Thus, a spiritual teacher is
also an important link. At the first stage of spiritual activity, while you are reading the
mantra, given by the spiritual teacher, you have to go fully and deeply into the image
of your spiritual teacher. In order to do this you need a keen vision of a talented artist.
159. The proof of stable attention (in meditation) is what is in the kingdom of mind of
sadhaka: 1. The main start is meditation of guru-lila (of the works of spiritual
teacher). 2. At the second stage of spiritual activity feelings start tot melt, a feeling of
attachment to lila is developed, imagination ceases. 3. At the third stage of spiritual
activity one experiences the state of bliss. 4. At the fourth stage samarpana emerges
(gifting, offering, handing in, i.e. entrusting ones property to God), and the feeling of
love of ishta.
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160. Life energy in the state of spiritual meditation should be directed inwards Self, which
will gear development of sattva-guna, and turn Self to the quiescent state. Ego of the
ordinary sadhaka submerges into the life energy, which causes development of
imagination, and also the ability to glorify the names of God.
161. A union of the soul and God is the final goal of bhakta. Achieving it without the grace
of the spiritual teacher is impossible either in the past, or in the present, or in the
future.
162. When mind if concentrated, then by cognition and thought (cognition is the simple
form of thought) it becomes stable.
163. In the field of bhakti communication with other bhakta and regular studies of Veda
also teach cognition and thought.
164. Shankaracharya writes about the rules of meditation: You should make your mind
stronger by keeping it at the point of concentration; you should control your feelings.
Keeping your body motionless, do not worry about its desires or needs. What use is
there in vain talk?
165. It has long become the custom: If a weapon is used for good, this is not considered to
be a sin. Thus, if a soldier, who fights at the border, has killed several people, he is
not regarded to be a killer. Quite the contrary, he is honored as a hero. However, if
somebody uses this weapon to kill, he is considered to be a sinner.
166. Only an objective, but not a subjective, view of things gives understanding of their
true nature.
167. What can one refuse in the world? Desire of wealth and lust. What is worthy of
being in the body energy. If theres so much pleasure in bursting it out, you should
think of how much more pleasure should be contained in keeping it inside. Energy is
life. When it disappears it is death.
168. Of all the ways to free from the three sins of the material world, meditating upon the
names of God is the most simple and accessible - namayvadeva sarasham
siddhantam sarvada shivam.
169. Only meditation of the wise men makes possible control over feelings and finding
paramatma.
170. When you do your daily duties thinking about Sri Narayana at every moment, you
can find God.
171. Listen, my son! With regards to other mantra, Shastra doesnt allow those, who are in
the state of ashoucha (desecration, a state of the family after childbirth or death of a
close relative. In this case they cannot touch strangers and involve into charitable
work for some time) to read them aloud or to themselves. Instead of benefit this will
only cause harm. But this doesnt cover celebration of the name of mantraradji (the
king of mantra) Lord Hari. The name of God Sri Narayana should be glorifies hands
raised and so loud to make those who chant and who listen experience the state of
bliss. You can consider the names of God in any position. As the sun doesnt need
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help to clear the dark, and tiger doesnt need help to catch its prey, so sadhak
has a birth-given ability to glorify the names of God.
172. Kaliyuga cannot enter the house, in which the names of God are continuously
celebrated.
173. In each house where bhakta lives, glorify the names of God together with him and his
family. When you do this, faith and love of God will grow inside of you, as well as
mercy, purity, composure, patience, sense of equilibrium, tolerance, kindness,
knowledge, austerity, modesty and other virtues.
174. When a man repeats the names of God he is liberated from reincarnation, but when he
sings them aloud, he receives the right to set free the whole Universe from it. That is
why you should always repeat: Sri Rama, jaya Rama, jaya jaya Rama.
175. Self is disposed to deception and lies. It controls feelings and all are under its power.
It is the root of material progress and ever increasing desires. Through senses it
introduces all of material things to the soul, inducing it to partake of them, and thus
making it similar to oneself. Even if mind has potential to control feelings, as it is the
commander-in-chief (it has its weapon, which is the spiritual activity), however, if
Self is corrupted (the king is corrupted), then it breaks away and overrides not only
sense, but also mind and soul (as a king and commander-in-chief) and causes their
suffering in the material world.
176. As in time a pauper becomes a millionaire if he systematically gathers coins one by
one, so in time sadhak gains control over Self and achieves samadhi in the grace of
his spiritual teacher through and through regular practice.
177. Under the guidance of a spiritual teacher it is possible to correct Self. When Self is
under control, feelings also come under control. Yoga-Shastra says: as with the help
of practice Self comes into a quiescent state, so breath, speech, body and look also
quiet down.
178. Listen, my son! When his heartbeat is for ishta, then sadhak receives the ability to
day and night concentrate upon Him, meditate at Him and acquires knowledge of
intimacy with Him. Such devoted bhakta finds God very soon.
179. Make service to God with the feeling of dasya (dasya is one of the variations of
bhakti, when the believer considers himself to be slave to the worshipped deity), trust
Him with the feeling of sakhi (the believer considers himself friend to the worshipped
deity), love Him as gopi (girls-shepherdess, girl-friends of Krishna and His most
devoted servants). Undertake all of the material actions only for Him and His
satisfaction.
180. Devoted service brings knowledge. Knowledge is the result of devoted service.
181. Always rest under protection of God. Be devoted only to Him.
182. Gyani has to renounce the whole world. Then he achieves supreme bliss.
183. Bhakta is constantly in the state of being, he keeps his emotions.
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184. In practice gyani does everything, but as he experiences the feeling of sakhi, he has to
apply own efforts to cross the ocean of the existence. Gita says: gyani, whose
mind is in balance, considers that Vasudeva (one of the names of God Narayana) is
all and all is in Him sarvam iti.
185. My son, Brahma, paramatma and Bhagavan (God. Narayana or Hari) appearing as
whole from the point of view of substance, are a ternary system from the point of
view of perception. ) When the sun of knowledge rises in the mind of sadhaka, the
light of God penetrates Him. This is Brahma. ) When its an accumulation of light,
like vishvarupa (cosmic form, variety that includes all forms) that penetrates the
sould of sadhaka, then it is called paramatma. Both Brahma and paramatma are
parts of bhagavata tattva (divine essence, existence of God). ) When Brahma
appears in His form of virata (macrocosm, physical world, which we see, God in His
form of revealed universe) all of this is Bhagavan.
186. Through devoted service to God finding gyana and yoga becomes possible on itself.
187. From the point of view of one, who has form, God is Bhagavan, from the point of
view of one, who has no form God is paramatma, and from the point of view of
knowledge He is Brahma.
188. Bhakta naturally receives knowledge and impartiality, as his thoughts are always
turned into one and only direction. He, who impedes suffering, is always by his side.
189. Delight is a distinctive feature of this supreme power. Delight is Brahma. It is from
delight that all living beings appear. Having come into life they live, experience
delight, and die, submerging back into bliss.
190. The wise man measured the field of rice. He has left behind laziness and disputes.
The wise man gained memory and happiness. He has left behind all anxieties. He
prays. He says: Let the All-Forgiving grant patience. Let Self be eradicated, Let lie
disappear, Let it be only truth. Let mind rest in balance. Body rests in the material
world, whereas the sole is near Lord Hari. Material benefits always bring suffering.
Let the Universe rest in the state of a dream. Let the name of Lord Hari be in the
state of wakefulness.
191. Question: why Baba pays more attention to the rich, to those who hold high positions
and are more influential. The matter is that those, who have more stick harder (in
material needs). Those are sick most of all. And those who are sick more than the rest
should get help first.
192. My son, there are three kinds of karma: sanchita (total amount of all actions,
performed during past incarnations), prarabdha (a part of sanchita, which determines
the present life), kriyamana (what has been done, the effect of actions of the present
life, that will be received in the future). Everything that we have done is
accumulating. This is sanchita. Those fruits of sanchita-karma, which are have
ripened and became destiny, are called prarabdha. In order to live our destiny, we are
predetermined with our bodies and life span. Besides, those fruits of actions in the
past lives, which have nit ripened yet in this life in the form of destiny, also appear as
sanchita. Thus, prarabdha is what accompanies us and the fruits of which we enjoy.
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However, sanchita is like money, which is kept in the treasury and comes into
circulation, when the near source runs dry. In these three types of karma there are two
varieties, i.e. the bad and the goods one. Those, whose prarabdha-karma can be
called good, prosper, even if their kriyamana seeds prickle for their future. On the
contrary, those, whose prarabdha-karma can be called bad, experience sufferings and
sorrows, destroying their innate abilities.
193. Desire to find freedom from suffering sooner or later brings paramatma, which brings
revelation from the sins of hundreds thousands of incarnations (notable, that in front
of Sri the sins of hundreds thousands of incarnations are also obliterated. Having
received protection of God, Baba himself has said: Speak, my son: the world of
sansara has been left hehind. You stand in front of Rama-Janaki-Lakshman and
Hanuman. (In addition to the fact that he himself has destroyed hundreds thousands
of sins, the spiritual teacher has maintained the ability to turn others to God,
alongwith the infinite grace to help momentarily leave behind the world of sansara in
one moment).
194. Yogi sees this life in the heart as a garland of lights and perceives it as penetrating
everywhere managing all.
195. With the help of prema-bhakti it is possible to always see God, everywhere and in all
possible forms.
196. In reality theres no significant difference between gyana and bhakti. The supreme
point of gyana is bhakti and the supreme point of bhakti is gyana.
197. Even to mahatmas Shi Baba told that they break prarabdha exactly when they
experience it. But because they are free from the bonds of karma, they also break free
from krijamana, and their good sanchita-karma is shared by their admirers, while the
bad one is shared by their ill-wishers. Thus, either sanchita, or prarabdha do not
appear any more.
198. Bringing evidence to prove existence of sanchita-karma, Sri Baba says that in the
time of king Dhritarashtra (the blind king, hero of Mahabharata) the kingdom
suffered from famine. In his garden he created one hundred cooked eggs out of
laughter and fed the hungry neighbors. As a result, in his present life he was blind,
and one hundred of his sons died. As a result each of them had to pass one hundred
reincarnations.
199. Those unworthy scriptures, which are about to appear in the future, will disappear
forever from the sight of God.
200. My son, if you constantly keep your heart connected to the name of God, and then
undoubtedly you will see the divine light. Do not have doubt about it. Repetition of
the names of God is like learning and then mastering the ride on a bicycle. First, man
has troubles. But when he learns, then traversing in the mob, he even gives a ride for
the others and doesnt have any inconvenience. Getting experience, he easily reaches
his goal. Under the influence of repeating the names of God everything which is bad
leaves your heart, and all of the troubles leave your worldly life.
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201. My son, there is salt in each drop of water in the Sambhar lake. The impersonal form
of Brahman (nirakara) is the same. When salt is extracted from water, then its
personal form appears (sakara). There is no difference between nirguna (one that has
no attributes or qualities) and saguna ( , ). The matter is
merely about understanding.
202. Listen, my son. If you take a look at the denomination, this is merely a paper. It
acquires value only when it is marked with a government sign. Marks contain value,
but not the paper. Similarly the statue of God acquires value only when it is filled
with life. Then it is considered to be the form of God. However if the statue is broken,
this will not cause God to disappear. It is also true that the sky will never disappear.
203. Sri Baba said thus about the stolen, i.e. stealthily picked up flowers: today you
desired flowers and you picked these flowers, tomorrow you will desire something
else. Those flowers that you picked were not yours. Do you think that God doesnt
see that you picked them for Him? But how can He be satisfied with this? God is
omnipresent. He sees each of our deeds. To present flowers to God is dharma
(righteous behavior, as assigned in the Scriptures; faith, religion), but you should
never present Him with the stolen flowers. This is the essence of dharma.
204. A man seems to be free and powerful. But if you think, you will realize that he
doesnt exist at all. The whole existence is Brahma. As it is His will that generates
existence of every soul, then there is no sense in considering that you creator. That is
why Lord Sri Krishna says to Arjuna (the hero of Mahabharata, son of king
Pandu, friend of Krishna): All of them are already dead. You be only the
executor.
205. Even years of praying do not bring such benefit as feeding the hungry, and comforting
the tears of the one who cries.
206. My son, this (my) nature is immense. I am present everywhere. These words you hear
now are the words of God.
207. If one of your desires is fulfilled, consider it the grace of God. If it is not fulfilled,
then consider it His exceptional grace.
208. It is not easy to receive a good spiritual teacher. This only becomes possible through
constant development of perfection.
209. Tasya vachakaha pranavaha. Which means: sound Om is defining God.
Taddjapastadarda bhavanam. Which means: you should always forward your prayers
to Him and think of His form of Parameshvara. By following this rule, each soul
acquires knowledge of its true nature, and also becomes free from reincarnation. My
son! Each of such concentrated considerations is antarmukhata of the soul (being
turned inwards, penetration into thoughts).
210. If acquiring God is the purpose of life, then acquiring bhakti is even more important.
After revealing His existence He does not find Himself in anyones power. When he
descended upon the Earth as Krishna or Rama, He revealed Himself to many, but he
was dependent only upon the most devoted Bhakta, such as Hanuman.
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211. As salt becomes one with water, when it falls into it, so the union of Self and soul is
samadhi. When this happens jivatama becomes whole with paramatma.
212. Sarvadevamayo guru (all gods are united in a spiritual teacher) when you accept
this, when you find sanctuary in a spiritual teacher, you receive a possibility to find
full knowledge of the souls nature.
213. Listen, my son! The easiest way to find God is an unselfish prayer. A prayer means
dedication. It means you are fully devoted to God, and you belong to Him is every
way.
214. If desires are prudently turned towards service to God, they become a way to worship
Him, and liberate a person from reincarnation.
215. The one, who receives a gracious glance from God, soon receives a blow, and he can
stand it.
216. A person who comes close to God, but forgets his duty to his parents, who gave him
birth, destroys his true Self.
217. Take all decisions after taking council from God (soul) that is in your heart.
218. As gold is purified by continuous heating, you should purify your soul with the
constant reflection over the words of your spiritual teacher, meditation, prayer, silent
repetition of the names of God.
219. The aim of bhakti should be God. Material world is full of sorrow. (It is good when
even one good work has been done. It has been done by the grace of God. Having
understood this, His benefits, their pleasure, give back to God who gives pleasure.
Such disinterested actions are yoga, the true bhakti.
220. Be joyful all the time, always laugh and smile. Near that Self, which is out of spirits,
there is sansara. Self, which is out of spirits, does not think of God.
221. Talk about God, sing His names, and communicate with the devoted. Kneel in front of
His image in temples. Find a place there to stay alone and awaken atmabhava inside
yourself (the feeling that there is atma, i.e. pure Self).
222. Gradually the heart of one, who with the help of meditation continuously
contemplates upon his spiritual teacher, is purified and it is filled with God in His
form of sakara. There is nothing so important for purification of ones soul, as
concentration upon the spiritual teacher.
223. It is impossible to find faith without resistance. If your family and friends everyone
agree with you, then you will not have a slightest desire to do the good works,
communicate with the devotees, undertake pilgrimage, etc. So you should accept
resistance as the Gods gift.
224. You should wake up at 1,5 hour before sunrise, read mantra given by your spiritual
teacher. Time before sunrise is most favorable. At this time mind rests in piece.
225. Do not give way to the desire to satisfy sansara. Satisfying God is not so difficult.

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226. My son, even without desire, you should always repeat the names of God. First the
fire is lit, and only then it gives warmth; similarly, first the names of God are
repeated, and then it starts to bring its benefit. This is an unshakable truth.
227. My son, body is the container for illness. The greater sin is to make a tomb of it.
228. There are three types of divine energy: internal, external and borderline. ) Internal
energy of God is His form, as it is, which is also called as sandhini. It is a collective
term of Sat-chit-ananda (existence-consciousness-bliss). ) External energy of God is
called maja. Material world generates from it. Maja can also be of two kinds: dravja
is maja, of which the material word is generated, and guna-maja, which is the cause
of desire. ) Between these two energies lies a borderline energy, which gives birth to
the living beings (jiva). In his full expansion God is always present at Goloka (the
supreme planet, the abode of God Krishna), which is also called Vrindavanadhama
229. From the time immemorial Jivas have forgotten their true nature. Returning them to
God is a great goodness.
230. The soul is concealed in five sheaths. Inside annamaja kosha (eating, thick physical
body) is pranamaja kosha (represents life energy), in pranamaja kosha there is
manomaja kosha (represents mind), in manomaja kosha there is vigyanamaja kosha
(represents knowledge), and inside vigyanamaja kosha there is anandamaja kosha
(the sheath of bliss, represents potential abilities, instinkts). When we complete some
action, all of the sheaths are inactivated. The action is completed by hands
annamaja kosha, power is in hands pranamaja kosha, desire to complete this action
manomaja kosha, awareness of completed action vigyanamaja kosha, connection
of desire with the instinkts anandamaja kosha. These sheaths change as a result of
perfection during lifetime.
231. There is another simple method to cast away the veil of maja. It requires that the man
should reject desires, i.e. renounce all of his desires. It is always necessary to
understand that what God wants is sufficient. All of us are passengers in the car,
which is maja. We have to act under its management. However, the one, who got out
of the car, who stopped God, i.e. came under His protection, has become free from it.
If you send a signal, then send it to God. When the veil of maja is off, then Self,
which is perfectly aware of the environment and omnipresent, forgets of all the
differences and begins to see paramatma in everything.
232. The importance of the Sarayu River is that it helps to see paramatma without the
need to apply significant efforts. Notably, that when the demon Shankhasur has
stolen Veda, then God assumed the aspect of the fish, killed him and hid Veda in the
ocean. Tears of joy that fell from the eyes of God that moment have formed the
Sarayu river. THenadays lived a king Veivasvatmanu from the clan of Raghu. He
desided to make a sacrifice in Ayodhe. But there was no river in Ayodhe at that time.
Then his spiritual guru Vishishtha advised him to bring a river from Mansarovara,
which destroys all sins, to make the sacrifice possible. The river, which was brought
from Mansarovara to Ayodhe by Veivasvatmanu, who shot an arrow, is the Sarayu
River. As the river was transferred with the help of an arrow (in Sanskrit an arrow is
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shar or sar), it is called Sharayu or Sarayu. And it is also called Vishishtha nandini
in honor of the teacher Vishishtha, as it was transferred on his advice.
233. My son! Continuous thoughts about wealth lead to reincarnation in the body of a
snake, thoughts about a house lead to reincarnation as a ghost, thought about
descendants lead to reincarnation in the body of a pig. Thus, having become a victim
of just a few bodies like these, Jiva immediately purchases a chain of 840000
incarnations for himself. On the contrary, if his thoughts are deeply rooted in the
repetition of mantra, received from authorized persons, eventually, they will bring
him to the abode of God.
234. As the frozen river turns into ice (kept in the refrigerator), similarly, getting close to
the competent authorities and concentrated upon a spiritual teacher, Self dissolves in
the heat of his words and receives piece and bliss. It is always true. (Not ice but water
is in the natural and form. We receive earthly benefits as ice. We are kept in sansara,
as in a refrigerator and lose the ability to reach the ocean). That is why in order to
receive an invariable spiritual piece you should turn to your spiritual teacher. (i.e. at
every birth we accumulate material, and not spiritual wealth, however, spiritual
wealth is granted by a spiritual teacher. If you will fail to obtain it in the human body,
then afterwards, wandering in the several bodies, you will not receive the human
body second time. Thus you should take everything that is given by your spiritual
teacher. There will be no second incarnation) A spiritual teacher will willingly lead
jiva on a road of service, prayer, etc.
235. As an elephant is tamed by an iron stick, so it is impossible to tame Self without an
iron stick of continuous directions taken from a spiritual teacher.
236. If you hand your Self over to your spiritual teacher, then its will also become a well of
bliss.
237. If material wealth is stolen by a thief, it can be accumulated again. But if a man once
loses the opportunity to accumulate spiritual wealth, he will never receive a second
chance to do this.
238. Vibhishana-tattva (essence, existence of Vibhishana. Vibhishana is the epic hero,
demon, brother of Ravana) is jiva-tattva (essence, existence of jiva), and Hanumanatattva (essence of Hanuman) is guru-tattva. Jiva receives benefit from a spiritual
teacher. Hanuman directs jiva towards God. Humility of Vibhishana is the love of
bhakti. Devotion is the first priority of bhakti. When jiva gives own self to God, then
He reveals Himself, to satisfy jiva.
239. A family-man should read Gayatri-mantra at least 108 times.
240. Son! When you form dhyana mudra (a special position of fingers in meditation) you
will go deep into meditation and see the image of God Rama-Janaki-Lakshman and
Hanuman in front of you. Contemplating upon these four images the restless Self
will not be able to remain in a balanced state. Master, and what is instead to
contemplate upon the image of Guru-bhagavan (the term bhagavan is sometimes
applied to identify a spiritual teacher, who has completely merged with God)? What
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would be your advice? Maharaja (this is sometimes an address to a spiritual teacher)

replies: My son! This is the best image! So you should do!.
241. Gyana, karma and meditation are closely connected. The difference is only about
sattva (quality of purity, harmony), rajas (quality of activity, passion, anxiety) and
tamas (quality of inertness, stuggishness, ignorance, darkness, perishable nature). The
prevalence of gyana is the prevalence of sattva, the prevalence of karma is the
prevalence of rajas, and the prevalence of meditation is the prevalence of tamas. This
is a terminology.
242. In the house of a true sage there is no place for disbelief.
243. Love wherever you want, but if with a pure heart you the fact that a wise-man is
always nearby and ready to prevent us from doing wrongness, then even if he knows
nothing of it, his support will reach you indirectly (as well as directly). He will help,
advise and protect you from wrong actions and situations.
244. Him, who has approached the saint wise-man and whom the sage has accepted, God
has taken by the hand.
245. Out of the mouth of the sage speaks God. Everything he says is as if God Himself is
making notes in His note-book and always looks after their fulfillment.
246. What a man has in this world that he could reject? If you get rid of anger, pride,
greed, or from the object of pleasure, this would be renunciation.
247. Treat your parents as if they were sacred. They are an embodiment of paramatma.
Satisfy them with a faithful heart. He, who serves his parents and brings them joy, is
bringing joy to God.
248. Ask nothing from God. Doesnt the Father of the universe, gracious paramatma,
know desires of His children? What the use telling Him of these desires?
249. A prayer devoid of lucre reaches Gods heart.
250. A true bhakti or a saint is that, who never grumbles about Gods laws.
251. The life of Hanuman is worth of being learned and taken as an example. He has
never grumbled at Lord Rama. He was a model bhakta. (i.e. completely not to
grumble at God is to become Hanuman).
252. How can He, who endows the whole world with presents, forget about His bhakti?
The one, who serves God only to satisfy own desires, is not bhakti under any
condition. Such person is a merchant.
253. The fact that a spiritual teacher knows his own destiny us a special, filled with love,
game of God.
254. Undoubtedly a spiritual teacher should possess divine knowledge. And it is
impossible without devotion.
255. My son, guru-tattva is very odd and mysterious. Through its grace it is possible to
learn both material and spiritual world. The state of yoga is also its grace.
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256. My son, in order to develop your life to perfection, you should always remember at
least two statements from Ramcharit manas: 1) Ram nam bin Gira na soha
(Without the name of Rama even Gira is not beautiful) and 2) Rama-kaja kinhe bina
mohin kahan vishram (Without pious actions you fall into ignorance). So is there a
chance to rest?
257. Along with repeating the names of God you should pay attention to pious activities.
Just to glorify the names of God is not bhakti. All of material world is a form of God
that is why it is important to satisfy it. Life of Hanuman included both glorifying the
names of God and pious actions. Hence, bhakti should serve to the benefit of material
world along with celebration Gods names. Then God will be satisfied.
258. My son, guru-mantra contains the whole power of guru-tattva. Bija-mantra, given by
the spiritual teacher, ignites an eternal fire in the heart of the disciple, but this depends
upon the disciples abilities. Generally speaking, all mantra are the forms of sound
Om, but mantra, given by your spiritual teacher, is filled with supernatural power,
from which the pure sound Om originates to glorify authoritative personalities like
the image of God Chaitanya.
259. My son, the practice of concentration develops slowly. Concentration is developed
during the practice of meditation. But reading guru-mantra undoubtedly brings
benefit. Up to the fact that reading it is itself beneficial, even without direct
understanding of the word-meaning. Listen! Your body perceives mantra as naturally
as it perceives water, fire and air.
260. Look here: knowledge, which is connected to God, and ignorance, which is connected
to jiva, are the inseparable friendly pair of birds. They both sit on a tree of maja
(material nature), characterized with three qualities (sattva, rajs, tamas). One of them
(connected with jiva) enjoys fruit from the tree, while the other (connected with God)
merely has a sense of sakha for it. In the grace of spiritual teacher, the bird which is
jiva comes into the state of deep concentration, understands own mistake, and
inspired by the authority of its friend, rejects despondency. My son, this is the
mystery of mind.
261. I make only spiritual gifts. People often come to me but care little about what I have
to say. These visits are useless.
262. Body is a chariot, feelings are horses, Self is a rein. Mind performs the charioteers
function. Owner of this chariot is the soul. The soul is less then feelings, Self, ego and
mind. In practice, feelings are subordinate to Self, Self is subordinate to ego, ego is
subordinate to mind, while mind is subordinate to the soul. (This means that feelings
are geared by Self. If the motion of Self is stopped then feelings wont work. Self
comes to motion being geared by ego. Can there be active mind wherein there is no
ego from ego? Similarly if the soul is strong, if we hear its voice, then mind will not
gain the advantage. This means, that if the soul and mind are joint in the pursuit of a
common cause, then the priority should be attributed to the soul. You should let it
move forward and follow it, without paying attention to the mind).

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263. Continuous experience of atmabhava brings senses to the quiescent state. When
sadhak is aware of the state of his soul, his heart is completely filled. That is why
self-perception is a way to withdraw from desires. It is important to continuously
maintain an internal sensation that you are atmasvarupa (the term referring to the
universe, indicating that it doesnt have the internal reality and exists only as the
manifestation of spirit), that you are aside of feelings, Self, ego, mind, that you are
sat-chit-ananda. This is soham, this is tattvamasi. Even when we become part of
God, we do not feel we are part of Him, because we lack self-confidence as a result of
minds ego, expansion of ego, and prevalence of feelings. On the contrary, when we
become part of maja, we fall into such illusion, that in all aspects we become poor,
helpless, weak, killing own true Self. We turn happiness into misery.
264. My son, I dwell on the ocean of existence. As the laundress cleans mud off clothes, I
clean vice off jivas on the oceans shore. Listen, while I cleaned them my spine has
stiffened bent, and yet I cannot lift my head even for a moment. Can you find anyone
as devoted to his duty as I am? (After ordination himself to God, Baba personally
cleans our vices, i.e. our mind, Self and feelings that become dirty after day. So are
we going to continue to become even dirtier? If not, then let us be attentive and
always remember that we should never commit actions that could stain our mind, ego,
Self and feelings. Otherwise this will cause suffering to Baba, which is completely
inadmissible.
265. Sunshine reaches the surface of our bodies, but we are warmed with the heat from the
inside. When you wash yourself, water comes in touch with the surface of your body,
but its coolness is profoundly felt inside. That is why in the process of actuation Self,
even unwillingly, it is necessary to undertake sermons. By all means their beneficial
effect will penetrate into us.
266. Study of Veda only creates desire to find God. If it were not like this, then anyone
could find God having studied just a coulple of Shastra. But this thing doesnt
happen. Along with studies of shastra it is necessary to engage into spiritual
activities, which is possible only in the grace of a spiritual teacher. Otherwise its like
keeping an infertile cow.
267. In the grace of a spiritual teacher even a minor spiritual activity or a great desire can
lead to God.
268. That is why the grace of a spiritual teacher is also called Sri varad vallabha ma (the
giving beloved mother). During a divine service each guru-bhakta (bhakta of a
spiritual teacher) must thus praise a mother seated in the lotus flower and holding the
blessing rain in her four hands. Sri varadavallabha devyaya namaha Yatrasti moksho
na cha tatra bhogaha Yatrasti bhogaha na cha tatra moksho Sri sundari Sevana
tatparanam Bhogazhya mokshazhya karastha eva Kantaste purushottamaha
phanipitiha shayasana vahinam Devatama vihageshvaro zhdavanika maja
jaganmohini Brahmeshadi suravrajaha sadayatiha tvadadasadasi gana Sri ityeva
cha bhagavati brumahakatham tvam mayam Yasyaha te mahimanam atmana iva
tadvallabhompiprabhu matuma iyattaya niravadhim nityanukulam svataha Tam tvam
dasa iti prasanna iti cha stoshyami ayam nirbhayo Lokaikeshvari lokanatha dayite
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dante dayam te vidan Ishat tvat karuna nirikshana sudha sindhu kshanad rakshjate
Nashtam prad padha alabhataha tribhuvanam samprati anantodayam Shreyo na hi
aravinda lochana manaha kanta prasada rite Sansriti akshara vaishnavadhasu
vrinam sambhavyate karhichit Shantananta mahavabhutiha paramam yad brahma
rupam hare Murrta Brahma taaatompi tatapriyatamra rupam yad ati adbhutam Yani
anyani tatha sukham viharato rupani saaarvani tani Ahuha svayaha anurupa-rupa
vibhavay garho pagu rhani pani Akaratraya sampanam aravinda nivasinim Ashesha
jagadishitrim vade varadvalabham.
269. From the ploughing up of land, seeding and up to gathering crops: the primarily goal
of these tasks is food. If ready food falls from the sky, nobody will do this job. Just
like this, God should be the final goal of pilgrimage, vows, fasting, communication
with bhakta and gaining control over feelings. Just as it is impossible to have food fall
from the sky, it is impossible to reach God without spiritual activities. With regards to
this, based upon the instructions of your spiritual teacher and within his grace, I am
sure, in the need to repeat Gayatri-mantra 108 times, thus continuously ploughing
the soul-land, seeding it with the grain of bija-mantra, watering it with concentration
upon your spiritual teacher or ishta (meditation), fertilizing it with the instructions of
your spiritual teacher, communicating with bhakti in order to through away all useless
and unclean items like stones from the land, and fill it with the light of the names of
God, continuously repeating and glorifying them, providing it with access to the fresh
air by studying Scriptures, live in harmony with it, properly enjoy the bread born
from the land, and sharing it equally with everyone. The sense of joy from doing this
job is bhava-samadhi.
270. As it is acceptable to eat food purchased with money or with jewels, so the earthly
joys can be used to reach God (on condition of food requirement). I.e. under the
feeling of need to find God.
271. Make your human life, patience, respectability, work, health so beautiful, that the
sight of them should bring joy to the whole universe. Much as there are people in
your family, you should learn to live in love with all of them. You will see how much
felicity this may bring.
272. If a person cultivates the inner beauty and exists separately from own body, if he
continuously gets to know own Self, then for him theres no difference whether he is
in the body or he has left it.
273. In purana and shastra one God is placed above the others. This is done with the only
purpose, that sadhak, who follows these Scriptures, would be filled with the eternal
faith in his ishta. Eternal faith is required to reach the goal. It is necessary to become
devoted, faithful.
274. When the name of God penetrates you, its energy activates the pulse of 72000 blood
vessels. You come to the state of complete delight and joy. When during the time of
kirtana the names of God are sung aloud, tiny particles of love (of God) begin to
accumulate on the outside. As a result you even deeper merge into meditation. Sounds
appear in the downward sequence: paravak, then pashshyanti, madhyama and
vaikhari. An now in the reverse order vaikhari enters madhyama and anahata appears
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(the mystic sound that yogi can hear). Thus, if you read or glorify aloud the names of
God, then such human vices like love, attachment, and tenderness will go away.
275. He, who dances in front of the statue of God during kirtan, i.e. in His eyes, wins Him
over with these actions.
276. Meeting and separations in the material world are subject to prarabdha, there is
nothing than depends upon a human. That is why you should always believe into the
grace of God and be satisfied with it.
277. Finding a place to stay alone, pray to your ishta filled with faith. Your mind will be
purified from ego, arrogance, hypocrisy, and the light of paramatma easily reaches
the bottom of your heart.
278. If in your heart you continuously contemplate upon the image of your spiritual
teacher through meditation, in a time your heart is purified and God dwells in it.
There is no better or easier way to clean your heart but meditation upon your spiritual
teacher.
279. If reading mantra for a long time doesnt help the mind to concentrate and purify, then
the problem is not about the little efficiency of mantra. Those are your wrong actions,
committed in the past, that form and obstacle. You should concentrate upon reading
mantra, then in a time the clouds of your wrong actions will fade away, and you will
see God.
280. Reading mantra, given by your spiritual teacher, as well as bringing into life all of his
instructions are a true way to win his love, and also to receive all siddhi (supernatural
abilities).
281. If you pray hard, meditate or practice yoga, you will receive a newly formed, true
body. Delicate nerves and represent chakra, which are capable to sustain the flow of
super powerful feelings.
282. Kalpa-vriksha (kalpa-vriksha myth. a tree performing wishes of everyone who is
covered by its shadow) of Kaliyuga is Ramcharit manas. That is why at least take a
lesson from its five doha (doha distich with censure in each hemistich).
283. Dirt cannot be washed away by simple water. Only tears of love of God can wash it
off.
284. Self is full of anxiety. It is in constant wander. When it stops, its stubbornness
increases. But continuous concentration exercises on a single definite object of
meditation help to calm it down. That is why there is a need in constant practice.
Then it has no way to go and it becomes obedient. When Self is at rest, it reaches the
target very soon. Concentration of Self is the key o performing any activity. In any
activity concentration of Self leads to its correct performing. Self can be pure only
when it rests in the satisfied state.
285. My son, Vindhyachala is a place filled with super-natural power. I visit many places,
but I am always concentrated upon Vindhyachala. Bhakti should regularly serve there
as much as they can, because it is a glorious and very beautiful ashram.
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286. Continuous connection with God, makes this place even more important, than
connection to any great people in this world. You swim in a river. And suddenly a
crocodile snaps at your keg. Even if you are friends with the president, this friendship
cannot help in the given situation. However, if you keep friendship with God, then He
can immediately save you, because He is your closest friend suhrida
sarvabhutanam (Bhagavad Gita 5.29). God is always ready to appear merely at
remembrance of Him.
287. If sadhak lives in a world of sansara, this is not a problem, but a world of sansara
should not live in him.
288. The names of God, as well as the bija-mantra, given by a spiritual teacher, are God.
That is why in the time of Kali it is very important to sing His names.
289. God gives a man all earthly pleasures according to the pool of previously committed
good deeds.
290. Listen, my son, you should never censure any saint. They are the ornament to earth.
For the benefit of humanity they apply terrible bodily mortifications, when they come
into relations with society. When jiva receives a special grace of God, then these
saints reach sannidhya (sannidhya is a merger of soul and God).
291. Are your parents alive? Have you ever shown them your respect? If not, then run
from here, ungrateful! Unfortunate, why did you come here? What will you receive
when you bow to me?
292. The true form of God is nirguna. Saguna is the result of bhaktas love.
293. The true nirgunopasaka (one, who worships God in His form of nirguna) may even
become yogi, as svarupaavasthe (the state of existence with Brahman, rest in
Absolute reality or Brahman) is the final stage of nirgunopasaka.
294. My son, when merging with ishta, in the natural grace of God, bhakta starts to feel
anxiety. There are absolutely no defects in your spiritual activity. If in the state of
unity with the Mother you suddenly feel anxiety, you should continue to read mantra
from the spot on mala where your finger has stopped.
295. My son, a photograph is the best way to remember. You will always be able to find
with you my small and perceivable image.
296. Infinite faith is enclosed in paramatma. It is full of desire to get hold of you. Draw
away from the fruits of your activity and take a close look at your friend. Over and
over you best friend repeats: Na phaleshu kadachan. Jump through the branches of
the tree, but do not be attached to its fruit. Perform the activity, but reject aspiration
for its results.
297. Body is like a chariot. Feelings are like horses. Now it depends upon you whether,
like Arjuna, you are going to give the reins of your chariot to Sri Krishna and stop
to worry about the earthly things, or you will get hold of your feelings yourself. If you
stop them, then your desires will rule them and will become the charioteer. Let God
driver your chariot. When Narayana drives your chariot, there will be no more
doubts in your Self. There will be no more conflict, no agitation. In the hour of need
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God will advise you, and layer after layer will open all of the misteries Sarva
guhyatamam bhuyaha shrinu me paramam vachaha Drishtonsi me dririhamititatio
vakshyamite hitam.
298. A man is ishta for God that is how much grace is contained in Him! He will
unconditionally speak His graceful sermons. He will conceal nothing. He will explain
everything and say with love: Brother, I have told you everything. Now act as you
consider rightly.
299. This requires that you put both mind and Self to the lotus feet of God. Sacrificing
them both is a complete sacrifice. If you leave something for yourself, then it will
turn into Indras trident (trishula) and cover your body with many wounds. All
mistakes and doubts are generated by Self and mind. If a man trusts them, he will be
deceived. The cause all of the wanderings on the road. That is why you should entrust
both of them to God, free yourself from anxiety, and perform your duties.
300. If you devote yourself to God, whatever activities you perform, do them as a worship
of God, with purity, and feeling of duty. Consider everything, which is performed
with the means of body-Self-mind, as a service to God. If you perform your duties as
a divine service, then you will acquire siddhi and undoubtedly will gain bliss.
301. My son, a brave man is the one, who keeps no evil thoughts and who always guided
by wisdom. Wisdom is always at the disposal of one, who controls his feelings and
manages them.
302. It is impossible to find understanding of Paramatma merely by living in Ayodhya or
in Kasha, by worshiping Ganga, or just by eating lenten fair. If it were possible, then
any bird merely feeding on fruit would be able find it. Merely rejection from relations
with women also doesnt lead to bliss. Understanding of paramatma can only be
found though love. If you do not feel attachment to it, then there will be false
indifference.
303. My son, when God wants to show mercy to His bhakti, He leads them to the saint
sages. I you go to them, then you should come with a pure soul. You should not go
while carrying vices in your soul. Talk to them, and perform divine service together.
Their advices are prasad. Go. This is grace, infinite grace!
304. You should know that if during meditation you will form understanding of the body
and world, then you are not yet completely concentrated upon ishta.
305. My son, now we will go to our place. This is a place in Himalayas, in Tibet. There is a
group of our companions, who one by one, descend according to the order. Over a
period of 15 years we come in the bodily form for the sake of preservation of Indian
theosophy. You should not be worried.(19.06.1990)
306. Step by step, gradually you will reach Haridvara. Similarly by regular development of
concentration, you will find God. This is beyond any doubt. You should concentrate
upon the lotus feet of God, and be resolute.
307. The anahata chakra is inside of your heart. You should concentrate upon the image
of God, seated on the twelfth lotus flower.
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308. Repetition of the sacred names of God destroys all sins. This is beyond any doubt.
But is the sins are destroyed, then why even then Self of sadhak is full of anxiety?
Sins are destroyed but their cause remains. It will also be destroyed with the help of
the names of God. The reason of sins is desires. With the names of God on your lips
there are no desires. Desires dwell in your heart. With the image of Sri Narayana in a
heart, and the names of God on lips, the spiritual activity of sahdhak will become
firm. Undoubtedly, his faith will grow. He will always move forward. Hence, a
spiritual activity should always be structured in such a way that it would have an
image of God Narayana in a heart, and His names on lips. Such should be a spiritual
activity.
309. Vaishnava is he, who has seen the sufferings of jiva, who has been filled with
compassion towards them, who has accepted everyone as if he were an abode of God
and has been filled with a sense of love towards each one he has accepted.
310. God is in everything in the forest, in the mountains, in trees, in birds, in animals.
You should understand this and share your compassion and love with everyone.
311. God is also contained in feelings. Thus when you are filled with different feelings,
consider this a way to worship Him.
312. A man who faces God with joy is called Prahlada pratyakshena ahladaha
prahladaha (Srimadbhagavad).
313. Sraddha ghat-ghat herahu bhai, jal thal me prabhu rahe samai zyada der na ki kidjie
bhai, sir ne kal rahe mandarai (Seek faith in every soul, brother. God is in water and
on land. Do not waste your time, brother. Tomorrow is already looming right in frond
of you).
314. All roads lead to God. You should follow these roads to Him by eradicating
ignorance, winning over attachment, merging with paramatma, suppressing desires,
getting rid from dualities, such as suffering, i.e. by becoming gyani.
315. God is always rewarding (faith of this is very strong), that is why you should kneel
before God, as this is the easiest way of all possible!
316. While there is life in your body, you should think as follows: I have no need to live,
I live only to contemplate upon the feet of God. Thus all of your life will become a
prayer, and God will show His grace undoubtedly it will be like this.
317. All of your completed actions should be devoted to God, acting in line with the
precept: Do your duties with your soul and speech, be a faithful slave of God
without thinking.
318. The living beings (jiva), even the most clear, consider the visible world with the help
of mind. The state of mind is changing every moment. But there is no buddhi in the
system of yoga, because God has clearly stated in Gita: Those devotees, who are
continuously busy with concentration upon Myself, those, who pray to me with love,
I give yoga in the form of theoretical knowledge They find Me through this
knowledge, they open to Me. When the obscuration of mind fades away, the living
being gains consciousness and a new form. Such state is called kaivalia.
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319. There is one more simple method to cast away the veil of maja. A man has to stop
forming desires, i.e. he simply has to reject all of his desires. He has to consider, that
only Gods wishes are to come true.
320. Energy (Sakti) of the Sun is called Gayatri. Sakti of the Sun forms an innumerable
number of rays and reaches the Earth. Gayatri controls all of these rays. It protects
life powers (prana), due to it the planets of the Solar System revolve on their axis.
Pronouncing Gayatri mantra concentrates this power. Due to it, the soul (man), life
energy (pran) and speech act in congruence. Buddhi (mind) is an imaginary form of
the soul, and you have to worship Gayatri to strengthen your mind.
321. Maja is the reason why Brahma is called Ishvara; ignorance is the reason why He is
called a living soul (jiva). Ignorance is the reason why jiva forgets own true form,
loses Knowledge and becomes aware of own Self. In such a way jiva begins to act
and consume, and is caught into the circle of reincarnation.
322. Daily spiritual practice is called Brahma rituals. For example, a Human ritual is
hospitality. A host is a person, who stays for a night (this is neither a friend, a
schoolmate and not an acquaintance).
323. My son, show me the place where I am not?
324. The very thought of God provides ablution to the soul.
325. You have to wake up early in the morning, in the hour of Brahma (Brahmamuhurt) and read mantra, given by your guru. The moment before sunrise is the best
time, as your mind rests in peace.
326. A man has to think twice as much as he communicates with the great people. Better
eat less but chew more, as thus you increase health.
327. To contemplate means to get rid of all thoughts; to be washed means to get rid of all
vices.
328. When you go to worship gods or a saint, you should not go with the empty hands,
bring at least a fruit or a flower as a present.
329. Rading aloud or pronouncing by heart mantra, which are dedicated to Mother
Gayatri, is capable to clean even the most terrible deeds, your mind becomes clear. As
far as it is possible you should read Gayatri-mantra in the morning and in the
evening at least one circle of mala (108 times).
330. Before commencing any activity ask a blessing of Paramatma, which is inside of
you.
331. Compassion for the divine word, commitment to glorify God, esteem for the saints,
- that is how a special grace of God is revealed in people.
332. Brahma is the name for the divine light, which appears on the surface of a pure,
clear heart of a devotee in the moment, when it is filled with the ray of Knowledge.
Similar light, which illuminates heaven of the devotees heart, is called Paramatma.
333. Wherever you go, consider that you respectfully walk around God. Whatever you
see, consider that you are watching different manifestations of God. When you eat,
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think that you are eating Prasad that has been blessed with God. When you drink
water, be aware that you are drinking nectar, which has washed the feet of God. When
you are asleep, believe that you rest on the chest of loving God. And when you wake
up, think that you are starting the new day to work for God.
334. God doesnt bring sorrows. He eliminates suffering, while in his ignorance a man
considers his experience to be sorrowful. A child soils his body and refuses to wash
himself. His loving mother will clean the childs body for his sake and even against
his will. The child sobs, cries, and thinks that his mother causes him harm. While
actually it is not so That is why you should consider everything a highest divine
blessing and be happy about everything.
335. Think about yourself, try to answer the questions: Who am I?, Where did I come
from?, Where do we go when we die?
336. As a result of meditation you become aware of your own Atman, you begin to
perceive that your Atman is a part of Paramatman. He is inseparable from Him,
though distant from us. But He is distant only until we start to approach Him.
337. When we start to approach God (Ishvara), we begin to grow our power, i.e. the
power over Knowledge about own Atman. And when this happens, then the
differentiation between yours and mine, which is inside of us, will cease to exist.
We start to see a part of God in every living being, and perceive a great happiness
finding Truth, Consciousness and Bliss in each and every one.
338. Contemplating over sorrow merely increases sorrow.
339. Grabbing at material objects brings sorrow. The attempt to keep them generates
emotional disturbance and suffering, while their destruction also leads to sorrow.
340. When the doors of all senses of perception are closed and the soul rests in
concentration, the practice of self-meditation makes the soul similar to Brahma.
341. If body generates thought, this causes suffering. Pride with regards to the body
merely increases this suffering.
342. The object of thought in itself is neither bad, nor good. It is human mind that refers
it to suffering or joy, depending towards which one it is disposed. (I.e., suffering or
joy are born from the thoughts, which are opposite or aligned with the object of
thought).
343. The circle of birth and death cannot be broken by virtuous deeds only.
344. While the soul is looking into the outside, it is shadowed by sansara. But when it
goes deeply inwards, the shadow of sansara touches it no more, and the internal flam
is flamed up.
345. Bliss is achieved only after deep meditation and contemplation.
346. Worship of the stone image of God is only one of the steps of the ladder leading to
God; this is a way of intellectual discipline.
347. Divine takes a form of spiritual benefit; what is related to guru takes a form of
spiritual search. Theology creates ignorance and maja; knowledge, given by guru,
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creates Knowledge about maja. One, which is material, rewards a man according to
his deeds. The other one appears as the ocean of endless grace and compassion, its
blessing is disinterested
348. Construction of a temple in the place where Rama was born is the act that will be
performed by the Hindu, the Muslims, the Sikhs, and the Christians together. Their
joined efforts will keep unity in the country; the country will be united. Faith of God
will be intact. Nobody can bring harm to the Indian land, because this is the land of
great sages and ascetics.
349. A resolute faith of God prevents us from committing sinful actions. God inspires us
towards faith, good intentions, moral actions, and service. All of these are parts of our
true Hindu faith. Comparing religions is not wise.
350. What else can be built in the place of birth of Lord Rama, the embodiment of
Brahma, but a temple? How can it be doubted that in this place a temple dedicated to
Rama will be built? The issue of constructing a temple is an issue of the unity of the
state. Devoted Muslims will contribute to this good cause. A cause pleasing to God
cannot be stopped notwithstanding any difficulties.
351. My son, my duty is to wish good to each and everyone, who comes to me. Each will
reap the fruits of his own labor. If a man addicted to gaming asks for my blessing, I
will tell him: Let you be blessed with goodness! But he should know that goodness
for a gambler is loss, because if he wins, his vicious tendencies will only increase and
he will be lost. If politicians, convinced in the rightness of their sinful behavior, come
to me to ask for my blessing, hoping to liberate from sins, then their expectations are
false. I have addressed many leaders asking to stop the killing of cows. None has
kept his word. Can their meeting with me liberate them from the terrible sin of killing
a cow? It is useless to look at the religious books that explain the law, it is necessary
to follow them. Embody my covenants, and then they will be meaningful for you.
Live a truthful life with the name of Lord Rama on your lips. Do not wish evil to
anyone, do not condemn, and do not listen to the others when they condemn. Observe
God in every living being. This is sufficient to make a human life prosperous and
successful.

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1.

This sermon was delivered by the Divine Guru, divinely-worshiped Baba Devraha
exactly a week before June 18, 1990. He entered the state of samadhi and merged the
world of Brahma.

2.

The poem Sridevrahayana has been dedicated to Sri Devraha Baba. It has been
written by Lal Das Sant on the saint land of Netarhata during the period of two years
and 18 days in the presence of Sri Baba Devraha. The eighth part of this poem was
completed on December 26,1990 in Patna. In addition to the poem the book presents
eight marvelous pictures of Sri Baba Devraha. Please, write to the following address
if you would like to receive the book by post:

Sri Sant Lal Das Sant

Nistama Dharmapur, Samastipur, Bihar
Jay Sri Guru Bhagavan!

Note:
Please, contact the publishers for any additional information you would like to
receive.

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Upon receiving teaching and revelation from such universal teacher as Sri Krishna, Arjuna
announced:
Nashta-h moha-h Smriti-h labdhaa tvatprasaadaat mayaa Achyuta,
Sthita-h asmi, gatasandeha-h karishye vachanam tava|

(Sanskrit)

(The Bhagavad Gita 18 / 73)

Oh, (my) Eternal teacher, by your favor, I am free from illusion and ignorance, and
I have reached awareness (Smriti). Now I am strong in my conviction, as all my
doubts have left me. I will act as you say
(Translators note: - Smriti (sanskr.) means memorized, something fixed in ones memory. This term is usually applied with
regards to the God-revelation texts, complementing Shruti, or original Veda limning, i.e. Smriti determines explained and memorized
knowledge.)

Guru ke vachan pratiiti na jehi,

Sapnehun, sugam na sukh sidhi tehi

(dialect Hindi,- Avadhi)

One, who has not received Gurus admonition, does not know happiness

Yours faithfully,
Radharaman

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List of topics of divine revelations (dictums).

In the present part (present issue), - 1510 invaluable instructions of the saint Teacher,
which were selected and completed into 351 items (paragraphs). In these statements, His
Lordship, (Teacher), has covered the following topics. The given topics are listed in the
alphabetical order. (Translators note: Sanskrit or Hindu alphabet was taken for the
basis. I.e. the topics were listed in the order of Sanskrit (Hindu) alphabet). Each topic is
supplied with the numbers for paragraphs (statements), which were included into this
issue, and with the help of which in different places and under the different numbers of
this collection of dictums these topics are discussed.
Divine and sacred sound AUM - 16, 206, 209 (2) State and spiritual level of a
Saint Person - 27 (3) Ignorance - 110, 111 (4) - Ego (egoism) - 144 (5) Fault (sin) - 66 (6)
Illusion of ignorance - 110, 240 (7) Extremes - 9 (8) Pride - 15 (9) Kindness and
civility - 112 (10) Wholeness and devotion - 125 (11) Infinite mercy - (12) Internal divine
light - (13) Whether divine Incarnation (Bhagavan) is in anyones power - 210 (14) Super
open means - 213 (15) Inseparable devotion - 273 (16) Voice that can be heard by the
inner hearing - 274 (17) Disinterested grace - 294 (18) Anahata (heart) chakra and
meditation - 307 (19) Resolute faith what is it? - 409 (20) Lifetime of a Saint Person 27 (21) Soul - 69, 221, 217, 230 (22) Bliss - 72, 126, 189, 345 (23) True nature of a soul212 (24) Spiritual wealth - 234, 237 (25) Self-analysis - 340 (26) Blessing of His
Highness, (Teacher) - 351 (27) Assertiveness (faith in ones own power) - 133 (28)
Attachment - 153 (29) Soul and mind - 211 (30) True awareness of ones own spiritual
nature - 212 (31) Suicide - 216 (32) Perception of own Self - 221 (33) Bliss and piece 234 (34) Own experiences and feelings, as well as senses of perception - 263 (35) Direct
perception of own self - 267 (36) Self-actualization - 272 (37) Understanding the soul 336 (38) Joy and satisfaction of the Almighty - 247 (39) Almighty and our prayers - 248
(40) Divine structure and order - 250 (41) Resolute faith of God - 349 (42) Fasting - 5 (43)
Acquired knowledge (experience) and its application - 148 (44) Benefactions - 229 (45)
Worship and reverence - 214 (46) Concentration - 24, 259 (47) Single cause - 269 (48)
Solitude - 277 (49) Free pharmacy - 12 (50) Karma - 102, 192, 198, 343 (51) Duty - 170
(52) Sensual desires - 28 (53) Kundalini - 36 (54) Kriyayoga - 155 (55) Kirtan
(glorification of the Almighty) - 132, 133, 135, 136, 288 (56) Devotee, who has reached
liberation - 155 (57) Grace - 60, 64, 101, 113, 116, 141, 161, 172, 173, 176, 207, 215 (58)
Kali-yuga - 132, 172 (59) Karma, created through actions in the present moment - 192
(60) Bad omen - 199 (61) Decision (intension) to do something - 217 (62) Sheaths (soul) 230 A tree, performing wishes (Kalpa-vriksha) in Kali-yuga - 282 (63) Gurus words
(Teacher) - 218 (64) Gang - 74 (65) The nature of Guru (Teacher) - 20, 62, 255, 258 (66) a
Guru (Teacher) and (a true Guru (Teacher) - 20, 121, 140, 193, 199, 208, 222, 234, 240,
254 (67) Guru Mantra (Teacher) - 34, 35, 224, 258, 351 (68) Gayatri - 137, 320, 329 (69)
Teacher Intensions - 253 (70) Taking care of a cow - 351 (71) Killing of a cow - 351 (72)
Swearing 17 (73) Authority - 15 (74) Owner of a house (family-man) - 24, 239 (75)
Teachers Word - 218 (76) Teachers intensions, filled with high senses, - in terms of Love
- 253 (77) Result of chanting Gayatri mantra (with mala) - 320 (78) Charanamrit (Water
after divine feet or Teachers feet have been washed in it) - 40 (79) Frame of mind - 155,
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162, 169 (80) Meditation - 336, 338, 339 (81) Image of living consciousness - 258 (82)
The mystery of form of living consciousness - (83) Image of the true Teacher - 295 (84)
Kasta - 26 (85) Light - 35 (86) Japam (reading and repetition of prayers and mantra with
mala) - 36, 174, 226, 258, 302 (87) Water - 81 (88) Lifestyle (way of living) - 351 (89)
The circle of death and birth - 343 (90) Light of inner world - 344 (91) The Universe
(world) and life - 120, 351 (92) Living being - 148 (93) Tobacco and smoking - 84 (94)
Principles - 238 (95) Renunciation - 246 (96) Liberation from the three types of suffering 168 (97) Yoga that destroys torments and sorrow 10 (98) Compassion - 28, 105 (99)
Philosophy - 30, 261, 152, 153, 154, 191, 200, 261, 295, 328 (100) Respectful greeting 40 (101) Bodily incarnation (physical life) - 77 (102) Deities - 273 (103) Control over
body 147 (104) Physical vices - 274 (105) What is the look of the observer of the
Universe (i.e. a living being )? - 318 (106) In the context of the visit to the Deity (Deva) in
a temple - 328 (107) Darshan (observing and perceiving God or a Teacher in everything),
Prasad (sacrificial food), Charanamrit (Water after divine feet or Teachers feet have been
washed in it) - 333 (108) Depression - 338 (109) Pride, caused by physical existence 341 (110) Control and meditation - 146. 147, 155, 156. 159, 160, 164, 273, 304, 327 (111)
Wealth and its owner - 95, 237 (112) Need of meditation - 122 (113) Vicious attachment to
(own) cause - 128 (114) Meditation and Samadhi (the highest stage in yoga) - 146 (115)
Power and strength of concentration (meditation) 159 (116) Rich and well-to do people 191 (117) The essence of Dharma (law and religion) - 203 (118) Meditation, body, world
(the universe) - 304 (119) Concentration and japam (reading prayers with mala) 309
(120) Dharma (law and religion), Karma, Tribute 317 (121) Glorifying the saint names
4, 168, (122) One, who is devoid of any qualities (the Almighty) - 201 (123) Causality
204 (124) The new enlightened (satva) body - 281 (125) A friend continuously watching
after you - 296 (126) God and man - 298 (127) Disinterested Karma yoga (Yoga of
performing ones duty) - 219 (128) Deliverance - 106 (129) The Almighty (Paramatma)
109, 111, 112, 187, 213, 302, 303, 306, 307, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316. 317, 332,
334 (130) Perceiving the Almighty - 185, 187, 296 (131) Bliss (the Highest Joy) - 164,
182, 183, 189, (132) Liberation from incarnation - 68 (133) Firm, as a diamond - vice (sin)
- 86 (134) Virtuous soul 106 (135) Sinful soul - 106 (136) The voice of a heart - 149
(137) Gift and tribute - 40, 102 (138) Pranava - the sacred sound OM - 23, 70, 209
(139) The tradition of walking around a sacred place (Parikrama) -30, 40, 333 (140)
Unfavorable conditions - 223 (141) Prestige 15 (142) Love and devotion to God - 195
(143) Prayerful request - 249, 277 (144) Inevitability of destiny fate - 197 (145)
Reincarnation (recurring birth) - 234 (146) Perceiving the Absolute and fear of it - 111
(147) Sin - 193 (148) Individual consciousness and mind - 209 (149) Clear heart 278
(150) Feeling of a complete self sacrifice - 254 (151) Sermon and worship (Puja) 265
(152) Family and happiness - 271 (153) Obsolete bad habits and inclinations - 279 (154)
Maha Yogi - 293 (155) Sinful attachment - 308 (156) Impulse of love and compassion 310 (157) Joy - 312 (158) Virtuous divine - 330 (159) Experience of Supreme Happiness 337 (160) Stone sculpture (statue) 346 (161) All living beings - 351 (162) Yearning to
gain results of own labor - 148, 151 (163) Stolen flower - 203 (164) Saint Teacher (Baba) 27, 33, (165) The boat of Saint Teacher - 63, 65 (166) Praying at the most favorable
time - 224, 325 (167) Wisdom - 120 (168) Brahma (Creator), Paramatma (Supreme Soul),
Bhagavan (God) 185 (169) Brahma (Creator) - 187, 201, 332 (170) Mind and soul - 262
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(171) Renaissance (recurrent birth) of the Saint Teacher - 305 (172) Yoga of Mind (Buddhi
- yoga) - 318 (173) What is mind? 320 (174) Mind and good intentions - 320 (175)
Highest sacrifice to God - 322 (176) Bhakti (Devotion to God) - 99, 147, 157, 163, 180,
196, 210, 219, 238 (177) Prayers and sermons - 1, 130, 131 (178) Stories of the Divine
Personalities - 2 (179) Mundane and earthly happiness - 98 (180) Envoy of God - 6 (181)
Meeting with God 7, 39, 144, 269, 270 (182) Meal 83, 88, 107, 237 (183) - 28
(184) Devoted of God (Bhakti) 25 (185) Remembering and contemplating over God - 68
(186) () Super-powers of God - 161 (186) () Form taken by God - 202 (187) Divine
epithets - 108, 347 (188) God (Bhagavan) - 179, 185, 225, 286, 288 (189) Sensual soul 22, 91, 100, 175, 177, 220, 235, 236, 265, 283, 284, 303, 306, 327, 344 (190) Sensual soul
and mind 114 (191) Universal Soul 204 (192) Human virtue and sacrifice - 322 (193)
Purification of mind (ablution of soul) - 324 (194) Human follies - 334 (195) Our soul as a
prototype of the Supreme-Soul (or the All-Mighty) - 340 (196) Connection with the soul 342 (197) Father and mother (parents) - 206, 247, 291 (198) Sculpture (statue of God) 202 (199) Illusory world (Maja) - 138 (200) Mantra - 142, 258 (201) Kingdom of the
intelligent soul and practice of reading prayers (japa) - 160 (202) Great Personalities
(Supreme Personalities) - 169 (203) Royal mantra - Sri Hari - 171 (204) Destiny and
fate of the Great souls (Mahatma) - 197 (205) Mystery of the illusory world (Maja) - 231
(206) Tools of maja (illusions) - 231 (207) Statues ( of Deities) and Teachers (Gurus)
advice - 240 (208) 2 formulas (2 rules or 2 sutras) from Ram charit manas, by Tulsi-das
- 256 (209) Effect of power contained in mantra - 258 (210) Who is a real hero? 301
(211) Maja (illusion) and Gods will - 319 (212) Sacrifice - 18 (213) Yogi - 194, 293, 346
(214) Mind-yoga and divine (supernatural) visions - 109 (215) Natural state in yoga - 255
(216) Sickness - 13, 14, 104 (217) Mantra of Rama and mantra of Narajana - 80, 91, 93,
94 (218) Ram charit manas (Of Tulsi das) 256, 282 (219) Ram - 257 (221) Repeating
the name of Rama - 200, 274, 308 (220) Place of Ramas birth - 348, 350, (221) Repetition
of the name and deeds of Rama 257 (222) Discipline and obedience - 29 (223) Power,
liberating from illness and suffering - 11 (224) Sensual desires and fantasies - 87, 139,
151, 214 (225) Faith - 134, 143, 276 (226) Ashram (monastery) in Vindhya mountains 285 (227) Tendency of complete concentration upon the object of meditation - 149, 150
(228) Male semen - 167 (229) Worshipers of Vishnu (Vaishnava) 309 (230) Sensual
desires and attachment to the results of own actions - 151 (231) Thought and intellect
(conscience) - 162 (232) Special grace - 207 (233) Monastery Vrindavan - 228 (-3) (234)
Terrifying essence - 238 (235) Passionless prayer - 249 (236) Illusion of knowledge and
ignorance - 260 (237) Glorifying of Mother Sri Varad Vallabha - 268 (238) The object of
sensual desires and suffering - 339 (239) Mystery of acquiring patronage - 29, 101, 300
(240) Disciple - 62, 181 (241) Body - 154, 227, 262, 281, 297 (242) Body as a chariot
262 (243) Upon receiving patronage and protection - 300 (244) Saint Person - 190, 243,
244, 245, 250, 290 (246) Samadhi (highest stage in yoga) - 19, 22, 24, 129 (247) Ethics
31, 37, 38 (248) Material world - 39, 225 (249) Changeability of forms and images - (250)
Virtues - 125, 127 (251) Self-education - 131, 322 (252) Spiritual practice - 158 (253) The
bank of river Sarayo - 232 (254) Sensual pleasures (sex) - 233 (255) Testimony - 103, 184,
260, 318 (256) Character and temper - 272 (257) Benevolence - 301 (258) Completeness
of the spiritual practice - 109 (259) Grace of a true Teacher - 141 (260) Hierarchy of the
living beings - 148 (261) Decent society, or communication with the virtuous people and
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self-education - 163 (262) Finding and perceiving God directly - 178 (263) Summary
(accumulated) karma of deeds completed in the past - 198 (264) True devotion to God 219 (265) Good karma (good deed), good communication and pilgrimage - 223 (266)
Internal voice - 231 (267) True devotee - 242 (268) Wish of a pure heart - 243 (269)
Handing oneself over to the Saint Person and God - 244 (270) Saint Person and God - 245
(271) True bhakti (devoted to God) - 250 (272) Happiness and misery - 263 (273)
Involvement into mundane passions and pleasures - 270 (274) True will - 280 (275)
Various super- natural abilities and talents - 281 (276) Sattvic body (a body endowed with
the best qualities and possibilities) - 281 (277) A person involved in a spiritual practice
and material world - 287 (278) Enjoying mundane and earthly pleasures - 289 (279)
Proximity to the Saint Person - 290 (280) Perceiving the delicate and rough (physical)
substance - 295 (281) Various temptations and tricks- 299 (282) Meditation and
communicating with the Saint Persons - 326 (283) Ablution and meditation - 327 (284)
Omnipresence - 323 (285) About a visit to the Saint Person - 328 (286) The greatest
message to the world - 351 (287) Killer - 165 (288) Hanuman - 251 (289) Essence of
Hanuman - 238 (290) Our vice - 264 (291) Tibetan region in Himalayas - 305 (292) Who
are we? - 335.

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