Vachanamrut - Pragna 3 Quotations Eng

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Loya 5:

Any weakness in observing.........

........... considered to be honest.

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Any weakness in observing the five religious vows which cannot be overcome by one’s own thought process should be disclosed before the Sant who has no such weaknesses. If one has perceived faults in the Sant, that should also be disclosed. Furthermore, any doubts in one’s conviction of God should also be disclosed. Then one can be considered to be honest.

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Loya 5: Controlling the Indriyas and the Antahkaran

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Loya 5

Just as Dattãtreya imbibed............ .......................his foundation is not firm.

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Just as Dattãtreya imbibed the virtues of the five bhuts, the moon, various animals, a prostitute, a virgin, his own body and others, similarly, only if a person has the disposition of imbibing the virtues of a sadhu does his foundation in Satsang become solid. If a person does not have such a disposition, then even though he remains in Satsang, his foundation is not firm.

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Loya 5 - Controlling the Indriyas and the Antahkaran

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Loya 6:

Of the dharma-related endeavours,...

....................then all of the others will develop.

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Of the dharma-related endeavours, if one maintains the vow of non-lust, all other endeavours will develop. Of the God-related endeavours, if one keeps the conviction of God, then all of the others will develop.

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Loya 6: Purifying the Company One Keeps)

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Loya 12:

One possessing the highest............of ‘nirvikalp faith’.

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One possessing the highest level of ‘nirvikalp faith’ realizes that countless millions of brahmãnds, each encircled by the eight barriers, appear like mere atoms before Akshar. Such is the glory of Akshar, the abode of Purushottam Nãrãyan. One who worships Purushottam realizing oneself to be aksharrup can be said to possess the highest level of ‘nirvikalp faith’.

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Loya 12: The Six Levels of Faith; Savikalp and Nirvikalp Faith

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Loya 6:

All flaws reside in the.............then all virtues will develop.

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All flaws reside in the flaw of identifying one’s self with the body. If that is abandoned, all flaws are abandoned. Furthermore, if the sole virtue of ãtmã-realization, i.e., realizing oneself as the ãtmã, distinct from the body, is developed, then all virtues will develop.

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Loya 6: Purifying the Company One Keeps

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Loya 17:

If a person is indifferent.........adverse circumstances imaginable.

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If a person is indifferent to his body, has firmly realized his self to be the ãtmã, maintains vairãgya towards the panchvishays and has absolute faith in God coupled with the knowledge of his glory, then his mind will never become perverted – even amidst the most adverse circumstances imaginable.

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Loya 17: Reverence and Condemnation

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Loya 17:

If a person has realized ..........a flaw in the Sant.

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If a person has realized the glory of the Sant, then regardless of how much the Sant scorns him, he would never become upset with the Sant. In fact, if he does find a fault in anyone, he would find it in himself, but in no way would he perceive a flaw in the Sant.

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Loya 17: Reverence and Condemnation

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Vartal 3:

Of the four types of eminent.....God’s glory develops in that person.

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Of the four types of eminent spiritual people just described, if a person serves one who is like lightning or the vadvãnal fire – by thought, word and deed, while staying within the tenets of one’s dharma – then bhakti coupled with the knowledge of God’s glory develops in that person.

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Vartal 3: Four Types of Eminent Spiritual People

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Vartal 5:

Then by performing with extreme.......God and God’s Bhakta.

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Then by performing with extreme affection such similar service of God and the Sant who possesses the highest qualities, even if he is a devotee of the lowest type and was destined to become a devotee of the highest type after two lives, or after four lives, or after ten lives, or after a hundred lives, he will become a devotee of the highest calibre in this very life. Such are the fruits of the similar service of God and God’s Bhakta.

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Vartal 5: One Should Not Perceive Mãyã in God; Performing Similar Service

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Vartal 11:

Therefore, intense love for the Satpurush...........the direct realization of God.

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Therefore, intense love for the Satpurush is the only means to realizing one’s ãtmã; it is the only means to realizing the glory of the Satpurush; and it is also the only means to having the direct realization of God.

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Vartal 11: The Destruction of the Jiva; Love for the Satpurush Is the Only Means to Realizing the Ãtmã

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Gadhada III 2:

I consider this assembly .........why I have to swear.

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I consider this assembly of satsangis to be far greater than the assemblies in Shvetdwip, Golok, Vaikunth and Badrikãshram; and I see all of these devotees as being extremely luminous. Indeed, I swear by this assembly of sadhus that there is not even the slightest untruth in this matter. Why do I have to swear in this manner? Because not everyone understands such divinity, nor can they see it; that is why I have to swear.

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Gadhada III 2: The Attainment of All Purushãrths; Incarnate God in the Form of the Guru

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Gadhada III 2:

The Shrutis state: ‘If a person........ which are described as attainable.’

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The Shrutis state: ‘If a person develops conviction in the guru – who is the manifest form of God – in the same way that he has conviction in the non-manifest devas, then, as a result, he attains all of the arthas which are described as attainable.’

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Gadhada III 2: The Attainment of All Purushãrths; Incarnate God in the Form of the Guru

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Gadhada III 2:

When he attains the company........

or liberation, while being alive.

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When he attains the company of such a Sant, he has, while still alive, attained he who was to be attained after death. That is to say, he has attained that which is called the highest state of enlightenment, or liberation, while being alive.

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Gadhada III 2: The Attainment of All Purushãrths; Incarnate God in the Form of the Guru

Guru

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Gadhada III 7:

For a person who desires his.......... absolutely loyal to the Bhakta of God.

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For a person who desires his own liberation, nothing in this world is more blissful than God and his Sant. Therefore, just as a person is profoundly attached to his own body, he should be similarly attached to God and his Sant. One should also remain absolutely loyal to the Bhakta of God.

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Gadhada III 7: An Iron Nail

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Gadhada III 7:

Just as an iron nail that is .........he has attained it while still alive.

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Just as an iron nail that is firmly affixed to an iron surface can never be separated, similarly, one’s mind should be fixed firmly at the holy feet of God. When the devotee has kept his mind at the holy feet of God in this manner, he does not have to die to attain the abode of God – he has attained it while still alive.

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Gadhada III 7: An Iron Nail