30.1 In the Samvat year 1879, on sud 9 of the second Chaitra [19th April 1823], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting on a mattress with a large, cylindrical pillow on the veranda outside the mandir of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was wearing a white khes and had covered Himself with a white chãdar. He had tied a black-bordered cloth around His head, and a tassel of flowers was hanging from His pãgh. He was also wearing a garland of flowers around His neck. A sabhã of sãdhus, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
30.2 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “The Shreemad Bhãgvat and the other sacred shãstras are satya; so reality reflects what is stated in those shãstras. Just see, in the Shreemad Bhãgvat, it is said that Kali (Kali-Yug) resides in gold; and for that reason, I do not like even the sight of gold. Also, like gold, beauty is a source of attachment. After all, when a beautiful woman enters a sabhã, even the most composed person cannot remain without being drawn towards her beauty. Therefore, gold and women are the source of extreme attachment.
30.3 “A person does not become attached to gold and women when he realises the pure chaitanya brahm as the only satya; when he realises that brahm to be his own self; when he becomes brahm-rup and worships Shree Krishna Bhagvãn, who is Parbrahm; when he realises Prakruti and all the entities which have evolved from it – all of which are below Brahm – as being asatya, perishable, and worthless; and when he views all mãyik names and forms as flawed and develops intense vairãgya towards all those names and forms. Only under these conditions do gold and women not bind a person; otherwise, they most certainly will cause a person to become bound by them.”
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