47.1 In the Samvat year 1880, on Mahã vad 10 [24th February 1824], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting on the veranda outside the east-facing rooms of Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes and had covered Himself with a yellow rajãi made of chhint. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
47.2 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “If a person has a group of sãdhus staying with him, and if he can sincerely look after them graciously, those sãdhus will happily stay with him. However, if he does not know how to look after them, they will not stay with him.
47.3 “Furthermore, if a sãdhu is eager to attain moksh, he would become increasingly overjoyed when I do something that may upset him or when I criticise the vishays. For example, Muktãnand Swãmi has contracted tuberculosis, and so he is restricted from eating yoghurt, milk, and any sweet or fried foods. A wise person would think to himself, ‘This disease has restricted all tasty food and drink; therefore I wonder if I have actually attained the company of a great sãdhu in the appearance of tuberculosis!’ This is how a wise person would view the situation. This is because a person’s desires regarding the genitals and the stomach are characteristics of an asat person. However, tuberculosis is disease that removes both flaws. Therefore, a mumukshu should not feel hurt when a sat-purush, in the same way as that disease, criticises vishays.
47.4 “Also, if a person is staying with a senior sãdhu due to the temptation of obtaining tasty food or drink, or due to the temptation of obtaining nice clothes, or due to the temptation of collecting objects that he likes, then he should not be considered a sãdhu at all. Instead, he should be known to be an extremely wretched person and like a dog. A person who has such corrupt intentions will ultimately fall from satsang.
47.5 “Furthermore, if someone should give a sãdhu a nice object, a person who becomes jealous as well as the person who is greedy for the panch-vishays are both much worse than a person who has committed the five great sins. Therefore, a person who is wise should remain in the company of sãdhus and not have any impure intentions within. After all, this sabhã is like the sabhã in Badrikãshram and Shvet-Dvip; if a person’s worldly desires are not eradicated here, where else will he be able to eradicate them?
47.6 “Moreover, our jeevs have previously indulged in the panch-vishays through countless bodies, as devs and humans. Nevertheless, we have not been happy with those vishays. Therefore, now that we are bhaktas of Bhagvãn, indulging in the vishays for a further year, or two years, or maybe even five years will still not fulfil us. It is as if the earth has been split down to Pãtãl, and we begin to fill it with water, it can never be filled. Similarly, the indriyas have never become satisfied by the vishays, and they never will be. So, a person should eradicate his attachment to the vishays. Furthermore, he should consider the qualities of the sãdhu who speaks to him harshly and should not think unkindly of him. This is explained in the following kirtan composed by Muktãnand Swãmi: ‘Shuli Upar Shayan Karãve Toy Sãdhu-Ne Sange Rahiye Re...’ – a person should remain in the company of sãdhus, even if he has to suffer the pain of a shuli. Therefore, a person should take hold of this opportunity and die only after eradicating his impure desires; he should not die with his impure desires still remaining.
47.7 “Having said this though, a person should keep the following desire: ‘After leaving this body, I want to become brahm-rup like Nãrad, the Sanakãdik, and Shukji, and offer bhakti to Bhagvãn’ . During this process, even if he has to go to Brahm-Lok or Indra-Lok, there is nothing to worry about. For example, if a person goes to answer the call of nature, and then falls headfirst into the gutter, he should take a bath and become pure again; he should not remain in the filth. Similarly, if a person has pure desires and as a result attains Brahm-Lok or Indra-Lok, he should think, ‘I have fallen headfirst into the gutter’. Thinking in this way, he should discard the pleasures of Brahm-Lok and Indra-Lok using the strength of his pure desires and make his way to the dhãm of Bhagvãn. He should be determined not to stop anywhere in between.
47.8 “Also, just as the grahasthas or tyãgis serve us, we should also realise their greatness. For example, Mulji Brahm-Chãri realises my greatness and serves me. In the same way, I realise his greatness. Therefore, as the grahasthas serve us by providing food and clothes, we should also realize their greatness and serve them by preaching to them. In this way, we should develop friendship among bhaktas of Bhagvãn by realising the greatness of each other.”
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