Spreading Guruhari Pappaji Maharaj's Teachings
To experience the bliss of God is to realise God. The trouble is that we are unable to experience unbroken communion with God. The thirteenth century German mystic, Meister Eckhart [1] once wrote: We ought not to let ourselves be satisfied with the God we have thought of, for when the thought slips the mind, that God slips with
Shreeji Maharaj once asked Muktanand Swami how many thoughts he had in his mind. Muktanand Swami picked a hand full of dirt and said that he had as many thoughts as the grains of dust slipping from his hand; that is the mind is full of thousands of thoughts that are difficult to control.
For those who have the conviction of the manifest God, to have divine vision is to: Realise that at this very moment we are living in Akshardham. We are not in our place of dwelling or place of work, we are not in our town or city, we are not in England or India, we are not even
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Nirdosh buddhi is the divine acceptance that God is the all-inspirer and all-doer. It is not looking at the faults of others, criticising or gossiping.
When we try to focus our minds on God we find that our minds are filled with thoughts of the day, activities that we need to do or problems that may be worrying us. We have to stretch our minds to stay in God whereas worldly thoughts flow freely. But we see that Guruhari Param Pujya Pappaji and the swaroopo
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Sarvopari no aashro is the complete refuge in the supreme God. It is the total reliance on Him just as a child relies upon its parents without any doubt or reservation. It is the realisation that every second of every minute of every day that He is the all-doer (Vach. Jetalpur 5). We are the most fortunate of all as
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Guruhari Param Pujya Pappaji was once seated in the Param building at the old London Jyot. There a haribhakta asked Pappaji whether it is possible for any sadhu to be able to liberate people. Pappaji said that this is only possible by sincere prayers to the Gunatit Sant. Whilst in a state of parbrahm, Pappaji also said that only 5% of prayers
Every member of the Gunatit Samaj undertakes seva in one form or another. Some seva are clearly seen, others may be less obvious but all are important in there own right. Some people donate money, some do physical seva, others do pujan or
We all want to devote our lives to God, but often we struggle to do so. Param Pujya Pappaji has explained in Pratam ni Pathik ni the brahm sutra: “There is greater spiritual power in chanting His name than in His physical body, but even greater power lies in living by His commands” In fact we have to keep
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In order to stay in God, when we have a free moment, we can: do dhun (chant the Swaminarayan mantra) do smruti (remember Guruhari) do antardrashti (introspect within)