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Gunatit
Discourses:
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the samaiya gatherings at Vadtal, Gopalanand Swami and Nityanand
Swami let only Swami talk. Whenever Swami talked about the Purushottam
form of Maharaj, Gopalanand Swami used to rejoice and say, "Oh
! Swami is Akshar Brahman incarnated so the bonds of Vedas cannot
bother." Whenever Swami used to talk on topics like renunciation,
or observance of strict rligious rules by citing authorities from
scriptures like Dharmamrut, Nishkam Shuddhi, Shikshapatri, Vachanavidhi
Chosathpadi, etc., many sadhus were pushed to an ecstatic condition
of renuciation and used to renounce the six rasas. This made Nityanand
Swami very happy and he used to say, "Nishkulanand Swami
has severed the roots of five sensuous pleasures by writing volumes,
and Gunatitanand Swami does it by his discourses." In this
way Swami was considered to be matchless in the entire satsang
for spreading devotion for Shriji Maharaj, religion, knowledge,
vairagya and Ekantik Dharma Everyone could visualise Shriji Maharaj
in Swami due with to his exquisite Brahmi sthiti constant communion
with Maharaj.
Once Nityanand Swami had come to Junagadh to remain in the company
of Swami. But Swami made him talk in the gatherings. So once Nityanand
Swami told him, "We have come here to hear your talks and
you are keeping yourself busy with the temple affairs." Swami
said, "My talks are such that they would not suit everyone."
Nityanand Swami said, "You are a Jogi and, therefore, your
talks would suit everybody." Then Swami replied with the
following anecdote : "In my pre-initiation days I had gone
to buy a pair of bullocks. One old woman had a pair of bullocks.
One cost sixty koris and the other only thirty koris. Both the
bullocks were white and similar in other respects and yet, there
was a difference in price. So I enquired about the reason. The
old woman replied, 'The costlier one was made to suck milk from
his mother in my presence. He would never shirk however much burden
he has to carry, and the less costly one was purchased by me from
some one else and therefore I can't vouchsafe for him. I purchased
the pair from her." So she bowed to the bullock which she
had made feed on his mother's milk, in her presence and requested
him not to put her to shame. Similarly, Shriji Maharaj, without
seeing, day and night, has explained to us His glory through His
talks. Besides that, He has also delighted us through His darshan.
So now we should not try to shirk from His worship and orders,
and if we do so He would feel ashamed." In this way Swami
talked about many things and Nityanand Swami was pleased to listen
to them.
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