The simplest way to moksha

• 19 December 2010, Mumbai
  Nimish Thakkar, a devotee, asked Swamishri by phone, “What should I do to attain moksha?”Swamishri replied briefly, “Have refuge in God. Do bhajan and bhakti, and observe moral disciplines; you will get moksha. Also, never doubt God’s doership.”

       Priority in life

• 20 December 2010, Mumbai
  Swamishri is profoundly wedded to spirituality. Despite all his activities, doing bhajan is an intrinsic part of his persona.
  This morning Swamishri finished his bathing rituals earlier than usual. Since he was before time the attendant sadhus requested him to rest for a while. In response Swamishri replied, “It’s better to do bhajan than to lie down.” Swamishri turned the mala, chanting the Swaminarayan mantra, for 25 minutes.

      Blessing a lost soul

• 22 December 2010, Mumbai
  A devotee from America explained on the phone, “Swamishri, my son (Yogi) used to regularly do his puja and observe the satsang disciplines. But since the last one-and-a-half years he has stopped doing puja. His mother has explained to Yogi to start again, and he did his puja today.” “Give him the phone,” Swamishri requested. Yogi came on the phone and Swamishri lovingly explained, “You are virtuous since childhood. You used to do puja before. And now that you have started, do it properly. Good sense has prevailed over you because of your devotion. I bless you for treading the right path and for inner strength and peace in life.”

      Guru is the root of progress

• 23 December 2010, Mumbai
  Whenever Swamishri is praised for all his works and achievements he credits everything to his gurus Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj. His appreciation rises from the wellspring of his guru bhakti.
  Adarshjivan Swami informed Swamishri, “Sant Swami (a senior sadhu) used to say that you have accomplished ten times more than what Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj had done.”
  “The wish [for all projects] was ultimately theirs, because they dreamed for more mandirs and an increase in Satsang. This is why such works are accomplished.”
  “Yes, they willed, but to make efforts in realizing their wishes is of no lesser importance,” Adarshjivan Swami added.
  Swamishri replied, “It was their wish, and that’s why things get done. There is power in their wishes.”
  Adarshjivan Swami stated, “In spite of the potential power in a seed, one needs someone to nourish it with water and nutrients. Only then will it flourish into a tree.”
  Swamishri argued, “But when the seed is genuine, then only the nutrients and water will lead to fruition.”
  Then Adarshjivan Swami rattled off an inventory of Swamishri’s 42 accomplishments in the year 2010.
  Swamishri answered, “Ultimately, the roots of all these achievements lie in the wishes of Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj. They wished for the increase in numbers of sadhus and the growth of Satsang. Yogiji Maharaj chanted dhun in the Akshar Deri for the growth of Satsang and in the number of sadhus. And that is why we see the growth.”
  Krishnavallabh Swami asked, “But if you had not travelled extensively and made such great efforts, how could all of this have happened?”
  Swamishri repeated the same idea, “Yogiji Maharaj had wished for an increase in Satsang, and that is why we had to travel and make efforts.”Swamishri’s humility, guru bhakti and detachment from all his accomplishments is simply amazing!