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Dharampur, Chaitra Vad 4, Wednesday, 1956 Received your letter. The state of tranquillity prevails here. Suddenly, physical discomfort has arisen and that is being experienced with calmness; this was known to me, and so there was satisfaction. All worldly beings, driven by karma, constantly keep experiencing manifestation of comfort-discomfort. Of them, mostly, the manifestation of […]
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Mumbai, Fagan Sud 4, Saturday, 1947 Salutations! Salutations! To The Eternal This world is bewildered by the agony of physical, mental and circumstantial suffering. It is as pitiful as one who runs to fetch water from a mirage desiring to quench its thirst. Because of ignorance, forgetting the nature of the Self, it has acquired […]
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Mumbai, Posh, 1947 Why has one not found the path? Ponder upon this repeatedly, and when you feel it appropriate, read the accompanying letter. Though my present state is not one in which I can write or explain much, only to prevent you from feeling offended, I have written what I felt was appropriate under […]
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Bhagwan Mahavirswami, even in the state of a householder, lived like a renunciate. His dispassion was such that it could not be matched even by someone practising restraint for thousands of years! Wherever the Bhagwan gives sermons, all benevolences manifest themselves. His language, a manifestation of His karmas, is full of peace and tranquillity and […]
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Mumbai, Maah Sud 5, Wednesday, 1948 Since time immemorial the Soul has forgotten its True Nature, therefore the feeling of oneness with the non-self has become normal. When one keeps association with the teachings of the Enlightened over a prolonged period and also practises what has been preached, this oblivion of the Self and identification […]
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Mumbai, Jeth Sud 8, Tuesday, 1953 Salutations again and again to the Great One who does not have likes, dislikes for anyone Supreme benefactor, spiritual aspirant, one endowed with virtues such as straightforwardness, Shri Sobhag, I have received a letter written by brother Trambak today. A book containing brief meaning of “Atmasiddhi” text and copies […]
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Vavania, Bhadarva Sud 9, Thursday, 1951 He who feels joy due to a circumstance, he who feels sad due to a circumstance, he who feels an attraction for sense objects due to a circumstance, he who feels aversion for those types that are unfavourable to senses due to a circumstance, he who feels elevated due […]
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Mumbai, Jeth Sud 10, Sunday, 1951 The bliss that the Enlightened One experiences is that of abidance in one’s own nature. He does not have the notion of happiness in external objects, therefore it cannot be said that for the Enlightened One, there is an increase or decrease in joy, sorrow etc. due to those […]
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Mumbai, Maah Vad Amas, 1947 ‘Truth’ is not something that is far, but it appears to be far, and this alone is one’s delusion. ‘Truth’, whatever it is, is ‘Truth’ alone; it is simple; easy to comprehend; and is attainable everywhere; but, how can one who is veiled in delusion attain it? No matter how […]
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Mumbai, Fagun Sud 1, 1952 Om Sadguru’s Grace All activities of the Enlightened One are rooted in the supreme truth, yet, the day when even the destiny will be in harmony with the soul, that day would be a blessed one. Self-realisation has been called the best remedy to become free from all suffering, these […]
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Vavania, Kartak Sud 10, Saturday, 1953 As respected mother’s body has got fever, and since some time she has been having a greater desire for me coming here, owing to the command from here on last Monday, I had to depart from Nadiad on Tuesday. I have arrived here on Wednesday afternoon. When the feeling […]
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Nadiad, Aso Vad 10, Saturday, 1952 To the seeker of Self-realisation, practising the path of monkhood Shri Lalluji and Shri Devkaranji etc. – Shri Stambhatirth. Had received the letter. By the grace of Shri Sadgurudev there is abidance in the Self here. ‘I am sending herewith ‘Atmasiddhishastra’ to reflect upon in solitude. It should be […]
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Nadiad, Aso Vad Amas, 1952 Shri Dungar has a wish to memorise “Atmasiddhi”. For that, you asked about giving him that copy, so there is no problem in doing that. Shri Dungar has the ajna (consent) of memorising that Shastra (scripture), but at present, without making a second copy of it, it is appropriate to […]
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Mumbai, Jeth Sud 15, Sunday, 1947 Devotion becomes worthy to attain completeness when there is no request for even a blade of grass from the Lord; in every state, remain absorbed in devotion alone. Received a postcard yesterday and a letter today from dear Keshavlal. Reading them satiated some thirst. And again eagerness for such […]
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V. S. 1945 The one whose feelings flow uninterrupted; whose thoughts of volition and irresolution have reduced; in whom the sprouts of intellect, detached from the five sense objects, have sprung; who has uprooted the cause of distress, who keeps practicing one pointed vision which is endowed with multi-faceted vision; who has just one pure […]
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The Great Ones, through whichever name and whatever form have illuminated the ‘Truth’ alone. That alone is worth knowing. That alone is worth believing in, that alone is experiential. And that alone is worth worshiping with supreme love. I yearn for the undivided devotion with unparalleled love of that ‘Supreme Truth’ alone. Call that ‘Supreme […]
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Vavania Port, Maha Sud 14, Wednesday, 1945 Salutations to the Enlightened Ones Learned One, You may have received a letter from me. I reflected upon your letter. The transformation in your inclination appears to me as beneficial for your soul. Intense long lasting anger, intense long lasting pride, intense long lasting deceit and intense long […]
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Mumbai, Aso Sud 8, Sunday, 1953 Om Salutation to the unfathomable and profound restraint of the Enlightened Ones. Salutation to the revered Rushabh etc., those Supreme Ones who drank the deadliest poison with equanimity. That which at the end is nectar alone, but in the initial state which is perplexing like the deadliest poison, salutation […]
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Mumbai, Fagan Sud 11, Sunday 1950 Tirthankardev calls indolence (negligence) as karma, and calls absence of indolence as something other than that, that is, the Self with no karma. Through such distinct characteristics, is (has been described) the nature of the ignorant and the Enlightened One. (Suyagadaangsutra Virya Adhyayan) The family in which one is […]
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Vavania, Falgun Sud 9, Sunday, 1945 Salutation to the dispassionate Great Ones Karma is an inert substance. All those who, to whatever extent, have a self-identifying association with that inert substance, that much is the inertness i.e. ignorance they have, that is experienced. The wonder is, that though they are inert, they make the consciousness […]
A drop merges into the ocean and loses its boundary — what seems like self-destruction is in truth becoming boundless.
