भगवान की कृपा हो रही है- कैसे पता चलेगा? by Swami Mukundanand

भगवान की कृपा हो रही है- कैसे पता चलेगा? by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48

Main Points: 1  अनादि काल से भगवान ने हम पर कृपा क्यों नहीं की, साथ ही साथ कुछ संतों पर कर दी, तो हमको भगवान भुला दिए, हम बेचारे यहां दुखी हैं, परेशान हैं, वो हमको भुला क्यों दिए ? क्या हम भगवान के बच्चे नहीं हैं ? देखिए संसार में अगर कोई छोटा बच्चा गड्ढे में गिर जाए और रो रहा हो, तो एक आदमी वहां राहगीर निकल रहा हो, वह उस रोते हुए बच्चे को देखता है, उसको दया आ जाती है  और उसको उठाता है, उसको स्नेह देता है, चुप कराता है, भोजन कराता है, और उसके माता-पिता का पता लगाता है, अगर पता नहीं लगा तो जा के अनाथ आश्रम में, पुलिस स्टेशन में दे देता है, यह लावारिस बच्चा मिला है, किंतु कोई भी मनुष्य इतना निष्ठुर नहीं होता कि उस असहाय बच्चे को वापस गड्ढे में फेंक दे, तो मनुष्य में भी इतनी दया होती है कि निरर्थक एक बच्चे को कष्ट ना दे और हम सब लोग तो भगवान के बच्चे हैं  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=0   2  भगवान सर्वशक्तिमान है, करुणा के सिंधु है, यदि वो कृपा कटाक्ष (grace) कर देंगे हमारे ऊपर, हमारी माया तो तुरंत भाग जाएगी, तो अनादि काल से भगवान ने हमारे ऊपर कृपा क्यों नहीं की ? क्या उनको पता नहीं है कि हम दुखी हैं, अज्ञान में हैं, दर दर की ठोकर खा रहे हैं, ह किस प्रकार के भगवान हैं ? और हम तो सुनते हैं कि वे अकारण करुण हैं, वे करुणा वरुणालय (a sea of compassion) हैं, कृपा के सिंधु हैं   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=106   3   जीव कहता है कि भगवान आप कैसे करुणा सिंधु हैं कि मैं आपका बच्चा इस संसार में दुखी हूं, और आप कृपा ही नहीं कर रहे, आप तो संसारी पिता से भी नीचे चले गए, यह दावा जीव ने लगाया भगवान पर मुकदमा दायर कर दिया और जीव कहता है महाराज आप बहाना मत बनाइए कि हे जीव तू मेरे द्वार पर आजा, मैं कृपा कर दूंगा, महाराज मुझे तो पता ही नहीं कि आपके द्वार का रास्ता क्या है   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=155   4   जीव कहता है मैं एडमिट (मानता हूँ) करता हूं कि मैं अज्ञानी हूं, किंतु आप तो ज्ञानमय हैं, आपके पास कोई बहाना नहीं है, अतः जल्दी जल्दी कृपा करो, वरना आपके नाम पर कलंक लगेगा, यह जीव ने भगवान पर आरोप लगाया   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=203   5   तो भगवान अब उत्तर में कहते हैं कि ए जीव, तूने तो छोटा मुंह बड़ी बात कह दी, मैं तो कोमल से भी कोमल हूं, और तूने मुझे निष्ठुर (कठोर, कड़ा, निर्दय, बेरहम) बोल दिया, लेकिन एक प्रश्न का उत्तर हे जीव, तुम दो, तुमने जो कहा कि भगवान, आप मेरे पिता हो, आप कृपा करो,  भगवान कहते हैं कि मैं प्रश्न करता हूं, क्या तुम फैक्ट (वास्तव में) में मुझे अपना पिता मानते हो ? तुम कह रहे हो, भगवान आप पिता हो कृपा करो, किंतु क्या तुम भीतर से मानते हो कि भगवान मेरे पिता हैं ? कहां मानते हो ? तुम तो संसारी पिता को पिता मानते हो, संसारी माता को माता मानते हो    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=230   6   जीव कहता है, अजी उनकी प्रॉपर्टी में तो मेरा हिस्सा है, भगवान को तो कभी देखा नहीं है, होगा पिता, लेकिन 2%, मगर 98% पिता तो घर में है, भगवान कहते हैं मैं तो प्रतीक्षा में हूं कि तुम मुझे पिता मान लो और मैं कृपा करूंगा  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=291   7   चैतन्य महाप्रभु ने कहा  एक बार बोलो हे श्री कृष्ण आप ही मेरे हो, “ही” लगाना होगा, आप “ही” मेरे हो, आप “भी” मेरे हो, संसार “भी” मेरा है, इससे काम नहीं बनेगा, भगवान कहते हैं कि भाई देखो जब मैं कृपा करूंगा, मैं दूंगा दिव्य ज्ञान, दिव्य प्रेम, दिव्य आनंद, तो बदले में मैं क्या लूंगा तुमको पता है क्या ? जीव ने कहा, महाराज नहीं पता, पहले यह समझ लो कि मैं देता क्या हूं और लेता क्या हूँ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=317   8   तो जीव ने कहा, भगवान अब आप बोलिए, तो श्री कृष्ण ने भगवान ने वेदों में शर्त बताई जिस शर्त पर वो कृपा करेंगे, ऋग्वेद कहता है कि  हे जीव, तू मेरी शरण में आजा, तो मैं कृपा करूंगा, अर्थात कृपा की शर्त है शरणागति, समर्पण, यह बात ऋग्वेद में 12 स्थानों पर आई,  श्वेताश्वतर  उपनिषद कहता है शरण में जाओ, जीव कहता है भगवान  शरण में जाओ तब कृपा होगी, भगवान कहते हैं, ऐसा ही है बिना मेरी “शरणागति” के कृपा नहीं होगी  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=377   9   गीता से सुन लीजिए, गीता के सातवें अध्याय का चौदवां श्लोक “verse”    “दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया ।  मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते” ॥   “This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it”.  https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/7/14/  श्री कृष्ण ने कहा हे अर्जुन ये जो माया है, यह “दुरत्तया" है, इसे पार करना अत्यंत कठिन है, बड़े बड़े योगी मुनि माया के सामने फेल हो जाएं क्यों ? क्योंकि अर्जुन “मम माया” यह मेरी शक्ति है, इसलिए मेरे जितना बल रखती है, जैसे कि सेना हो, यदि आपने सेना को हरा दिया तो राजा परास्त हो गया,  ऐसे ही जिसने भगवान की माया को परास्त कर दिया, उसने तो भगवान को ही हरा दिया, मगर  भगवान तो अजीत हैं, उनको कौन हराएगा ? इसलिए  भगवान की माया को भी कोई पार नहीं कर सकता   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uit8NB3lL48&t=458  Transcript 0:00 अनादि काल से भगवान ने हम पर कृपा क्यों 0:04 नहीं 0:06 की साथ ही साथ कुछ संतों पर कर दी तो हमको 0:12 भगवान भुला दिए हम बेचारे यहां दुखी है 0:16 परेशान हैं वो हमको भुला क्यों दिए क्या हम 0:22 भगवान के बच्चे नहीं 0:27 हैं देखिए संसार में 0:31 अगर कोई छोटा बच्चा गड्ढे में गिर 0:37 जाए और रो रहा 0:40 हो तो एक आदमी वहां राहगीर निकल रहा हो वह 0:46 उस रोते हुए बच्चे को देखता है उसको दया आ 0:50 जाती है और उसको उठाता 0:54 है उसको स्नेह देता है चुप कराता है भोजन 0:58 कराता है 1:00 और उसके माता-पिता का पता लगाता 1:04 है अगर पता नहीं 1:07 लगा तो जा के अनाथ आश्रम में पुलिस स्टेशन 1:12 में दे देता है यह लावारिस बच्चा मिला 1:16 है किंतु कोई भी मनुष्य इतना निष्ठुर नहीं 1:21 होता कि उस असहाय बच्चे को वापस गड्ढे में 1:26 फेंक 1:28 दे तो मनुष्य में भी इतनी दया होती है कि 1:34 निरर्थक एक बच्चे को कष्ट ना 1:37 दे और हम सब लोग भगवान के बच्चे हैं  1:46 भगवान सर्वशक्तिमान 1:49 है करुणा के सिंधु 1:52 है यदि वो कृपा कटाक्ष (grace) कर देंगे हमारे ऊपर 1:57 हमारी माया तो तुरंत भाग 2:02 जाएगी तो अनादि काल से भगवान ने हमारे ऊपर 2:07 कृपा क्यों नहीं 2:10 की क्या उनको पता नहीं है कि हम दुखी है 2:14 अज्ञान में 2:16 हैं दर दर की ठोकर खा रहे हैं अत वह किस 2:22 प्रकार के भगवान है और हम तो सुनते हैं कि 2:26 वे 2:27 अकारण करुण हैं वे करुणा वरुणालय हैं कृपा के 2:35 सिंधु हैं तो जीव कहता है कि भगवान आप कैसे 2:40 करुणा सिंधु है कि मैं आपका बच्चा इस 2:44 संसार में दुखी हूं और आप कृपा ही नहीं कर 2:48 रहे आप तो संसारी पिता से भी नीचे चले 2:53 गए यह दावा जीव ने लगाया भगवान पर मुकदमा 2:59 दायर कर 3:01 दिया और जीव कहता है 3:04 महाराज 3:06 आप बहाना मत बनाइए कि हे जीव तू मेरे 3:12 द्वार पर आजा मैं कृपा कर 3:15 दूंगा महाराज मुझे तो पता ही नहीं कि आपके 3:20 द्वार का रास्ता क्या 3:23 है ?  मैं एडमिट करता हूं मैं अज्ञानी हूं 3:29 किंतु आप तो ज्ञानमय हैं आपके पास कोई बहाना 3:34 नहीं 3:35 है अतः जल्दी जल्दी कृपा करो वरना आपके 3:41 नाम पर कलंक 3:44 लगेगा यह जीव ने भगवान पर आरोप 3:50 लगाया तो भगवान अब उत्तर में कहते हैं कि 3:55 ए जीव तूने तो छोटा मुंह बड़ी बात कह दी 3:59 मैं तो कोमल से भी कोमल हूं और तूने मुझे 4:03 निष्ठुर (कठोर, कड़ा, निर्दय, बेरहम) बोल दिया लेकिन एक प्रश्न का 4:07 उत्तर हे जीव तुम 4:10 दो तुमने जो 4:13 कहा कि भगवान आप मेरे पिता हो आप कृपा 4:20 करो भगवान कहते मैं प्रश्न करता हूं क्या 4:25 तुम फैक्ट (वास्तव में) में मुझे अपना पिता मानते 4:32 हो तुम कह रहे हो भगवान आप पिता हो कृपा 4:38 करो किंतु क्या तुम भीतर से मानते हो कि 4:42 भगवान मेरे पिता 4:45 है कहां मानते 4:47 हो तुम तो संसारी पिता को पिता मानते हो 4:51 संसारी माता को माता मानते हो अजी उनकी 4:55 प्रॉपर्टी में तो मेरा हिस्सा है भगवान को 4:58 तो कभी देखा 5:00 नहीं है होगा पिता लेकिन 2%, 98% पिता 5:05 तो घर में 5:06 है भगवान कहते हैं मैं तो प्रतीक्षा में 5:11 हूं कि तुम मुझे पिता मान लो और मैं कृपा 5:17 करूंगा चैतन्य महाप्रभु ने कहा  एक बार बोलो हे श्री 5:28 कृष्ण आप ही मेरे 5:32 हो ही लगाना होगा आप ही मेरे हो आप भी 5:38 मेरे हो संसार भी मेरा है इससे काम नहीं 5:44 बनेगा भगवान कहते हैं कि भाई देखो जब मैं 5:49 कृपा करूंगा मैं दूंगा दिव्य ज्ञान दिव्य 5:54 प्रेम दिव्य 5:58 आनंद तो बदले में मैं क्या 6:02 लूंगा तुमको पता है 6:05 क्या जीव ने कहा महाराज नहीं पता पहले यह 6:10 समझ लो कि मैं देता क्या हूं और लेता 6:17 क्या हूँ तो जीव ने कहा भगवान अब आप 6:21 बोलिए तो श्री कृष्ण ने भगवान ने वेदों 6:26 में शर्त बताई जिस शर्त पर वो कृपा 6:31 करेंगे ऋग्वेद कहता है  6:39 हे जीव तू मेरी शरण में आजा तो मैं कृपा 6:45 करूंगा अर्थात कृपा की शर्त है 6:51 शरणागति 6:55 समर्पण यह बात ऋग्वेद में 12 स्थानों पर 7:00 आई तदा लंबन श्रेष्ठ तदा लंबन 7:06 परम एक आठ उपनिषद कहता  7:17  ये श्वेताश्वतर  उपनिषद कहता है शरण 7:21 में जाओ जीव कहता है भगवान ये 7:26 शरण में जाओ तब कृपा होगी 7:30 भगवान कहते ऐसा ही है बिना शरणागति के 7:36 कृपा नहीं 7:38 होगी गीता से सुन 7:41 लीजिए गीता के सातवें अध्याय का चौदवां श्लोक “verse”  श्री कृष्ण ने कहा हे अर्जुन ये जो माया है, यह “दुरत्तया" है, ऐसे पार करना अत्यंत कठिन है, बड़े बड़े योगी मुनि माया के सामने फेल हो जाएं 8:17 क्यों ? क्योंकि अर्जुन “मम माया” यह मेरी 8:23 शक्ति है तो मेरे जितना बल 8:27 रखती है जैसे की सेना 8:31 हो आपने सेना को हरा दिया तो राजा परास्त 8:36 हो 8:37 गया ऐसे ही जिसने भगवान की माया को परास्त 8:42 कर दिया उसने तो भगवान को ही हरा दिया अब 8:47 भगवान तो अजीत हैं उनको कौन हराएगा इसलिए  8:52 भगवान की माया को भी कोई पार नहीं कर 8:57 सकता  Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) भगवान की कृपा हो रही है- कैसे पता चलेगा.mp4

Happy New Year 2025 - It is Time to LIFT the Bar! Are You READY? by Swami Mukundanand

Happy New Year 2025 - It is Time to LIFT the Bar! Are You READY? by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o

*Gita Shloka* 9.22

“There are those who always think of Me and engage in exclusive devotion to Me. To them, whose minds are always absorbed in Me, I provide what they lack and preserve what they already possess ,i.e., योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्”

 yoga—supply spiritual assets; kṣhemam—protect spiritual assets; vahāmi—carry; aham—I

https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/9/verse/22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o Main Points:  1  God is saying to Arjuna if you engage in My Ananya (none other than Krishna) devotion then “yoga-kshemam vahamyaham”. God says I will do two things, the first is Yog and the second is kshema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=38  2  Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) used to have "Yogakshemam Vahamyaha" as its logo, highlighting the company's aim to provide financial security and well-being to its policyholders.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=42  3  shri Krishna says I will do the Yog, if you don't have divine knowledge that is needed for the Path, I will make arrangements for it if your weakness is lack of detachment, I will arrange for it if your weakness is lack of faith, I will help you strengthen it, and I will slowly do the Yog help you get what you don't have  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=130  4  and the second is Kshem, Kshem means what you have, I will protect it what spiritual assets you have managed to accumulate, I will ensure that they remain intact so, He is taking guarantee that if you engage in my devotion Arjun, I will protect you  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=158  5  now in the world also, this helping sentiment is there, even to an unknown person you will extend a helping hand. Listen to example of one hospital emergency ward where there was an old man who was almost breathing his last and a military man walked In & he “acted” as the son of dying man just like a consoling “son” and then if it's your blood relative you are willing to help even further  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=183  6  Listen to the example of one father, he was poor and he was passing Away, so he handed over a sealed locket to his daughter saying that if you're in real trouble, use this locket, she kept it as her precious treasure till she was quite aged. The sealed locket remained a beacon of hope for her even though she then found that it was just a broken glass.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=331  7  so this is what a worldly father is doing and God is the divine father so the divine father has got such a huge heart, He loves us so much more, only thing is that we are unaware of His love  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=423  8  Listen to the humorous example of two neighbors, one old lady a strong believer and her neighbor was an atheist. So this lady would come out in the door way and said praise the Lord, praise the Lord the sun has come out & the atheist neighbor would get annoyed and say there is no Lord, finally God made atheist pay for groceries of old lady !  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=444  9  so God says look, I'll maintain your yog kshem - now the question is do you really believe this verse ? do you really believe God is protecting you ? if you believe that the master of infinite universes is your protector and you believe He is sitting in your heart  then the sign of it should be that fear should vanish that is why in surrender there are six aspects of surrender and the fourth point is that fear must disappear. The faith should come that He is taking care of me. Now do we really believe is the question, to what extent do we believe these things.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=522  10  Mother Parvati asked Shankar ji that the scriptures are saying that you bathe in the Ganga and all your sins will be washed off, so she said all these pilgrims who are going to Kashi and taking bath, why are their sins not washed off ? Listen to what Shankr ji told & demonstrated to Parvati that sins are not washed off as people who do not believe that their sins will be washed off  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=576  11  likewise shri Krishna is saying, I will protect you, why are you fearing ? Now imagine if the commissioner of police of one city says you don't worry, I will put my force to protect you, you say good, I have a big assurance and Bhagwan says I am sitting inside your heart & protecting you, now we need to have faith in that protection  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=752  12  protection !this verse there has been a scholar called Jagannath Mishra who has written a commentary on the entire Mahabharat and the Gita is a part of the Mahabharata so he wrote a commentary on this verse Jagannath Mishra said no, let me correct it,  Shri Krishna says I will maintain the yogkshem, Krishna must have said it by mistake, so he corrected it and said “dadhamyaham”. Vahamyaham means I will protect my devotee, he said shri Krishna must have actually meant dadhamyaham, i.e., I will ask My (God’s) people to protect, you know such & such angels, you please come & protect so Jagannath Mishra cut the words of the Gita book, made it “dadhamyaham” (instead of Vahamyaham) & went off to bathe in the river.  Now Shri Krishna knows everything. Listen how Krishna practically convinced Jagannath Mishra that it was indeed Vahamyaham (I will protect my devotee) & NOT Dadhamyaham (I will ask My (God’s) people to protect) that God actually meant in Gita  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=786  13  But there is a caveat (condition) here, now you say ok God will protect me but God says if you “Ananya (none other than Krishna) chintan” – only if you engage your mind in My loving devotion and absorb your mind in me alone - Ananya (none other than Krishna), then to such a person, I will take complete care. So, it is necessary for us now to engage in devotion and then receive shri Krishna’s protection and that devotion must be Ananya (none other than Krishna)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=1003  14  as per Jagatguru Shri Kripalu ji Maharaj, this word “Ananya (none other than Krishna)” is very important, it is the key word. We have all engaged in devotion in endless life times but we were not Ananya (none other than Krishna), our mind was divided - a little love for God, a little for the world, a little for status, a little for prestige, a little for comforts  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=1041  15  Shri Krishna says “mam ekam (love Me alone)” - God needs you to lift the bar and make your devotion exclusive for Krishna, make your love exclusive for Krishna, now whether you do it in one year or five years or whenever but that kind of devotion is what God will need because only that kind of devotion will purify the mind  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=1082  16  see the problem is what we do is love God a little & also love world a little. Suppose there is a dirty linen & you wish to clean it, so on this side you are putting soap but on the other side you are throwing dirt. Now that cloth is not going to get cleansed. Likewise, you use your heart to love God and then again use it to love the world, so all the cleansing that was going on, is undone.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=1117  17  and Shri Krishna wants Ananya (none other than Krishna) bhakti. Understand this condition, I've repeated it many times in the 8th chapter, He says that to that soul I will easily be attained, so in the entire Gita only in one place shri Krishna says I am easily attained, everywhere else He is saying very difficult,  so to one soul He says you do this Ananya bhakti to Me (Krishna) and I will meet you easily, you make your heart exclusive for Me and then see the magic, I am guaranteeing you Arjun that I will maintain your yogakshem, you don't need to go to the Life Insurance Corporation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7NwOUrqO1o&t=1161  Transcript 0:00 do you really believe that God is protecting you 0:05 if you believe that the master of infinite 0:09 universes is your protector and you believe 0:13 that He is sitting in your heart then the sign of it 0:16 is that fear should vanish 0:19 that is 0:21 why in surrender there are six aspects of 0:26 surrender and the fourth point is 0:31 that fear must 0:34 disappear, the faith should come that He is taking care of me 0:38 He is saying to Arjuna if you engage in 0:42 devotion then “yoga-kshemam vahamyaham”. there used to be only one insurance company in india 50 years ago, lic, life insurance corporation of india & they used to have their logo as “yoga kshemam vahamyaham”  they pulled it out of this 1:08 verse shri Krishna says I will maintain the 1:11 yoga-kshemam. LIC says we will maintain your  1:16 yoga-kshemam so what will you do will you protect me 1:19 no when you die, we will give insurance amount to your relatives but this is coming from shri Krishna’s 1:27 verse He says I will do two things the first 1:31 is yoga and the second 1:34 kshema so what is yoga then I will give you what 1:38 you don't have, shri Krishna I don't have that 1:42 one billion please give me shri Krishna says what 1:46 spiritual treasures you don't 1:49 have that I will give you I will not give you 1:54 what you ask I will give you what I think is 1:58 right for you 2:00 this is the whole problem right if He gives us 2:02 what we asked, the problem will be solved at least so 2:05 we think shri Krishna let this happen shri 2:09 Krishna let that happen 2:10 shri Krishna says I will do the yog if 2:14 you don't have divine knowledge that is needed for the 2:18 path I will make arrangements for it if your 2:23 weakness is lack of detachment I will arrange 2:27 for it if your weakness is lack of faith I will 2:31 help you strengthen it and I will slowly 2:34 do the yog help you get what you don't have 2:38 and the second is 2:41 kshem, kshem means what you have I will 2:45 protect it what spiritual assets you 2:49 have managed to accumulate, I will ensure that they remain intact 2:58 so, He is taking guarantee that if you engage in my devotion 3:03 Arjun I will protect you now in the 3:08 world also this sentiment is there 3:12 even to an unknown person you will extend a 3:16 helping 3:19 hand in one 3:21 hospital emergency ward there was an old man 3:26 who was almost breathing his last 3:32 and a military man walked 3:35 in the nurse said to the 3:39 man who was remembering his son, he was foggy in his head 3:44 but he was remembering my child son 3:47 and the nurse said there is your son and then she called and 3:53 said your father has been waiting for you so that man came 3:58 and saw the old man and held his hand and 4:01 sat 4:03 down and kept on giving him consoling 4:07 words through the night the nurse said should I get 4:10 some chair for you it's okay the nurse said I should 4:14 move the fan around it's fine he sat there all 4:18 night long and the old man was mumbling something 4:22 and holding the soldier's hand his son's hand so 4:27 he 4:28 thought until he breathed his last and his hand  4:32 became life less and then the soldier went to the 4:36 nurse and informed 4:39 her the nurse said I'm so sorry she was about 4:45 to commiserate (to console that man) for the death of his father, then the 4:49 soldier said who was this the man the nurse said 4:54 your father, he said I never met him before why 4:58 didn't you say so I realized that he was 5:01 looking for someone and I happened to be around 5:04 so I thought let me fill in he's not able to 5:06 know let him feel that his son is with him now imagine that in the world also this 5:15 kind of gesture is not uncommon to help someone 5:18 else and then if it's your blood 5:23 relative you are willing to help even further 5:26 for your blood relative you will do so much more  5:31 one 5:33 father he was poor and he was passing 5:38 away so he handed over a locket a sealed locket 5:42 to his daughter if you're in real trouble use 5:46 this 5:47 locket she kept it as her precious treasure 5:51 and she went through bad times and difficult 5:54 times the father passed 5:56 away but slowly this girl 6:00 her financial condition started improving 6:02 she got married her life became 6:06 settled and she was now enjoying a good life 6:11 curiosity remained what had my father given me 6:15 she took it 6:18 to the jeweller and said can you please open this jewel 6:23 box the jeweller saw that it was so tightly sealed 6:28 finally he had to take a hammer and smash it and it 6:31 got 6:32 scattered and he looked at the round thing 6:36 inside and he said lady this is only broken 6:41 glass your father had given you 6:44 glass and the lady said absolutely not Mr 6:49  jeweller he did not give me the glass he gave me  6:53 the most precious thing he gave me hope it 6:58 was the hope that he gave which was the basis of 7:02 my 7:03  life, so this is what a worldly father is doing 7:08 and God is the divine 7:11 father so the divine father has got such a huge 7:17 heart He loves us so much 7:20 more only thing is that we are unaware of His love 7:24 there were two 7:27 neighbors one old lady a strong believer and 7:31 her neighbor was an atheist so this lady would come 7:35 out in the door way and said praise the lord 7:39 praise the lord the sun has come out  7:42 and the neighbor would get annoyed and say there is no 7:46 lord and she would say today the rose has blossomed 7:50 praise the lord but the lady was going through 7:54 tough times and one day she said o lord ive 7:59 got no groceries in my house what will I eat 8:03 tomorrow so the 8:05 neighbor he arranged for some groceries and put them 8:09 at her door 8:11 step the next day when she got up and opened the door she 8:15 said grocery is here praise the 8:17 lord the neighbor said ha caught you there no lord 8:24 I arranged for this 8:26 grocery the lady said 8:29 praise the lord you arranged for the groceries and you also 8:33 arranged for the devil to pay for 8:42 them so God says look I'll maintain your 8:48 yog kshem now the question is do you really believe 8:52 this verse 8:53 do you really believe God 8:57 is protecting you if you believe that the master 9:01 of infinite universes is your protector 9:06 and you believe He is sitting in your heart 9:09 then the sign of it should be that fear should vanish 9:13 that is why  9:15 in surrender there are six aspects of 9:20 surrender and the fourth point 9:25 is that fear must disappear 9:27 the faith should come that He is taking care of 9:32 me now do we really believe is the question to 9:36 what extent do we believe these things mother 9:40 Parvati asked Shankar ji that the scriptures are 9:45 saying that you bathe in the ganga and all your sins 9:49 will be washed 9:50 off so she said all these pilgrims who are going 9:54 to kashi and taking bath why are their sins 9:58 not washed off ? 10:01 she asked Shankar ji that the puraanas are saying “verse” vishnu puraan says 10:17 what to speak of bathing you stand apart 10:20 from the ganga and say hey gange & your sins will be washed off 10:24 and the person who actually bathes, there is no 10:28 doubt left 10:30 why are these pilgrims’ sins not getting washed off?  10:33 mother Parvati is questioning Shiv ji,  10:38 Shiv ji said Parvati the problem is they don't believe it, these people who are bathing 10:43 don't have faith in 10:49 this they hear it, they say it but they don't believe it so he said let me show you 10:56 give you demonstration 10:59 sa as per plan Shankar ji and Parvati they reached 11:02 kashi in 11:05 disguise shankarji by his yog maya he 11:16 created a ditch of punk, wet mud, & he fell into it as an old man and Parvati as an old woman started wailing outside my husband has 11:19 fallen into the ditch he has been cursed if he is 11:24 not removed by tonight he shall die please 11:27 help 11:29 hearing her cries any passerby would be 11:32 moved and would come but when they were about to go 11:36 to save Parvati, Parvati in the form 11:39 of the old lady would say but I need to tell you 11:43 that there is a caveat (condition) out here that the person who goes in must 11 :48 be fully 11:49 sinless if the person has any sins on the account 11:53 that person’s head will 11:56 burst these people would come out from the bath in the 12:00 ganga on hearing it, said oh, 12:03 no 12:08 chances all of them they had come out from the bath 12:13 but they did not really believe that those sins will be 12:16 washed until evening, one young lad came  12:21 & Parvati said look you must be sinless he said 12:24 I just had a bath where is the doubt and he 12:27 went and saved Shankar ji Shankar ji said look he 12:30 is the only guy 12:32 who believed, right, likewise shri Krishna is saying 12:38 I will protect you why are you 12:41 fearing ? now imagine if the 12:46 commissioner of police of one city says you don't worry I 12:50 will put my force to protect 12:54 you, you say good, I have a big assurance and bhagwan says I am sitting 12:59 inside your heart & protecting you now we need to have 13:03 faith in that 13:06 protection this verse there has been a 13:11 scholar called Jagannath 13:15 Mishra who has written a commentary on the 13:19 entire Mahabharat and the Gita is a part of the 13:21 Mahabharata so he wrote a commentary on this verse 13:24 as well so when he came to this verse he 13:28 looked at this “verse” Jagannath Mishra 13:39 said no, let me correct it, shri Krishna says I will 13:44 maintain the 13:46 yogkshem, Krishna said it by 13:49 mistake so he corrected it and said 13:53 “dadhamyaham”. vahamyaham means I will protect you my devotee, he said 13:59 shri Krishna means dadhamyaham,I.e., I will ask people to 14:02 protect, you know such & such angels you please come 14:05 14:08 & protect so Jagannath Mishra cut the 14:13 words of the Gita book, made it “dadhamyaham” (instead of vahamyaham) & went off to bathe in the river now shri Krishna knows everything Shri 14:26 Krishna said my God he is writing commentary on 14:30 my Gita in his purport he can write what ever 14:34 he wishes but why he is changing the 14:37 original, from “vahamyaham”, he has changed to “dadhamyaham”  shri Krishna came 14:44 there you know his face knocked off, as a little boy and He brought a whole lot of 14:54 rations so Jagannath Mishra did not have any 14:58 food at home and his wife was complaining 15:01 that look God is not protecting you so He came 15:04 with all these rations, knocked on the door Jagannath 15:09 Mishra's wife opens up and she says this little boy 15:12 carrying all the ration on the head with face all smashed 15:15 up, so who are you the boy said that Jagannath 15:20 Mishra has sent these rations for 15:23 you and the lady said why is your face so 15:26 beaten up, he got annoyed & hit me many 15:30 times she got so mad what's with my 15:34 husband getting annoyed at a little boy so she took 15:38 the ration and sent the boy off and Jagannath 15:42 Mishra came back from his bath in the river 15:45 his wife started pouring upon him have you 15:49 lost your senses in your old age is this the way to 15:52 behave he said what are you talking about she 15:55 said what was the need to beat that boy ?  which boy are you talking about ? you sent the boy and you 16:02 didn't even 16:03 realise you put so many groceries on his head 50 kg can a little boy 16:07 hold so much ? finally Jagannath Mishra figured 16:11 out what was the colour of the boy He was blue 16:14 coloured oh my God now he understood that 16:19 shri Krishna himself had come. I 16:23 corrected his words so He is showing I am 16:26 bruised all over I am maintaining your 16:30 yogkshem and to show what his words are 16:34 correct He 16:43 created that pastime but again there is a caveat (condition) here, now you say ok God will protect me but He says if you “Ananya (none other than Krishna) chintan” - if you engage your mind in my loving 16:56 devotion and absorb your mind in me alone - Ananya (none other than Krishna) 17:04 then to such a person I will take 17:08 complete 17:11 care so it is necessary for us now to 17:16 engage in devotion and then receive shri 17:20 Krishna’s 17:21 protection and that devotion must be Ananya (none other than Krishna) as per jagatguru Shri Kripalu ji 17:31 maharaj this word “Ananya (none other than Krishna)” is very 17:36 important  17:38 it is the key to it we have all engaged in 17:43 devotion in endless life 17:46 times but we were not Ananya (none other than Krishna) 17:49 our mind was divided a little love for 17:54 God, a little for the 17:56 world, a little for status, a little for prestige, a little 18:01 for  18:02 comforts and shri Krishna says “mam ekam”  18:08 I need you to lift the bar and make your 18:13 devotion 18:16 exclusive, make your love 18:19 exclusive, now whether you do it in one year or 18:23 five years or whenever but that kind of devotion 18:29 is what I will 18:31 need because that kind of devotion will purify the 18:37 mind see the problem is what we do is love God 18:41 a little, love world a little, “verse”  18:54 suppose there is a dirty linen you wish to clean it, so on this 18:59 side you are putting soap but on the other side  19:03 you are throwing dirt. now that cloth is not going to get 19:07 cleansed. likewise you use your heart to love God 19:13 and then again use it to love the world, so all the cleansing that  19:17 was going on, is undone. 19:21 and shri Krishna says none of this ghapad shaped (,I.e., none of this nonsense) 19:26 Ananya (none other than Krishna), understand this condition I've repeated it 19:30 many times in the 8th chapter He says “verse”  to that soul I will easily be attained, so in the  19:45 entire Gita only in one place shri Krishna 19:48 says I am easily attained, everywhere else He is saying very difficult “verse”  so to one soul he says you do this and I will meet you 20:00 easily you make your heart exclusive for me 20:04 and then see the magic I am guaranteeing you 20:08 Arjun I will maintain your yogakshem you 20:12 don't need to go to the life insurance 20:14 corporation

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गुरुजी पिछले कई वर्षों से शारीरिक कष्ट झेल रहा हूं, जिससे अब हिम्मत जवाब दे रही है भजन में स्वयं को लगाने रखने में अक्षम महसूस कर रहा हूं answer by Premanand ji

गुरुजी पिछले कई वर्षों से शारीरिक कष्ट झेल रहा हूं, जिससे अब हिम्मत जवाब दे रही है भजन में स्वयं को लगाने रखने में अक्षम महसूस कर रहा हूं answer by Premanand ji 

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1 गुरुजी पिछले कई वर्षों से शारीरिक कष्ट झेल रहा हूं, जिससे अब हिम्मत जवाब दे रही है भजन में स्वयं को लगाने रखने में अक्षम महसूस कर रहा हूं  भाई जब तक तुम स्वस्थ हो और जवान हो अपने कल्याण के लिए उपाय कर लो नहीं जब रोगी हो जाओगे और बुढ़ापा हो जाएगा, तब आपसे भजन नहीं होने वाला  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2241 2 चिदानंद भगवान की प्राप्ति और भजन, अब जीवन में जब स्वस्थ थे तो भोगों को भोगा, मनमानी आचरण में रहे, अब शरीर अस्वस्थ हो गया है, दुख से युक्त है अब कैसे मन भगवान में लगे ? वो आपका ही नहीं, पूरी सृष्टि का सिद्धांत है  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE?t=2292 3 आग लग गई अब कुआ खोदना शुरू करो, क्या कहे जाओगे ? बुद्धिमान कहे जाओगे ? पहले से कुआँ की व्यवस्था है, पानी की व्यवस्था है कि अगर आग लगेगी तो हम बुझा देंगे  तो हमने आग को बुझाने की चेष्टा तो कुछ की नहीं, आग लगाने की और चेष्टा की कामाग्नि, क्रोधाग्नि, लोभ अग्नि, मोह अग्नि, ये सब भड़क गई अब शरीर अस्वस्थ हो गया  अब जो आप कह रहे हो ये आपकी ही बात नहीं लाखों की बात है, करोड़ों की बात है, जब मन प्रभु में नहीं लगाया तो अब लगाना बहुत कठिन है क्योंकि मन तो तन में लगा हुआ था,  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2304 4 तन हो गया दुखी रोग से ग्रसित अब कैसे भजन बनेगा ? इसीलिए प्रहलाद जी ने कहा है कुमार अवस्था से ही भजन का अभ्यास शुरू कर देना चाहिए  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE?t=2341 5 बुढ़ापा दूर है, दुख दूर है, शरीर स्वस्थ है नाम जप कर ले जबान से, जैसे तुम बोल सकते हो तो ऐसे ही राधा राधा भी तो बोल सकते हो, राधा राधा राधा मन लगे चाहे ना लगे  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFEt=2353 6 आग को हम प्यार से छुआ दे, तो जल जाओगे, अनजाने में छू जाए, तो जल जाओगे, आप श्रद्धा से छुओ, तो जल जाओगे क्योंकि उसमें दाहिका शक्ति है  तो नाम को आप मन से जपो तो कल्याण कर देगा, मन नहीं लग रहा, फिर जपो तो कल्याण कर देगा, श्रद्धा से जपो तो कल्याण कर देगा, अश्रद्धा से जपो तो कल्याण कर देगा क्योंकि उसमें तारण शक्ति है  जैसे अग्नि को भाव से छुओ, कुभाव से छुओ आपको जला देगी उसमें दाहिका शक्ति है ऐसे नाम में तारण शक्ति है तो  इसलिए गोस्वामी जी ने एक चौपाई में कहा “भाव कुभाव अनख आलस हु नाम जपत मंगल दिस दस हो” चाहे भाव से जपो, चाहे कुभाव से जपो, यदि नाम जपोगे तो दसों दिशाएं तुम्हारे लिए मंगलमय हो जाएंगी,  जुबान तो काम कर रही है ना, तो राधा राधा बोलने में क्या जाता है बोलते रहो, भजन हो रहा है, मन लगे चाहे ना लगे अगर राधा राधा कहते हुए शरीर छूट गया तो बढ़िया कल्याण हो जाएगा और देखो आपका शरीर तो मान लो दुख से ग्रसित है ही है सबका ग्रसित है  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2371 7 जैसे मंदिर में कोई ना कोई तो भगवान रहते ही हैं ना  ऐसे ही शरीर को जानते हो क्या कहा गया शास्त्रों में व्याधि मंदिर “शरीरं व्याधि मंदिर”, व्याधि माने रोग, यह रोग का मंदिर है, कौन सा देवता प्रकट हो जाए Cancer (कैंसर), किडनी फेल, दिल में परेशानी हाई ब्लड प्रेशर लो ब्लड प्रेशर शुगर, पता नहीं कौन देवता पर्दा हटा के आ जाए भैया आ गए हम, शरीर व्याधि मंदिर और यह अंतिम में नष्ट होगा, मरेगा https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE?t=2438 8               इसलिए उपाय ऐसा कर लो जीते जी कि हम ऐसी ऊंचाई पर पहुंच जाए कि शरीर छूटे तो हमें कोई परेशानी ना हो  जैसे हम घर में आ गए अब गाड़ी नष्ट हो जाए तो क्या परेशानी है, और बीच में नष्ट हो गई तो गड़बड़ हो जाएगा  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2464 9 यह बहुत दुर्लभ मानव देह है, नाम जप कर लो कहीं मन लगे ना लगे, कुछ बने ना बने, राधा राधा राधा ये अविनाशी है परा-विद्या है, तुम्हारा परम मंगल हो जाएगा  छोटे-छोटे बच्चे चश्मा लगाए हैं छोटे-छोटे अभी नवीन शरीर 500 शुगर है क्या लीला हो रही है  अब ऐसा कौन सा शरीर है है जो स्वस्थ रह जाए, ऐसा खानपान हो गया, ऐसा वायुमंडल हो गया कि हमारे सबके शरीर देखो जरजर होते जा रहे हैं  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE?t=2483 10 कामनाएं इतनी गंदी हो गई कि संयम से चलना, ब्रह्मचर्य रहना पवित्र भाव रहना ये तो सब ग्रंथों में लिखे जैसे समझो, आप सत्संग के प्रभाव से जो धारण कर रहे हैं धारण कर रहे हैं  नहीं तो जितना आप ब्रह्मचर्य क्षण करोगे उतने ही आप कमजोर और रोगी होते चले जाओगे उतने ही आप नष्ट होते चले जाओ, तुम्हारी स्मृति नष्ट हो जाएगी, तुम्हारा बल नष्ट हो जाएगा तुम्हारा सब नष्ट हो जाएगा तुम्हारे अंदर की जितनी सकारात्मक भावना है वो सब नकारात्मक में बदल जाएगी, अगर ब्रह्मचर्य नष्ट हो गया और  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2523 11 अपने आज समाज में ब्रह्मचर्य नाश की मानो होड़ परी हुई है, विविध प्रकार से बस ब्रह्मचर्य नष्ट करो, मनोरंजन, खिलवाड़ अभी यौवन अवस्था में प्रवेश हुआ है और सब खोखला हो गया जीवन उत्साह हीन हो गया कैसे वो आगे बढ़ेंगे  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE?t=2554 12 इसलिए भाई राधा राधा जपते रहो शरीर तो कर्मानुसार, मतलब आज स्वस्थ है कल छूटेगा ही चाहे हमारा हो, चाहे आपका हो  लेकिन यह जो नाम धन कमा लोगे यह कभी नहीं छूटेगा, परम धन भगवान का नाम भगवान के विविध नाम है जो नाम हमें तो वृंदावन वासी राधा उपासी हम तो राधा ही राधा बोलते हैं  https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2567 8 आपको यदि जो राम कृष्ण हरि जो नाम प्रिय लगे तुम नाम जप करो  आप जबान से नाम जप करो, मन के चक्कर में मत पड़ो, अगर जबान से राधा राधा बोले तो अजामिल पुत्र के बहाने से नारायण बोला तो भगवान की प्राप्ति हो गई  हम तो जानकर राधा राधा बोले तो हमें भगवत प्राप्ति नहीं हो जाएगी ? हम पर कृपा नहीं होगी ? हां खूब होगी, नाम जप करते https://youtu.be/oggBrJ4cHFE&t=2588

The Reason We Haven't Realized God Yet - The Ultimate Purpose of Bhakti by Swami Mukundanand

The Reason We Haven't Realized God Yet - The Ultimate Purpose of Bhakti by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO994PxAB6c

Main Points: 1  The Limitations of Knowledge: Merely by knowing how roti and sabji are made your stomach is not fed, merely by having the knowledge of a king, you do not become a king.  We need to understand the limitations of knowledge. Knowledge is a limited spiritual means.  If you have read the cook book and memorize it, will it fill your stomach ? You have the knowledge but it is not serving any purpose so that is why our shastras say this “verse” you may become ShatShastri (knower of the six maior schools of Vedic philosophy) a knower of:  the Nigam (another name for Vedas),  Agama (Agama Shastras are a non-Vedic collection of scriptures that are followed in Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. They provide instruction on yoga and self-realization, Agama texts describe cosmology, epistemology (distinction between justified belief and opinion), philosophical doctrines, precepts on meditation and practices, four kinds of yoga, mantras, temple construction, deity worship and ways to attain sixfold desires) 

and 

Vyakaran ( the study of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis, and is one of the six Vedangas, or ancillary sciences, of the Vedas. The word vyakarana literally means "explanation" or "analysis") And you may have the knowledge of all the libraries of the world in your head but it will still be of no use to you. This is only theoretical knowledge. What helps you is practical realization.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO994PxAB6c&t=0  2  The Key to God Realization You see, there is one theoretical knowledge, and there is one practical realization Theoretical knowledge in itself is not going to help, in fact it can even increase your pride, avidya. “verse”  Kathopanishad has come down very strongly that those, who know the karma kand, they may think that I am a great pandit but it will not work because the practical realization is necessary because the Knowledge that helps you attain God is the inner knowledge which creates faith.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO994PxAB6c&t=90  3   The Guru's Instruction: The Guruji instructs his disciple to bring offerings for the temple puja on time.

The Disciple's Challenge: The disciple faces a logistical challenge: the boatman isn't available until 8 AM, delaying her arrival.

The Guru's Spiritual Guidance: Guruji advises her that with the power of "Bhagwan Naam" (the name of God Lord Ram), she can overcome the obstacle.

The Disciple's Faith and Success: The disciple, with unwavering faith in her Guru's words, successfully crosses the river by chanting the name of Lord Ram.

The Guru's Test: The Guruji, despite giving the instruction, lacks the same level of faith when he attempts to cross the river himself.

The Importance of Faith: The story highlights that while knowledge is important, true realization and success depend on having faith in the teachings and applying them with conviction.

Key Takeaways:

Faith is Essential: True spiritual progress requires unwavering faith in the teachings and guidance of the Guru or the divine.

Knowledge Without Faith is Inert: Mere intellectual understanding is insufficient without the accompanying faith to put it into practice.

The Power of Divine Grace: The story suggests that the power of the divine can manifest when approached with genuine faith and devotion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO994PxAB6c&t=137  4  So what helps us is not just words but the faith (shraddha) & the faith comes through the inner realization. That is why it is said that “पढ़ने की हद समझ है और समझन की हद है ज्ञान, ज्ञान की हद हरिनाम है, प्रेम नाम हद जान”  You keep reading reading reading, it leads to understanding, you keep understanding, it leads to wisdom, through the wisdom, you develop faith in the Name of God. God is sitting inside His Name and I can just take His Name and the consequence of taking His Name is prem “प्रेम नाम हद जान”.  So, what we need is faith  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO994PxAB6c&t=259

Transcript The Limitations of Knowledge 0:04 Merely by knowing how roti and sabji are made 0:09 Your stomach is not fed Merely by having the 0:13 Knowledge of a king you do not become a king we 0:17 Need to understand the limitations of Knowledge 0:22 Knowledge is a limited spiritual means 0:28 Does’nt it make sense ? if you have read the cook book 0:31 And memorize it, will it fill your stomach ?  0:35 You have the knowledge but it is not 0:39 Serving any purpose so that is why our shastras say 0:46 “verse” 0:52 you may become ShatShastri (knower of the six maior schools of Vedic philosophy) 0:55 a knower of the Nigam, Agama and Vyakaran 1:01 You may have the knowledge of all the libraries of the 1:04 World in your head but it will still be of no use 1:08 to you this is only theoretical 1:13 Knowledge. What helps you is practical Realization.  The Key to God Realization 1:30 You see, there is one theoretical knowledge, and there is one practical realization  The Key to God Realization 1:34 Theoretical knowledge in itself is not going to help in fact 1:37 It can even increase your pride avidya 1:42 “verse” 1:50 kathopanishad has come down very strongly  1:54 That those who know the karma kand they may 1:58 Think that I am a great 2:00 Pandit but it will not work because the 2:05 Practical realization is necessary because The Knowledge that helps you Attain God is the inner  knowledge which creates faith 2:10 2:17 there was one Guruji he used to serve in a  2:22 Temple and his disciple used to live across the 2:25 Street so she use to get some items (samagri) for the 2:30 Pooja and she used to come late Guruji said look 2:35 I have to offer bhog and the milk you bring is necessary 2:38 Can't you come early the lady said  2:43 Guruji no boat man is ready till 8am in the 2:46 Morning what can I do Guruji said with the 2:50 Help of Bhagwan Naam people cross over Bhav 2:54 Sagar can't you cross a river she said 2:58 Really alright 3:01 the next day she had full faith, my  3:05 Gurudev has told me that with Ram Nam I can 3:09 Cross the river so with that conviction she started chanting the Name of Lord Ram and placed her foot and it remained on the stream. Again she took the Name of the Lord, and the second foot was also there 3:23 And she was walking across the river 3:26 Now she was coming in time 3:30 After one week Gurudev said beti how come you are 3:33 Reaching in time she said Gurudev you told 3:37 me with Bhagwan Nam we should be able to cross 3:41 The river so is what I am doing Gurudev 3:44 Said really let me also try so he went to the river 3:48 But he don’t have faith Ram Ram Ram Ram 3:53 And he put his foot and splashed the 3:57 Water so the lady was already crossing she said 4:00 Gurudev you are also putting your foot and 4:02 Also Saving Yourself What Is The Matter You 4:06 Did Not Have Faith that You Will Be Able To 4:11 Cross In Other Words He Had Given The Knowledge 4:15 But He Did Not Have Faith And She Had 4:19 Created that faith in the knowledge.  So what helps us is not just words but the faith (shraddha) 4:30 & the Faith Comes Through The Inner realization. That is why it is said that “पढ़ने की हद समझ है और समझन की हद है ज्ञान, ज्ञान की हद हरिनाम है, प्रेम नाम हद जान” 4:50 You keep Reading Reading Reading It Leads To 4:54 Understanding You Keep Understanding It 4:57 Leads To Wisdom 4:59 Through The Wisdom You Develop Faith In The Name Of God God 5:05 Is Sitting Inside His Name And I Can Just 5:09 Take His Name And The Consequence Of Taking The 5:13 Name Is Prem “प्रेम नाम हद जान” 5:17 So, what we need is faith Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): The Reason We Haven't Realized God Yet - The Ultimate Purpose of Bhakti Swami Mukundananda.mp4