Aptavani 02

SR No.: 007535
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 303
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 34 KB

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What is Pushti Marg? Vallabhacharya started the Pushti path of religion in Hinduism. Five hundred years ago, the Hindu religion was on the verge of extinction. Women could not leave their homes to go to the temples or elsewhere. Acharya Vallabh established the worship of the child Krishna in individual Hindu homes, and thus made the adjustment during a difficult time. This is how he gave support (pushti) to the Hindu religion. But this practice, dharma was meant for only that difficult period in history. Vallabhacharya had said that the religion would last about five hundred years. Today the five hundred years are ending. Now the religion of the Soul (Atmadharma) is coming to light. Kaviraj has sung:
Murli na naadey, jhoomi Jamuna boli. Shree Krishna na prakashak aavii gayaa chhe. At the sound of the flute the river Jamuna bows and sings...
The One to expose the enlightened knowledge of Shree Krishna has come.'
charged for the life to come. A man makes a charitable contribution but in his deep inner intent (bhaav) he holds, 'I should take advantage of these people in this case, his donation is not considered a donation for the next life. Everything that one sees and experiences through the senses has no impact and is of no value as far as the account of the next life (charging of new karma) is concerned. What is of significance, and has a direct impact in charging new karma is only one's inner intent. This is happening simultaneously during all overt and external activities.
Questioner: Then why is Lord Krishna called a man of good conduct?
Dadashri : He was a naishthik brahmachari. His conduct has been criticized by some as being sinful and indulgent. Lord Krishna was a Vasudev. What is a Vasudev? It means one is an enjoyer of everything yet is worthy of moksha. Such a person is an extraordinary person.
True union with the Lord within Questioner : What is this process where one unites with the Lord within (brahma sambandha)?
Dadashri : When one experiences bliss of the Self within, then the intense desire to know the Lord within increases and thereafter the connection with the Lord is established (brahma sambandha). When he does not forget the Lord within for even a second, that state is called brahma sambandha. Then one will not have any worries. You will have a constant awareness of the Self after we give you the knowledge of the Self, and that means that a true union with the Lord has occurred. Otherwise, the ritual of tying a kanthi (string of tiny wooden beads offered by the guru, worn around the neck) is meant to keep one in good conduct. Today, there is no true union with the Lord within, in any religious path. How can any one help you achieve union with the Lord when he himself has not attained it.
Lord Krishna was an extraordinary and a super human being; He was a Vasudev (one of the 64 Salakha Purush - human beings with extraordinary, super human energies and accomplishments) and He is going to be a Tirthankara in the next cycle of 24 Tirthankaras. He was a naishthik brahmachari.
Questioner : What does naishthik brahmachari mean?
Dadashri : It means the one in whom there is constant inner intent of devotion and sincerity towards celibacy (brahmacharya). His discharging karmas are that of noncelibacy but his charging karmas are of absolute, pure and continuous celibacy. Lord Krishna had sixteen hundred queens and yet he was a naishthik brahmachari (celibate). Let me explain how. If a man steals but his constant inner intent is, 'I do not want to steal,' then he has naishthik achauriya (inner intent of non-stealing). This inner intent is the account of what is being