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non-self. Such is the Gnani Purush. Hence his company is the gathering of the param hansa.
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Elsewhere there is talk of the soul but really they are not really talking about the soul. They talk about religion - the relative religions and that is called 'hansa ni sabha' (literally meaning a gathering of swans). In those gatherings they tell you what is good and what is bad; they tell you to do good. Those who gather there will someday attain liberation.
A gathering where people argue all the time, where they are not ready to listen to each other, is a gathering of 'crows'! You have been in the gathering of hansa (ordinary guru) for countless past lives, but if just once you were to sit in the gathering of the paramhansa (the Gnani), you will attain liberation. With the Gnani, there will be talks of only the Soul and the Supreme Soul and here there is a constant presence of the celestial beings (devlok) in the gathering of the paramhansa. The ultimate desire of all living beings is liberation. People have become weary from doing penance, renunciation and fasting but still they have not found God. Only when you have the true intent will you find God. Here you will get what you want; you will find all the answers and clarifications; that verily is the highest satsang. Do you know what 'our' title is? It is mokshadata purush (the giver of liberation). 'We' will give you whatever you ask for. You should know how to get your work done.
Worldly benefits: Spiritual benefits Kaviraj has sung:
Satsang chhe punya sanchalit, chahoon abhyudaya anushangik.'
'Satsang is dependant upon the stock of merit karma, I desire worldly prosperity and spiritual prosperity."
You receive two rewards when you meet a Gnani Purush:
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one is improved worldly life (abhyudaya) and the other is spiritual improvement leading to liberation (anushangik). You will attain both these rewards together. If you don't get both the rewards together, then you have not met a Gnani Purush. People don't realize this because they carry tremendous amounts of 'overdrafts' (karmas). But these 'overdrafts' will definitely be paid off now that you are doing satsang.
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Here, liberation is not the only reward, if that were the case; you would not even have a cloth to cover your body. But that is not the case; in reality you get worldly rewards as well as the reward of liberation.
If you are an employee of the king's court and you meet the king, you will have the benefit of his acquaintance. The wages you get is the benefit you get from serving him. But you will also reap the reward from his acquaintance. You get a better place to live and other comforts. When having the acquaintance of a king brings so much benefit, there is nothing that you cannot have when you make acquaintance with a Gnani Purush. The king has needs; he wants to increase his kingdom whereas the Gnani Purush lives in a state that is absolutely free from all needs and desires. So what is the reward of meeting the Gnani? If you come here to satsang, you will return with the reward of making acquaintance of the Gnani, without fail. By serving the king, the king will give you two hundred and fifty rupees. You get the benefit of the king's acquaintance when you bow in front of him.
Because you have darshan of the Gnani Purush, you have attained both worldly as well as spiritual prosperity and that is why you remain in highest peace of mind. You will not be hindered by any worldly obstacles and you will progress in the path towards liberation; you will have the best of both worlds!
If you know how to do darshan of the vitarag Lord, then you will attain spiritual as well as worldly prosperity even if it is an idol that you are bowing down to. This will happen only when
