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Gadhada II-27: The Great Are Pleased When No Impure Desires Remain

Summary

1. Shriji Mahārāj speaks about His own nature for the sake of revealing the ideals of a devotee:

1. He does not become angry for his own sake.
2. If someone transgresses his own dharma, if someone abuses the meek, if someone sides with injustice, He becomes angry only for a brief moment and it subsides immediately.
3. He never develops a grudge due to anger.

2. The harm caused by anger:

1. If one becomes angry at the meek, then one may also become angry at God.
2. If anyone hurts the meek, then God who resides in the meek will be offended.

3. Means to overcome anger:

1. Contemplating on the greatness of God.
2. Contemplating on the path of a sādhu.

4. If the great Purush becomes pleased, then the factors of place, time, etc. will not be angle hinder one in their path of liberation; if the great Purush is displeased, then even if the factors of place, time, etc. are favourable, they will hinder one in their path of liberation.
5. When no impure desires are left in one’s heart, the great Purush is pleased.
6. One should offer bhakti and upāsanā remaining within one’s dharma – to promote this principle, Shriji Mahārāj relaxed the emphasis on renunciation and built mandirs.