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Gadhada III-13: Maintaining Ekāntik Dharma amidst Adverse Circumstances

Summary

1. If one understands this way, then God protects his ekāntik dharma from unfavourable kāl and karma:

1. Realise God’s greatness such that significance to everything else [riches, opulence, etc.] does not remain.
2. Not bear affection for anything except God and attach one’s mind to the holy feet of God.
3. Develop intense love for God and His devotees, such that not even kāl, karma, and māyā nor one’s own mind can destroy that love.
4. God is the sole controller of this body; therefore do whatever pleases God with the body.
5. Never pray before God in this manner: “Mahārāj! Please relieve me of my misery.”
6. Understand that the will of God is our prārabhda and there is no other prārabdha for us.
7. Whatever pain or pleasure we encounter is by the wish of God; we should not become disturbed in any way.

2. Shriji Mahārāj speaks about His preferences for the sake of revealing the ideals of a devotee:

1. I like meditating on God in a secluded place; however, I have remained in Satsang seeing the fellowship of devotees.
2. Even if a non-devotee tries to keep Me by a million means or serves me, I do not get along with him.
3. I experience such ecstasy that I feel as if I shall become mad due to it.