Vachanamrut Essence
Gadhadā II-8
- How to observe the Ekādashi fast:
- Shun the indulgences of the eleven indriyas.
- Prevent the mind from having thoughts related to lust, anger, etc.
- Not let the physical body engage in immoral activities.
- Observe all of the other niyams.
- Listen to discourses of God and sing bhajans; and stay awake at night.
- The principle of all scriptures is that liberation cannot be attained without performing sacrifices.
- Yog-yagna means: withdrawing the ten indriyas and the mind - the eleventh indriya - from whichever vishays they have become attached to and then offering them into the brahma-agni.
- Gnān-yagna [antardrashti] means:
- Physical God-related activities, such as having the darshan of God, performing His puja or engaging in discourses, devotional songs, etc.
- Behold the form of God within one’s heart, to perform its puja, to bow before it, etc.
- The fruit of yog-yagna and gnān-yagna is having a divine vision of Parabrahma within one’s own self, which is Brahma.
- Manifest form of God:
- Everything that has a relation with God is called nirgun; anything that is not related to God is called sagun.
- Attaining the manifest God is itself the highest state of enlightenment.
