What is your command for those who listen to you and your disciples?

Shri Hit Radha Keli Kunj, Vrindavan: An intimate conversation with Pujya Shri Hit Premanand Govind Sharan Ji Maharaj in Vrindavan. Sadhaks bring questions about their life and sadhana, and Maharaj Ji provides answers.

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Suraj Kumar from Jharkhand: Radhe Radhe, Maharaj! You once mentioned in a satsang that a great master's two teachings greatly pleased you. He told his disciples, "We have two commands: never abandon the path of bhajan, and even if you experience nothing throughout your life, do not abandon the path of bhajan—your welfare will be assured." So Maharaj, what command do you have for those who have become your disciples or listen to you?

Our command is this: Radha, Radha, Radha. Do not worry.

Just chant Radha, Radha. I am speaking this seated in Vrindavan. We guarantee this. Our Beloved takes the responsibility. Just chant Radha, Radha nama. Your supreme welfare, your supreme well-being will be assured. No matter how deeply entangled you are in worldly pleasures. No matter how deeply entangled you are in worldly pleasures. We do not say this out of any enticement. We need nothing from you. But we are speaking this according to the scriptures and the divine word.

Though a bhakt is engrossed in sense pleasures and is among the thousands of those with mastered senses, none are like him.
Just chant Radha, Radha—abandon everything else. What sadhana is there or not? Radha, Radha, Radha, Radha. If you do not attain Shri Ji, then tell us: you must hold on to the naam. We are giving our people the naam to hold. The fruit of the sadhana I have done, what I have done my whole life—I received Radha, Radha. I am crying out to you: Radha, Radha, Radha roto—chant Radha, Radha—and see the result. Your welfare will be assured.

How difficult mastery of the senses and control of the mind are! See for yourselves. You take an oath in the evening and break it in the morning. The mind and senses are so powerful. Chant Radha, Radha. The naam Radha alone will not let you go to hell. If you continuously chant Radha, then surely you will attain God. You need not do anything else.

In Kaliyug, naam alone is the refuge; remembering, remembering, the person crosses over.

We speak according to the principle "Tasmat shastram pramanam"—what the scriptures establish is proof. We do not speak for mere entertainment. We do not simply speak from our own mind. Even if our mind says something, we first discuss it with Shri Ji. We do not simply speak from our own mind. When that happens with Shri Ji's consent, only then does it reach your ears.

Colonel Rajul Rathi from Meertz: Radha Radha Vallabh, Shri Harivansh Maharaj! Maharaj, while living as a householder, if one has no attachment toward one's loved ones, can one still fulfill one's duties toward them honestly?

Do I have no love for you? Do I not love all of you? Do we not love all of you? Tell truthfully from the heart. Do you feel that I do not love you? Service that comes from attachment is not the same as service that comes from love. If we love, with the beloved as God, my son comes as God in the form of a son. My wife has God residing within her. My mother and father have God residing within them. My family, my community—God resides within. How beautiful the service will be! Service is abandoned because of attachment.

From attachment comes bondage. Attachment is the root of all ailments. Attachment brings many pains. Renouncing attachment is supreme; do not be proud—worship Ram, the Lord of the Raghuvansh, the ocean of compassion, God.

You love your child so much, and we love our children as much. Who are our children? You all are. These dispassionate people love their children so much. What do you think? But there is not even a trace of attachment. There is not even a trace of possessiveness. Possessiveness has its place in the lotus feet of Shri Priya, and through that connection alone. As Goswami Tulsidas says:

The connection is through Ram; the service of the gods is made; wherever you look.

This all belongs to Shri. You all are Shri's. You are of the form of God. That is why we love you. So there is a difference between attachment and love. If you nurture your family with love, you will gain happiness many times greater than attachment, and you will give them happiness too. With attachment, when adversity comes, you will see that hatred will arise. Whether it is the son, the wife, or anyone else. The day they act against you, hatred will arise. And with love, when they act against you, your love will only increase.

I will not be defeated. You will act against me. I will still love you. Lord, you are in this form. I know for certain you are in this form. I will not be defeated. By your grace, I will love you. This color of bhakti brings fruit. And through this color of bhakti, even while living as a householder, you can attain God.

Jad, sentient, the world, all life—know all in Ram.

Tell me the truth. Suppose you have a very beautiful wife. You know her body. But when the Paramatma departs from within, why do you burn the body? Why do you bury it? You did not know that which was inside. So what difference does it make that it has departed? You love the body. But that which you were loving has gone away. So unknowingly, you were also loving God. God is within everyone. If you know this and love based on that knowing, then attachment will be abandoned.

Without abandoning attachment, there cannot be steady love for the lotus feet of Ram.

If attachment is destroyed, then God will be attained. Love serves beautifully. When we see God in everyone and love based on that understanding, then attachment is abandoned, and true love emerges. In attachment there is attraction and aversion.

Attachment is the root of all ailments. Attachment is the root and brings many sorrows. Renounce it—this is supreme wisdom. Do not be proud—worship Ram, the Lord of the Raghuvansh, the ocean of compassion.

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