53.1 In the Samvat year 1876, on Mahã vad 9 [8th February, 1820], Shreeji Mahãrãj was sitting facing west on a decorated bedstead on the veranda outside the west-facing rooms in front of the mandir of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was wearing a white survãl and a white angarkhu. He had tied a rich, orange shelu with a silken border around His waist. He had also tied a rich, orange reto with a silken border around His head, with tassels of flowers hanging from it. He was also wearing garlands of flowers around His neck. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
53.2 Shreeji Mahãrãj then requested, “Someone please ask a question.”
53.3 Muktãnand Swãmi then asked, “There are those in satsang who progress day by day. There are also those who seem to fall back day by day, despite being in satsang. What is the reason for this?”
53.4 Shreeji Mahãrãj explained, “A person who perceives avgun in a great sãdhu, gradually falls back in satsang. Conversely, a person who perceives gun in that sãdhu progresses, and his bhakti towards Bhagvãn flourishes. Therefore, a person should not perceive avgun in a sãdhu. Instead, should only perceive his gun.
53.5 “A person should perceive an avgun in that sãdhu only if he breaks any of the vartmãns prescribed by Bhagvãn. However, even if the sãdhu has no flaws in following his vartmãns, on seeing some small irregularity in the sãdhu’s nature, a person may feel that is improper. Therefore, they focus only on the sãdhu’s avgun, and ignore his many gun. This causes the person’s own glorious gun, like of gnãn and vairãgya, to diminish.
53.6 “Therefore, only if there is a flaw in the following of the vartmãns, should a person find avgun; he should not find avgun in a bhakta of Bhagvãn for any other reason.
53.7 “Moreover, if a person does not find flaws, his glorious gun will begin to flourish day by day.”
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