Vachanamrut Gadhada I-40: Savikalp-Nirvikalp Samadhinu
Date: Maha Sudi 4, Samvat 1876
Place: Dada Khachar's Darbar
Clothing: White khes, pagh with flowers inserted into it. Had a thick
white cloth covering Himself. He also had garland of yellow flowers.
Audience: Munis and devotees from various places
Muktanand Swami asked: What is savikalp samadhi, and what is nirvikalp
samdhi?
Maharaj replied: A person with no impure desires, but has pure desires
is said to be in savikalp samdhi, and a person who realizes that they
have attained Aksharbrahma, and is engrossed in God's form, then that
person has Nirvikalp samadhi.
Muktanand Swami asked: What is the difference between bhakti and
upasana?
Maharaj said: To worship God in the nine different types of ways is
bhakti. Upasana is have firm faith that God has a form, and no matter
what any shatra says, one should believe that God has a form. One who
understands that God has a form possess upasana.
Application: We should always worship God and realize that God has a
form.
Jai Swaminarayan