Aptavani-2
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What is Pushti Marg?
Vallabhacharya started the Pushti path of religion in
Hinduism. Five hundred years ago, the Hindu religion was on the
verge of extinction. Women could not leave their homes to go
to the temples or elsewhere. Acharya Vallabh established the
worship of the child Krishna in individual Hindu homes, and thus
made the adjustment during a difficult time. This is how he gave
support (pushti) to the Hindu religion. But this practice, dharma
was meant for only that difficult period in history. Vallabhacharya
had said that the religion would last about five hundred years.
Today the five hundred years are ending. Now the religion of the
Soul (Atmadharma) is coming to light. Kaviraj has sung:
‘Murli na naadey, jhoomi Jamuna boli.
Shree Krishna na prakashak aavii gayaa chhe.’
‘At the sound of the flute the river Jamuna bows and sings…
The One to expose the enlightened knowledge of Shree
Krishna has come.’
Lord Krishna was an extraordinary and a super human
being; He was a Vasudev (one of the 64 Salakha Purush –
human beings with extraordinary, super human energies and
accomplishments) and He is going to be a Tirthankara in the next
cycle of 24 Tirthankaras. He was a naishthik brahmachari.
Questioner : What does naishthik brahmachari mean?
Dadashri : It means the one in whom there is constant
inner intent of devotion and sincerity towards celibacy
(brahmacharya). His discharging karmas are that of non-
celibacy but his charging karmas are of absolute, pure and
continuous celibacy. Lord Krishna had sixteen hundred queens
and yet he was a naishthik brahmachari (celibate). Let me
explain how. If a man steals but his constant inner intent is, ‘I do
not want to steal,’ then he has naishthik achauriya (inner intent
of non-stealing). This inner intent is the account of what is being