Definitions
This term means “a person who serves others with their mahima in mind.”
Das
When asked to write who he was, Swamishri wrote “I am Akshar-Brahma” and then insisted on adding this identity.
Maharaj’s das
He wrote, “I am not a leader! I am a servant. My importance lies as a dishwasher.” Who wrote this?
Yogiji Maharaj
This Vachanamrut explains that God is “extremely pleased” with one who menially serves devotees.
Gadhada II-28
To serve others with joy, one must see this in them—like the Satpurush does constantly.
Mahima
Literally meaning “the feelings of being a servant,” this word describes identifying as Bhagwan’s and the Sant’s servant
Dasbhav
In this prasang, a king’s servant explains why he agrees with the king’s every opinion about brinjals.
The King and His Minister
This guru washed yuvaks’ clothes in Tanzania out of pure joy for seva.
Yogiji Maharaj
This scripture contains Yogiji Maharaj’s line, “I am not a leader! I am a servant.”
What is the Yogi Gita?
This is the key attitude needed to recognize the needs of others and serve without seeing their faults.
Humility
According to Maharaj, the only method to please God is to serve these people by thought, word, and deed.
The devotees of God
Yogiji Maharaj secretly washed these belongings of the traveling yuvaks in Dar es Salaam. What were the belongings?
Clothes
This guru apologized to two kishores, saying “If anything went wrong and I didn’t know about it, please forgive me.”
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Gadhada II-28 teaches that this is the only method to displease God.
Spiting the devotees of God
This practice in daily life helps eliminate ego and increases one’s capacity for dasbhav.
Doing seva
This inner quality disappears when one develops dasbhav and sees only the greatness of others.
Ego (‘I’-ness and ‘my’-ness)
Before two kishores departed India, Pramukh Swami Maharaj shockingly asked for this, even though he cared for them like his own children. What did he ask for?
Forgiveness
This guru accepted blame when accidentally struck by a napkin.
Mahant Swami Maharaj
In this scripture, Yogiji Maharaj emphasizes humility and the importance of seeing one’s own faults.
Yogi Gita – Jivan Bhavna
Yogiji Maharaj taught that if we feel like looking at someone else’s faults, we should instead do this.
Look for faults within ourselves.
Dasbhav is considered a “fruit” of understanding this—our nothingness compared to the greatness of Bhagwan and the Sant.
Mahima
Mahant Swami Maharaj blamed himself for not doing this when a napkin accidentally hit him.
Not catching the napkin
This guru insisted that despite being Aksharbrahma, his true identity is simply “Maharaj’s das.”
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Maharaj tells devotees to make the same resolution he made: to do this for all lives.
Serve devotees of God
By developing dasbhav, one can resolve conflicts, be happier in seva, and ultimately do this.
Please Bhagwan