The Most Eye Opening 19 minutes that will CHANGE your life FOREVER by Swami Mukundanand
Chapters:
1:26 On receiving God's power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=86 4:31 to assign some time from your daily... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=271 5:56 7th Canto, 5th chapter, 23rd verse. Prahlada Maharaja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Krsna through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge. https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/5/23-24/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=356 7:02 Smaranam means remembrance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=422 10:40 Meditate on the living God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=640 11:52 The Lord is the ocean of Bliss. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=712 12:06 Roop madhuri, Murali madhuri, Leela... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=726 14:08 different Names, different qualities of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=848 14:20 the most important is the remembrance! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=860 15:40 they cleanse the heart of endless lifetimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=940Main Points:
1 we discussed that we are all tiny parts of God, who is an ocean of bliss, hence we have the inherent urge to be blissful and we cannot rest contented until we get such bliss, which is infinite in extent, which is ever fresh and once attained it will never be snatched away from us - that is the sat chit anand of God that bliss will be attained when we attain God himself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=0 2 in order to attain God, we will have to go beyond the purview of our senses mind and intellect because he is divine beyond the material realm, and hence we must not harbor this vanity that by our intellectual analysis, we will be able to fathom (measure, attain) God. He is only known when He bestows His grace and grants to the soul His divine intellect. On receiving God's power, any fortunate soul can see him, hear Him, reach Him, think of Him, know Him and attain Him. However, God's grace is not a whimsical act from His side, we will need to do something to attract His mercy, what will we need to do ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=44 3 we discussed His eternal law, He graces those who surrender to Him, yesterday we discussed that it is the mind which needs to be surrendered, for the mind is the cause of bondage and the mind is the cause of liberation. Our mind is presently attached to the world, if we are aspiring to attain God realization, we must deeply contemplate how to detach the mind from the world and we discussed this will require us to understand that the happiness of our soul is not in material objects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=117 4 when the intellect holds this discrimination, this vivek, it will then develop the power to pull the mind away from the world, just like you pull your mind away from a cup of poison even though it is very tasteful, for you know it has the ability to kill you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=170 5 hence Shri Krishna said in the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjun repeatedly think of the defects of this world, its miseries and torments, your mind will then come away from it, but the mind coming away is only half the story, the second half is how now to attach this mind to God, this requires practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=195 6 just like in the material realm, you mastered so many skills, whether you became a graduate, a post graduate, whether you became a painter, a dancer, a writer, whatever required focused and repeated practice, similarly if you wish to move ahead in your spiritual practice, the first step will be to assign some time from your daily schedule for your personal sadhana, so we need to take out some time every day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=233 7 how much time should we take out Swamiji ? According to the Vedas, one tenth of your time is prescribed for sadhana, one tenth means roughly two hours - that is the prescribed time. Now two hours seems impossible in the modern scenario, at least take out one hour, make a firm resolve from today onwards whatever happens I will definitely allot this one hour for my own soul. Now what do you do in this one hour or two hours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=283 8 what is the sadhana that is to be done ? Navadha bhakti is very popular, the nine-fold processes of devotion this was stated by Prahlada maharaj in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, seventh canto, fifth chapter 23rd verse vide https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/5/23-24/ and it was highlighted by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Now you can do any of these nine-fold processes of devotion, worshipping the lord in His deity form, offering prayers, chanting His names, serving etc so you do any of these nine fold processes of devotion but one of these nine is compulsory, without that one it is all one big zero. What is that one - smaranam, means remembrance because ultimately the mind needs to be purified, so in your sadhana you have to take your mind to God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=330 9 so how do we do smaranam, how do we remember God, that is what Jagat guru Shri Kripaluji Maharaj always Emphasized, he said do Roop dhyan. What is Roop dhyan ? Bring the image of God before you, now the mind will have a basis to rest upon, like for example, you remember somebody in the world, where is that person who that one who's come from Fort Worth ? So many have come from Fort Worth, that tall guy, see he's brought his image to mind “the tall person” tell me little more, that darkish complexion Ramesh, so before taking the name of Ramesh, he brought the image of Ramesh to his mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=433 10 similarly when you are saying Sita Ram, when you are saying Radhey Shyam, you are recalling the lord, before that bring His image to your mind and now take the name, the mind now has a basis for devotion for love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=500 11 now here people raise some objections, they say Swamiji, i have never seen God, how will I meditate upon Him, see god is causelessly merciful, He says visualize Me as you wish and increase your love, increase your attachment to Me, that's all that's required, visualize Me as you like, come to the state of “mam ekam sharanam vraja”, complete surrender, when you reach that state I will bestow My grace, and by My grace when I give that power in your mind, that is called Shuddha Sattva, when that is added to the mind, your mind will become divine and with that divine mind you will not have to imagine God, you will see Him as He is, when will that happen after God realization when He gives you the power and before that what you do ? Before that, God says don't worry just visualize Me as you wish now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=521 12 somebody says, Swamiji that image of Radha Krishna in the temple, I just love It, can i meditate on it ? sure somebody says that image of Shri Krishna in the painting in my friend's house is very Enchanting, can I meditate on it ? sure but make one correction, meditate on the living God, in other words let Him come out of the image, let him come out of the deity, the deity is the basis and you bring God out from there, He's talking, He's walking, His hands and feet are moving , after all God is not insentient (incapable of feeling or understanding thing), He is supremely sentient, so with the basis of the deity, basis of the picture, you engage in your devotion meditating on the Supreme Lord in naturality, He is coming to me, i'm coming to Him, then you will never get bored and if your meditation is that the Lord just stands with His four hands, holding the chakra and He practically doesn't do anything, then you will say, God is very boring, my little child is more interesting, the mind will go there, sadhana doesn't have to be boring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=614 13 the Lord is the ocean of bliss, enliven your sadhana, He has all varieties of rasa, Saukumarya ( the quality of being soft, tender; softness; tenderness), Saushilya ( "good conduct and behavior," "goodnaturedness," or "possession of a good disposition or temper"), Saurasya (Tastiness, savoriness, sapidity (having a strong, pleasant tast), well-flavoredness), Roop Madhuri (beautiful & loving Face), Murli Madhuri (plays loving flute), Leela Madhuri (His acts are enchanting), utilize all that so we have done the first step, now you have His image in front https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=711 14 Further, you can even meditate upon His pastimes, He is in Vrindavan, He's playing with His friends, I'm watching that divine pastime. See, to take the mind to God, you utilize His name and image, but that's also not enough, the mind wants activity, so meditate on His pastimes, the pastimes of the Lord are so enchanting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=736 15 After that, meditate on the qualities, the virtues of God, He is the ocean of bliss, He is my eternal father, He is my soul beloved, bring these qualities to your mind again and again and again and then you can even serve Him in the mind - there He is, I am pressing His feet, I am bathing Him, I am feeding Him, this is the manasi seva (serving God in mind) - in this way, in a natural way, you take your mind to God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=772 16 now as a helper for this sadhana, there's another thing you can do and that is kirtan, sing it while your ears hear, and with the mind meditate, initially when you do meditation, you don't get the bliss of God, that is why the kirtan is helpful the music the aroh, the avroh (Aaroh is the ascending order of musical notes, in the same way Avroh is the descending order of musical notes) different names, different qualities of God, they all keep coming, they help keep your mind engaged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=810 17 but remember in the kirtan, the most important is the remembrance, chanting and hearing, when we keep on doing like this this will bring us to a higher state of meditation, when will I see Him, when will the day come when He will manifest here and give His darshan to me, in other words now the mind and the senses which were longing for the world have started longing for God, that is the sign of purification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=856 18 but the sadhana is not complete, keep on longing, that longing will result in the heart melting, now you will feel helpless, I wish to meet Him but I have no means, so seeing yourself as shelterless, you then cry out to Him, for His grace, those tears you shed in loving devotion to God, they cleanse the heart of endless lifetimes of dirt. Tears and loving devotion for God will cleanse the mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=907 19 but your sadhana is still not complete, carry on until you come to that point which Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, He says now without having darshan of Shri Krishna, the whole world is seeming void, one moment in waiting has become like an age long and tears are constantly showering from the eyes, that will be the state of antahkaran shudhi, purification of the heart, that is the stage for which God and guru are waiting, when we prepare our heart “vessel” to that point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=955 20 when we cleanse our heart up to that stage, then we have reached the “mam ekam sharanam vraja”, complete surrender. Now God's grace will come, the divine grace that we are seeking and when that comes what will happen, the afflictions (something that causes pain or suffering) of the material energy they will all be wiped off our karmas, karmas of endless lifetimes God will burn them, we will become complete with His Love, His bliss and His knowledge, in other words we will now be united with Him, as long as we live in this body we will be in the “jeevan mukt” stage and when we leave this body, we will go to His divine Abode, to eternally participate in His nithya leelas, His divine pastimes, so this is the path to happiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_xK0di1rJI&t=1023
Transcript 0:00 we discussed that we are all 0:04 tiny parts of god 0:07 who is an ocean of bliss 0:11 hence we have the inherent urge to be 0:14 blissful and we cannot rest 0:18 contented until we get such 0:21 bliss which is infinite in extent 0:27 which is ever fresh and 0:30 once attained it will never be snatched 0:33 away from us 0:35 that is the satchit anand of god 0:40 that bliss will be attained when we 0:43 attain 0:44 god himself in order to attain 0:48 god we will have to go beyond the 0:52 purview of our senses 0:54 mind and intellect because he is 0:58 divine beyond the material realm 1:02 and hence we must not harbor this 1:05 vanity that by our intellectual 1:09 analysis we will be able to fathom god 1:13 he is only known when he bestows 1:17 his grace and grants 1:21 to the soul his divine intellect 1:26 on receiving god's power 1:29 any fortunate soul can see him 1:33 hear him reach him 1:36 think of him know him and 1:40 attain him however 1:43 god's grace is not a whimsical act 1:47 from his side we will need to do 1:50 something to attract his 1:54 mercy what will we need to do 1:57 we discussed his eternal law 2:01 he graces those who surrender to him 2:05 yesterday we discussed that it is the 2:08 mind which needs to be surrendered 2:12 for the mind is the cause of bondage and 2:15 the mind is the cause of liberation 2:19 our mind is presently attached to the 2:22 world 2:24 if we are aspiring to attain god 2:28 realization 2:30 we must deeply contemplate how to detach 2:33 the mind from the world 2:37 and we discussed this will require 2:40 us to understand 2:43 that the happiness of our soul is not in 2:47 material objects 2:50 when the intellect holds this 2:53 discrimination 2:54 this vivek it will then develop 2:57 the power to pull the mind away 3:01 from the world just like you pull your 3:05 mind away from a cup of poison 3:08 even though it is very tasteful for you 3:11 know it has 3:12 the ability to kill you 3:15 hence shri krishna said in the 3:18 bhagavad-gita 3:24 arjun repeatedly think 3:27 of the defects of this world its 3:30 miseries and 3:32 torments your mind will then 3:35 come away from it 3:38 but the mind coming away is only 3:42 half the story the second half 3:46 is how now to attach 3:49 this mind to god this requires 3:53 practice just like 3:57 in the material realm you mastered 4:01 so many skills whether you became a 4:04 graduate a post graduate whether you 4:06 became a painter 4:08 a dancer a writer whatever 4:12 required focused and repeated 4:16 practice similarly 4:20 if you wish to move ahead in your 4:23 spiritual 4:24 practice the first 4:28 step will be to assign 4:31 some time from your daily schedule 4:36 for your personal sadhana 4:39 so we need to take out some time every 4:42 day 4:43 how much time should we take out swamiji 4:47 according to the vedas one 4:50 tenth of your time is prescribed for 4:53 sadhana one tenth means roughly two 4:56 hours 4:57 that is the prescribed time now two 5:00 hours seems 5:01 impossible in the modern scenario 5:05 at least take out one hour 5:10 make a firm resolve from today onwards 5:16 whatever happens i will definitely 5:20 allot this one hour for my own soul 5:25 now what do you do in this one hour or 5:27 two hours 5:30 what is the sadhana that is to be done 5:33 navadha bhakti is very popular 5:38 the nine-fold processes of devotion 5:50 this was stated by prahlada maharaja in 5:53 the srimad-bhagavatam 5:55 seventh canto fifth chapter 23rd verse 5:59 and it was highlighted by chaitanya 6:04 mahaprabhu 6:17 became extremely popular 6:21 now you can do any of these nine-fold 6:24 processes of devotion worshipping 6:28 the lord in his deity form offering 6:31 prayers 6:32 chanting his names serving 6:35 etc 6:38 so you do any of these nine fold 6:42 processes of devotion 6:44 but one of these nine is 6:48 compulsory without that one 6:53 it is all one big zero 6:57 what is that one smaranam 7:02 means remembrance because 7:05 ultimately the mind needs to be purified 7:09 so in your sadhana you have to take your 7:13 mind 7:13 to god so how do we do smaranam 7:19 how do we remember god that is what 7:23 jagat guru shri kripaluji maharaj always 7:26 emphasized he said do 7:30 Roop dhyan what is 7:33 Roop dhyan bring the image of 7:36 god before you 7:39 now the mind will have a basis to rest 7:43 upon 7:45 like for example you remember somebody 7:49 in the world 7:50 where is that person who 7:54 that one who's come from Fort Worth 7:57 so many have come from Fort Worth that 7:59 tall 8:00 guy see he's brought his image to my 8:03 tall 8:04 person tell me little more 8:07 that darkish complexion 8:10 ramesh so before taking the name of 8:14 ramesh 8:15 he brought the image of ramesh to his 8:18 Mind 8:20 similarly when you are saying sitaram 8:24 when you are saying radhey shyam you are 8:27 recalling the lord 8:29 before that bring his image to your mind 8:34 and now take the name the mind now 8:37 has a basis for devotion 8:41 for love now here people raise some 8:45 objections 8:47 they say swamiji i have never seen god 8:51 how will i meditate upon him see god 8:54 is causelessly merciful 8:57 he says visualize me 9:00 as you wish 9:04 and increase your love increase your 9:07 attachment that's all that's required 9:11 visualize me as you like 9:14 come to the state of “mam ekam sharanam vraja” 9:18 complete surrender when you reach that 9:22 state 9:23 i will bestow my grace 9:27 and by my grace when i give that 9:31 power in your mind that is called 9:33 shuddha sattva 9:39 when that is added to the mind 9:43 your mind will become divine 9:46 and with that divine mind you 9:50 will not have to imagine god 9:53 you will see him as he is 9:58 when will that happen after god 10:01 realization 10:02 when he gives you the power and before 10:06 that what you do 10:07 before that god says don't worry 10:10 just visualize me as you wish now 10:14 somebody says swamiji that image of 10:18 radha krishna in the temple i just love 10:21 it 10:22 can i meditate on it sure 10:26 somebody says that image of shri krishna 10:29 in the painting in my friend's house is 10:32 very 10:32 enchanting can i meditate on it sure 10:36 but make one correction 10:40 meditate on the living god 10:44 in other words let him come out of the 10:47 image 10:48 let him come out of the deity the deity 10:51 is the basis 10:53 and you bring god out from there he's 10:56 talking he's walking his hands and feet 10:59 are 11:00 moving after all god is not insentient 11:04 he is supremely sentient 11:08 so with the basis of the deity basis of 11:11 the picture 11:12 you engage in your devotion 11:15 meditating on the supreme lord in 11:19 naturality 11:20 he is coming to me i'm coming to him 11:24 then you will never get bored 11:28 and if your meditation is that the lord 11:31 just stands with his four hands holding 11:33 the 11:34 chakra and he practically doesn't do 11:37 anything 11:40 then you will say god is very boring my 11:43 little child is more interesting the 11:45 mind will go there 11:47 sadhana doesn't have to be boring 11:51 the lord is the ocean of bliss 11:55 enliven your sadhana 11:58 he has all varieties of rasa 12:02 saukumarya saushilya saurasya roop madhuri 12:06 murli madhuri Leela madhuri 12:08 utilize all that so we have done the 12:11 first step 12:12 now you have his image in front 12:16 further you can even meditate 12:19 upon his pastimes 12:24 he is in vrindavan he's playing with his 12:28 friends 12:29 i'm watching that divine pastime 12:34 see to take the mind to god you utilize 12:38 his name and image 12:41 but that's also not enough the mind 12:44 wants 12:44 activity so meditate on his pastimes 12:48 the pastimes of the lord are so 12:51 Enchanting 12:52 after that meditate on the qualities the 12:56 virtues of god 12:59 he is the ocean of bliss he is my 13:02 eternal father 13:04 he is my soul beloved bring these 13:08 qualities to your mind again 13:11 and again and again and then 13:14 you can even serve him in the mind 13:17 there he is i'm pressing his feet i'm 13:20 bathing him i'm feeding him 13:22 this is the manasi seva (serving God in mind) in this way 13:26 in a natural way you take your mind 13:30 to god now as 13:34 a helper for this sadhana there's 13:37 another thing you can do 13:39 and what is that that is kirtan 13:44 chanting take some kirtan 13:48 sing it with your ears hear 13:51 and with the mind meditate initially 13:55 when you do meditation 13:57 you don't get the bliss of god 14:00 that is why the kirtan is helpful 14:04 the music the aroh, the avroh 14:07 different names different qualities of 14:09 god 14:10 they all keep coming they help keep your 14:13 mind engaged 14:16 but remember in the kirtan the most 14:20 important is the 14:23 remembrance chanting and hearing 14:26 will help you and when we keep on doing 14:30 like this 14:32 this will bring us to a higher state of 14:35 meditation 14:39 when will i see him 14:43 when will the day come when he will 14:46 manifest here and give his darshan 14:49 to me in other words now 14:53 the mind and the senses 14:56 which were longing for the world have 14:58 started 14:59 longing for god that is the sign of 15:03 purification 15:07 but the sadhana is not complete keep on 15:09 longing 15:11 that longing will result in the heart 15:15 melting now 15:19 you will feel helpless i wish to meet 15:21 him but i have no means 15:23 so seeing yourself as 15:26 shelterless you then cry out to him 15:30 for his grace those 15:33 tears you shed in loving devotion to god 15:39 they cleanse the heart of 15:42 endless lifetimes of dirt 15:48 tears and loving devotion for god 15:52 will cleanse the mind 15:55 but your sadhana is still not 15:58 complete carry on 16:03 until you come to that point which 16:06 chaitanya mahaprabhu's 16:21 he says now without having darshan of 16:25 sri krishna 16:27 the whole world is seeming void 16:32 one moment in waiting has become 16:35 like an age 16:36 long and tears are constantly 16:41 showering from the eyes that will be the 16:45 state 16:46 of antahkaran shudhi 16:49 purification of the heart 16:53 that is the stage for which god 16:56 and guru are waiting when we prepare our 17:00 vessel to that point 17:03 when we cleanse our heart up to that 17:06 stage 17:07 then we have reached the mam ekam 17:11 sharanam vraja complete surrender 17:14 now god's grace will come the divine 17:18 grace that we are seeking 17:22 and when that comes what will happen 17:45 the afflictions of the material energy 17:51 they will all be wiped off our 17:54 karmas 17:59 karmas of endless lifetimes god will 18:02 burn them 18:08 we will become complete with his 18:11 love his bliss and his knowledge 18:15 in other words we will now be united 18:18 with him 18:20 as long as we live in this body 18:24 we will be the jeevan mukt stage 18:28 and when we leave this body we will go 18:31 to his divine Abode 18:33 to eternally participate in his nithya 18:37 leelah 18:38 his divine pastimes so this 18:42 is the path to happiness Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): The Most Eye Opening 19 minutes that will CHANGE your life FOREVER Swami Mukundananda.mp4
