DO NOT WASTE ENERGY TO EITHER HOLD ONTO OR RUN AWAY FROM THE WORLD ,i.e., BE DETACHED - बिना राग (attachment) या द्वेष (hatred) के - BE IN THE WORLD & OFFER ALL YOUR DUTIES LOVINGLY AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE TO LORD #Blog0038

DO NOT WASTE ENERGY TO EITHER HOLD ONTO   OR   RUN AWAY FROM THE WORLD ,i.e., BE DETACHED - बिना राग (attachment) या द्वेष (hatred) के - BE MERELY AS A WITNESS - BE IN THE WORLD & OFFER ALL YOUR DUTIES LOVINGLY AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE TO LORD

जीवन आनंद है, जीवन विरोध नहीं है  

(life is to be lived the way it is designed to - as per the Art of Living, i.e., तन धन चाहे संसार में लगाएं मगर मन को प्रभु में लगाएं - then there is no duality, no tension, no anxiety, only happiness 

             

त्याग कभी देह के धरातल पर नहीं घटता, मन के धरातल पर घटता है      

(sacrifice always happens at the level of mind (मन), NOT AT THE BODY LEVEL  

संसार को मत छोड़िये, भगवान को पकड़िये        

जो अनावश्यक होगा, अपने आप छूट जायेगा, और जो आवश्यक होगा रह जाएगा        

मगर ध्यान रहे कि अनुशासन हो, उतशृंखलता नहीं          

स्वतंत्रता में आनंद है, उतशृंखलता में नहीं                           

अनुशासन =discipline, 

उतशृंखलता = मनमानी  / indisciplined agitatated mind 

DO NOT TRY TO TO WASTE ENERGY TO EITHER HOLD ONTO  OR   RUN AWAY FROM THE WORLD, i.e., BE DETACHED - बिना राग (attachment) या द्वेष (hatred) के - INSTEAD HOLD ON TO LORD ,i.e., FOCUS ALL YOUR ENERGY & LOVE ONLY ON ONE GOD (GOD IS ONLY ONE), WHATEVER IS UNNECESSARY WILL AUTOMATICALLY DROP BY ITSELF

Detailed description of renouncement < Click to read

video 1 < click to listen आप अपनी शक्ति संसार को छोड़ने में मत लगाइए प्रभु को पकड़ने में लगाइए

video 2 < click to listen 

video 3 < click to listen < video 2 & 3:  there is automatic detachment from world after love develops in Lord

video 4  < click to listen - God only ordered Dhruv & Prahlad to remain in the world

video 5 < click to listen  मत सोचिए कि संसार एक ओर है और भजन दूसरी ओर है, एक कर दीजिए दोनों को यानि अपने प्रत्येक कर्म को ही भक्ति बना लीजिए - फिर आपकी हर क्रिया भक्ति बन जाएगी - THIS IS THE REAL ART OF LIVING

video 6 < click to listen, Narad ji says renounce, restrict from your "mind" of these external crutches (wealth,home,family, relations etc.) & attainments and external supports (but be in the world) & take shelter of Lord

Gita Shloka 5.2 : Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, mere renunciation of fruitive activities does not actually purify the heart of a conditioned soul. As long as the heart is not purified, one has to work on the fruitive platform. But action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness automatically helps one escape the result of fruitive action so that one need not descend to the material platform. Therefore action in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always superior to renunciation, which always entails a risk of falling. Renunciation without Kṛṣṇa consciousness is incomplete. 

(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)

Srimad Bhagvat 1.12.28: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives the right knowledge of one’s own self, and by hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam one can get free from material attachment and enter into the kingdom of fearlessness. This material world is fearfulness. Its prisoners are always fearful as within a prison house. 

In the prison house no one can violate the jail rules and regulations, and violating the rules means another term for extension of prison life. 

Similarly, we in this material existence are always fearful. This fearfulness is called anxiety. Everyone in the material life, in all species and varieties of life, is full of anxieties, either by breaking or without breaking the laws of nature. Liberation, or mukti, means getting relief from these constant anxieties. This is possible only when the anxiety is changed to the devotional service of the Lord. 

(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)

Srimad Bhagvat 5.14.44 : He could renounce everything because he was so attracted to the beauty, opulence, reputation, knowledge, strength and renunciation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa is so attractive that one can give up all desirable things for His sake. Indeed, even liberation is considered insignificant for those whose minds are attracted to the loving service of the Lord.

(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)

Srimad Bhagvat 9.9.12: Mother Ganges is worshiped by the water of the Ganges: a devotee takes a little water from the Ganges and offers it back to the Ganges. When the devotee takes the water, mother Ganges does not lose anything, and when the water is offered back, mother Ganges does not increase, but in this way the worshiper of the Ganges is benefited. Similarly, a devotee of the Lord offers the Lord patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam — a leaf, flower, fruit or water — in great devotion, but everything, including the leaf, flower, fruit and water, belongs to the Lord, and therefore there is nothing to renounce or to accept. One must simply take advantage of the bhakti process because by following this process one does not lose anything but one gains the favor of the Supreme Person. 

(so, do not waste energy to either hold onto or run away from the world but develop loving devotional service of the Lord)

In the Bhagavad-gitä (18.66) Lord Krsna advises Arjuna to give up all processes of self-realization and surrender unto Him only. 

Knowledge of the self, knowledge of the localized Supersoul, knowledge of executing the work prescribed for the four divisions of human society, knowledge of renunciation, knowledge of detachment, knowledge of controlling the senses and the mind, knowledge of meditation, and knowledge of how to acquire material power by mystic perfection—all these are different kinds of "shelters" leading to various degrees of spiritual perfection. 

But the Lord's last instruction in the Bhagavad-gitä is that one should give up all these different shelters and simply take to His loving devotional service, and this surrender to the Lord will save one from all kinds of sinful reaction. In other words, direct attachment for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and engagement in His transcendental service are the topmost perfections of spiritual life.

above 2 paras quoted, click this  

Bhagvat WHEN THE FORGETFUL BIRD UNDERSTANDs THE SUPREME FRIEND HE TAKES SHELTER AT THE LOTUS FEET OF THAT SUPREME BIRD,14th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
A LEARNED, THOUGHTFUL PERSON MUST REALIZE THAT MATERIAL EXISTENCE IS ILLUSION. THIS IS POSSIBLE ONLY BY SELF-REALIZATION. A SELF-REALIZED PERSON, WHO HAS ACTUALLY SEEN THE TRUTH, SHOULD RETIRE FROM ALL MATERIAL ACTIVITIES, BEING SITUATED IN SELF-REALIZATION.

PURPORT
BY AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION OF THE BODY, ONE CAN SURELY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE SOUL IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE BODY'S MATERIAL CONSTITUENTS, SUCH AS EARTH, WATER, FIRE AND AIR.

THUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BODY AND SOUL CAN BE REALIZED BY A PERSON WHO IS THOUGHTFUL (MANISHI OR MUNI), AND AFTER THIS REALIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT SOUL ONE CAN VERY EASILY UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME SPIRIT SOUL.

IF ONE THUS REALIZES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL IS SUBORDINATE TO THE SUPREME SPIRIT SOUL, HE ACHIEVES SELF-REALIZATION.

AS EXPLAINED IN THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF BHAGAVAD-GITA, THERE ARE TWO SOULS WITHIN THE BODY.

THE BODY IS CALLED KSHETRA, AND THERE ARE TWO KSHETRA JNAS, OR OCCUPANTS OF THE BODY, NAMELY THE SUPERSOUL (PARAMATMA) AND THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL.

THE SUPERSOUL AND THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL ARE LIKE TWO BIRDS SITTING ON THE SAME TREE (THE MATERIAL BODY).

ONE BIRD, THE INDIVIDUAL, FORGETFUL BIRD, IS EATING THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, NOT CARING FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE OTHER BIRD, WHICH IS ONLY A WITNESS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FIRST BIRD, WHO IS HIS FRIEND.

WHEN THE FORGETFUL BIRD COMES TO UNDERSTAND THE SUPREME FRIEND WHO IS ALWAYS WITH HIM AND TRYING TO GIVE HIM GUIDANCE IN DIFFERENT BODIES, HE TAKES SHELTER AT THE LOTUS FEET OF THAT SUPREME BIRD.

As explained in the yoga process, dhyanavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yam yoginam.

WHEN ONE ACTUALLY BECOMES A PERFECT YOGI, BY MEDITATION HE CAN SEE THE SUPREME FRIEND AND SURRENDER UNTO HIM.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF BHAKTI-YOGA, OR ACTUAL LIFE IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

PRIDE OF BEING ETERNAL SERVANT OF LORD #Blog0037

Pride of being eternal servant of Lord

"अस अभिमान जाइ जनि भोरे। मैं सेवक रघुपति पति मोरे॥

सुनि मुनि बचन राम मन भाए। बहुरि हरषि मुनिबर उर लाए "

भावार्थ: ऐसा अभिमान भूलकर भी न छूटे कि मैं सेवक हूँ और रघुनाथ मेरे स्वामी हैं। मुनि के वचन सुनकर राम मन में बहुत प्रसन्न हुए। तब उन्होंने हर्षित होकर श्रेष्ठ मुनि को हृदय से लगा लिया

Such pride should be there : "Pride of being eternal servant of Lord"

Bhagvat RISING ABOVE GOOD AND BAD, DESIRE FOR EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE 13th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES. THEREFORE IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS EITHER TO PRAISE THEM OR TO BLASPHEME THEM. I ONLY DESIRE THEIR WELFARE, HOPING THAT THEY WILL AGREE TO BECOME ONE WITH THE SUPERSOUL, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, KRSHNA.

PURPORT
AS SOON AS ONE COMES TO THE PLATFORM OF BHAKTI-YOGA, ONE UNDERSTANDS FULLY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, VASUDEVA, IS THE GOAL OF LIFE (vasudevam sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabham).

This is the instruction of all the Vedic literature (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam, sarva dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja).

THERE IS NO USE IN PRAISING SOMEONE FOR MATERIAL QUALIFICATIONS OR BLASPHEMING HIM FOR MATERIAL DISQUALIFICATIONS.

IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, GOOD AND BAD HAVE NO MEANING BECAUSE IF ONE IS GOOD HE MAY BE ELEVATED TO A HIGHER PLANETARY SYSTEM AND IF ONE IS BAD HE MAY BE DEGRADED TO THE LOWER PLANETARY SYSTEMS.

PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES ARE SOMETIMES ELEVATED AND SOMETIMES DEGRADED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE GOAL OF LIFE.

RATHER, THE GOAL OF LIFE IS TO BECOME FREE FROM ELEVATION AND DEGRADATION AND TAKE TO KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

THEREFORE A SAINTLY PERSON DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY GOOD AND SUPPOSEDLY BAD; RATHER, HE DESIRES FOR EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE.