GITA SHLOKA 4.34 : Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth. Satisfaction of the self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in spiritual life,14th Aug

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth. Satisfaction of the self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in spiritual life.

GITA SHLOKA 4.34

TRANSLATION

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.

PURPORT

The path of spiritual realization is undoubtedly difficult.

The Lord therefore advises us to approach a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession from the Lord Himself.

No one can be a bona fide spiritual master without following this principle of disciplic succession.

The Lord is the original spiritual master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is to his disciple.

No one can be spiritually realized by manufacturing his own process, as is the fashion of the foolish pretenders.

The Bhagavatam says: dharmam hi saksad-bhagavat-pranitam—the path of religion is directly enunciated by the Lord.

Therefore, mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help one progress in spiritual life.

One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master to receive the knowledge.

Such a spiritual master should be accepted in full surrender, and one should serve the spiritual master like a menial servant, without false prestige.

Satisfaction of the self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in spiritual life.

Inquiries and submission constitute the proper combination for spiritual understanding.

Unless there is submission and service, inquiries from the learned spiritual master will not be effective.

One must be able to pass the test of the spiritual master, and when he sees the genuine desire of the disciple, he automatically blesses the disciple with genuine spiritual understanding.

In this verse, both blind following and absurd inquiries are condemned.

One should not only hear submissively from the spiritual master; but one must also get a clear understanding from him, in submission and service and inquiries.

A bona fide spiritual master is by nature very kind toward the disciple.

Therefore when the student is submissive and is always ready to render service, the reciprocation of knowledge and inquiries becomes perfect.

तेरा रब नहीं वसदा दूर, अखियां खोल जरा by Chitra Vichitra

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तेरा रब नहीं वसदा दूर अखियां खोल जरा        

तेरा रब नहीं वसदा दूर अखियां खोल जरा        

खोल जरा, खोल जरा अखां

YOUR God IS NOT SITUATED FAR OFF, OPEN YOUR EYES (अखियां खोल जरा), O MIND !

 

फूल वास मुख दर्पण न्याइ

व्याप रहा घट घट में मांही

मैं मेरी कर दूर

अखियां खोल जरा

FACE IS INDEX (दर्पण) OF MIND – WHY SO ? – BECAUSE GOD (मांही) AS SUPERSOUL SITS IN EACH (व्याप रहा) HEART (घट घट)

YOU ONLY NEED TO REMOVE ME (मैं)& MINE (मेरी)

 

बिन सतसंग मिले ना मार्ग

आ रब कहंदे कोल है शाह रब

ओ ते हर वेले भरपूर

अखियां खोल जरा

WITHOUT SATSANG, YOU CANNOT FIND YOUR WAY (TO God), ALTHOUGH HE (शाह रब) IS VERY VERY NEAR (कोल)& HE IS COMPLETE (भरपूर)

 

पत्थर में जो आग समावे

बिन पुरुषार्थ हाथ ना आवे

सतसंग करो जरूर

अखियां खोल जरा

AS FIRE IS INBORN IN STONE, LIKEWISE IN YOUR ACTIONS, HE IS INBORN BUT YOU HAVE TO BE DOING SATSANG TO GUIDE & SHOW YOU THE PATH (TO God)

 

मैं नूँ मार मुकावे जेड़ा

साफ करें इस दिल दा वेड़ा

कड दे दिलों गरूर

 

सतगुरु पूरा जे मिल जावे

विच इस घर दे घर दिखलावे

फिर प्रगट होए दूर

अखियां खोल जरा

ONE WHO IS ABLE SUBDUE HIS ME & MINE MENTALITY (मैं नूँ मार मुकावे) & THUS PURIFY HIS HEART (साफ करें इस दिल दा वेड़ा), BANISH EGO (कड दे दिलों गरूर) AND

 IF YOU FIND A CAPABLE (पूरा) GURU (सतगुरु पूरा जे मिल जावे)

THEN HE CAN SHOW YOU THAT HE SITS IN YOUR HEART (INNER घर) (OF THE BODY - OUTER घर, THEREFORE (विच (WITHIN) इस घर दे घर)

 

बिन सतगुरु ना सो जीव पावे

मुर्शद बिन राहत ना आवे

दास ए गल्ल मशहूर

WITHOUT A CAPABLE GURU, ONE CANNOT GET (ना सो जीव पावे) HIM (सो)

(मुर्शद – PRIEST / GURU) & THERE IS NO RELIEF WITHOUT A GURU (मुर्शद बिन राहत ना आवे)– IT IS A WIDELY KNOWN FACT (दास ए गल्ल मशहूर)

vinod Agarwal ji

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This is also sung by Baldev ji (बलदेव जी with Vinod Agarwal Bhajan lyrics) 

Bhagvatam: POWER OF MANTRA - BUT IF NOT UTTERED CORRECTLY, ENTIRE MEANING OF MANTRA CHANGES, 14th Aug

Bhagvatam: POWER OF MANTRA - BUT IF NOT UTTERED CORRECTLY, ENTIRE MEANING OF MANTRA CHANGES

TRANSLATION

After Vishvarüpa was killed, his father, Tvashtä, performed ritualistic ceremonies to kill Indra. He offered oblations in the sacrificial fire, saying, "O enemy of Indra, flourish to kill your enemy without delay."

PURPORT

There was some defect in Tvashtä's chanting of the mantra because he chanted it long instead of short, and therefore the meaning changed. Tvashtä intended to chant the word indra-shatro, meaning, "O enemy of Indra." 

In this mantra, the word indra is in the possessive case (shashthi), and the word indra-shatro is called a tat-purusha compound (tatpurusha-samäsa). Unfortunately, instead of chanting the mantra short, Tvashtä chanted it long, and its meaning changed from "the enemy of Indra" to "Indra, who is an enemy." Consequently instead of an enemy of Indra's, there emerged the body of Vrträsura, of whom Indra was the enemy.

Thereafter, from the southern side of the sacrificial fire known as Anvähärya came a fearful personality who looked like the destroyer of the entire creation at the end of the millennium.

Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the color of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun. He appeared unconquerable, as if holding the three worlds on the points of his blazing trident. 

Dancing and shouting with a loud voice, he made the entire surface of the earth tremble as if from an earthquake. As he yawned again and again, he seemed to be trying to swallow the whole sky with his mouth, which was as deep as a cave. He seemed to be licking up all the stars in the sky with his tongue and eating the entire universe with his long, sharp teeth. Seeing this gigantic demon, everyone, in great fear, ran here and there in all directions.

TRANSLATION

That very fearful demon, who was actually the son of Tvashtä, covered all the planetary systems by dint of austerity. Therefore he was named Vrtra, or one who covers everything.

PURPORT

In the Vedas it is said, sa imäû lokän ävrnot tad vrtrasya vrtratvam: because the demon covered all the planetary systems, his name was Vrträsura.

IF ONE IS ADVANCED IN KNOWLEDGE, HE MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR A BETTER CAUSE, 15th Aug

Bhagvatam: IF ONE IS ADVANCED IN KNOWLEDGE, HE MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE ANYTHING FOR A BETTER CAUSE. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS IN A DANGEROUS POSITION UNDER THE SPELL OF A GODLESS CIVILIZATION. 

As described in this chapter, after Indra obtained the body of Dadhichi, a thunderbolt was prepared from Dadhichi's bones, and a fight took place between Vrträsura and the demigods.

Following the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the demigods approached Dadhichi Muni and begged for his body. 

Dadhichi Muni, just to hear from the demigods about the principles of religion, jokingly refused to relinquish his body, but for higher purposes he thereafter agreed to give it up, for after death the body is usually eaten by low animals like dogs and jackals. Dadhichi Muni first merged his gross body made of five elements into the original stock of five elements and then engaged his soul at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 

Thus he gave up his gross body. With the help of Vishvakarmä, the demigods then prepared a thunderbolt from Dadhichi's bones. Armed with the thunderbolt weapon, they prepared themselves to fight and got up on the backs of elephants.

At the end of Satya-yuga and the beginning of Tretä-yuga, a great fight took place between the demigods and the asuras. Unable to tolerate the effulgence of the demigods, the asuras fled the battle, leaving Vrträsura, their commander in chief, to fight for himself. 

Vrträsura, however, seeing the demons fleeing, instructed them in the importance of fighting and dying in the battlefield. One who is victorious in battle gains material possessions, and one who dies in the battlefield attains a residence at once in the celestial heavens. In either way, the fighter benefits.

The demigods replied: O exalted brähmana, pious persons like you, whose activities are praiseworthy, are very kind and affectionate to people in general. What can't such pious souls give for the benefit of others? They can give everything, including their bodies.

TRANSLATION

Those who are too self-interested beg something from others, not knowing of others' pain. But if the beggar knew the difficulty of the giver, he would not ask for anything. Similarly, he who is able to give charity does not know the beggar's difficulty, for otherwise he would not refuse to give the beggar anything he might want as charity.

PURPORT

This verse describes two people—one who gives charity and one who begs for it. 

A beggar should not ask charity from a person who is in difficulty. Similarly, one who is able to give charity should not deny a beggar. These are the moral instructions of the shästra. Chänakya Pandita says, san-nimitte varam tyägo vinäshe niyate sati: everything within this material world will be destroyed, and therefore one should use everything for good purposes. 

If one is advanced in knowledge, he must always be prepared to sacrifice anything for a better cause. At the present moment the entire world is in a dangerous position under the spell of a godless civilization. 

The Krshna consciousness movement needs many exalted, learned persons who will sacrifice their lives to revive God consciousness throughout the world. We therefore invite all men and women advanced in knowledge to join the Krshna consciousness movement and sacrifice their lives for the great cause of reviving the God consciousness of human society.

REAL HAPPINESS CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY UPON SURRENDER TO LORD #Blog0075

REAL HAPPINESS CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY UPON SURRENDER TO LORD  

प्रसन्नता होती क्या है

संसार के सुख की कामना करोगे तो वह तो किसी और के ऊपर आश्रित है - वस्तु या व्यक्ति

वस्तु या व्यक्ति नहीं हो तो आप दुखी

प्रसन्नता वास्तव में होती है : “जिसे आप से कोई ले न सके”, जिसका remote control किसी दूसरे के हाथ में न हो , तो प्रत्येक पल वर्धमान हो

और ये केवल भगवान की कामना करने से ही मिल सकती है  क्योंकि केवल वही एक सच्चा साथी है हमेशा हमेशा के लिए 

WHAT IS HAPPINESS?   

WORLDLY HAPPINESS IS DEPENDENT ON SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING   

IF YOU REMOVE THAT SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPINESS IS GONE   

REAL HAPPINESS IS WHAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU 

REAL HAPPINESS IS REMOTE CONTROL OF WHICH IS NOT IN HANDS OF SOMEBODY 

OR SOMETHING ELSE 

AND 

SUCH REAL HAPPINESS IS ALWAYS ON THE UP   

REAL HAPPINESS CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY UPON SURRENDER TO LORD