Friday, March 1, 2024

आपकी भी दशा ख़राब चल रही है तो ये काम जरूर कीजिये! If your condition is bad, then definitely do this ! - Devi Chitralekhaji

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Friday, September 29, 2023

The ONLY Goal of Life Worth Chasing – Shree Krishna’s ULTIMATE Verdict | Swami Mukundananda

The ONLY Goal of Life Worth Chasing – Shree Krishna’s ULTIMATE Verdict | Swami Mukundananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM

Main Points: 1 0:00 – 1:13 — Story of Bharat and Bahubali: Bharat desired to be emperor, but Bahubali defeated him; realizing the futility of kingdom, Bahubali renounced everything for higher truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=0 2 1:20 – 2:31 — Krishna in Gita (6.20–23) declares that the happiness of samadhi surpasses all; once attained, no calamity can shake it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=80 3 2:38 – 3:33 — Example of poor man valuing $1000 vs. billionaire dismissing it: shows relative value of pleasures. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=158 4 3:35 – 4:23 — Material progress excites us (flat → bungalow), but samadhi sukh makes external gains insignificant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=215 5 4:28 – 5:21 — Rishabh Dev’s sons: Bharat sought worldly conquest but Bahubali chose renunciation, highlighting true valuation of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=268 6 5:51 – 7:58 — In battle, Bharat cheated with chakra weapon; it failed, Bahubali won, but he renounced kingdom out of wisdom and respect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=351 7 8:00 – 8:58 — Krishna’s teaching: the happiness of yoga is so deep that no external misery can disturb it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=480 8 8:58 – 9:46 — True sadhana is to remain peaceful even in adverse conditions; ordinary peace in favorable times is easy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=538 9 9:48 – 10:24 — We lose peace even by trivial insults (“you are a donkey”), showing lack of inner strength. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=588 10 10:49 – 11:24 — Socrates’ practice: visiting the market to realize how many things he can do without — true wealth is inner contentment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlj1AVT8EM&t=649 Full Text
Intro 0:00 Bharat the son of Rishab Dev had the 0:03 ambition I wish to become Chakravarti 0:06 emperor one of the brothers was Bahubali 0:08 so Bahubali said I am willing to battle 0:11 We’ll both do a malyudh a wrestling match 0:15 and whoever wins will be declared the 0:17 winner so it was agreed it would be a 0:20 fight without any weapons 0:24 and the fight began where Bharat 0:28 realized he's going to lose. So he 0:31 did a cheating. He called a weapon 0:34 called chakra ratna that he had got from 0:37 his father and he released the weapon to 0:40 kill Bahubali. But he forgot that father 0:44 has said you cannot use it on any family 0:46 member. It will not work. Bahubali got 0:49 annoyed. He picked up Bharat and threw him 0:52 on the ground and then got onto his 0:54 chest and he was about to box him when 0:57 he had a change of mind he said forgive 1:00 me in my irreverence I forgot I am 1:04 supposed to respect elders to hell with 1:06 this kingdom he left his kingdom he left 1:10 everything and became a sadhu took sanyas 1:13 so for him this kingdom is now nothing 1:17 he values something else beyond that 1:20 likewise Sri Krishna says that when you 1:24 have that kind of happiness as samadhi sukh 1:28 one is not shaken even in the midst of 1:32 the greatest calamity. 1:36 Bhagavat Gita chapter 6 dhyan yog the yog 1:40 of meditation shloka chanting is 1:43 followed by translation and commentary 1:46 by swami mukundanandha. 2:14 having gained that state, one does not 2:18 consider any attainment to be greater. 2:23 Being thus established, one is not 2:26 shaken even in the midst of the greatest 2:31 calamity. 2:34 What an amazing statement. 2:38 Sri Krishna says when you get that kind 2:41 of happiness, you will say there's 2:43 nothing greater than this. Now see, if 2:49 somebody is poor 2:51 and you offer that person 2:54 $1,000, 2:56 that person will say, "Oh my god, today 2:58 is my lucky day. I would have to work 3:01 one month for $1,000 and today I just 3:04 got it straight. 3:06 Oh god, you're so kind." 3:08 But another person is a billionaire. 3:12 He's got in his bank balance one with 3:14 nine zeros in front. 3:16 You say, "Mr. Billionaire, 3:19 God is so kind on you today. He's 3:21 inspired me to give you 1,000 rupees." 3:25 The billionaire will say, "I have got 3:27 1,000 million." What is this 1,000? 3:30 He will, look at it with disdain (contempt). No big 3:33 deal. 3:35 Likewise when we are running after 3:39 material happiness and we get a higher 3:42 happiness. 3:44 Oh wow. 3:46 I was living in a condominium (small flat) in Irving 3:50 and now I got a bungalow house in Allen. 3:53 It's a promotion. 3:56 Like Indians when they first come to 3:58 Dallas they come to Irving and live in 4:00 condos, right? And then they move to 4:02 Allen Plano and Frisco. 4:05 So wow my dream come true. 4:10 But Sri Krishna says that when you have 4:13 that samadhi sukh then you will say no it 4:17 doesn't matter wherever it is I got such 4:20 a big happiness 4:23 nothing can disturb my peace. 4:28 Why ? I have found something truly 4:31 valuable 4:33 That value is the thing. What have you 4:37 valued? 4:39 Bharat we have heard of. One Bharat was the 4:43 brother of Ram. 4:46 And there was another Bharat 4:49 the son of Shakuntala. 4:51 And there was a third Bharat the son of 4:55 Rishab Dev 4:57 of Jad Bharat fame. So Rishab Dev had 5:02 100 sons. 5:05 81 of them became Karma-kandis. 5:09 Nine became the Yogeshwar 5:12 and Bharat and nine brothers, Rishabdev 5:17 made them kings of different places on 5:20 the planet. 5:21 So Bharat was the eldest and he had the 5:25 ambition I wish to become chakravarti 5:29 emperor. 5:31 So he went out on a dig vijayi yatra. They used 5:35 to have this chariot driving that 5:38 anybody stops then we will fight them in 5:40 battle. If they give way they have 5:43 accepted subjugation. So you subjugate 5:46 all the other kings and become emperor. 5:51 So all the other brothers said you know 5:53 Bharat is so powerful. Sure. 5:57 One of the brothers was Bahubali. 6:00 He said I got this kingdom from my 6:03 father who is Bharat to cast his greedy 6:07 eyes on it. So Bahubali said I am 6:10 willing to battle you. 6:13 And people said look Bharat and Bahubali 6:16 are brothers. So why engage 6:18 in bloodshed? Let us do a compromise. 6:22 You both do a malyudh, a wrestling match 6:25 and whoever wins will be declared the 6:28 winner. 6:30 So it was agreed it would be a fight 6:33 without any weapons 6:36 and the fight began. Now Bhat was bigger 6:40 but Bahubali was more brawny 6:43 and they reached a stage where Bharat 6:47 realized he's going to lose. 6:50 So he did a cheating. He called a weapon 6:53 called chakra ratna that he had got from 6:56 his father 6:58 and he released the weapon 7:01 to kill Bahubali. 7:04 But he forgot that father has said you 7:07 cannot use it on any family member. It 7:10 will not work. He released it and the 7:13 weapon came straight to Bahubali and 7:17 stopped. 7:19 So the weapon didn't do anything to 7:20 Bahubali but Bahubali got annoyed. You 7:23 broke the rules 7:25 my dear brother. He picked up Bharat and 7:29 threw him on the ground and then got 7:31 onto his chest and he was about to box 7:35 him 7:37 when he had a change of mind. 7:40 He said, "Forgive me. 7:42 In my irreverence (disrespect), 7:46 I forgot I am supposed to respect elders, 7:50 Fie upon (shame on) this kingdom, to hell with this 7:53 kingdom." He left his kingdom. He left 7:56 everything and became a sadhu. Took 7:58 sanyas. 8:00 So for him this kingdom is now nothing. 8:04 He values something else beyond that, 8:08 his respect to the elders. 8:11 So this is when you feel that these 8:14 things cannot disturb me. And when you 8:16 have got that kind of happiness 8:20 then what happens? Nothing can disturb. 8:25 See if the stream is very 8:28 shallow 8:30 then it keeps on drowning others 8:33 a little extra water and it's inundating 8:36 here inundating there but if the ocean 8:39 is so deep 8:42 then it doesn't drown anyone it doesn't 8:44 inundate anyone 8:47 likewise Shri Krishna says that when you 8:50 have that kind of happiness “ये लब्ध्वा चापरे लाभं मन्यते नाधिक” “Having obtained which, one considers no other gain superior to it; and established in which, one is not moved even by great sorrow” https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/6/20-23/  8:58 You will think there is nothing greater 9:00 than this. And 9:06 even if you get a big misery, 9:10 you will not feel disturbed. 9:14 This is something worth practicing. 9:18 What is that? to be peaceful in the 9:23 midst of disturbing circumstances. 9:27 Now when the circumstances are not 9:29 disturbing and people are at peace that 9:33 anybody can do. 9:35 When the circumstances are adverse 9:39 and still you are at peace then you are 9:42 a sadhak then you are practicing mind 9:46 control. 9:48 So we people 9:50 have a long way to go because we allow 9:54 little things to disturb our peace. 9:58 Somebody created one sentence joining a 10:03 few letters “tu gadha hai”  10:07 some crazy guy 10:10 said “you are a donkey”. Now by his saying 10:13 do we become a donkey? Of course not. 10:16 But why do we allow that to disturb our 10:19 peace? 10:20 Because we have not yet found the peace 10:24 that surpasseth all understanding. 10:28 That peace is not dependent on 10:32 externals. 10:34 It is within us. It will require getting 10:39 a taste of the higher bliss. That is 10:43 what Sri Krishna has said out here. 10:49 So Socrates used to do an interesting 10:52 thing. 10:55 He would go to the marketplace in Athens 10:57 and look around 11:00 and he would not buy anything. He would 11:03 just look around and come back. 11:06 So somebody asked that every day you go 11:08 to the market, what do you do? You don't 11:11 purchase anything. 11:13 Socrates said I like to think of the 11:16 number of things I can do without. 11:19 I am able to do without this, able to do 11:21 without that etc. This able to do. That is the 11:24 achievement. That is the accomplishment.

Thursday, September 28, 2023

The UNTOLD Power of Shree Radha – What Every Krishna Devotee MUST Know by Swami Mukundanand

The UNTOLD Power of Shree Radha – What Every Krishna Devotee MUST Know by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw Main Points:

1. 1:06–1:16 — Devotees say “Radhe Radhe” because Radha is the divine mother, whose grace leads to Krishna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=66 2. 1:30–1:54 — Just as a mother’s love surpasses the father’s in worldly life, Radha’s spiritual position is higher than Krishna’s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=90 3. 2:04–3:23 — A story illustrates how only the mother can help a child recognize the father—symbolizing Radha’s role in revealing Krishna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=124 4. 3:36–4:15 — Saints like Tulsidas turned to Sita when Ram didn’t respond, trusting the mother’s compassion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=216 5. 4:45–5:23 — Radha and Krishna are one divine entity; Shukadev couldn’t utter Radha’s name directly due to overwhelming love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=285 6. 5:30–6:43 — Radha feigned (pretended) pride to relieve her sakhis’ pain, leading Krishna to disappear, deepening the gopis’ longing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=330 7. 5:46–7:18 — Radha repents and joins the gopis in crying for Krishna, birthing the divine Gopi Geet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=346 8. 8:04–9:23 — Gopis express intense separation, cursing Brahma for giving only two blinking eyes that hinder darshan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=484 9. 9:46–11:10 — Their selfless love peaks in concern for Krishna’s bare feet in thorny forests but refusing to even let their breasts hurt Him, as they would be too hard for His feet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=586 10. 11:13–11:28 — Moved by their devotion, Krishna reappears from a bush, ending their divine search. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUQapVcSeXw&t=673 Full Text:
1:06 Sometimes people ask Swami ji why do you 1:10 all say Radhe Radhe? 1:13 Why don't you say Krishna Krishna? 1:16 Because Radha is the mother. 1:30 See even in the world between the mother 1:34 and the father the position of the 1:37 mother is higher because of her love 1:41 because of her sacrifice. So the 1:44 spiritual mother and the spiritual 1:46 father Radha and Krishna Sitha and Ram 1:52 between the two of them the mother's 1:54 position is higher 1:59 One boy and his mother, 2:04 When the boy was a four year-old, the 2:07 father had gone away 2:10 to earn a living 2:13 and he stayed in a foreign land for 15 2:17 years. 2:18 Finally, he sent the message that I am 2:21 returning. 2:23 So the mother and the child, he was now 2:27 19 years old, they were both really 2:31 excited. 2:32 They were living in a little village in 2:34 India. 2:36 When they got that letter, 2:39 the father said, "I'm coming back 2:43 by this train." 2:45 So they went to the railway station so 2:47 eager to meet the father. 2:51 The train was arriving at the platform. 2:54 There were people standing. 2:56 This young man was now so excited. he 3:00 would be meeting his father after 15 3:02 years. As the train approached, he 3:05 started running 3:07 and the mother smiled 3:10 that my child 3:12 until I point him out to you, you won't 3:16 even be able to recognize your father. 3:21 It is the mother who says, "Look, this 3:23 is your father." 3:25 So when we say Radhe Radhe, 3:28 what we mean to say is, the full thing is Radhe Radhe Shyam milade. 3:33 Oh divine mother please help me meet the 3:36 father. So Tulsidas ji also in the Vinay Patrika 3:42 he first prays to Ram and then he sees 3:45 the father is not responding. 3:48 So he decides the mother is more kind. 3:50 She's got a softer heart. Well, he then 3:54 prays to Sita. 4:15 Oh my dear mother if ever you get a 4:18 chance please tell my case to father if 4:23 you give the recommendation there's a 4:25 good chance so whether it is Radha or 4:30 Sita or Parvati they are the divine 4:33 mother the Yogmaya and they are 4:36 not different from the Shaktimaan “गिरा अरथ जल बिची सम कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न”! (see note below) 4:45 The Shaktimaan and the Shakti are two 4:49 aspects of the one divine entity. 4:53 See the name of Radha comes in this way 4:58 because Shukadev, the speaker of Srimad Bhagavatam, his 5:01 original personality is, he's a leela 5:04 shuk (parrot). He is the parrot in Radh Krishna 5:07 pastimes from Radha ji's side. He has 5:10 such love for Radha. If he says Radha, he 5:13 will faint and he has to complete the 5:15 Srimad Bhagavatam in seven days, as Takshak, the snake, is 5:19 going to come (& bite Parikshit to death). So he says I cannot 5:21 faint. That's why he doesn't directly 5:23 say Radha but indirectly he mentions 5:28 this Gopi has done Vishesh Aradhana (special worship) 5:30 So Krishna took Radha and disappeared. 5:34 Now the gopis realize their folly. I 5:38 messed up my devotion. 5:42 Don't we all feel from time to time? The 5:44 mind was absolutely perfect. Now what 5:46 happened? So the gopis they repented, 5:49 they cried, they were searching for 5:52 Krishna from forest to forest going in 5:54 the night 5:56 and Krishna is going with Radha. 6:00 However, Radha 6:03 decided that you know my sakhis are in so 6:07 much of pain of separation. This is not 6:10 good. So Radha created the abhinaya (drama) the 6:14 acting of pride. 6:17 She said to Krishna that I am tired. So 6:20 Krishna said let me hold your hand. No 6:23 you put me on your back and carry me. 6:28 Krishna said really so ? this abhiman has 6:32 come into you as well. So Krishna bent 6:35 down & said lift your leg. Radha ji 6:39 lifted her leg and Krishna disappeared. 6:43 He left Radha as well. Now the gopis 6:47 were searching. They're seeing two steps 6:50 of footsteps. 6:52 Searching searching searching until they 6:53 find one step of footsteps. What 6:56 happened? Where did Radha go? And there 7:00 they found Radharani. 7:02 So they came to her. What happened? She 7:05 said, you know, I did vyabhichar. I did 7:08 wrong thinking and this is the 7:10 punishment. So Radha combined with the 7:13 gopis and now they cried for Krishna. 7:18 So the verses that they spoke 7:22 is the Gopi Geet. 7:25 So the Gopi Geet 19 verses now this is 7:28 the mukut mani (peak of devotion), it shows the essence of 7:32 devotion. It is not possible to cover 7:35 this here. Rest assured that the gopis 7:38 express the highest sentiments of 7:40 devotion. Just to give you a sample let 7:43 me tell you one “verse” of Srimad Bhagavatam 10.31.15 8:04 The gopis say, "O Shayam Sundar, 8:10 when you used to go grazing the cows in 8:13 the forest and we could not see you 8:17 during the daytime, 8:19 the pain that would burn in our heart, a 8:24 moment would seem like an age long. 8:37 When will He come? When will He come? 8:38 And finally when You would return to braj 8:42 with the cows 8:44 and we would stand there and have darshan 8:48 at that time we would curse Brahma, 8:55 This Brahma has got an inert intellect. 8:59 He has given only two eyes for darshan 9:02 Flies have thousands of eyes. He could 9:05 have given us many eyes. 9:07 And even on those eyes he has created 9:09 eyelids. 9:11 So when we look and the eyelids blink 9:14 the darshan gets disturbed. Now the eyelids 9:17 do blink. We don't realize it's a nimesh 9:19 matra only (only for a little while). But even that is intolerable to 9:23 the gopis. 9:25 So now gopis say the last verse of Gopi Geet “verse’ 9:46 Oh Shyam Sundar, 9:48 when burning in pain to meet you, we 9:52 would finally find you and get the 9:55 opportunity to place Your foot on our 9:59 chest. 10:00 We would be so careful 10:03 that our breast is hard. It should not 10:07 hurt you. 10:09 That is our sentiment to You. 10:12 And You walk in the forest 10:16 barefoot. 10:18 You see Krishna being a cowherd. 10:22 When He would walk 10:24 the niyam (rule) for go charan is you go 10:29 barefoot. 10:31 Now the forest is a difficult place. 10:35 There are all these thorns and pebbles 10:38 etc. Yashoda once asked Krishna look 10:42 I'll put shoes on, at least you walk with 10:44 shoes. Krishna said when I am doing go 10:49 charan the cows are my worshipable they 10:53 are my isht. 10:55 The isht dev is not wearing shoes and the bhakt 10:58 wears shoes. How can that be? So Krishna 11:01 always refused. The gopis say we would 11:04 just think of Your feet falling there 11:07 and it would pain us so much. They are 11:10 expressing their selflessness. 11:13 So finally Krishna melted. 11:17 He manifested from a bush. 11:20 The gopis saw here He is. We are 11:23 running here and there from forest to 11:24 forest. Here He is. They all ran to grab 11:28 him. Note: “गिरा अरथ जल बिची सम कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न”! पद का विश्लेषण: • गिरा = वाणी (शब्द) • अरथ = अर्थ (भाव) • जल बिची सम = जल और उसकी तरंगों के समान • कहिअत भिन्न न भिन्न = कहा जाता है कि वे अलग हैं, पर वास्तव में अलग नहीं हैं ✨ भावार्थ (Meaning): जैसे जल और उसकी तरंगें अलग दिखती हैं, पर वास्तव में एक ही होती हैं, वैसे ही वाणी और उसका अर्थ अलग प्रतीत होते हैं, परंतु वे एक ही हैं। यह पंक्ति यह दर्शाती है कि शब्द और भाव में अद्वैत है। जब कोई संत या भक्त वाणी में भाव प्रकट करता है, तो वह केवल शब्द नहीं होता—वह भाव की तरंग होती है। वाणी और अर्थ का यह अद्वैत संबंध रस की अनुभूति में अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण है। 🕊️ आध्यात्मिक संदर्भ: 

भक्ति में जब नाम लिया जाता है—जैसे "राधे राधे" या "श्याम"—तो वह केवल उच्चारण नहीं होता, वह उस भाव का साक्षात अनुभव होता है। जैसे जल की तरंग जल से अलग नहीं होती, वैसे ही नाम और नामी में भेद नहीं होता। 

4 Ways to Serve Shree Krishna – A Story Every Devotee Must Hear by Swami Mukundanand

4 Ways to Serve Shree Krishna – A Story Every Devotee Must Hear by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw

Main Points: 1. 0:04 – True devotion is expressed through seva (service); mere words are insufficient, action is the real proof of devotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=4 2. 0:43 – Serving the guru is essential; seva demonstrates actual surrender rather than just claiming to be surrendered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=43 3. 1:43 – Where one’s treasure is, there the heart and surrender will naturally follow, whether it is the spouse, a social cause, or the guru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=103 4. 2:27 – Illustrative story: A guru asks his disciple (a cloth shop owner) repeatedly for cloth to cover a sacred book, but the disciple defers, while the wife promptly arranges it—showing where true surrender and seva lie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=147 5. 5:02 – Seva signifies where surrender is manifest; it is necessary for spiritual knowledge transfer and opens one up to divine grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=302 6. 6:14 – Seva is of four kinds: greatest is atma-samarpan (total self-surrender), followed by mental seva, physical seva, and material/wealth seva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=374 7. 6:55 – Physical seva can be challenging due to worldly duties, so offering even part of one’s earnings is the foundational form, gradually elevating to higher forms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=415 8. 8:03 – By offering possessions, the attitude towards work shifts to Karma Yoga, as work is done with the mood of offering to the guru or Krishna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=483 9. 8:15 – The ideal attitude is humility—thinking nothing offered is truly worthy, feeling gratitude for the opportunity to serve, and surrendering the pride of having served https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=495 10. 10:42 – Example of Raheem and Tulsidas: Raheem lowered his eyes while giving charity, reflecting the true mood that one is not the giver, but a divine instrument; genuine seva is humble and egoless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DfBvaZbNw&t=642 Full Text

0:00 If you really think God is your 0:02 everything 0:04 then prove it. So the expression of that 0:08 devotion is the seva. 0:12 The ideal bhav of seva 0:16 is what? 0:40 Now the next point he says in regard to 0:43 the guru you do seva of your guru. 0:48 And what is the importance of the seva? 0:53 Seva makes the surrender practical. 0:57 When we say guru dev I am surrendered 1:00 to you. Seva means we are walking the 1:05 talk. Not merely talking but doing it as 1:10 well. And the test of that is seva. 1:16 Without seva there is no samaran. 1:20 People go into the temple and they will 1:24 offer a coconut to God and say 1:31 just with one coconut you're making God “Tvameva mata ca pita tvameva" (You are my mother & father)? 1:36 If you really think God is your 1:38 everything 1:40 then prove it. 1:43 The Bible says where your treasure is, 1:48 that is where your heart will be. 1:52 Whatever you consider as your treasure, 1:55 that is where you will start 1:57 surrendering yourself. If you have great 2:01 interest, if the closest thing to your 2:05 heart is your spouse, that is where you 2:08 will surrender your wealth. If you have 2:11 great compassion for the AIDS victims in 2:14 Africa, that is where your wealth will 2:17 go. And if your love in your life is 2:21 towards your guru, that is where your 2:24 wealth will go. 2:27 One Guru dev, his son had a cloth shop. 2:35 So Guru dev he used to read his Bhagwad 2:39 Gita and thought I need to cover this 2:42 Bhagwad Gita with a cloth. 2:45 He went to his disciples shop 2:49 and he said to the disciple beta I need 2:52 2 m of cloth. 2:56 The disciple said Gurudev you can see 2:58 that it's all busy today. You come after 3:00 2 weeks I will arrange it for you. 3:04 Gurudev went off. He came back after 2 3:07 weeks. Beta, you remember I had come a 3:10 fortnight ago for 2 m of cloth. The 3:14 disciple said, "Guru Dave, today is a 3:16 wrong day. You have again by chance come 3:18 on a wrong day. Please come after 2 3:20 weeks." 3:22 Now the guru kept on visiting three four 3:25 times. And the disciples wife she saw 3:29 that what is the matter? Why does guru 3:31 keep coming? She called him aside and 3:34 Asked guru dev why do you keep visiting our shop? 3:38 He said beti you see I have to cover the 3:42 Bhagwad Gita and I need 2 m cloth so I 3:46 come to your husband's shop for that 3:48 reason. 3:51 The wife said guru dev don't you worry 3:54 tomorrow at 900 a.m. you come here and 3:57 it will be ready for you all packed. 4:02 Guru went back. At night when her husband, 4:05 the shop owner, he returned, the wife 4:08 said, "My dear husband, I need two 4:11 bundles of the most luxurious cloth in 4:14 your shop." 4:16 He said, "Srimati ji, I have downed the 4:20 shutter. Tomorrow when I open the shop, 4:22 I will arrange it for you." She said, "I 4:25 want it today." arey baba, I am 4:27 exhausted. I'm telling you, I'll give it 4:30 to you. No, I need it today. 4:33 Now the high command has said it. So he 4:36 went, he opened the shutter, he took out 4:39 two luxurious bundles and gave them to 4:42 his wife. 4:44 Next day when the guru came at 9:00, the 4:48 wife said, "Guruv, you wanted 2 m. Here 4:52 are two bundles of cloth." 4:55 So where do you think was the surrender 4:57 of this person? to his guru or to his 5:00 wife. 5:02 Wherever the seva is happening, that is 5:05 where the surrender is happening. So 5:08 this seva is also necessary 5:12 because the transfer of knowledge from 5:15 the guru is not a material thing. 5:20 In the world, it is all material. 5:24 So this online course this portal 5:28 what is the cost of it? All right 5:31 admission fee is paid and you have right 5:33 to the knowledge. 5:35 So similarly say guru dev what is the 5:38 price of the knowledge you're giving? Is 5:40 there some discount rate available? 5:44 Guru says look this is priceless 5:46 knowledge because it's divine knowledge. 5:49 You can attract it. You will receive it 5:54 not by purchasing but by grace. Your job 5:59 is to draw the grace to you 6:04 by your bhakti, by your devotion. 6:08 So the expression of that devotion is 6:12 the seva. 6:14 The seva  6:17 is of four kinds. 6:20 Tan, Man, Dhan  6:21 and Atma Samarpan. So the highest is the 6:25 Atma Samarpan. You just surrender your 6:29 soul and everything associated with it. 6:34 Yogi SriKrishna Prem he said in this 6:36 world of dust and din (noise) if anyone has 6:40 given complete atmahuti (sacrificed), 6:42 merging himself in the flame of love 6:45 Divine, there is an explosion called 6:48 grace for no true atmahuti (sacrificed) can ever go in 6:53 vain. 6:55 This is atma seva. But how will you do 6:59 atma samarpan? 7:01 The soul is enmeshed with the mind. So 7:05 when the mind develops the seva bhav 7:09 that is when the soul will be 7:10 surrendered. 7:12 So then below that is manasi seva, in the 7:17 Mind, the desire to serve. 7:21 Now the mind doesn't remain there. It 7:24 wanders around in the world. 7:28 So what to do? The next step with the 7:32 Tan (तन), with the body, whatever seva you 7:36 can do with your body whether you're 7:38 cleaning the floor or something you're 7:40 doing that seva but with the body we are 7:45 working in the world 7:47 you have got your job minimum 40 to 50 7:50 hours a week and if you are in IT etc 7:53 then 60 to 70 hours a week that's the 7:56 reality of today's corporate world so 7:59 how do you get time to serve the guru 8:01 with the body. 8:03 So then you start with the lowest step. 8:06 The lowest step is the dhana seva, what you 8:09 are earning with your body you offer a 8:12 little bit of that. 8:15 So that offering that Kripalu ji maharaj saying 8:21 when you start offering the material 8:25 wealth, possessions, opulances, 8:30 it creates a situation of karma yog 8:34 because now your attitude to work 8:37 changes. I am not working for my 8:43 bhukti (enjoyment). I am working so that I can 8:47 offer to my guru. So even while working 8:51 you're thinking I am doing it for my 8:53 guru. The guru then he encourages us. He 8:58 wants us to reach karm yog. 9:03 Oh my god my guru is very greedy. So it 9:08 is for us to understand, the guru is 9:11 giving us an opportunity to achieve the 9:14 state of karm yog. 9:17 Now the mind starts going towards God 9:22 then the atma samarpan happens. So the 9:25 step starts from below. You start with 9:28 your bodily possessions then with the 9:31 body itself and then the mind also 9:34 comes. But in doing this seva, 9:38 the service, 9:42 there are certain points to be kept in 9:44 mind. 9:47 The ideal bhav of seva 9:51 is that 9:52 while serving to think 9:56 I don't have anything worthy of offering 10:01 to the guru. 10:03 It is his grace that he is accepting it 10:08 while giving and giving and giving 10:12 to think, oh my god, I'm getting and 10:14 getting and getting 10:17 I'm getting the opportunity to serve 10:22 and while serving 10:24 to also give away the pride of having 10:27 served. 10:29 I have done nothing. Guru, in this age of 10:33 Kaliyug, he ensured that I do some samarpan, 10:37 otherwise my mischievous mind would 10:39 never have done it. 10:42 We should take inspiration from the 10:44 saints. 10:46 Raheem khan khana, you have probably heard 10:50 his name. 10:52 He was a Mohammadan nobleman and he had 10:56 devotion to Lord Krishna. 10:59 So he used to profusely give what he had 11:02 in charity whatever he would get. 11:06 Only thing is 11:08 when he would give 11:11 he would lower his eyes 11:14 and then give. 11:16 This news reached Tulsidas ji. He was a 11:20 contemporary of Tulsidas both in the 11:22 medieval bhakti period of India. 11:26 So Tulsidas wrote him a message. 11:42 He said, "Where have you learned this 11:45 style of giving in charity? While your 11:49 hands engage in higher and higher 11:51 activity, your eyes go lower and lower." 11:58 He asked for an explanation. 12:07 And then Raheem 12:10 answered. 12:12 Raheem's answer was a classic one. He 12:15 said 12:23 the giver is somebody else. 12:26 But people are thinking I am the giver. 12:45 People are saying Raheem is so 12:47 charitable. Raheem is so charitable. 12:49 They don't realize that it is somebody 12:51 else who is the giver. And that is why 12:55 in embarrassment I lower my eyes.

Why Shree Krishna is the Supreme Lord | क्यों हैं श्रीकृष्ण परम भगवान? by Swami Mukundanand

 Why Shree Krishna is the Supreme Lord | क्यों हैं श्रीकृष्ण परम भगवान? by Swami Mukundanand

https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA Main Points: 1 0:00 – 0:38 नारद ने ब्रह्मा से पूछा कि सृष्टि आपने बनाई या आपके पीछे भी कोई शक्ति है? ब्रह्मा ने बताया कि वे श्रीकृष्ण द्वारा नियुक्त हैं, और शंकर भी उन्हीं की शक्ति से प्रलय करते हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=0 2 0:38 – 1:07 एक ब्रह्मांड में एक ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, शंकर होते हैं, लेकिन अनंत ब्रह्मांड में इनके अनंत रूप हैं, और उन सबके अध्यक्ष महाविष्णु हैं, जो श्रीकृष्ण से प्रकट हुए। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=38 3 1:14 – 1:45 ब्रह्मा ने श्रीकृष्ण की स्तुति की – "ईश्वरः परमः कृष्णः सच्चिदानंद विग्रहः, सर्व कारण कारणम्"। वे सभी कारणों के मूल कारण हैं, पर सीधे सृष्टि नहीं करते। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=74 4 1:38 – 2:33 भगवान श्रीकृष्ण स्वयं केवल भक्तों के साथ प्रेम-लीला करते हैं। सृष्टि संबंधी कार्यों के लिए उन्होंने अपने स्वरूप प्रकट किए। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=98 5 2:38 – 3:17 श्रीकृष्ण से बलराम, बलराम से चतुर्व्यूह, और द्वितीय संकर्षण से महाविष्णु प्रकट हुए। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=158 6 3:20 – 3:59 महाविष्णु योगनिद्रा में रहते हैं। उनके श्वास से अनगिनत ब्रह्मांड रोम कूपों से उत्पन्न होते हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=200 7 4:20 – 5:05 हर ब्रह्मांड में गर्भोदकशायी विष्णु और क्षीरोदकशायी विष्णु प्रकट होते हैं, और गर्भोदकशायी विष्णु की नाभि से कमल पर ब्रह्मा जन्म लेते हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=260 8 5:01 – 6:03 नारद के प्रश्न पर ब्रह्मा पुनः बताते हैं कि वे स्वयं नहीं, बल्कि श्रीकृष्ण की नियुक्ति से सृष्टि करते हैं। शंकर भी उन्हीं की शक्ति से प्रलय करते हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=301 9 6:03 – 6:55 अनंत ब्रह्मा, विष्णु, शंकर हैं, पर उन सबके अध्यक्ष महाविष्णु हैं, और महाविष्णु श्रीकृष्ण से निकले। अतः श्रीकृष्ण स्वयं भगवान हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=363 10 6:55 – 8:00 सभी अवतार पूर्ण होते हैं, पर सबसे रस मय और मूल स्वरूप श्रीकृष्ण हैं। वे ही आदि, सर्व कारणम, और सभी अवतारों के अवतारी हैं। https://youtu.be/6hNLhwplahA&t=415 Full Text: सृष्टि का रहस्य और श्रीकृष्ण का परम सत्य | Mystery of Creation & Supreme Truth of Shree Krishna 0:00 ब्रह्मा से नारद ने पूछा था अरे पिताजी 0:05 आप यह इतना बड़ा संसार बनाए 0:08 आपने क्या अपनी शक्ति से बनाया या आपके 0:13 पीछे भी कोई है तो भागवत में ब्रह्मा जी 0:17 कहते हैं कि नारद जी  0:24 श्री कृष्ण के द्वारा नियुक्त किया गया 0:28 मैं ब्रह्मा सृष्टि करता हूं और  0:33 उनकी शक्ति को पाकर शंकर जी महाप्रलय करते हैं  0:38 तो पावर हाउस श्री कृष्ण हैं अतः एक ब्रह्मांड में 0:44 एक शंकर एक ब्रह्मा एक विष्णु तो अनंत Additional links for various Vishnus: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/8/ https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/9/33/#bb46584 https://vedabase.io/en/library/transcripts/661216cc-new-york/#bb582443 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/adi/5/#bb1082417 0:49 ब्रह्मांड में अनंत शंकर अनंत ब्रह्मा 0:53 अनंत विष्णु 0:55 और उन सब के अध्यक्ष महाविष्णु 1:01 और वो महाविष्णु 1:03 निकले श्री कृष्ण से 1:07 वो स्वयं भगवान श्री कृष्ण सृष्टि संबंधी कार्यों में भगवान की भूमिका | Role of God in Creation and Cosmic Management 1:14 ब्रह्मा जी श्री कृष्ण की स्तुति करते 1:18 हैं। “ईश्वरः परमः कृष्णः सच्चिदानंदविग्रह:अनादिर आदिर गोविंद:सर्व-कारण-कारणम” “Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes” https://vedabase.io/en/library/bs/5/1/ 1:31 सब कारणों के मूल कारण यानी सब अवतारों के 1:38 मूल स्त्रोत ये श्री कृष्ण स्वयं भगवान 1:45 वे directly सृष्टि नहीं करते। 1:49 वे मात्र भक्तों के साथ प्रेम की लीलाएं 1:54 करते। 1:55 इसलिए Chaitanya Mahaprabhu जी ने कहा  2:05 सबके अंदर बैठना 2:08 उनके कर्मों को नोट करना उसका हिसाब रखना 2:14 और ठीक समय पर कर्मों का फल प्रदान करना 2:19 यह सब जो सृष्टि संबंधी कार्य है वो भगवान 2:25 श्री कृष्ण नहीं करते अरे भाई यह ऑफिस का 2:29 काम से हमको क्या लेना देना? हम तो मात्र 2:33 भक्तों के साथ प्रेम की लीलाएं करेंगे और श्रीकृष्ण से बलराम, चतुरव्यूह और महाविष्णु का दिव्य विस्तार | Divine Expansions of Krishna to Balaram, Chaturvyuha & Mahavishnu 2:38 इस सृष्टि संबंधी कार्य के लिए वे अपने 2:42 अभिन्न स्वरूप बना देते हैं। श्री कृष्ण 2:46 से प्रकट हुए सर्वप्रथम बलराम 2:53 और वो बलराम से प्रकट हुए चतुरव्यूह 2:57 यह भगवान के दिव्य लोक में हैं संकर्षण 3:02 अनिरुद्ध प्रद्युम्न और वासुदेव अब वहां 3:06 संकर्षण से प्रकट हुआ दूसरा चतुर्वह 3:09 संकर्षण अनिरुद्ध प्रद्युम्न वासुदेव 3:13 अब वो द्वितीय संकर्षण से प्रकट हुए महा 3:17 विष्णु 3:20 महा विष्णु causal ocean में जाकर लेट महाविष्णु से सृष्टि की अद्भुत उत्पत्ति | Miraculous Creation of Universes from Mahavishnu 3:24 जाते हैं उनको कारणव शई विष्णु भी कहते हैं। 3:30 योग निद्रा में लेटकर श्वास अंदर खींचते 3:33 हैं तो उनके एक एक रोम से ब्रह्मांड प्रकट 3:39 होते हैं। अनंत ब्रह्मांड। बताइए उनका रोम 3:44 कूप कितना बड़ा होगा? कि एक एक रोम कूप से 3:50 अनेक अनेक ब्रह्मांड निकल रहे हैं। 3:54 जबकि ब्रह्मांड ही इतना विस्तृत है। 3:59 वैज्ञानिक लोग अनुमान लगाते हैं कि speed of light  4:03 से भी चलें तो भी अरबों वर्ष लग जाएंगे 4:07 ब्रह्मांड के अंश तक पहुंचने में। इतना 4:11 बड़ा एक ब्रह्मांड और अनंत ब्रह्मांड महा 4:16 विष्णु के शरीर से निकलते हैं। 4:20 पश्चात गर्भोदशायी व क्षीरोदशायी विष्णु और ब्रह्मा का जन्म | Garbhodashayi & Ksirodashayi Vishnu and Birth of Brahma 4:22 वो ब्रह्मांड का नीचे वाला भाग पुनः जल से 4:26 भरता है और उसमें विष्णु जी प्रत्येक 4:32 ब्रह्मांड में एक एक स्वरूप धारण करके 4:35 अनंत शेष पर लेट जाते हैं। उनको कहते हैं 4:39 गर्भो दक्षाई विष्णु और उनकी नाभि से एक 4:45 कमल निकलता है। तो उसी ब्रह्मांड के ऊपर 4:49 क्षीर सागर बन जाता है। जहां पर अब तृतीय 4:53 पुरुष क्षीरोदक्षाइ विष्णु जाके लेटते हैं। 4:58 तो गर्भोदक्षाई विष्णु की नाभि से जो कमल 5:01 निकलता है उस पर ब्रह्मा जी का जन्म होता 5:05 है। सृष्टि कर्ता ब्रह्मा कहते हैं उन्हें, लेकिन 5:10 वही ब्रह्मा से नारद ने पूछा था अरे श्रीकृष्ण: समस्त शक्तियों के परम स्रोत | Krishna – Ultimate Source of All Powers 5:14 पिताजी 5:16 आप यह इतना बड़ा संसार बनाए आपने क्या 5:21 अपनी शक्ति से बनाया? या आपके पीछे भी कोई 5:26 है? तो भागवत में ब्रह्मा जी ने उत्तर 5:29 दिया कि मैं  5:50 श्री कृष्ण के द्वारा नियुक्त किया गया 5:53 मैं ब्रह्मा सृष्टि करता हूं ! और  5:59 उनकी शक्ति को पाकर शंकर जी महाप्रलय करते हैं  6:03 तो पावर हाउस श्री कृष्ण हैं। अतः एक ब्रह्मांड में श्रीकृष्ण: सभी अवतारों के अवतारी | Krishna – The Source of All Avatars 6:09 एक शंकर एक ब्रह्मा एक विष्णु तो अनंत 6:14 ब्रह्मांड में अनंत शंकर अनंत ब्रह्मा 6:18 अनंत विष्णु 6:21 रामायण में आप लोग पढ़े होंगे “verse” जब भगवान ने विराट रूप दिखाया 6:34 तो अनंत शंकर अनंत ब्रह्मा अनंत विष्णु 6:38 और उन सब के अध्यक्ष महा विष्णु और वो महा 6:45 विष्णु निकले श्री कृष्ण से 6:50 वो स्वयं भगवान श्री कृष्ण हैं इसका मतलब यह 6:55 मत लगाएं कि वो छोटे हैं। verse सभी अवतार कृष्ण से अभिन्न | All Avatars Are One with Krishna 7:04 पद्म पुराण में भगवान के ही अवतार 7:08 वेदव्यास कह रहे हैं कि भाई देखो सब अवतार 7:12 पूर्ण हैं। “सर्वे सर्वगुण पूर्णा” तो सब होते 7:18 हुए भी जो सर्वाधिक रसमय स्वरूप है भगवान 7:23 का वो श्री कृष्ण का है तो वो श्री कृष्ण 7:30 स्वयं भगवान कहलाते हैं। बाकी सब अवतार हैं 7:35 और श्री कृष्ण अवतारी हैं । इसका मतलब यह 7:41 नहीं कि कोई भी भगवान का स्वरूप छोटा है 7:45 या किसी प्रकार से नगण्य है। वे श्री 7:50 कृष्ण के अभिन्न स्वरूप है। किंतु मूल 7:55 स्वरूप जो है 7:57 “आदि सर्व कारणम” 8:00 वे श्री कृष्ण ही हैं