Bhagvat: DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY IS CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH, 11th July

Bhagvat: DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY IS CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH.

TRANSLATION

MATERIAL EXISTENCE CAUSES DISCONTENT IN REGARD TO FULFILLING ONE'S LUSTY DESIRES AND ACHIEVING MORE AND MORE MONEY. THIS IS THE CAUSE FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL LIFE, WHICH IS FULL OF REPEATED BIRTH AND DEATH. BUT ONE WHO IS SATISFIED BY THAT WHICH IS OBTAINED BY DESTINY IS FIT FOR LIBERATION FROM THIS MATERIAL EXISTENCE.

TRANSLATION

A BRAHMANA WHO IS SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER IS PROVIDENTIALLY OBTAINED IS INCREASINGLY ENLIGHTENED WITH SPIRITUAL POWER, BUT THE SPIRITUAL POTENCY OF A DISSATISFIED BRAHMANA DECREASES, AS FIRE DIMINISHES IN POTENCY WHEN WATER IS SPRINKLED UPON IT.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O King (Lord incarnation of Vamana told Bali) , from you, the best of those who give charity, I ask only three paces of land. By such a gift I shall be very pleased, for the way of happiness is to be fully satisfied to receive that which is absolutely needed.

TRANSLATION

Shukadeva Gosvami continued: When the Supreme Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Maharaja, Bali smiled and told Him, "All right. Take whatever You like." To confirm his promise to give Vamanadeva the desired land, he then took up his waterpot.

TRANSLATION

Understanding Lord Vishnu's purpose, Shukracarya, the best of the learned, immediately spoke as follows to his disciple, who was about to offer everything to Lord Vamanadeva.

TRANSLATION

Shukracarya said: O son of Virocana, this brahmacari in the form of a dwarf is directly the imperishable Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu. Accepting Kashyapa Muni as His father and Aditi as His mother, He has now appeared in order to fulfill the interests of the demigods.

TRANSLATION

You do not know what a dangerous position you have accepted by promising to give Him land. I do not think that this promise is good for you. It will bring great harm to the demons.

TRANSLATION

This person falsely appearing as a brahmachari is actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, who has come in this form to take away all your land, wealth, beauty, power, fame and education. After taking everything from you, He will deliver it to Indra, your enemy.

PURPORT

Shrila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains in this regard that the very word harim means "one who takes away." If one connects himself with Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord takes away all his miseries, and in the beginning the Lord also superficially appears to take away all his material possessions, reputation, education and beauty. As stated in Shrimad-Bhagavatam (10.88.8), yasyaham anugrhnami harishye tad-dhanam shanaim. The Lord said to Maharaja Yudhishthhira, "The first installment of My mercy toward a devotee is that I take away all his possessions, especially his material opulence, his money." 

This is the special favor of the Lord toward a sincere devotee. If a sincere devotee wants Krshna above everything but at the same time is attached to material possessions, which hinder his advancement in Krshna consciousness, by tactics the Lord takes away all his possessions. Here Shukracarya says that this dwarf brahmachari would take away everything. 

Thus he indicates that the Lord will take away all one's material possessions and also one's mind. If one delivers his mind to the lotus feet of Krshna (sa vai manam krshna-padaravindayom), one can naturally sacrifice everything to satisfy Him. Although Bali Maharaja was a devotee, he was attached to material possessions, and therefore the Lord, being very kind to him, showed him special favor by appearing as Lord Vamana to take away all his material possessions, and his mind as well.

TURN TO LORD and HAVE AUTOMATIC DETACHMENT #Blog0057

TURN TO LORD & HAVE AUTOMATIC DETACHMENT 

“MAIN THING IS THAT FIRST STEP TO LOVING DEVOTION OF LORD IS TO START LISTENING” (His satsang, bhajans, katha, glories etc)  

First, we have to fix the goal of life. Life is a game – play it. 

But you play for winning -is’nt it? 

Do you think that Lord has created this creation only for us humans to take birth, get old, diseased & die ? NO – He wants you to win this game.  

One who fails to develop devotion to Lord loses this game & one who develops Love of Lord wins it.  

If you lose this game, you are given another chance,…in fact unlimited chances till you win it.   

But there is every chance that you might be degraded to any of the 84,00,000 species of life – it depends entirely on you whether you have realised that this world is “दुखालयम शाश्वत” & “नानक दुखिया सब संसार”, “खाली हाथ आए थे खाली हाथ जाना है” or not.   

“realised” implies बोध हुआ है कि नहीं (not only “knowing” it – as there is none in this world who does not “know” these facts). 

If you’ve “realised” (यानी बात आपके हृदय तक पहुंच गई है) - that is called “Self-Realisation” & then you become  a मुक्त (Liberated person)  

Kabir says  "कबीरा, जीते भेंटिए, मुए मिले न राम” (If God will meet you, you can see only while living, can see with these eyes, can touch with these hands & not after one dies) 

“लोहा माटी मिल गया, फ़िर पारस का क्या काम “ (if iron merges with dust, then what is the use of "Paras", the mythological touchstone - the touch of which turns iron into gold)  

   

“धर्म ते बिरती, जोग ते ज्ञाना, ज्ञान मोक्ष प्रद वेद बखाना” (बिरती = detachment, अनुरक्ती ) 

“धर्म ते बिरती”, बिरती घर छोड़कर चले जाने वाली वृत्ति नहीं, “बिरती” अर्थात सब कुछ है मगर आप निर्लिप्त हैं, आप काजल की कोठरी में है मगर उजलें है, भक्ति ऐसी बिरती की बात करती है 

मोक्ष का अर्थ केवल शरीर के बंधन से छूट कर कहीं चले जाना नहीं है, मुक्ति वह, जिसका सुख आप देखें, जिसको आप अपने जीवन में अनुभव करें, जीता जागता मनुष्य मुक्त हो, तब तो धर्म सफल है, इच्छा से मुक्त, वासना से मुक्त, कर्म बंधन से मुक्त, जन्म जन्मांतर की पीड़ा से मुक्त, जब आपकी मुक्ति आपकी प्रसन्नता का विषय बने, अपनी मुक्ति का उत्सव आप मनाए, तब धर्म सफल है  

In this regard, please listen to these videos :   

https://youtu.be/v59R2K7QBx8 Listen From 32.0 To 35.44 How to develop devotion  

https://youtu.be/QnZt8SRphw4 Listen From 6.24 to 9.30 मन क्यों नहीं लगता, भक्ति में    

https://youtu.be/QnZt8SRphw4 Listen from 9.40 to 13.40 मन को कुछ चाहिए पकड़ने के लिए, यदि  कुछ श्रेष्ठ मिले, तो मन उसको पकड़ेगा   

“रस बल छुटे विषय रस, तब पावे विश्राम” 

(only when the mind tastes a higher bliss (रस बल), mind will leave its hold on to this world (छुटे विषय रस)   

  

TO REPEAT: “MAIN THING IS THAT FIRST STEP TO LOVING DEVOTION OF LORD IS TO START LISTENING”   

Atleast take first step to Lord -Rest leave it to His attraction power - 

संसार के लिए आपने इतनी मेहनत करके देख लिया, अब थोड़ा सा भगवान के लिए भी “करो ना”   

GITA-SHLOKA-3.36 AND 3.37- ONE IS IMPELLED TO SINFUL ACTS BY LUST TURNING TO WRATH WHICH IN TURN TURNS TO ILLUSION. BUT WHEN LUST AND WRATH ARE EMPLOYED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THESE BECOME OUR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF OUR ENEMIES, 10th July

GITA-SHLOKA-3.36 AND 3.37- ONE IS IMPELLED TO SINFUL ACTS BY LUST TURNING TO WRATH WHICH IN TURN TURNS TO ILLUSION. BUT WHEN  LUST AND WRATH ARE EMPLOYED IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THESE BECOME OUR FRIENDS INSTEAD OF OUR ENEMIES 

Shloka 3.36

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: O descendant of Vrsni, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?

PURPORT

A living entity, as part and parcel of the Supreme, is originally spiritual, pure, and free from all material contaminations.

Therefore, by nature he is not subjected to the sins of the material world.

But when he is in contact with the material nature, he acts in many sinful ways without hesitation, and sometimes even against his will.

As such, Arjuna's question to Krsna is very sanguine, as to the perverted nature of the living entities.

Although the living entity sometimes does not want to act in sin, he is still forced to act.

Sinful actions are not, however, impelled by the Supersoul within, but are due to another cause, as the Lord explains in the next verse.

Shloka 3.37

TRANSLATION

The Blessed Lord said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.

PURPORT

When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krsna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. 

Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world. Wrath is the manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. 

If, therefore, the modes of passion, instead of being degraded into the modes of ignorance, are elevated to the modes of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead expanded Himself into many for His ever-increasing spiritual bliss, and the living entities are parts and parcels of this spiritual bliss. They also have partial independence, but by misuse of their independence, when the service attitude is transformed into the propensity for sense enjoyment, they come under the sway of lust. 

This material creation is created by the Lord to give a facility to the conditioned souls to fulfill these lustful propensities, and when they are completely baffled by prolonged lustful activities, the living entities begin to inquire about their real position.

This inquiry is the beginning of the Vedanta-sutras, wherein it is said, athato brahma-jijnasa: one should inquire into the Supreme. And the Supreme is defined in Srimad-Bhagavatam as janmadyasya yato 'nvayad itaratas ca, or, "The origin of everything is the Supreme Brahman." 

Therefore, the origin of lust is also in the Supreme. If, therefore, lust is transformed into love for the Supreme, or transformed into Krsna consciousness—or, in other words, desiring everything for Krsna—then both lust and wrath can be spiritualized. Hanuman, the great servitor of Lord Rama, engaged his wrath upon his enemies for the satisfaction of the Lord. 

Therefore, lust and wrath, when they are employed in Krsna consciousness, become our friends instead of our enemies.

आत्म परिचय के बिना भक्ति नहीं हो सकती (WITHOUT ONE’S KNOWING ONESELF, ONE CANNOT DEVELOP LOVE FOR LORD) #Blog0056

आत्म परिचय के बिना भक्ति नहीं हो सकती (WITHOUT ONE’S KNOWING ONESELF, ONE CANNOT DEVELOP LOVE FOR LORD)

आत्म परिचय के बिना भक्ति नहीं हो सकती  

कौन करता है भक्ति? हाथ करते हैं भक्ति? या पैर, कान, मुख, आंख, नाक करते हैं ? 

आपकी चेतना भक्ति करती है 

Your consciousness does bhakti 

और यदि आपका उससे परिचय नहीं है तो आप उस मार्ग पर एक पग भी आगे नहीं बढ़ सकते  

आत्म चिंतन के बिना आत्म परिचय नहीं होता 

 

It is self-acquaintance ; you must know the pros and cons of your personality, your own fault, your qualities 

 

आपको अपने गुण अवगुण पता हो  

विचार के बिना एकांत नहीं हो सकता 

बिना विवेक के विचार नहीं होता 

बिना सत्संग के विवेक नहीं होता  

 

इसलिए सत्संग से विवेक (discrimination power), विवेक से विचार (thought), विचार से एकांत (solitude), एकांत से आत्मचिंतन (introspection), आत्मचिंतन से आत्म परिचय (self-acquaintance) और आत्म परिचय से भगवत भक्ति (Devotion) 

 

जैसे कोई 50 साल के लिए अपनी याद भूल गया हो, कोई उसे याद करा दें कि आपके असल में सगे संबंधी कौन हैं फिर वह असली संबंधी के पास ही जाना चाहता है  

ठीक वैसे ही हमारी स्थिति है 

हम भगवान को भूल बैठे हैं और भगवान ही हमारा एकमात्र सगा है  

सत्संग आपको स्मरण करा देता है आपका अपने सगे भगवान का रिश्ता 

 

Actually it is just a memory loss  

somehow due to non stop lording over material world  

“आए थे हरी भजन को और बन बैठे भगवान” 

 

we have forgotten our relationship with God 

and OUR ONLY TRUE ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP is with LORD 

 

, e.g., someone in a coma for say 50 years, once he regains his memory, on being told that his real relative is someone else, will immediately want to be with his real close relative. 

“उमा, राम स्वभाव जिन जाना, ताहिं तजत, इन्ही भाव न आना”  

LORD SHANKAR TELLS HIS WIFE DURGA (UMA) "WHOEVER COMES TO KNOW THE NATURE OF RAM (GOD), HE NEVER EVER THINKS OF LIVING WITHOUT HIM"  

 

Satsang (सत + संग - सत्य का संग) awakens our lost relationship with God by revealing God's NATURE (स्वभाव) and once one is awake, he tastes such a bliss which is eternal that all other worldly pleasures seem a trifle & too short lived.

GITA-SHLOKA-3.35- IT IS FAR BETTER TO DISCHARGE ONE'S PRESCRIBED DUTIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE FAULTY, THAN ANOTHER'S DUTIES, 9th July

GITA-SHLOKA-3.35- IT IS FAR BETTER TO DISCHARGE ONE'S PRESCRIBED DUTIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE FAULTY, THAN ANOTHER'S DUTIES, 9th July 

TRANSLATION

It is far better to discharge one's prescribed duties, even though they may be faulty, than another's duties. Destruction in the course of performing one's own duty is better than engaging in another's duties, for to follow another's path is dangerous.

PURPORT

One should therefore discharge his prescribed duties in full Krsna consciousness rather than those prescribed for others.

Prescribed duties complement one's psychophysical condition, under the spell of the modes of material nature.

Spiritual duties are as ordered by the spiritual master, for the transcendental service of Krsna.

But both materially or spiritually, one should stick to his prescribed duties even up to death, rather than imitate another's prescribed duties.

Duties on the spiritual platform and duties on the material platform may be different, but the principle of following the authorized direction is always good for the performer.

When one is under the spell of the modes of material nature, one should follow the prescribed rules for particular situations and should not imitate others.

For example, a brahmana, who is in the mode of goodness, is nonviolent, whereas a ksatriya, who is in the mode of passion, is allowed to be violent.

As such, for a ksatriya it is better to be vanquished following the rules of violence than to imitate a brahmana who follows the principles of nonviolence.

Everyone has to cleanse his heart by a gradual process, not abruptly.

However, when one transcends the modes of material nature and is fully situated in Krsna consciousness, he can perform anything and everything under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master.

In that complete stage of Krsna consciousness, the ksatriya may act as a brahmana, or a brahmana may act as a ksatriya.

In the transcendental stage, the distinctions of the material world do not apply.

For example, Visvamitra was originally a ksatriya, but later on he acted as a brahmana, whereas Parasurama was a brahmana, but later on he acted as a ksatriya.

Being transcendentally situated, they could do so; but as long as one is on the material platform, he must perform his duties according to the modes of material nature.

At the same time, he must have a full sense of Krsna consciousness.