To Love HIM or To Not Love HIM - The surest way to reach God | Swami Mukundananda

To Love HIM or To Not Love HIM - The surest way to reach God - by Swami Mukundanand

Main Points:

1 gyani says there is only one entity Brahman and nothing else, that this world doesn't exist, it's all an illusion, you yourself are God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=0 2 shankaracharya realized this problem, he says one must always (1) respect The Vedas, (2) must always respect the guru and (3) must always respect his material mother, is saying these three personalities even the sannyasi must respect  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=90 3 so if the guru is there and we are there, we are already in “dvait” (,i.e., not one, but two)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=154

(reference on “dvait” (द्वैत, i.e., not one, but two): He is the supreme eternal. He is the supreme living entity. So the whole yoga system is to concentrate mind on the Supreme Self. We are not Supreme Self. That you can understand. Supreme Self is God. This is dvaita-vada. Duality. Duality means God is different from me. He is supreme. I am subordinate. He is great, I am small. He is infinite, I am infinitesimal. This is the relationship. https://vanipedia.org/wiki/Prabhupada_0656_-_Those_Who_Are_Devotees,_They_Have_No_Hate_for_Anyone

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Gyan yog sadhana has its limitations, through gyan yog sadhna, the gyani comes to know the self, however that gyani is still not liberated, gyani at his peak, has destroyed swarupa varika (like) Maya, he has not destroyed guna varika Maya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=167 5 Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita: Arjun this Maya will not go by gyan yoga, whatever you do it will only go by My grace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=199 6 so if a Gyani's Guru is a brahmagyani not an atmagyani, that Guru will say, yes beta now surrender to Shri Krishna, “Aham Brahmasmi” ("I am Brahman") - this will not take you any further https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=239 7 so the gyani at the very end, also surrenders to God  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=293 8 Tulsidas ji he says in the Ramayan, this Maya is not mithya, it's not an illusion, it is a Shakti of God so you may keep on saying “jagat mithya”, but your work will not be done, only when Ram ji (God) does His grace will you get liberated  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=370 9 the way to reach God is through bhakti, although there are so many paths, each path requires the addition of bhakti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=409 10 That yog is kuyog (bad yog) which doesn't have bhakti in it and then gyan is agyan which is not imbued with love for God  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=540 11 somebody can say if bhakti is essential, then why are all the other paths there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=557 12 the reason is everybody's sanskars are different, based on sanskars many people are not able to develop faith in bhakti, bhakti is the easiest, what is the difficulty, it is lack of faith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=591 13 I just need to love God and I will attain him - people cannot believe that how can it be so simple to attain God - so they unnecessarily look for cumbersome methods - listen to examples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=617 14 God does not need us to sleep on a bed of thorns, He is ocean of grace and mercy, He says (first have faith in Me) close your eyes and run,but some lamppost or tree may come in the middle, Shri Krishna says don't worry I will maintain the yoga kshem ( https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/9/22/) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=762 15 although bhakti is so easy because people don't have faith in it that is why all these other paths are there but the day you develop faith in the grace of God, your bhakti path is clear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=792 16 so Jagatguru Ramanujacharya said:  three kinds of people approach God : (1) the first are those for whom God is the  means and the world is the goal ,i.e., such people say katha “सुख संपत्ति घर आवे , कष्ट मिटे तन का”  such people never attain God  (2) the second are  those for whom the world is the means and God is the goal,  by this yagya, I will attain him by this kind of practice, I will attain him, in  other words, by my practice I will attain him so they also don't attain him and for the  (3) third God is the means and God is  the goal, their whole faith is in the grace of God how will I attain Him ? by His grace,  it doesn't mean I just sit down doing nothing but I will put in my best effort to attract  His grace but I know always that my effort is  finite and unless His grace comes, I will  never consummate (complete) this journey so that faith in the grace of God  helps us develop Nishtha (faith) towards bhakti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=815  17 that nishta (faith) in God is very important - like digging of wells example (listen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=929 18 what we have been doing in endless lifetimes, is a little bit of this and a little bit of that... (hence we are still not God realized) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=970 19 those who give up material desires and engage in Devotion to God, will cross over the ocean of birth and death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1064 20 Take the bow (धनुष) of vedas / upanishads and put on it the arrow of bhakti and let the edge of it be भाव (sentiments), with this, now you go to hunt for the Supreme Divine entity, in other words use scriptural knowledge to do bhakti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1131  21 there is one Bhagwad Gita which Lord Krishna spoke to Arjun and there is Udhav Gita which Lord Krishna spoke to Udhav (best & closest friend of Krishna since childhood), Udhav was a renounced paramahans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1158 22 look it is only through bhakti that I am  Known,  He says look Arjun, God is everywhere but  by bhakti alone and no other means now (I am known), when He says by bhakti alone that  should become good enough but Shri Krishna knows that these worldly souls will still do तर्क वितर्क कुतर्क   so He says by no other means (other than bhakti)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1186  23 without engaging in Bhakti you will not cross over this ocean of life and death, this is an irrevocable Divine principle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1297 24 when Jesus was asked “you gave us so many instructions,tell us what is your most important   instruction, so he said the first and foremost   commandment is to love the Lord, thy God with all thy heart and all thy might and   all thy soul that is the most important commandment  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1331  25 Veda Vyas, he wrote the Mahabharata which has the Gita embedded in it, he wrote the 18 puranas, he wrote the vedanta darshan and after all this he started thinking what is the conclusion of all these scriptures, to read all the scriptures you need a lifespan of 500 years,who can live till the 500 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1427 26 So Ved Vyas ji thought that let me encapsulate it and give it to all the people, it is interesting to know How Ganesh ji helped him write these shastras  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1479 27 in the 18 puranas, there are 4,00,000 verses & out of these there are 8,000 koot (difficult) shlokas, such verses which are so intricate that even Ganesh ji had to think, however look at the ability of Veda Vyas he doesn't even need to think, he just goes on speaking to Ganeshji https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1640 28 in the Padma puran Shri Ved Vyas ji is saying, our   Lord, I have churned all the scriptures and   contemplated over them again and again   they are all telling us that we need to love God and attach our   mind in loving absorption upon God & that   is the conclusion of the scriptures  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1663 29 Kabir ji's famous words “पोथी पोथी पड़ जग मुआ, पंडित भया न कोय, ढाई अक्षर प्रेम के  पढ़े सो पंडित होय”      he says reading the pothies (granths), the whole world passed away,   nobody actually became a Pandit but   these two and a half syllables of प्रेम Prem (Love) the one who understood and   made it practical is the true Pandit, the Bible & the Quran Sharif also support same point  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex9yfGdNsNY&t=1708 Transcript 0:00 so the gyani the advice now remember advaith is not the only 0:07 interpretation of vedant advice 0:13 he says there is only one entity Brahman 0:19 and nothing else 0:29 so there's only one entity Brahman then what is this world 0:35 the gyani says it doesn't exist it's all an illusion 0:40 but then if there is one entity then there is God and there is me so we are 0:46 Two, the gyani says you are under confusion you yourself are God 0:53 so there is only Brahman and nothing else and you are Brahman 1:01 however if there is only Brahman and nothing else 1:06 then what are The Vedas from which you are getting Gyan of Brahman 1:14 because if you accept The Vedas then there is Vedas and there is Brahman so 1:19 there are two and if you say that The Vedas are mithya 1:24 then how can you get knowledge of Brahman from the mithya Vedas 1:30 shankaracharya realized this problem in his philosophy so he said before brahmagyan Vedas are 1:38 Satya and after brahmagyan Vedas are mithya 1:43 when we all know something that is Satya is always Satya 1:49 and second who is the guru then if there is only one entity then who is 1:55 the guru shankaracharya himself is admitting 2:11 he says as long as you live even this vedanti sannyasi must always 2:19 respect The Vedas must always respect the guru and must always respect his 2:27 material mother, is saying these three personalities even 2:34 the sannyasi must respect so if the guru is there and we are there 2:40 we are already in “dvait” (द्वैत) (,i.e., not one, but two) now we came to this point that (reference on “dvait” (द्वैत, i.e., not one, but two): He is the supreme eternal. He is the supreme living entity. So the whole yoga system is to concentrate mind on the Supreme Self. We are not Supreme Self. That you can understand. Supreme Self is God. This is dvaita-vada. Duality. Duality means God is different from me. He is supreme. I am subordinate. He is great, I am small. He is infinite, I am infinitesimal. This is the relationship. https://vanipedia.org/wiki/Prabhupada_0656_-_Those_Who_Are_Devotees,_They_Have_No_Hate_for_Anyone 2:47 through Gyan yog sadhana it's a genuine sadhana I am not saying it's wrong I'm 2:53 only giving its limitations, through gyan yog sadhna, the gyani comes to know the self 3:03 however that gyani is still not liberated 3:10 he has destroyed swarupa varika (like) Maya, he has not destroyed guna varika Maya 3:19 for guna varika Maya Lord Krishna says in the bhagavad-gita 3:32 Arjun this Maya will not go by gyan yoga whatever you do it will only go by 3:41 my grace, so the gyani in samadhi realizes 3:47 I have reached the last stage of this sadhana 3:53 and Maya is still there now what to do 3:59 so the manduk upanishad has got an interesting mantra 4:04 it says the mukt will have to get mukt 4:12 in other words he was thinking I will be mukt but he is not mukt 4:18 now he will have to get truly liberated by grace of God 4:24 so if his Guru is a brahmagyani not an atmagyani 4:31 that Guru will say yes beta now surrender to Shri Krishna 4:38 surrender but guruji you are saying just keep on repeating “Aham Brahmasmi” 4:45 Beta, this will not take you any further now you need the grace of God and for that 4:53 Grace you will have to surrender so the gyani also at the very end 5:01 surrenders to God hence I was telling you in the morning the bhagwan Gita says “verse” 5:16 this is the end stage of Gyan marg and what is the last one fourth line of 5:25 that verse  5:30 now he's doing bhakti and through bhakti, next verse, now he comes to 5:38 know God so Kripalu ji Maharaja is saying that look when that gyani does 5:47 Krishna bhakti by God's grace he gets 5:52 Brahma Gyan and in the path of yog we already 5:57 discussed patanjali has himself said it “samadhi 6:02 siddhari ishwar pranidhanat” that for siddhi you will have to surrender 6:10 and tulsidas ji he says in the ramayan, verse 6:23 he says this Maya is not mithya, it's not an illusion 6:32 it is a Shakti of God so you may keep on saying “jagat mithya” 6:39 Your work will not be done, verse 6:49 Only when Ramji does His grace will you get liberated from Maya so the gyani has to 6:57 do bhakti to complete the path, the ashtang yogi has to do bhakti to 7:03 complete the path and the bhakt doesn't need any other sadhana, verse,   7:20 in other words the way to reach God is 7:26 through bhakti although there are so many paths 7:33 each path requires the addition of bhakti 7:38 just like there is the mythical Amrit, Amrit is the Divine ambrosia 7:47 you drink it and you become immortal so if you like you take Amrit by itself 7:57 or if you like you mix it in water and take it you will still become immortal 8:03 or if you like you mix it in milk and take it you will still become immortal 8:10 but what is making you immortal is not the water or the milk it is Amrit  8:18 similarly bhakti you can mix with Gyan and it becomes full-fledged Gyan yog 8:27 or bhakti you can mix with ashtang and it takes you to the goal or else you do 8:34 bhakti by itself but if you remove bhakti then what happens 8:41 Yoga, kuyog -  tulsidas is getting so annoyed he says verse 9:00 That yog is kuyog which doesn't have bhakti in it and then gyan is agyan which is not imbued with 9:08 love for God in other words bhakti is essential for 9:17 reaching God now this somebody can say if bhakti is 9:24 essential then why are all the other paths there 9:30 why is this complex part of gyan yog you go so high and then from there you do 9:38 bhakti and ashtang yoga why is this part so difficult why are all these paths created 9:45 why did God not just present the path of bhakti everybody do this 9:51 the reason is everybody's sanskars are different 9:58 based on sanskars many people are not able to develop 10:04 faith in bhakti, bhakti is easy 10:10 the easiest, what is the difficulty lack of faith 10:17 I just need to love God and I will attain him ah how can it be so simple 10:24 no no no no no no I'll tell you you leave your house and live in a cave in 10:29 the Himalayas and don't sleep on a bed you have to 10:35 sleep on a bed of thorns and you are not allowed to wear clothes otherwise everything will be wrong 10:42 and you should only eat dry leaves and for two hours every day you do 10:48 shirshasan you hang from the roof of your cave and you will meet God 10:53 ah this must be a wonderful sadhana , in other words if it's something is simple 11:01 we don't realize the value of it if it is complicated we think it must be very 11:08 special now if somebody says how do you do pranayama and I say you know you just do 11:15 the nasagra mudra and you do your pranayama so simple swamiji doesn't know anything 11:22 all right I tell you you take your left hand and you put it behind the back and 11:29 three fingers should be visible not the fourth otherwise it will be all useless and your right hand you take it over the 11:37 head and it must not cross the chin otherwise it will all be useless and now you do it 11:43 ah this must be a special pranayama right 11:50 see similarly somebody says how do you attain God 11:56 say love him and you attain him really ah, this is a bogus sadhna 12:01 love him and you attain him ?  12:08 Ok you do khand yoga I've read it in a book khand-yog means your meditation you have to split 12:16 your body into half and then you take out a lamp from there 12:22 and you offer that lamp to God and you will attain him, if God requires us to do those kinds 12:30 of things then he is not God he is a madman 12:36 if he is actually God why does he need us to cover ourselves with ashes why 12:42 does he need us to sleep on a bed of thorns God says 12:47 that 12:53 He is ocean of grace and mercy he says close your eyes and run 13:00 close the eyes and run but some lamppost or tree may come in the middle 13:06 Shri Krishna says don't worry I will maintain the yoga kshem  you just come 13:12 towards me in other words although bhakti is so 13:18 easy because people don't have faith in it that is why all these other paths are 13:25 there but the day you develop faith in the grace of God 13:35 Now your bhakti path is clear, so Jagatguru Ramanujacharya said 13:41 three kinds of people approach God the first are those for whom God is the 13:49 means and the world is the goal 13:55 God is the means and the goal is सुख संपत्ति घर आवे , कष्ट मिटे तन का  14:07 so if God is the means and the goal is the world that is first category of 14:13 people they never attain God the second 14:19 those For Whom the world is the means and God is the goal 14:25 by this yagya I will attain him by this kind of practice I will attain him in 14:32 other words by my practice I will attain him 14:38 so they also don't attain him and for the third God is the means and God is 14:45 the goal their whole faith is in the grace of God how will I attain him by his grace 14:53 it doesn't mean I just sit down doing nothing I will put in my best effort to attract 15:02 his grace but my I know always that my effort is 15:08 finite and unless his grace comes I will 15:13 never consummate this journey so that faith in the grace of God 15:23 helps us develop Nishtha (faith) towards bhakti 15:29 and that nishta (faith) is very important you see people dig a hundred Wells 15:39 you dig in one place three feet water did not come out dig in the second place 15:45 two feet it's a bed rock out here water is not coming you dig in a third place 15:51 dig three feet four feet five feet you've dug a hundred Wells and water has 15:57 not come out anywhere and if you can make a firm resolve and 16:02 keep on digging in one proper place that water will definitely come 16:10 so what did we do in endless lifetimes a little bit of this and a little bit of 16:17 that swamiji I have been doing satsang for 16:22 the last 30 years how did you do satsang, every swamiji and 16:29 panditji ji who came to Dallas I went to listen to all of them 16:36 so then you must have got complete Clarity on how to attain God 16:42 what Clarity swamiji I am totally confused because one said that you yourself are 16:49 God the second one said that you do Homa (havan, yagya) and you will attain God and the 16:54 third one said that you attain nirvikalp (free from difference or doubt) samadhi and you will attain God and then I did a little of this a little of that 17:00 a little of this a little of that little I forgot little I remembered wrongly and little I made a khichdi of it all 17:08 so this is the example of digging a hundred Wells so through the scriptures once and for 17:16 all understand and fill it in every pore of your body how will you attain God 17:25 what do The Vedas say everybody understands what is upasana verse 17:44 those who give up material desires and engage in 17:51 Devotion to God will cross over the ocean of birth and death 17:57 and the shweta upanishad states yes 18:11 those who consider God and Guru as non-different and engage in their 18:18 devotion they shall get liberated from Maya 18:25 verse 18:51 Take bow of vedas / upnishads and put on it the arrow of bhakti and let the edge of it be भाव (sentiments) 18:58 Sentiments, with this now you go to hunt for the Supreme Divine entity 19:05 in other words use scriptural knowledge to do bhakti 19:11 and the bhagavatam says Udhav Gita 19:18 there is one bhagwan Gita which Lord Krishna spoke to Arjun and there is 19:31 Udhav Gita which Lord Krishna spoke to Udhav (best & closest friend of Krishna since childhood) so Udhav was a renounced paramahans 19:39 he is speaking to that renounced paramahans and he says 19:46 look it is only through bhakti that I am 19:52 known as 20:05 he says look Arjun God is everywhere but 20:12 by bhakti alone and no other means now (I am known) when he says by bhakti alone that 20:19 should become good enough but Shri Krishna knows that these worldly Souls will still do तर्क वितर्क कुतर्क  20:27 so he says by no other means (other than bhakti) now come to the ramayan 20:40 tulsidas he says come over to that Riverside 20:46 and they have an oil mill there is it a special oil mill yes they are 20:54 churning the river sand and extracting oil impossible how can oil come from Sand 21:02 then he says come over to my house I will give you butter 21:07 is it a special butter yes we churn the water and extract butter 21:14 again you will say impossible how can you get butter out of water 21:20 he says this impossible may become possible 21:37 but without engaging in Bhajan you will not cross over this ocean of life and 21:44 death this is an irrevocable  21:51 and irrevocable Divine principle so from The Vedas till 21:58 the ramayan every scripture has given us the same bhakti 22:05 and this bhakti is what the religions of the world talked about 22:11 when Jesus was asked you gave us so many instructions tell us what is your most important 22:18 instruction we cannot keep so many in our head so he said the first and foremost 22:24 commandment is to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and all thy might and 22:30 all thy soul that is the most important commandment what to love God 22:38 is it so difficult to understand you are supposed to love God is it so 22:45 difficult what is the problem why can people not understand that you're supposed to love 22:51 God Shri Krishna says in the bhagavad-gita Veda is 23:03 he says Arjun by All The Vedas I am to be known 23:09 I am the creator of The Vedas I am the true knower of The Vedas and I 23:17 am the object of Vedic knowledge so what is the goal of all the Vedas to 23:24 know God now you can keep on doing your Kundalini jagran if you don't have faith 23:30 in God all right something is better than nothing but the day you have faith in God there 23:35 is no need of that you just do radhe radhe and keep trying to improve your 23:41 bhakti that is why you know this 23:47 story our panditji related a little while ago but just because it's topical 23:52 I will repeat it Veda Vyas he wrote the Mahabharata which has the 24:00 Gita embedded in it he wrote the 18 puranas 24:06 he wrote the vedanta darshan and after all this he started thinking 24:12 what is the conclusion of all these scriptures I have written so many scriptures what 24:19 is the conclusion of all these scriptures so to read all the scriptures you need a 24:25 lifespan of 500 years now who can live till the 500 years 24:32 dementia strikes by the age of 90 itself so even if we live we won't be able to read the scriptures the way it was 24:39 So Ved Vyas ji thought that let me encapsulate it and give it to them verse  24:51 I have churned all the scriptures and contemplated over them again and again 24:59 now I imagine if Ved Vyas starts contemplating what will be the consequence of that 25:07 because when he had to write the Mahabharata he did not need any contemplation 25:14 he said look I am not going to take a quill and write this 25:19 I will only keep speaking somebody needs to keep writing 25:25 who will write a scripture which has a hundred thousand verses 25:30 the people readied Ganesh ji is, The Giver of buddhi  25:39 Ganesh accepted he said I am prepared and I present myself you 25:46 keep speaking I will keep writing but 25:52 I have a condition you will not stop anywhere in between if 25:59 you do I'll put my quill down and I'll not pick it up again 26:05 and that was a challenge and with Ved Vyas felt a little doubtful 26:11 about himself I just keep speaking in case I need to think a little bit he'll 26:17 put the quill down and the scripture will become incomplete 26:23 Ved Vyas said all right Ganesh ji you have given me your condition 26:28 now I hear my condition I will continue speaking and you will 26:34 keep writing but whatever you write you will first understand the meaning of the 26:40 verse and only then will you put it down now he got some respite so he would 26:48 speak and Ganesh ji would understand right away and put it down, again would 26:53 speak Ganesh he would put it down but wherever Ved vyas needed a little break 27:00 he would compose a difficult verse so Ganesh ji would now start pondering 27:07 what does that mean and Ved Vyas would get respite he would go and do his 27:13 nityakarama his morning abolutions and take a little snack and return 27:20 that is why in the 18 puranas the 4,00,000 verses there are 8,000 koot (difficult) shlokas   27:30 such verses which are so intricate that even Ganesh ji had to think 27:36 however look at the ability of Veda vyas he doesn't need to think he just goes on 27:43 and on speaking that way that we are here in the Padma puran he's saying our 27:50 Lord I have churned all the scriptures and 27:58 contemplated over them again and again 28:07 they are all telling us that we need to love God and attach our 28:16 mind in loving absorption upon God that 28:22 is the conclusion of the scriptures and that is what all the saints said as! 28:28 well hence Kabir ji's famous words “पोथी पोथी पड़ जग मुआ, पंडित भया न कोय, ढाई अक्षर प्रेम के  पढ़े सो पंडित होय”    28:38 he says reading the pothies (granths) the whole world passed away 28:45 nobody actually became a Pandit 28:55 and these two and a half syllables of Love Prem the one who understood and 29:02 made it practical is the true Pandit, who is the true pandit, who has learned 29:11 love for God although Veda said it, the Bible said it, and the Quran Sharif 29:18 it ends out here,  verse 29:36 Allah has made you so that you love and 29:45 worship him one who does so is called insan and one who doesn't do that is 29:51 called shaitan so  30:01 your primary duty is to develop love for God and Guru nanak says a verse 30:25 there is no scripture like Gita, there is no personality like the guru and there is 30:32 no path like the path of divine love so how will you attain God 30:41 how will you attain God bhakti I thought we were all say in 30:47 unison how will we attain God that's right now the confusion of many 30:53 parts is all dispelled now we are firmly situated so he is 31:00 going to further elaborate on this path of bhakti we will see in the subsequent 31:06 verses

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Main Points: 1 this ocean of material existence that we are in, Sri Krishna said Arjun you seat yourself in the boat of knowledge and you cross over it, Pure knowledge is the most wonderful thing to possess and that knowledge will be revealed to you from within when you attain purity of heart, pure knowledge will not come from outside, it will come from the inside  https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=2 & https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=709 2 Sri Krishna  says Arjun those who engage in devotion  and purify themselves, I seated in their  hearts destroy their ignorance with the  torch light of  knowledge;  so there is one knowledge  which you get from outside and there  is one knowledge that you get from inside;  that is the knowledge that is Awakening  from inside through realization, strive  to attain pure  knowledge - that is the purpose of your  human form of life, do not delay in this  process of bhakti outside, it will come from the inside  https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=35 & https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=757 3 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Chanting  in this world there is nothing as  purifying as Divine  knowledge, one who has attained purity of  mind through prolonged practice of  bhakti yog, receives such knowledge within the  heart in due course of  time  https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=94 4 Krishna further inspired Arjun to  have faith in the names, forms, virtues  pastimes of God by keeping Divine  sentiments thereby getting a basis to do  Bhakti or  devotion then he went on to explain the  process of  yagya and said there are various kinds  of yagya or sacrifices that people  engage  in, the Perfection of yagya is to do it  as a sacrifice to  God, this yagya leads to  purification and  enlightenment, so the yagyas that are done  are best done in  knowledge    https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=175 5 in order to get  knowledge Sri Krishna asked Arjun to  approach a  guru, in this case Sri Krishna himself is  the guru of Arjun so Arjun's problem is  solved ; we may say if the problem gets  solved like this can we also solve our  problem, we also make Sri Krishna as our  Guru, that's not possible for us, Arjun  was in the Avatar  काल (period), God was in front of him so he was  able to accept him as a  guru now if this is not  Avatar काल (period), you need a saint through whom you  can receive this  knowledge   https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=240 6 because when we go ahead on this path a lot of doubts will arise, how will we resolve these doubts, somebody says I have made Hanuman as my Guru but how will you resolve your questions when they come, you need somebody who is in front, who can resolve your doubts - otherwise there was one Guru 5,000 years ago and everybody after that keeps accepting that Person as the guru there is no need of any more gurus so we need a live teacher who can explain these truths to us    https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=302 7 Further Shri Krishna says when you  receive that  knowledge then by virtue of that  knowledge, you will cut aside all sins,  you will become free from sins, you  will get beyond all miseries and seated  on the boat of this knowledge you will  be able to cross over this vast ocean of  life and  death, this material world is like an  ocean, at each step there are  dangers and  uncertainties, nobody knows what will  happen at the next  moment   https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=347 8 nobody knows what will  happen at the next  moment : Japan example https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=407 9 nobody knows what will  happen at the next  moment : example of a brilliant Indian doctor https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=427 10 nobody knows what will  happen at the next  moment : cancer example  https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=427 11 In Mahabharat the Yaksh had asked Yudhishthar the question what is most astonishing in this world, so Yudhishthar Maharaj said the most astonishing that at every moment people are dying, others are watching but they are thinking I will not die   https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=545 12 The end is in death, we all have to   go one day and when will that death come   who knows, it could come at the next   moment. Harinakashyapu asked Prahlad you   are 5 years old and you are doing   Bhakti, Bhakti should be done in old age,   that is what the materialistic people   say, who don't understand the spiritual   knowledge, they say Bhakti is for old age   ,not for a 5 year   old Prahlad said father, what is the   definition of old   age, somebody who's close to death is   old, how do you know what is my lifespan,   I could die tomorrow,   5 year olds also pass away that means   it's possible I am also   old, so Bhakti should never be   delayed so Prahlad gives this advice he   says durlabh,   the human birth is very   rare but it is temporary it can be   snatched away at any time that is why do   not delay in this process of Bhakti   https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=605 13 Vashisht had instructed Ram,    he said, Ram if to get knowledge you   need to do Bhiksha, you need to beg in the   street, it is   worthwhile rather than leading your life   in   ignorance, so that is your Primary Duty   in this human form to try and get that   knowledge, that knowledge shakti has been   given to us   humans, the power of   getting knowledge is not given to the animals    https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=874 14 You can change your guru if needed BUT getting the right spiritual knowledge is very important to achieve the purpose of life https://youtu.be/8gsPCxJxwCA&t=948 ! Transcript 0:02 this ocean of material existence that we 0:05 are in Sri Krishna said Arjun you seat 0:09 yourself in the boat of knowledge and 0:13 you cross over it pure knowledge is the 0:18 most wonderful thing to 0:20 possess and that knowledge will be 0:24 revealed to you from within when you 0:27 attain purity of heart, pure 0:31 knowledge will not come from the outside 0:35 it will come from the inside Sri Krishna 0:39 says Arjun those who engage in devotion 0:43 and purify themselves I seated in their 0:48 hearts destroy their ignorance with the 0:52 torch light of 0:54 knowledge so there is one knowledge 0:57 which you get from the outside and there 1:00 is one knowledge that you get inside 1:04 that is the knowledge that is Awakening 1:07 from inside through realization strive 1:10 to attain pure 1:12 knowledge that is the purpose of your 1:15 human form of life do not delay in this 1:19 process of bhakti who knows what will 1:22 happen 1:24 tomorrow bhagavat Gita chapter 4 verse 1:28 chanting is followed by translation and 1:31 commentary by Swami 1:34 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Chanting 1:58 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Sloka 4.38 Translation by Swami Mukundananda 2:01 in this world there is nothing as 2:06 purifying as Divine 2:08 knowledge one who has attained purity of 2:12 Mind through prolonged practice of 2:16 yog receives such knowledge within the 2:20 heart in due course of 2:27 time in this chapter 2:31 we saw how  2:34 Sri Krishna established Arjun's faith in the 2:40 knowledge he is 2:42 giving by revealing to him that this is Bhagavad Gita Commentary by Swami Mukundananda 2:46 an eternal science which he had 2:50 previously instructed to the sun God as 2:55 well he further inspired Arjun to  3:00 have faith in the names, forms, virtues 3:04 Pastimes of God by keeping Divine 3:11 sentiments thereby getting a basis to do 3:15 Bhakti or 3:19 devotion then he went on to explain the 3:23 process of 3:25 yagya and said there are various kinds 3:28 of yagya or sacrifices that people 3:32 engage 3:34 in the Perfection of yagya is to do it 3:39 as a sacrifice to 3:42 God this yagya leads to 3:47 purification and 3:50 Enlightenment so the yagyas that are done 3:54 are best done in 3:58 Knowledge 4:00 in order to get 4:03 knowledge Sri Krishna asked Arjun to 4:07 approach a 4:10 guru in this case Sri Krishna himself is 4:14 the guru of Arjun so Arjun's problem is 4:21 solved we may say if the problem gets 4:24 solved like this can we also solve our 4:27 problem we also make Sri Krishna as our 4:33 Guru that's not possible for us, Arjun 4:37 was in the Avatar 4:40 काल (period), God was in front of him so he was 4:44 able to accept him as a 4:48 guru now if this is not 4:51 Avatar काल (period), you need a saint through whom you 4:56 can receive this 4:58 Knowledge 5:02 because when we go ahead on this path a 5:05 lot of doubts will 5:08 arise how will we resolve these 5:12 doubts somebody says I have made Hanuman 5:16 as my 5:17 Guru but how will you resolve your 5:20 questions when they 5:22 come you need somebody who is in front 5:26 who can resolve your doubts otherwise 5:30 there was one Guru 5,000 years ago and 5:33 everybody after that keeps accepting 5:36 that Person as the guru there is no need 5:39 of any more 5:40 gurus so we need a live teacher who can 5:44 explain these truths to 5:47 us  further Shri Krishna says when you 5:50 receive that 5:52 knowledge then by virtue of that 5:57 knowledge you will cut aside all sins 6:02 you will become free from sins you 6:07 will get beyond all miseries and seated 6:13 on the boat of this knowledge you will 6:17 be able to cross over this vast ocean of 6:23 life and 6:27 death this material world is like an 6:32 ocean at each step there are 6:36 dangers and 6:40 uncertainties nobody knows what will 6:44 happen at the next 6:47 Moment, Japan was sitting pretty as a 6:51 wealthy secure nation they didn't know 6:54 that a tsunami of 6:57 9.2 scale is going to hit all of a 7:00 sudden and disturb the country 7:07 totally many years ago there was a very 7:10 Junior doctor who came to 7:14 me in Bhuvaneshwar 7:17 Orissa, he and his wife were full of pride 7:21 he said Swami ji I am one of the four 7:24 doctors in the country selected for this 7:27 this and I got the 7:29 president award and he was going on then 7:33 he and his wife was saying 7:36 that you know why is it that our 7:39 colleagues they do not like us and why 7:42 is it that we do not get credited for 7:45 what we are doing in other words they 7:47 wanted even more 7:49 recognition and they were coming to me 7:52 please give us some mantra so that we can 7:54 go further ahead in 7:56 life the whole planning was 7:59 now he's one of the four in the country 8:02 according to him but still the ego the 8:06 material ambitions are not satisfied and 8:10 he is going to Baba to get 8:13 mantras one year later I got a call on 8:17 my 8:18 phone what happened oh he's had a 8:22 terrible accident there's been a head 8:24 injury and he's become like a child you 8:28 please come and meet him in the 8:30 hospital so I went the poor fellow was 8:34 he was like almost lost his head he was 8:38 seeming like a real child he was crying 8:41 Swami ji, his wife was crying, one moment 8:45 here the other moment there that is the 8:48 nature of this world anything can happen 8:52 to anyone at any 8:55 time nobody thinks you know I'm going to 8:59 get 9:00 cancer but it's a reality all of a 9:03 sudden it pops 9:05 up in fact the Mahabharat says nobody 9:09 even thinks I'm going to 9:22 die the 9:25 Mahabharat the yaksh had asked Yudhishthar 9:29 the question what is most astonishing in 9:33 this 9:36 world so Yudhishthar Maharaj said the most 9:41 astonishing that at every moment people 9:44 are 9:46 dying others are 9:50 watching but they are thinking I will 9:54 not die he died I will not 9:57 die nobody is conscious of the fact 10:02 that this human life is dead 10:05 end the end is in death we all have to 10:09 go one day and when will that death come 10:12 who knows it could come at the next 10:16 moment where Harinakashyapu asked Prahlad you 10:21 are 5 years old and you are doing 10:24 Bhakti, Bhakti should be done in old age 10:30 that is what the materialistic people 10:32 say who don't understand the spiritual 10:35 knowledge they say Bhakti is for old age 10:39 not for a 5 year 10:41 old Prahlad said father what is the 10:45 definition of old 10:49 age somebody who's close to death is 10:54 old how do you know what is my lifespan 10:57 I could die tomorrow 11:00 5 year olds also pass away that means 11:02 it's possible I am also 11:06 Old, so Bhakti should never be 11:23 delayed so Prahlad gives this advice he 11:27 says durlabh 11:31 the human birth is very 11:33 rare but it is temporary it can be 11:38 snatched away at any time that is why do 11:42 not delay in this process of Bhakti who 11:46 knows what will happen 11:49 tomorrow so this ocean of material 11:53 existence that we are in, Sri Krishna  11:56 said Arjun you see seat yourself in the 12:01 boat of knowledge and you cross over 12:05 it pure knowledge is the most wonderful 12:10 thing to 12:11 possess and that 12:15 knowledge will be revealed to you from 12:19 within when you attain purity of 12:27 heart pure knowledge will not come from 12:31 outside it will come from the 12:37 inside Sri Krishna says in the 10th 12:55 chapter Arjun those who engage in 12:59 devotion and purify themselves, I   13:04 seated in their 13:06 hearts destroy their ignorance with the 13:10 torch light of 13:14 knowledge so there is one knowledge 13:17 which you get from the 13:19 outside and there is one knowledge that 13:22 you get inside 13:25 Maharishi patanjali says 13:32 that samadhi is filled with 13:37 knowledge that is the knowledge that is 13:40 awakening from inside through 13:44 realization why because the soul is by 13:48 nature 13:50 chit the soul is divine 13:54 energy but it has got covered so when 13:58 the covering is removed automatically 14:02 the knowledge of the 14:04 Soul shines 14:07 forth so Shri Krishna says that pure 14:12 knowledge will come from within and it 14:15 is the purest of 14:19 things strive to attain 14:24 it strive to attain pure knowledge 14:29 that is the purpose of your human form 14:32 of 14:34 Life. Vashisht had instructed Ram,  14:52 he said Ram if to get knowledge you 14:57 need to do Bhiksha you need to beg in the 15:02 street it is 15:03 worthwhile rather than leading your life 15:07 in 15:09 ignorance so that is your primary Duty 15:12 in this human form to try and get that 15:16 knowledge that knowledge shakti has been 15:20 given to us 15:22 humans the power of 15:24 knowledge not to the animals haven't 15:28 got it to this 15:32 extent so this human form has got this 15:36 speciality of knowledge and the purpose 15:40 of the human form is to exercise that 15:44 power and receive the Divine 15:48! Knowledge, many times people say you know 15:52 Swami ji I have got stuck in my search 15:56 for 15:57 knowledge what 15:59 happened I made a 16:02 guruji when I was 11 years 16:06 old one Baba jicame to the house my 16:09 mother gave him 11 rupees, he said a 16:12 mantra in my ear and he went off I don't 16:15 know where he's gone and he doesn't know 16:16 where I've gone but now I've got this 16:20 Guru and you cannot now I stuck with him 16:25 I cannot change my Guru so Guru cannot 16:28 be changed so I'm stuck now how will I 16:31 get 16:32 knowledge remember the important thing 16:36 is to get knowledge, not to get stuck 16:39 with the 16:40 guru if your work is not done from there 16:45 you go ahead and find another 16:47 Guru in your past life you had another 16:51 Guru in the previous to past life you had another 16:53 Guru if you go to one doctor and you're 16:56 not cured you go to the next Doctor 17:00 you're not cured you go to the third 17:02 doctor because you have to cure 17:04 yourself you don't say you know now I've 17:07 got this doctor whether I live or I die 17:10 what to do similarly you don't say you 17:13 know now I'm stuck whether I go to 17:14 heaven or hell your human form was for 17:19 getting true knowledge so go and find 17:22 the right Guru and get that true 17:24 knowledge the guru will give you the 17:26 theoretical knowledge you will do it 17:29 practically and you will get the 17:31 Enlightenment from within which Shri 17:34 Krishna is talking

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God's Love that makes you Satisfied and Perfect by Swami Mukundananda

God's Love that makes you Satisfied and Perfect  by Swami Mukundananda

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Main Points:

1 bhakti is one on attaining which a person becomes perfect, immortal and satisfied , Naradji first defined what bhakti is and now he's explaining the consequences of bhakti https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=0 2 Narad ji says that human being who attains bhakti will become sidh, amrit and tripto - three words https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=67 3 mystic powers are sometimes called siddhis, there are mystic abilities they are wrongly understood as spiritual, however in the spiritual path they are not considered valuable https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=86 4 example quoted why sidhis are not valuable in spirituality, there is the story that swami Vivekananda was going with the yogi... https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=125 5 also these mystic abilities are such that they are achieved through austerity & as you use them, they keep decreasing, hence somebody with an illumined intellect, by guru's grace somebody who has received divine knowledge and has established the proper value system inside does not accord any value any importance to these siddhis https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=195 6 even if God tries to tempt such a person (devotee), they are not tempted like Kag Bushundi (the famous immortal crow devotee) was not by Lord Rama  https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=233 7 Kag Bushundi said to Lord Rama, I don't want Ridhi (material opulences), sidhi (yogic sidhis)  or moksh BUT I want Your Bhakti https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=244 8 so Kag Bushundi is rejecting siddhi for bhakti and Narad ji says when you get bhakti you will become sidh, what kind of contradiction is this? Naradji means something else from siddh, siddh also means perfect https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=377 9 meaning of "sidh" is explained https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=405 10 if you get bhakti you will become “sidh” in other words you will become a perfected person, Kripaluji maharaj explains further what is this perfection that your heart will become soft, in love for God, all the the hardness, the ugliness of the heart (mind) will disappear https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=585 11 so Narad ji says the first incentive is giving you the first incentive that through bhakti you will become sidh and the second one he says you will become Amrit (immortal) https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=648 12 right now we are in mrityu lok,  this plane of existence where there's repeated death  birth disease old age and death that's why Shankaracharya says  O soul, you are repeatedly born  ,you repeatedly die and repeatedly hang upside down in a mother's womb, then again you are born then again you  die then again you hang upside down in a mother's womb - this has been going on and  on and on  https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=672    13 listen to the example of a person in the jail whose term got over .... But he said he would come back to jail once again & then again https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=746 14 but then we realize O my God this is a place of misery and suffering   look how i am Ashashvatam (temporary place)   & there is danger of misery suffering at   every step  but that leads to the desire for   liberation,   that is mukti  so the Gyani's goal in life is mukti how  do I get liberated and never be born   again,   that is what the gyani  considers the highest goal but the bhakt (devotee)   says no no no I don't want even mukti  because that is also selfishness    https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=789 15 “Now i want my liberation” he says no I   only want Your selfless devotion birth   after birth   Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said   he says I don't want the opulences of   the world,   I don't want high status in position, I don't want wealth,   then what do you want every lifetime, I   should get Your devotion   so the devotee doesn't even want   liberation  https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=834 16 that is why Bharat maharaj (younger brother of Rama), when he was going to meet Rama in the forest with the residents of Ayodhya, they reached Prayag.. and Bharat prays to Prayag tirthraj, Prayag is called Tirthraj, king of all holy places, I don't want धर्म अर्थ काम मोक्ष , i don't want this this this this, Tirthraj Prayag says everybody comes here begging for things, give me this, give me this, give me this, and Bharat has come with the reverse list , I don't want this, I don't want this, then what do you want, so Bharat says that in every birth, may my mind remain attached to the lotus feet of my Rama, I want nothing else https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=885 17 so the devotee is nishkam,  without desires, still God says that since you have got bhakti, now mukti will be automatic, buy one and get one free, mukti is a natural consequence of bhakti https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1021 18 so Naradji says that with bhakti, you would become Amrita, you will become   immortal  and you would become "tripto" (तृप्त)   you will become satiated   this tripto   is a very tricky term   it can be your best friend   and worst enemy   , in the world if you are not satisfied   you will keep chasing   an illusion   or a delusion   so in the world   tripty is very important   and in the spiritual realm if you become   tript   oh i'm absolutely all right I am a   surrendered soul   then you will not try to progress   so in the spiritual side it's important   to feel atript (अतृप्त) -unsatisfied  https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1146 19 that is why you need to keep contradictory principles in the material and spiritual realms reg. "tripti" (satisfied in world BUT not satisfied in spirituality) https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1210 20 always be content in these three things: be content in your spouse, be content in your food, be content in your wealth https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1232 21 and in the spiritual field,  don't be contented in your accumulation of spiritual knowledge, in your chanting of the names of God, in your giving in charity and serving   always think, I have so much more to do  https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1271 22 actually the spiritual tripty or contentment is a dynamic state in other words you will become tript then again thirsty for more,  again you will become satisfied then again thirsty then again satisfied then again thirsty https://youtu.be/0L-AM3H8ZBY&t=1312 ! Transcript 0:00 Bhakti's perfection on attaining which 0:03 a person becomes 0:05 perfect 0:07 immortal 0:09 and satisfied 0:14 the naradji first 0:17 defined what bhakti is 0:22 and now he's explaining the consequences 0:25 of bhakti 0:28 being an acharya 0:31 he is a teacher of the supreme science 0:34 of devotion 0:37 and he knows 0:39 that in order to teach he needs 0:41 receptive students 0:45 receptivity requires the students to 0:48 know what the benefits of this bhakti 0:51 will be 0:52 that is why he is marketing it 0:56 or he is capturing the interest of the 0:58 people look 1:01 if you get this bhakti 1:03 then listen what all will happen 1:07 so he says 1:11 that human being 1:13 who attains bhakti 1:16 will become sidh 1:18 amrit and tripto 1:21 three words 1:2 sidh 1:26 mystic powers are sometimes called 1:28 siddhis 1:32  verse 1:41 there are mystic abilities 1:44 they are wrongly understood as spiritual 1:47 powers 1:50 so as a result of yogic sadhana 1:54 yogis achieve these siddhis 1:58 however 1:59 in the spiritual path they are not 2:02 considered valuable 2:05 that is why there is the story 2:08 that swami vivekananda 2:11 was going with the yogi 2:13 discussing spiritual topics 2:17 when a stream came in front 2:20 the yogi had the ability for levitation 2:25 he walked across the stream and looked 2:27 back 2:28 you have not learned the siddhi you also 2:30 walk 2:32 swami vivekananda said i've got my way 2:35 of doing it 2:36 he walked downstream and found the boat 2:40 he paid the boatman two paise 2:43 and crossed over 2:45 so when they reunited the yogi said 2:49 what spiritual sadhana have you done 2:51 when you can't even walk on the water 2:55 swami vivekananda said my spiritual 2:58 sadhana 2:59 is not for walking on water but for 3:02 purifying the mind 3:05 your spiritual sadhana which you have 3:07 done is worth two paise 3:10 because i was able to cross the stream 3:12 in two paise 3:14 and 3:15 these mystic abilities are such that as 3:18 you use them 3:20 they keep decreasing 3:23 they are achieved through austerity and 3:26 they keep on decreasing 3:29 hence 3:31 somebody 3:32 with an illumined intellect 3:35 by guru's grace 3:38 somebody who has received divine 3:40 knowledge 3:42 and has established the proper value 3:45 system inside 3:47 does not accord any value any importance 3:51 to these siddhis 3:53 even if god tries to tempt such a person (devotee) 3:58 they are not tempted 4:00 like 4:01 Kag bushundi was not 4:04 lord rama asked 4:29 I am extremely pleased with you 4:33 god is pleased 4:35 i will give you what you want 4:38 here is the whole table 4:40 you want siddhi, ridhi 4:44 or moksha 4:46 do you want mystic abilities 4:50 do you want material opulences 4:53 or do you want liberation 4:56 very cunningly rama did not name 4:59 bhakti 5:01 and he named other such allurements 5:06 but kag bushundi was the true disciple 5:09 of a true guru 5:11 and that is why he said maharaja what 5:14 are you giving me 5:16 am i the only person you wish to make a 5:18 buddhu today 5:20 you're making a fool of me 5:23 but kak bhushandi i am offering you such 5:25 wonderful things 5:30 i want none of these 5:32 give it to your more intelligent 5:34 children 5:36 as far as i'm concerned 5:46 yogis 6:04 which big yogis and munis are searching 6:08 for 6:09 and one out of many gets 6:12 by your grace maharaja i want that 6:15 Bhakthi 6:17 so kag bushundi is rejecting siddhi 6:20 for bhakti 6:22 and naradji says when you get bhakti you 6:26 will become sidh 6:30 what kind of contradiction 6:33 Naradji means something else from 6:36 siddh 6:39 siddh also means perfect 6:45 make something sidh means perfect it 6:50 like what is the perfection of rice 6:53 when you cook it and it becomes soft and 6:56 edible then you say 6:59 siddha 7:01 the mahatmas 7:03 you know if you ever stay with the 7:04 mahatmas 7:06 and you tell them “Khana khao”, chi chi gandi baat, prasad paao, not Khana khao 7:13 so similarly they to cook they 7:16 say siddh kar do 7:19 once 7:20 34 years ago 7:23 we did a trek to yamnotri at that time 7:26 there were no roads 7:28 so it was a seven hour walk to go and 7:31 you had to come back the same day 7:33 we were a group of 35 people 7:36 going around 7:38 so we went 7:39 it was like that donkey path 7:42 up down like this finally when we 7:44 reached yamnotri where the river 7:46 yamuna begins 7:48 there's a hot spring there the surya 7:53 kund 7:54 so it's extremely hot 7:56 then it falls in the next place a little 7:58 less hot then it falls a little less hot 8:00 place 8:01 because yamana is the daughter of surya 8:04 and that is why her birthplace has this 8:06 spring 8:08 then we discovered this 8:10 cave up there 8:12 so we all walked up the cave was 8:14 connected to the spring 8:16 the moment we entered the cave there 8:18 were three mahatmas there 8:20 come come he said my god such 8:23 hospitality you must be really hungry 8:27 so the mahatma who was the guru he told 8:29 his disciples 8:31 make the rice sidh for them 8:34 so the disciple he took the rice and a 8:36 cloth and put it 8:38 in the spring water and he cooked it and 8:40 got it for us 8:43 it was like sheer nectar because after 8:46 seven hours up and down the hill 8:48 everything would have tasted 8:50 and the rice cooked there in the stream 8:54 so we three of us had gone up and we 8:56 received this royal treatment so we went 8:58 and spread the word and seven more went 9:01 and we went and spread the word and all 9:02 of them went 9:04 and they were feeding 20 30 people 9:07 where do you get all this in your cave 9:10 they said you know people come and give 9:12 it 9:13 then we came to know that in the winter 9:16 there's 30 foot of snow there 9:19 so the government instruction  9:21 used to be nobody will stay there 9:23 but their guru that mahatma he had the 9:25 government permission to stay there 9:28 in the winters so the language they use 9:31 is chaval 9:34 make the chaval the rice sidh which means 9:36 perfect it by cooking 9:39 so naradji says 9:45 if you get bhakti 9:47 you will become sidh 9:50 in other words you will become a 9:53 perfected person 9:57 kripaluji maharaja explains further 10:00 what is this perfection 10:04 your heart 10:06 will become 10:07 soft 10:09 in love for god all the 10:14 the hardness the ugliness will disappear 10:18 and in love for god when your heart 10:22 melts 10:23 that is the siddhi 10:26 so bhakti will lead you to the 10:29 perfection 10:31 the bible says be 10:33 perfect even as your father in heaven is 10:37 perfect 10:39 god wants you to be perfect mam ekam 10:42 Sharanam braj 10:44 and that perfection will be reached 10:47 through bhakti 10:48 so narad ji says the first incentive 10:52 is giving you the first incentive 10:55 that through bhakti you will become sidh 10:57 and the second one he says you will 11:00 become amrit 11:04 Mrit means 11:05 dead 11:06 amrit means 11:07 beyond that 11:09 Immortal 11:11 so 11:12 right now we are in mrityu lok 11:16 this plane of existence where there's 11:19 repeated death 11:21 birth disease old age and death 11:23 that's why shankaracharya says 12:01 soul 12:03 you are repeatedly born 12:05 you repeatedly die 12:08 and repeatedly hang upside down in a 12:11 mother's womb 12:13 then again you are born then again you 12:16 die then again you hang upside down in a 12:19 mother's womb this has been going on and 12:22 on and on 12:26 like there was a person in the jail 12:29 his term got over 12:32 so 12:33 the rules of the jail were when the 12:35 prisoner was discharged 12:37 he used to be given 12:39 his 12:40 mattress on which he is to sleep 12:43 and his cup and plate 12:45 this prisoner on completion of his turn 12:47 was being released 12:50 so these items are given to him 12:53 he said there is no need,  keep them here 12:55 i'm going to come back very soon 13:00 he knows he's going to come back so this 13:02 is also the jail house of god 13:04 and we are all eager to come back here 13:07 again and again 13:09 but then we realize my god this is a 13:13 place of misery and suffering 13:15 look how i am ashashvatam 13:19 there is danger of misery suffering at 13:23 every step 13:25 but that leads to the desire for 13:28 liberation 13:30 that is mukti 13:33 so the gyani's goal in life is mukti how 13:36 do i get liberated and never be born 13:39 again 13:40 that is what the gyani 13:42 considers the highest goal but the bhakt (devotee) 13:45 says no no no i don't want even mukti 13:48 because that is also selfishness 13:52 the self-seeking tendency has gone there 13:54 “Now i want my liberation” he says no i 13:58 only want your selfless devotion birth 14:02 after birth 14:04 chaitanya mahaprabhu said 14:23 he says i don't want the opulences of 14:26 the world 14:27 i don't want high status in position i 14:31 don't want wealth 14:34 then what do you want every lifetime i 14:38 should get your devotion 14:41 so the devotee doesn't even want 14:43 Liberation 14:45 that is why bharat maharaj 14:48 when he was going 14:50 to meet rama in the forest 14:55 with the residents of ayodhya 14:58 they reached prayag 15:01 and when Bharat saw 15:03 you see they were going 15:05 from the ganga now they see the yamuna 15:09 so the ganga is whitish colored and the 15:12 yamuna is bluish 15:14 so he saw the bluish color of the yamuna 15:17 it reminded him 15:18 of ram 15:21 Verse: raghuvara vara 15:24 vari 15:38 then he said what will people say he 15:39 controlled himself 15:42 so 15:43 that bharat 15:45 now where the ganga and yamana meet is 15:47 the Prayag, tirthraj prayag 15:50 so he reached prayag 15:53 and he prays to tirthraj 16:05 he's saying oh king of all holy places 16:09 prayag is called 16:11 Tirthraj, king of all holy places 16:16 i don't want dharam earth 16:19 i don't want this this this this 16:23 tirthraj prayag says 16:26 everybody comes here begging for things 16:29 give me this give me this give me this 16:32 and he's come with the reverse list i 16:34 don't want this i don't want this i 16:36 don't want this i don't want this 16:38 what do you want 16:40 so he says 16:50 Every birth 16:51 may my mind remain attached to the lotus 16:55 feet of my ram 16:58 i want nothing else 17:01 so the devotee is 17:02 nishkam without desires 17:06 still 17:07 god says you have got bhakti 17:10 now mukti will be automatic 17:14 you did not ask for mukti 17:16 but it was 17:18 buy one and get one free 17:22 once you have got bhakti then you don't 17:24 need to remain in this jail house 17:27 the jail house was until you reach that 17:31 siddhi 17:32 once you have reached there, the jail has 17:35 no purpose 17:37 you pass school you go into college now 17:41 similarly as long as we were bereft of 17:44 god consciousness we were in the 17:46 material jail 17:48 and now that we have 17:50 become sidh 17:52 this jail becomes 17:55 the improper place for us so mukti is a 17:59 natural consequence of bhakti 18:03 that is why 18:05 one devotee says 18:24 i heard your name is gopal 18:28 one who loves the cows 18:31 i was very fond of milk 18:36 so that is why i started devoting myself 18:39 to you that through your bhakti i will 18:42 go to your divine abode 18:44 and there will be lots of cows 18:49 but what was the consequence of your 18:51 bhakti 18:53 the consequence was in every lifetime i 18:57 used to drink my mother's milk 19:00 now that got stolen because i got 19:03 liberated from the cycle of life and 19:05 death 19:06 so naradji says amrita, you will become 19:11 immortal 19:14 and tripto 19:16 you will become satiated 19:19 this tripto 19:22 is a very tricky term 19:25 it can be your best friend 19:28 and worst enemy 19:31 in the world if you are not satisfied 19:34 you will keep chasing 19:37 an illusion 19:38 or a delusion 19:40 so in the world 19:42 tripty is very important 19:46 and in the spiritual realm if you become 19:48 tript 19:52 oh i'm absolutely all right i am a 19:55 surrendered soul 19:56 then you will not try to progress 20:00 so in the spiritual side it's important 20:03 to feel atript 20:05 i have not surrendered at all as yet i 20:08 need to do it 20:10 that is why you need to keep 20:13 contradictory principles in the material 20:16 and spiritual realms 20:32 be content in your spouse 20:45 be content in your 20:47 food 20:49 be content 20:51 in your wealth 20:53 whatever god has given i have two rotis 20:56 to eat good enough 20:58 so santosha 21:00 in this material realm be content 21:03 contentment is a wealth 21:06 because contentment will bring you peace 21:11 and in the spiritual field 21:13 don't be contented 21:21 in your accumulation of spiritual 21:23 knowledge 21:26 in your chanting of the names of god 21:30 in your 21:31 giving in charity and serving 21:34 always think i have so much more to do 21:39 so 21:41 you should not be contented but narad ji 21:44 is saying that you become contented 21:47 tript 21:49 in the spiritual side you come tript 21:52 actually the spiritual 21:54 tript 21:56 or contentment is a dynamic 22:00 state 22:01 in other words you will become tript 22:03 then again 22:06 you will become satisfied then again 22:08 thirsty then again satisfied then again 22:11 Thirsty 22:12 because when you 22:14 receive bhakti you will get the bliss of! 22:16 god 22:18 just like someday if you sit and do your 22:21 kirtan very well with roop-dhyan 22:24 a few tears flow then your heart feels 22:27 contented ah today was so satisfying 22:32 but then the contentment says okay 22:35 again the thirst arises now little more 22:37 then a little more so the spiritual 22:40 contentment is such that 22:48 valmiki had told rama 22:51 rama asked 22:53 that where should i stay in the forest i 22:56 have got 14 years to spend 22:59 so valmiki responded 23:11 you stay in the hearts of those devotees 23:14 of yours 23:16 whose tears 23:17 are like the ocean 23:19 in hearing your glories 23:22 the ocean receives the stream 23:25 and still doesn't get satiated 23:38 those devotees of yours who have such a 23:42 thirst to hear your glories that they 23:45 keep on hearing they are satiated and 23:48 yet thirsty 23:50 you stay in the hearts of those devotees 23:53 O Ram 23:55 so that kind of tripty 23:58 is the state that bhakti brings you to 24:02 the narad ji 24:04 gets full marks for being a good 24:07 marketing agent of god and bhakti Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): God's Love that makes you Satisfied and Perfect Swami Mukundananda.mp4