This is Why the Human Body is the Most Important Gift We Have | Story of GARUDA by Swami Mukundanand
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*Main Points* 1 How a fisherman in early morning found a bag full of “stones” and threw them all in the river to pastime but with the last pebble he found that it was not a stone but a jewel, he strongly repented how he wasted his previous 23 jewels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=0 2 Human Form he said, oh my God, God gave me 24 of these and in my ignorance, I threw them away ,how unfortunate I am. However that fisherman was still fortunate that he got one for himself, many people are not even that fortunate because more precious than the jewels is a gift that God has given us and unaware of its value, we squander (waste) it, this gift is the human form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=110 3 this human form is so precious, that is why the Kathopnishad states and translated this mantra with his famous words “Awake, Arise and Stop NOT till the goal is reached” so to really put it to good use. we need to understand why is the human form so important, if you know the value of something you will not misutilize it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=154 4 The Most Important Form in the Ramayan, Uttarkand, Garud ji asked Kagbushundi seven questions, Kagbushundi was in a hurry, he said be quick, so whatever questions that could be asked from the scriptures, Garud ji selected seven of them which means the most important seven and the first of them was, maharaj tell me first of all, which is the most important form of life ? there are 8.4 million forms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=204 5 a few years ago I saw an article in BBC, claiming scientists have now realized there are 8.17 million species, I said not bad at all, the Vedic scriptures say 8.4 million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=273 6 Souls the plants also have a soul like us, their body may be less, their intellect may be covered but their soul is just like us, we've been plants in the past life we could become a plant again, the sons of Kuber, they became trees, you know they were children of rich people, it is said the children of rich people are very vulnerable to sinful activities and Narad ji saw them and he cursed them to become Amala Arjuns trees, the animals of course have souls and there are some souls in the celestial abodes Indra, Varun, Kuber, so Garud ji is asking which of all of these is the most important form, Kagbushundi said there is no other form like the human Form, all the “Char” (चर, movable) and “ACHAR” ( अचर immovable) souls hanker to receive It, even the Devtas hanker for this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=291 7 Garud ji was astounded, devatas are being worshipped by us in the yagnas, we offer them “ahuti” (sacrifice). The celestials we are worshiping them, offering oblations to them, why should they desire the human form but this is said not in one place but in many places. Sur ,i.e., the devtas desire, please make me a human bing, so Garud ji was astonished, why should the devatas desire this nasty body of humans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR9lpH0h_fU&t=383 8 Devta’s body is etheral (extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world) it has got so much of Aroma (pleasant smell) in it, if they were to come here and we were to smell we'd get so much of bliss, we would faint unconscious, that is the Devta’s body, it doesn't even touch the ground, it walks above, it was on that basis that Damayanti selected Nala, her beloved from mrityulok. Damayanti she was so beautiful that even the devatas coveted her, so at the time of the varmala, the devatas made a body like Nala and they came and stood there, when Damayanti arrived with the varmala, she saw six Nalas standing there and she was confused what to do, then she remembered that Devata’s body doesn't even touch the ground, she looked down and only one was touching the ground, she understood that here is my beloved, such is the body of the Devatas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGiONdg-XM&t=468 9 and regarding our human form, little temperature rises, sweat sweat sweat, little temperature decreases, another Problem, God has filled it so that you have to keep scratching yourself etc etc. Every time it's hungry or thirsty and so on so forth, even our eyes they have to keep on blinking, human has got the nine gates, animals, after their death, their hide is usable etc, but for the human form, nothing is Usable, why should the Devtas desire this kind of a body, this was the curiosity in Garud ji's mind, so what is special about the human body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcGiONdg-XM&t=554
Transcript
Intro
a
0:01
fisherman at 4 a.m.
in the
0:05
morning left his
home with a net to
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reach the
0:11
river his job would
be to throw the net
0:14
and catch the fish but
it was still
0:18
dark so he thought
let the sun rise a
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little and there be
sufficient light
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then I'll throw my
net in the meantime
0:27
he sat down by the riverside
on a stone
0:32
boulder his feet
were in the
0:36
water under his
feet he felt that there
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was some kind of a
0:42
bag in the dark he
pulled it out and
0:47
inserted his hand
in the bag he found
0:49
some kind of round
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objects and it was
clear to him that
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these are some
pebbles in the bag
0:57
someone has discarded
them
1:00
he pulled out a
pebble and threw
1:05
it it went into the
water
1:09
plop the sound was
1:12
The sound was karna
priya (soothing to the ears) he said so nice he picked out
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another one and threw
that then
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another
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one in this way one
by one he kept
1:24
throwing
1:25
24 Pebbles from the
bag
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the last one was in
his hand now it had
1:34
become sufficient
light for him to
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see so he cast a
glance what was it he
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was
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Chucking and
he was shocked in his hand
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was a
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priceless
jewel he said oh my
God God gave me 25
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of
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these and in my
ignorance I threw them away
Human Form
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24 how unfortunate
I
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am however that
fisherman was still
2:08
fortunate he got
one for
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himself many people
are not even that
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fortunate because
more precious than the
2:20
jewels is a gift
that God has given us
2:25
and unaware of its
value we squander it
2:31
this gift is the
human
form this human
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form is so
2:40
precious that is why the Kathopnishad
2:52
states and
translated this Mantra with
2:56
his famous words
awake arise
Mantra
3:00
and stop not till
the goal is
3:05
reached so to
really put it to good
3:08
use we need to
understand why is the
3:12
human form so
3:15
important if you
know the value of
3:19
something you will
not misutilize
it in the
3:26
ramayan
3:28
Uttarkand, Garud ji asked Kagbushundi seven
3:35
questions Kagbushundi
was in a hurry he
3:38
said be
3:40
quick so whatever
questions that could
3:44
be asked from the
scriptures Garud ji selected
3:47
seven of them
The Most Important
Form
4:01
which means the
most important
4:05
seven and the first
of them
4:19
was Maharaj tell me
first of
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all which is the
most important form of
4:27
life
4:30
there are 8.4
million
4:33
forms a few
years ago I saw an article
4:37
in BBC claiming scientists have now
4:40
realized there are
4:43
8.17 million
4:45
species I said not bad at all the Vedic
4:49
scriptures say 8.4
4:51
million so these 8.4 million means the
4:56
plants also have a soul like us
Souls
5:00
no less their body may be less their
5:03
intellect may be covered but their soul
5:05
is just like us we've been plants in the
5:08
past life we could become a plant
5:11
again the sons of
5:14
kuber they became
5:17
trees you know they were children of
5:20
rich people it is said the children of rich
5:22
people are very vulnerable to sinful
5:25
activities and Narad ji saw them and he
5:28
cursed them to become Amala
5:32
Arjuns so they are also having souls the
5:35
animals of course have souls and there
5:38
are some souls in the celestial abodes
5:41
Indra Varun
5:44
Kuber so he is asking which of all of
5:48
these is the most important
5:54
Form, Kagbushundi
said
Celestials
6:08
there is no other form like the human
6:11
form all the “Char” (चर, movable) and “ACHAR” ( अचर immovable)
6:15
souls hanker to receive
6:18
it all means even the Devtas hanker for
this Garud ji was astounded devatas are being
6:27
worshipped by us
6:29
in the yagnas, we
6:38
offer them “ahuti”
(sacrifice)
6:40
The celestials we
are worshiping them
6:42
offering oblations
to them why should
6:46
they desire the human
6:48
form but this is
said not in one place
6:51
in many places
7:29
Sur ,i.e., the devtas
desire
7:34
please make me a
human
7:39
being so Garud ji was
7:42
astonished why
should the devatas desire
7:46
this nasty
body their body is
7:53
etheral it has got
so much of Aroma in
7:57
it if they
8:00
were to come
8:01
here and we were to
8:03
smell we' get so
much of bliss we would
8:07
faint
8:08
unconscious that is
the Devta’s body it
8:12
doesn't touch the
ground it walks
8:15
above it was on
that basis that
8:18
damayanti selected
8:21
8:23
Damayanti her
beloved was Nala
of mrityulok
8:27
but she was so
beautiful that even
8:31
the devatas coveted
her so at the time of
8:36
the
8:37
varmala the devatas made a body like
8:41
Nala and they came
and stood there when
8:45
damayanti arrived
with the varmala she
8:48
saw six Nalas
standing
8:51
there and she was
confused what to
8:56
do then she
remembered that in Swami satsang
8:59
she had heard that
Devata’s body doesn't even
Devatas
9:03
touch the ground
she looked down and
9:05
only one was
touching the ground she
9:07
understood that he
is my
9:09
beloved this is the
body of the devatas
and our human
9:16
form little temperature
rises sweat
9:19
sweat sweat little
decreases another
9:23
problem God has
filled it so that you
9:25
have to keep
scratching yourself etc etc
9:28
every time it's
hungry thirsty and so on
9:31
so forth even our
eyes they have to keep
9:33
on
9:34
blinking he got the
nine
9:37
Gates the human
9:39
form animals you
know after their death
9:42
their hide is
usable etc the human form
9:45
nothing is
9:46
usable why should
the Devtas desire this kind
9:50
of a
9:51
body this was the
Curiosity in Garud ji's
9:56
mind, so what is
special about the human
10:00
body
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