MY DIVINE ENERGY MAYA IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. BUT THOSE WHO SURRENDER UNTO ME CROSS OVER IT EASILY (Gita Shloka 7.14) #Blog0019

"MY DIVINE ENERGY MAYA IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. BUT THOSE WHO SURRENDER UNTO ME CROSS OVER IT EASILY."

Lord says in Gita Shloka 7.14 < click to read:        

“दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया 

मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते"

 

"MY DIVINE ENERGY MAYA, CONSISTING OF THE THREE MODES OF NATURE, IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. BUT THOSE WHO SURRENDER UNTO ME CROSS OVER IT EASILY."

Some people feel “cool shower of spirituality” with divine messages – hope everyone does that – ultimately it will, for all are at different stages of progress towards the ultimate DESTINATION – some are ahead, some behind & some are not even walking in the desired direction.    

    

These Godly messages, are being sent, though manifestly by me, I am a mere medium (निमित्त) of His & only He, by His कृपा (grace), inspires some to send & disburse & preach His messages & others to receive His mesages with all intent.  

Actually many of us are “sleeping” (in spiritual terminology) even 

though physically awake until our विवेक (Discrimination power) is awakened. 

विवेक MEANS TO REALISE THIS IN HEART that quote 

Srimad Bhagvat < click to read :         

“ACTUALLY THIS UNIVERSE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, YET LEARNED SAGES HAVE ADVISED, AS KRSHNA HAS ALSO ADVISED, THAT THIS MATERIAL WORLD IS DUKHALAYAM ASHASHVATAM; IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS A PLACE OF MISERY AND TEMPORALITY.”        

See the balance of power between God & this world: 

(i) whereas God is very easy to understand 

(ii) we can be more assured of achieving God’s love than to achieve something in this world &

(iii) He is the ultimate eternal Bliss (sat-chit-anand) 

as OPPOSED TO THIS WORLD, which is: 

(i) very difficult to understand 

(ii) all achievements, obtained by a very great hard work are also ephemeral (temporary)

(iii) you would finally only get misery (दुख)         

Irony is that vide above comparison, even though balance of power is clearly tilted in favour of Lord, His maya has blindfolded our mind, obfuscating our path to Lord.  

(obfuscating = to make something unclear and more difficult to understand)

But again this is appreciated (बोध होना as against mere knowledge,जानना ) - only by those who are fortunate to have faith & patience (श्रद्धा, सबूरी) by His grace. 

As God Himself says in Gita: 

"संशय आत्मा विनशयती" < click this to read

(soul is betrayed by doubt (संशय)              

   

Your own faults can be rectified only when one accepts that he is suffering from a disease. 

आदमी दवा तभी लेता है जब वो मान ले कि उसे रोग है BUT until विवेक is awakened, man does not even accept that he is dis-eased (literally “not at ease”) & therefore such a man does not even turn to spirituality.                 

All the guru / satsang, listening to His glories etc. (or Godly messages) do - is to awaken your विवेक.         

Each spiritual message you receive is actually a “knock” on the door of your heart by Lord who wants to enter it BUT because विवेक is sleeping, man ignores such “knocks” & does not allow Lord to come & sit in his heart. 

That is the tragedy of life (but this is His maya). 

It is ALL HIS PLAY OF MAYA conveyed nicely by these lines:

"खाक हम हो गये इश्क़ के दौर में, कुछ तो कमज़ोर हम, कुछ रजा आपकी"  "राजी तेरी रजा में, हमें ऐसे भी वाह वाह है और वैसे भी वाह वाह"   "आबाद करो या बर्बाद करो

अब तेरी रजा पे छोड़ दिया

तेरा ही तुझको सौंप दिया

दिल देके तकाजा कौन करे" (तकाजा-desire) पत्ता भी नहीं हिलता, तेरी रजा के बगैर, फिर भी इंसान गुनहगार है, पता नहीं क्यों

Why to get confused & bogged down in these lines, why not simply surrender to Lord & override His maya.

Here is a nice example of : why should we call out (पुकार) in all earnestness to Lord to overcome His maya : 

you go to meet a friend but the dog greets you with his bark & growl ; when all your means fail and you have no option left, you call out to the owner of the dog who subdues/ neutralises the dog

video 1 < click to see

In the same way Maya can be subdued only by God's intervention , when we try yog, yagya, jap, tap, vrat, pooja and none of these techniques succeed,  finally we cry out to the Lord,  You please help me. And when his grace descends then we get the ability to overcome the material energy & any difficulty

video 2 < click to see

Standby link (in case youtube link does not work):

Bhagavad Gita TOP 3 RULES To Face Any Problems In Life Swami Mukundananda.mp4

Bhagavad Gita TOP 3 RULES To Face Any Problems In Life   Swami Mukundananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWYYVK_9JtM

Bhagvatam : LIVING ENTITIES CONDITIONED BY MATERIAL NATURE ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO EMERGE FROM THIS NATURE BY SURRENDERING TO LORD, 29th June

Bhagvatam : LIVING ENTITIES CONDITIONED BY MATERIAL NATURE ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO EMERGE FROM THIS NATURE BY SURRENDERING TO LORD.

TRANSLATION

SINCE THE MATERIAL BODY IS SURE TO BE VANQUISHED AND THE DURATION OF ONE'S LIFE IS NOT FIXED, NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE IS TO BE PRAISED. RATHER, ONE SHOULD OBSERVE THE ETERNAL TIME FACTOR, IN WHICH THE LIVING ENTITY MANIFESTS HIMSELF AND DISAPPEARS.

PURPORT

THE LIVING ENTITIES IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, NOT ONLY AT THE PRESENT BUT ALSO IN THE PAST, HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF BIRTH AND DEATH.

SOME STRESS DEATH AND POINT TO THE ILLUSORY EXISTENCE OF EVERYTHING MATERIAL, WHEREAS OTHERS STRESS LIFE, TRYING TO PRESERVE IT PERPETUALLY AND ENJOY IT TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

BOTH OF THEM ARE FOOLS AND RASCALS.

It is advised that one observe the eternal time factor, which is the cause of the material body's appearance and disappearance, and that one observe the living entity's entanglement in this time factor.

One should observe the activities of eternal time, which is the cause of birth and death.

Before the creation of the present millennium, the living entities were under the influence of the time factor, and within the time factor the material world comes into existence and is again annihilated.

Bhütva bhütva praliyate.

Being under the control of the time factor, the living entities appear and die, life after life.

THIS TIME FACTOR IS THE IMPERSONAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, WHO GIVES THE LIVING ENTITIES CONDITIONED BY MATERIAL NATURE A CHANCE TO EMERGE FROM THIS NATURE BY SURRENDERING TO HIM.

LORD GIVES DIFFERENT DICTATION TO THE DEVOTEES AND NON-DEVOTEES #Blog0018

LORD GIVES DIFFERENT DICTATION TO THE DEVOTEES ("I give the understanding by which they can come to Me") and NON-DEVOTEES (MAKES THEM FORGET THE LORD'S SERVICE, LIFE AFTER LIFE)

Srimad Bhagvatam: 

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/7/5/12/

“The Lord is situated in everyone's heart, giving dictation according to the attitude of the servant.

However, the Lord gives different dictation to the non-devotees and devotees.

The non-devotees challenge the authority of the Supreme Lord, and therefore the Lord dictates in such a way that the non-devotees forget the Lord's service, life after life, and are punished by the laws of nature.

But when a devotee very sincerely wants to render service to the Lord, the Lord dictates in a different way.

"To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding .by which they can come to Me." tesham satata-yuktanam bhajatam priti-pürvakam dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te(Bg.10.10)            

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Spirituality is the only differentiating factor between humans & animals – so utiliZe this special human power immensely merely because it is our obligatory duty to Lord who has given us EVERYTHING               

Let us show our deep gratitude to Him by taking first step towards Him 

we cannot do anything else to repay our debt to Him - as everything in the creation, including we all, is His property only - so that He takes all the next steps towards us.             

Lord is extremely kind & patient – He simply waits & waits for a being to take 1st step towards Him & then He does the rest.

But how unfortunate we turn out to be by not even taking one step towards Him.   

        

“तेरी चौखट पर आना मेरा काम था 

पर काम इतना भी मुझसे किया ना गया”     

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A devotee says:

“कोऊ निंदक 

somebody criticizes

कोऊ वन्दक 

somebody praises

वृथा बकत बहुतेरे 

there are many who pointlessly talk

पर मोहे तो अपनों दूल्हो राजी चाहिए 

but all I need is that my Husband (Lord) should be pleased with me

 

जा संग पारे फ़ेरे 

with whom I've taken 7 rounds of ETERNAL marriage

सब विधि मैं इनकी और ये मेरे 

I'm His in all manners 

हमारे ठाकुर जी रीझने चाहिए 

"my God should be pleased, that's all I need” 

      

Gita shloka 3.22 & 3.23, GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO ANYTHING, YET HE IS ENGAGED IN WORK, 27th June

Gita shloka 3.22 & 3.23
GOD DOES NOT HAVE TO ANYTHING, YET HE IS ENGAGED IN WORK 

TRANSLATION

O SON OF PṚTHĀ, THERE IS NO WORK PRESCRIBED FOR ME WITHIN ALL THE THREE PLANETARY SYSTEMS. NOR AM I IN WANT OF ANYTHING, NOR HAVE I NEED TO OBTAIN ANYTHING-AND YET I AM ENGAGED IN WORK.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described in the Vedic literatures as follows:

tam īśvarāṇāṁ paramaṁ maheśvaraṁ

taṁ devatānāṁ paramaṁ ca daivatam

patiṁ patīnāṁ paramaṁ parastād

vidāma devaṁ bhuvaneśam īḍyam

na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate

na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate

parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate

svā-bhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca.

“THE SUPREME LORD IS THE CONTROLLER OF ALL OTHER CONTROLLERS, AND HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL THE DIVERSE PLANETARY LEADERS. EVERYONE IS UNDER HIS CONTROL. ALL ENTITIES ARE DELEGATED WITH PARTICULAR POWER ONLY BY THE SUPREME LORD; THEY ARE NOT SUPREME THEMSELVES. 

HE IS ALSO WORSHIPABLE BY ALL DEMIGODS AND IS THE SUPREME DIRECTOR OF ALL DIRECTORS. THEREFORE, HE IS TRANSCENDENTAL TO ALL KINDS OF MATERIAL LEADERS AND CONTROLLERS AND IS WORSHIPABLE BY ALL. THERE IS NO ONE GREATER THAN HIM, AND HE IS THE SUPREME CAUSE OF ALL CAUSES.

“HE DOES NOT POSSESS BODILY FORM LIKE THAT OF AN ORDINARY LIVING ENTITY. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIS BODY AND HIS SOUL. HE IS ABSOLUTE. ALL HIS SENSES ARE TRANSCENDENTAL. ANY ONE OF HIS SENSES CAN PERFORM THE ACTION OF ANY OTHER SENSE. 

THEREFORE, NO ONE IS GREATER THAN HIM OR EQUAL TO HIM. HIS POTENCIES ARE MULTIFARIOUS, AND THUS HIS DEEDS ARE AUTOMATICALLY PERFORMED AS A NATURAL SEQUENCE.” (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.7-8)

SINCE EVERYTHING IS IN FULL OPULENCE IN THE PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD AND IS EXISTING IN FULL TRUTH, THERE IS NO DUTY FOR THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD TO PERFORM. 

ONE WHO MUST RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF WORK HAS SOME DESIGNATED DUTY, BUT ONE WHO HAS NOTHING TO ACHIEVE WITHIN THE THREE PLANETARY SYSTEMS CERTAINLY HAS NO DUTY. 

AND YET LORD KṚṢṆA IS ENGAGED ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF KURUKṢETRA AS THE LEADER OF THE KṢATRIYAS BECAUSE THE KṢATRIYAS ARE DUTY-BOUND TO GIVE PROTECTION TO THE DISTRESSED. ALTHOUGH HE IS ABOVE ALL THE REGULATIONS OF THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES, HE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING THAT VIOLATES THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES.

Gita shloka 3.23

TRANSLATION

For, if I did not engage in work, O Pārtha, certainly all men would follow My path.

PURPORT

In order to keep the balance of social tranquility for progress in spiritual life. there are traditional family usages meant for every civilized man. Although such rules and regulations are for the conditioned souls and not Lord Kṛṣṇa, because He descended to establish the principles of religion, He followed the prescribed rules.

Otherwise, common men would follow in His footsteps because He is the greatest authority. From the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is understood that Lord Kṛṣṇa was performing all the religious duties at home and out of home, as required of a householder.

Bhagvat : BY LIVING IN VRNDÄVANA AS A DOG, HOG OR MONKEY, THE LIVING ENTITY CAN BE ELEVATED TO THE SPIRITUAL PLATFORM IN THE NEXT LIFE

BY LIVING IN VRNDÄVANA AS A DOG, HOG OR MONKEY, THE LIVING ENTITY CAN BE ELEVATED TO THE SPIRITUAL PLATFORM IN THE NEXT LIFE.

TRANSLATION
Närada Muni continued: The city spoken of as Dakshina-panchäla represents the scriptures meant for directing pravrtti, the process of sense enjoyment in fruitive activities.

The other city, named Uttara-panchäla, represents the scriptures meant for decreasing fruitive activities and increasing knowledge.

The living entity receives different kinds of knowledge by means of two ears, and some living entities are promoted to Pitrloka and some to Devaloka.

All this is made possible by the two ears.


PURPORT
The Vedas are known as Shruti, and the knowledge received from them through aural reception is called Shrutadhara.

AS STATED IN BHAGAVAD-GITÄ, ONE CAN BE PROMOTED TO THE PLANETS OF THE DEMIGODS OR TO THE PLANETS OF THE PITÄS (FOREFATHERS), OR EVEN TO THE VAIKUNTHA PLANETS, SIMPLY THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HEARING.

These things have already been explained in previous chapters.


TRANSLATION
The city called Grämaka, which is approached through the lower gate of Äsuri [the genital], is meant for sex, which is very pleasing to common men who are simply fools and rascals. The faculty of procreation is called Durmada, and the rectum is called Nirrti.

PURPORT
When the world becomes degraded, civilization becomes demoniac, and for the common man the rectum and the genital are taken very seriously as the centers of all activity.

Even in such a sacred place as Vrndävana, India, unintelligent men pass off this rectal and genital business as spiritual activity.

Such people are called sahajiyä.

According to their philosophy, through sexual indulgence one can elevate oneself to the spiritual platform.

From these verses of Shrimad-Bhägavatam, however, we understand that the desires for sexual satisfaction are meant for the arväk, the lowest among men.

To rectify these rascals and fools is very difficult.

After all, the sex desires of the common man are condemned in these verses.

The word durmada means "wrongly directed," and nirrti means "sinful activity."

Although this clearly indicates that sex indulgence is abominable and misdirected even from the ordinary point of view, the sahajiyäs nonetheless pass themselves off as devotees conducting spiritual activities.

For this reason, Vrndävana is no longer visited by intelligent men.

Sometimes we are often asked why we have made our center in Vrndävana.

From the external point of view, it can be concluded that Vrndävana has become degenerate due to these sahajiyä activities, YET FROM THE SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW, VRNDÄVANA IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE ALL THESE SINFUL PERSONS CAN BE RECTIFIED BY MEANS OF TAKING BIRTH IN THE FORMS OF DOGS, HOGS AND MONKEYS.

BY LIVING IN VRNDÄVANA AS A DOG, HOG OR MONKEY, THE LIVING ENTITY CAN BE ELEVATED TO THE SPIRITUAL PLATFORM IN THE NEXT LIFE.

Bhagvat : BE LIKE A SWAN - THE SWAN [HAMSA] IS ONE WHO DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN MATTER AND SPIRIT, WHO EXPLAINS THE MEANS OF BONDAGE AND THE MEANS OF LIBERATION,25th June

BE LIKE A SWAN - The swan [hamsa] is one who discriminates between matter and spirit, who explains the means of bondage and the means of liberation

TRANSLATION
[Närada Muni had spoken of a swan. That swan is explained in this verse.] The Vedic literatures [shästras] vividly describe how to understand the Supreme Lord, the source of all material and spiritual energy. Indeed, they elaborately explain these two energies.

The swan [hamsa] is one who discriminates between matter and spirit, who accepts the essence of everything,

and who explains the means of bondage and the means of liberation. The words of scriptures consist of variegated vibrations.

If a foolish rascal leaves aside the study of these shästras to engage in temporary activities, what will be the result?

PURPORT
The Krshna consciousness movement is very eager to present Vedic literature in modern languages, especially Western languages such as English, French and German.

The leaders of the Western world, the Americans and Europeans, have become the idols of modern civilization because the Western people are very sophisticated in temporary activities for the advancement of material civilization.

A sane man, however, can see that all such grand activities, although perhaps very important for temporary life, have nothing to do with eternal life.

The entire world is imitating the materialistic civilization of the West, and therefore the Krshna consciousness movement is very much interested in giving the Western people knowledge by translating the original Sanskrit Vedic literatures into Western languages.

The word vivikta-padam refers to the path of logical discourses concerning the aim of life.

If one does not discuss that which is important in life, one is put into darkness and must struggle for existence.

What, then, is the benefit of his advancement in knowledge?The people of the West are seeing their students becoming hippies, despite gorgeous arrangements for university education.

The Krshna consciousness movement, however, is trying to convert misguided, drug-addicted students to the service of Krshna and engage them in the best welfare activities for human society.