This Story Will Leave You Speechless !! True Love for Lord Krishna Explained by Swami Mukundananda
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1 Narad ji is explaining the external nature of bhakti first, so what is the external form of bhakti - Extreme love for God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7QBBL6Avuw&t=5 2 once Narad ji was in Vrindavan and there he found a gopi sitting in meditation, so Narad ji thought what does the gopi meditate upon ? I've heard of Niranjan gyan (the spiritual knowledge or teachings centered around the concept of "Niranjan," which in Sanskrit means "spotless" or "pure," essentially signifying a supreme being without any impurities or flaws, often used to describe God) I've also heard of Surandhran (Sun) dhyan but what is the dhyana of the gopi. So Narad ji sat down beside her, after an hour, when the gopi opened her eyes, Narad ji said deviji can you please satisfy my curiosity, what were you meditating upon the gopi said Narad ji, forget it, no please Narad ji said you know like I'm so curious you have to tell me and gopi said I was trying to take my mind away from Sri Krishna narad said, what ? everybody tries to draw the mind away from the world and on to God, you're doing the reverse ? The gopi said what to do, His form is so embedded in my mind, whatever I do, He lands up there - if I'm churning the butter, it seems that he's coming and dropping the pots, if I'm cleaning the floor, it seems he's running on it, if I'm putting the children to sleep, it seems like he's waking them up. Now I understand that it is not Him but it's my mind playing tricks, the mind has got so unified with him that His form comes everywhere, that is why I was striving so hard to take my mind away from Him but I was not succeeding, Narad ji was extremely impressed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7QBBL6Avuw&t=24 3 Narad ji said “verse”, big big yogis in their meditation strive that somehow or the other, they should withdraw the mind from the world and attach it at the feet of God and they don't Succeed, and look at this gopi, she's trying the reverse sadhana and not succeeding, Narad ji is saying such immense love is bhakti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7QBBL6Avuw&t=148 4 other saints were asked, what is the nature of bhakti. Tulsidas was asked, so he said “kami hin nari pyari jimhi, Lobhi hin priya jimi dama, timhi Raghunatha nirantar, Priya lagahu mohen Ram” he says, like a greedy man loves wealth, he's always anchoring for it. There is the story of one sethji, he had his shop and the most blissful part of the day would be in the evening when he would count his notes, one day note counting rounds were going on and one was over, second, third time his wife said that come on, it's time for dinner, she invited him three four times, he did not come so finally she got so frustrated, she took the sweet dish kheer one spoon and put it in his mouth that this will wake him up but his mind was elsewhere and he thought that oh, I have eaten the sweet that means the meal is over so he said all right now I need to wash my hands my meal is over, Tulsidas ji says just like a greedy man yearns for wealth and a young boy yearns for a young girl, a bhakt loves God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7QBBL6Avuw&t=191 5 There is the story, that one woman, her beloved was coming from out of station, so this girl was going running to meet her beloved, at the same time Akbar was touring his kingdom for an inspection, so being a Muhammadan, he used to say the namaz five times and in the namaz they spread the sheet and then they sit on it and say the namaz. So Akbar had spread his sheet, they consider it sacred, they consider it a representation of Allah, and he was saying the namaz when this woman was running to meet her beloved, she did not realize & she placed her feet on that sheet but Akbar saw it, so Akbar said to Birbal that this woman should be brought to my court. Now the next day the woman was brought to court, Akbar said you ran on my namaz sheet, the woman said absolutely not, badshah salamat, “I am telling that you ran”, No I did not, Akbar said, “then, am I mistaken” ? “I very clearly saw you ran over my sheet” The woman said, I have no recollection of It, so the woman said that o great king, you were worshiping the Supreme Lord and yet you had recollection on who is stepping on my sheet, I was running after a worldly beloved and I was totally oblivious (ignorant) of what had happened, don't you even have that much of absorption in your divine beloved as I have got in my material beloved ? So Tulsidas says that kind of complete absorption in God is bhakti https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7QBBL6Avuw&t=295
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0:05 Narad ji 0:06 is explaining the external nature of 0:11 bhakti first 0:13 so what is the external form of bhakti 0:17 extreme love for god 0:24 once he was in vrindavan 0:29 and there he found a gopi sitting in 0:32 meditation 0:36 so narada thought 0:39 what does the gopi meditate upon i've 0:42 heard of niranjan gyan 0:45 i've also heard of surandhran dhyan 0:49 but what is the dhyana of the gopi 0:53 so narada sat down besides after an hour 0:56 when the gopi opened her eyes narada 0:59 said 1:00 deviji can you please satisfy my 1:03 curiosity what were you meditating upon 1:07 the gopi said naradji forget it no 1:10 please please 1:11 now forget it narada said you know like 1:14 now i'm so curious 1:15 you're not telling me my curiosity has increased 1:17 further you have to tell me 1:20 and gopi said i was trying to take my 1:23 mind away from sri krishna 1:25 she's sitting and trying to yank her 1:28 mind away from god 1:31 narad said what everybody tries to 1:34 draw the mind away from the world and on 1:37 to god you're doing the reverse 1:40 the gopi said what to do his form is so 1:42 embedded in my mind 1:44 whatever i do he lands up there 1:48 if i'm churning the butter it seems that 1:50 he's coming and dropping the pots 1:53 if i'm cleaning the floor it seems he's 1:55 running on it 1:57 if i'm putting the children to sleep it 1:59 seems like he's waking them up 2:02 now i understand that it is 2:05 not him it's my mind playing tricks 2:09 the mind has got so unified with him 2:13 that his form comes everywhere that is 2:16 why 2:17 i was striving so hard to take my mind 2:21 away from him but i was not succeeding 2:24 the narada was extremely impressed 2:28 he said “verse” 2:41 big big yogis in their 2:44 meditation strive that somehow 2:47 or the other they should withdraw 2:50 the mind from the world and attach it 2:53 at the feet of god and they don't 2:56 succeed 2:58 and look at this gopi she's trying the 3:01 reverse sadhana 3:03 and not succeeding narad ji is saying 3:06 such immense love 3:11 is bhakti other saints were asked 3:16 what is the nature of bhakti 3:21 tulsidas was asked so he said 3:40 he says “kami hin nari pyari jimhi, Lobhi hin priya jimi dama, timhi Raghunatha nirantar, Priya lagahu mohen Ram” he says, like a greedy man 3:44 loves wealth he's always 3:47 anchoring for it there is the story of 3:51 One sethji 3:52 you know he had his shop 3:56 and the most blissful part of the day 3:58 would be in the evening when he would 4:00 count his notes 4:03 so after he would close the shop he 4:05 would sit and count 4:07 one day he was going on and counting one 4:10 was 4:10 over second third time his wife said 4:13 that come 4:14 on it's time for dinner she invited him 4:17 three four times he did not come 4:20 so finally she got so frustrated she 4:23 took the sweet dish the kheer 4:25 one spoon and put it in his mouth 4:29 that this will wake him up but his 4:32 mind was elsewhere and he thought 4:35 that oh i have eaten the sweet that 4:37 means the meal is over 4:39 so he said all right now i need to wash 4:41 my hands my meal is over 4:44 the tulsi das ji says just like a greedy 4:47 man 4:48 yearns for wealth 4:51 and a young boy yearns for a young girl 4:55 there is the story that one 4:58 woman her beloved was coming 5:02 from out of station so this girl 5:05 was going running to meet her beloved 5:09 at the same time akbar was 5:12 touring his kingdom for an inspection 5:16 so being a muhammadan he used to say the 5:19 namaz five 5:20 times and in the namaz they spread the 5:23 sheet 5:24 and then they sit on it and say the 5:26 namaz 5:29 so akbar had spread his sheet they 5:31 consider it 5:32 sacred they consider it a representation 5:36 of 5:36 allah and he was saying the namaz when 5:39 this woman was running to meet her 5:41 beloved 5:44 she did not realize she placed her feet 5:46 on that 5:47 sheet but akbar saw it so akbar said 5:52 to birbal this woman should be brought to my 5:55 court 5:58 now the next day the woman was brought 6:00 to court 6:02 akbar said you ran on my namaz sheet 6:06 the woman said absolutely not badshah 6:09 salamat 6:10 i am telling you ran no i did not 6:14 akbar said then am i mistaken 6:18 i very clearly saw you ran 6:21 the woman said i have no recollection of 6:23 it 6:24 so the woman said that o great king 6:29 you were worshiping 6:32 the supreme lord and yet 6:36 you had recollection on who is stepping 6:38 on my sheet 6:42 i was running after a worldly beloved 6:46 and i was totally oblivious of what had 6:49 happened 6:50 don't you even have that much of 6:53 absorption in your divine beloved as i 6:56 have got in my material beloved 7:00 so tulsidas says 7:03 that kind of complete absorption 7:08 that is bhakti
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