This Story Will Leave You Speechless !! True Love for Lord Krishna Explained by Swami Mukundananda

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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Why Bad things Happen to Good people | Is God Truly Just | Part 1 by Swami Mukundanand

Why Bad things Happen to Good people | Is God Truly Just | Part 1 by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0 Main Points:  1  Circumstances don't come without reason, they come as teachers and they wish to teach us. If we wish to attract good circumstances, start by developing good thoughts but then there is something that breaks our faith in this paradigm and what is that?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=23  2  When we see bad things happening to good people it goes against our sense of justice. You see there are three things in contention that we can consider, one is justice, second is injustice and third is Grace. Nyaya, Un-nyaya and Kripa.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=47  3  What is justice? Consider for example a worker who slogged in the factory all month long, at the end of the month the factory owner gave him his Justice salary. This is what you deserve here is what you get, this is justice.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=86  4  What is injustice? The worker he put in his efforts and then the factory owner at the end of the month said, you know, on the fifteenth of the month you came late by one hour, instead of coming at a.m. you came at , here I am going to subtract half your salary go! This is Un-nyaya or injustice   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=111  5  and the third is grace, Kripa. The worker says, Saheb I have to get my daughter married, I need so much of money, can you please give it to me, the bank will not give me a loan. The factory manager says okay, I'm gifting so much and I am giving so much as loan which I will deduct from your salary on a monthly basis. This is Grace or Kripa.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=145  6  The judicial system of the world is involved with ensuring that there is a justice. Justice is important to ensure that people stay away from crime because when bad things draw bad consequences others become discouraged from doing it. It's a very simple principle.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=170  7  about 30 years ago, management consultancy book had come out called the one minute manager. It taught how to manage in one minute. It says when you get a subordinate first of all help the subordinate understand what is good behavior, clarify the goals, this is what you're supposed to do, this is the output I want, this is how you should behave.  Let him or her define the goals of good behavior in half a page simple and easy, then someday catch that subordinate doing well and give a one-minute praising for one minute, you re-confirm that behavior.  Oh so wonderful you are doing well and I am very pleased. You confirm the good behavior and later on someday, if you catch your subordinate doing badly you give a one-minute scolding, only one minute scolding.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=214  8  Sometimes parents they start giving half day long scoldings then that is not productive. Just let the subordinate know that this is bad behavior. When you repeatedly administer this one minute praising, one minute scolding, it will fashion behavior. Why? Because everybody's behavior gets molded by consequences, pleasure and pain, pain can fashion even the behavior of animals.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=298  9  There's a story of Akbar and Birbal - a goat was trained in not eating fresh green grass - by fashioning its behaviour by punishment.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=334  10  Parents tell me, Swamiji you know my child is so unruly, how to train my child. I said look I don't have any experience but I'll tell you about this one minute manager, the same principle applies. You have to teach children with consequences, some parents stay away from those consequences and what happens, spare the rod and spoil the child.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=471   11  Kripaluji Maharaj, you know he grew up in a village, so his relatives were all simple Villagers, so he would say that when their children would not study, what would he do? They would bring the children my child doesn't study. Maharaj ji would not adopt the one minute manager, he would take the child and lock the child up.  Now after 24 hours the child is saying, chacha take me out take me out. Maharaj ji would let him remain there, until he decides that it is too painful not to study, then he would say, all right, come out.  In other words any behavior can be fashioned with consequences and that is why we have the judicial system of any country in place, because when justice is fair, justice is timely and justice is firm, it reduces crime.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=507  12  Once in Orissa the SDTM sub-divisional judicial magistrate used to come and attend my lecture and then he became a friend he would meet me etc, he said Swamiji I am totally incorrigible. I don't take any bribes.  Ever since I moved into this district the crime rate has fallen because people have understood that you cannot get away and when you get away what happens ? Take a look at the pirates of Somalia, any ship passing by the Suez Canal going close to Somalia gets looted because it's a broken country & the rule of law doesn't exist so people say, never mind, do what you like, there will be no consequences.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=562  13  In the court of God also, the principle of justice holds. God has the law of karma - if you do good things, good things should happen to you, if you do bad then bad things, should happen to you.  God is also the judge, in fact worldly judges have limitations, they depend upon Witnesses, they depend upon evidence, either of these could be misleading the judge doesn't know what the convict is thinking and even if the judge had that yogic siddhi and could know the mind of the convict, he will know what the convict is thinking today, he doesn't know what the convict thought five years ago at the time of the crime  but in the case of God, He is all-knowing, He doesn't need any witnesses, plus the worldly judge can make mistakes in interpreting laws. Because laws have different interpretations and that is how advocates make their money because cases get reappeared at higher and higher levels. You know, this judge misinterpreted.  In the case of God, He is the one who created the law, He doesn't need any lawyers, He doesn't need any police, He is the witness, He is the police and He is the judge, hence from God we can expect perfect justice!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=623  Introduction 0:23 Circumstances don't come without reason, they come as teachers and they wish to 0:31 teach us. If we wish to attract good circumstances start by developing good 0:38 thoughts but then there is something that breaks our faith in this paradigm 0:47 and what is that?  When we see bad things happening to good people it goes against 1:00 our sense of justice. You see there are three things in contention that we can 1:11 consider one is justice second is injustice and third is Grace. Nyaya, Un-nyaya and 1:26 Kripa.  What is justice? Consider for example a worker who sloged in the 1:38 factory all month long, at the end of the month the factory owner gave him his Justice 1:46 salary. This is what you deserve here is what you get, this is justice.  1:51 What is injustice? The worker he put in his efforts and then the factory owner 2:02 at the end of the month said you know on the fifteenth of the month you came late 2:07 by one hour, instead of coming at 9:00 a.m. you came at 10:00 here I am going 2:14 to subtract half your salary go  This is Un-nyaya or injustice  2:25 and the third is grace, Kripa. The worker says, Saheb I have to get my 2:34 daughter married I need so much of money can you please give it to me the bank 2:39 will not give me a loan. The factory manager says okay, I'm 2:45 gifting so much and I am giving so much as loan which I will deduct from your 2:50 salary on a monthly basis. This is Grace or Kripa.  The judicial system of the 3:00 world is involved with ensuring that there is a justice. Justice is important 3:12 to ensure that people stay away from crime because when bad things draw bad 3:24 consequences others become discouraged from doing it. It's a very simple 3:34 principle,  about 30 years ago management consultancy book had come out called the 3:42 one minute manager some of you may have read it. It taught how to manage in one 3:51 minute. It says when you get a subordinate first of all help the subordinate The One Minute Manager 3:58 understand what is good behavior, clarify the goals, this is what you're supposed 4:04 to do this is the output I want, this is how you should behave. Let him or her 4:12 define the goals of good behavior in half a page simple and easy 4:21 then someday catch that subordinate doing well and give a one-minute praising for One Minute Praise 4:33 one minute you re-confirm 4:36 that behavior. Oh so wonderful you are doing well and I am very pleased. You 4:44 confirm the good behavior and later on someday if you catch your subordinate 4:51 doing badly you give a one-minute scolding only one minute scolding.   One Minute scolding 4:58 Sometimes parents they start giving half day long scoldings then that doesn't.. 5:05 is not productive. Just let the subordinate know that this 5:11 is bad behavior. When you repeatedly administer this one minute praising one 5:18 minute scolding one minute praising one minute scolding it will fashion behavior

Consequences 5:24 Why? Because everybody's behavior gets molded by consequences, pleasure and pain 5:34 pain can fashion even the behavior of animals.  There's a story of Akbar and 5:44 Birbal. The Mughal emperor Akbar and his wise minister Birbal. So Akbar said 5:58 Birbal is there anybody in my kingdom who can train a goat to desist from 6:07 eating green succulent fresh grass? 6:13 Birbal said huzoor it's not a problem give me one month's time. Akbar said 6:21 all right. Birbal went and purchased a goat. Now he 6:27 would put the green grass before the goats nose and every time the goat would 6:33 go for it Birbal would take a stick and whack it on its mouth. When the goat kept 6:40 on receiving the whacks one after the other 6:43 after the other, even the little goats brain understood that it's not worth it 6:51 Forget it, it's too painful. After one month of such training Birbal took the goat to 6:59 the Emperor. The goat in one hand the stick in the other he said my goat has 7:09 become a vairagi- it's become detached from grass, you try it out it will not 7:17 eat. Akbar said really, he said come on bring the most tasteful grass in my garden 7:26 the servants brought it. Akbar himself put it before the goat, the goat looked 7:35 at the grass it looked at Birbal's stick. Birbal, he shook his stick the 7:43 goat understood you know I'll get a whack, forget it it pulled back. Even the 7:51 goats behavior had got fashioned by consequences. Parents tell me Swamiji you 7:58 know my child is so unruly how to train my child. I said look I don't have any 8:05 experience but I'll tell you this one minute manager the same principle 8:11 applies. You have to teach children with consequences some parents stay away from 8:18 those consequences and what happens, spare the rod and spoil the child.  8:27 Kripaluji Maharaj, you know he grew up in a village so his relatives were all simple 8:32 villagers so he would say that when their children would not study what would he What would he do 8:39 do? They would bring the children my child doesn't study 8:44 Maharaji would not adopt the one minute manager, he would take the child and lock 8:49 the child up. Now after 24 hours the child is saying 8:55 Chacha take me out take me out. Maharaj ji would let him remain there, until he decides 9:01 that no it's too painful not to study then he would say all right come out. In Justice is timely 9:08 other words any behavior can be fashioned with consequences and that is 9:15 why we have the judicial system of any country in place, because when justice is 9:22 fair, justice is timely and justice is firm, it reduces crime.  Once in Orissa the 9:35 SDTM sub-divisional judicial magistrate used to come and attend my lecture and 9:40 then he became a friend he would meet me etc he said Swamiji I am totally 9:47 incorrigible. I don't take any bribes. Ever since I moved into this district 9:54 the crime rate has fallen because people have understood you cannot get away and 10:01 when you get away what happens, take a look at the pirates of Somalia, any ship 10:07 passing by the Suez Canal going close to Somalia gets looted because it's a 10:13 broken country the rule of law doesn't exist so people say never mind do what 10:19 you like there will be no consequences.  10:23 In the court of God also 10:26 the principle of justice holds. God has the law of karma if you do good things good things 10:36 should happen to you, if you do bad then bad things should happen to you. God is 10:43 also the judge, in fact worldly judges have limitations they depend upon 10:53 witnesses they depend upon evidence either of these could be misleading 11:01 the judge doesn't know what the convict is 11:06 thinking and even if the judge had that yogic siddhi and could know the mind of 11:14 the convict he will know what the convict is thinking today, he doesn't 11:19 know what the convict thought five years ago at the time of the crime but in the 11:25 case of God he is all-knowing he doesn't need any witnesses, plus the worldly 11:35 judge can make mistakes in interpreting laws. Because laws have different 11:42 interpretations and that is how advocates make their money because cases 11:49 get reappeared at higher and higher levels. You know this judge 11:53 misinterpreted. In the case of God he is the one who created the law he doesn't 12:01 need any lawyers, he doesn't need any police, he is the witness, he is the 12:06 police and he is the judge hence from God we can expect perfect justice  Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Why Bad things Happen to Good people Is God Truly Just Part 1.mp4

Live With Shree Krishna Every Moment – Work, Life, Stress… How to Remember God? | Swami Mukundananda

Live With Shree Krishna Every Moment – Work, Life, Stress… How to Remember God? | Swami Mukundananda

Ishavasya Upanishad Episode 16 Explained

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Main Text

*Main Points*

1. The Danger of Forgetfulness: Maya’s Grip Awaits
2. Only Constant Remembrance Protects from Temptations
3. Two Domains: Divine and Material—Balancing Both
4. Unshakable, Childlike Faith as the Foundation
5. Story of the Boy and the Umbrella: Faith in Action
6. Faith in Names, Forms, Pastimes—Accepting the Material World with Tact
7. Saints Practice Karma Yog: Immersed in God, Unaffected by Insults
8. Service for a Cause: True Spirituality Is Indifferent to Praise or Blame
9. Lessons in Generosity and Detachment from Other Cultures
10. Facing the World: Tact, Politeness, and Speaking Truth Kindly
11. Train the Mind: Karma Yog Links Work and Devotion
12. Religion Means to Relink—Keep God in Mind Every Moment
13. The Attachment Analogy: Mother to Child, Cow to Calf
14. Hanuman’s Secret: Calamity Is Only When God Is Forgotten
15. Bring God Everywhere—Temple to Daily Life
16. Practice the Presence: Story of the Monk and Daily Remembrance
17. Progress in Sadhana Is Gradual—Like Building a Bridge
18. Self-Check: Emotional Growth as the Barometer of Spiritual Success
19. Feedback Comes from Within—Monitor Your Anger, Reactions, Mood
20. Love God, Handle the World—This Is True Karma Yoga

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The moment you forget your lord,

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the world of maya is there to engulf

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you. And the generals of maya are kaam,

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krodh, lobh, anger, greed, desire, they

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are all there to push you. If you want

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to save yourself, don't forget your lord

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for even a moment.

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So how will you do

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that?

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There are 2 Areas of Life: Divine vs Material

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The divine area

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and the material area. How to Develop Unshakable Faith in God.

In the divine

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area,

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keep growing your love. Keep growing

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your faith.

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Make it a childlike faith.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=23

 

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Once there was a five-year drought in a

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village.

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So the villagers decided that the

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Thakurani was 15 kilometers away, if we go and

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beseech her, all of us,

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she will definitely reciprocate and

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cause the rain to come.

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All the villagers gathered and started

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going. One little boy brought an

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umbrella along. Parents, the others

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said, "Why are you bringing the umbrella

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along?"

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He said because we are going to pray for

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the rain. So if we pray, will the

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Thakurani not reciprocate? He had his

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childlike faith.

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And on the way back the rain started. He

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was the only one carrying the umbrella.

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So in the spiritual realm what we need

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is that faith in the names of God, in the

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forms of God, in the pastimes of God, in

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His virtues

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in his Abode, in the guru,

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childlike faith and in the world you

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need tact, you need to accept the world

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for what it is.

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How Saints Truly Practice Karma Yog

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Saints also come in this world and the

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world is unable to disturb them.

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One saint had taken up a charitable

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cause. Now for the sake of the cause, he

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needed money.

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Kabir ji says,

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"Let me die, but never ask anybody for

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my own sake."

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But asking for a spiritual cause, I will

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never feel embarrassed.

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I greatly appreciate the culture in

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Christians of America

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where children take great pride

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in gathering for a cause.

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They are encouraged.

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In fact, this thing we need to learn

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from the Christian culture. Anybody who

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associates with any church without

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asking they take out 10%.

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The nature of giving

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and that matter we Hindus are way way

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behind.

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One person in North Carolina, his seva,

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what he used to do, he would gather

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funds

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and send them to India for charitable

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causes. So he would just go around

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asking, asking, asking. Now this was the

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year 2011. You know, since then the

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value of the dollar has reduced to half.

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So he met me and said, swami ji, the average

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American gives $5,000 charity in a year.

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So I said how much does the average

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Indian give? He said the average Indian

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gives $250 a year. So nevertheless this

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saint he went asking and when he asked

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somebody that person spat on him.

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The saint said, "Thank you. That was for

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me. And what about for the poor children, do you

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have anything?

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This is spirituality, that nothing is

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able to disturb him.

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He has got his mind in God and he's

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going about doing his works.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=246

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How to Live in the World and Still Love God.

So how do

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you do your works? You need tact.

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Learn tact from Voltaire.

5:33

Although Voltaire was a gross materialist,

5:37

he was one of the Renaissance

5:41

writers, artists of France.

5:45

So at a time in the 18th century when

5:48

France and England were right at the top

5:52

of the world and they were great arch

5:55

enemies. Voltaire went to

5:59

London and seeing this guy, he was the

6:03

most famous French man of his time.

6:09

The Britishers were so annoyed, the

6:12

English men. They said, "We need to

6:15

punish him." He was hearing them all

6:18

discussing that we need to punish you.

6:21

We need to punish you.

6:23

He said, "Englishmen, is it not

6:26

sufficient punishment that I am not an

6:29

English man but I am a French man?" They

6:33

said, "Yeah, you have already been

6:34

punished. You're a French man."

6:38

He defused the situation by his tact.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=321

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Learn to tactfully deal with the world.

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You are a man of the world. Learn the

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ways of the world and handle the world

6:53

without any attachment.

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So speak palatably.

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Speak the truth but speak the truth

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palatably.

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Don't speak the truth that is

7:14

unpalatable and hurtful to others. You

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don't call the blind man अंधा but you call

7:22

the blind man Surdas.

7:25

You call the blind man pragya-chakshu.

7:29

It then becomes an honor. That is why

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the English language has changed from

7:34

the days we were in school. Now from

7:37

being handicapped, people are called

7:41

differently-abled.

7:44

What a beautiful word.

7:46

7:48

So people who are intelligent,

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they know how to speak words that

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please,

7:58

words that are effective, words that are

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progressive, words that are

8:04

enlightening.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=402

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Train Your Mind to Remember Krishna Always

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That is what this mantra is telling us

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that handle the world and at the same

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time “sambhuti”,

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keep your love for God

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and keep your love for God alone.

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This is karma yog. Actually the word

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religion from Latin it comes re+legion

8:35

means re-link, reconnect with God. We have

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got disconnected with God, to establish that

8:42

connection is religion and that is what

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is karma yoga. Yoga means union

8:50

and that union will come with the mind.

8:53

So when you keep your mind in God,

8:57

you are now practicing religion,

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you are now a yogi with the mind in God

9:05

and doing your worldly works.

9:09

So the verse is saying that keep your

9:12

mind in God for each moment. If

9:17

the mind comes away from God, it'll go

9:20

to the world.

9:22

So keep the attachment in God

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just like a mother.

9:31

She may be working all day long but the

9:35

attachment is in the little one. I hope

9:38

my child is not crying. I hope my child

9:41

is okay.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=484

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Kabir ji said take inspiration

9:45

from the cow. If you think you are

9:48

attached to your children, the cow is

9:51

many times more attached.

9:55

So the cow when it's taken to graze, it

9:58

leaves its little calf but keeps on

10:01

thinking of it. Cow’s “chitt” is in the calf.

10:05

And even while grazing, the thoughts,

10:08

whatever level of thoughts a cow can

10:10

have, emotions are there.

10:14

Sometimes they grow so deep that the

10:18

grass falls off from its mouth and then

10:22

while it is returning

10:24

the cow coming close to the cow shed the

10:30

gow shala, it breaks into a run and

10:33

starts mooing to meet its little one.

10:37

So the mind's attachment remains in the

10:40

calf and it is going about its works.

10:46

So Saint Kabir says

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cow never forgets its child. You should never

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forget your Lord.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=581

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The moment you forget your Lord,

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the world of Maya is there to engulf

11:14

you. And the generals of Maya

11:18

are kaam, kordh, lobh, anger, greed,

11:24

desire,

11:26

they are all there to push you. If you

11:30

want to save yourself, yoke your mind to

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God.

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That is why Hanuman ji says

11:45

there is only one calamity & that is

11:49

when you forget God. That is why Narad ji in his

11:53

Bhakti Darshan says don't forget your lord for even

11:58

a moment.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=667

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So how will you do that?

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The practice of karm yog. When you come to the temple, charge up your spiritual

12:12

batteries and your consciousness.

12:15

And when you walk out of the temple,

12:18

take your Lord along with you. He is

12:21

with me. He is my witness.

12:25

He is my protector. He is enjoyer of the

12:29

fruits of my actions.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=721

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Practicing the Presence of God Daily

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So keep God with you wherever you go,

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whatever you do.

12:39

This is the practice of the presence of

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God.

12:45

There was one monk in England in the

12:49

12th century called Lawrence.

12:52

He was a monk in a little monastery.

12:57

He used to maintain a diary and he

13:00

passed away. When he passed away, the

13:02

diary fell in the hands of people. They

13:05

read it and they said, "Oh my god,

13:08

words of such wisdom."

13:11

He was later recognized.

13:14

His remains were taken out from there

13:17

and put in the most important place in

13:19

England.

13:22

And the book was published, practice of

13:25

the presence of God.

13:27

He says out there exactly the same

13:29

thing. He says, "If I was a preacher,

13:33

I would preach nothing but the practice

13:37

of the presence of God."

13:39

So when you practice the presence of

13:42

God,

13:43

you are practicing to yoke your mind in

13:47

God and using your tact your intellect,

13:54

your social finesse.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=749

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Now the goal is to have your mind

14:07

constantly in God.

14:11

As we discussed, it should not come off

14:14

off even for a moment. But reaching

14:18

there will be a journey.

14:22

People practice it for a little while

14:25

and when they forget God, they say, "Oh

14:27

my god, this is so difficult."

14:30

So I tried and I was not able to do it.

14:33

My mind came away. So remember progress

14:37

will always be one little delta at a

14:41

time.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=843

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A very interesting tale is of the

14:45

connection between the US and Canada. In

14:49

the 19th century, animosity was rampant

14:53

between the two great neighbors.

14:56

It was decided to bring the countries

14:59

and their peoples together. We must

15:02

build a bridge over the Niagara.

15:06

So a place was chosen. But the problem

15:10

was that the water speed was so rapid

15:16

and the turbulence of the river it was

15:18

an impossible engineering feat. So

15:22

finally

15:24

one engineer called Theodore Hewlett in

15:29

the year 1846

15:32

he hit upon an idea.

15:35

He said let us throw a rope across.

15:40

But how do you throw a rope across such

15:43

a huge river?

15:45

So he organized a kite flying

15:48

competition from both sides.

15:52

and said, "Whoever can drop their kite

15:54

on the other side will win."

15:58

Finally,

16:00

after a few months, Homan Walsh from the

16:04

Canadian side, he managed to drop his

16:07

kite on the American side.

16:10

And then what they did was they started

16:12

pulling the thread and to it they tied a

16:16

heavier thread. And to that they tied a

16:19

heavier thread. To that they tied a tiny

16:22

rope and then a bigger rope. And finally

16:26

they had a half inch diameter rope

16:29

across. And the announcement was made.

16:32

Today we have connected America and

16:36

Canada with a half inch cord. So slowly

16:41

they made it bigger and bigger and

16:44

finally the bridge was constructed which

16:48

exists till today. This progress

16:51

happened slowly.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=881

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The Way to Measure Your Spiritual Progress.

So remember you will

16:55

also progress in your sadhana slowly but

17:00

a sadhak

17:02

should keep this awareness.

17:05

Am I progressing?

17:08

Am I growing in my tolerance, in my

17:11

wisdom, in my emotional stability?

17:16

How am I doing as a sadhak?

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=1011

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Look at this smart kid, high school kid.

17:23

He wanted a summer assignment.

17:27

So he went to the paid phone at the mall

17:33

and he rang up a number and said, "Sir,

17:38

you had a vacancy for an office boy.

17:42

Is it still available? Can I apply for

17:44

it?"

17:47

The person on the other side said that

17:50

we employed a boy one week ago. So very

17:54

sorry. There is no vacancy now. He

17:58

said sir it's possible the boy is not

18:01

doing well and the job may fall again.

18:04

How is the boy doing?

18:07

So the voice came that the boy is doing

18:10

absolutely fine and we still have no

18:13

vacancies. He put the phone down and he

18:16

said yippee.

18:19

The shopkeeper said, "Look, your job is

18:23

taken by someone and that person is

18:25

doing well. So why are you celebrating?"

18:28

He said, "I am the boy who's been

18:30

engaged.

18:32

I was just checking how are they

18:34

thinking I'm doing."

18:38

So the feedback loop now in this case it

18:41

is your own feedback, your own self

18:46

Awareness.

https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=1039

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18:47

The effort you are putting in you don't

18:50

need to go and ask Gurudev please tell me

18:53

now where have I reached ?

18:56

You judge for yourself, has your anger

18:59

Reduced ?

19:00

are you feeling less hurt nowadays ?

19:04

are you having less mood swings ?

19:07

If all these things are happening, it

19:10

means that you are progressing.

19:13

The अंतह करण (the mind) is getting cleansed.

19:16

So what a beautiful verse this is. Love

19:19

God and handle the world. This is the

19:22

karm yoga

19:24

That Gita teaches, that Sri Kripalu ji maharaj taught us.

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