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https://youtu.be/4U-A91wjy5E Main Points: 1 एक नौका में कुछ लोग नदी पार कर रहे थे, सामने भँवर आ गया, केवट ने कहा कि यह नौका भँवर की ओर खिंचती जा रही है, यह मेरे कंट्रोल से बाहर चली गई है, आप लोग भगवान से प्रार्थना करो, अब तो भगवान ही बचाए, वहां पर जो 101 लोग थे नौका में, हलचल मच गया, एक जो दुर्गा जी का उपासक था उसने दुर्गा सप्त शती को निकाला, उसको पढ़ने लगा, हनुमान जी के उपासक ने हनुमान चालीसा शुरू कर दिया, श्री कृष्ण भक्त अपना हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण बोले, कोई जय सिया राम बोले, कोई ओम नमः शिवाय, एक साधु बाबा था नौका में, उसने अपना कमंडल और नदी का जल लेकर, नौका में भरने लग गया जय सियाराम जय सियाराम जय सियाराम, लोगों ने कहा महात्मा जी आप क्या कर रहे हैं, वैसे ही इतनी नाजुक स्थिति है और आप हमको मरवाने की व्यवस्था में लगे हैं, महात्मा जी कुछ सुना ही नहीं अपनी स्पीड को बढ़ा दिया जय सियाराम जय सियाराम https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=43 2 10 मिनट के बाद केवट ने घोषणा की कि भँवर तो दूर हो गया, चिंता की बात नहीं है, सब ठीक है, अब महात्मा जी नौका में पानी भर चुके थे, उसको बाहर निकालने लगे जय सियाराम जय सियाराम जय सियाराम, लोगों ने कहा बाबा जी हमको तो पहले ही doubt था कि बाबाओं का screw ढीला है, क्यों संसार को छोड़ के साधु बन गए, लेकिन आपके तो लगते हैं चारों ही ढीले हैं, पहले नदी का जल नौका में भर रहे थे, अब नौका का जल नदी में डाल रहे हैं, आपके कार्यों का कारण क्या है https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=127 3 बाबा जी ने कहा भैया मैं तो केवल भगवान की शरणागति का प्रयास कर रहा था, अब भगवान की क्या इच्छा है, जीव को अनुमान लगाना पड़ता है, भगवत प्राप्ति के बाद तो ठीक ठीक पता चल जाए, उससे पहले तो idea लगाना पड़ता है कि भगवान की ऐसी इच्छा होगी, तो जब केवट ने कहा कि बचने का कोई hope ही नहीं, मैंने कहा भगवान चाहते हैं हम लोग मर जाए, अच्छा चलो मैं उनकी help कर देता हूं, यानी बाबा जी अपने जीवन से इतने अनासक्त कि भगवान मरवाना चाहते हैं तो मैं उनकी help करता हूं क्या प्रॉब्लम है, फिर केवट ने कहा, नहीं नहीं, भँवर तो दूर हो गया, मैंने कहा शायद भगवान mind change कर लिए या फिर मैंने ही भगवान के mind को ठीक ठीक नहीं समझा, तो इसलिए भगवान हमको बचाना चाह रहे हैं, तो फिर से उनकी help कर देता हूं, अब यह तो विनोद (हंसी) की बात हुई लेकिन सिद्धांत स्पष्ट हो गया कि उनकी इच्छा के विपरीत कुछ इच्छा मत रखना https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=170 4 इसी के साथ तीसरी बात भी आती है, विश्वास रखना कि वह मेरी रक्षा कर रहे हैं, क्यों अरे, वह तो सभी की रक्षा करते हैं, यह चींटियों की भी करते हैं और जितने पशु पक्षी हैं, उनकी भी करते हैं, कितने अरबों खरबों पक्षी आकाश में उड़ते हैं प्रतिदिन उनको भोजन की आवश्यकता पड़ती है, भगवान सबकी व्यवस्था करते हैं, क्या आपने देखा कि यह 25 पक्षी भूख के कारण मारे गए और नीचे गिर गए ? अब खरबों चींटिया, देखिए कोई चींटी कोई भूखी जाती है क्या ? भगवान उसकी भी देखभाल करते हैं बड़े बड़े हाथी की भी, एक मन खा लेते हैं, भगवान तो विश्वंभर है, तो जो विश्व के रक्षक हैं, अगर भक्त उनकी शरण में जाएगा, भला वह उस भक्त की देखभाल क्यों नहीं करेंगे ? यह विश्वास रखना, यही विश्वास शरणागति का लक्षण है https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=242 5 यही तो अर्जुन में था जब महाभारत युद्ध के समय भीष्म ने प्रतिज्ञा कर दी, दुर्योधन ने taunt किया, पितामह को कि आप पांडवों के साथ लिहाज कर रहे हैं, आप चाहते तो सबको मार सकते थे, आपके पास ऐसा पराक्रम है, भीष्म को बुरा लगा, भीष्म ने कहा मैं प्रतिज्ञा करता हूं कल सूर्यास्त तक या तो उनके सर्वश्रेष्ठ धनुर्धर धारी अर्जुन को मार डालूंगा या फिर एक ही उपाय है उसकी रक्षा का, कि श्री कृष्ण को वचन तोड़कर शस्त्र उठाने होंगे, तो अब यह संकल्प भीष्म का घोषित हुआ लोगों को जानकारी मिल गई, श्री कृष्ण के पास भी आया तो श्री कृष्ण भी चिंता में, पूरे पांडवों के शिविर में लोग चिंता में डूबे, कल क्या होगा, श्री कृष्ण चिंता करते रात के 2 बजे विचार आया कि मैं इतना परेशान हूं कल के लिए, अर्जुन की क्या हालत होगी, मृत्यु तो अर्जुन की घोषित हुई है, चलो जाकर उसका हौसला बढ़ाऊं, वे अपने तंबू से बाहर निकले और अर्जुन जहां सोता था वहां तक पहुंचे, खर्राटों की आवाज आई, अर्जुन निश्चिंत होकर सो रहा था, श्री कृष्ण ने कहा वाह ऐसी बेपरवाही की नींद, उठाया अपने सखा को, पार्थ अर्जुन ने कहा, अरे श्याम सुंदर, आप सोए नहीं, श्री कृष्ण ने कहा तुमको पता नहीं कि क्या प्रतिज्ञा हुई है, अर्जुन ने कहा महाराज मुझे भी text मैसेज मिल गया था, तो तुझे चिंता नहीं है ? अर्जुन ने कहा देखिए महाराज मेरी रक्षा के लिए आप इतने चिंतित है, आपको दो बजे तक नींद नहीं आई, तो जब आप मेरे लिए इतने परेशान हैं फिर मैं अपने लिए क्या परेशान हो जाऊँ ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=316 6 भगवान कहते हैं ऐसी शरणागति जब तुम्हारी हो जाएगी, तब जाकर वो “माम एकम शरणम व्रज” में जो शर्त रखी है गीता में, वह पूरी हो जाएगी और हम कृपा कर देंगें भगवान की गीता में रखी हुई “Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear”. https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/18/66/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U-A91wjy5E&t=467 Transcript 0:00 विश्वास रखना वो मेरी रक्षा कर रहे हैं अब 0:06 बाबा जी हमको तो पहले ही डाउट रहता कि 0:10 बाबाओ का स्क्रू ढीला है क्यों संसार को 0:13 छोड़ के साधु बन गए लेकिन आपके तो लगते 0:16 हैं चारों ही ढीले हैं आपके कार्यों का कारण 0:20 क्या है अब भगवान की क्या इच्छा है जीव को 0:25 अनुमान लगाना पड़ता ना भगवान तो विश्वंभर 0:29 हैं तो जो विश्व के रक्षक हैं अगर भक्त 0:34 उनकी शरण में जाएगा भला वह उस भक्त की 0:38 देखभाल क्यों नहीं 0:43 करेंगे एक नौका में कुछ लोग नदी पार कर 0:48 रहे थे नर्मदा को पार कर रहे थे अब 0:52 सामने भँवर आ गया केवट ने कहा कि यह नौका 0:58 भँवर की ओर खिंचती जा रही है यह मेरे कंट्रोल से 1:01 बाहर चली गई है आप लोग भगवान से प्रार्थना 1:05 करो अब तो भगवान ही 1:07 बचाए वहां पर जो 101 लोग थे नौका में हलचल 1:12 मच गया एक जो दुर्गा जी का उपासक था उसने 1:16 दुर्गा सप्त शती को निकाला उसको पढ़ने लगा 1:20 हनुमान जी के उपासक ने हनुमान चालीसा शुरू 1:23 कर दिया श्री कृष्ण भक्त अपना हरे कृष्ण 1:26 हरे कृष्ण बोले कोई जय सियाराम बोले कोई 1:30 ओम नमः 1:31 शिवाय एक साधु बाबा था नौका में उसने अपना 1:36 कमंडल लिया कमंडल होता है ना वैराग्य का 1:40 और नदी का जल लेकर नौका में भरने लग गया 1:44 जय 1:45 सियाराम जय 1:48 सियाराम जय 1:51 सियाराम लोगों ने कहा महात्मा जी आप क्या 1:54 कर रहे हैं वैसे ही इतनी नाजुक स्थिति है और आप 1:57 हमको मरवाने की व्यवस्था में लगे हैं 2:01 महात्मा जी कुछ सुना ही नहीं अपनी स्पीड 2:04 को बढ़ा दिया जय सियाराम जय सियाराम जय 2:07 सियाराम 10 मिनट के बाद केवट ने घोषणा की 2:11 कि भँवर तो दूर हो गया चिंता की बात नहीं 2:15 है बस सब ठीक है अब महात्मा जी नौका में 2:20 पानी भर चुके थे उसको बाहर निकालने लगे जय 2:23 सियाराम जय सियाराम जय 2:26 सियाराम लोगों ने कहा बाबा जी हमको तो 2:30 पहले ही डाउट रहता कि बाबाओ का स्क्रू 2:32 ढीला है क्यों संसार को छोड़ के साधु बन 2:35 गए लेकिन आपके तो लगते हैं चारों ही 2:39 ढीले हैं पहले नदी का जल नौका में भर रहे थे 2:43 अब नौका का जल नदी में डाल रहे हैं आपके 2:47 कार्यों का कारण क्या 2:50 है बाबा जी ने कहा 2:52 भैया मैं तो केवल भगवान की शरणागति का 2:57 प्रयास कर रहा था 3:00 अब भगवान की क्या इच्छा है जीव को अनुमान 3:04 लगाना पड़ता है भगवत प्राप्ति के बाद तो 3:08 ठीक ठीक पता चल जाए उससे पहले तो आईडिया 3:11 लगाना पड़ता है भगवान की ऐसी इच्छा 3:15 होगी तो जब केवट ने कहा कि बचने का कोई 3:18 होप ही नहीं मैंने कहा भगवान चाहते हैं हम 3:22 लोग मर जाए अच्छा चलो मैं उनकी हेल्प कर 3:24 देता 3:26 हूं यानी बाबा जी अपने जीवन से इतने अनासक्त 3:30 भगवान मरवाना चाहते हैं तो मैं उनकी हेल्प 3:33 करता हूं क्या 3:34 प्रॉब्लम है फिर केवट ने कहा नहीं नहीं भँवर 3:37 तो दूर हो 3:38 गया मैंने कहा शायद भगवान माइंड चेंज कर 3:42 लिए या फिर मैंने ही भगवान के माइंड को 3:46 ठीक ठीक नहीं समझा तो इसलिए भगवान हमको 3:50 बचाना चाह रहे हैं तो फिर से उनकी हेल्प 3:52 कर देता हूं अब यह तो विनोद की बात हुई 3:55 लेकिन सिद्धांत स्पष्ट हो गया कि उनकी 3:59 इच्छा के विपरीत इच्छा मत 4:02 रखना अब इसी के साथ तीसरी बात भी आती है 4:07 विश्वास रखना वह मेरी रक्षा कर रहे 4:15 हैं क्यों अरे वह तो सभी की रक्षा करते 4:20 हैं यह जो चींटिया इनकी भी करते हैं और 4:24 जितने पशु पक्षी हैं उनकी भी करते हैं 4:27 कितने अरबों खरबों पक्षी आकाश में उड़ते 4:31 हैं प्रतिदिन उनको भोजन की आवश्यकता पड़ती 4:34 है भगवान सबकी व्यवस्था करते हैं क्या 4:39 आपने देखा कि यह 25 पक्षी भूख के कारण 4:42 मारे गए और नीचे गिर 4:44 गए अब खरबों 4:48 चींटिया देखिए वह चींटी कोई भूखी जाती है 4:52 क्या? भगवान उसकी भी देखभाल करते हैं बड़े बड़े 4:56 हाथी की भी एक मन खा लेते 5:00 भगवान तो विश्वंभर है तो जो विश्व के 5:05 रक्षक हैं अगर भक्त उनकी शरण में जाएगा 5:09 भला वह उस भक्त की देखभाल क्यों नहीं 5:12 करेंगे यह विश्वास 5:16 रखना यही विश्वास शरणागति का लक्षण है यही 5:20 तो अर्जुन में था जब महाभारत युद्ध के समय 5:25 भीष्म ने प्रतिज्ञा कर दी दुर्योधन ने taunt 5:29 किया पितामह को कि आप पांडवों के साथ 5:33 लिहाज कर रहे हैं आप चाहते तो सबको मार सकते 5:37 थे आपके पास ऐसा पराक्रम 5:40 है भीष्म को बुरा लगा भीष्म ने कहा मैं 5:44 प्रतिज्ञा करता हूं कल सूर्यास्त तक या तो 5:48 उनके सर्वश्रेष्ठ धनुर्धर धारी 5:52 अर्जुन को मार डालूंगा या फिर एक ही उपाय 5:56 है उसकी रक्षा का कि श्री कृष्ण को वचन 6:01 तोड़कर शस्त्र उठाने 6:04 होंगे तो अब यह संकल्प भीष्म का घोषित हुआ 6:09 लोगों को जानकारी मिल 6:12 गई वह सोशल मीडिया से वायरल चला गया और 6:17 श्री कृष्ण के पास भी आया तो श्री कृष्ण 6:20 भी चिंता में पूरे पांडवों के शिविर में 6:23 लोग चिंता में डूबे, कल क्या होगा 6:27 श्री कृष्ण चिंता करते रात के 2 बजे 6:31 विचार आया कि मैं इतना परेशान हूं कल के 6:35 लिए अर्जुन की क्या हालत होगी मृत्यु तो 6:38 अर्जुन की घोषित हुई चलो जाकर उसका हौसला 6:43 बढ़ाऊं वे अपने तंबू से बाहर निकले और 6:46 अर्जुन 6:48 जहां सोता था वहां तक 6:50 पहुंचे खर्राटों की आवाज आई अर्जुन 6:54 निश्चिंत होकर सो रहा 6:58 था श्री कृष्णा ने कहा वाह ऐसी बेपरवाही 7:03 की नींद उठाया अपने सखा 7:06 को पार्थ ने कहा अरे श्याम सुंदर आप सोए 7:12 नहीं श्री कृष्णा ने कहा तुमको पता नहीं 7:16 कि क्या प्रतिज्ञा हुई 7:18 है अर्जुन ने कहा महाराज मुझे भी text मैसेज 7:22 मिल गया था तो तुझे चिंता नहीं है अर्जुन 7:26 ने कहा देखिए महाराज मेरी रक्षा के लिए आप 7:30 इतने चिंतित है आपको दो बजे तक नींद ही 7:34 नहीं आई तो जब आप मेरे लिए इतने परेशान हैं 7:38 फिर मैं अपने लिए क्या परेशान हो जाऊँ 7:42 “व्यास भरोसे कुंवरी के सोवत पाँव पसार” 7:47 भगवान कहते हैं ऐसी शरणागति जब तुम्हारी 7:52 हो 7:53 जाएगी तब 7:56 जाकर वो “माम एकम शरणम व्रज” में जो शर्त 8:02 रखी है गीता में वह पूरी हो जाएगी और हम 8:05 कृपा कर देंगें Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): भगवान को प्रसन्न करने का सरल उपाय @SwamiMukundanandaHindi.mp4
How to do Bhakti while performing worldly duties? | Devotion through Karmyog by Swami Mukundanand
Main Points:
1 my question is how to maintain spiritual practice in material world, especially in work place where there are few negative vibes or negative people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=14 2 it is not easy because until the mind is mastered, the outside environment affects it, and the mind takes on that quality - so if you are in the midst of worldly people, the mind becomes worldly, if you go in the midst of holy people the mind becomes holy that is the natural process and when even in the midst of worldly people you want to keep your mind divine then you have to work hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=44 3 that means you check your thoughts, the external work remains the same but internally we start replacing the thoughts, so whenever we are doing something, we can start changing our perspective that this world is given to me by God, as a duty let me do it as a service to Him, now the work remains the same but you have connected to Divine or another way to connect, you can think that see in even to do bhakti, I need money, so I am earning money because with this, I will be able to do bhakti, so in this way somehow or the other you tie up your thoughts with the Divine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=85 4 and an easy way to do it is to practice the presence of God, so whenever you go to the office think Shri Krishna is there, my gurudev is there, they are watching me, they are my witness and my protectors, now I will work, so this consciousness will come that I am working for their pleasure, the kartitva abhiman, that I am the doer, will start getting dissolved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=145 5 and as we practice, we will reach the stage of karma yoga, so karma yoga means you are doing your karma but internally you are in yoga, the mind is united in divine consciousness, all the thoughts they become imbued with God consciousness and that stage is reached through practice, practice, practice and more practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=176 Transcript 0:14 my question is how to maintain spiritual 0:17 practice 0:18 in material world especially in work 0:20 place where there are 0:21 few negative vibes or negative people 0:27 how to maintain your spiritual practice 0:30 in the workplace first of all 0:32 very happy to know that you are on this 0:34 journey connected with 0:36 jk yoga and our teachings 0:39 now to answer your question 0:44 it is not easy because 0:48 until the mind is mastered 0:51 the outside environment affects it 0:56 and the mind takes on that quality 0:59 so if you are in the midst of worldly 1:02 people the mind becomes 1:03 worldly if you go in the midst of holy 1:07 people the mind becomes holy 1:10 that is the natural process and when you 1:13 need to do the rules that even in the 1:16 midst of worldly people you want to 1:18 keep your mind divine 1:22 then you have to work hard 1:25 to get there that means 1:28 you check your thoughts 1:32 the external work remains the same 1:35 internally we start replacing the 1:38 thoughts 1:40 so whenever we are doing something we 1:43 can start 1:44 changing our perspective this world is 1:47 given to me by god 1:50 as a duty let me do it 1:53 as a service to him now the work is 1:56 remaining the same 1:58 but you have connected 2:01 or another way to connect you can think 2:04 that see in even to do bhakti i need 2:08 money 2:10 so i am earning money because 2:13 with this i will be able to do bhakti 2:17 so in this way somehow or the other you 2:20 tie up your thoughts with the divine 2:25 and an easy way to do it is to practice 2:29 the presence of god 2:32 so whenever you go to the 2:33 office 2:35 think shri Krishna is there my gurudev is 2:39 there 2:40 they are watching me they are my witness 2:44 and my protectors now i will work 2:48 so this consciousness will come and 2:50 working for their pleasure 2:52 the kartitva abhiman that i am the doer 2:56 will start getting dissolved an easy way 3:00 and as we practice we will reach the 3:04 stage of 3:05 karma yoga so karma yoga means 3:09 you are doing your karma but internally 3:12 you are in yoga the mind 3:16 is united in divine consciousness 3:26 all the thoughts they become imbued with 3:30 god consciousness 3:32 and that stage is reached through 3:34 practice 3:35 practice practice and more practice 3:38 thank you
God Has a Bigger Plan for you - You'll NEVER Worry Again if you Realize this
https://youtu.be/p62OMtcfKiM
Main Points: 1 Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 verse 16
"My devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and not striving for some result, is very dear to Me". https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/12/16/
because they have understood that no matter how much you get, the inner state will remain the same, so they value something else beyond worldly gain, it's all a question of your values https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=16 2 some ignorant (short sighted) persons take bribe as they think that money is everything & the worldly gain is the highest thing -that is their value system, yet some others think pleasing God is the highest thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=150 3 listen to what Bahubali did, son of Rishabhdeva - when he was about to become King, how he finally realized & said “I forgot to respect my elders, fie (used to express disgust or outrage) upon this Kingdom that made me behave like this, I don't want it (all the kingdom), it's all yours (his brother Bharat) and he walked off into the forest and became a monk ; so imagine his indifference to worldly gain and what enabled him to have that indifference - his value system which said there's something more important than worldly gain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=218 4 likewise, the saints say look, the most valuable thing in the world is the nature of our inner self because that is what will please God; in that matter, there should be no compromise - if I need to reject some material things I will do it and that rejection happens easily. Why does it happen easily for the devotee because the devotee has got another inner treasure and in front of that inner treasure, this worldly treasure looks puny (small), just like if you are in the dark and someone gives you a lamp you'll say wow he's giving me such a big thing BUT if you are standing in the midday sun and somebody gives you a lamp, you say, put it there by the side because you got the midday Sun, so to be able to reject worldly pleasures like that you have to have the inner treasures (of taste of Godly divine bliss & fearlessness) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=415 5 and that is why Lord Krishna says, My devotees, O Arjun, are indifferent to worldly gain and then He Purifying your Mind and Heart says “shuchi” (clean, pure) they are internally and externally pure - internally pure because the heart is the temple for God, so as Shri Aurobindo said you must keep the temple of your heart clean if you wish to install God in your heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=490 6 supposing you go to your friend's house and you find that in the friend's living room, there are five dead cockroaches lying there, are you going to remain there for long in this filthy place ? You’ll like to get out of here immediately, likewise we say O God please come and reside in my heart and God says look you've got anger and greed and desire and hatred and envy, clean all this up then you call me. So that is why the devote is in internally pure and then the external becomes a reflection of it, so the external is what we learned in childhood that cleanliness is next to Godliness - but now the internal cleanliness automatically leads to external cleanliness, so “shuchi” is required https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=537 7 The Power of Practice Daksha (skillful), the devote is skillful - why is it that everybody is not skillful ? because it takes effort to be skillful, you need to apply yourself, to dedicate yourself to master your craft or trade or whatever you are doing, if you wish to really do something well, you need to exert yourself but people take the shorter & easier path of no exertion / effort, that is why there's so much of competition at ordinary level but at extraordinary level there is very little competition because very few people exert themselves to become extraordinary. The devote has got a motivation to do the best and that motivation is because the devotee consecrates (dedicate formally to a divine purpose) the work to the Supreme God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=591 8 some say that I am so renounced I've renounced my seva as well but it's not right. Actually, you should renounce the fruits of the seva but not the seva itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=668 9 CEO of IBM Thomas Watson, his slogan in the days when IBM was right at the top, his slogan was as of this moment stop doing anything less than excellent work, so don't make perfection your goal as that will be a neurotic Behavior because when you find a defect, then you will go into depression, why am I not perfect ? So make excellence your goal, am I doing the best that I can do ? even then there will be mistakes but I need to exert myself to the utmost and that is what brings about growth in skill and talent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=686 10 Anders Ericson, he is the master in the topic of practice, he says that hundreds of thousands, millions of people practice golf all their life but there is no growth in skill, so who says practice makes perfect ? You can keep practicing tennis - does everybody become like a superstar in tennis ? he says it is deliberate practice which means every time you are practicing, you are exerting yourself - what are my shortcomings, push yourself to eliminate them and that is how we grow our talents. Virat Kohli, when he was like superstar of the world in cricket, I just read his testimonial, he said when he goes to practice at the nets every day, he goes with this mindset that in these two hours, I need to improve in some department of the game and that is deliberate practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=745 11 so when you decide what I'm doing is for the sake of God, then He must be offered the best that we can offer and that is why in the field of devotion, you find everything super excellent - whether it is literature or it is singing or it is dancing - because the devotee is skillful in the service of God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=827 12 How to give up Worries? “udasin” means without cares, First ask yourself “is there something that's troubling you in life” ? yes, can you do something about it ? yes, then why worry but if you cannot do something about it, then also why to worry because you cannot do anything about it? In any case why worry ? But the devote has a greater reason not to worry - the devote has a trust that O God, I can't understand why these things are happening, I really feel that I should be having the best career and I should be having this way but things are not going on the way I aspire, nevertheless O God I realize that You must have a greater plan for me and these difficulties are part of Your plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=866 13 if all our wishes could get fulfilled today, we may not become the way God wants us to become, because we are like the children in the jewelry shop. You put a child in the jewelry shop and you put the chocolate in front and say beta take what you want, is the child going to take the $50,000 Diamond ? the child only understands this Hershey chocolate is so delicious. So likewise, if God says take what you want, then what will we say O God, give me a trip around the world but if we leave it to God - may my Lord please don't do what I ask You to do, because my desires are all wrong, my intellect is material, You decide what is good for me and then you do accordingly with me my Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=946 14 God has a Bigger plan for you - Have Faith devotee says to Lo Surrender myself to to You, You henceforth become the Director of my life and supposing we insist that God, it has to be that way, now God is also a gentleman, He may say all right, okay, let it be, if you're insisting so much and so many times we have seen in life that if you insist something must happen and it does happen, later on you say what a mess it is so. Rather than that, the devote says I do my best my Lord and then leave all these plans at Your feet - whether You sanction them or reject them - because I understand there's a greater plan which You have for me and for everybody else https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=1015 15 now you people are ambitious for your children, what do you think ? is God not ambitious for all of us ? You are also strict with your child, the child doesn't appreciate the strictness - I wanted that chocolate cake fifth helping but mommy did not give it, I was just watching video games and Papa said stand up against the wall, papa is so bad. Papa says beta, when you grow up then you will realize that papa was doing it for your welfare. Likewise we also complain God did not fulfill this or that desire of mine but we must realize that He has got a greater plan for us - that faith is there in the heart of the devote - I don't understand all things I leave it to You, O God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=1074 16 one child’s grandmother was knitting a sweater, so the child says Dadi what are you doing, she said I'm knitting a sweater for you. He looked from this side he said Dadi what is all this mess ? this is not a sweater. Grandmother said my child come and look at it from my side, child came around and looked and a beautiful pattern was getting created so from his side it was looking like a mess but from the grandmother's side it was falling into place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=1127 17 likewise, from our side, we may say everything is wrong BUT God says don't worry, everything is under my Dominion, you just do your bit and you leave the rest to Me, so the devotee is Make a Promise – Never Worry Again without care. So let us make a resolve, you touch your neighbor on the shoulder and say from today I will be without care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62OMtcfKiM&t=1167 Transcript (checked all Transcript, now make main points) Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 verse 16 0:16 those who are indifferent to 0:23 worldly 0:25 gain externally and internally pure 0:31 skillful without cares untroubled and 0:35 free from 0:37 selfishness in all 0:39 undertakings such devotees of mine are 0:43 very dear to me How to get your Value system Right? 2:01 they are indifferent to worldly gain and 2:05 why because they have understood that no 2:09 matter how much you get the inner state 2:13 will remain the 2:17 same so they 2:19 value something else Beyond worldly gain 2:25 it's all a question of your values 2:30 now somebody is in the office in the 2:32 government 2:34 office and another person comes up and 2:37 says can you break this rule for me says 2:41 no I'll give you 2:43 $500 no I'll give you 2:47 $10,000 impossible 100,000 okay put it 2:53 here see these values are 2:56 important but 100,000 is more important 3:00 so the decision is made based on the 3:03 values we have now everybody's got 3:06 different values if your values say that 3:11 worldly gain is the highest thing then 3:14 you will say any which way let's have 3:16 the worldly again why not but if your 3:20 values say that no you know this is not 3:24 as valuable as people are making it out 3:27 to be then you will go by your other 3:33 values so you will be 3:37 indifferent 3:38 so take a look at what bahubali did 3:45 Rishabhdeva we have heard his name from the 3:48 Srimad Bhagavatam he was also the first Tirthankar in 3:51 the Jain 3:53 religion so Rishabhdeva before retiring 3:57 to the 3:58 forest he divided his kingdom amongst 4:01 his nine 4:03 Sons now the eldest Bharat had aspirations 4:07 of being Emperor chakravarti 4:11 samrat so he started subjugating his 4:15 brothers and getting their Kingdom under 4:18 his 4:20 Dominion but there was one problem one 4:24 of the brothers bahubali he 4:27 resisted Bharat had grown very fast 4:29 powerful and bahubali said so what I got 4:33 this Kingdom from my father who is Bharat 4:37 to cast his evil eye on my 4:40 share so a war became inevitable between 4:44 the two brothers and counselors on both 4:47 sides said why do have a 4:50 war look you are brothers avoid 4:53 Bloodshed settle this in a more amicable 4:57 fashion let us have a wrestling match 5:00 between the two of you without any 5:03 weapons so bahubali and Bharat they got 5:08 into a wrestling match and bahubali was 5:13 dominating until Bharat realized that he 5:16 is going to 5:17 lose so finally against the rules of the 5:21 contest Bharat invoked a weapon he had got 5:25 from his father called the chakra 5:28 ratna and he discharged it towards 5:32 bahubali however the chakra ratna went 5:35 to bahubali and 5:37 stopped Barat had forgotten the rules of 5:40 the weapon it cannot be used against 5:43 family 5:44 members now bahubali got 5:47 annoyed you took recourse 5:52 to Injustice how dare you in his anger 5:57 he had twice the strength he lifted Bharat 6:01 and threw him on the ground and got onto 6:03 his chest and I was about to smash him 6:06 to 6:08 death when he suddenly 6:12 regretted and he jumped off and he said 6:15 forgive me dear 6:17 brother in my Greed for the kingdom I 6:20 forgot to respect my elders Fie (used to express disgust or outrage) upon this 6:24 Kingdom that made me behave like this I 6:27 don't want it it's all yours and he 6:30 walked off into the forest and became a 6:32 monk so imagine his 6:35 indifference to worldly gain and what 6:40 enabled him to have that indifference 6:43 his value system which said there's 6:45 something more important than this it is 6:49 the life that I lead it is the way I 6:53 become from inside which is more 6:55 important likewise the saints say look 7:00 the most valuable thing in the world is 7:05 the nature of our inner 7:08 self because that is what will please 7:11 God in that matter there should be no 7:15 compromise if I need to reject some 7:19 material things I will do it and that 7:24 rejection happens 7:27 easily why does it happen easily for the 7:30 devotee because the devotee has got 7:33 another treasure this is the inner 7:37 treasure and in front of that inner 7:39 treasure this treasure looks 7:42 puny just like if you are in the dark 7:45 and someone gives you a lamp you'll say 7:49 wow he's giving me such a big thing and 7:53 if you are standing in the midday sun 7:55 and somebody gives you a lamp you say 7:57 yeah put it there by the side because 7:59 you got the midday Sun so to be able to 8:04 reject worldly pleasures like that you 8:07 have to have the inner 8:10 treasures and that is why Lord Krishna 8:15 says my devotees O Arjun are 8:19 indifferent to worldly gain and then he Purifying your Mind and Heart 8:23 says 8:25 shuchi they are internally and 8:28 externally 8:31 pure internally 8:34 pure because the heart is the temple for 8:39 God so as Shri Aurobindo said you must keep 8:43 the Temple of your heart clean if you 8:47 wish to install therein the living 8:51 presence if you want to bring God in 8:53 your heart God says look clean it 8:57 up supposing you go to your friend's 9:01 house and you find that in the friend's 9:04 living room there are five dead 9:05 cockroaches lying there are you going to 9:09 remain there for long in this filthy place 9:12 get out of here likewise we say oh God 9:16 please come and reside in my heart and 9:18 God says look you've got anger and greed 9:21 and desire and hatred and envy clean all 9:23 this up then you call me so that is why 9:27 the devote is in internally pure and 9:31 then the external becomes a reflection 9:34 of it so the external is what we learned 9:37 in childhood right cleanliness is Next 9:39 to 9:40 Godliness but now with the internal 9:43 cleanliness automatically leads to 9:46 external cleanliness so shuchi and The Power of Practice 9:51 Daksha the 9:53 devote is 9:57 skillful so 10:00 why is it that everybody is not 10:04 skillful because it takes effort to be 10:07 skillful you need to apply yourself to 10:11 dedicate yourself to master your craft 10:15 or trade or whatever you are 10:19 doing 10:21 and that is very easy a mentality of 10:25 compromise if it happens it happens but 10:29 if you wish to really do something well 10:32 you need to exert yourself so people 10:36 take the shorter path you know it's all 10:41 right that is why there's so much of 10:43 competition at ordinary at extraordinary 10:47 there is very little competition because 10:49 very few people exert themselves to 10:51 become 10:53 extraordinary now the devote has got a 10:57 motivation to do the best 11:00 and that motivation is because the 11:03 devotees consecrating the work to the 11:08 Supreme now you say okay I am so 11:11 renounced I'm renounced from my seva as 11:14 well whether it's all right it's not all 11:16 right that's not you renounce from the 11:19 fruits of the seva but not the seva 11:23 itself this mentality of doing something 11:26 just ordinary you know the 11:30 CEO of IBM Thomas Watson his slogan in 11:36 the days when IBM was at right at the 11:38 top his slogan was as of this 11:43 moment stop doing anything less than 11:47 excellent 11:49 work 11:51 so don't make Perfection your goal that 11:56 will be a neurotic Behavior because when 11:59 you find a defect then you will go into 12:01 depression why am I not perfect make 12:05 Excellence your goal am I doing the best 12:09 that I can do even then there will be 12:12 mistakes but I need to exert myself to 12:17 the utmost and that is what brings 12:21 about growth in skill and 12:25 talent so Anders Erikson you heard of 12:29 Anders Ericson right he is the master in 12:32 the topic of 12:34 practice he says that hundreds of 12:38 thousands millions of people practice 12:42 golf all their 12:44 life but there is no growth in 12:47 skill so who says practice makes perfect 12:51 you can keep practicing tennis does 12:54 everybody become like a superstar in 12:57 tennis he says it is deliberate practice 13:00 which means every time you are 13:03 practicing you are exerting yourself 13:06 what are my 13:08 shortcomings push yourself to eliminate 13:12 them and that is how we grow our talents 13:18 so virat kohli few years ago when he was 13:21 like Superstar of the world in cricket I 13:24 just read his testimonial he said when 13:27 he goes to practice at the Nets so 13:31 the cricketers they go for net practice 13:34 so he says I go for 2 hours practice at 13:36 the net and every day I go with this 13:41 mindset that in these two hours I need 13:44 to improve in some Department of the 13:47 game and that is deliberate practice so 13:52 when you decide what I'm doing is for 13:55 the sake of God then he is the best and 13:59 he must be offered the best that we can 14:03 offer and that is why like I said in the 14:06 field of devotion you find everything 14:10 super 14:11 excellent whether it is literature or it 14:14 is singing or it is dancing because the 14:18 devotee is skillful in the service of 14:23 God and How to give up Worries? 14:26 udasin means without 14:33 cares you may have heard of this 14:39 formula is there something that's 14:42 troubling you in life ? yes, Swamiji, can you do 14:47 something about it yes then why 14:50 worry so is there something that's 14:53 troubling you in your life yes can you 14:56 do something about it no then why 15:01 worry in any case why 15:05 worry but the devote has a greater 15:08 reason not to worry the devote has a 15:13 trust that O God I can't understand why 15:18 these things are 15:20 happening I really feel that I should be 15:23 having the best career and I should be 15:26 having this way but things are not going 15:29 on the way I Aspire nevertheless oh God 15:34 I 15:35 realize that you must have a greater 15:39 plan for 15:40 me and these 15:42 difficulties are part of your 15:46 plan if all our wishes could get 15:49 fulfilled 15:50 today we may not become the way God 15:54 wants us to 15:55 become because we are like the children 15:58 in the jewelry shop you put a child in 16:01 the jewelry shop and you put the 16:03 chocolate in front and say beta take what 16:07 you want is the child going to take the 16:10 $50,000 Diamond the child only 16:14 understands this Hershey chocolate is so 16:17 delicious so likewise if God says take 16:20 what you want then what will we say oh 16:23 God give me a trip around the 16:24 world but if we leave it to God May 16:37 my Lord please don't do what I ask you 16:41 to do because my desires are all 16:45 wrong my intellect is 16:47 material you decide what is good for me God has a Bigger plan for you - Have Faith 16:52 and then you do accordingly with me my 16:55 Lord I Surrender myself to to you, you 17:00 henceforth become the director of my 17:05 life and supposing we insist God it has 17:08 to be that 17:10 way God is also a gentleman he may 17:14 see all right okay let it be if you're 17:16 insisting so much and so many times we 17:19 have seen in life that if you insist 17:22 something must happen and it does happen 17:24 later on you say what a mess it 17:27 is so rather than that the devote says I 17:32 do my best my Lord and then leave all 17:36 these plans at your feet whether you 17:40 sanction them or you reject them because 17:44 I understand there's a greater plan 17:48 which you have for me and for everybody 17:54 else now you people are ambitious for 17:57 your children so you think God is Not 18:00 ambitious for all of us but you are also 18:03 strict with your 18:04 child now the child doesn't appreciate 18:07 the 18:09 strictness I wanted that chocolate cake 18:12 fifth helping but mommy did not give it I 18:16 was just watching video games and Papa 18:18 said stand up against the wall papa is 18:21 so 18:22 bad beta when you grow up then you will 18:25 realize Papa was doing it for your 18:27 welfare 18:29 likewise we also complain God did not 18:31 fulfill this desire of mine God did not 18:34 fulfill that desire we realize that he's 18:37 got a greater plan for 18:40 us but that faith is there in the heart 18:44 of the devote I don't understand all 18:47 things I leave it to you one child’s 18:53 grandmother was knitting something 18:57 sweater so the child says Dadi what are 19:00 you doing she said I'm knitting a 19:02 sweater for you he looked from this side 19:05 he said Dadi what is all this mess this 19:08 is not a 19:10 sweater grandmother said my child come 19:13 and look at it from my side he came 19:16 around and looked and a beautiful 19:19 pattern was getting created so from his 19:22 side it was looking like a mess from the 19:25 grandmother's side it was falling into 19:27 place so likewise from our side we 19:30 may say everything is wrong and God says 19:33 don't worry everything is under my 19:36 Dominion you just do your bit and you 19:39 leave the rest to me so the devotee is Make a Promise - Never Worry Again 19:43 without 19:45 care so let us make a 19:48 resolve you touch your neighbor on the 19:50 shoulder and say from today I will be 19:54 without care
Bhagavad Gita - You Will Never Lose Faith In Krishna After Watching This by Swami Mukundananda
Main Points:
1 Arjun, if you can understand the Divine secret of My birth and My pastimes, you will not take birth in this world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=5 2 again when we engage in bhakti keep in mind that Bhagavan does leelas, otherwise lots of doubts will be created if Ram is God how come He doesn't know where Sita is, very basic question if he is God he should be all knowing and if he's God, He should be all pervading, so there should be no question of His separation from Sita and he is experiencing viyog and he's also unaware of where Sita is until Hanuman comes and tells him that you know she's in Ashok Vatika so you will say how can He be God, we know that God is all knowing Ram doesn't seem to be all knowing so we have to keep the third point in mind that His leelas are Divine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=19 3 What is the difference between God’s Leela and karma. Karma is what we all do, we want happiness as we are devoid of happiness and for the sake of our happiness, we engage in karm (to become happy) but God is an ocean of Happiness, He has no need of external Happiness, Bliss is his Shakti Radharani, Sita ji, Parvati ji, they are the Hladini Shaktis. so He doesn't do karmas, He does leelas or you can call them Divya karmas so the Leela is an act banavat, dikhava, show. The all pervading Lord has taken on a form, what is this ? It is also His Leela, the all knowing God is asking where is Sita, this is also His Leela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=82 4 God’s Leelas, if we don't understand like Parvati ji and like Garud ji, we will use our buddhi and bhakti will finish. It happened to Garud ji when Ram and Lakshman were tied in the Naag pash, you know Indrajit released those snake darts and Ram and Lakshman got tied, so Narad said that Garud is required because he eats snakes, he called Garud & Garud ate the snakes and released Ram and Lakshman but Garud found himself in doubt (Maya). Garud thought that people take the name of Ram and cut the bonds of Maya (Bhav Bandhan) and if Ram is getting tied in the Naag pash of a demon, what kind of Bhagavan He is ? Poor Garud was so confused, all his bhakti went for a six, he went to Brahma ji, he said Maharaj, my intellect is giving me a lot of trouble I have got too many questions and I don't have a guru for resolving them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=147 5 Brahma said Bhagavan's Maya has overcome you, it overcame me (Brahma) as well once upon a time. Go to Shankar ji, so Garud ji went to Shankar ji, who said you (Garud) have been overpowered by Illusion, go to Kakbushundi, he is of your category (bird), he is also bird, he will resolve your doubt, so then Garud ji went to Kakbushundi and Kakbushundi explained him the tatva gyan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=249 6 the same tatva gyan Lord Krishna is explaining out here. He is saying that look Arjun, keep this knowledge in your Intellect that in case you wish to do my bhakti, remember My birth is divine and My leelas are Divine, with that resolve of the intellect, now you will not apply the Buddhi - why did Bhagavan do this why did Bhagavan do that – and then you will engage in devotion so with that devotion you will purify the mind and when the mind is purified, the heart is purified you will receive My grace and when the grace comes you will be liberated from Maya and attain my Divine Abode & you will not take birth in this world again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=300 7 King Parikshit was the Listener of the Srimad Bhagavat Mahapuran. When he died because of the snake bite, his son Janamejaya was only 7 years old, subsequently Janamejaya grew up to be a great and valiant king https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=422 8 one day Janamejaya developed this doubt, he thought at the time when the Mahabharat happened between my warring ancestors, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, at that time the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna was also present upon the planet earth, why then did the Lord not ensure that the battle does not take place. With this doubt, he approached the great Maharishi Ved Vyas who explained to him there are certain things which are destined to be they are called Honi, jo hokar rahegi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=448 9 Janamejaya could not accept it, he said that with our purusharth, with our effort, we can change every aspect of destiny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=503 10 Ved Vyas said, all right, let me tell you a honi (which is going to happen) in your life, you cut it and show me. 5 years from today, don't go horse riding and if you do, do not go on a white horse, and if you do ride on a white horse, don't go in the northern direction and and if you do go northward, do not fall in love with a beautiful girl, if you do, don't bring her home to get married to her but even if you do make her your queen, do not kill any brahmans on her prodding you but you will definitely do it and because of the sin of killing brahmans you will develop leprosy on your body and die from it. I have told you a honi in your life, cut it and show me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=514 11 that put Janamejaya in a tremendously pensive mood. He returned from there in deep thought, what have I been told. Alright Ved Vyas said 5 years from today, do not go horse riding I will give it up right away, however when the 5 year period was coming to an end, the urge to ride on a horse became so strong Janamejaya could not resist & listen to the story how the entire “honi” prophesy (भविष्यवाणी) came out to be exactly true – proving the destined had to happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=580 12 he now remembered what Ved Vyas had said, so he went to Ved Vyas and said oh sage, the “Honi” (destiny) you had described has indeed happened, how can I be saved, Ved Vyas responded, I had told you nevertheless, there is one solution, go to Vaisampayana rishi and hear the entire Mahabharat from him. As you keep hearing one by one chapter the leprosy from one by one limb of your body will start getting healed but the condition is do not create doubt anywhere, and if you do that corresponding limb will not be cured. I have told you the solution but I am also telling you that you are going to doubt because of which your knees will retain the leprosy and you will die from it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=805 13 Janamejaya was now happy and sad, he proceeded from there to Vaisampayana rishi and he pleaded before the sage to hear the great stories about his ancestors, his father Parikshit, his grandfather Abhimanyu, his great grandfather Arjun. Vaisampayana rishi began relating the story and thus the Mahabharat is the dialogue between Vaisampayana rishi and Janamejaya. As Janamejaya continued to hear one by one chapter, the leprosy from one by one limb of his body started getting cured, however at one point Vaisampayana rishi related that Bhimsen had such strength if he lifted an elephant by the trunk & turned it around and threw it, the elephant would reach satellite velocity and begin circumambulating the planet earth. Hearing that Janamejaya guffawed loudly, oh Sage you expect me to believe such rubbish, Vaisampayana rishi said if you do not believe, let me prove it to you, he lifted a hand and one elephant who had been rotating since the time of Bhimsen came and fell upon the earth. Vaisampayana rishi had proved the point but the doubt that Janamejaya had, resulted in the leprosy from his knee not getting cured and because of that Janamejaya passed away. This story is placed in the Mahabharat to convey to us all the instruction that if you wish to benefit from the leelas, the pastimes of the Lord, then apply your mind to them to increase your love but don't apply the intellect because God does Leelas (as explained earlier above) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=871 14 apply your intellect towards the world, that I am not the body I am the soul, why do I still repeatedly get attached to the world, here use your whole intellect towards the Names, Forms Virtues, Pastimes and Abodes of Lord. Apply your mind to increase your love - that is the way to benefit from these scriptures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xK9uSbRVhY&t=1012 Transcript 0:05 Arjun if you can understand the Divine 0:10 secret of my birth and my pastimes you 0:14 will not take birth in this world 0:19 again when we engage in bhakti keep in 0:22 mind that bhagavan does 0:26 leelas otherwise lots of doubts will be 0:32 created if Ram is God how come he 0:35 doesn't know where Sita is very basic 0:41 question if he is God he should be all 0:44 knowing and if he's God he should be all 0:47 pervading so there should be no question 0:50 of his separation from 0:52 Sita and he is experiencing viyog and he's 0:57 also unaware of where Sita is 1:01 until Hanuman comes and tells him that 1:03 you know she's in Ashok 1:05 Vatika so you will say how can this be 1:08 God we know that God is all knowing Ram 1:12 doesn't seem to be all 1:14 knowing so we have to keep the third 1:16 point in mind His leelas are 1:22 Divine what is the difference between 1:25 Leela and 1:27 karma karma is what we all 1:31 do we want 1:34 happiness we are devoid of 1:37 happiness and for the sake of our 1:39 happiness we engage in 1:44 Karm but God is an ocean of 1:48 Happiness he has no need of external 1:53 happiness Bliss is his Shakti 1:57 Radharani, Sita ji, Parvati ji, they are the Hladini Shaktis 2:00 so he doesn't do karmas he does 2:05 leelas or you can call 2:08 them Divya karmas so the Leela is an 2:16 act banavat, dikhava, show. the all pervading Lord has taken on 2:19 a form what is this it his Leela the all 2:23 knowing god is asking where is Sita what 2:25 is this this is also 2:27 Leela so that Leela 2:30 if we don't 2:32 understand like Parvati and like garud ji 2:37 we will use our 2:39 buddhi and bhakti will 2:42 finish it happened to Garud ji when Ram and 2:46 Lakshman were tied in the 2:49 Naag pash you know Indrajit released those snake 2:53 darts and Ram and Lakshman got 2:56 tied so Narad said that Garud is required 3:01 because he eats snakes he called 3:04 Garud & Garud ate the snakes and released Ram 3:09 and Lakshman but he got caught 3:12 himself he 3:14 Said “verse” 3:28 people take the name of 3:31 Ram and cut the bonds of Maya Bhav 3:37 Bandhan and that Ram is getting tied in 3:41 the Naag pash of a demon what kind of 3:44 Bhagavan He is 3:45 this now poor Garud was so confused all 3:50 his bhakti went for a 3:53 six he went 3:56 to 3:57 Brahma he said Maharaj 4:00 my intellect is giving me a lot of 4:03 trouble I have got too many questions 4:06 and I don't have a guru for resolving 4:09 them Brahma 4:19 said Bhagavan's Maya has overcome you it 4:22 overcame me as 4:24 well once upon a time go to Shankar ji 4:30 so Garud ji went to 4:31 Shankar ji 4:39 said you have been overpowered by 4:43 illusion go 4:45 to Kakbushundi he is of your category he is also 4:50 bird he will resolve your 4:53 doubt so then Garud ji went to Kakbushundi and Kakbushundi 4:57 explained him the tatva gyan 5:00 but the same tatva gyan Lord Krishna is 5:03 explaining out 5:05 here he is saying that look 5:09 Arjun keep this knowledge in your 5:13 intellect in case you wish to do my 5:17 bhakti remember my birth is 5:21 divine and my leelas are 5:25 Divine with that resolve of the 5:28 intellect now you will not apply the 5:31 buddhi why did Bhagavan do this why did 5:34 Bhagavan do that and then you will engage 5:37 in 5:40 devotion so with that devotion you will 5:44 purify the 5:46 mind and when the mind is 5:50 purified the heart is purified you will 5:53 receive My 5:54 grace and when the grace comes 6:01 you will be liberated from Maya and 6:04 attain my Divine Abode hence Lord Krishna 6:08 says such a big thing that Arjun if you 6:13 can understand the Divine secret of my 6:17 birth and my pastimes you will not take 6:21 birth in this world 6:24 again so if you wish to say this 6:28 material world is so bad mask mandate 6:31 no mask mandate vaccination no 6:33 vaccination forget it I don't want to 6:35 come here again then have this verse 6:39 accept it understand it make it fit in 6:43 your heart and stop applying the buddhi 6:47 to the leelas of God then without going 6:50 backward forward backward forward you 6:52 will only go forward cleansing your 6:56 heart through the simplest path of 7:02 Bhakti King 7:04 Parikshit was The Listener of the Srimad Bhagavat 7:09 mahapuran when he died because of the 7:12 snake 7:14 bite his son 7:16 Janamejaya was only 7 years 7:20 old subsequently Janamejaya grew up to be a 7:25 great and valiant 7:28 king what one day Janamejaya developed this 7:33 doubt he thought at the time when the 7:36 Mahabharat happened between my warring 7:41 ancestors the Pandavas and the 7:45 Kauravas at that time the Supreme Lord Sri 7:49 Krishna was also present upon the planet 7:53 Earth why then did the Lord not ensure 7:58 that the battle does not take 8:01 place with this doubt he approached the 8:05 great Maharishi Ved Vyas 8:09 who explained to him there are 8:13 certain things which are destined to be 8:18 they are called Honi, jo hokar rahegi 8:23 Janamejaya could not accept it he said with 8:27 our purusharth with our effort we can change 8:32 every aspect of 8:34 Destiny Ved Vyas said all right let me 8:37 tell you a honi in your life you cut it 8:41 and show me 5 years from today don't go 8:46 horse 8:47 riding and if you do do not go on a 8:51 white horse and if you do ride on a 8:55 white horse don't go in the northern 8:58 Direction and and if you do go northward 9:02 do not fall in love with a beautiful 9:05 girl if you do don't bring her home to 9:09 get married to her but even if you do 9:12 make her your queen do not kill any 9:17 brahmans on her prodding 9:20 you but you will definitely do it and 9:25 because of the sin of killing 9:28 brahmans you will develop leprosy on 9:31 your body and die from it I have told 9:35 you a honi in your life cut it and show 9:40 me that put 9:43 Janamejaya in a tremendously pensive 9:47 mood he returned from there in deep 9:50 thought what have I been 9:53 told all right Ved Vyas said 5 years from 9:57 today do not go horse riding I will give 10:02 it up right 10:04 away however when the 5 year period was 10:08 coming to an 10:10 end the urge to ride on a horse became 10:14 so strong Janamejaya could not 10:18 resist so he called his Commander in 10:21 Chief and said I will go riding but on a 10:25 brown horse arrange for one 10:29 the Commander in Chief said yes your 10:33 majesty now when Janamejaya came down to the 10:36 stables he found a white horse had been 10:41 ready his heart went 10:44 dhak dhak he asked the commander-in chief I 10:47 had asked you to arrange for a brown 10:51 horse but your majesty the brown horses 10:55 had been taken elsewhere this was the 10:57 only good stallion 11:01 Janamejaya thought never mind I had been warned 11:05 not to go northward I will go towards 11:08 the 11:09 South he took off at great 11:12 speed he began hunting a deer the deer 11:17 was running away but then it suddenly 11:20 changed Direction and began running 11:24 Northwood before Janamejaya realized he was 11:28 hungry he was thirsty he reached the 11:32 lake and there he discovered a beautiful 11:38 girl he became enchanted right 11:41 away and requested if she would marry 11:45 him she said she would on one condition 11:50 that he would make her his chief 11:53 Queen Janamejaya brought her back on the 11:57 horse when they reached the palace she 12:01 insisted that not a moment be lost in 12:04 conducting the marriage 12:07 ceremony Janamejaya found out that the 12:09 brahmans had gone for conducting rituals 12:14 elsewhere so as a 12:17 solution he got the sons of these 12:20 brahmans to conduct the marriage 12:24 rituals at the end of the ceremony the 12:27 new Chief queen of Janamejaya was giving dakshina 12:33 to these Brahman children when in a gust 12:36 of wind her top cloth began 12:40 flying seeing her body revealed in that 12:44 manner these Brahman children began 12:49 laughing that hurt the pride of lady and 12:55 she fumed to the king they have insulted 12:58 me they must be punished I wish to see 13:01 them all 13:02 dead the king had become enslaved by her 13:07 charms and he obeyed her commands these 13:11 Brahman children were killed the 13:14 consequence of that sin of brahmanas was 13:18 that in a few months time Janamejaya 's body was 13:23 covered with 13:25 Leprosy he now remembered what Ved Vyas had 13:31 said so he went to Ved Vyas and said oh 13:35 Sage The Honi you had described has 13:39 happened how can I be 13:43 saved Ved Vyas responded I had told you 13:47 nevertheless there is one 13:50 solution go to Vaisampayana rishi and hear the 13:54 entire Mahabharat from him as you keep 13:59 hearing one one chapter the leprosy from 14:03 one one limb of your body will start 14:06 getting healed but the condition is do 14:09 not create doubt anywhere and if you do 14:14 that corresponding limb will not be 14:18 cured I have told you the solution but I am 14:21 also telling you that you are going to doubt 14:24 because of which your knees will retain 14:28 the leprosy and you will die from 14:31 it Janamejaya was now happy and sad he proceeded 14:37 from there to Vaisampayana rishi and he pleaded 14:42 before the sage to hear the great 14:45 stories about his 14:48 ancestors his father Parikshit his 14:51 grandfather Abhimanyu his great 14:54 grandfather 14:56 Arjun Vaisampayana rishi began relating the 15:00 story and thus the Mahabharat is the 15:04 dialogue between Vaisampayana rishi and 15:08 Janamejaya as Janamejaya continued to hear one one 15:13 chapter the leprosy from one one limb of 15:16 his body started getting 15:19 cured however at one point Vaisampayana rishi 15:24 related that Bhimsen had such strength if 15:28 he lifted an elephant by the trunk 15:31 turned it around and threw 15:34 it the elephant would reach satellite 15:39 velocity and begin circumambulating the 15:42 planet 15:44 Earth hearing that Janamejaya guffawed loudly 15:50 oh Sage you expect me to believe such 15:54 rubbish Vaisampayana rishi said you do not believe 15:59 let me prove it to you he lifted a hand 16:03 and one elephant who had been rotating 16:05 since the time of 16:07 Bhimsen came and fell upon the 16:11 Earth Vaisampayana rishi had proved the point but 16:15 the doubt that Janamejaya had resulted in the 16:20 leprosy from his knee not getting cured 16:24 and because of that Janamejaya passed away 16:29 the story is placed in the 16:32 Mahabharat to convey to us all the 16:36 instruction that if you wish to benefit 16:40 from the leelas the pastimes of the Lord 16:44 then apply your mind to them to increase 16:48 your love but don't apply the 16:52 intellect apply the intellect towards 16:55 the 16:56 world I am not the body I am the soul 17:01 why do I still repeatedly get attached 17:04 to the world here use your whole 17:07 intellect towards the names forms 17:10 virtues pastimes and abodes of Lord 17:14 apply your mind increase your love that 17:18 is the way to benefit from these 17:22 scriptures