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

How to be Happy in Life? | Learn This One Secret to Find Real Happiness by Swami Mukundanand

How to be Happy in Life? | Learn This One Secret to Find Real Happiness by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM  1  The biggest belief that we will establish within ourselves is in regard to happiness where are we convinced we can get true happiness. That one decision will determine the trajectory of our life.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=0 2 If somebody firmly believes that happiness is in money, his entire energy his entire effort is spent in the pursuit of earning money, if somebody believes that happiness is in achieving prestige and things then that is where his entire energy goes,  if somebody believes happiness is in God then he strives to know and love God so this puzzle regarding happiness needs to be solved to put our life in the proper course  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=18 3 there was once a crew that became unhappy about his state, he thought I have this dark and ugly color, if I were a swan I would be white coloured and so happy the crew went to the swan and said mr. swan you must be the happiest bird in contrast to me, you have this milk white color  the swan said mr. crow I thought I should be happy until I saw the parrot and then I realized I am a single colored bird he is a double colored bird, he is the one who must be happy the crow then went on to meet the parrot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=66 4  and he said mr. parrot you have this green color given to you by God and you also have a tinge of red in certain places, these two colors of yours in contrast to my single dye color, you must be a very happy bird,   the parrot said I thought I was happy until I saw the peacock and the luscious platter of colors of the peacock’s tail that made me really miserable, the crow in his search for the secret of happiness then continued and found a peacock  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=122 5 he said mr. peacock, God has created you with great affection he has filled your tail blumes with such rich violets and Indigos and greens and blues you must be really happy bird,  the peacock said mr. crow, I thought I should be happy but because of all those colors I was put into the zoo, if I did not have such attractive colors, then I would have been a free bird, the crow then realized nobody seems to be happy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=163 6  What then is the secret of happiness ? According to our Vedas, there is one kind of happiness that degrades you, if you run after it, it pulls you down and there is another kind of happiness that uplifts you.  The first kind of happiness is called "preya" and the second kind of happiness is called "shreya".  The Kathopnishad states"verse" if you run after "shreya" your life will become auspicious and blessed but if you run after "preya" it will be a pathway to hell, what is "preya" and what is "shreya".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=210 7 "preya"is that happiness which seems to be extremely sweet right now but later on it turns bitter like poison - like for example if you choose to have a third helping of the ice-cream to satiate (satisfy) the tastebuds of the palate (tongue),  it is sweet no doubt but later on after a few years when your cholesterol has started increasing and the arteries start getting clogged, you realize, oh my god, this is the cause of untold suffering  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=281 8 and on the other hand shreya is that happiness which is bitter right now but later on it becomes very sweet - like for example if you have to get up in the morning and spend 40 minutes doing your yoga asanas, it's not so pleasing to the mind,  however it bestows you good health and a comfortable long life, so shreya seems to be bitter in the present and that is why the mind seeks to run away from it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=325 9 This is the enigma (puzzle) of life, things which are beneficial are often difficult and things that are enjoyable in the present are often harmful. I remember when I was a child,  I would often think at the age of seven or eight, why is it that all the tasty things are bad for health and things that are good for health are not tasty there is a saying in Hindi “आमले का खाया और बड़ों का कहा बाद में पता चलता है”  Amla is the Indian gooseberry, it has the vitamin C of ten oranges plus it is rich in antioxidants, so naturally if you eat the Amla it will build up your body immunity, your chances of catching a cold or virus will reduce by 95%, if you have an Amla every day  but the catch is that the fresh Amla is bitter to taste and when the mother offers the Amla to her child the child resists, at that time the mother says, my child the benefits of this you will realize later on, interestingly if you keep the Amla in your mouth for just a few minutes that bitterness turns into sweetness  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=375 10 in regard to shreya happiness, there is a Sanskrit verse "the student who runs after immediate happiness will have to reject knowledge and one who is a Vidyarthi, the seeker of knowledge, will have to reject immediate happiness.  Similarly in life, the good things always lie upstream, in other words to reach them, we need to embrace discipline, austerity, hardship and the mind rebels against it. If you listen to the mind, there's a good chance you will make a wrong decision.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=470 11 I was once travelling in an Indian bus and there was a clam (someone who is secretive, silent, or uncommunicative) who came and sat on the next seat I did not realize it at that time, when we both got off on the same bus stand, he started walking,  I found that he had a high-heeled sandal on one foot and the other foot was bare, so he was limping along, I thought poor guy he's suffering so much, I asked the clam, have you lost a sandal ?  he said no baba ji, I have found a sandal, he unnecessarily brought misery onto himself, he found the sandal he didn't have to wear it but by wearing it he has become miserable, so similarly when we choose happiness in the wrong place that becomes the cause of our miseries hence with our intellect we need to analyze and understand where is the real happiness that will satisfy me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=535 12 one disciple went to his guru he was in the pursuit of happiness, so he sold off all his possessions made a bundle of his little treasures and along with that money came to the guru and said guru dev I am a seeker of happiness, can you explain to me how I will become happy ?  the guru snatched the bundle from his hand and started running, the disciple thought I had come to find happiness and I have lost my lifetime treasures, at least let me get these back, so he chased his guru in hot pursuit, now the guru would keep ducking into the side lanes and the disciple was quickly after him, finally after two kilometres the disciple caught up with the guru and snatched the bundle back,  the Guru said are you happy now ? the disciple said yes, the guru said, look, happiness is not in these objects, you had the object earlier also, you were not happy and now that you have it, you are happy, the happiness that you experienced was merely the satiation (satisfaction) of the desires, the pain that the desire had created was eliminated and you are thinking I am happy.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=612 13  The real happiness is in God "verse" Taitriyopanishad says that God is the ocean of happiness and upon reaching Him, we will become truly happy,  so how will we reach God ? very simple, when we cleanse our hearts, when we purify our mind,  in other words real happiness will only be experienced by growing from within, by becoming a better person from inside, if we can understand this one important point, then rather than running around for external enhancements, we will give priority in our life for internal growth  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=707 14 think about it, many of you may be in your forties or fifties, you have been running for external progress for so many lifetimes, what priority have you accorded in your life for inner growth and  because that inner growth has not taken place the external progress is not leading to fulfillment.  Now reverse the priority, give more importance to the inner victories, make it your primary value in life to become a better person and the better we become from inside, the closer we will find we are to genuine happiness that satisfies you soon.  So let us establish this full conviction within ourselves that to be happy, it's not that we need tremendous amount of money or fame or titles or houses etc. - all we need is to become better people - when that is our conviction, when that is our faith and our belief, then the trajectory of our life will be auspicious will be beneficial, will be uplifting & will be sublime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0ae0xhlVM&t=782 Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) How to be Happy in Life Learn This One Secret to Find Real Happiness Swami Mukundananda JKYog.mp4

The Easiest Path to Reach God - MUST WATCH by Swami Mukundanand

The Easiest Path to Reach God - MUST WATCH by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg Full Text 1  That bhakti is above and beyond karma, gyan and ashtang yog. The vedas talk about a part of karma, another of gyaan, another of bhakti another of ashtang yog.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=0 2 Sage Narada has written one of the most important texts in regard to the path of bhakti-yoga, he says this bhakti that I am describing is above and beyond the other means which is karma, gyan and ashtang - now you may say that you know he is just liking his own path but really there is a science behind it which we will try to understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=26 3  what is this karma karma does not refer to working in the office or cooking at home, the word karma in the vedas has come for the ritualistic practices and ceremonies, so the rituals described in the vedas are extremely elaborate and if you wish to do them you must fulfill the rules and regulations and there are six such conditions to the karmas Verse  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=71 4 the scriptures say “desh”, “kal“, “padarth“, “karta“, “mantra“, “karm“ - when all these are fulfilled you will get the fruit of karma - that means the place where you are doing it must be pure, the time must be appropriate, the material used must be pure, the person who is doing the yagya must be pure, the person who has arranged must have the pure intention, and the mantras used must be perfect, like for example you have heard Yajurvedi Brahmins reciting mantras Verse  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=129 5 Now while saying these mantras they indicate with their hands and they lift and lower the scales, what is it that they are doing ? is it just an interest of theirs ? No, to each syllable of each mantra of the Yagya ceremony a scale has been attached, that needs to be enunciated and indicated with the hands  but the condition is there must be not a difference of even one scale or you will not get the fruit - just like if a huge air bus, one wire has come off, the plane does not fly, you may say such a huge machine has been grounded because of one wire, that is how it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=211 6  so in the ritualistic section the vedas are very strict why because they want to dissuade us from that side. The fruit of these rituals is materialistic, verse, perform the rituals and achieve material benefit, so the vedas say, look, if you are insistent, go ahead but we will make it difficult for you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=279 7  that is why even King Dashrath ji maharaj (father of Lord Rama) during the Ramayana, when he wished to do a Putrakamesthi Yagya, there was only one brahmana on the whole planet earth who was able to execute it properly, Vashisht ji did not do it, he said I am not competent, verse,Sringi Rishi performed it, verse, so these rituals or karma kand are extremely stringent and if you do them properly what is the fruit not god realization but materialistic benefit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=315 8  in other words you dig a mountain and find the mole hill, that is why Lord Krishna who is the source of all the vedas in the Bhagavad-Gita, He is dissuading us from going towards the rituals, He says, don't get attracted by the flowery language of the vedas that promise you material rewards, understand that they are temporary and they will all be snatched away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=377 9  maximum you will get from karma kand is swarg, swarga kamoyajet, but even the attainment of the celestial abodes will be temporary, verse, “swarga swalpa anta dukh dai”, so this is the path of karma kand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=428 10  yet four-fifths of the vedic mantras are related to karma kand - 80,000 out of one lakh veda mantras are related to the karma section, you will say when that is not the goal then why so elaborate descriptions ? because the vedas are realistic, they know that majority of humankind is not interested in God realization,  most people want materialistic benefits so rather than letting them become frivolous, they say all right, at least remain under the shelter of the vedas, today you don't want god but you have faith in the vedas, tomorrow you may rise further and say what was the use of all this let me choose a higher goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=455 11  now come to the second part, the path of gyan yoga, the goal out here is by intellectual analysis to understand that I am not the body, I am not the mind, I am not the intellect, and "Swarupevasthanam", to become situated in the self, not in theory, we all know in theory that I am the soul, who doesn't know that, but in realization,  which means all these designations we have I am a Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, indian, american - all the designations of the body, to cut them all away, I am the pure soul, by realization, so in the path of gyan the endeavor is to stop the thinking process, and finally allow the mind to reach the state of nirvikalp samadhi, ,i.e., no thinking, like a stone does not think the same manner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=534 12  but what many people don't realize is that merely by self-knowledge liberation will not happen, liberation requires knowledge of God, the Shvetashvatara Upanishad of the Yajurveda says verse only by knowledge of God will you be able to cross over the ocean of life and death,  there is no other means so the path of gyan needs bhakti for its completion, when the gyani engages in bhakti he draws the grace of God and through the grace of God, he is able to know God and then reach the ultimate goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=622 13  that is why in the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna says the final salvation will not happen by your effort, it will be My prasad or my grace, so gyan needs bhakti for its completion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=700 14  the third is ashtang, in this ashtang yoga maharshi patanjali has built bhakti inside because he says "Ishwara pranidhanat samadhi siddhih" ,i.e., you will only reach samadhi when you surrender to God, in other words every path has the prerequisite of bhakti and if you remove bhakti what happens ? Verse  where love for God is not included that is not yoga, it is kuyog and it is not gyan, it is agyan , ignorance. So the first point is bhakti is necessary in every path but here Devarshi Narada states that bhakti or devotion is above and beyond all the others (,i.e., karm, gyan & Ashtang yog) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyYhdRfaWIg&t=732 Standby link (in case youtube link does not work) The Easiest Path to Reach God - MUST WATCH Swami Mukundananda.mp4

The Biggest Problem in Life that Bhagavad Gita Helps Solve for You by Swami Mukundanand

The Biggest Problem in Life that Bhagavad Gita Helps Solve for You by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00 Full Text 1 Biggest Problem in Life that Bhagavad Gita Helps Solve for you:  a patient was suffering from griping stomachache and he went to the doctor's clinic, the doctor was not there in his chamber the patient was waiting in each moment was seeming like an age long finally when the doctor came the patient expressed his problem to him and the doctor said not to worry I've got a medicine here in the cabinet and this will cure it right away  he administered the dose to the patient and in less than a minute the patient's stomach ache started subsiding the patient said Doctor The Cure was right here and I was suffering because of my lack of knowledge of it the doctor said that is exactly what it is human beings suffer in so many ways because they lack knowledge of the Cure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=0 2  Ved Vyas says, verse, the main cause of the suffering of humankind is ignorance, there is nothing as sublime (beautiful) in this world as pure wisdom even in the material realm one little bit of knowledge can make such a big difference,  you know there is an affliction (disease) called scurvy the doctors here will be knowing, it gets caused when you don't receive any intake of vitamin C for a month at a stretch and that is why in the olden days the sailors who would be in their ship for one month or two would get afflicted by scurvy  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=64 3   and it is such an awful disease so the colonialists who came from Europe to America in the 15th, 16th century they were getting afflicted by scurvy because of the sea voyage because probably they didn't access vitamin C.  There was one vegetable that could have solved their problems and that was tomatoes, which were full of vitamin C, and yet these colonialists who died in huge numbers because of scurvy never took advantage of tomatoes for many decades because some of them had carried them to Europe and  there one person had misinformed that this is like the Wolf Peach and if you eat this it will cause frothing in the mouth and it will cause twitching of the body and even death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=122 4  Everyone believed that misinformation and that was the reason that although the cure for scurvy was right in front of them but they did not utilize until somebody informed them it is not the case and then they started healing themselves  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=200 5 we all know wisdom makes such a huge difference. A patient was suffering from griping stomachache and he went to the doctor's clinic, the doctor was not there in his chamber, the patient was waiting & each moment was seeming like an age long,  finally when the doctor came, the patient expressed his problem to him and the doctor said not to worry I've got a medicine here in the cabinet my cupboard and this will cure it right away.  He administered the dose to the patient and in less than a minute the patient's stomach ache started subsiding the patient said, doctor the cure was right here and I was suffering because of my lack of knowledge of it, the doctor said that is exactly what it is, human beings suffer in so many ways because they lack knowledge of the cure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=225 6  Ved Vyas says the main cause of the suffering of humankind is ignorance. Of course somebody may say that it is lack of availability of vaccine in developing countries that's why humankind is suffering, these are all smaller reasons  and the main cause why we are unhappy, the main reason why we are not blissful, we are not experiencing love and the light of knowledge, is the ignorance that is enveloping our soul.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=310 7   Why Lord Krishna spoke Bhagavad Gita? In the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna is revealing Divine knowledge to Arjun, now think who is speaking this knowledge, it's coming from the Lotus mouth of God Himself, when you keep that in mind you benefit more from the knowledge, the chitta shakti gets added,  otherwise knowledge becomes devoid of chitt so Lord Krishna is bestowing that knowledge but for others to benefit from it faith must be established, without faith, people don't utilize it and to create faith in Arjun in the knowledge that he is bestowing Lord Krishna in this verse is giving its credibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=356 8  like for example there are weight reduction diets, they have this package for reducing weight but why will anybody adopt it, so they give testimonials “before & after”, people look, wow, now the faith is getting created  so likewise Lord Krishna, He is developing faith in Bhagavad Gita. The Master Teacher, if he just says Arjun, here is the knowledge Arjun will hear it but never implement it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=433 9 so to establish the credibility, Lord Krishna says Arjun this knowledge I am giving you is not just to make you fight the war, it is the same science that I've bestowed in the beginning of creation, so God bestowed it to Brahmaji as we all know, verse, Srimad Bhagavatam says but here,  God says that He also bestowed it to Vivasvan, the Sun god and the Sun god bestowed it to Prajapati, the progenitor of humankind that is Manu, and Manuji Maharaj, he bestowed it to the first king of the solar Dynasty which was Ikswaku so he is saying that this is how the knowledge came and that also helps create bhav towards it  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=472 10 if you go to somebody's house, let us say it was your grandfather used to live there who is no more, and you are going around and then your father says you know this is the chair on which your grandfather sat for 20 years, now you look at the chair differently, the chair is the same, but the way you look at it has become different, you have got that gyan chakshu (eyes/vision) now.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=540 11 Likewise you go into a temple and there is an idol made of stone, somebody who is unaware of its importance thinks it's an idol, but then you look at it with the eyes of knowledge, the pran pratishtha was done, we invoked the presence of the Lord in these deities and millions of souls till today have worshiped it –  now the bhav increases and if somebody tells you, you know, it was actually first given to Jagadguru Ramanujacharya by Hanuman ji himself, who manifested it, now the way you look at that deity will be completely different, layers of devotion will have gotten added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=575 12  likewise Lord Krishna is telling Arjun, look, it came to Manu and our Manuji Maharaj, he lives for 30 crore 67 lakh 20,000 years & our Manu ji maharaj Vaivasvat Manvantar, he is already 12 crore years old,  so this knowledge, this science is so old and that also is a limited description because God is eternal and the soul is also eternal so the science of God realization is eternal that Eternal science Lord Krishna says Arjun I am now discussing it with you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLgXE7HO00&t=631

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