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

Janmashtami's Most Life-Changing Story – NEVER Worry, Krishna Is in Control by Swami Mukundanand

Janmashtami's Most Life-Changing Story – NEVER Worry, Krishna Is in Control by Swami Mukundanand

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Full Text: 1  All the scriptures ask us to surrender to God. Why should we surrender and what does it mean? Surrender happens when we repose all our trust and faith in the grace of God. When we realize no matter how much wealth we may possess, it cannot always protect us.  In fact, Lakshmi is Chanchal, here today, gone tomorrow. Our health can also fail us. Our reliable friends and relatives could turn against us in future. Our high posts could be snatched away from us. Then we realize our real protector through thick and thin is the supreme divine personality and him alone.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=1  2  During the Mahabharat on the last and 18th day of the battle, Sri Krishna said to Arjun, "Today at the end, you get off the chariot first and stand a distance away." Arjun did not understand the reason behind Shri Krishna's instruction but obeyed blindly.  When he stood apart, Shri Krishna then stepped off the chariot and immediately it crumbled and then exploded. Arjun asked Sri Krishna what happened. He said your chariot could not have withstood the divine weapons of Karan and Drona, Bhishma etc. I was holding it in place by my power. And that is why when I left it crumbled.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=80  3  So when we realize that my crutches are fallible and choose to develop complete and absolute faith, my real ashray or protector is God. Narad ji expresses that as “anya ashray tyaga” and that brings about the spirit of surrender. What comes in the way of surrender is this big enemy inside, the ego which informs us God may be great but I am also something.   https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=142  4  Consider the example of Barbarik. He was the son of Ghatotkach who was the son of Bhim and Hidimba. So Barbarik was the grandson of Bhimsen. When the battle of Mahabharat was about to begin, Barbarik was also approaching to participate.  Shri Krishna realized this warrior is so powerful he has in his capacity the ability to overturn the outcome of the battle. So he met Barbarik on the way and said where are you going? Barbarik said to participate in the forthcoming battle.  Shri Krishna asked him, "What are your abilities? Give me a demonstration." Barbarik in his quiver used to have three arrows. He said, "These three arrows is all my arsenal. The first marks out whatever I wish to kill. The second marks out what I wish not to kill. And the third completes the task. Shri Krishna said, "Show me."  Barbarik released them. Now the arrow first one went and marked all the leaves of the nearby tree. Shri Krishna had put one leaf under his foot as a test. The arrow started hovering over Shri Krishna's foot and then Sri Krishna realized his power. He released the leaf. The second arrow came back without touching any and the third arrow pierced all the leaves and fell at the feet of Shri Krishna.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=187  5  Sri Krishna was impressed by Barbarik's prowess and asked him on which side are you going to fight. Barbarik said I received the instruction from my mother to always take the side of the weaker army.  In this case the Pandavas have only seven Akshohini divisions while the Kauravas have 11. Sri Krishna said suppose you fight from the side of the Pandavas you will then kill everybody in the Kaurav army but Bhishma will remain unscathed because he has the “swetcha mrityu varadan” ,i.e., death only when he wishes.  In that case the Kaurav army will then later become the more powerful one and you will side it and start killing the Pandavas. This is very dangerous. He then said to Barbarik will you offer me a gift. Barbarik said Shyam Sundar whatever you ask. Shri Krishna said give me your head. Barbarik said without question but you also offer me something. Sri Krishna said what?  He said I wish to have the opportunity to observe your glory manifest in the forth coming Mahabharat war. Shri Krishna said so be it. Barbarik took a sword chopped his head off and offered it to Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna took his head and placed it in the sky so that Barbarik could observe the entire battle.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=316  6  After 18 days when the Pandavas finally Won, once a discussion began on whose contribution was the maximum in the Pandav victory. There were different claims. Sri Krishna said, "We have a judge up in the skies." So he brought Barbarik's head down and asked him the same question. Barbarik's response was classic.  He said, "Sri Krishna, although I found a lot of people fighting in the war, I could see very clearly it was your divine disc, the Sudarshan Chakra moving around all over the battlefield and effecting the results.  Oh, I could see only your glory manifest everywhere in this war. The Pandavas then questioned Sri Krishna. Why did he ask for such a terrible gift the head of their grandson Barbarik.  Sri Krishna then revealed that in his past life Barbarik was a yaksh and at a time when the evil forces had increased tremendously the devatas had approached Vishnu for protection.  Vishnu had said he would soon descend on the earth as an avatar and annihilate the miscreants. However, the Yaksh with pride had said, "There is no need. I can do this myself. I am so powerful."  The arrogance of the Yaksh had incensed Brahma who then cursed him that when Vishnu descends before annihilating the miscreants, he will first of all kill you. Sri Krishna said I had to fulfill the words of Brahma. What is the learning from here?   https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=434  7  The mistake of the Yaksh was his arrogance that prevented him from accepting the greatness of God. And later on when he came again as Barbarik, his glory lay in his complete and absolute alignment of his will with the will of God.  That is the prime symptom of surrender. Unite your will with the will of God. When we surrender, we accept that all we have belongs to him. We give up the sense of proprietorship and desire to use our possessions for the happiness of God.  Then the sava behav develops. By doing sava, we put our learning into practice. It helps us realize that devotion is to be done for the happiness of God.  Through service, we grow in the spirit of surrender and selflessness. Sava also prepares us for the divine service of God in His nithya leela, his divine Abode. Seva is thus the very life of devotion, surrender and spirituality. In fact, it is the original nature of the soul.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=569  8  The Chaitanya Charitamrta states. “The eternal constitutional position of the soul is by nature the servant of God”. So to progress in surrender, learn to use your possessions in a manner that pleases God.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=679  9   Take inspiration from this little girl who had accompanied her mother to the mall. And while they were checking out, the girl saw an artificial pearls necklace. Its shine and splendor attracted the little child and she begged her mommy to have it. The price tag on it was 250 rupees. The mother said, "My child, you will have to purchase it with your money."  So the girl went home, checked her piggy bank, did a little chore at home for which she earned a little bit from her mother, requested her grandmother for a little more, and finally put together the price to purchase the necklace. When she got it, she felt she was on top of the world. Papa returned and she proudly showed her possession to her father.  The next day while papa was putting her daughter to bed, it was his habit to tell her a lullaby story. At the end of it, he said, "Beti, do you love me?" "Yes, Baba. Are you sure you love me?" "Yes, papa.  Will you give me something if I ask for it?" Definitely, Papa. In that case, give me your pearl necklace. Oh, no. Papa, ask for anything else. The teddy bear, the toy train. Don't ask for this necklace. It's all right, Beti. You don't love me. And he went off.  The next night he came. His daughter was sitting cross-legged on her bed with tears in her eyes. And she said, "Papa, I've got something to give you." He put his hand forth. She placed the necklace in it.  The father pocketed it and from his other pocket, he took out a real pearl necklace worth 25,000 rupees and placed it on her. The papa had no intention to impoverish his daughter, but he needed her to learn to surrender before he could enrich her with gifts.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=708  10  Likewise, our eternal father is full of divine knowledge, divine love and divine bliss and wishes to enrich us with these divine presents. But He needs to know whether we are surrendered.  And we will have to express that by learning to sacrifice and serve him with what we possess.  https://youtu.be/eHK5xmsITsY&t=864

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You’ll Never Control Your Mind Without This – Shree Krishna’s Forgotten Truth Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 10-12 | Swami Mukundananda

You’ll Never Control Your Mind Without This – Shree Krishna’s Forgotten Truth Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 Sloka 10-12 | Swami Mukundananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8  1   Sri Krishna is talking about meditation to Arjun. He explained that whether you are karma sanyasi or a karm yogi, it's not the external renunciation but the state of the mind which is most important.  So that mind Sri Krishna said, can be your enemy, it can be your friend. He said to purify the mind you engage in meditation. He is describing further about meditation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=0  2   Bhagavat Gita chapter 6 Dhyan Yog the Yoga of meditation “He must hold the body, neck and head firmly in a straight line and gaze at the tip of the nose, without allowing the eyes to wander.  Thus with a serene, fearless and unwavering mind and staunch in the vow of celibacy, the vigilant yogi should meditate on me having me alone as the supreme goal”.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=34  3   Supposing all day long you see movies and at the end of it you say okay now let me sit for meditation, will you succeed in meditating ? So it is not just what you are doing during that meditation period but what you do through the day which will affect the quality of your meditation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=128  4   That is why in the Yog darshan, Maharshi Patanjali says, yam,niyam, asan, pranayama, pratyahar So what is pratyahar? The ahaar of the senses.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=165  5   The senses of ours. The Kathopnishad says that the creator Brahma made these senses outwardly oriented, so the senses by themselves will not run inside, they will run outside only. Now we think of aahar only as what we eat. But from the spiritual viewpoint all the senses are getting aahar.  So if we want to move ahead in Yog, withdraw those senses like the turtle, when it spots a danger what does it do, it withdraws its arms and leg and even the head, it all just becomes a shell and then it waits and hears and when the it seems it is safe, it'll poke its head out. It has learned the art of withdrawing its hands and feet.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=185  6   Similarly the expert meditator has to be adept at the art of withdrawing the senses. That is the pratyahara of these senses.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=257  7   Now neurology tells us that there is a chemical in the brain called dopamine, and that dopamine is the chemical that causes confusion. All the wrong decisions we take is because of dopamine.  The dopamine always promises us there is happiness there but there is never any fulfillment, only hope. So dopamine gets stimulated and in this modern day environment there is constant stimulation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=275  8   So the mind, the brain has gotten addicted to stimulation. When was the last time you ever got bored? At least never since the advent of iPhone. Because from all sides there's entertainment pouring in, little tit bits of interesting information.  You can always switch from the different platforms, from the different instant messaging Systems, you can always check the email, So the brain gets stimulation. Will I get some interesting tit bit of information there?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=318  9   That is why nowadays intermittent fasting has become common, right? Give your digestive system a little break, 16 hours of break once in a while and it will improve your digestion. So when you eat, you'll actually be able to eat more. You'll make up for that fast.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=367  10   So likewise now people are realizing that you need a dopamine detox, why? Because all the stimulation from all sides and what is happening to the brain is constant dopamine, dopamine, dopamine.  And the problem is the brain is getting desensitized, it needs more and more and more dopamine. So if you do a dopamine detox, slowly the brain will come back to normal. That is the pratyahar. Pratyahar means the withdrawal of the senses from the world. Like the turtle you take them in.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=397  11   And then Sri Krishna also gives some external things. So He says that you sit alert, in the Brahma sutra there are four sutras in regard to how to meditate. So Vyas has said there sit down and meditate.  Now you say Guru ji can I lie down and meditate? Guruji says if you are really expert you can but if you are little less expert don't do it otherwise you will fall asleep in a short while, that is why it is said while meditating don't even take a “teka” (a cushion as a support for back), don't say, okay I'll meditate, let me also rest my back and meditate why this mind is so lazy, it's looking for opportunities to switch off.  Now it doesn't look for such opportunities when you are eating when you are getting the aahar for your senses. Why? Because the mind gets the material rasa. It is a material mind. It gets the material rasa. The mind says this is all right.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=448  12   But when you take the mind in the spiritual realm, now the mind is in the reverse area. It's a material mind in the spiritual realm. Well, it is natural. The mind says this is not so interesting.  Unless you've got a whole lot of prem (love) then of course the mind finds that interesting then the world is uninteresting. But until you reach that level of surety, don't trust the mind.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=538  13   That is why sit alert. So the yoga darshan says, sit and do your meditation, later on you can walk along and also do your meditation. That is also possible. But initially just sit down.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=570  14   So “samam kaya-shiro-grivam” Shri Krishna says “Sit Erect”, do not sit tilted. and then He says “dharayann achalam sthirah” So you focus, keep your eyes not fully open, not fully closed. What is the sense of that?  See Shri Krishna is just being practical. These eyes are the windows to the world, so if you keep the eyes open, you will get distracted, and if you keep the eyes fully closed you may fall asleep, so Shri Krishna is being realistic.  He says you keep them half open and half closed. And further he says focus, don't let the world get in through the eyes, so keep the eyes focussed on the tip of the nose. And then you engage in meditation.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=592  15   So He has earlier explained the kind of aasan, it need not be too high, not too low. Maharshi Patanjali has said "Sthiram, sukham, asanam." He says when you sit for meditation these three things should be there.  Firstly you should be able to sit sukhmay, comfortably. If you are forcing yourself into padmasan and it's uncomfortable for you then naturally your mind will meditate on the pain in the legs and you'll not be able to think of your meditable object. So sukham (comfortably), and asam means sit down and sthiram, sit stationary.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=664  16   So likewise Sri Krishna also says in whichever posture you are able to sit stationary you sit down, focus your eyes, control your senses, and now meditate, on what? So he has said, “Meditate on Me”.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=725  17   Now you read varieties of commentaries on the Bhagavad-Gita, people have the art. Sri Krishna is saying straight, “Meditate on Me”. but somebody says He is telling you to meditate on the soul within,  somebody says He is telling you to meditate on your lifeairs, some master yogis say that there is no Mahabharat, it is only your body but we will learn from Sri Krishna in the next verse, He will clarify it even further.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEiTmThmYo8&t=751 

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Who Am I ? Explained by Swami Mukundananda

 Who Am I ? Explained by Swami Mukundananda

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Full Text  1  we always have this perception of the I, I am happy, I am sad, I am hungry, I am Full, I am feeling hot, I'm feeling cold, the experience of I always remains but what is this I, that is the question from which our spiritual quest begins  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=6   2  on the Temple of Apollo, at Delpha in Athens, are inscribed the Greek words “Know Thyself”, in the Gita Shri Krishna says to know the difference between the field of activities and the knower of that field of activities is the beginning of knowledge  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=42  3  it is said that the wise old man of Greece, Socrates was fond of asking people to think who are they? There is an anecdote about him that lost in deep thought he was walking through the marketplace when he collided into a policeman,  the policeman got agitated and said, you careless fellow, you're not even looking where you're walking, “who are you”, Socrates responded I've been pondering over that question for the last 40 years, if you get to know, “who I am”, please inform me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=76  4  so this question is important, science has its take upon it and the spiritual traditions of the world have their take upon it. Science does not accept the existence of a nonmaterial entity, the spiritual spark called the “soul” as the basis of life in the body, science says that this body consisting of matter is leading to consciousness (i.e., matter is creating consciousness)  but matter does not possess consciousness, science says when matter becomes more complex, then it creates consciousness within itself, that is why this bunch of chemicals within the bag of the body is what you are. The problem with this is that if we are a bunch of chemicals and consciousness is originating from chemicals, then how do you explain the phenomenon of death, death then becomes a chemical reaction, a reaction has taken place in the body which has dismissed consciousness from it,  however any chemical reaction is reversible, if sufficient conditions are provided to it and that is why if death is a mere chemical reaction all you need to do then is to reverse that reaction and bring the dead person back to life.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=122  5  there have been people who have had such faith in their scientific viewpoint that they believed in future, the science would bring dead people back to life, it is said of Walt Disney that his faith in science was such that he did not pass on his property to his children,  rather he wrote In his will that his body should be put in the deep freeze and maybe 300 years later when science evolves to that point that they can make dead people alive then again he will continue with his life, Walt Disney was in the deep dreeze but his children were pretty annoyed about it but because they were not able to access the billions of their father,  so one day people found that from the deep freeze, an awful stink was emanating, they inquired what had gone wrong, on opening it they found Walt Disney's body was stinking, somebody had pulled out the plug of the deep freeze, so that experiment could never be verified.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=241  6  However IF it is a fact that we are a bunch of chemicals and consciousness is created from it, to prove it, let us create life in the laboratory BUT that has never been done. You may say, swami ji, have you not heard of invitro fertilization ? yes but in that invitro fertilization, you are starting with life itself, the sperm and the ovum.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=326  7  Begin with mere chemicals and from chemicals create life, forget about creating a human being just create a mosquito, if you cannot create even the slightest, the lowest kinds of life in the laboratory, then what right do we have of saying that it is scientific & that we are a bunch of chemicals without any proof for it ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=355  8  One Nobel Prize winner Albert Giorgi said, in my search for life, I ended up with electrons, protons and neutrons, somewhere along the journey consciousness slipped out of my hands, now in my old age, I am retracing my steps to find the basis of consciousness.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=386  9  the spiritual traditions in the world inform us that there is a spiritual spark within us, non-material which is the soul, the spirit, the atman that is the source of consciousness, now you may say that why can I not detect that spiritual spark in medical experiments and research ?  The reason is that since it is spiritual, it is beyond the perception of our material Instruments, like for example if an automobile engineer were to find out the source of motion in the car and go from the wheels backward,  he would say that the wheels are moving because of the axle rod, the axle rod is moving because of the pistons in the engine, the pistons are moving because of the accelerator, the ignition switch, the steering wheel, so this is the source of all the motion in the car, however there is a driver behind all these who operates them  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=416  10  similarly a doctor may say the body is functioning because of the heart, the kidneys, the liver, the pancreas, the gall bladder etc., but the spiritual spark is energizing them all and hence they are working, the moment the soul leaves the body, the heart kidneys liver pancreas gallbladder are all there but activity has ceased because the basis of life is no longer there  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=500  11  so the soul cannot be perceived by physical instruments, however the symptom of the Soul consciousness can be perceived, the soul is the basis of life, wherever you find life, whether it is the plants, the animals, the birds, it means there is the soul within them, without the soul this is all dead matter.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=534  12  Information regarding the soul is more completely and precisely presented in the Vedic scriptures, what is the size of the soul ? The soul is tiny, how tiny ? Mundak Upanishad states, take the tip of a hair, cut it into 100 parts,  take one of those parts and cut it further into 100 parts, that is impossible, nevertheless if you could do it, the size you would get is the size of the soul and this is also merely a literary expression because the soul is subtle.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=570  13  that tiny soul, how does it spread consciousness throughout the body ? The Brahma Sutra says the nature of the soul is like the nature of a source of light, there is a light on the ceiling, the light is 2 m away from me but its energy is reaching right here, the Brahma Sutra says in the same manner the soul is in the region of the heart and yet it is spreading consciousness throughout the body ;  that is why if you poke a thorn into your finger, you will experience the pain - what happened ? it's paining, that means the finger has life, how come when the soul is in the heart the life has spread all the way till the finger, that is the nature of the soul, it spreads its consciousness throughout the body  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=635  14  again one could ask that life is the quality of the soul, how come it was passed on to the body ? the answer is given again by Ved Vvas in the Brahma Sutra, he says for example there is fragrance in a flower but the flowers of the garden make the whole garden fragrant and when you enter a garden, you immediately perceive the fragrance, wow beautiful flowers, very aromatic in this garden,  similarly the soul like the flowers spreads its fragrance or its consciousness into the body and how come it got passed through to the entire body, again Ved Vvas makes a sutra in the Brahma sutras, the aphorisms, he says look at the property of chandan or sandalwood paste, to cool your body,  you do not need to apply sandalwood paste all over you, just apply it on the forehead and the property of sandalwood is that it cools the entire body, similarly the soul staying in one place makes this whole body conscious, that is why the Brahma Sutra says accept the existence of the soul, perceive your self as an eternal spiritual being  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=705  15  Swami Vivekanand said “Thou Art Souls Immortal, Spirits, Blessed, Free and Eternal, matter is your servant and not you the servant of matter”, the moment you get this realization of your real self, your personality becomes centered, people will talk about how to center themselves,  I respond it's the easiest of things, see yourself through shastra chakshu (eyes of shastras/scriptures) even though you may not as yet have had realization of your soul nature, see yourself through the eyes of the scriptures and the moment you bring this thought,  this piece of knowledge into your intellect that I am the Eternal Soul, I am not body, I am not matter, I am a part of the Eternal God, you will be centered and you will be focused upon He of whom your soul is a part, this is the knowledge of the Soul  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKV11cTs7hA&t=813  Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Who Am I Explained by Swami Mukundananda.mp4