Bhagvat INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD SPREAD KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS AND ALL NECESSITIES OF LIFE WILL AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW,17th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
THE NATURAL PRODUCTS CREATED BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD SHOULD BE UTILIZED TO MAINTAIN THE BODIES AND SOULS OF ALL LIVING ENTITIES. THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE OF THREE TYPES: THOSE PRODUCED FROM THE SKY [FROM RAINFALL], FROM THE EARTH [FROM THE MINES, THE SEAS OR THE FIELDS], AND FROM THE ATMOSPHERE [THAT WHICH IS OBTAINED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY].

PURPORT
WE LIVING ENTITIES IN DIFFERENT FORMS ARE ALL CHILDREN OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, AS CONFIRMED BY THE LORD IN BHAGAVAD-GITA (14.4):


"IT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL SPECIES OF LIFE, O SON OF KUNTI, ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY BIRTH IN THIS MATERIAL NATURE, AND THAT I AM THE SEED-GIVING FATHER." THE SUPREME LORD, KRSHNA, IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIVING ENTITIES IN DIFFERENT SPECIES AND FORMS.

ONE WHO IS INTELLIGENT CAN SEE THAT ALL LIVING ENTITIES IN THE 8,400,000 BODILY FORMS ARE PART OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD AND ARE HIS SONS. EVERYTHING WITHIN THE MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WORLDS IS THE PROPERTY OF THE SUPREME LORD (isavasyam idam sarvam) AND THEREFORE EVERYTHING HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. SRILA RÜPA GOSVAMI SAYS IN THIS REGARD:

"ONE WHO REJECTS ANYTHING WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF ITS RELATIONSHIP TO KRSHNA IS INCOMPLETE IN HIS RENUNCIATION." (bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.256)ALTHOUGH MAYAVADI PHILOSOPHERS SAY THAT THE MATERIAL CREATION IS FALSE, ACTUALLY IT IS NOT FALSE; IT IS FACTUAL, BUT THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING BELONGS TO HUMAN SOCIETY IS FALSE. EVERYTHING BELONGS TO THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, FOR EVERYTHING IS CREATED BY HIM.

ALL LIVING ENTITIES, BEING THE LORD'S SONS, HIS ETERNAL PARTS AND PARCELS, HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR FATHER'S PROPERTY BY NATURE'S ARRANGEMENT. AS STATED IN THE UPANISHADS, TENA TYAKTENA BHUNJITHA MA GRDHAM KASYA SVID DHANAM. EVERYONE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THE THINGS ALLOTTED HIM BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD; NO ONE SHOULD ENCROACH UPON ANOTHER'S RIGHTS OR PROPERTY.

IN BHAGAVAD-GITA IT IS SAID:
"ALL LIVING BODIES SUBSIST ON FOOD GRAINS, WHICH ARE PRODUCED FROM RAINS. RAINS ARE PRODUCED BY PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA [sacrifice], AND YAJNA IS BORN OF PRESCRIBED DUTIES." (BG. 3.14) WHEN FOOD GRAINS ARE SUFFICIENTLY PRODUCED, BOTH ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEINGS CAN BE NOURISHED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE. THIS IS NATURE'S ARRANGEMENT.

EVERYONE IS ACTING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL NATURE, AND ONLY FOOLS THINK THEY CAN IMPROVE UPON WHAT GOD HAS CREATED. THE HOUSEHOLDERS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING THAT THE LAWS OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD ARE MAINTAINED, WITHOUT FIGHTING BETWEEN MEN, COMMUNITIES, SOCIETIES OR NATIONS. HUMAN SOCIETY SHOULD PROPERLY UTILIZE THE GIFTS OF GOD, ESPECIALLY THE FOOD GRAINS THAT GROW BECAUSE OF RAIN FALLING FROM THE SKY.

AS STATED IN BHAGAVAD-GITA, YAJNAD BHAVATI PARJANYAM. SO THAT RAINFALL WILL BE REGULATED, HUMANITY SHOULD PERFORM YAJNAS, SACRIFICES. YAJNAS WERE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED WITH OFFERINGS OF OBLATIONS OF GHEE AND FOOD GRAINS, BUT IN THIS AGE, OF COURSE, THIS IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE, FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GHEE AND FOOD GRAINS HAS DIMINISHED BECAUSE OF THE SINFUL LIFE OF HUMAN SOCIETY.

HOWEVER, PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE TO KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS AND CHANT THE HARE KRSHNA MANTRA, AS RECOMMENDED IN THE SASTRAS (yajnaim sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasam).

IF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TAKE TO THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT AND CHANT THE EASY SOUND VIBRATION OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL NAME AND FAME OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, THERE WILL BE NO SCARCITY OF RAINFALL; CONSEQUENTLY FOOD GRAINS, FRUITS AND FLOWERS WILL BE PROPERLY PRODUCED, AND ALL THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE WILL BE EASILY OBTAINED.

GRHASTHAS, OR HOUSEHOLDERS, SHOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ORGANIZING SUCH NATURAL PRODUCTION.

IT IS THEREFORE SAID, tasyaiva hetom prayateta kovidam. AN INTELLIGENT PERSON SHOULD TRY TO SPREAD KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH THE CHANTING OF THE HOLY NAME OF THE LORD, AND ALL THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE WILL AUTOMATICALLY FOLLOW.

Bhagvat WHEN ONE MISUSES THE GIFT OF THE HUMAN FORM BY UNNECESSARILY INDULGING IN THE ANIMAL PROPENSITIES OF EATING, SLEEPING, MATING AND DEFENDING AND DOES NOT TRY TO GET OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF MAYA…,16th June

Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
WHILE WORKING TO EARN HIS LIVELIHOOD AS MUCH AS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER, ONE WHO IS ACTUALLY LEARNED SHOULD LIVE IN HUMAN SOCIETY UNATTACHED TO FAMILY AFFAIRS, ALTHOUGH EXTERNALLY APPEARING VERY MUCH ATTACHED.

PURPORT
THIS IS THE PICTURE OF IDEAL FAMILY LIFE.

WHEN SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU ASKED RAMANANDA RAYA ABOUT THE GOAL OF LIFE, RAMANANDA RAYA DESCRIBED IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES, AND FINALLY SRI RAMANANDA RAYA EXPLAINED THAT ONE MAY STAY IN HIS OWN POSITION, WHETHER AS A BRAHMANA, A SHÜDRA, A SANNYASI OR WHATEVER, BUT ONE MUST TRY TO INQUIRE ABOUT LIFE'S GOAL (ATHATO BRAHMA JIJNASA).

THIS IS THE PROPER UTILIZATION OF THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE.

WHEN ONE MISUSES THE GIFT OF THE HUMAN FORM BY UNNECESSARILY INDULGING IN THE ANIMAL PROPENSITIES OF EATING, SLEEPING, MATING AND DEFENDING AND DOES NOT TRY TO GET OUT OF THE CLUTCHES OF MAYA, WHICH SUBJECTS ONE TO REPEATED BIRTH, DEATH, OLD AGE AND DISEASE, ONE IS AGAIN PUNISHED BY BEING FORCED TO DESCEND TO THE LOWER SPECIES AND UNDERGO EVOLUTION ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF NATURE.

BEING COMPLETELY UNDER THE GRIP OF MATERIAL NATURE, THE LIVING ENTITY MUST EVOLVE AGAIN FROM THE LOWER SPECIES TO THE HIGHER SPECIES UNTIL HE AT LAST RETURNS TO HUMAN LIFE AND GETS THE CHANCE TO BE FREED FROM THE MATERIAL CLUTCHES.

A WISE MAN, HOWEVER, LEARNS FROM THE SASTRAS AND GURU THAT WE LIVING ENTITIES ARE ALL ETERNAL BUT ARE PUT INTO TROUBLESOME CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF ASSOCIATING WITH DIFFERENT MODES UNDER THE LAWS OF MATERIAL NATURE.

HE THEREFORE CONCLUDES THAT IN THE HUMAN FORM OF LIFE HE SHOULD NOT ENDEAVOR FOR UNNECESSARY NECESSITIES, BUT SHOULD LIVE A VERY SIMPLE LIFE, JUST MAINTAINING BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.

CERTAINLY ONE REQUIRES SOME MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD, AND ACCORDING TO ONE'S VARNA AND ASRAMA THIS MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD IS PRESCRIBED IN THE SASTRAS.

ONE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH THIS.

THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF HANKERING FOR MORE AND MORE MONEY, A SINCERE DEVOTEE OF THE LORD TRIES TO INVENT SOME WAYS TO EARN HIS LIVELIHOOD, AND WHEN HE DOES SO KRSHNA HELPS HIM.

EARNING ONE'S LIVELIHOOD, THEREFORE, IS NOT A PROBLEM.

THE REAL PROBLEM IS HOW TO GET FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF BIRTH, DEATH AND OLD AGE.

ATTAINING THIS FREEDOM, AND NOT INVENTING UNNECESSARY NECESSITIES, IS THE BASIC PRINCIPLE OF VEDIC CIVILIZATION.

ONE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHATEVER MEANS OF LIFE COMES AUTOMATICALLY.

THE MODERN MATERIALISTIC CIVILIZATION IS JUST THE OPPOSITE OF THE IDEAL CIVILIZATION.

EVERY DAY THE SO-CALLED LEADERS OF MODERN SOCIETY INVENT SOMETHING CONTRIBUTING TO A CUMBERSOME WAY OF LIFE THAT IMPLICATES PEOPLE MORE AND MORE IN THE CYCLE OF BIRTH, DEATH, OLD AGE AND DISEASE.

TRANSLATION
AN INTELLIGENT MAN IN HUMAN SOCIETY SHOULD MAKE HIS OWN PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES VERY SIMPLE. IF THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS FROM HIS FRIENDS, CHILDREN, PARENTS, BROTHERS OR ANYONE ELSE, HE SHOULD EXTERNALLY AGREE, SAYING, "YES, THAT IS ALL RIGHT," BUT INTERNALLY HE SHOULD BE DETERMINED NOT TO CREATE A CUMBERSOME LIFE IN WHICH THE PURPOSE OF LIFE WILL NOT BE FULFILLED.

Gita shloka 3.10, WITH SANKIRTANA (HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA) CAN LIVE VERY COMFORTABLY WITHOUT ANXIETY, 16th June

Gita shloka 3.10

TRANSLATION

IN THE BEGINNING OF CREATION, THE LORD OF ALL CREATURES SENT FORTH GENERATIONS OF MEN AND DEMIGODS, ALONG WITH SACRIFICES FOR VISNU, AND BLESSED THEM BY SAYING, "BE THOU HAPPY BY THIS YAJNA [SACRIFICE] BECAUSE ITS PERFORMANCE WILL BESTOW UPON YOU ALL DESIRABLE THINGS."

PURPORT

THE MATERIAL CREATION BY THE LORD OF CREATURES (VISNU) IS A CHANCE OFFERED TO THE CONDITIONED SOULS TO COME BACK HOME—BACK TO GODHEAD.

ALL LIVING ENTITIES WITHIN THE MATERIAL CREATION ARE CONDITIONED BY MATERIAL NATURE BECAUSE OF THEIR FORGETFULNESS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO KRSNA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.

The Vedic principles are to help us understand this eternal relation as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah.

THE LORD SAYS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE VEDAS IS TO UNDERSTAND HIM.

In the Vedic hymns it is said: patim visvasyatmesvaram.

THEREFORE, THE LORD OF THE LIVING ENTITIES IS THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, VISNU.

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam also Srila Sukadeva Gosvami describes the Lord as pati in so many ways:

sriyah-patir yajna-patih praja-patir
dhiyam patir loka-patir dhara-patih
patir gatis candhaka-vrsni-satvatam
prasidatam me bhagavan satam patih

(Bhag. 2.4.20)

THE PRAJA-PATI IS LORD VISNU, AND HE IS THE LORD OF ALL LIVING CREATURES, ALL WORLDS, AND ALL BEAUTIES, AND THE PROTECTOR OF EVERYONE.

THE LORD CREATED THIS MATERIAL WORLD FOR THE CONDITIONED SOULS TO LEARN HOW TO PERFORM YAJNAS (SACRIFICE) FOR THE SATISFACTION OF VISNU, SO THAT WHILE IN THE MATERIAL WORLD THEY CAN LIVE VERY COMFORTABLY WITHOUT ANXIETY.

THEN AFTER FINISHING THE PRESENT MATERIAL BODY, THEY CAN ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

THAT IS THE WHOLE PROGRAM FOR THE CONDITIONED SOUL.

BY PERFORMANCE OF YAJNA, THE CONDITIONED SOULS GRADUALLY BECOME KRSNA CONSCIOUS AND BECOME GODLY IN ALL RESPECTS.

IN THIS AGE OF KALI, THE SANKIRTANA-YAJNA (THE CHANTING OF THE NAMES OF GOD) IS RECOMMENDED BY THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES, AND THIS TRANSCENDENTAL SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED BY LORD CHAITANYA FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF ALL MEN IN THIS AGE.

Sankirtana-yajna and Krsna consciousness go well together.

Lord Krsna in His devotional form (as Lord Caitanya) is mentioned in the Srimad-Bhagavatam as follows, with special reference to the sankirtana-yajna:

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah

"IN THIS AGE OF KALI, PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDOWED WITH SUFFICIENT INTELLIGENCE WILL WORSHIP THE LORD, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS ASSOCIATES, BY PERFORMANCE OF SANKIRTANA-YAJNA." (Bhag. 11.5.29)

OTHER YAJNAS PRESCRIBED IN THE VEDIC LITERATURES ARE NOT EASY TO PERFORM IN THIS AGE OF KALI, BUT THE SANKIRTANA-YAJNA IS EASY AND SUBLIME FOR ALL PURPOSES.