Bhagvat: ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY IN HIS PURE CONDITION IS ALWAYS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THE LORD, AND THE LORD IS DEAR TO HIM, 20th June

ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY IN HIS PURE CONDITION IS ALWAYS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THE LORD, AND THE LORD IS DEAR TO HIM

TRANSLATION
He holds no one as very dear and no one as inimical.

He has no one for His own relative, and no one is alien to Him.

He is actually the soul of the soul of all living entities.

Thus He is the auspicious friend of all living beings and is very near and dear to all of them.

PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His second feature, is the Supersoul of all living entities.

As one's self is extremely dear, the Superself of the self is still more dear.

No one can be the enemy of the friendly Superself, who is equal to everyone.

RELATIONSHIPS OF DEARNESS OR ENMITY BETWEEN THE SUPREME LORD AND THE LIVING BEINGS ARE DUE TO THE INTERVENTION OF THE ILLUSORY ENERGY.

BECAUSE THE THREE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE INTERVENE BETWEEN THE LORD AND THE LIVING BEINGS, THESE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR.

ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY IN HIS PURE CONDITION IS ALWAYS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THE LORD, AND THE LORD IS DEAR TO HIM.

THERE IS NO QUESTION OF PARTIALITY OR ENMITY.

Bhagvat: ACCORDING TO THE KARMA OF THE LIVING ENTITY, A BODY IS PREPARED UNDER THE SUPREME LORD'S SUPERVISION, 19th June

according to the karma of the living entity, a body is prepared under the Supreme Lord's supervision

Extract from Srimad Bhagvatam

TRANSLATION
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead creates different types of bodies, offering a particular body to each living entity according to his character and fruitive actions, the Lord revives all the qualities of material nature—sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna. Then, as the Supersoul, He enters each body and influences the qualities of creation, maintenance and annihilation, using sattva-guna for maintenance, rajo-guna for creation and tamo-guna for annihilation.

PURPORT
Although material nature is conducted by the three qualities—sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna—nature is not independent. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gitä (9.10):

"This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings.

By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”

The different changes in the material world take place as actions and reactions of the three gunas, but above the three gunas is their director, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

In the various types of bodies given to the living entities by material nature (yanträrüdhäni mäyayä), either sattva-guna, rajo-guna or tamo-guna is prominent.

The body is produced by material nature according to the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Therefore it is said here, yadä sisrkshum pura ätmanam param, indicating that the body is certainly created by the Lord.

Karmanä daiva-netrena: according to the karma of the living entity, a body is prepared under the Supreme Lord's supervision.

Whether the body is of sattva-guna, rajo-guna or tamo-guna, everything is done by the direction of the Supreme Lord through the agency of the external energy (prthak sva-mäyayä).

In this way, in different types of bodies, the Lord (isvara) gives directions as Paramätmä, and again, to destroy the body, He employs the tamo-guna.

This is the way the living entities receive different types of bodies.

IF EVER THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE FOR BETTER IN YOUR LIFE, IT IS GOING TO BE THROUGH THE MEANS OF A SAINT / DEVOTEE #Blog0042

जीवन में यदि परिवर्तन होता है तो ना पंथ से ना ग्रंथ से 

परिवर्तन होता है संत से        

If ever there is going to be a change for better in your life, it is going to be through the means of a saint / devotee        

महादेव याचना करते हैं        

“बार बार वर मांगे हूं, हर्ष देहु श्रीरंग 

पद सरोज अनुपायनी, भक्ति सदा सत्संग”        

Even Lord Shankar prays repeatedly(बार बार) for non-stop loving devotion & satsang     

जीवन में भक्ति की भावना होना एक बात है और जीवन में भक्ति की भावना स्थिर होना यह दूसरी बात है        

It is one thing to have feeling of devotion but quite another that the devotion stays on continuously        

बहुत से लोग सोचते हैं कि एक ही बात होती है कथा में घुमा फिरा के कही जाती है

Many feel that in katha, only one thing is repeated endlessly…        

तो एक ही बात को कब तक सुनते रहे, क्या होता है बार बार सुनने से        

so how many times can we listen to the same thing again & again & what happens on listening repeatedly        

एक भवन की नींव भरी जाती है, बजरी (concrete) भर कर उस पर दुरमुट चलाया जाता है 

नींव को ठोस और मजबूत करने के लिए, क्यों क्योंकि उसे आधार बनना है, आपका यह बार-बार सुनना एक दुरमुट चलाने के समान है        (दुरमुट =(Flat Hammer on a long handle for levelling concrete)        

For creating a solid Foundation after filling concrete, the flat hammer is hit again and again repeatedly ; why ? 

so as to create a strong foundation.        

Likewise your repeatedly listening to the Katha is like repeated hammering your mind to wake up so as to move from untruth to Truth, from darkness to Light, from mortality to Immortality 

असतो मा सदगमय ॥ तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ॥ मृत्योर्मामृतम् गमय ॥        

If the mind does not “clean up” (निर्मल), it would of course be kept trapped in “dirt”, as already so in countless births in untruth, darkness & mortality.        

Lord Himself says, भगवान स्वयं कहते हैं        

"निर्मल मन जन, सो ही मोहे पावा, मोहे छल छिद्र कपट ना भावा"   i.e., I'm attained by only a निर्मल (clean) heart        

& I (God) don't like छल (deceipt) छिद्र (seeing faults in others) & कपट (selfishness)   

कथा बार बार सुनने से मन निर्मल होता है केवल जिससे भगवान आकर्षित होते हैं  

YOU CANNOT ADDRESS LORD UNLESS YOU KNOW YOURSELF WHO YOU ARE #Blog0041

YOU CANNOT ADDRESS LORD UNLESS YOU KNOW YOURSELF WHO YOU ARE

 

आपके जीवन में संत भगवान की पाती लेकर आएगा और आपकी पाती लेकर जाएगा
Guru/saint – when he comes in your life, takes your letter to Lord & brings His acknowledgement to you.

लेकिन जब किसी को पत्र लिखते हैं तो जितना आवश्यक है ADDRESSEE (जिसको आप पत्र भेज रहें हैं) का नाम लिखना उतना ही आवश्यक ADDRESSOR ("From") का लिखना भी है बिना इसके डाकिया भी पत्र लेकर नहीं जाता
When writing a letter, it is vital to write both ADDRESSEE & ADDRESSOR

आप अपना क्या पता लिखेंगे आपका स्वयं से तो कोई परिचय है नहीं
But what will you write as an ADDRESSOR – you are not at all acquainted with you yourself – so you cannot write a letter to Lord unless you know yourself who you are