Bhagvat :THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF HIGHLY ELEVATED DEVOTEES, CALLED SADHANA-SIDDHA AND KRPA-SIDDHA,16th July

Bhagvat :THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF HIGHLY ELEVATED DEVOTEES, CALLED SADHANA-SIDDHA AND KRPA-SIDDHA

TRANSLATION

Bali Maharaja said: As you have already stated, the principle of religion that does not hinder one's economic development, sense gratification, fame and means of livelihood is the real occupational duty of the householder. I also think that this religious principle is correct.

PURPORT

Bali Maharaja's grave answer to his guru Shukracharya is meaningful. Shukracharya stressed that one's material means of livelihood and one's material reputation, sense gratification and economic development must continue properly. To see to this is the first duty of a man who is a householder, especially one who is interested in material affairs. 

If a religious principle does not affect one's material condition, it is to be accepted. At the present time, in this age of Kali, this idea is extremely prominent. No one is prepared to accept any religious principle if it hampers material prosperity. Shukracharya, being a person of this material world, did not know the principles of a devotee. 

A DEVOTEE IS DETERMINED TO SERVE THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD TO HIS FULL SATISFACTION. ANYTHING THAT HAMPERS SUCH DETERMINATION SHOULD CERTAINLY BE REJECTED. THIS IS THE PRINCIPLE OF BHAKTI. Anukülyasya sankalpam pratikülyasya varjanam (Cc. Madhya 22.100). 

To perform devotional service, one must accept only that which is favorable and reject that which is unfavorable. Bali Maharaja had the opportunity to contribute everything he possessed to the lotus feet of Lord Vamanadeva, but Shukracharya was putting forward a material argument to hamper this process of devotional service. 

Under the circumstances, Bali Maharaja decided that such hindrances should certainly be avoided. In other words, he decided immediately to reject the advice of Shukracharya and go on with his duty. Thus he gave all his possessions to Lord Vamanadeva.

TRANSLATION

I am the grandson of Maharaja Prahlada. How can I withdraw my promise because of greed for money when I have already said that I shall give this land? How can I behave like an ordinary cheater, especially toward a brahmana?

PURPORT

Bali Maharaja had already been blessed by his grandfather Prahlada Maharaja. Therefore, he was a pure devotee, although born in a family of demons. 

THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF HIGHLY ELEVATED DEVOTEES, CALLED SADHANA-SIDDHA AND KRPA-SIDDHA. SADHANA-SIDDHA REFERS TO ONE WHO HAS BECOME A DEVOTEE BY REGULAR EXECUTION OF THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES MENTIONED IN THE SHASTRAS, AS ORDERED AND DIRECTED BY THE SPIRITUAL MASTER. 

IF ONE REGULARLY EXECUTES SUCH DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, HE WILL CERTAINLY ATTAIN PERFECTION IN DUE COURSE OF TIME. BUT THERE ARE OTHER DEVOTEES, WHO MAY NOT HAVE UNDERGONE ALL THE REQUIRED DETAILS OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BUT WHO, BY THE SPECIAL MERCY OF GURU AND KRSHNA—THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AND THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD—HAVE IMMEDIATELY ATTAINED THE PERFECTION OF PURE DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. 

Examples of such devotees are the yajna-patnis, Maharaja Bali and Shukadeva Gosvami. The yajna-patnis were the wives of ordinary brahmanas engaged in fruitive activities. 

Although the brahmanas were very learned and advanced in Vedic knowledge, they could not achieve the mercy of Krshna-Balarama, whereas their wives achieved complete perfection in devotional service, despite their being women. 

Similarly, Vairochani, Bali Maharaja, received the mercy of Prahlada Maharaja, and by Prahlada Maharaja's mercy he also received the mercy of Lord Vishnu, who appeared before him as a brahmachari beggar. Thus Bali Maharaja became a krpa-siddha because of the special mercy of both guru and Krshna. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu confirms this favor: guru-krshna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija (Cc. Madhya 19.151). 

Bali Maharaja, by the grace of Prahlada Maharaja, got the seed of devotional service, and when that seed developed, he achieved the ultimate fruit of that service, namely love of Godhead (prema pum-artho mahan), immediately upon the appearance of Lord Vamanadeva. 

Bali Maharaja regularly maintained devotion for the Lord, and because he was purified, the Lord appeared before him. Because of unalloyed love for the Lord, he then immediately decided, "I shall give this little dwarf brahmana whatever He asks from me." This is a sign of love. Thus Bali Maharaja is understood to be one who received the highest perfection of devotional service by special mercy.

MAYA's ILLUSIVE POWER #Blog0062

Maya's illusive power is expressed :

"फंद सरकावत फिरत दिन,  चित्त चंचल जू कहंत" 

Your own fickle mind (चित्त चंचल) "gallows" (फंद) you tighter & tighter each day (फिरत दिन).

खुदा जब हुस्न देता है तो नज़ाकत आ ही जाती है 

और जब नज़ाकत आ ही जाती है तो शरारत हो ही जाती है

As the creation is beautiful & therefore it entices & it is natural to slip down into web of maya (illusion)

"माया अर्थात, जो है सो दीसत नहीं,  और जो दीसत सो नाहीं   

जड़ चेतन ही ग्रंथि पड़ गई, यद्यपि मृषा - पर छूटत कठिन हई"  

माया अर्थात, जो बांध ले और आपको खबर भी न पड़े कि आप बंधे है  

जनम जनम से जीव बंधा है लेकिन बंधन का बोध ही नहीं है

मृषा = झूठ मूठ, व्यर्थ, दीसत नहीं = which cannot be seen

Illusive power of maya is such that eternal reality is not seen BUT whatever is seen is not actually the eternal reality.

The consciousness is, as if in a deep sleep, as if almost non-living (जड़ (non-living) चेतन (consciousness) ही ग्रंथि पड़ गई)

And we are all caught up in this maya since countless ages & not able to come out of it as we do not come to even realise that we are caught up, that we are in a state of disease, that we live in a worldly birth death cycle of old age & disease. 

Gita Shloka 8.15 The Lord as the Creator (the manufacturer) declares this material world as दुखालयम (a mountain of miseries) but some foolish "users" (human beings) among us affirm that this material world is सुखालयम (place of happiness), which is totally untrue. Actually, this world is सूखालयम (सूखा + आल्यम) & सूखा (dry) means it squeezes everything out of you.

The young feel that theirs is not the age for spirituality but later they realise how they have lost their invaluable human life in trivial & fleeting pursuits of this material world.

This is all done by maya's illusive power.

https://youtu.be/9nsSstcFTJM?t=1373

जब तक कोई अपने आप को रोगी नहीं मानेगा तो इलाज करने के बारे में कैसे सोचेगा

इसलिए पहले आप मानिए की आप रोगी है माया के रोग में बंधे हैं

इसका उपचार एक ही है भगवान श्रीकृष्ण की शरणागति

Only satsang, through which Krishna bhakti can be aroused, is the curative medicine which can awaken us up & cure us.

NONE HAS OBTAINED GOD MERELY LAUGHING BUT THROUGH CRYING, WITH TEARS OF LOVE #Blog0061

NONE HAS OBTAINED GOD MERELY LAUGHING BUT THROUGH CRYING, WITH TEARS OF LOVE

"हंस हंस कँत ना पाइया

जिन पाइयां, तिन रोये

कबीर कहते हैं हंसना छोड़ दे

कर रोने से प्रीत

बिन रोइए, क्यों पाइए परम प्यारा मीत"

बिना प्रीतम की याद में प्रेम अश्रु विसर्जित किए उर अंतर का मैल कैसे धुलेगा 

NONE HAS OBTAINED (ना पाइया) HIM (कँत =BELOVED) MERELY LAUGHING BUT THROUGH CRYING (WITH TEARS OF LOVE)

KABIR SAYS “STOP LAUGHING, LOVE CRYING (WITH TEARS OF LOVE - कर रोने से प्रीत), WHY WOULD YOU GET (जिन पाइयां) LORD (परम प्यारा मीत ) WITHOUT REACHING PINNACLE OF LOVE (WHICH IS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH TEARS OF LOVE- तिन रोये)”

ONE CANNOT PURIFY (मैल कैसे धुलेगा ) ONE’S HEART (उर =HEART, अंतर=INSIDE ) ENOUGH UNLESS THROUGH CRYING (WITH TEARS OF LOVE- अश्रु विसर्जित किए) FOR HIM (बिना प्रीतम की याद में)

“रख सीस सदा तुद चरणन पे

निज असुवन से पग धोता रहूं

बृज राज तुम्हारे प्रेम में मैं

बस यूं ही निरंतर रोता रहूं”

WITH MY HEAD AT YOUR LOTUS FEET, 

LET ME WASH THEM CONTINUOUSLY WITH MY TEARS (OF LOVE)

IN YOUR LOVE, O LORD

LET ME CRY INCESSANTLY

टपकते हैं दृग बिंदु तुमसे यह कह कर

तुम्हें अपनी उल्फत में तर देखना है

कन्हैया तुम्हे एक नजर देखना है

दृग = eyes, बिंदु = tears, उल्फत=love

MY EYES ROLL DOWN TEARS (OF LOVE)

SO THAT I SEE YOU IMBUED IN MY LOVE

सुना तुम हो दीनों की आहों के आशिक

हमें अपनी आहों का असर देखना है 

कन्हैया तुझे एक नज़र देखना है 

जिधर तुम छुपे हो उधर देखना है

कन्हैया तुझे एक नज़र देखना है 

Nitya-siddha Krishna-prema. THE PURE SOULS ARE ETERNALLY IN LOVE WITH KRSHNA, AND THIS PERMANENT LOVE, EITHER AS A SERVANT, A FRIEND, A PARENT OR A CONJUGAL LOVER, IS NOT AT ALL DIFFICULT TO REVIVE. 

ESPECIALLY IN THIS AGE, THE CONCESSION IS THAT SIMPLY BY CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA (harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam) ONE REVIVES HIS ORIGINAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND THUS BECOMES SO HAPPY THAT HE DOES NOT WANT ANYTHING MATERIAL.

GITA SHLOKA 3.42 EVEN THOUGH THE SOUL IS THE MASTER OF INTELLIGENCE,MIND, AND SENSES, STILL, UNLESS IT IS STRENGTHENED BY ASSOCIATION WITH KRSNA IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THERE IS EVERY CHANCE OF FALLING DOWN DUE TO THE AGITATED MIND. -15TH JULY

GITA SHLOKA 3.42 EVEN THOUGH THE SOUL IS THE MASTER OF INTELLIGENCE,MIND, AND SENSES, STILL, UNLESS IT IS STRENGTHENED BY ASSOCIATION WITH KRSNA IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, THERE IS EVERY CHANCE OF FALLING DOWN DUE TO THE AGITATED MIND.  

TRANSLATION

THE WORKING SENSES ARE SUPERIOR TO DULL MATTER; MIND IS HIGHER THAN THE SENSES; INTELLIGENCE IS STILL HIGHER THAN THE MIND; AND HE [THE SOUL] IS EVEN HIGHER THAN THE INTELLIGENCE.

PURPORT

The senses are different outlets for the activities of lust.

Lust is reserved within the body, but it is given vent through the senses.

Therefore, the senses are superior to the body as a whole.

These outlets are not in use when there is superior consciousness, or Krsna consciousness.

In Krsna consciousness the soul makes direct connection with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore the bodily functions, as described here, ultimately end in the Supreme Soul.

Bodily action means the functions of the senses, and stopping the senses means stopping all bodily actions.

But since the mind is active, then, even though the body may be silent and at rest, the mind will act—as it does during dreaming.

But, above the mind there is the determination of the intelligence, and above the intelligence is the soul proper.

IF, THEREFORE, THE SOUL IS DIRECTLY ENGAGED WITH THE SUPREME, NATURALLY ALL OTHER SUBORDINATES, NAMELY, THE INTELLIGENCE, MIND AND THE SENSES, WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGED.

IN THE KATHA UPANISAD THERE IS A PASSAGE IN WHICH IT IS SAID THAT THE OBJECTS OF SENSE GRATIFICATION ARE SUPERIOR TO THE SENSES, AND MIND IS SUPERIOR TO THE SENSE OBJECTS.

IF, THEREFORE, THE MIND IS DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN THE SERVICE OF THE LORD CONSTANTLY, THEN THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THE SENSES BECOMING ENGAGED IN OTHER WAYS.

This mental attitude has already been explained.

If the mind is engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord, there is no chance of its being engaged in the lower propensities.

In the Katha Upanisad the soul has been described as mahan, the great.

THEREFORE THE SOUL IS ABOVE ALL—NAMELY, THE SENSE OBJECTS, THE SENSES, THE MIND AND THE INTELLIGENCE.

THEREFORE, DIRECTLY UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE SOUL IS THE SOLUTION OF THE WHOLE PROBLEM.

WITH INTELLIGENCE ONE HAS TO SEEK OUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE SOUL AND THEN ENGAGE THE MIND ALWAYS IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS.

THAT SOLVES THE WHOLE PROBLEM.

A NEOPHYTE SPIRITUALIST IS GENERALLY ADVISED TO KEEP ALOOF FROM THE OBJECTS OF SENSES.

ONE HAS TO STRENGTHEN THE MIND BY USE OF INTELLIGENCE.

IF BY INTELLIGENCE ONE ENGAGES ONE'S MIND IN KRSNA CONSCIOUSNESS, BY COMPLETE SURRENDER UNTO THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, THEN, AUTOMATICALLY, THE MIND BECOMES STRONGER, AND EVEN THOUGH THE SENSES ARE VERY STRONG, LIKE SERPENTS, THEY WILL BE NO MORE EFFECTIVE THAN SERPENTS WITH BROKEN FANGS.

But even though the soul is the master of intelligence and mind, and the senses also, still, unless it is strengthened by association with Krsna in Krsna consciousness, there is every chance of falling down due to the agitated mind.

Bhagvat MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO PUSH FORWARD THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT SO THAT ALL OF HUMAN SOCIETY WILL BECOME HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND HOPEFUL OF BEING PROMOTED BACK HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD, 14th July

Bhagvat MONEY SHOULD BE USED TO PUSH FORWARD THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT SO THAT ALL OF HUMAN SOCIETY WILL BECOME HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND HOPEFUL OF BEING PROMOTED BACK HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD.

TRANSLATION

The utterance of the word om signifies separation from one's monetary assets. In other words, by uttering this word one becomes free from attachment to money because his money is taken away from him. To be without money is not very satisfactory, for in that position one cannot fulfill one's desires. In other words, by using the word "om" one becomes poverty-stricken. Especially when one gives charity to a poor man or beggar, one remains unfulfilled in self-realization and in sense gratification.

PURPORT

Maharaja Bali wanted to give everything to Vamanadeva, who had appeared as a beggar, but Shukracarya, being Maharaja Bali's familial spiritual master in the line of seminal succession, could not appreciate Maharaja Bali's promise. Shukracarya gave Vedic evidence that one should not give everything to a poor man. 

Rather, when a poor man comes for charity one should untruthfully say, "Whatever I have I have given you. I have no more." It is not that one should give everything to him. Actually the word om is meant for om tat sat, the Absolute Truth. Omkara is meant for freedom from all attachment to money because money should be spent for the purpose of the Supreme. The tendency of modern civilization is to give money in charity to the poor. 

SUCH CHARITY HAS NO SPIRITUAL VALUE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY HOSPITALS AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE POOR, ACCORDING TO THE THREE MODES OF MATERIAL NATURE A CLASS OF POOR MEN IS ALWAYS DESTINED TO CONTINUE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SO MANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, POVERTY HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN FROM HUMAN SOCIETY. THEREFORE IT IS RECOMMENDED HERE, BHIKSHAVE SARVAM OM KURVAN NALAM KAMENA CATMANE. ONE SHOULD NOT GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE BEGGARS AMONG THE POOR.

THE BEST SOLUTION IS THAT OF THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT. THIS MOVEMENT IS ALWAYS KIND TO THE POOR, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT FEEDS THEM BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM ENLIGHTENMENT BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO BECOME KRSHNA CONSCIOUS. 

WE ARE THEREFORE OPENING HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF CENTERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE POOR, BOTH IN MONEY AND IN KNOWLEDGE, TO ENLIGHTEN THEM IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS AND REFORM THEIR CHARACTER BY TEACHING THEM HOW TO AVOID ILLICIT SEX, INTOXICATION, MEAT-EATING AND GAMBLING, WHICH ARE THE MOST SINFUL ACTIVITIES AND WHICH CAUSE PEOPLE TO SUFFER, LIFE AFTER LIFE. 

The best way to use money is to open such a center, where all may come live and reform their character. They may live very comfortably, without denial of any of the body's necessities, but they live under spiritual control, and thus they live happily and save time for advancement in Krshna consciousness. 

IF ONE HAS MONEY, IT SHOULD NOT BE SQUANDERED AWAY ON NOTHING. IT SHOULD BE USED TO PUSH FORWARD THE KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT SO THAT ALL OF HUMAN SOCIETY WILL BECOME HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND HOPEFUL OF BEING PROMOTED BACK HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD.