Ram and Krishna - The Key Difference Explained by Swami Mukundanand

Ram and Krishna - The Key Difference Explained by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOcmy-75DhA Full Text  1  Now the time came for the Naamkaran, so Dashrath ji asked Vashisht ji please give name to my children. So Vashisht ji said “verse” This little Child of Kaushalya he will give bliss to His devotees and that is why I am giving him the name of Ram.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=21  2  There have been three famous Rams in Indian History. One is Bhargava Ram or Parshuram, one is Yadav Ram or Balaram and one is Raghav Ram or Shri Ram - boliye siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=74  3  so he looked then at Kaikayi nandan and said verse “akhil vishva bharna poshan kar joi”. He is going to do the bharan poshan (provide food to all) of everyone and that is why I am giving him the name of “Bharat”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=102  4  there have also been three famous Bharats in Indian history. One was Shakuntala nandan, shoorveer Bharat who was so powerful that he could open the mouths of lion and count their teeth and one was Jad Bharat, Rishabh Dev’s son after whose name came Bharat Varsha, you meet him in the Bhagwat you don’t meet him in the Rama katha and the third is Kaikayi nandan Bharat  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=124  5  and then he (Vashisht ji) looked at Sumitra nandan and said that this one will be लक्षणों की खान, lakshanon ki khan, he will have all good qualities in him and that is why I call him “Lakshman”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=162  6  and the fourth one I am giving him the name Shatrughan, slayer (killer) of the enemies. Now which enemies did Shatrugan Kill ? we don’t read anywhere, we only hear that he kicked Manthra (on whose saying, Kaikayi told Dashrath to send Ram to forest for 14 years) but Shatrugan killed the most important enemies, the enemies sitting Inside, so he says slayer of the enemies, I call him Shatrughan  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=180  7  so these four Rajkumars (princes) now are growing up “verse”. Tulsidas Ji says look He (God) is beyond mind and intellect and words, that Lord in His bal rooop (child form) is roaming around in the angan of Dasharatha, so astonishing, people are not aware that he is Bhagwan, He is hiding His Bhagwatta, so by His yogamaya, He makes Kaushalya forget what she had seen.  That He had given Darshan as Chaturbhuj Vishnu because if she remembers every time this she sees Ram, she will start Vishnu Sahasranam, she will never think I am the mother, so by His Yogamaya He makes the devotee forget & he makes Himself also forget by yogamaya - that is when the Lila (leela) happens, so from time to time He reveals His bhagwatta (that He is God)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=220  8  Like once Kaushalya sang a lori (lullaby) & put Him to sleep and then she thought let me complete my pooja, so she did her puja, went to the kitchen and she offered the bhog out there and then she remembered that I forgot to get water, so she went to get water and when she came back, she found that Ram is sitting there and eating the bhog.  Arre, oh my son is doing such a big sin in Ignorance, Arrey nahi beta, you should not do thisso she took Ram and she put him off to sleep and put the blanket on top, now you sleep peacefully and then she caught her ears and did पश्चाताप (repentance) before Bhagwan, she trashed the bhoga because it should only be offered to the lord, nobody else should eat, it can be eaten as prasad but not during the offering.  So, my son is so innocent, he made this mistake in ignorance she went and she cooked again – three times the same incident of Ram eating Bhog repeated  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=301  9  and then Ram displayed his divine form to her & she understood that He is Narayana Himself, so she put Him to sleep but Bhagwan again made her forget that He is God Himself  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=425  10  so as the Avadh Kumars are becoming bigger, the residents are delighted. They are all eager when will He (Ram) come on the horse and give us “darshan’, although they are just four years old The Avadhwasis, their complaint is that He does not come to our house and the Brajwasis complain that without asking Krishna comes to our house  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=442  11  He (Ram) is Maryada Purshottam, He (Krishna) is Leela Purushottam, His Leelas (Krishna) are all atpata (uncommon), He does not even stand straight, He stands all टेड़ा मेड़ा (tedha medha), Tribhangi Lal (त्रिभंगी लाल, bhang means broken, i.e., twisted) and Awadesh Kumar (Ram) does everything proper  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=477  12  Everyday in the morning, He (Ram) gets up and He does His Pranam to mother, to father, to Guru, so He follows all agyas (instructions / orders) and Krishna don't care for any instructions / orders and He will do whatever He wants to  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=494  13  Ram hid the fact that He is Bhagwan, He (Ram) is doing Nar Leela but Krishna never hid the fact that He is God Himself.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=516   14  Krishna is hitting one rakshas and killing him, kicking one demon and killing him. He is manifesting His Bhagavatta (Divine nature), lifting Govardhan mountain on His little finger  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=524  15  so when Ram became five years, because children should go to the Guru Ashram, so Ram also went to the Guru Ashram - why does Bhagavan need to go to Guru ashram ? Does He need to learn anything ? So, we should not get confused, Tulsidas ji says it was only a Leela for a short while (अल्प काल), He learnt everything in a short time  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=536  16  And Krishna also had gone, initially He was be-pada likha बेपड़ा लिखा (illiterate) for 11 years and 52 days when Krishna was in Braj, Krishan was angutha chhap (अंगूठा छाप) - that was His leela and then He went to Mathura.  From there He went to Sandipani muni’s ashram, so in 64 days, he learnt 64 vidyas and His class follow Sudama says “verse” Arey Krishna, the vedas are your “vangmaya pratimurti” (साहित्यशास्त्र, literary incarnation) they are Your literary avatar, and You are studying from a guru, this is vidambna (strange leela), only You can do this, Your lila  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=577  17  Ram is also going to guru and then in his next chaupaayi Tulsidas ji says, “जाकी सहज श्वास श्रुति चारि, सो हरी पढ़ यह कौतुक भारी”. That Bhagwan who manifests the Vedas by His breath is studying This Is only His kautuk (splendid, prodigal, divine), the wonderful, His Inconceivable (which cannot be understood) Lila, nevertheless they are now growing bigger & bigger  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qE3MGHc5o&t=t=634  Transcript 0:21 Now the time came for the 0:26 Naamkaran so Dashrath ji asked Vashisht ji 0:30 please give name to my 0:35 Children 0:36 So Vashisht ji said “verse” 0:44 1:00 This little Child of 1:02 Kaushalya he will give bliss to His devotees 1:07 and that is why I am giving him the name of 1:14 Ram.! There have been three famous Rams in Indian 1:20 History one is Bhargava Ram or 1:25 Parshuram, one is Yadav Ram or Balaram 1:30 And one is Raghav Ram or Shri Ram boliye 1:35 Siyavar 1:37 Ramchandra ki 1:39 Jai! 1:42 so he looked then at kaikayi 1:47 nandan and said verse “akhil vishva bharna poshan kar joi” 1:54 He is going to do the bharan poshan of everyone 1:58 and that is why I am giving 2:02 him the name of 2:04 “Bharat” !there have also been three famous Bharats in indian 2:10 history one was shakuntala nandan shoorveer 2:16 Bharat who was so powerful that he could open the mouths of lion 2:23 Count their teeth and one was Jad Bharat, Rishabh Dev’s son  2:30 after whose name came Bharat Varsha, you meet him 2:34 in the Bhagwat you don’t meet him in the Rama katha and 2:39 the third is 2:42 Kaikayi nandan Bharat !and then he (Vashisht ji) looked at Sumitra nandan and said 2:47 This one will be लक्षणों की खान, lakshanon ki 2:51 khan he will have all good qualities in him 2:55 And that is why I call him “Lakshman” 3:00 and the fourth one I am giving him the name 3:04 Shatrughan 3:05 slayer of 3:09 the enemies. Now which enemies did Shatrugan 3:14 Kill ?  we don’t read 3:17 anywhere we only hear 3:21 That he 3:22 Kicked manthra  3:29 but Shatrugan killed the most important enemies, the  enemies sitting  3:33 inside So he says slayer of the enemies I call him 3:40 shatrughan !so these four Rajkumars (princes) now are  3:45 growing 3:47 up “verse” 3:53 Tulsidas Ji 3:59 Says look  4:00 He is beyond mind and intellect and 4:05 Words, that Lord in His bal rooop (child form) is roaming around in 4:10 The angan of  4:12 Dasharatha So 4:15 Astonishing , people are not aware that he is Bhagwan He is hiding 4:21 His Bhagwatta, So even by His yogamaya he makes Kaushalya forget  4:26  What she had seen  4:30 That He had given Darshan as Chaturbhuj  Vishnu because if she remembers every time she sees Ram she will start Vishnu Sahasranam 4:39 She will never think I am the mother, so by His Yogamaya  4:44 He makes the devotee forget & he makes  4:48 Himself also forget by yogamaya that is when the  4:54 Lila (leela) happens, so from time to time He reveals His bhagwatta ! 5:01 Like 5:01 Once  5:03 Kaushalya put Ram To 5:06 Sleep she sang a lori (lullaby) & put Him to  5:10 Sleep and Then she thought let me complete my 5:14 pooja so she did her puja went to the kitchen and she offered the 5:19 bhog out there and then she remembered that I forgot to get 5:24 water so she went to get water and when she came back, she found  5:30 that Ram is sitting there and eating the bhog 5:33 Arre, oh my son is doing such a big sin in 5:38 Ignorance, Arrey nahi beta, you should not do this, you should not do this, so she took 5:40 ram and she put him off to sleep and put the 5:43 blanket on top now you sleep peacefully and 5:46 then she caught her ears and did पश्चाताप (repentance) 5:50 before bhagwan she trashed the bhoga because it should 5:54 only be offered to the lord nobody else should 5:57 eat it can be eaten as prasad but not during the offering 6:02 So, my son is so innocent he made this mistake 6:05 in ignorance she went and she cooked again ! 6:09 the food and brought it and again she placed it 6:13 there and she realizes oh my god i did not 6:16 bring the 6:18 salt so she went to the kitchen to get the 6:21 salt and when she returned again Ram was 6:25 there merrily eating , arrey oh what happened 6:28 my god, this is so awful she took Ram and she 6:32 put him off to sleep again and she trashed 6:35 that food she went and cooked the third 6:38 time and third time she brought the 6:43 food this time she was doing the offering 6:46 Oh my God I did not bring the 6:49 Achar (pickle) she went to get the achar and when she 6:52 Returned again Ram is 6:55 There now she started screaming oh my god 7:00 My son is committing sin like this what will 7:03 Bhagwan think 7:05 and then Ram displayed his divine form 7:10 To her 7:11 & she understood that He is Narayana Himself 7:16 so she put Him to sleep but Bhagwan 7:22 again made her forget!, so as the Avadh Kumars are becoming bigger 7:28 the residents are delighted 7:32 They are all eager when will He come on the horse and 7:37 Give us Darshan although they are just four years old  7:42 The Avadhwasis their complaint is that he does not come to our 7:49 House and the Brajwasis complain that without asking 7:53 Krishna comes to our house ! 7:57 He (Ram) is Maryada Purshottam, He (Krishna) is Leela 8:01 Purushottam,His Leelas are all atpata he does not even stand 8:05 Straight, he stands all टेड़ा मेड़ा (tedha medha), Tribhangi Lal (त्रिभंगी लाल)  8:08 and Awadesh Kumar does everything proper ! 8:14 Everyday 8:22 In the morning he gets up and he does His Pranam 8:26 To mother to father to Guru so he follows 8:30 All agyas (instructions / orders) and Krishna don't care for any instructions / orders and he will do whatever He wants ! 8:36 Ram hid the fact that he is 8:40 Bhagwan He is doing Nar Leela and Krishna never 8:44 Hid the fact.! Krishna is hitting one rakshas  8:48 and Killing him kicking one demon and 8:50 Killing him. He is  manifesting His Bhagavatta 8:54 Lifting Govardhan mountain on the little 8:56 Finger! so when Ram became five years 9:01 9:07 because children should go to the Guru 9:10 Ashram, so Ram also went to the Guru 9:15 Ashram why does Bhagavan need to go to 9:19 Guru ashram ? Does he need to learn anything 9:22 So, we should not get confused, Tulsidas ji says 9:26 9:31 it was only a Leela अल्प काल, He learnt  everything in a short time! 9:37 And Krishna also had gone, initially He was 9:41 Bepada likha बेपड़ा लिखा (illiterate) for 11 years and 52 days when 9:45 Krishna was in Braj, Krishan was angutha chhap (अंगूठा छाप) that was His leela and when He went to Mathura  9:50 From there He went to Sandipani muni’s ashram   9:54 so in 64 days he learnt 64 vidyas 10:00 and His class follow Sudama says “verse”   Arey 10:16 Krishna the vedas are your vangmaya pratimurti they are your 10:21 literary 10:23 avatar and you are studying from 10:27 A guru, this is vidambna, this is only Your  10:31 lila so out here ! 10:34 Ram is also going and then in his next chaupaayi 10:40 Tulsidas ji says ! Sahaj Shruti Chari So Hari 10:47 Read This Wonderful Thing 10:52 That Bhagwan who manifests the Vedas by His breath This  Is Only His Kautuk  11:12 The Wonderful Thing His Inconceivable 11:16 Lila, Nevertheless they are now growing bigger &  bigger

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Why Did God Create Us? Lessons From Bhagavad Gita | WATCH THIS To Know The Purpose Of Your Life by Swami Mukundanand

Why Did God Create Us? Lessons From Bhagavad Gita | WATCH THIS To Know The Purpose Of Your Life by Swami Mukundanand 

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1  when Arjun was confused in the battle of Mahabharata and approached lord Krishna for knowledge and guidance, the first bit of knowledge that shri Krishna bestowed was knowledge of the self, Arjun, “think, who you truly are ! There was never a time when you did not exist & there will never be a time when you will cease to be ! And think who are these people who are gathered here to fight as well  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=0  2  there has been a saint in the last century in India, very well known called Raman Maharishi, he would also repeatedly get his disciples and followers to introspect regarding the question who they are, he would say, “you know, who your mother is ? who your father is ? who your husband or wife is ? but do you know who you are ? if you do not know, then your knowledge is stemming from the core of ignorance  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=42  3  if a person would come to Raman Maharshi with a problem gurudev, I have this family problem, this financial problem, this health problem, he would say think who has this problem (i.e., only our body has a problem but not our soul & we are not the body but actually a soul). Once somebody came to him in distress and said gurudev,  I have this family problem financial problem and this health problem and don't tell me to think who has this problem. Gurudev said think in that case who is saying this ? (i.e., again, the body is asking question but not the soul & we are not the body but actually a soul) Before asking me this question, think who has this problem (body or the soul?) Go back to the core, what is this core ?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=88  4  the wise old man of Greece, Socrates, said 2500 years ago, he would also encourage his students to ponder (think) over the question who are they, that is why in the temple of Apollo in Delphi, are inscribed these words in Greek  “Know Thyself” so, swami Vivekananda said “Thou art souls immortal, spirits blessed, free and eternal, thou are not bodies and thou art not matter. Matter is your servant and you are not the servant of matter.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=145  5  to think that we are a bag of chemicals is a tremendous insult to our eternal soul. This body is yours, the fact that it is yours means that you are different from the body  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=205  6  there is an “I” and there is something which is mind, what is “mine” is relational to “I”, it cannot be “I”. The “I” is apart from all of these - that “I” is referred to in the scriptures as the atman, the soul, the spirit, different ways in different religious traditions of the world, that is the real “you” and that “you”, the soul is a tiny part of the Supreme Soul  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=228  7  this is said in the Bhagavad-Gita 15.7, like a boulder is a part of the mountain, a drop of water is a part of the ocean, a ray is a part of the sun, similarly all the souls in creation are tiny fragmental parts of the Supreme Soul who is God, “Verse”,  so as little fragments of God, we have the qualities of God in us - if the ocean contains “H2O” (water composition) and “NaCl” (salt-sodium chloride) dissolved in it, the drop from it also contains “H2O” and “NaCl” dissolved in it. Similarly God is Sat-Chit-Anand, full of eternality, knowledge and bliss, and we his tiny fragmental parts are also sat-chit-anand  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=280  8  as little parts of God, we have infinite Potential, the little spark has the ability to create, to decimate an entire City. The great fire of London, it is said that one cow jumped over something and the lamp turned over, it resulted in half of London getting burnt in the 17th century, so the spark has the qualities of the fire and we have the qualities of God to a tiny extent but because we are His fragments, He has a grand plan for us  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=362  9  God has not created us to live down in the dumps, He has created us so that one day when we wake up to claim our divine inheritance, we will achieve the supreme perfection that he has planned for us  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=419  10  hence Swami Vivekananda said that these great prophets were not unique, they were men as you and I, and they had attained to super consciousness and you and I can do the same. The very fact that one man attained that state, indicates that all men can do so and that ultimately is religion  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=445  11  what is the purpose of religion ? Not that we remain defective as sinners, but that we become perfect like our father in heaven is perfect  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FTW4802ets&t=477  Transcript 0:00 when arjun was confused 0:03 in the battle of mahabharata 0:06 and approached lord krishna for 0:09 knowledge and guidance 0:11 the first bit of knowledge that shri 0:14 krishna bestowed 0:16 was knowledge 0:18 of the self 0:20 arjun think 0:22 who you truly are 0:25 there was never a time when you did not 0:27 exist 0:29 there will never be a time when you will 0:31 cease to be 0:34 and think who are these people who are 0:37 gathered here to fight as well  0:42 there has been a saint 0:45 in the last century in india very well 0:48 known called raman maharishi 0:52 he would also repeatedly 0:55 get his disciples and followers to 0:59 introspect 1:01 regarding 1:03 the question who they are 1:07 he would say you know who your mother is 1:10 who your father is who your husband or 1:13 wife is 1:15 but do you know 1:17 who you are 1:20 if you do not 1:22 then your knowledge is stemming from the 1:25 core of ignorance 1:28 if a person would come to raman maharshi 1:32 with a problem 1:35 gurudev 1:36 i have this family problem this 1:39 financial problem this health problem 1:44 he would say think 1:46 who has this problem 1:50 once somebody came to him in distress 1:53 and said gurudev i have this family 1:57 problem financial problem and this 1:59 health problem and don't tell me to 2:02 think who has this problem 2:06 he said think in that case 2:09 who is saying 2:11 don't ask me to think who has this 2:13 problem 2:16 go back to the core 2:19 what is this core ?  2:25 the wise old man of greece socrates said 2:31 2500 years ago 2:33 he would also encourage his 2:37 students 2:38 to ponder over the question who are they 2:43 that is why in the temple of apollo in 2:46 delphi 2:47 are inscribed these words 2:52 2:54 in greek 2:56 know 2:57 thyself 3:00 so swami vivekananda said 3:03 Thou art souls immortal 3:07 spirits blessed free and eternal 3:11 thou are not bodies and thou art not 3:16 matter 3:17 matter is your servant and not you 3:21 the servant of matter  3:25 to think that we are a bag of chemicals 3:30 is a tremendous 3:32 insult to our eternal soul 3:38 this body is yours 3:41 the fact that it is yours means that you 3:45 are different from the body  3:48 there is i and there is something which 3:51 is mind 3:53 what is mine is relational to “I” it 3:56 cannot be “I” 3:59 The “I” 4:00 is apart from all of these 4:03 that “I” is referred to in the scriptures 4:08 as the atman 4:10 the soul the spirit 4:12 different ways in different religious 4:15 traditions of the world 4:18 that is the real you 4:23 and that you the soul 4:28 is a tiny part 4:30 of the supreme soul  4:40 this is said in the bhagavad-gita 15.7 4:51 like 4:53 a boulder is a part of the mountain 4:57 a drop of water is a part of the ocean 5:01 a ray is a part of the sun 5:05 similarly all the souls in creation 5:09 are tiny fragmental parts of the supreme 5:14 soul who is god 5:17 “Verse” 5:25 so as little fragments of god we have 5:28 the qualities of god in us 5:33 if the ocean contains 5:35 “H2O” (water composition) and “NaCl” (salt-sodium chloride) dissolved in it the drop 5:40 from it also contains “H2O” and “NaCl” 5:44 dissolved in it 5:46 similarly god is sat-chit-anand 5:50 full of eternality knowledge and bliss 5:54 and we his tiny fragmental parts are 5:58 also sat-chit-anand   6:02 as little parts of god we have infinite 6:08 potential 6:11 the little spark 6:13 has the ability 6:15 to create 6:17 to decimate 6:19 an entire 6:21 city 6:23 the great fire of london 6:25 it is said 6:27 that one cow jumped over something and 6:30 the lamp turned over 6:32 it resulted 6:34 in half of london getting burnt in the 6:37 17th century 6:40 so the spark has the qualities of the 6:42 fire and we 6:45 have the qualities of god to a tiny 6:48 extent 6:50 but 6:51 because we are his fragments 6:55 he has a grand plan for us  6:59 god has not created us to live down in 7:03 the dumps 7:05 he has created us 7:07 so that one day 7:10 when we wake up 7:12 to claim our divine inheritance 7:17 we will achieve the supreme perfection 7:20 that he has planned for us  7:25 hence 7:26 swami vivekananda said 7:29 these great prophets 7:31 were not unique 7:33 they were men as you and i 7:36 and they had attained to super 7:38 consciousness 7:40 and you and i can do the same 7:43 the very fact that one man attained that 7:46 state 7:47 indicates that all men can do so 7:52 and that ultimately is religion 7:57 what is the purpose of religion 8:00 not that we remain 8:03 defective as sinners 8:05 but 8:06 that we become perfect 8:09 like our father in heaven is perfect

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Giving up the Pride of Surrender | Being Humble | Part 6 - 6 Conditions For Surrender by Swami Mukundanand

Giving up the Pride of Surrender | Being Humble | Part 6 - 6 Conditions For Surrender by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0 *Full Text* 1 To surrender and also surrender the pride of having surrendered.  In other words not allow this thought to be harbored, “Oh, I am surrendered, I am so great” , rather to keep this sentiment that if I was able to surrender, it was his Grace that enabled it.  Otherwise a fallen soul like me of the age of Kali, how would it have been possible that I got this good intellect,  in other words to give all the credit to God. त्वदीयं वस्तु गोविन्द तुभ्यमेव समर्पये। (भावार्थ: सब तेरा दिया हुआ गोविंद, तुझे ही समर्पित करता हूँ)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=4 2 Whatever good we do, O Lord, it is it is all Your grace. If we get this pride, “O, I am surrendered but this person is not surrendered”, that means you are not surrendered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=61 3 Once I was living in an ashram, there is a town called Jagat Singh Pur in Odisha, that is where I was giving lecture in the town hall (lecture series), so I was living in the ashram.  Now there was one ashram resident who would everyday come Swami ji I'm दीन हीन fallen, I am दरिद्र akinchan, destitute.    I would say, O my God, he is so humble, then one day the humbleness cracked. He said “I am humble दीन हीन but the others are so proud”, now I said, he has become proud about being humble. As some Western writer said "vanity of vanity is all in vanity" ,i.e., "if you are proud, then all your achievements are a worthless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=73 4 so to always think - if I have done any good, it is His grace, there is a story which I tell to illustrate this point  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=119 5 there was one Sadhu (asectic) who practiced tapasya (austerities) in the Himalayas and he did severe austerities for 12 years including a whole lot of devotion, as a result which God was pleased.  And one day he found the grace descending, he had a thrill as the bliss went through his body, his intellect seemed to be getting illuminated with Divine light, His heart was filling with love and God spoke up to him,  God said Sadhu I am very pleased with your tapasya (austerity), what do you want ask and I shall bestow it  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=128 6 The sadhu said, my Lord, of course I will ask, I am entitled to, I worked so hard, what is the big deal if You are giving. You have to give, I have worked so hard for it, now God did not expect that kind of a response. He is habituated, we have spoiled his habit, “oh God thank you so much”, just joking, so He is habituated to that kind of talk & this sadhu is saying that “You have to grace me. I am entitled to it, why should I not get it ? I have worked so hard”,  God was quiet for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes, again He spoke up He said, sadhu are you asking for the results of your efforts or are you asking for My causeless grace ? The sadhu said, “my Lord, who cares about Your causeless grace, give me the results of the efforts I have put in legitimately”.  God was again silent for 5 minutes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=185 7 Then the boulder on which sadhu was sitting, that started speaking, the boulder said, “my Lord, this sadhu has started settling accounts with you, please settle My accounts with him also, he has been sitting on my head for 12 years, for the next 12 years make me sit on his head”. The sadhu realised that you can never settle accounts with God, you can never say, “I have done this, now give me this”, whenever He gives, it is always His causeless grace  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=262 8 so that is why surrender means that you surrender the pride of having done good and keep a humble attitude. This is the sixth point of surrender  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=301 9 God says you fulfil these six conditions and I will bestow my grace upon you, that is My vow, it is My resolve as proclaimed in all the religious texts of the world through all the saints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcKbrtvVY_0&t=321 Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Giving up the Pride of Surrender Being Humble Part 6 - 6 Conditions For Surrender.mp4

Part 4 and 5 - Gratitude For God and Seeing Everything Belonging to God | - 6 Conditions for Surrender by Swami Mukundanand

Part 4 and 5 - Gratitude For God and Seeing Everything Belonging to God | - 6 Conditions for Surrender by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4 *Full Text*  1  Now the fourth point of surrender, is to feel gratitude for all the graces we have already received from God. The final grace we are desirous of, Is that which will lead us souls to liberation from maya and God realization, but on the way we have received so many God’s graces  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=4  2  “verse” the human form we got was by the grace of God and then the earth we live in, the air we breathe, the light we receive - all this is His grace, we must feel gratitude to God. Father does so much for the son, tell the son to feel grateful,  the son responds why should I feel grateful, my father is doing his duty, his father did for him he is doing for me, you will say this is “kritaghni” (कृतघन) ingratitude (not to feel thankful)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=30  3  similarly God has bestowed so many graces - at least feel gratitude to Him, it is He who has bestowed life upon us, without Him, we would not have existed, without Him, we cannot eat, all that we eat is His prasad, whether you offer it or you don't offer to God, it is still prasad  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=75  4  one lady she bought a meal for me, so I said, “devi ji, who made this sabzi” ? she said “swami ji, I made it”, I said, “you made it ? did you make the “aloo” (potato) or did you make the “gobi” (cauliflower)”, No, that my husband got from Walmart, I only cleaned it and cooked it, so who made it ?  It is God's technology that transformed mud into potatoes and cabbages. Is there anybody else on this planet earth, who has set up such a factory that from this side you have mud going in, on other side you've got potatoes and vegetables coming out ?  This technology is only with God which means everything we are eating is all His grace, so fill your heart with gratitude that is the fourth point of surrender  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=102  5  and the fifth point of surrender is to see all you have as belonging to Him (God), give up the sense of proprietorship, this “verse” says if you adopt two syllables, you will be in bondage, but if you change them to three syllables you will get liberated  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=166  6  what are the two syllables ? “Mameiti” , i.e., mera (mine), mera (mine), now change it to mera nahin “Na Mameiti”, you will be liberated. The concept that we have “this is mine”, “that is mine” - this is all ignorance because we will leave it all one day and go away  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=202  7  Ramakrishna Paramhansa used to say that God smiles on two occasionhe first time He smiles is when the child is sick and the mother is crying, the doctor has come and the doctor says to the mother “don't worry, I will save your child.”  God smiles “Mr Doctor, is life and death decided by you or by Me”? you can only treat, I will cure or not, cure is in My hands  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=225  8  and the second time God smiles is when two brothers divide their father's property, they measure the land, construct the fences and put up boards, one says “this is mine” the other says “this is mine” - God says “what is yours ? you came empty-handed in this world & you will go back empty-handed”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=261  9  One billionaire said, “I owned so much in the World, precious stones and gems and gold and silver “दुनिया में खूब कमाया, क्या हीरे क्या मोती, क्या लेकिन क्या करें यारों, कफन में जेब नहीं होती” the shroud doesn't have a pocket, I was not able to take anything”  - in fact even if the shroud had a pocket, in the cremation ground it would have been burned, when you came you were empty-handed when you go that is how you shall go from the world as everything in it belongs to God  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgmVFN-wAw4&t=300  Transcript 0:04 now the fourth point of surrender what 0:08 is this to feel gratitude for all the 0:13 graces we have already received see that 0:19 is the final grace we are desirous of 0:22 which will lead to liberation from Maya 0:25 and God realization but on the way we 0:28 have received so many graces  0:30 “verse”  0:36 the human form we 0:40 got was by the grace of God and then the 0:46 earth we live in the air we breathe the 0:50 light we receive all this is His grace 0:55 feel gratitude 0:58 now father does so much for the son tell 1:01 the son feel grateful the son responds 1:06 why should I feel grateful my father is 1:09 doing his duty his father did for him he 1:12 is doing for me, you will say this is 1:15 “kritaghni” (कृतघन) ingratitude similarly God 1:20 has bestowed so many graces at least 1:23 feel gratitude it is he who has bestowed 1:28 life upon us without him we would not 1:32 have existed without him we cannot eat 1:37 all that we eat is Prasad whether you 1:40 offer it or you don't it is still Prasad  1:42 one lady she bought a meal for me so I 1:46 said devi ji who made this sabzi 1:50 she said swami ji i made it i said you 1:54 made it did you make the “aloo” (potato) or did you 1:57 make the “gobi” (cauliflower), no, that my husband got from 2:01 Walmart 2:02 I only cleaned it and cooked it so who 2:05 made it it is God's technology that 2:10 transformed mud into 2:13 potatoes and cabbages is there anybody 2:17 else on this planet earth who has set up 2:21 such a factory that from this side you 2:23 have mud going in on this side you've 2:26 got potatoes and vegetables coming out 2:29 this technology is only with God which 2:33 means everything we are eating is all 2:37 His grace so fill your heart with 2:41 gratitude that is the fourth point of 2:46 surrender and the fifth point of 2:49 surrender is see all you have as 2:53 belonging to him give up the sense of 2:58 proprietorship  3:14 this verse says two 3:16 syllables if you adopt you will be in 3:19 bondage change them to three syllables 3:22 you will get liberated what are the two 3:26 syllables “Mameiti” the mera (mine), mera 3:31 (mine), now change it to mera nahin “Na Mameiti”,  3:37 you will be liberated this concept we 3:41 have this is mine this is mine this is 3:43 all ignorance because we will leave it 3:45 all one day and go away Ramakrishna 3:50 Paramhansa used to say that God smiles on  3:52 two occasions the first time He smiles is  3:56 when the child is sick and the mother is 3:59 crying the doctor has come and the 4:03 doctor says to the mother “don't worry, I 4:05 will save your child” 4:08 God smiles “Mr Doctor, is life and 4:13 death decided by you or by Me”? you can 4:17 only treat I will cure or not cure it is 4:21 in my hands and the second time God 4:26 Smiles is 4:27 when two brothers divide their father's 4:30 Property, they measure the land construct 4:34 the fences and put up boards one says 4:39 this is mine the other says this is mine 4:43 God says what is yours you came 4:46 empty-handed in this world you will go 4:49 back empty-handed  4:52 5:00 One billionaire said I owned so much in the 5:03 world precious stones and gems and gold 5:06 and silver  “दुनिया में खूब कमाया, क्या हीरे क्या मोती, क्या लेकिन क्या करें यारों, कफन में जेब नहीं होती”  the shroud doesn't 5:23 have a pocket I was not able to take 5:26 anything in fact even if the shroud had 5:29 a pocket in the cremation ground it 5:31 would have been burned when you came you 5:35 were empty-handed when you go that is 5:37 how you shall go from the world as  5:39 everything in it belongs to God Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Gratitude For God and Seeing Everything Belonging to God Part 4 and 5 - 6 Conditions for Surrender.mp4

How Do You Attain God? 3rd Point Of Surrender | Spirituality In Hinduism by Swami Mukundanand

How Do You Attain God? 3rd Point Of Surrender | Spirituality In Hinduism by Swami Mukundanand

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds Main points :  1  third point in surrender to Krishna is then to have faith that He is protecting me. If he was not protecting me, how would I digest the food that I'm eating ?  Shri Krishna says in a later chapter there's a fire in the stomach “JatharAgni” that is so powerful it digests even Stone, if you happen to eat it - then that is His protection to us  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds&t=0  2  He knows that we need oxygen to breathe and he has created the plants that produce oxygen for us, they are automatic air purifiers. So He has ensured that He is protecting us, so do not feel fearful, Oh, my God, what will happen ?  If you have an insurance policy, well & good - if you don't have an insurance Policy, well, you know that I'm in the Lord's hands, He is taking care of all the creatures in the world  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds&t=34  3  the little ants are by the trillions and you don't find, O, my God, one billion ants there died - whatever they need is provided and the elephants they eat so much and He has equipped them for it, so we study this nature of elephants even in Odisha state which is an elephant country because the elephants used to very non-chalantly (casually, without any botheration) break our wall and come in inside and eat the gobhies (cauliflower), the vegetables,  and that's I saw, how God has equipped the elephant with such a fantastic memory that 365 days he goes to 365 places, because such a big creature, if he repeats places, people will be all ready and not only that when he comes nobody throws stones at him because we all know elephants can remember, he will remember you chucked a stone at me 20 years ago, alright, they've been known to finish people like that  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds&t=71  4  so it is God who is protecting and this is when we are not fully surrendered and when we choose to surrender ourselves, have full faith like Draupadi did, then there'll be a more powerful and direct intervention  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds&t=136  5  I have heard the story of Judge Swami. There used to be a judge Swami living in Haridwar, so he was previously a judge in Mathura and then he became a Swami but his story became very famous - how he became a Swami was quite astonishing.  There is a famous Bihari ji temple in Vrindavan and by the side of that, a Brahman used to live. He had to take a loan to get his daughter married and he took the loan from a sahukar, a Mahajan, money lender, so he was returning it in installments and the money lender would note it in front of him but at the end, he was also maintaining a fictitious account.  And when the whole payment was complete he said that you have not made any Payment, and he filed the case in the court. So now the appeal came from the court, the magistrate, he sent the clerk with the notice and the clerk came to meet the Brahman and said that you have not paid your Loan - he said, of course I've paid back my loan.  The clerk asked if there is any witness ? He said yes there is a witness, Bihari ji is a witness, Shri Krishna. So the matter came in front of the court and the judge said you have paid ? yes, I have paid. who is the witness - he said alright then, get him to the court. So the next hearing was decided and this Brahman cried and cried and cried before Shri Krishna in the temple and said You have to protect me.  So this is a real story, the judge opened the proceedings and the announcement was made because it was noted in the records that Bihari ji is a witness, Bihari hazir ho, nobody came, again the call went out, gawahi (witness) Bihari hazir ho, still nobody came and in the third call, one man walked up,  He was all covered in a blanket, and His face was also covered, so He came into the witness box and then He opened the blanket to look at the judge, and the pen fell out of the judge's hand. So the judge composed himself and said you have come to give witness and  the Man (Krishna actually) said “yes, this person has paid this much on this date, this much on this date, this much on this date, so judge said what is the proof, He said he's got another register inside in this particular cupboard, so the judge sent the police to do the inquiry, they found the register with all the payments, now the judge did pass the judgment in favor of the Brahman but he resigned,  So this is the third point of surrender which is to have full faith  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGH-2J6Bbds&t=158  Transcript 0:00 third point in surrender to Krishna is then 0:01 to have faith 0:04 that he is protecting me 0:09 if he was not protecting me how would I 0:12 digest the food that I'm eating 0:15 imagine this food gets digested Shri 0:19 Krishna says in a later chapter there's 0:21 a fire in the stomach “JatharAgni” 0:24 that is so powerful it digests even 0:28 Stone If you happen to eat it 0:31 then that is his protection to us 0:34 he knows that we need oxygen to breathe 0:38 and he has created the plants that 0:40 produce oxygen for us they are automatic 0:43 air purifiers 0:46 so he has ensured that he is protecting 0:49 us 0:51 so do not feel fearful 0:54 oh my God what will happen 0:58 if you have an insurance policy well & 1:00 good if you don't have an insurance 1:02 policy well you know I'm in the Lord's 1:05 hands 1:07 he is taking care of all the creatures 1:10 in the world  1:11 the little ants are by the trillions 1:15 and you don't find oh my God one billion 1:18 ants there died 1:20 whatever they need is provided and the 1:23 elephants they eat so much 1:26 and he has equipped them for it so we 1:30 study this nature of elephants even in 1:32 odisha which is elephant country because 1:35 the elephant used to very 1:37 non-chalantly break our wall and 1:40 come in inside and eat the gobhies (cauliflower) the 1:42 vegetables 1:43 and that's I saw how God has equipped 1:47 the elephant with such a fantastic 1:49 memory that 365 days he goes to 365 1:54 places 1:55 because such a big Creature if he 1:57 repeats people will be all ready 1:59 and not only that when he comes nobody 2:01 throws stones at him because we all know 2:04 elephants can remember he will remember 2:07 you chucked a stone at me 20 years ago 2:10 all right they've been known to finish 2:13 people like that 2:16 so it is God who is protecting and 2:21 this is when we are not fully 2:24 surrendered and when we choose to 2:27 surrender ourselves have full faith like 2:31 draupadi did then there'll be a more 2:34 powerful and direct intervention  2:38 I have heard the story of Judge Swami 2:42 there used to be a judge Swami living in 2:45 haridwar 2:47 so he was previously a judge in mathura 2:49 and then he became a Swami but his story 2:53 became very famous how he became a Swami 2:57 was quite astonishing 3:00 there is a famous bihari ji temple in 3:03 vrindavan and by the side of that, a 3:06 Brahman used to live 3:08 he had to take a loan to get his 3:11 daughter married and he took the loan 3:13 from a sahukar a mahajan money lender 3:18 so he was returning it in installments 3:22 and the money lender would note it in 3:24 front of him 3:26 but 3:28 at the end he was also maintaining a 3:32 fictitious account 3:33 and when the whole payment was complete 3:37 he said that you have not made any 3:40 payment and he filed the case in the 3:42 court 3:44 so now the appeal came from the court 3:48 the magistrate he sent the clerk with 3:51 the notice 3:52 and the clerk came to meet the Brahman 3:55 and said that you have not paid your 3:58 loan 3:59 he said of course I've paid back my loan 4:03 the clerk said is there any Witness 4:06 he said yes there is a witness 4:09 Bihari ji is a witness 4:12 Shri Krishna 4:13 so the matter came in front of the court 4:17 and the judge said you have paid yes I 4:20 have paid 4:21 who is the witness he said 4:23 all right then get him to the court 4:27 so the next hearing was decided and this 4:31 Brahman cried and cried and cried before 4:34 Shri Krishna 4:36 the temple and said no you have to 4:39 protect me 4:41 so this is a real story 4:44 the judge opened the proceedings 4:47 and the announcement was made because it 4:50 was noted in the records the bihari is a 4:52 witness 4:54 bihari hazir ho 4:58 nobody came 5:00 again the call went out gawahi Bihari hazir ho 5:04 still nobody came 5:07 and in the third 5:09 call 5:10 one man walked up 5:13 he was all covered in a blanket 5:18 and his face was also covered 5:22 so he came into the witness box 5:25 and then 5:26 he opened the blanket to look at the 5:29 judge 5:31 and the pen fell out of the judge's hand 5:35 so the judge composed himself 5:39 and said you have come to give Witness 5:42 and the man said yes 5:46 this person has paid this much on this 5:48 date this much on this date this much on 5:51 this date 5:52 so he said what is the proof he said 5:55 he's got another register inside in this 5:58 particular cupboard 6:00 so the judge sent the police to do the 6:04 inquiry they found the register with all 6:07 the payments 6:09 now the judge did pass the Judgment in 6:13 favor of the Brahman but 6:16 he resigned so this is the third 6:21 point of surrender which is to have full 6:24 faith Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): How Do You Attain God 3rd Point Of Surrender Spirituality In Hinduism Swami Mukundananda.mp4