| sound and vital yes with gladness let us see fit to pass the candor on yes please Krsna consciousness is wholesomely sound and vital as the mind is fully absorbed yes living in samadhi or " trance " as such one experiences how anything done in transcendental consciousness is yajna or sacrifice for the absolute yes yes as from the perspective of consumate spiritual consciousness the conrtibutor, the contribution,the consumption, the performer or leader of the performance and the result or ultimate gain everything becomes one in the absolute, the Supreme Brahman that is the methodology of Krsna consciousness yes oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate SYNONYMS oṁ—the Complete Whole; pūrṇam—perfectly complete; adaḥ—that; pūrṇam—perfectly complete; idam—this phenomenal world; pūrṇāt— from the all-perfect; pūrṇam— complete unit; udacyate—is produced; pūrṇasya—of the Complete Whole; pūrṇam— completely, all; ādāya—having been taken away; pūrṇam— the complete balance; eva— even; avaśiṣyate—is remaining. TRANSLATION The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete, and because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself. Because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance. PURPORT The Complete Whole, or the Supreme Absolute Truth, is the complete Personality of Godhead. Realization of impersonal Brahman or of Paramātmā, the Supersoul, is incomplete realization of the Absolute Complete. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is sac-cid-ānanda- vigraha [Bs. 5.1]. Realization of impersonal Brahman is realization of His sat feature, or His aspect of eternity, and Paramātmā realization is realization of His sat and cit features, His aspects of eternity and knowledge. But realization of the Personality of Godhead is realization of all the transcendental features— sat, cit and ānanda, bliss. When one realizes the Supreme Person, he realizes these aspects of the Absolute Truth in their completeness. Vigraha means “form.” Thus the Complete Whole is not formless. If He were formless, or if He were less than His creation in any other way, He could not be complete. The Complete Whole must contain everything both within and beyond our experience; otherwise He cannot be complete. The Complete Whole, the Personality of Godhead, has immense potencies, all of which are as complete as He is. Thus this phenomenal world is also complete in itself. The twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation are arranged to produce everything necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of this universe. No other unit in the universe need make an extraneous effort to try to maintain the universe. The universe functions on its own time scale, which is fixed by the energy of the Complete Whole, and when that schedule is completed, this temporary manifestation will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the Complete Whole. All facilities are given to the small complete units (namely the living beings) to enable them to realize the Complete Whole. All forms of incompleteness are experienced due to incomplete knowledge of the Complete Whole. The human form of life is a complete manifestation of the consciousness of the living being, and it is obtained after evolving through 8,400,000 species of life in the cycle of birth and death. If in this human life of full consciousness the living entity does not realize his completeness in relation to the Complete Whole, he loses the chance to realize his completeness and is again put into the evolutionary cycle by the law of material nature. Because we do not know that there is a complete arrangement in nature for our maintenance, we make efforts to utilize the resources of nature to create a so-called complete life of sense enjoyment. Because the living entity cannot enjoy the life of the senses without being dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the misleading life of sense enjoyment is illusion. The hand of a body is a complete unit only as long as it is attached to the complete body. When the hand is severed from the body, it may appear like a hand, but it actually has none of the potencies of a hand. Similarly, living beings are part and parcel of the Complete Whole, and if they are severed from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness cannot fully satisfy them. The completeness of human life can be realized only when one engages in the service of the Complete Whole. All services in this world— whether social, political, communal, international or even interplanetary—will remain incomplete until they are dovetailed with the Complete Whole. When everything is dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the attached parts and parcels also become complete in themselves. jaya Srila Prabhupada |
| Haribol ! how is that which is not the self apt to forever drive one to distraction do you remember it had to go to hell it was a very offensive person it was hellish in a place that is no place for a gentleman the embarrassment is an awful challenge to drive a message through with love that should have a lasting impression do you remember the embarrassment of being forgetful in the cycle of birth and death how does one feel as one is behaving in a spontaneous manner anyway do you remember how to behave yourself in a real spontaneous manner around here somewhere so suddenly one knows how behaving in a real spontaneous manner anyway does make the same difference in this life as being simultaneously one and different around here somewhere but there are others who just remember all that one ever knew in a number of ways that have nothing to do with this time of life and that time of life all at the same time do you remember that so suddenly around here somewhere or is this next in a way that makes you forget it |
| Haribol yes Hare Krsna i say what one did to deserve oneself all the time is news around here somewhere without a single doubt so one knows yes one remembers how there is more than enough news to go around and around and around we go yes still more than one living more than one kind of living entity accepting that as Krsna's mercy there as we all are deserving yourself in so many ways there are ones that deserve to take Krsna's mercy and ones that just have to depend on Krsna's mercy in one form or another even though yes even as one only actually deserves nothing else but oneself okay i told you so i told you so and you what have you ever told me that is different and at all believable as such no there is nothing different to tell me in so many different ways you have and can only tell me that you do deserve yourself and you had better yes you had better you had better take Krsna's mercy you had better take Krsna's mercy yes no one's going to take Krsna's mercy for you like this but you will and you will feel like sharing Krsna's mercy with others yes athaitad apy aśakto 'si kartuḿ mad-yogam āśritaḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaḿ tataḥ kuru yatātmavān SYNONYMS atha — even though; etat — this; api — also; aśaktaḥ — unable; asi — you are; kartum — to perform; mat — unto Me; yogam — in devotional service; āśritaḥ — taking refuge; sarva-karma — of all activities; phala — of the results; tyāgam — renunciation; tataḥ — then; kuru — do; yata-ātma-vān — self- situated. TRANSLATION If, however, you are unable to work in this consciousness of Me, then try to act giving up all results of your work and try to be self-situated. PURPORT It may be that one is unable even to sympathize with the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness because of social, familial or religious considerations or because of some other impediments. If one attaches himself directly to the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there may be objections from family members, or so many other difficulties. For one who has such a problem, it is advised that he sacrifice the accumulated result of his activities to some good cause. Such procedures are described in the Vedic rules. There are many descriptions of sacrifices and special functions of puṇya, or special work in which the result of one's previous action may be applied. Thus one may gradually become elevated to the state of knowledge. It is also found that when one who is not even interested in the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness gives charity to some hospital or some other social institution, he gives up the hard- earned results of his activities. That is also recommended here because by the practice of giving up the fruits of one's activities one is sure to purify his mind gradually, and in that purified stage of mind one becomes able to understand Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Of course Kṛṣṇa consciousness is not dependent on any other experience, because Kṛṣṇa consciousness itself can purify one's mind, but if there are impediments to accepting Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one may try to give up the results of his actions. In that respect, social service, community service, national service, sacrifice for one's country, etc., may be accepted so that some day one may come to the stage of pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gītā (18.46) we find it is stated, yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānām: if one decides to sacrifice for the supreme cause, even if he does not know that the supreme cause is Kṛṣṇa, he will come gradually to understand that Kṛṣṇa is the supreme cause by the sacrificial method. śreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaḿ viśiṣyate dhyānāt karma-phala-tyāgas tyāgāc chāntir anantaram SYNONYMS śreyaḥ — better; hi — certainly; jñānam — knowledge; abhyāsāt — than practice; jñānāt — than knowledge; dhyānam — meditation; viśiṣyate — is considered better; dhyānāt — than meditation; karma-phala-tyāgaḥ — renunciation of the results of fruitive action; tyāgāt — by such renunciation; śāntiḥ — peace; anantaram — thereafter. TRANSLATION If you cannot take to this practice, then engage yourself in the cultivation of knowledge. Better than knowledge, however, is meditation, and better than meditation is renunciation of the fruits of action, for by such renunciation one can attain peace of mind. PURPORT As mentioned in the previous verses, there are two kinds of devotional service: the way of regulative principles and the way of full attachment in love to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For those who are actually not able to follow the principles of Kṛṣṇa consciousness it is better to cultivate knowledge, because by knowledge one can be able to understand his real position. Gradually knowledge will develop to the point of meditation. By meditation one can be able to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by a gradual process. There are processes which make one understand that one himself is the Supreme, and that sort of meditation is preferred if one is unable to engage in devotional service. If one is not able to meditate in such a way, then there are prescribed duties, as enjoined in the Vedic literature, for the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, which we shall find in the last chapter of Bhagavad-gītā. But in all cases, one should give up the result or fruits of labor; this means to employ the result of karma for some good cause. In summary, to reach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the highest goal, there are two processes: one process is by gradual development, and the other process is direct. Devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the direct method, and the other method involves renouncing the fruits of one's activities. Then one can come to the stage of knowledge, then to the stage of meditation, then to the stage of understanding the Supersoul, and then to the stage of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One may take either the step-by-step process or the direct path. The direct process is not possible for everyone; therefore the indirect process is also good. It is, however, to be understood that the indirect process is not recommended for Arjuna, because he is already at the stage of loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord. It is for others, who are not at this stage; for them the gradual process of renunciation, knowledge, meditation and realization of the Supersoul and Brahman should be followed. But as far as Bhagavad-gītā is concerned, it is the direct method that is stressed. Everyone is advised to take to the direct method and surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. <<< >>> adveṣṭā sarva-bhūtānāḿ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca nirmamo nirahańkāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣamī santuṣṭaḥ satataḿ yogī yatātmā dṛḍha-niścayaḥ mayy arpita-mano-buddhir yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ SYNONYMS adveṣṭā — nonenvious; sarva-bhūtānām — toward all living entities; maitraḥ — friendly; karuṇaḥ — kindly; eva — certainly; ca — also; nirmamaḥ — with no sense of proprietorship; nirahańkāraḥ — without false ego; sama — equal; duḥkha — in distress; sukhaḥ — and happiness; kṣamī — forgiving; santuṣṭaḥ — satisfied; satatam — always; yogī — one engaged in devotion; yata-ātmā — self- controlled; dṛḍha-niścayaḥ — with determination; mayi — upon Me; arpita — engaged; manaḥ — mind; buddhiḥ — and intelligence; yaḥ — one who; mat-bhaktaḥ — My devotee; saḥ — he; me — to Me; priyaḥ — dear. TRANSLATION One who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor and is free from false ego, who is equal in both happiness and distress, who is tolerant, always satisfied, self-controlled, and engaged in devotional service with determination, his mind and intelligence fixed on Me — such a devotee of Mine is very dear to Me. PURPORT Coming again to the point of pure devotional service, the Lord is describing the transcendental qualifications of a pure devotee in these two verses. A pure devotee is never disturbed in any circumstances. Nor is he envious of anyone. Nor does a devotee become his enemy's enemy; he thinks, "This person is acting as my enemy due to my own past misdeeds. So it is better to suffer than to protest." In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.8) it is stated: tat te 'nukampāḿ susamīkṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaḿ vipākam. Whenever a devotee is in distress or has fallen into difficulty, he thinks that it is the Lord's mercy upon him. He thinks, "Thanks to my past misdeeds I should suffer far, far greater than I am suffering now. So it is by the mercy of the Supreme Lord that I am not getting all the punishment I am due. I am just getting a little, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Therefore he is always calm, quiet and patient, despite many distressful conditions. A devotee is also always kind to everyone, even to his enemy. Nirmama means that a devotee does not attach much importance to the pains and trouble pertaining to the body because he knows perfectly well that he is not the material body. He does not identify with the body; therefore he is freed from the conception of false ego and is equipoised in happiness and distress. He is tolerant, and he is satisfied with whatever comes by the grace of the Supreme Lord. He does not endeavor much to achieve something with great difficulty; therefore he is always joyful. He is a completely perfect mystic because he is fixed in the instructions received from the spiritual master, and because his senses are controlled he is determined. He is not swayed by false arguments, because no one can lead him from the fixed determination of devotional service. He is fully conscious that Kṛṣṇa is the eternal Lord, so no one can disturb him. All these qualifications enable him to fix his mind and intelligence entirely on the Supreme Lord. Such a standard of devotional service is undoubtedly very rare, but a devotee becomes situated in that stage by following the regulative principles of devotional service. Furthermore, the Lord says that such a devotee is very dear to Him, for the Lord is always pleased with all his activities in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness |
| simple living and high thinking to walk right into a bank and announce that one is prepared to renounce all the dirty money there is a kind of high thinking and simple living but the realization that nothing is mine you must know what that is yes nirmama nothing is mine yes that is the realization of how simple life is for you and i now and right now as that realization constitutes the most intelligent kind of high thinking one must simply carry on with the humble and considerate way of life that is simply wonderful like this yes in an intelligent manner in an intelligent manner one considers well to Whom it is that everything belongs yes and it is nice to know that Krsna is the high life to Whom everything belongs and from Whom all that is alive comes forth yes most especially since all that is alive is in fact reality yes whatever it is that is that which is not is quite simply not alive like you dear thank God yes thank GOD we are alive at any rate and by the grace of Srila Prabhupada we know what to do with our lives īśāvāsyam idam sarvaḿ yat kiñca jagatyāḿ jagat tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya svid dhanam SYNONYMS īśa — by the Lord; āvāsyam — controlled; idam — this; sarvam — all; yat kiñca — whatever; jagatyām — within the universe; jagat — all that is animate or inanimate; tena — by Him; tyaktena — set-apart quota; bhuñjīthāḥ — you should accept; mā — do not; gṛdhaḥ — endeavor to gain; kasya svit — of anyone else; dhanam — the wealth. TRANSLATION Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong. PURPORT Vedic knowledge is infallible because it comes down through the perfect disciplic succession of spiritual masters, beginning with the Lord Himself. Since He spoke the first word of Vedic knowledge, the source of this knowledge is transcendental. The words spoken by the Lord are called apauruṣeya, which indicates that they are not delivered by any mundane person. A living being who lives in the mundane world has four defects: (1) he is certain to commit mistakes; (2) he is subject to illusion; (3) he has a propensity to cheat others; and (4) his senses are imperfect. No one with these four imperfections can deliver perfect knowledge. The Vedas are not produced by such an imperfect creature. Vedic knowledge was originally imparted by the Lord into the heart of Brahmā, the first created living being, and Brahmā in his turn disseminated this knowledge to his sons and disciples, who have handed it down through history. Since the Lord is pūrṇam, all-perfect, there is no possibility of His being subjected to the laws of material nature, which He controls. However, both the living entities and inanimate objects are controlled by the laws of nature and ultimately by the Lord's potency. This Īśopaniṣad is part of the Yajur Veda, and consequently it contains information concerning the proprietorship of all things existing within the universe. The Lord's proprietorship over everything within the universe is confirmed in the Seventh Chapter of the Bhagavad-gītā (7.4-5), where parā and aparā prakṛti are discussed. The elements of nature — earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and ego — all belong to the Lord's inferior, material energy (aparā prakṛti),whereas the living being, the organic energy, is His superior energy (parā prakṛti). Both of these prakṛtis, or energies, are emanations from the Lord, and ultimately He is the controller of everything that exists. There is nothing in the universe that does not belong to either the parā or the aparā prakṛti; therefore everything is the property of the Supreme Being. Because the Supreme Being, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is the complete person, He has complete and perfect intelligence to adjust everything by means of His different potencies. The Supreme Being is often compared to a fire, and everything organic and inorganic is compared to the heat and light of that fire. Just as fire distributes energy in the form of heat and light, the Lord displays His energy in different ways. He thus remains the ultimate controller, sustainer and dictator of everything. He is the possessor of all potencies, the knower of everything and the benefactor of everyone. He is full of inconceivable opulence, power, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. One should therefore be intelligent enough to know that except for the Lord no one is a proprietor of anything. One should accept only those things that are set aside by the Lord as his quota. The cow, for instance, gives milk, but she does not drink that milk: she eats grass and straw, and her milk is designated as food for human beings. Such is the arrangement of the Lord. Thus we should be satisfied with those things He has kindly set aside for us, and we should always consider to whom those things we possess actually belong. Take, for example, our dwelling, which is made of earth, wood, stone, iron, cement and so many other material things. If we think in terms of Śrī Īśopaniṣad, we must know that we cannot produce any of these building materials ourselves. We can simply bring them together and transform them into different shapes by our labor. A laborer cannot claim to be a proprietor of a thing just because he has worked hard to manufacture it. In modern society there is always a great quarrel between the laborers and the capitalists. This quarrel has taken an international shape, and the world is in danger. Men face one another in enmity and snarl just like cats and dogs. Śrī Īśopaniṣad cannot give advice to the cats and dogs, but it can deliver the message of Godhead to man through the bona fide ācāryas (holy teachers). The human race should take the Vedic wisdom of Śrī Īśopaniṣad and not quarrel over material possessions. One must be satisfied with whatever privileges are given to him by the mercy of the Lord. There can be no peace if the communists or capitalists or any other party claims proprietorship over the resources of nature, which are entirely the property of the Lord. The capitalists cannot curb the communists simply by political maneuvering, nor can the communists defeat the capitalists simply by fighting for stolen bread. If they do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the property they claim to be their own is stolen. Consequently they will be liable to punishment by the laws of nature. Nuclear bombs are in the hands of both communists and capitalists, and if both do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Lord, it is certain that these bombs will ultimately ruin both parties. Thus in order to save themselves and bring peace to the world, both parties must follow the instructions of Śrī Īśopaniṣad. Human beings are not meant to quarrel like cats and dogs. They must be intelligent enough to realize the importance and aim of human life. The Vedic literature is meant for humanity and not for cats and dogs. Cats and dogs can kill other animals for food without incurring sin, but if a man kills an animal for the satisfaction of his uncontrolled taste buds, he is responsible for breaking the laws of nature. Consequently he must be punished. The standard of life for human beings cannot be applied to animals. The tiger does not eat rice and wheat or drink cow's milk, because he has been given food in the shape of animal flesh. Among the many animals and birds, some are vegetarian and others are carnivorous, but none of them transgress the laws of nature, which have been ordained by the will of the Lord. Animals, birds, reptiles and other lower life forms strictly adhere to the laws of nature; therefore there is no question of sin for them, nor are the Vedic instructions meant for them. Human life alone is a life of responsibility. It is wrong, however, to think that simply by becoming a vegetarian one can avoid transgressing the laws of nature. Vegetables also have life, and while it is nature's law that one living being is meant to feed on another, for human beings the point is to recognize the Supreme Lord. Thus one should not be proud of being a strict vegetarian. Animals do not have developed consciousness by which to recognize the Lord, but a human being is sufficiently intelligent to take lessons from the Vedic literature and thereby know how the laws of nature are working and derive profit out of such knowledge. If a man neglects the instructions of the Vedic literature, his life becomes very risky. A human being is therefore required to recognize the authority of the Supreme Lord and become His devotee. He must offer everything for the Lord's service and partake only of the remnants of food offered to the Lord. This will enable him to discharge his duty properly. In the Bhagavad-gītā (9.26) the Lord directly states that He accepts vegetarian food from the hands of a pure devotee. Therefore a human being should not only become a strict vegetarian but should also become a devotee of the Lord, offer the Lord all his food and then partake of such prasādam, or the mercy of God. Only those who act in this way can properly discharge the duties of human life. Those who do not offer their food to the Lord eat nothing but sin and subject themselves to various types of distress, which are the results of sin (Bg. 3.13). The root of sin is deliberate disobedience of the laws of nature through disregarding the proprietorship of the Lord. Disobeying the laws of nature or the order of the Lord brings ruin to a human being. Conversely, one who is sober, who knows the laws of nature, and who is not influenced by unnecessary attachment or aversion is sure to be recognized by the Lord and thus become eligible to go back to Godhead, back to the eternal home. |
| (1) bhajahū re mana śrī-nanda-nandana abhaya-caraṇāravinda re durlabha mānava-janama sat-sańge taroho e bhava-sindhu re (2) śīta ātapa bāta bariṣaṇa e dina jāminī jāgi re biphale sevinu kṛpaṇa durajana capala sukha-laba lāgi' re (3) e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana ithe ki āche paratīti re kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala bhajahū hari-pada nīti re (4) śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, vandana, pāda-sevana, dāsya re pūjana, sakhī-jana, ātma-nivedana govinda-dāsa-abhilāṣa re TRANSLATION 1) O mind just worship the lotus feet of the son of Nanda, which make one fearless. Having obtained this rare human birth, cross over this ocean of worldly existence through the association of saintly persons. 2) Both in the day and at night I remain sleepless, suffering the pains of the heat and cold, the wind and the rain. For a fraction of flickering happiness I have uselessly served wicked and miserly men. 3) What assurance of real happiness is there in all of one's wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family members? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal; therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari. 4) It is the desire and great longing of Govinda Dasa to engage himself in the nine processes of bhakti, namely hearing the glories of Lord Hari and chanting those glories, constantly remembering Him and offering prayers to Him, serving the Lord's lotus feet, serving the Supreme Lord as a servant, worshiping Him with flowers and incense and so forth, serving Him as a friend, and completely offering the Lord one's very self. Purport by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhpada Bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana-abhaya caranaravinda re. This is a song sung by Govinda dasa, poet Govinda dasa. He’s addressing his mind, because, after all, we have to work with the cooperation of our mind. If our mind is disturbed, if the mind is dragging us to choose something else, then it is very difficult to concentrate in one sort of business. That is practical. Therefore the yoga system means to control the mind. It is a mechanical process of controlling the mind. Because without controlling the mind, without the mind being not disturbed, nobody can make any spiritual progress. But our Vaisnava system is to engage the mind directly in devotional service so that it may not go outside the scope of devotional service. That is our system. And that is practical. If we concentrate our mind on the lotus feet of Krsna, arcanam— sravanam kirtanam visnoh, smaranam pada-sevanam—pada- sevanam [SB 7.5.23], then automatically mind becomes controlled. The yogis are trying artificially to control the mind, but they are failing. There are many instances big, big yogis fail. So anything done artificially is not possible to be perfectly done. Therefore the system of controlling the mind means you give the mind better engagement, then mind will not be attracted by inferior energy. This is the science or secret of success. So Govinda dasa is trying to fix up the mind on the lotus feet of Krsna which is known as abhaya-carana. Abhaya means “where there is no fear.’’ Just like we deposit our money in a reliable bank because we think there is no fear of loss. That is called abhaya, “without any fear,’’ and carana means “lotus feet.’’ So Govinda dasa is advising his mind, hu re mana “My dear mind,’’ hu re addressing the mind. Bhaja hu re mana. Bhaja. Bhaja means “be engaged in devotional service.’’ Bhaja hu re mana sri-nanda-nandana, “in the service of Krsna, the son of Nanda.’’ There are many, many Krsnas, but we are concerned with the particular Krsna who appeared as the son of Nanda Maharaja and the son of Vasudeva. Therefore he says particularly just like we identify one person his name, his father’s name, then it is perfectly identified. So, he says sri nanda-nandana; bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana abhaya- caranaravinda re, “His Lotus Feet is secure to take shelter of.’’ There are many slokas in the Bhagavatam about this: samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh. Mahat-padam, “Under the Lotus Feet of Krsna, the whole material creation is resting.’’ So if such a gigantic creation can rest, so if I am insignificant tiny living being, if I take shelter at the Lotus Feet, which is fearless, of Krsna, then my security is guaranteed. Bhajahu re mana sri-nanda- nandana, abhaya carana-ravinda re, durlabha manava-janama sat-sange, taroho e bhava-sindhu re. Durlabha, “very rarely got this human form of life.’’ Durlabha manava-janama. So in order to fix up our mind on the Lotus Feet of Krsna, it is necessary that we should live in the association of devotees. Durlabha manava-janama sat-sange. Sat-sange means “in the association of devotees.’’ (If we) don’t live in the association of devotees, if we try to fix up our mind on the lotus feet of Krsna independently, it will be not possible. It will be failure. Therefore he says sat-sange, “in the association of devotees.” Taroho e bhava-sindhu re, “the real purpose of life is to cross over the ocean of nescience.’’ So if we fix up our mind on the Lotus Feet of Krsna in the association of devotees, then we can very easily cross over the ocean of nescience, the material existence. Then, what is my present business? Now my present business is: sita atapa bata barisana, e dina jamini jagi re. My material engagement is that “I don’t care for severe cold, I don’t care for scorching heat, I don’t care for sleeping at night; I am working hard day and night.’’ Sita atapa bata barisana, e dina jamini jagi re. And what for? Krpana, bhipale sevinu krpana durajana, “for the service of krpana dura-jana.’’ Krpana durajana means outsiders. The so-called material society, friendship, love, etc., they are actually outsiders. They can not give me actual spiritual advancement of life. But we are engaged in the service of society, friendship, or love, nationalism, socialism, so many. Our engagements are various, but that is biphale. Biphale means “without any result.’’ Result will be that I create a certain type of mentality in order to protect the so-called country, society, family, and at the time of death I will have to accept a body according to my mentality. So people are accepting so many abominable means to carry on this business of society, friendship, and love, so-called. The result is that he is developing a certain type of mentality which is not human, and the result will be next life he’ll be forced to accept a body according to that mentality. Therefore krpana durajana. Krpana means “miser.’’ They’ll not give me any intelligence, any enlightenment of my real need of life, but still we are engaged in the service of such durajana, “outsider.’’ Biphale sevinu krpana durajana, capala sukha-laba lagi’ re, and there is little happiness. Otherwise, how a man can work so hard day and night. The happiness is sex enjoyment, capala, “flickering.’’ Vidyapati sings, tatala saikate vari bindu-sama, “That happiness is just like a drop of water in the desert.’’ Desert requires water but if you take little water and sprinkle over it, “Now take water,’’ so what is the value of that water? Similarly, we are hankering after eternal happiness, what these society, friendship and love will give us? Therefore we are simply wasting our time in the matter of deriving happiness from this so-called materialistic way of life maintaining society, friendship and so forth, simply wasting. Biphale. Biphale means “without any good result.’’ Biphale sevinu krpana durajana, capala sukha-laba lagi’ re. “Never mind, I shall enjoy personally. I’ve got my youthful life, I can earn money, and I don’t care for my family.’’ Actually this is now happening at the present moment. Nobody cares for family, but he is busy only for maintaining himself, to utilize his youthful life, and so many things. Govinda Dasa poet is advising, “My dear mind, I accept that now you have got youthful life, you can enjoy.’’ Therefore, you say e dhana yaubana putra parijana, ithe ki ache paratiti re, “this accumulation of wealth: earning money; and this youthful life: enjoying.’’ E dhana yaubana putra parijana, and by society, friendship and love, is there any actual happiness or transcendental happiness? Ithe ki ache paratiti re, “It is something like the water on the lotus leaf.’’ Kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamala, “It is this existence of water is tiltering, at any moment will fall down.’’ Actually, all of this youthful enjoyment or money-making business, at any moment it can be finished. So actually you can not believe or bring your faith in that sort of happiness. That is not good because it can be finished at any moment. These people are engaged in making skyscraper buildings, and bank balance, and having good motorcars, and so many things they are trying to enjoy, but forgetting that any moment it can be finished. Any moment. So it is just like kamala-dala-jala, “keeping water on the lotus leaf.’’ It does not stand, it is tilted, can fall down, any moment. The example is very nice. Therefore he’s advising, sravana kirtana, he is instructing the mind that, “don’t do this, don’t do this,’’ so many negative things. Then the next question will be then actually, mind may ask Govinda Dasa, “Actually what do you want to do? You are negativating all these material engagements that’s all right, then what is your positive proposal?’’ He says, “Yes, my positive proposal is this: sravana kirtana smarana vandana, pada-sevana dasya re, pujana sakhi-jana atma-nivedana, govinda dasa-abhilasa re.” “My dear mind, my desire is that you kindly help me hearing about this abhaya-caranaravinda, Krsna, sravana. And let me chant about His glories, sravana kirtana. Let me remember, let me serve His Lotus Feet, let me make friendship with Him. Offer, let me offer everything what have I got to Him. These are my desires. If you kindly cooperate with me, and then I can do this.’’ So this is a very instructing song, the summary of the mission of human life, and anyone who will follow this principle will be actually happy transcendentally. Haribol jaya Srila Prabhpada ! |
| Spiritual life is never entirely unknowable but yes quite confidential in reality yes transcendental in reality therefore Krsna is known as Adhokṣaja Of course any transcendental standard of collaboration in Krsna consciousness is confidential as such and yes that is accepted as Krsna's mercy actually yes yes Krsna's mercy and one needs to gradually find out how that is Krsna's mercy as any standard of collaboration in Krsna consciousness has always been as transcendental as Krsna's mercy yes as any standard of collaboration in Krsna consciousness has always been as transcendental as Krsna's mercy one needs to gradually find out how that is Krsna's eternal mercy and how the standard collaborative transcendental mission of nama-sankirtana in every town and village is the Gaudiya-vaishnava way of gradually taking others into their confidence krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi su-medhasah "In this age of Kali those who are intelligent perform the congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna maha- mantra, worshipping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appears in this age along with His associates to inaugurate the sankirtana movement, or chanting of the holy names. That incarnation is golden in hue.'' (Bhag. 11.5.32) |
| soon the doctor of philosophy even remembers how to say it clean to the walls all off by heart even in the bubble like surroundings of concrete laundry rooms on time even where a mouth full of soap doesn't confuse the great outdoors that much more than a window way cleaner than a window so suddenly yes so suddenly so suddenly way cleaner than a window way cleaner than a window and who wouldn't be glad to be glad remembering a window way cleaner now that it is over like this yes whatever it was so suddenly and there goes the other one by the way yes chanting Hare Krsna with all due respect for Srila Prabhupada and dancing <ॐ Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 9.17 pitāham asya jagato mātā dhātā pitāmahaḥ vedyaḿ pavitram oḿkāra ṛk sāma yajur eva ca SYNONYMS pitā — father; aham — I; asya — of this; jagataḥ — universe; mātā — mother; dhātā — supporter; pitāmahaḥ — grandfather; vedyam — what is to be known; pavitram — that which purifies; oḿ-kāra — the syllable oḿ; ṛk — the Ṛg Veda; sāma — the Sāma Veda; yajuḥ — the Yajur Veda; eva — certainly; ca — and. TRANSLATION I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oḿ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas. PURPORT The entire cosmic manifestations, moving and nonmoving, are manifested by different activities of Kṛṣṇa's energy. In the material existence we create different relationships with different living entities who are nothing but Kṛṣṇa's marginal energy; under the creation of prakṛti some of them appear as our father, mother, grandfather, creator, etc., but actually they are parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa. As such, these living entities who appear to be our father, mother, etc., are nothing but Kṛṣṇa. In this verse the word dhātā means "creator." Not only are our father and mother parts and parcels of Kṛṣṇa, but the creator, grandmother and grandfather, etc., are also Kṛṣṇa. Actually any living entity, being part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, is Kṛṣṇa. All the Vedas, therefore, aim only toward Kṛṣṇa. Whatever we want to know through the Vedas is but a progressive step toward understanding Kṛṣṇa. That subject matter which helps us purify our constitutional position is especially Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, the living entity who is inquisitive to understand all Vedic principles is also part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa and as such is also Kṛṣṇa. In all the Vedic mantras the word oḿ, called praṇava, is a transcendental sound vibration and is also Kṛṣṇa. And because in all the hymns of the four Vedas — Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva — the praṇava, or oḿkāra, is very prominent, it is understood to be Kṛṣṇa. |
| even related to you know who one has false ego as it is even though there is nothing else to do with it all that way yes nothing once nothing twice it is all on time for this time coming around again only as one is determined to have false ego with it all even yes even though there is nothing else to do with it anyway just like that so much determination for nothing nothing there is nothing else to do with it all anyway awesome yes mighty yes false knowledge of it will get one nowhere with it as well funny that way it is but what is it as you know who chants Hare Krsna yes no yes no yes no one needs to know still one still one still one can't help but wonder as you know one can't help but wonder what it is |
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