An introduction to Srimad Bhagavatam and its contents..
The Vedas indicates that the Srimad Bhagavatam is highly beneficial to all those living in the material world primarily because it brings everyone to the path of Bhakti. It immediately destroys all ignorance and brings an all-inclusive loving attitude towards all beings, the self-evident truth of the equality of all beings before Divinity is realised, because when one can learn to love God automatically everyone is loved .
An introduction to Srimad Bhagavatam and its contents..
Many devotees of Krishna write of His glorious activities accompanying , thus further elaborations of the Srimad Bhagavatam in the form of Smriti are recorded by the Gaudia Vaisnava param para . His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada presented the Srimad Bhagavatam to the Western societies for the first time in the late 60s and 70s .
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami is most expert at presenting these topics in practical ways to the modern world . The Bhagavatam is recognized by leading scholars in every university. ISKCON itself has developed a specialist Oxford branch that introduces Gaudia Vaisnavism and its teachings to various departments in universities . Previously to this dept forming , mostly Sankacarya’s impersonal philosophy of Hinduism had been predominantly taught .
In current times, the word WHY is said to be the most popular word on Google , unlimited persons on unlimited keyboards type it . Indeed, the Bhagavatam indicates that unless a human asks ,” Who am I ? why do I exist? ” What is the purpose of life , and how did the universe begin ?” The full potential of humanity can not be achieved. Animals obviously don’t have facilities of such rational , logical enquiries , although they possess consciousness like you and I , however, we should not become sophisticated animals by ignoring essential inquiry.
Examples of philosophers and thinkers throughout history are to be found , William Paley intelligently concluded that someone finding a watch whilst walking in the long grass in 1850 , on its examination, would naturally assume its fine engineering and design are most certainly the work of a creative brain and with exceptional intelligence . Sir Isaac Newton thought that each individual thumbprint of human beings was a clear evidence for individual engineered design . The teleological argument , that design permeates everything within nature and the universe remains as strong as it ever did and becomes stronger as scientific research progresses . Recent studies of the entropy of the cell show the cells have low entropy, meaning extremely high organisational levels at its centre, but at the same time, it is surrounded by high energy entropy, how can this be ? This indicates the precision and purposes of a controlled environment. Controlled means a controller. The fine tuning of the universe , the so-called goldilocks phenomena , is on full view to everyone , this is objective sciences . Everything is perfect , not too much heat , or too cold , and a perfect gravitational force is present , its certainly a puzzle why gravity is so very week close to earths surface but strong enough to influence the tides from space .There is a perfect mix of oxygen. This is evidence and easy to observe . There is an order and engineering in all things by anyone’s calculations , including Richard Dawkins, but who says it is to be ignored.
Certainly, the opening pages of the Srimad Bhagavatam confirm this observation. The famous opening sloka declares that Divinity is directly and indirectly conscious of every aspect of creation , a creation that emnates from consciousness . Life comes from life… Molecules don’t move towards life , something brings them together, and the Vedas say Krishna is within and outside of His material energies . As much as a modern business global empire, the boss is outside, but his intelligence permeates the whole affair.
The Srimad Bhagavatam itself is a series of one to one conversations through time frames , there are dialogue partners , and these constantly weave in and out of space time , stretching over billions of years , with no specific chronological order . There are references to appropriate histories and crucial lessons that can be learned , either from Divinity Himself or His devotees . They are defined as factual events relating to Krishna and His devotees or illustrative stories , bringing home key and important philosophical points .
The Bhagavatam appears and dissappears in the long course of 311 trillion years , a set time period of this particular universe . As much as the sun rises and sets and appears to appear and disappear, so does the Bhagavatam.
The creator god Lord Bramha , the empowered engineer, has 4.5 billion of our years as his 12 hours , time relativity, as Einstein noted . It’s recorded in the Bhagavatam as he sleeps , a partial shutdown of our universe begins, lasting 4.5 billion years begins , before being rebooted once again as he awakes . Although our total universe is trillions of years old , only the lower and middle portion of the fourteen planetary systems are shut down .parts are temporarily shut down .
Lord Krishna Himself comes to reestablished forgotten Dharma or principles of religion , and most importantly, He attracts His devotees by His various pastimes that are demonstrating His glorious eternal blissful life , especially in Vrndavana. 5000 years ago He did so and appeared , and when He left this universe after completing His purpose, the question arose what happened to Dharma or what system keeps His messages in tact . Dharma is a living through the desires and messages of Krishna , it has an automated supervisory system within the responsive universe. If one acts within Dharma, ones life is reasonably fulfilled and progressive. The elevation of consciousness can take place progressively , but if one acts against Dharma, one degrades one’s own consciousness and becomes further and helplessly entangled in reactions and sufferings within material conditioning , known as Kamic synchronicities. The key to understanding the Bhagavatam is to gain scientific objective knowledge of our universe and thus increase faith in Sanatana Dharma, the realisations of the eternal occupation of the soul , and the symptom of the soul is consciousness .
Ultimately by following religious principles and understanding consciousness and Dharma, one can enter a place where consciousness can thrive , where it is surrounded by pure consciousness and spiritual energy , and not the deteriating and fluctuating matter made of atomic particals . …….The sages who questioned Sukadeva Goswami in the Bhagavatam, were told that when Krishna leaves this world , Dharma , with all its directions take shape in the form of the Srimad Bhagavatam .
Everything for mankind is contained within its pages , and the expert person Bhagavat , who is realised in the topics and has understood the Bhagavatam well , can extract its mysteries .They can apply them to given times , places, or circumstances . No matter who we are or what we are , progressive steps are chalked out for every section of society within the Bhagavatam.
It is said that one who does wrong or suffers wrong is wrong , however, Lord Krishna consistently favours wise council that brings justice to all proceedings in administrations . In its absence, there is turmoil in society reflected in the current times . Today , we see unnecessary suffering and deliberate misguidance brought about by unfit leaders . Democracy can mean fools voting in fools . We need educated democracies . One who studies the Srimad Bhagavatam will bring great security and wisdom to himself and his family . Objective historical accounts , objective sciences of all kinds , and non cheating religions are all essential ingredients to life , otherwise, mistaken ideas develop, leading to great misfortunes .
Wherever there is Krishna, there is always great fortune and victory.
Krishna lies within all the pages of the Bhagavatam directly or indirectly.
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