With 8,400,000 different species of life and with each individual living being assigned an individual mind and intelligence suited for a particular species , but who are endlessly changing bodies to adjust to desire of an individual consciousness , and with 14 planetary systems within which countless billions of universes are situated , no one can accuse God of not providing ample opportunities for countless living beings to express their free will . Free will is the inherant quality of the soul , expressions of spiritual culture bring one to a spiritual plane , and expression in matter brings one to matter . Every one get a fair crack of the whip .
Free will and determinism need facilitating, and a legislative response within a responsive universe is in place . The universe follows us, and our desires and our actions determine our lot .
The Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary of the Vedanta Sutras, provides us with all the information of the sciences of mind , matter, and consciousness both within the material and spiritual planes .Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains all in his publications, which are excellent for everyone to know of all sorts of sciences.
When Srila Vyasadeva is in his deep and mature meditation, saw Lord Krishna behind Lord krishna he also saw Maya devi or Durga Devi, an expansion of the Supreme Goddess of fortune .
The expression I have got your back can be considered..
“I’ve got your back” (often heard as “I got your back”) is an idiom meaning “I support you,” “I’ll protect you,” or “I’ll watch out for you”; it signifies loyalty and reassurance that someone will be there to help, defend, or look out for you, acting like a second set of eyes or hands.
Can Durga Devi be considered in this way ?
Everything about the supreme spiritual realm is personal , Lord Krishna is the most exhaulted of all personalities and to satisfy His emaculate senses with pure attitudes of loving service in very personal and in innumerable ways is the only “business” of the residents of the spiritual abodes .
Srimati Radharani is the topmost devotee of Krishna and acts as the best servant , the best friend , with aldo somewhat motherly effection , and ultimately as His best of all lovers . Naturally, if you love someone deeply , part of that love is to see to it no disturbances in any way are brought before the person you love . Actually, injustices of any kind or uncouth behaviour will not be tolerated. Everyone should conduct themselves properly and with perfectly exhibited spontaneous loving moods before the Supreme Personality of Godhead . Durga Devi sees to it that the uncouth can not approach Krishna . She also indirectly and directly instigates a training programme for the benefits of the living beings so everyone can learn trancendental selfless and pure love , and come to understand Krishna as the Supreme Rasaraja , who openly desires to purely exchange His open heart with everyone in a most glorious way . Before entering Vrndavana, the replica in India , you will pass Lord Siva and Durga Devi. Lord Siva has some connections with Maha Visnu in injecting the living beings within matter and Srimati Radharani in Her expansion as Durga weilds the rod of chastisement.
Madhurya means sweet, and everything and everyone is sweet in Vrndavana. Everyone’s beautiful hearts are overflowing with blissful , ever new, and enthusiastic love for each other and Krishna . These extraordinary pastimes of the spiritual planes in VRNDAVANA are played out in sometimes unusual and contradictory ways …..In the absolute spiritual plane of Vrndavana the highest of spiritual abodes , all formality is left behind. Lying is all good , cheating is all good , deceiving is all good , even when Krishna kills demons that come to disturb his ” earthbound ” lila pastimes become blessed as well as liberated from all their miseries caused by being confined to the material world .
In the esoteric realms of Vraj exclusive devotion and services to Srimati Radharani are the supreme goal of the Gaudia Vaisnavas . Services to Her confidential companions are considered even more relishable , one can understand Radha Krishna through services to their companions’ understanding of Radha Krishna. However, it’s not just Radharani who is served . According to the relationship the devotees have with Krishna , one closest associate will be determined. Lord Balarama and His friends , Mother Yasodha and her friends , even services to the creatures and trees and the very soil of Vrndavana brings one immediately in contact with Krishna in unique and particular ways .
Each of these relationships brings immense joy to Krishna . Of course, Srimati Radharani, the Supreme Goddess of Fortune, ultimately conducts Vrndavana’s services to Her Krishna, and all are dependent on Her . She directly and indirectly conducts everything of the affairs of Vrndavana, but she in Her great humility remains dependent on everyone..
After arguing with Krishna Radharani, says to her friends ” it’s only by your blessings and good wishes that Krishna will accept me back again into His life “
When one loses touch with absolute truth , other truths quickly and inevitably slide into a continual decline, spiralling faster and further into the oblivion of deceit . Association is important if one intimately associates with those who live a life of denial of truths then crookedness becomes readily accepted and becomes part of a life , untruths become the norm .It is the nature of the illusory energy of Divinity , which facilitates and awards the 8,400,000 different species where the unlimited myriads of untruths can be lived out . Divinity is the great provider, and deceit need to be lived out in less harmful ways . The animal kingdoms serve such purposes .Truth has declined so much in current times that any man speaking truth is ridiculed or in todays world silenced , some call it cancel culture . The persons who are speaking lies are glorified and practically worshipped as truthful visionaries. Current algorithmic processes and Ai assisted technologies assist the dishonest greatly their webbs of lies and propaganda infiltrate everything. History, culture, philosophy, and political and scientific explanations are going to be fixed in particular ways , after generations, truth will slip further and further into oblivion. The most cooked of persons , who together snatch the worlds recourses , pay very good money to anyone who will repeat their lies , one becomes the servant of the “devil ” . And with algorithms deliberately set to favour untruths, the rascals and demoniac see to it that things will work in their favour, the unthinking public, are easily fooled . Welome to the world where fools have voted in fools .. and where the Godless reign. To understand absolute truth, one’s lordship of matter and argumentations against absolute truth should be reversed , logic and objective sciences should be accepted. One of the greatest untruths are Darwinian hypothesis and scientific materialism, this is guessing, but presented as as absolute truth , these particular untruths are the foundations our global conglomerate material world and its politics of ruthless explotation . Disrespect of others and their cultures is promoted by demons . Acceptance and adoption of a humility of heart should be accepted along with a general respect for all beings , its a self-evident truth , the equality of consciousness , although in different circumstances. Compassionate thoughts are the symptoms of truth as well as natural detachment with lack of greed . , Peace within the heart will always be found in truth , and the beginnings of a relationship with Divinity is underway in that state , truth and faith in absolute truth carries on a long way http://www.thevedicspectator.com
In entering and understanding Radha Krishna Nitya lila pastimes getting the correct Sanskrit word meaning obviously is somewhat essential to fully describe the specific lilas that are described from the writings of the acaryas who are literally spiritually immersed within the lila and relishing all the mellows , perfectly describing them due to their pure love in Bhakti yoga .
For instance, when Krishna approaches Srimati Radharani through his ecstatic glance ,within the township of Vrndavana, if one mistranslates the Sanskrit and literally has Krishna walking up and approaching Radharani , it would an incorrect translation . In the company of Radharani’s mother in law and others who are not directly involved in knowledge of particular pastimes, Krishna could and never would walk directly up to Srimati Radharani . However, He and She may approach each other by lightning glances that are described by the Rasika acaryas. The ultimate essence and relishing of the mellows of pure devotional lilas , Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj says , can’t be experienced by any other process than the decending process , or being allowed to enter Krishna lila through the pure chanting of the Names and of rendering services of all kinds to those Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas who have shown by their prayers and examples their services to Radharani and Krishna or through the friends of Krishna, but that process a purely remembering the eternal spiritual lilas may decend . It is , however, obviously important and may assist meditations to understand how exactly the acayas have described in their trancendental trances specific pastimes.
We cannot neglect or minimise these technicalities of language, but we can also remember, its not merely by such technicalities that one enters into Krishna lila, but only through grace and development of pure Bhakti which is bestowed by Bhakti devi and the pure devotees of Krishna, the causless mercy.
Mercy above justice , as Srila BR Sridhar Swami once said .
Srila BR Sridhar Swami would say all discord is harmonized in the absolute. What is that discord? Conditioned nature or spiritual nature ? What is meant by someone’s nature ? In the material world ones nature is acquired by one’s own material actions generated by universal affairs in a responsive universe In the spiritual world, ones eternal and original spiritual nature is revealed when one gives up material nature . Spiritual life is an uncovering process, a cleansing of temporary nature acquired by ignoring the spiritual reality. Material natures can change , free will and our choices change , conditioned nature is endlessly mutable, but spiritual nature is dynamic ever increasing and permanently situated beyond the atoms , elements, and compounds . Love, in its real pure form, is always increasing , to love and be loved is the inherant nature of the consciousness because we are part and parcels of Divinity who possesses that nature. All the spiritually minded individuals, although sometimes appearing in discordant ways , as the personality effects inevitably bring to the consciousness, are harmonized in the absolute . Everyone in the spiritual realm has pure intentions but different intentions towards Krishna , or God . Lord Balarama , who is Krishna’s first expansion , brings forth various expansions and multifarious energies , both spiritual and material in nature .Our conditioned minds and conditioned intelligences are part of His energies that make up our own subtle body . We have a gross and subtle body, but that is not our permanent condition but rather that material nature is forever in fluctuation , it responds to desire , the many possibilities of quantum physics, one could say is playing out . Balarama, through His expansions called Mula Sankarsan, Maha Sankarsan and Maha Visnu, and all his corresponding energies, both material and spiritual, serves Krishna in incalculable ways . Balarama is the original Guru for all beings, and the particles of eternal consciousness, the living beings, all expand from Him . Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s first expansion is Lord Balarama, and He is said to be non different that Krishna. Lord Balarama is the great servant of Kṛṣṇa and encourages us to follow in the service mode .
It’s indeed inconceivable that the innumerable individual living beings who each possess a unique sense of individuality can, in an individual way, express that towards Divinity. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
In glorifying Jesus Christ, we should remember Bethlehem and the Holy Lands are not mere geopolitical locations but rather refelect a state of the pure spiritual mind , although this this is little understood. Enemies are not so much external forces or even other countries or other faiths, but rather, they come from within ourselves and in hellish consciousnesswe create hell for ourselves and others around us . Many times, it is the case that someone’s faith makes them proud and arrogant, quite the opposite qualities of saints . There are different types of irreligions , including those who twist the meaning to suit the personal ends of a particular group of persons living in a geographical location .The five types of irreligion are given in the Vedas . The enemy can literally be within and at times at the very heart of our own faith . If our scholars and theologians mistranslate or misinterpret pure scripts we are led by the irreligious. Jesus Christs’ persecution, for instance, came from within the establishment. In spiritual life, we should guard against our own minds and look out for fanaticism of any kind , and we should be somewhat familiar with theological values , and those who misinterpret scripts can be identified.
The pogues .
The Pogues Xmas song reminds us of the fragile condition of human nature that is liable to erupt and explode at any time , but also we are reminded of the nature of a pure consciousness and forgiveness. Good hearts are actually inherant. All beings have potential.
Hildegard von Bingen.
Any person who wants to understand the real heart of Christianity can do so in profound ways . Examining the life and works of Hildegard von Bingen, the trancendental musician, artist , philosopher, and pure theologian who is able to transmit the pure original teaching of Jesus and his Divine father is well worth studying.
We should remember Vrndavana or Bethlehem or Mecca or the like are ultimately a state of pure mind , not a geographical location , and they are representative of the spiritual kingdoms.
His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has made an attempt to use the educational systems of the Vedas and create a world free from the ignorance of scientific materialism ,after all a world that does not understand dualism is a world of sophisticated animals who exploit hunt and kill in sophisticatedand underhand ways . In forming ISKCON AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , the Vedas is being brought to light . The idea is that everyone can live in a harmonized atmosphere where differences are respected and facilities that everyone needs, including the creatures of the earth ,can all be easily obtained and shared .In order for this to be achieved the intelligentsia must be prominent and recognised for who they are in every feild. Different classes of men have specific qualities , for instance a business man can only think of profit , thats good , but such persons are clueless when it comes to how to govern or protect society. ISKCON is based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita, as well as the eighteen puranas that bring a natural and systematic education through its various cultures. This also naturally allows for all the specific needs of a ” multicultural ” society , where differences can be lived out in harmony.
Some people may openly criticize ISKCON, or Gaudia Vaisnava societies for their efforts, and immature thinkers probably dont understand the significance of their work and their long-term vision. Bringing Devi varna ashram within a modern world is the goal , and it’s a long-term goal .
Traditional ashrams or religious cultures , generally have women and men within their own settings .The Nuns and Monks live separately all over the world . Family life was absent, and interactions with society were limited.
In creating ISKCON Srila AC, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada had the vision that the whole world should be given the opportunity to practice deep Krishna consciousness every varna and every ashram included . In so doing , ISKCON and Prabhupada have successfully brought Krishna consciousness opportunities to one and all in very practical ways all over the world. The revolution has begun, but we need to learn more .
If Prabhupada had created traditional Ashram systems , many aspects of society would not have been included in the cultivation of Krishna consciousness . Currently, it’s witnessed that ISKCON is successful and is fast permeating everywhere in the world. Its influences are growing in all of the varnas and ashrams.
Earlier days in ISKCON were very blissful and revolutionary but particularly difficult in many respects . Young inexperienced leaders had a lot of responsibilities , and many couldn’t manage well .
Consequences of failure can be problematic . There is no excuse for irresponsible and harmful behaviour, but we can not assume the utopian dream that all is rosey as soon as someone walks into an Ashram . Risks are there, and now manage a lot better , as in all religious institutions as well as other types of institutions.
Certainly, Prabhupada, through his preaching methods , has opened up the whole world , every single aspect of society can now access a Krishna consciousness experience, and the success of his mission is astounding.
Protestant , Catholic , Suni , Shiiat , Zionist , Rabbi , Smarta Brahmana , of the cast systems , or brahmana by quality as taught by Gaudia Vaisnavism
Every one of these categories of theological persons and their attempts to understand properly theologies can all be properly thought of in set context. A thorough example of how each of them got to their present state of teachings should be carried out .In understanding of Divinity, spiritual teachers and authorities in scriptures and the previous saints and authorities must line up . There is no room for speculations or personal motivations for changing Divinity and His messages.
Not all men or women are at the stage of desiring exclusively pure devotional service to the Lord. Mixed devotion is in the mix in all theological paths with set progressive steps . However, the beginnings, middles, and ends of a spiritual educational system should be clearly defined and not mixed up .We can not have infants calling the shots or the advanced professors insisting that infant students practice and read what they do .
Some religious persons have devotional attitudes mixed with many other motives like political or material perfection for personal benefits. These are naturally reflected in the religious minded societies but should be recognised for what they are by the scholars of each tradition. The highest and lowest of standard must be made clear , otherwise, the lowest will pass as the highest, that’s called cheating religion .
Birds of feathers flock together. The Vedas , being extremely broad, can incorporate all motivated and unmotivated persons as well as pure persons . They put them into four categories and bring relative connections between them all .
The categories are Karma yogis …jnana yogis …astanga yogis and pure Bhakti Yogis ..
Each of those four categories has various followings, but also many subdivisions that are based on , and according to , progress in disciplines . This progression is according to how an individual can transition to a deeper spiritual understanding of much greater levels . The ultimate goal is pure dedication and devotion towards Divinity.
In Vedic Culures, the pure “person Bhagavat”, is the personification of the ancient Srimad Bhagavatam . Such a person is in a Gaudia Vaisnava disciplic succession . They are extremely well versed in the Vedas and take into account time place and circumstances when it comes to any application of the Bhāgavatam . They will be able to give a thorough analysis of all topics within the Vedas and relate them to contemporary times .
Krishna says in 7th chapter of Bhagavad Gita..
TEXT 16: O best among the Bhāratas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me – the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.
TEXT 17: Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.
TEXT 18: All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider to be just like My own self. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he is sure to attain Me, the highest and most perfect goal
.TEXT 19: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.
TEXT 20: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.
It’s absolutely vital to find a pure representative of God in order to advance fully in spiritual life who can correctly guide people’s claims of purity ….there are many who pose as devotees who are actually demons or with mixed personal motives .
Thus, checks and balances are in place in Vedic Culures. True Gurus , true saints, and theological texts always align.
The pure teachers, both of a past and the present , along with the scriptures consisting of both the Sruti and Smriti texts are essential to help us avoid those that will do us harm.
The demoniac person thinks: So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him; and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice. In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance.
The principle teachings taught by Mahāprabhu as made clear by his conversations with Ramananda Roy, are that one should systematically from a particular starting place , according to ones station , and steadily and eagerly come to the essence of the teachings of Gaudia Vaisnavism . Srila Rupa Goswami has brought even more details within his teachings , and the association of trancendental professors , i.e., Sri Guru is essential for personal checks and balances.
We are never to discard the Varna Ashram system and its true worth or the stages progressing from it . The gradual developmental process of association and training by the trancendental intelligentsia in all their various capacities are an essential element of the development of Krishna consciousness . There are cor and peripheral elements to Krishna consciousness, and many Siksa Gurus may help us . 1st class devotees, 2nd class, and 3rd class devotees are consistently present in the theological cultures in the world no matter the country, and ultimately, the teaching our spiritual cultures must have similarities and so they do . God is unlimitedly merciful and makes Himself known in many ways . The Caitanya Caratamrita makes it clear that what Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given society is ultimate the essence of love of God , the connoisseurs of love in spiritual matters , the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana have made this very clear and why it is so . No matter what your external circumstances may be , by Nama Sankirtana chanted with sincere purposes, one can very quickly acquire love of God . However, a top-class Brahminical man , although externally very knowledgeable in the Vedas and be very expert with the formalities of cultures, may or may not aquire what Mahāprabhu has given ,that will depend on a state of humility of the heart and a greed to understand something of the esoteric elements of Bhakti yoga , this is in the hands of those pure devotees who have tasted it and are relishing it , and they bestow it. Thus, causless mercy is needed , and mercy above justice is an important principle demonstrated by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu. This is so because Krishna and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu will wipe away all previous bad karma in a stroke. What is our due is excused , this is the essence of Nityananda prabhu and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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