Your distress, my happiness , the illusions of material life.
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur commented on the psychology of the conditioned soul ..
“When he sees others happy he becomes unhappy when he sees others unhappy he becomes happy”.
News programmes regularly feature the unhappy conditions of other , as people comfortably sit back in their armchairs thinking and musing of their own relative and temporary happiness which has expiry dates ..
The foreign policy of most governments seem to be based on inflicted suffering on other countries and their peoples and then leaders proudly boasting to their electorate, ” we have never has it so good ” as their nations and peoples enjoys the spoils … Thus, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur has given frank assessments of material life .. The life of free consciousness is what Srila Bhativinoda Thakur calls for , meaning a freedom from lust , anger , greed ,envy , madness, and illusions ..and adhere to ethical Dharma. . The Bhagavad Gita, as it is, brings us the full analysis, The divine and demoniac positions are clear . Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains some of these truths in his commentary.
The uncontrolled mind and senses are big business to the conglomerate liberalists with global empires , and they are literally banking on you to follow them and take your senses anywhere they want to take you . Enjoy enjoy enjoy……suffer later .
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur tells us to “Jiv jargo” …wake up wake up sleeping soul .
You can not have Adharma in a place of Dharma and call it Dharma, the saints don’t walk on the paths where the demons tread . Although many fraudulent spiritualists think you can , in the Uddhava Sandesh Krishna tells Uddhava not to walk on the path where the demon elephants tried to kill Krishna.
Esoteric Cor and peripherals practices and linking processes the ever increasing ISKCON community.
The epistemology and etymology of the Gaudia Vaisnava tradition, along with its spiritual and esoteric practices , are central to Gaudia Vaisnavaism .Whereas peripheral beliefs and practices concerning various aspects of learning within the many Dharmic approaches , that direct persons towards cor beliefs , by utilising practical living and recommended regulated guidance in a life , also bring many people practical gradual methods of purification . The Smriti of some aspects of Vedas can be in themselves entangling . Narada Muni informed Veda Vyasadeva of their difficulties. However, the Smriti of the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana under Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu are highly transcendental and chalk out the correctly calculated gradual spiritual developments . They are correctly derived from the Vedas aiming at the need to understand and progress each candidate toward the core in systematic ways . Sri Caitanya teachings and the ISKCON movement work well together , practically billions of people are making their approaches to Krishna and rendering service’s, the expertise of Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is on full veiw, its his strong desire to please Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja that we see . ISKCON is easily accessible to anyone, and a spiritual journey will begin from the peripheral to the cor . Proper understanding of ISKCON and its broad approach in teaching Vedic culture should be examined .
.Such PERIPHERAL practices that are primarily directed by the Smriti of the Goswami’s are also at times adapted and changed , according to time place and circumstances. The greater broadness of the Dharma and Artha sastra of the Vedas can also interlink and move persons towards the Goswami’s Smriti.
The two distinct systems of cor esoteric and peripheal practices should give support to each other , but the peripheral practices should not supersede the core beliefs or take priority over the practices that bring one to the param gatim , the ultimate goal that Mahāprabhu clearly defines in his conversations with Ramananda Roy.
As ISKCON spreads it’s wings it should probably make clear to itself , and its following, what is its function in the above considerations . Some will argue , that ISKCON should play a direct role in all the peripherals and the esoteric core practices , and others will stick strongly to the argument that only the core beliefs should be prioritised and its practices are its main concern . Automatically, if the core beliefs and practices are prioritised, ISKCONs mission will be successful, and if it loses sight of its deep core beliefs and practices, everything will be lost in time, some will say .Essentially, both the cor and peripherals are needed , that is the business of the Sankirtana movement that Prabhupada brought to the West , we need men and money to preach Prabhupada said .
In Bhagavad Gita 2.46.
Krishna speaks of this topic , all purposes of a small well can be served by a great ocean , all purposes of the Vedas are served by one who knows the purposes behind the Vedas .
His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami knew the purposes and conducted his mission to astounding levels of success, that are ever increasing, so many devotees rendering services, the world is changing.
When someone is neglecting their best interests its the responsibility of someone with better understandings and who has a particular persons best interests at heart to attempt to educate or inform such persons the clear , beneficial , and objectively observable way to see things or proceed , to not do so would be negligence. Such a well wisher would be deeply concerned and make any attempt they could so a person could avoid further entangling and harmful consequences. In the case of human life and its potential and its pitfalls , the Vedas give multitudes of guidance for the good and warnings for potential and definitive harms . For a person living within the material world , the Vedas has defined a must understand status of the reactionary and responsive universe as well as the sciences in operation . However, knowingly or unknowingly, everyone has to face the consequences of the many universal laws . Free will and determinism are part of universal laws , but also justice along with governance and compliance as laid out within the Vedas should be operational. ” The king can do no wrong ” That’s not a Vedic stanza , rather one who does wrong or suffers wrong is wrong . Laws are clearly defined within the Vedas and are well understood by the Sattvic intelligentsia .Anyone coming to this world carries burdens and debts . Incalculably complex karmic synchronicities are operational for everyone as a space time continuum connects a past , a present, and a future . Those without the specific tools to hand or the association of the Sattvic intelligentsia have no way of understanding events . What is described as good and bad in ordinary material life calculations are in absolute spiritual terms described in one sense as all bad , simply because they further create material bodies , good or bad karma is still karma. This is because good karma and bad karma deviate one from the best of destinations for the beings . A place free from birth , death , old age, and disease , along with the atoms , elements, and compounds that facilitate temporary lives . Everything can be left behind along with the influences of the ethereal subtle modes of nature that force the conditioned souls to act practically against their wishes , i.e , conditioned minds and neurons firing , that is the power of maya , or the illusory energies . The consequences of material desires and their entangled webbs can be overwhelming . It’s God’s made tricks and illusions , What do you expect , He is the supreme wizard of illusions. However, we wanted it , this is not God’s plan for us , we choose . Death is very much feared by everyone . If there is God , and there is , people shake their fists in anger at Him . Why , because everything in their lives is taken away , they see this as unfair. However, someone who lives a life of harm to themselves and to others causes greater and greater entanglements and pain to themselves . They may miss out on something far, far greater . Those persons who have not scientifically understood dualism , or any of their full potentials and who have neglected to fully understand objective sciences , that of mind , matter, and consciousness need a reset , and a reset is mercy . Part of the reset can be the rectification processes, which will assist in a good recovery of calculating consciousness potential . This can mean a spell within the mindsets of the animal kingdoms . Previous synchronicities can be played out in relative safety, avoiding harm to other humans ..The reset of a death and new life should always be seen in positive ways . God is all good and eternally has the interests of every living being deep within His own heart . With that purpose, He constantly accompanies every being within their hearts . Ultimately , much greater destinations are awaiting for everyone , both for a progressive life in this world and beyond where natural spiritual bliss and happiness are accompanied by pure love in the association of highly elevated souls and where Krishna likes to be . God or Krishna lives in the super subjective spiritual realm realms , birth , death , old age, and disease are unheard of . Miseries of bodies , minds, and miseries inflicted by other conditioned beings are fully absent , there are no harmful conflicts, just blissful ones .Those who are currently inflicted by the material energies and laws of physics need to know scientifically why and spiritually why .There are answers that are logical and rational. Child like purity and simplicity are the quality of the soul . Living without physical laws and their influences is natural. Living for the moment is a spiritual dimension , and increasing ever new enthusiasm for life should be accompanied by bliss . That is the natural state that is inherently stationed within the heart. This reality beyond the temporary experiences within matter will always be in the company of Divinity and His associates . The windows to the spiritual realms have been opened fully by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His main followers and teachers the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana. They are unlimitedly and spiritually astounding , describing soul to soul connections . This is everyone’s right and our destination . Death comes to take us a little closer in one way or another .
Thus Krishna says …
janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti so ’rjuna
Translation
One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.
Although Lord Krishna came 5000 years ago, the complete understanding of His lila pastimes was explained just over 500 years ago by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu .Before His appearance the fullness of Krishna’ lilas , in the sense of entering into the most complete aspects of them , specifically Radha Krishna nitya lila, were not revealed , The manjari bhava , tad bhava catmika is explained by Srila Rupa and Ragganatha das Goswami’s. Pranaya , oneness in love . Thus, the importance of the Gaudia Vaisnava param para acaryas and their teachings and writings .
Uddhava came to Vrndavana , by Krishna’s grace , Uddhava attempted to comfort the residents by saying to Krishna’s mother and father , that actually krishna is God , He is everywhere but nowhere, so don’t lament you should not feel seperated from Krishna, Uddhava also informed the Gopies and Radharani just meditate on Krishna , Krishna will be present with you .However, the supreme pure devotional moods of the residents of Vraja were not understood by Uddhava, so Krishna sent him there so he could witness it personally. At Kurukshetra the residents of Vraja simply wanted Krishna to return as their family member, their friend or their lover , nothing else , His being personally amongst them , forget His Godhood , that was a secondary thing .
More of Lord Krishna..
If its not the Iran war its the Ukraine war if its not the Ukraine war its the Gazza war or the Sudan war , if its not current wars its the wars of the recent past , if not them more distant wars in time , the whole world speaks of war , but have forgotten about the most telling war , the war fought on the battlefield of Kurukshetra where Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita, to His devotee Arjuna ,,this was one of the reasons Krishna appeared in this world, it’s purposes are still reverberating and will eternally do so . AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains all in his Bhagavad Gita as it is.
Lord Krishna is only ever understood in His fullness through the Gaudiya Vaisnava acaryas the param para that Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has also become part of . Unless one is properly situated at their lotus feet , ones expression and devotion will be tinged with degrees of Jnana, karma, and degrees of offenses , which waylay the trancendental traveller. Lord Krishna is understood to different degrees , such as Brahman, paramatma, and Bhagavan. As Bhagavan He described in three ways … “Kṛṣṇa is complete in the spiritual sky [Vaikuṇṭha], He is more complete in Mathurā and Dvārakā, and He is most complete in Vṛndāvana, Vraja . due to His manifesting all His opulences. Spiritually and philosophically, Krishna is manifested in everything and is everything , yet he is not manifest. This He explains in the Bhagavad Gita , His supreme mysterious workings and trancendental existence. Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has nicely defined everything in His statement that the living beings are simultaneously one and different from Divinity. The Brahman energies manifested throughout the spiritual and material planes can be thought of in the same ways . The upshot is Krishna is fully present to those whom He chooses to be present to .
The cit sakti, which brings trancendental jnana and Bhakti, is present through this method .
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted
And in His lila sakti He is present explained here .
“ ‘The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kṛṣṇa’s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. Since Kṛṣṇa’s name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with māyā. Kṛṣṇa’s name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa Himself are identical.’
Although Krishna comes to this world personally or through His expansions and incarnations for many purposes , most importantly , his glorious activities are to be remembered and meditated upon , and heard about through the param para devotees who relish them in full . The six Goswami’s of Vrndavana have further elaborated upon the Srimad Bhagavatam and their confidential writings are windows to the spiritual kingdoms, they are all eternal residents of those kingdoms and appear within the Vraj lila and Mahaprabhu’s lila . Krishna’s all attractive pastimes are eternally manifest, and one who surrenders the heart and mind with an attitude of service and devotion and following strictly in the footsteps of the param para acaryas immediately contacts the eternal spiritual plane by their grace .
The following of Sankacarya have confusion when it comes to relating to Brahman and Bhagavan . The supreme Brahman has multidimensional and multifarious energies. Being as they are so complex and inconceivably situated, the vast array of energies are called Brahman . Today’s modern scientific community members like to delve into the physical affairs along with the slightly more subtle affairs of a world of many possibilities within quantum physics . Such studies open up the more ethereal reactionary elements of the particles of consciousness that are entangled within the responsive universe. Before the modern age, the ethereal subtle sciences were understood , the world of dualism. These subtle ethereal energies were expertly manipulated . The matter of atoms elements and compounds were , using the mysterious workings of yogic powers , manipulated, and transportation of the gross or subtle body via controlled mental states were learned and practised . Imagine dreaming at night and choosing your dream and location and what opulences you could have . The entirety of both the gross and subtle ethereal energies are addressed as Brahman within the Vedas. They are manifested from the Supreme Brahman through His yogic nidra , His Mystic sleep , lasting for 311 trillion years . Everything of these sciences is recorded within the Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary of the Vedas , or Vedanta sutra , meaning the codes of the Vedas . Universal order is a highly complex affair, but not to Bhagavan , It’s merely a spark of His splendour as Lord Krishna makes clear in His Bhagavad Gita. The vedas as a whole slowly wheels the living beings in by systematic processes of recommendations of various sacrifices along with the knowledge and purposes behind such activities. Everything ends in Bhagavan and begins from Bhagavan.
So, like the energies and energetic source. The sun and the sunshine , ie. its photons of light. Why all the material universes manifesting as Brahman are in existence is solely down to freedoms, the freedom of free will , but importantly , a free will under the jurisdictions of determinism , justice , learning and progressions .
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has written commentary on all of the Srimad Bhagavatam . Find out more .There are many Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas who write on the Bhagavatam and Srila Jiva Goswami has carried out the most complete in-depth study in his Sandarbha series.
Bhakti is an individual sacrifice , it is unique and meant for Krishna and maybe not understood by many , Krishna be pleased by Bhakti , its beginnings , intermediate , or advanced stages . Although there is guidance and standards of the Bhakti of devotion processes , the Diksa and Siksa Guru allow us entrance by their grace . However it is not a competition , no one has monopolies on Bhakti , or should consider what they do is superior and someone else inferia , its up to Krishna to accept or not . It is His perogative…Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj would say Krishna may or may not accept, it up to Him ….Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami once said that a lady would bring water to the Radha Damodar temple from the Jumuna everyday under all conditions , he witnessed this when he lived there .Prabhupada said just that simple service and attitude it would bring her to Krishna..
Bhakti is a deeply personal and intimate surrender to Krishna that no individual, group, or institution can claim to control or monopolize.
The Nature of Devotion
No Monopoly: True devotion comes from a sincere heart, meaning no human authority can dictate or package who possesses real Bhakti , however, it is given by the grace of Bhakti devi by her representative
Divine Grace: Krishna is completely independent; whether He accepts a person’s service depends on His own free will and mercy, not on external credentials, and He also accepts the recommendations and mercies of His established Bhaktas .
Deep Humility: This perspective, taught by great masters like Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati , Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, and Srila B.R. Sridhar Swami protects a seeker from spiritual pride and or sectarian arrogance.
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 devotion, Bhakti. It immediately destroys every ignorance and attitudes of 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 learns to love God automatically everyone is loved .
An introduction to Srimad Bhagavatam and its contents..
Many devotees of Krishna write of His glorious activities , thus, further elaborations of the Srimad Bhagavatam in the form of Smriti are recorded by the Gaudia Vaisnava param para , particularly Srila Rupa and Ragganatha Goswami’s along with Srila Jiva Goswami and Sanatana Gosvami . His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has 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 all the Srimad Bhagavatam’s topics in practical ways to the modern world . The Srimad Bhagavatam is recognized by leading scholars in every university the world over . 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 for 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 great 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 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 deliberately controlled environment . Controlled means a controller. The fine tuning of the universe , the so-called goldilocks phenomena , is on full view to everyone , that is, ¹objective 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 , a magnet overcomes gravity , but yet its strong enough to influence the tides from space .There is a perfect mix of oxygen amongst many gases . There is an order and observable 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 Bramha 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 .
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, Krishna did , He appeared ,and when He left this universe after completing His purpose , the question arose what happened to Dharma or what systems keep His messages in tact . Dharma is a living breathing phenomenon 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 systematically , but if one acts against Dharma, one degrades one’s own consciousness and one becomes further and helplessly entangled in reactions and sufferings within material conditioning , known as the 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 at 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.
These Srimad Bhagavatam film clips will be re-edited soon , they need a revamp … but take a look ..type on YouTube..Steven mcnamara srimad Bhagavatam..then either of these titles.
Translation I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them, I am covered by my internal potency, and therefore, they do not know that I am unborn and infallible.
The universal form of Divinity is spoken of in the second Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the work of scientific communities helps us understand this easily comprehended universal form of Divinity. At least objective sciences reveal perfect math symmetry and intelligent design in all things , this can not be denied. Even Richard Dawkins recognised it but has said just ignore it . It is clear in science that complex codes within the genome possess specified information that is carried by rna molecules, and the results are highly selective assembly processes . Engineers can recognise specifications when they see them , as well as perfect engineering that is clearly bringing maximum benefits in the most effective and efficient ways . Pie in the sky Shakespeare scripts being perfectly typed by monkeys have no place in real objective sciences. Honesty and truthful observations using logic is important in sciences , atheistic bias seems to hold back scientists who are fond of making outlandish assumptions that sheild them from logic. When you see smoke on a distant mountain, do you not conclude there is fire ? The objective truth seeker in his approach of the universal form of Divinity, who is non different than Visnu or Lord Krishna, can be , and is , greatly assisted by objective sciences .Some of the subjective interpretations by some scientific doubting Thomas’s should be put to one side .Reality should be embraced for what it is … http://www.thevedicspectator.com
