The Mission of ISKCON is to not only to establish the traditional and original Varna Ashram which is a social and spiritual system based on utilising the Intelligentsia , who come in the form of brahmanas and Vipras , traditionally their duty was to direct and advise the administrative political class , who in turn were the legislators for social ,economic and justice policies , the original system of the Vedas were based on quality of individuals as well as social mobility .
ISKCON simultaneously , is introducing a system to bypass the whole Varna Ashram system , by bringing to the attention of the public , the perfection of it , namely immediate knowledge of one’s original superior Dharma, ( occupation) ,whatever ones current status , by different yoga systems that link everyone with direct trancendental service and realisations of God ,
The origins of this mission that was carried out by A.C.BHAKTIVEDANTA swami are with the great spiritual and cultural reformer Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur , who actually surprisingly worked for a period of time for the British government as a high court judge .
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur son , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja elaborated further on his father’s mission, gave it shape and directed his disciples to distribute these one could say ,( new testament) teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rupa Goswami as well as Ragganatha das Goswami.
If one delves into the real history and origins of ISKCON one will find a rich literary culture as well as the epistemology of ISKCON
Vedic culture means following traditions and the highest of cultures in every field of education, including the arts . Its emphasis is to follow great men and women , with proven qualities as set out in the Vedas , such inspiration and the best of human qualities automatically benefit the rest of society , by good association one becomes a good and wholesome person . Bad associations cause one to become troubled , the education system must teach how to identify what is good and bad association , and what the benefits are of this , thus rascals should never be allowed free reign , as today , especially on social media and within governments , or as business leaders .
Modern Western, lefty liberal , literally means to follow your own mind and senses , wherever, and get everyone one to do the same , and aggressively spread this new fangled thinking , even going to war to do so . It has no real sense of cultivation of consciousness or conserving traditions of culture and families . In the course of time the essence of knowledge has been lost , the truth always needs reserecting messages because it gets in time replaced by speculations and subjective scientific materialism and perverse cultures. Such is the nature of material conditioned nature along with an independent free will .
Persons who follow false “freedoms ” and speculations will find the opposite of what they are looking for , which is perfect loving relationships , but granted, there are 8,4000000 species of life , so plenty of facilities for expression in countless bodies , and how people want to lead their lives , those likings are found in other species , and Bhagavad Gita teaches wherever your taste , an appropriate body awaits.
A human form gives one a chance for freedoms beyond one’s comprehension . it’s our responsibility as humans to know just what those freedoms are .
In reality. Nothing much changes in so-called “democracy.” The political systems are puppets to the global industrialists and national business leaders. They direct everything that political leaders might decide & fund them. Vedic culture does not give preferences to money men , rather, careful scrutiny is applied , after all local livelihoods and local communities are valuable assets to everyone and so are all the creatures that live nearby, why should a distant unaccountable figure , with no cares for anything but profit. from thousands of miles away, be allowed to bring any negative impacts to anyone or to local established communities , or threaten the livelihoods and create instabilities in families or bring poverty to them ,
What right do they have ?Encroachment on others’ territories is a sign of menace and greed .
So, keeping things localised and accountable and the protection of communities is important as well as seeing to the peace and harmonious affairs of all persons and all things that live .
Such are the teachings of the political systems of the Vedas , which will be established in time , as people wake up to the fake news that Globalists rid the world of poverty, when in reality they create instabilities and bring poverty , in so many ways . Take a look at the world around you , and whilst the Globalists march around the world with USA armies at their disposal, how much is USA in debt ? 38 trillion dollars.
Fix your own affairs before you think about spreading aggressive militant democracy.
Some atheistic people spend their whole time hating on God , indeed they spent more time thinking of God than some theists, according to Narada Muni words in the 7th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam , but because God is unaffected by praise or enmity the atheistic becomes purified even by their envy of God .
How can this be , and what are the repercussions of this , There are many other examples in the Srimad Bhagavatam of practically any emotional thought of Divinity, such as Lust ,anger ,envy , for instance, when its directed towards Krishna, purifies the persons consciousness , as much as the Sun has the potency to purify any foul substance.
When Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu recently appeared and taught that the chanting of the names of God , immediately puify a heart , that has been caught up in millions of lives of pain and struggle, generally pain and struggle comes as a result of giving pains and causing others to struggle , but nevertheless, Mahaprabhu excuses and brings a most magnanimous display of mercy above justice. The name and form of God are non different, and in this age , particular benedictions are awarded to anyone who chants God’s names , even without any previous qualifications or spiritual piety , of if one has led a most abominable life
Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His sankirtana movement brings the greatest benedictions , that’s beyond the comprehension of and man or women , and freely gives a taste and understanding of the highest planes of the spiritual realms.
Take a look at our simply put Srimad Bhagavatam 8 film clips .
YouTube . Steven mcnamara srimad bhagavatam .
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1 , The introductory film
2. Social Development
3. The Yogic Paths
4 , Fundamental Science
5 ,comparing scientific goals
6 , Social Critique
7 , Bone fide Paths
8 , The essence
The Vedanta sutra , are 550 shortened aphorisms taken from the the following places , The Mahabharata, the Puranas , the Rg Veda , the Sama Veda , the Artharva vedas and the Yajur Veda , so in essence , all these different Sastra or sciptures and explanations of them through various means , are contained in the Srimad Bhagavatam , and the Purports of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami explain very expertly applies some of there applications in current times . The Srimad Bhagavatam is the Vedanta Sutras’ natural commentary .
Example of an aphorism
Tat twam asi .
You are that .
This simple aphorism is elaborated upon by self realised souls ,who are in the Gaudia Vaisnava succession. They have vijnana , means , they have realised the topic and will greatly elaborate on it
The first aphorism is
athato brahma jijnasa
You are not the body , you are consciousness
So we can see in this particular time period how important the Srimad Bhagavatam can be, and the spiritual master who knows the essence of the Bhagavatam can be accepted as a guide in so many ways ,
Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors. Can it be by accident that all birds beasts & men have their right side & left side alike shaped (except in their bowels) & just two eyes & no more on either side the face & just two ears on either side the head & a nose with two holes & no more between the eyes & one mouth under the nose & either two fore leggs or two wings or two arms on the sholders & two leggs on the hipps one on either side & no more? Whence arises this uniformity in all their outward shapes but from the counsel & contrivance of an Author? Whence is it that the eyes of all sorts of living creatures are transparent to the very bottom & the only transparent members in the body, having on the outside an hard transparent skin, & within transparent juyces with a crystalline Lens in the middle & a pupil before the Lens all of them so truly shaped & fitted for vision, that no Artist can mend them? Did blind chance know that there was light & what was its refraction & fit the eys of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use of it? These & such like considerations always have & ever will prevail with man kind to believe that there is a being who made all things & has all things in his power & who is therfore to be feared. — as mentioned in “A short Schem of the true Religion”
Isaac Newton.
The Vedic writing confirms of course all that the great scholar presents , and anyone with any sense will do the same , the problems with the modern educational system is Darwinian hypothesis is taught as fact based science from infant school all the way to universities , when groups of school children are marched into the London science of history museum, first thing they are overloaded with is a massive display of subjective Darwinian hypothesis , presented as fact based science.
Slaughter houses of education that attempt to present speculations as absolute truth , but times are changing the Darwinian has had his day , real scientific studies of matter , mind and consciousness are taking its place , and that will reshape not only the way we think , but what our values and world veiw is .
The discovery Institute and the Bhaktivedanta Institute are certainly doing stirling work in that regard .
Your mind can take you back in time , you can be present with your current experience, or the mind can take you to your future , whatever state the mind is in at death determines your next birth . Yoga means to make your mind a friend. Excessive materialism makes it an enemy
Bhagavad Gita 6th chapter specifically homes in in the mind , the ethereal mind and its impressions are carried over from previous experiences and even lives , the original spiritual body has a mind , thinking feeling and willing is the business of a mind
The advanced spiritualist is very expert in ignoring the mind as placing it where he or she wants it to be .
That takes a great deal of practice. But it can be done if one makes an effort.
The question is not to artificially control a mind , but rather in a therapeutic way place is naturally in a positive place ,
The best place according to all theological texts is to fix the mind gradually and naturally on Divinity either directly or indirectly, if the direct path is not acceptable or one is not initially qualified , some purification maybe needed before the mind will respond , knowledge and detachment are required to be successful.
“While pantheism asserts that “all is God”, panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe. Some versions of panentheism suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God”
Let’s see what the Vedas say.
The very first verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam gives us the full understanding of Divinity. He has unlimited expansions , and is directly and indirectly conscious of every aspect of creation.
His decent to the material realms are described in the Vedas. A complete list of the different types of Avatars and their individual purposes are given , its also stated that as many waves in the ocean, there are incarnations in one firm or another of Divinity . Thus, it can be understood in the context of how many universes exist , along with each of their multidimensional aspects.
But as a summary and a general understanding, the first verse of the Bhagavatam offers us this.
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.
The understanding is Divinity is everywhere but no where, He is inside and outside. How can this be , its due to His specific relationships , although He is everywhere and neutral , same time He specifically reveals Himself in His fullness to specific His devotees in different circumstances according to how the devotees relate with Him . He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “As you do, my bhajan , I do your bhajan . Or As you relate to Me , so I relate to you . In higher circles where Divinity or Krishna exhibits his most complete form , one has to take ones trancendental position , behind the prominent eternal devotees who reside in Vraja , the topmost realms where the sweetness of Divinity is revealed in full . We can not possibly stand before Dhira Lalita Krishna, Prabhupada said , ” we would burn up,” so intense is the pure love and spiritual rasa .
Actually, even in this material world, there are some incredible personalities , and and even they are somewhat unfathomable, what to speak of Radha Krishna Nitya Lila.
The Goswamis of Vrndavana writings gives us an insight, and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, in his purports of Ragganathha das Goswamis Mana Siksa book , says we should regard the Goswamis as our own personal Siksa Gurus.
The USA and Amazon have banned the book by a Russian professor . He discusses extreme individualism . Ie , extreme lefty liberal new fangled cultures and where that extreme individuality can take those the embrace it. or take society as a whole , being influenced by democratic processes , along with mass media companies that promote it . As opposed to the benefits of conformity, to family ,cultures, and traditions , and ancient philosophical and theological thinking along with lifestyle, there are unlimited benefits of conformity , which unfortunately are out of vogue. Ultimately, extreme individualism or extreme conformity should be avoided. Take the examples of extreme capitalism or extreme communism , or someone following a religious leader who doesn’t follow his scripts or previous teachers . Ultimately one must be an individual , be encouraged to do so , one should never surrender a God-given intelligence, but one should educate oneself on thd deep values of conformity and understand , conformity leads to real freedom and following a whimsical mind and flickering intelligence binds and links one to a continuous cycle of thre consequences of ill thought out lifestyles . Healthy balance of free thinking and conformity is the Vedic way
The Goverdhana lila pastimes of the Lord Krishna and Indra are important and instructive in many different ways . Indra is forever getting himself in trouble throughout the Srimad Bhagavatam , depicting someone who is a devotee but who is plagued by personal desire and ambition along with pride . Unbelievable it is , that he became so puffed up with false pride , the great enemy within of everyone , he even tried to kill Krishna and Krishna’s family and friends , the lesson is very clear , puffed up proud people become so intoxicated with endless lust to enjoy, that ultimately, those with opulance and resouce will be prepared to kill ruthlessly , the Goverdhana lila displays this pastime .Unfortunately, currently, in the world, we have people worse than Indra , they have recourse, power , and money, but they are completely Godless , the worse combination.
Materialistic devotees have a strong independent enjoying spirit , driven by passion , they do not have pure devotion towards Krishna , yet still , they are devotees.
We can learn from them how to not be sakarma devotees.( mixed devotees) , but try to humbly progress in devotion with a cooperative spirit.
In dealing with Indra , and we should take note. anyone who transgresses moral, ethical, or religious behaviour , should have the principles of mercy above justice shown to them , as an option , as Krishna did to Indra .
Of course, how to apply such judicial matters is in the hands of highly trained intelligent fair minded persons with generous hearts , but also knowledge of the benefits of rehabilitation.
Throughout theological texts in highly cultured civilisations Forgiveness and mercy are prominent in judicial affairs.
Unless one develops that spirit, it’s not a civilised or cultured society, but rather primitive and backwards looking .
Nityananda prabhu epitomises mercy above justice and comes to give the highest realisations of spiritual truths to the lowest of people , excusing all previous committed ills .
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