In Gaudia Vaisnava Tattva, not only are there branches of disciplic succession but also branches and networks of countless varieties of services offered to Divinity. Both are synonymous , connecting to a disciplic succession automatically means connecting to services of Divinity. Services are carried not only in the material world and when perfected , the example has been given , of cold iron becoming like red hot fire .Ones body mind and senses become spiritualized by Mahaprabhu and Sri Gurus grace. Significantly , services directly connected with Goloka Vrndavana and the residents thereof begin to become revealed and experienced .
The Vaishnavas who has aspirations for the sweetness of Krishna consciousness gives up the many variables of fake sweetness and deceit masquerading as true and honest relationships within the material world , they look for those in true recovery mode and carry out their recovery in their company.
The results of following the networking of services of the various branches of disciplic succession is sweetness of a once desert like heart and a distaste for the bitterness that once posed itself as sweet here in this world of names is rejected .
On a tree, we see many branches they all look different in their way , but on the other hand, if you rub the leaves together, they all taste the same , thus the many branches of Gaudia Vaisnavism is like that and should be understood as such . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Krishna consciousness means to understand everything in the round , karma yoga, niskarma karma yoga, jnana yoga , astanga yoga ,and it’s perfection culminating in Bhaki yoga .
The broad application of Dharma sastra , Karma satra , Jnana sastra, and culminating in Bhaki Sastra should be understood as peripheral and cor practice.
The acceptances of all the teachings of the Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya are absolutely essential. In a gradual progression order from Sadhana to Raganuga, black , white , many shades of grey , as given by Srila Rupa Goswami, practised by Ragganatha das Goswami and explained by Srila Jiva Goswami These have been brought to light in modern times by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, and further practicality demonstrated by Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami, those that Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has connected everyone to , along with some of his God brothers .
We must understand the fullness of our historical sampradaya and the traditions they represent as shaped by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The essence of Krishna consciousness, Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja once said to one of his leading disciples that he was really trying to give , and that his father Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur relished , such an essence he said has been given and understood , Srila BR Sridhar Swami tells of a conversation of his Guru Maharaja.
tadā rajas-tamo-bhāvāḥ kāma-lobhādayaś ca ye ceta etair anāviddhaṁ sthitaṁ sattve prasīdati
Synonyms
tadā — at that time; rajaḥ — in the mode of passion; tamaḥ — the mode of ignorance; bhāvāḥ — the situation; kāma — lust and desire; lobha — hankering; ādayaḥ — others; ca — and; ye — whatever they are; cetaḥ — the mind; etaiḥ — by these; anāviddham — without being affected; sthitam — being fixed; sattve — in the mode of goodness; prasīdati — thus becomes fully satisfied.
Translation
As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature’s modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy.
The psychological scientific process is described. The Vedas give an analysis of what’s called modes of nature , namely goodness , passion, and ignorance. One may wonder why religious or yogic life is strict in some senses. This verse provides the answers, actually it’s a well known fact that discipline is essential for happy healthy and steadily progressive lives . The army uses it , schools use it , why not religious people.
The recommendation in the Vedas is to make the mind the best of friends and control it rather than it controlling us . With sacred chanting of any name of God, this practice is made easy . “it’s more difficult to control the mind than to stop the raging wind,” Arjuna tells Krishna in Bhagavad Gita.
If one is successful in controlling the mind and senses one comes to the platform of goodness , the beginning of the opening to trancendental wisdom , in such consciousness one is firmly situated and very well understands dualism and beyond.
To realise one is not the body and to see the true equality of all living beings and being free from the influences of lust ,anger , greed , envy and self centred madness is the results of trancendental training.
By association of those well practised and by helping them in their particular endeavours to render services to God and also humanity, one can boost one’s enthusiasm in getting free from the lower modes and reach high
Have a look at microbial intelliigence. Of course they are alive , studies how been made of their specific behavior From one come many. From the energetic source comes infinate energies . Have a look , as for example at one acorn tree , in its life how many acorns will it produce. Every thing in nature is interconnected and playing a specific role..it cannot be denied .This is far too complex to be done by chance unguided mutations originating from a primordial soup. Mutational math would take trillions of years. The universe is calculated in much lesser numbers . Logic and rationale is sadly lacking in Darwinian scientific materialism.
Within the prison everyone has a duty allocated. If one understands dualism and consciousness that is transferable, he will understand the responsive universe. The parallel to the Vedas is the many possibilities of quantum physics. ..you get what you want to be life after life . Each pleasure seeking particle of consciousness is on a journey to find satisfaction, but they are never satisfied by atoms , elements or compounds , or a mind and intellect trying to exploit such energies. Oil in water. One could say We require oil in oil.. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur particularly wanted to bring Vedic culture in all of its aspects to modernity . In current times the cream of the Vedas in the form of the Srila Bhagavatam as well as Caitanya Caratamrita that are the essence of the Gaudia Vaisnava conclusions taught by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu to the Goswami’s of Vrndavana , are presented by ISKCON and other Gaudia Vaisnava all over the world. It was Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who brought them to the shores of the USA in 1965 . Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur had prayed for a son who could continue and expand his desire to establish Krishna consciousness and specifically the Raga Marg of the residents of Vrndavana where everyone is ultimately under the service of Srimati Radharani in one way or another in giving all pleasure to Krishna . Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja appeared as the son of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, who served his fathers trancendental desires. He extensively reintroduced Gaudia Vaisnavism in bone fide ways within India , correcting the many misunderstandings . His two leading disciples who specialise in presenting Krishna consciousness scientifically , philosophically, and culturally as well as appropriately to the Western audience are Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila BR Sridhar Swami . Other prominent disciples also made major contributions. Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada has given the Western world a chance to practically explore the Vedic Culures and examine its many benefits , introducing its unlimited wealth . He was a most prolific writer and teacher. There is no doubt Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, who brought , under the orders of his spiritual master , those Gaudia Vaisnava teachings worldwide was extremely successful. This was the same mission that was originally desired by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja . Its noteworthy to say that when Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami left the world , he instructed his disciples that if they had questions about Gaudia Vaisnava tattva they should approach Srila BR Sridhar Swami , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja commented that he was content that Srila BR Sridha Swami had understood everything of his teachings . Many other Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas have contributed and are contributing ..Some are presenting other more esoteric aspects that are required to be delved into by the mature student , the teachings of Srila Rupa and Ragganatha Goswami’s
Both Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami and Srila BR Sridhar Swami could have at any time elaborated unlimitedly on the deepest aspects of Gaudia teachings and occasionally did so . Although bringing the whole of the Western world and helping everyone enter into and understand the Vedic topics in systematic ways as is recommended in the Srimad Bhagavatam was their general approach and, of course, it needed to be. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Discernment is an important quality to cultivate , especially in the world of mainstream media and social media, and it is also important in the world of science, philosophy, and religion. Truth is self-evident to the truthful person. One should understand the process by which one because honest in themselves and with others . In purity of consciousness, one can genuinely follow ones heart , but utalising God given logic and rationale. One should know the characteristics of a person who speaks truth and ask them how do you know you know ..
The Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam give many indications of how discernment can take place in the correct ways .
Although God can be understood as the Supreme Father, and although God sent His son to rescue the entangled beings , still, God can not be limited in any way . He has unlimited sons or daughters who are expanded from Him . He has unlimited types of relationships , whatever we feel instinctively about all relationships has its origins within Divinity. The Vedas are essential to understanding the spiritual varigatedness of Divinity, unless one understands the original varigatedness one will be forever attracted to the distant reflection of it , the flickering material world . A reflection of a flower is an impression of it , but it can not ever hold the feelings , impressions, and fascination that the real flower holds ..
How to see reality…..
Caitanya Caratamrita.
jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’ sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-caya svābhāvika kṛṣṇera tina-prakāra ‘śakti’ haya
Translation “It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy…
We should not run away from who we really are , from the eternal comes the eternal. From the sun, uncountable photons appear. In conditioned life, we run away from reality and are trying to avoid dealing with our underlying issues of dissatisfaction .We do this in different ways , for example, in lust , anger , greed, envy , and in all kinds of madness and illusions . The recommendation of the Vedas is to offer ones natural occupational activities in a sacrifice to Divinity and follow ethical and moral responsibilities. This can be easily done if one calls for the help of Divinity who resides in the heart and who can help us feel inspired giving as strength to continue on fighting the good fight against the alluring illusion of forgetfulness of reality. The calling or chanting of God’s various authorised names and that He accepts are in theological text , within which the sciences of sound are being described . Sabdha Brahman is a pure sound of truth and sincerity. If one vibrates sounds of anger and envy, one result comes , if we vibrate truth , compassion, and understanding, another result comes .. The writings of the Gaudia Acaryas elaborate on these topics , Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada recently arrived in the West , he has many books in English translated with commentaries.
Generally, when one sees Sri Guru for the first time , there is suspicion and doubt .By enquiring gradually, the doubts are removed one by one, and faith increases in both Sri Guru and the words spoken . In some cases, immediately there is deep faith , no doubt , no suspicions. This , the Vedas say , is because of previous cultivation of consciousness of spiritualservicess to Sri Gur, who comes in many forms and represents God . In that way, they are non different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead http://www.thevedicspectator.com
The trancendental writings of the Goswami’s including Srila Rupa Goswami , Srila Ragganatha das Goswami, Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur ,Srila Jayadeva Goswami …Srila Prabodhananda Sarasvat Thakur are windows to the spiritual realms . In recent times Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has given his commentary to the Srimad Bhagavatam, the Bhagavad Gita and the Caitanya Caratamrita all of whom glorify the previous acaryas and indicate the importance of understanding their teachings . By chanting purely the Holy names without offences and by serving under the direction and guidance of Sri Guru within the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu , those windows that are synonymous with the pure chanting of the Holy names are opened wide . The exact process of prizing open the window is to develop an extremely fixed and controlled mind by the Bhakti yoga process . The great science of self realisation and trancendental rasa has been clearly delineated by Rupa Goswami , thus , the scientific process of Krishna consciousness is clear , i.e. how to extract a conditioned consciousness from the entanglements of the material energies and establish it within the spiritual planes and the spiritual varigatedness thereof . By a five fold trancendental meditation process, beginning with hearing , chanting, and deep remembrance bring one in contact with the trancendental residents of Vrndavana who are the lovers , friends and family members of Krishna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given everyone access, no previous qualifications are required. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
The systematic process of Vedic life incorporates a fully comprehensive approach to everyone’s life, utilising the Vedas . The Artha sastra , the Karma sastra , the Jnana sastra, and the Bhakti Sastra are the main branches of learning . Life’s journey is nothing new , it has been going on since time immemorial . The calculations of the Vedas are imperative for humanity, so progressive social and spiritual mobility is enacted . New fangaled and overly liberal lifestyles are totally rejected , such libeterians make society into a society of sophisticated animals . Without consciousness progression after death, the animal kingdom awaits , eating ,sleeping ,sex, and defending property and territories are the symptoms of animal consciousness . Culture , arts , and all kinds of sciences centred around philisophical enquires are human life …
The Vedas are known as the strict command of the father , the more softer approach of family members members, an even softer approach by friends or a deal making arrangement of if you do one thing you will get good material return.
Thus , Sruti , Smriti, Puranas, and Tantra .
Free will …….some phycological students wonder if we have it in full …
Yes …its a puzzle……Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita one is forced to act according to previous conditioning from previous consciousnesss experience , mind is best friend or worst enemy. Yoga and specifically Bhakti yoga means make it a friend, then free will can be experienced in full ….
Michael Egnor …..free will or free won’t. I won’t do what my mind and senses are crying for me to do . Michael is confirming Bhagavad Gita .. When you practice yoga, your neurological signalling changes . Literally . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
God is the greatest of listeners, whether it be free minds , free speech, or freedoms of action He hears and facilitates . Free will and determinism within a responsive universe are the divine arrangement for all , the 8,400,000 species within the upper , middle and lower planetary systems testify to this , matter follows consciousness , those following quantum physics may understand. The entanglements of those within their own karmic synchronicities , the freedom lovers , play out . Divinity, along with His agents , quietly watches over proceedings and awaits any signs on sanity , as the state governor might watch over the prisoner. When the prisoner has done with his independent expression of what he or she called freedom , the prisoner is let out to experience real freedoms . In absolute terms, real freedoms are calculated by those who are free from any karmic synchronicities, those that cause frictions , bias, and hatred . Such pure hearted and wise persons can bring into focus harmonized affairs , the greater picture of what freedoms mean , beyond the conditioned self-centred state . One should know all discord is harmonized in the absolute.
Actually, freedoms of expression with purity of consciousness and love are unlimitedly exhibited by those who are able to add bliss to the overall spiritual and harmonious affairs where the Supreme Personality, who is the most generous spiritual beneficiary resides . Krishna is the master of love , as such, the ever increasing ocean of trancendental bliss continues to expand.
Lord Krishna indicates there are four ways of understanding how the temporarily situated and engineered universe exits. With such knowledge, one can become free from its attractions and the dualities that bring . 1, Vedic knowledge 2,direct perception 3 traditional wisdom 4. Logical induction. Thanks to modern scientific research, it’s clear and easily seen that the orderly universe has an order supplier . Codes and informational exchanges in the making of each individual body show that , and the unexplained stability of the laws of physics is also a self-evident truth . It is witnessed by direct perception and objective sciences. It’s something that generations of ancestors experienced and wrote about within cultures in every part of the world . Also, applying Nyaya logical induction , one knows for sure that smoke means fire . Equally code’s and informational exchanges mean there is certainty that consciousness is behind it . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
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