Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur indicates in his Bhagavad Gita purport chap.4 text 36
That if one has been able to begin to acquire knowledge of mind , body , and consciousness to a standard of at least coming towards Brahman consciousness , ie. The clear knowledge of the consciousness as separate from the material body , known as scientific dualism , then peace begins to be established within the heart , hankering and lamenting begin to diminish from the heart , chasing down sense gratification begins to be less of a priority. Knowledge is acquired by regulatory life , duty, and sacrifices . The fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita enlightens us in all processes of sacrifice . Another key feature to knowledge and sacrifice is that it destroys Aprarabdha karma , future sufferings that were due . The karmic chain has begun to be broken . The senses are no longer functioning without control , as they were , like an unthinking animal , in terms of dualism . Senses out of control are the cause of the responsive universe awarding further karmic synchronicities along with the ethereal states of mind .
Although Aprarabdha karma is destroyed through knowledge, Prarabdha karma is not , so karmic synchronicities keep following from previous conditioning in the current body , these are Prarabdha karmas . However, Bhakti sacrifices are done with pure knowledge of devotion to Krishna and they immediately reestablish devotion and destroy both Aprarabdha and Prarabdha karma.
Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has brought to this world the easiest process of sacrifices , bringing knowledge, of pure Bhakti to Krishna.
Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami explains all and has spread this process of Sankirtana sacrifice all over the world, and some of the most sinful persons have very quickly become knowledgeable of pure devotion to Krishna. By Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu mercy, a lame man can walk , a blind man can see, and a dumb man can compose eloquent poetry.
Trancendental knowledge of a higher plane , some trancendental insights into such a plane , and importantly some faith in the process along with mercy decending from a spiritual realms , can carry one a long way .
Socrates (470–399 BCE, Greece) – Known for the Socratic method of questioning and foundational ethics. Plato (428–348 BCE, Greece) – Student of Socrates, founder of the Academy, and author of the theory of Forms.
Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece) – Student of Plato, tutor to Alexander the Great, and pioneer in logic and science. Confucius (551–479 BCE, China) – Emphasized personal and governmental morality, social relationships, and justice. Laozi (6th Century BCE, China) – Legendary founder of philosophical Taoism and author of the Tao Te Ching. Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany) – Central figure of modern philosophy bridging empiricism and rationalism. René Descartes (1596–1650, France) – Father of modern philosophy famous for “Cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany) – Critiqued traditional morality, religion, and the concept of the “Übermensch”. Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany) – Revolutionary thinker whose ideas formed the foundation of Marxism and historical materialism. David Hume (1711–1776, Scotland) – Renowned empiricist and skeptic regarding induction and human reason. John Locke (1632–1704, England) – Champion of empiricism and social contract theory influencing modern democracy. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274, Italy) – Dominican friar who harmonized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology.
Aristotle, Plato, and other key figures like Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677, Netherlands) – Rationalist known for pantheism and biblical critique. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778, Switzerland/France) – Political philosopher who shaped modern educational and democratic theory. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany) – Developed absolute idealism and dialectical progress. Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679, England) – Author of Leviathan and foundational theorist of the social contract. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951, Austria/Britain) – Major contributor to logic, language, and the philosophy of mind. John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, Britain) – Prominent utilitarian and defender of individual liberty. Cicero (106–43 BCE, Rome) – Roman statesman who popularized Greek philosophy in the Roman world. Epicurus (341–270 BCE, Greece) – Founded Epicureanism, teaching that pleasure is the highest good achieved via moderation.
It is Krishna from within who inspired philosophically minded persons to express their opinions sometimes to enlighten and sometimes to delude .
The material world requires leadership of all kinds , sometimes the enlightened follow the enlightened and sometimes fools follow fools.
Each of these philosophies can be examined in brief over the next few weeks .
The Vedas is all encompasing, it’s spoken and is the living and breathing of Lord Visnu . “Let there be light ” is one command. Commands are the universal laws , and everything in nature follows, including the constants , as well as the many possibilities . Whatever the absolute says is immediately actioned and becomes universal law or laws within laws , with flexibility within a responsive universe. There are, of course, always law breakers , and thus, the law includes having circumstances to allow for both free will and determinism , the responsive universe will respond or adjust . Mercy above justice is one of the greatest principles of those who practice the highest cultures. The Vedas , the living breathing God , is designed by the Lord for both social and spiritual mobility. However , one is not supposed to get stuck on the ladder of Vedic life or run down the ladder having once ascended . This means being overly attached to opulent setting , the fruits of pious religious culture , and then becoming proud of offensive to others . Neither should we suppose other runs of the ladder are not important, and only our journey counts . Many persons who follow the Vedas can easily get stuck due to the attachments to results and settle down in temporary illusions of material living. Krishna says they become “Attached to the flowery words of the Vedas ” The natural progression that good people follow is meant to point one to further and further good, ultimately leading to trancendance. The absolute good . In absolute terms , however, sometimes good is bad and bad is good , one who has completed his or her studies of the Vedas will understand these points .
The Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.48 says this …
Those who are less intelligent accept the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies as all in all. They do not know that the purpose of the Vedas is to understand one’s own home, where the Supreme Personality of Godhead lives. Not being interested in their real home, they are illusioned and search after other temporary homes where birth and death inflict them .
Some followers of the Vedas who are also teachers of the Vedas do a partial job of explaining its real benefits . The Srimad Bhagavatam itself encourages that one should hear the Bhagavatam from someone who has understood the absolute conclusions of the texts . The Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary on the Bramha sutra and is the condensed form of the four Veda. The six Goswami’s of Vrndavana, who were highly learned scholars and taught personally by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, are bringing us the ever expanded meanings to the Srimad Bhagavatam , as revealed by Mahāprabhu . The Goswami’s headed by Srila Rupa and Ragganatha das Goswami’s bring the cream of the cream of the Vedas . The Srmiti of the Goswami’s are like the cream of the cream . Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has come to reveal this ever expanding knowledge of the Vedas . The Srimad Bhagavatam brings us everything, but it’s in somewhat hidden details .The name of Srimati Radharani is not directly spoken of by Sukadeva Goswami .Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has brought out more and more nectar after churning the ocean of transcendental bliss, this nectar he handed to the Goswami’s
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura teach that a true kirtan leader or spiritual preacher possesses nothing and is only wanting and begging, they are acting purely as an instrument rather than a proprietor giving Krishna from a position of personal wealth or power. They are in the mood of a beggar . A begger for prema ,Srila Gour Govinda tells the lila pastimes when Krishna becomes a begger for prema , the prema of Srimati Radharani . Humble petitioning: In the tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, a true practitioner—especially one leading congregational chanting or who chants the nama , do not view themselves as an independent controller or a grand dispenser who “owns” or “delivers” Krishna at their own whim by preaching or chanting, sometimes Srila Gour Govinda Swami would say ” what will you preach , unless you follow you are firing blanks ”
Dependent yearning: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura constantly exemplifies in his bhajans the mood of a poor, helpless beggar at the lotus feet of the Holy Name and Radha-Krishna. The leader cries out for mercy rather than acting as a magnanimous master. Servant of the Servant and everyone joins in .
No personal stock: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati emphasized that one can not manufacture hari-katha or spiritual potency through mundane talents or by thinking one has acquired the capacity to “give” God. The conduit of mercy . True glorification flows only when one sheds all pride of ability and remains trinad api su-nicena (humbler than a blade of grass), begging for the qualification to serve. The leader gives Krishna only by acting as a transparent medium, purely out of a deep, desperate petition (prarthana) for the Lord’s and the spiritual master’s mercy. As well in Kirtan, it is not about the leader , the participants in the chanting are, in many cases, more able to chant purely , so the leader benefits , as does everyone such congregational chanting.
The essential elements to spirituality are humility , Srila BR Sridhar Swami would say the negative attracts the positive, as in unlike poles attract , in the world of physics, but like poles repel .
Separation and union work in similar ways. The more one feels a separation in spirituality for Krishna and His family, friends, and lovers, it can, by grace, trigger intense remembrances for the Lord , by Krpa of mercy trancendence can of its own accord decend .The Holy name is non different than Krishna Himself, He has accepted these names given by His devotees, says Srila Jiva Goswami , and He agrees to appear through them . Thus, the Holy names are the Svarupa Sakti of the Lord , one of His unlimited trancendental forms and appearances . Each particular person, being an individual, may experience the Holy names in different ways , according to their particular development of Krishna consciousness. Some swept of to the spiritual planes , and some beginning to realise the spiritual consciousness is different than their body or their material consciousness , when Krishna Holy name decends each experience something trancendental.
Does Devi Varna Ashram mean playing the currupted system and benefiting from it ,does it mean a tollerance of centralised financial institutions, global monopolies, exploitation and unfair trade deals , along with wars and killing for minerals and precious earth .I suggest not, integrity, morals , ethics , fair play and personal and collective accountability is the Vedic way. The monks of Iona developed problems in their interactions within societal affairs, Vedic societies should keep their heads switched on and know their priorities and where societal affairs are supposed to head for everyone’s spiritual and social mobility, its not all for one and none for all .
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami says .
” Sādhu who is always engaged in the service of the Lord, he is sādhu, bhakta. And śāstra. Śāstra means description of the activities of the sādhu and Bhagavān. Just like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. We are reading the story of Ajāmila. He became a sādhu; therefore his description of his life is inserted here. Prahlāda Mahārāja a sādhu; Dhruva Mahārāja, a sādhu; Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, a sādhu.
Formerly, the kings were all sādhus, rājarṣi. Just like in the Bhagavad-gītā you have heard, imaṁ rājarṣayo viduḥ [Bg. 4.2]. Formerly, the kings were so exalted, and they were so nice that they were. Although they were sitting on the throne, they were dealing in politics, still, they were sādhu, just like ṛṣi. There are many instances.”
The Vedic way is to have the influences of the Sadhus , not the acceptance of the ways of the demons , The International society for Krishna Consciousness, is permeating the world and in time the saints therein will be advising the politicians , and the leaders of societies will be devotionally inclined . As such , the Vedic understanding of fair and progressive play for all the worlds citizens will return within the world. The self-evident truth of the equality of all beings before God will be inacted, there will be no tollerance of harm to any living beings.
Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has set this inevitable course, the intelligentsia are building and rising, and people will listen , nothing can stop it .
“How do ribosomes relate to a city? Picture ribosomes as the city’s factories, but instead of making cars, they produce essential proteins. They follow blueprints (messenger RNA) from the city hall (nucleus) to assemble these proteins”
The Darwinian reasoning …
These ribosome are highly complex structures with specific functions, and they just randomly threw themselves together , as much as chemicals , elements, and compounds did , not forgetting atoms .we must know that depending on how many protons determine the element it forms , atomic coding . Why there are so many carbon atoms in existence, no one knows , Sir Fred Hoyle said that someone has monkeyed with the universe. Back to rna , the Darwinians say , it just so happens the rna messenger can communicate with the random structures of dna molecules , and that these rna messengers were another masterfully chance event within the big bangs repercussions that happen to carry the dna information . The Darwinians convince themselves that these highly complex information transfers randomly threw itself together , a million pack of cards all thrown into the air and falling into exact sequences of numbers and suits . These random events that the Darwinian suppose only represent a miniscule part of the complete complexities that occur in order for our bodies to come function . They have no explanation for 99.999 % of the other complexities. They say there are unlimited random events that happened within that original primordial pond . Sludge came to life, having been struck repeatedly with lightning bolts that caused molecules to start to move towards life . The complexities of chemical compounds also occurred in the same random ways , they convince themselves , as well as the proton count in atoms that specify the particular element it makes .
That is how Darwinian hypothesis and scientific materialism come about , this is what they call logic and reasoning . Of course, it’s illogical and unreasonable.
The objective analysis The Darwinian reasoning can be equated to countless billions of monkeys on countless billions of typewriters typing for countless billions of years .and randomly producing an identical British library with every single book and word typed perfectly, including the punctuations and gaps between the words..this is taking into account the information within the sequence of all the species of life , how much functional information is there ? Beyond comprehension.
Nyaya logic tells us that when we see smoke on a distant mountain, we can logically take it that there is fire ..similarly when we see codes and informational exchanges within biological systems, we can logically say a consciousness has produced it for a reason .Like the books in the libraries. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
For generations, the West had sought to shape the Middle East and the world its way . Just recently , however, its ambitious reshaping has had a kickback . Not only in the Middle East , but within Europe , the EU and the UK are still determined to defeat Russia , an impossible dream in geopolitical scholars’ minds , and within the Russian state . The big China showdown hasn’t happened yet , it may come later . The unipolar world is no longer , and that’s for sure , neither financially or otherwise . There are other people living on the planet , after all , and with different cultures , different traditions , political systems, and different theological outlooks . They should be respected and understood and worked with rather than against . This is all quite natural in a world of diversity. The globalists’ vision of artificial unity based on exploitation and false equalities is fundermentally flawed that’s not the worlds reality and never will be . Even locally speaking, societies own people’s think and act differently and have outlooks that differ according to circumstances , births, or conditioning . The Globalists agendas are based on profit and rampant materialism , they are planning to infiltrate cultures and historic traditions by utilising Ai and other means , including violent wars to reshape generational thinking and put to sleep multicultural history , and replace it with their fake truths , penned by ill motivated persons .The long-term brain wash and cultural shift is their desire , everything based on scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis.
In the spiritual kingdoms, which are approximately two-thirds greater in size that the millions of material universes there are no conflicts or wars , although there are conflicts that cause pure trancendental bliss . Harmonies in discord are possible amongst those with elevated spiritually minded consciousness. Knowledge and detachment bring peace, love, and harmonious affairs. Materialism brings a strong identification with a body or extended family and brings friends enemy consciousness into the forefront. You understand how that can be when you have truly understood consciousness and its full potential and purposes …..
An unthinking atheistic person claims Holy books are never written by God and only humans.. What does the Vedas say..
That statement is spoken by someone scientifically ignorant of psychological conditionings caused by ethereal subtle energies originating from lives trapped in matter , that cause modes of psychological natures along with their mixes of conditioned consciousness in goodness, passion and ignorance to occure ..these three modes mix unlimitedly like an artists paint , these shape conditioned consciousness and one becomes convinced of an illusory show to be the only factual show in town . This is defined within the Vedas as degrees of material conditioned consciousness. But it’s possible by sacrifices ,and utalising objective sciences, along with deep devotional meditations and service attitudes , to come to the “suddha sattva ” stage of pure consciousness . This state is totally free from material impositions caused by self-centred desire . Rare saints and holy persons can reach that stage of pure devotional consciousness and scientific knowledge of self realisation. Thus, in such a consciousness, direct services and communications with Divinity and direct inspiration to speak or write can occur . The theological texts throughout the world are from this source , not from a conditioned person .
The Krishna lila Kaliya serpent pastimes show how ignorance and its tendencies can reside even in places that are thought to be Divine . The river Jamuna is certainly such a divine place, but Kaliya, the serpent, lived near its banks . The poisons emanating from him were so strong that the whole atmosphere became enveloped. The birds became affected just by flying above Kaliya’s lagoon , as all the surrounding areas became toxic . Eventually, Krishna resolved the issues being caused by Kaliya , and the wives of Kaliya also helped bring the serpent to his senses, as many good wives can offer good advice to their husbands . In the scientific , political, or social sphere’s , it just takes one or two persons to mislead and they can create misunderstanding , the poisonous atmosphere can develop in religious , philisophical , political, or social structures , and it increases the toxicity for all . The Vedas define truths and what are correct calculations . The Vedas warn against Kaliya like serpants who seek to do harm and pose themselves as leaders or as an influencer . Ultimetely good always prevails , Krishna’s desire is always to give societies the best of good council, and that always eventually comes to pass via his representatives. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Krsna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes.
In the world of physics, one cause always produces another cause.
Richard Feynman speaks about Granny slipping on the ice and going to hospital, what causes ice to be slippery , what causes the need for hospitals, what causes bones to be brittle in old age what causes old age , what causes the consciousness to mix with material energies etc etc etc .
That idea describes classical determinism, but modern quantum mechanics shows that not every event at the subatomic level follows a strict, predictable chain of cause and effect. Classical Physics: The Chain Reaction Deterministic world: In macroscopic physics (like objects you can see and touch), every action has a predictable reaction. If you roll a bowling ball into pins, the physics equations can tell you exactly where the pins will go based on the speed and angle of the ball.
The Vedas indicates unpredictable outcomes are due to consciousness with a free will that is controlled by deterministic processes that are caused , by another cause, another superior consciousness.
Laplace’s Demon: 18th-century physicist Pierre-Simon Laplace proposed that if a supreme intellect knew the exact position and momentum of every atom in the universe at one moment, it could calculate the entire past and future.
He should have read the Vedas.
Indeed, not a blade of grass moves without Him knowing, but we are not dead stones , free will mean freedoms, the more one is aligned in goodness and pure goodness the more freedoms .
In regards to Lady gurus , some point out that Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada did not make Lady Gurus . However, he also did not make the men gurus. He appointed no one . Rather he followed his Guru Maharaja who said, the guru is is self effulgent to the prospective disciple, when this is understood as well as something else that Prabhupada said , ” The guru is one , no question of my guru your guru ” coupled together with Diksa Siksa Tattva we are committed to understanding of Guru Tattva. Srila Gour Govinda Swami would say ” If you want Krishna He will send a Guru ” We should also understand Sastra sanga, the param para acaryas wrote for purposes, ” When will I be eager to study the books of Rupa Goswami, says Narratom das Thakura.
Which current branch of the Caitanya tree is most successful in spreading Krishna consciousness? Everyone in their own way, no doubt, there is no one way .Although there are important foundations, the most important of which is to follow in the footsteps of all the previous acaryas . They have crossed the river , and got to the other side , and sent the boat back , as Srila BR Sridhar Swami once said . We should be sure to jump on the boat and take the full journey using the oars and keeping to the favourable currents .Sri Guru has also left instructions on how to navigate the waters , avoiding dangerous and deceiving currents .
In spiritual life, one must try to practice humility, respectfulness, and tolerance , the more one can , the better off we are spiritually . Offending others or becoming unnecessary angry , or devoping subtle cancel culture is not conducive for pleasing Divinity, who has perfect qualities. One requires faith , because faith takes one a long way , our wrong mentality can result in not having the faith that’s required to take one on the ultimate journeys of trancendance . Another effect of respect problems are one can not hear very well trancendental messages when others speak them or have conviction in the process of sastra sanga .The acaryas warn us all of the consequences of pride and how it delays the journey . A daily offering to Nityananda prabhu so He could give us the intelligence to see though our offences could be a valuable part of Sadhana Bhakti .
The complete journey of spirituality has been delineated by the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana who were personally taught by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It must be followed to completion, nothing added or subtracted or speculated upon . Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami is his purport to 1.1.2 Srimad Bhagavatam says .
“But the devotees of the Lord rise above such competitions. They do not compete with the materialist because they are on the path back to Godhead where life is eternal and blissful. Such transcendentalists are nonenvious and pure in heart. In the material world, everyone is envious of everyone else, and therefore there is competition. But the transcendental devotees of the Lord are not only free from material envy, but are well-wishers to everyone, and they strive to establish a competitionless society with God in the centre. The contemporary socialist’s conception of a competitionless society is artificial because in the socialist state, there is competition for the post of dictator.”
