Lord Krishna, in His Bhagavad Gita , the song of God , makes a condition to approach Him , He says, “Think of Me , become my devotee , offer homage and worship Me , you will certainly come to Me .” Certainly, that’s how love works , even in the material world, the lover is always thinking of the lover , or the mother is always thinking of the child .

But when Krishna came as Mahaprabhu He did not make any conditions , He freely is  distributing love of God to one and all the deserving and undeserving.

A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada tells the secret  of how the undeserving and impious persons are able to immediately purify their existence and approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead  , Prabhupada demonstrates it . He told  Bhaja  Hari his disciple .when a tramp was seen sleeping on a park bench whilst on a morning walk , that such a person and others like Him can be immediately purified of sins .  Sins which are bearing results now , in the near future and distant future , all eradicated . Prabhupada said , “we are creating their good fortune , by chanting the Holy names , they hear God names ,  by distributing prasadam and by trancendental litratures and thus all methods are engaging everyone in the highest of Sukriti activities.

Thus, there is no need for a  previous good sukriti , either karma or jnana , because we immediately are giving Bhakti sukriti the highest of benefits ,  the usual Vedic systems   required to approach God is to aquire much piety. In this age one can very soon develop the highest standards and  highest spiritual culture that enable anyone to think of Him and serve Him and enter into a relationship.  Of course, those that have got some trancendental pedigree from previous practice will generally be able to dive deeper and quickly into the ocean of love of God , but not in all cases.

Lord Nityananda led this mass distribution of love of God  and trancendental Sukriti to one and all under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , and the magnificent display of these  great benedictions were brought to the world by A.C . Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , which was very much the desire of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , and how inconceivably and perfectly Prabhupada carried those desires out and practically enacted them

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The benefits of an industrial and technological world and its downfalls.

From a Vedic perspective, one might not see any benefits of our modern world with what’s clearly witnessed as increased materialism and exploitation , with wealth for the very few and poverty for the rest internationally.

Initially, the industrial revolution was hailed as a great wonder for mankind , it made claims of alleviating poverty and civilising mankind who were engrossed in nature living lives not much more further progressed than the proverbial Darwinian caveman . It has progressed to the current technological ages of fast internet communication , perhaps some good could be seen if it were not tainted by its  exploitative motives and methods , which  has at its heart greed that is stoking conflicts, sadly it appears to have no real sharing concepts .

Instead of sharing in  technological innovations that could well bring benefits to everyone in every country of the world , it instead is hampered by fake leaders with little sense of decency and a business model of ” intoxicated greed ” . There is no foresight by any of them  or even a wish to carefully balance the needs of man , all creatures, and the environments we all need for healthy good living . Thus, the whole vision has gotten of hand and is heading for disaster, and no one knows how to stop it .

Actually, there are great benefits to be had to opening up the world where cultures are shared, and comparisons can be seen in all aspects of each countries education systems and cultures . Currently, persons  are being fooled and exploited by a so-called intelligensia , while the real intelligensia are silenced . Sharing cultures can be highly beneficial. For instance, the perverted caste systems in India or the class systems of the English empire are now clearly seen to be bias, after all you are what you are , not only the family you are born into . Mass education has helped everyone in many ways  and should be in place for everyone,  promoting natural social mobility.

So , there are benefits and downfalls of modern living , but the two can be harmonized with a balanced and fair approach .That is easily achieved when the genuine and sensitive intelligentsia influence affairs of state .The original purpose of the Vedas is clear , matters of scientific studies , sociology , balanced economics , justice, philosophical, and religious progression are essential and should always be ongoing and progressive and systematically taught .

Everyone is searching after good leadership and hankering for a just society with mature outlooks to all matters of science and religion and matters of political affairs . The Vedas have much to offer , and shortly , a new Renaissance period will begin , actually, it’s began , education of body , mind, and consciousness that is so essential and that everyone needs and will be satisfied with.

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Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Swami was fond of using this expression , but just what did he mean by it.

Ultimately, he is referring to this verse in Lord Krishna’s Bhagavad Gita.

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
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Translation
Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.

Srila Sridhar Swami point was that a high court judge has the power to commute a prison sentence if he feels the prisoners deserve mercy above justice . By principle of laws, the prisoners should be punished in particular ways . But laws have to be applied sensibly and with sensitivity , not in unthinking fanatical ways just for the sake of law , otherwise , the law is an ass .

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is directly and indirectly conscious of all that is taking place , and individuality means God is in the individuals heart . He knows the motives and state of the consciousness of each individual. By Karmic synchronicities , the individual is entangled in the complexity of action reactions caused by countless lives and the many possibilities of choices of actions and mentalities that develop.

Automatically a supreme justice system is in place , like an inconceivable” Divine AI ” programme , as the future body is already being prepared by material nature by our current actions, the observer effect in Quantum physics is taken to a supreme level .

Anyhow , the Supreme justice system originally comes from a person with feelings , and when God knows we are sincere in our approach to him and truely repented and have acceptance of our circumstances realising we are the architects of our misfortune , and that  we have selfishly caused varieties of pain to others , and are sorry , and when we turn to the superior quality of God’s existence , Krishna or God begins to immediately wipe the slate clean .

In this age, chanting the trancendental sound of Gods names is the approach of  receiving mercy above justice

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The Srimad  Bhagavatams’ final goal is to explain the essence of loving  consciousness . This is  inherently situated within the heart of all beings,  and when we learn to  love God , love and its ever increasing attractions are experienced in ever new ways and qualities , there is no limit . This is something quite incomprehensible  within the purview of our limited material senses that generally are motivated to act in selfish pursuits , although love is also seen to a degree , even in the animal kingdom effection , respect and caring is seen . This searching for love stems from an  ultimate plane of existence and the Srimad Bhagavatam clearly and scientifically explains its origins.  Such higher planes of beauty and love everyone is  searching  for , either knowingly or unknowingly . The Srimad Bhagavatam tells us our material conditioning is hampering us from experiencing pure unalloyed love and that we are the cause  of our problems and are the architects of our own misfortune .
We should understand that beyond the limits of atoms , elements, and compounds and a mind that accepts and rejects and  beyond a limited intellectual platform lies greater planes of existence .Consciousness is the greatest mystery for science. Curiously, modern physicists  refer to the  multidimensional space time and also  accept  the concept of the  worlds of many possibilities . Religion and  spiritual searching collide within the  science of the  Bhagavatam.
The Bhagavatam highlights the ultimate expansion of consciousness into its original purposeful spiritual forms . Such forms experience finer and finer emotions  bringing ever increasing blissful experiences in the company of  Divinity  Himself , who is the master of  these loving exchanges, technically called rasa or mellows .  It’s a  playground of consciousness with perfected spiritual forms in a  perfected spiritual state . This can be exhibited under the direct supervision and company of the associates of Radharani’s friends called Manjaris,  who serve  the emaculate spiritual senses of Divinity known as Krishna . Krishna is always accompanied by the  personification of His own  pleasure potency , representative of the female aspect of Divinity , namely Srimati Radharani , and She is always in the company of Her confidential companions ,  they   are imbued with ever blissful spiritual rasa .

The middle portion of the 10th canto of the Srimad  Bhagavatam is said to be the smiling face of Krishna, those persons who have throughly studied the previous Cantos and who have understood Krishna as the supreme personality of Godhead along with His  varigatedness energies, can eventually take to spontaneous loving service in a trancendental informal relationship based on pure love .
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May the Supreme Lord, who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love.

Srila Sanatana Goswami, when questioned about a  concept of  devotional service being eternal and yet Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was  introducing a  new element or type of service that had never been given before , Srila Sanatana Goswami said  , that you may or may not accept , but it’s a fact , the mood of Srimati Radharani and Her manjaris , the Parakiya rasa ,   was being relished by Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the first time and  distributed for the first time . By the association of those who have acquired and relished such a Rasa, one can also. become attracted and relish it .

The wives of the brahmanas in the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam became attracted to Krishna in the same ways as the Gopies by association with them in the market places , we are told by Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur Maharaja.

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AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada writes…

“Transcendentalists who are advanced in knowledge compare the body, which is made by the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to a chariot. The senses are like the horses; the mind, the master of the senses, is like the reins; the objects of the senses are the destinations; intelligence is the chariot driver; and consciousness, which spreads throughout the body, is the cause of bondage in this material world.

For a bewildered person in the materialistic way of life, the body, the mind and the senses, which are engaged in sense gratification, are the cause of bondage to repeated birth, death, old age and disease. But for one who is advanced in spiritual knowledge, the same body, senses, and mind are the cause of liberation.”

In the Caitanya Caritamrita Antya lila Chapter 15 .

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s trancendental life is described,  He is experiencing the deepest trancendental bliss and the  emotions of ‘Suratarangani Srimati Radharani , Suratarangani means the great force of the River of Srimati Radharani’s love for Krishna , such a force is incomprehensible and factually the most powerful of all energies in the whole of the spiritual or material worlds.

Mahaprabhu , in the  mood of Srimati Radharani , felt each of His five senses pulling Him towards Krishna . Each sense was competing with the other , a great trancendental madness came about , such is the beauty of Krishna that each of Mahaprabhu’s individual senses  were forcibly compelled to act independently of the other senses , an  uncontrollable eagerness like a raging river of  attraction for Krishna came about in Him as Srimati Radharani feels . The Bhagavad Gita’s five uncontrollable horses of  a conditioned soul were  turned around , and the perfection of the  spiritual sences of Srimati Radharani was exhibited . Because the purpose was to serve Krishna’s emaculate senses , giving  exclusively only selfless  pleasure to Krishna . It was like every ” atom ” was forcibly drawn towards its origins.

Thus, the Glorious lessons of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu were bestowed upon mankind.

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The great enemy of the spiritualist …lust to enjoy the material world, anger when being thwarted, envy at those more successful at it , greed to aquire resources to do so …this is all madness and illusion of an original consciousness within matter and the pushing of the mind and senses it is subjected to .
Krishna says, “Think of Me become My devotee….As you think of me, so I think of you .”
Thus the power of pure trancendental meditation , God is existing in the absolute spiritual plane, when you think of Him and Radharani you are with Them , to the degree of the intensity and purity of your thoughts and service meditation. Rupa Goswami gives the full process of meditation , begins with chanting and hearing Gods names , then comes remembrance of lila , and specific lila and forms, then intensity of meditations etc etc .
Everything has been revealed by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and has been recorded by the Goswami’s and spoken of by the Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya acaryas. ..

Through service and submissions to those Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya acaryas and ultimately through the trancendental sound of the Holy names , given to you by them , and through the messages of the Srimad Bhagavatam and elaborations of such scripts recorded and written by pure devotees , a gateway to the spiritual world is revealed . By good fortune, one may come in touch with such personalities , who on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wonder the globe ..
Once hearing submissively from one of them, the whole of the param para is revealed .

If one is truely humble one can open up the whole world and the hearts of the great . In such a condition , if one so desires , some persons , with the right connections can enter into the spiritual planes . If not humble , but proud , one closes in on one’s self , depriving oneself of something truely remarkable that’s being offered freely ..to one and all ..

Mahaprabhu has said humility is key ..
And through the Chanting of God’s name, one can learn to aquire such qualities , chanting is the means and the end , Srila Gour Govinda Swami would often say..

Who are leaders , the Bhagavatam and its social structures..

Policy and practices for organising  the many  different types of persons living in society  broadly understood as , deep philosophical thinkers with sensitivity for the welfare of all ,  those who are full of valor understanding the need for justice and who want to protect  societies members , there are those who are concerned with economic output and have liking of trade , industry and food production, and  then those who are craftsman and trades men who essentially keep the wheels of the social machine running , everyone one these are discussed in the Srimad Bhagavatam as well as their specific qualifications. Each  are to fulfil their potential , and according to set standards. For instance, The Srimad Bhagavatam demonstrates how productive fair  and  just systems for   business enterprise and economics ,i.e. (standards and policies) might be drawn up by independent legislators who have everyone’s economic interests at  heart . This enables a  truly free market economy to flow, but that equally has all social responsibilities built in , with safeguards in place . The Bhagavatam shows how the general working man has his interests and needs met in full  with support and care , employment, adequate healthy foods, housing and systematic education for family member , unlike today’s world with homeless persons and mass  unemployment
The four aspects of society were  woven together and harmonized  for the interests of  society as a whole  working in tandem with each other and it  incorporated  social cohesion and social mobility , with genuine respect because it was based on the wisdom of equality of consciousness , but differences of bodies . Primarily, the individual consciousness and well-being  of the  individual are  the prominent objectives of the Bhāgavatam . Administrations , governance, and compliance were based on spiritual and consciousness cultures and not just the  material bodies needs, which  in  conditioned life  can be symptomised by an uncontrolled mind and senses . Unfortunately ,  irresponsible administrations who lack knowledge misguide populations and widespread teaching of ignorant values for lifes purposes and finding  happiness are mistakingly given.
Vedic society gives excellent guidance and opportunities to everyone ,   and sets standards for everyone to pursue. HIGHLIGHTED IN 4.21.44 GRATITUDE TOWARD THE LORD .AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE BEST OF QUALITIES …A CHIEF SYMPTOM IS COMPASSION FOR ALL PERSONS AND BEINGS, A WELL WISHER ,NO ENVY TOWARDS ANYTHING.
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LEADERSHIP  IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE LIFE OF KING PRTHU.

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Chasing only material goals , unadvisable says Bhagavatam.

The Bhagavatam shows clearly how chasing down mere material goals ,  opulences of all kinds ,  material education , prestige , fame and recognition , etc etc , can become a great stumbling block to ones real self  interests , although anything done in connection with  Divinity  increases ones spiritual realisations . Duties  of all kinds that  are carried out in balanced ways and that lead  to a full and satisfying life with progressive spiritual steps and culture of knowledge should never be given up . Everyone has something to offer within the various social systems that are referred to in the Vedas as Varna Ashram social structures . Everything , including one’s very self , can be offered in a devotional sacrifice , in many number of ways , that boost one inner energies and well-being, bringing one ultimately to pure God consciousness. Many  directions are given in the Bhagavatam,  which links one to Divinity and please Divinity . When Divinity is pleased, one automatically becomes pleased , such is  the dealings of love .

Although modern societies currently teach satisfaction of our material mind and senses are the goal of life , and  helping others do the same , currently super liberalism is in vogue , it  teaches …what ever the mind and  senses demand , serve them immediately and without question. But  the  Bhagavatam  disagrees and  condemns such irrational, unregulated behaviour . it rather teaches such unregulated materialism is a great whirlpool of degradation and entrapments . Such entrapment actually operates ultimately under the full control of Divinity and is within the realms of the  given free will , along with  determinism , i.e., reactions within a  supreme justice system . The material world is a  prescribed rehabilitation centre . It’s a self-imposed  prison , instigated by an individuals own conscious actions  , and  engineered by Divinity . The Bhagavatam explains  how such  actions within matter are connected to the  universal order  automated in  both the macro and micro worlds . The  Vedas call this the great Maha Tattva , the great  universal form of Divinity consisting of millions of galaxies as well as  the 1000’s of nano machines working  in every cell of a body  coded with specific information .

THE 4TH CANTO CHAPTER 22 DESCRIBES THE ADVICE OF THE FOUR KUMARAS .TEXT 23 INDICATES AVOIDING OVERLY ATTACHED MONEY MEN AND AMBITIOUS MATERIALISTS ,INSTEAD ONE SHOULD TASTE THE NECTAR OF LOVE OF GOD .

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What is your worldview, and  just  how was it formed and  who has helped shape it ? Generally, of course  you’re going to find many influences that make up your consciousness outlook , and the Vedas tell as , it’s not solely dependent on this one life .  The contribution of family , friends,  an educational system, your philosophical learning ,your  theological pursuits , and  the arts of all description will also shape your world veiw   .One should ask oneself whether  the teachers and various other influences that  shaped your world veiw  have been beneficial , and what kinds of impressions  have they left,  has  everything been presented objectively or with subjective bias , many deceptive people live in our world so its healthy to take a step back and take  a fresh look at sciences of all kinds  as well as philisophical thinking and theologies. Political matters should not take the major portion of our time .

Many educated people think they have been trained in objective critical thinking   for instance , but often, in reality, they look at the world and sciences through the prison house  of  subjective conditioning , taught to them by other subjective teachers , who are highly speculative.  Science, for instance,  should always be presented in  objective ways and can never be presented as fact based when, in reality, it’s subjective opinions . Scientific materialism and Darwinian world veiws dominant the world  , but they are based on guessing and the evidence of the origins of consciousness lay elsewhere.

When it comes to matters of philosophies, traditions , liberalism , or conservatism , plus  family values , we should know liberal democracies  consist of many, many unqualified persons supposedly making better policy .  Whereas the  benefits   of one good, strong autocratic leader working with his chosen team ,who are all truely dedicated to all of society and who objectively make calculations based on science and consciousness will result in a completely different priorities,  the world view of scientific materialism and the Darwinians or one who knows consciousness in a different way .

Freedoms and choices are important, and the world veiw of the truely intelligent utalise such Freedoms.

Fortunately , a previously untapped source is currently available and that resource is increasingly available and increasing in volume , day by day , the Vedas .

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada started a revolution in altenative thinking , he began to present the Vedas , it touches on every topic , and brings a new and balanced perspective on all relevant matters that concern societies in these troubled times .

No longer a society exclusively conducted by the cheaters, and  everyone being  cheated , now everyone can see for themselves.

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