Life is made up fundermentally of service

Fundermental service is  inherently within us all .

Life is made as such that rendering service is a fundermental and underlying principle , indirectly or directly practically all beings are serving somebody , or unknowingly playing a part in the harmonious and interconnected activities of nature . Thd 60s songwriter Bob Dylan saw that, among other things, and wrote his song ‘ everyone has to serve someone ‘. Of course, pure loving services rendered to someone who deserves it and who can properly reciprocate can not be compared to a crooked motivated politician who claims he is serving the people . In spiritual and philosophical terms, better be a servant in a  superior realm that a master in an inferior one

It’s a universal law , according to the Vedas that if anybody takes a  service from someone , and this applies throughout the whole of the  material universes , or if they use somebody in any particular way a debt is owed , you can’t get something for nothing.

Ultimately, all kinds of  debts are building up  in our Karmic systems, which are carried with us and remain with us  throughout our  universal journey of fruitive work . For those that don’t properly reciprocate a service rendered , debts build up and need paying back   . That is technically called karma, and the  karmic synchronicities of life play out in the unpredictability of our lives , of long forgotten debts , like twigs floating in a  fast flowing river  debts and debtors are brought together then parted , never to meet again .

The ultimate service rendered to everyone is  by Divinity Himself , as the supersoul or Holy Ghost , in everyone’s heart He facilitates the individual being , giving them   remberance and  forgetfulness and  reminding them life after life of  what they once desired  as well as  encouraging everyone to aquire  the real wisdom and knowledge .He is always showing in many ways how best  to escape the plane of the karmic self-centred word , with the  temporary lives of material debtors . The greatest service is to show  everyone what their  best interests are and how that can be achieved , God is always rendering that service, and so are His pure representatives .  He  remains in the hearts of all beings whilst they wonder all over the universe in different situations looking for happiness and patiently waits for everyone  to see sense and return back home back to Godhead

Ultimately ,  because by His own example  of how He renders the greatest of all services , never forgetting any of the living beings ,we should  reciprocate with Him and hear from Him of  how we might  reciprocate  with  Love , and render some  services  bringing   happiness to Him along with His associates. The greatest of all service is rendered by  the Supreme Goddess of Fortune Srimati Radharani and the Gopies and Manjaris , her confidants, they are  residents of Vrndavana.

This is carefully described by Sukadeva Goswami in the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam and elaborated upon in the commentaries of the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas  in their writings .

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From pain and difficulty to bliss.

Child bearing means the  pain of childbirth , but the pain and difficulties bring the sweetness of a loving child ..

The Vraja Gopies of Vrndavana create a festival of happiness in the heart of Krishna, who displays His unlimited pastimes . He exhibits these pastimes to demonstrate  the wonderful qualities  of ever increasing love and attraction in the highest  of spiritual  realms  , that of pure  spontaneous unmotivated  spiritual love , a competition of love . Perverted reflections and hints of pure love are seen here in this earthly plane , but we should learn of its origins and the  selfless beauty of Krishna’s spiritual planes along with the science and nature of spiritual senses . Krishna attracts  His devotees and those pious souls who have properly cultivated higher  consciousness and practice high culture  by His activities , the all attractive Krishna becomes especially attractive to such persons.

The  trancendental method Krishna employs when  wishing to attract the Vraja Gopies is to send personified messages through His flute music . Music takes on much greater dimensions  in the super subjective plane of a  varigated spiritual world.  Having heard the call of the personified Cupid ,  a call  that enters the depths of the Gopies hearts , they  abandoned their sobriety,  fear , shyness, and any  sense of discrimination, and immediately answered the call .

Complete sacrifice is required in the ultimate plane of love , and nothing short of that will suffice.

The  Catholic order of the  bride’s of Christ , or  Nuns living in convents , or monks living in monasteries,  perhaps could understand.

Krishna is our greatest friend , master , lover, and relative .  The sound of His flute is calling   everyone to service .  God is calling us all He is always enthusiastic and all inclusive , and  His Vraja Gopi friends all  dance  and  play music at the dead of night in a artistic festival beyond comprehension , with the sixty four excellences of trancendance on display ,  a trancendental festival that lasted millions of years , the  time dimensions are  adjusted by Krishna , from our 12 hours to the 12 hours of Lord Bramha,  lasting 4.5 billion years . As Einstein said,  time is relative,  its also interchangeable, it seems .

Currently the flute sound has been transformed into the   Nama Sankirtana , the chanting of Gods names , this chanting is calling us all to the service of Mahaprabhu and through Him the service of the residents of Vraja headed by Vrsabhanu Nandini Srimati Radharani . Anyone hearing or vibrating God’s names can transport themselves to the spiritual world.

Srila Prabhupada, wonderful Godbrother and great friend of Prabhupada once gave that comparison , H.H. Srila Sridhar Swami , he is a brilliant scholar and deep thinker .

On arrival ,to the dancing ground,  having responded to the call to come to the  forests of Vraja , Krishna tested the Gopies love and determination by externally appearing to ask them to return to their family lives and duties , He appeared to reject their services.

Srila Kavi karnapura in his Ananda Vrndavana Campa indicates to us all that Krishna sometimes appears very harsh . It’s very difficult to overcome all difficulties of a body and mind to properly develop unalloyed devotion toward Him . This harshness and the  external difficulties experienced by us are the workings of His external energies , they are like the outside of the coconut . Krishna is very very sweet by nature ,and any difficulties we maybe experiencing are gradually cracking the shell of our conditioned nature ,  and they serve a purpose in helping us aquire hearts of sweetness , like  the inside of the coconut .  Dedication and devotion towards His eternal service need cultivating, and that means at times difficulties,  but in difficulties by determination, we can aquire the characteristics of pure devotees that are  impeccable, to  say the least .  Through the service of such residents of Vrndavana ,  the pure devotees , who Krishna dearly loves  , we get the good fortune of assisting  as they serve the emaculate senses of Dhira Lalita Krishna,  or  His devotees in Mathura or Dwarka ..

So, austerities and hardships cause pain in many ways even in material life , but in Krishna consciousness, it opens up a spiritual heart and brings the sweetest of all hearts .

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Stages of progression.

Suspicion

Doubt

Knowledge

Faith

It’s natural to be suspicious of things and the motivation of people , that is a good use of intelligence. As suspicion subside,  still doubt remains , so further applications of intelligence is needed ,  enquiring and further understanding are most essential .

As those doubts clear, further understanding of knowledge and its practical applications develop , the beginnings of faith . Faith begins to increase , faith of the beginner,  faith of the intermediate, and faith of the advanced spiritualist takes place by services and enquiries and progressive intelligent submission.

At no stage is intelligence given up , nor do we give up  referring to Sri Guru in his forms as Siksa or Diksa ,  or the established Sadhu’s , current and past and always  always the Sastra . Scriptures in the form of the  Sruti and Smrit can never be ignored and must always be a reference point as checks and balance is never given up .

Faith carries one a long long way , and ultimately to unreserved faith , without any reservation , in matters of Bhava and Prema

ŚB 1.2.20

एवं प्रसन्नमनसो भगवद्भक्तियोगत: ।
भगवत्तत्त्वविज्ञानं मुक्तसङ्गस्य जायते ॥ २० ॥

evaṁ prasanna-manaso
bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ
bhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁ
mukta-saṅgasya jāyate

Synonyms

evam — thus; prasanna — enlivened; manasaḥ — of the mind; bhagavat–bhakti — the devotional service of the Lord; yogataḥ — by contact of; bhagavat — regarding the Personality of Godhead; tattva — knowledge; vijñānam — scientific; mukta — liberated; saṅgasya — of the association; jāyate — becomes effective.

Translation

Thus established in the mode of unalloyed goodness, the man whose mind has been enlivened by contact with devotional service to the Lord gains positive scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association.

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The real problem of the global world is that one man wants to snatch all the trade for himself, making promises that everyone and every country will benefit . it’s the nature of a businessman to lie .
Having gotten all the trade, through dubious and underhand methods, he becomes unimaginably wealthy , but he does not know how to use his wealth beneficially. Thus, he makes a bad situation worse . The Vedas indicates free market economics , but one should not encroach on others’ territories. A balance is struck .
Only the pure intelligensia knows how to benefit from wealth.
Thus, the Vedas condemn the global conglomerates who exploit Mother Earth and its people and recommend much more simple living , higher thinking, and local economies for local people with only essential imports and exports .
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Einstein v Bohr

Its not that they were that far apart.

“Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.”
Einstein .

Bohr accepted both classical and quantum physics.
As the Vedas do .
The world is real but temporary.
The consciousness and the universe are linked together by the interests and desires of the consciousness.
When the consciousness understands that he or she is something different than the universe , ie . being freed from scientific materialism and coming to clearly understand dualism. Intelligently,  one should question why the living beings have  become subjected to the laws of the universe , if they so  do, they gradually acquire knowledge and detachment from universal connections and that is  the beginning of  liberation . Gradually, by understanding and by engaging in devotional activities, to  the cause of all causes , a  purified living being can enter a plane where consciousness and the energy surrounding it are of the same nature . The Vedas say the spiritual symptoms of that realm are that things are eternally situated and fully blissful  without any neglect or ignorance of Divinity .Rather, a relationship with Him is acted out in full .
Once Edward Teller had tea with Neils Bohr, and he said to Bohr, ” You have changed everything in the way we view the world, and in the future, everyone will see the world much differently..”
After a long pause, Bohr said, ” Are you saying this world is not real but like a dream?”
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Qualities of the Supreme reflected in His expansions ,

We see  many wonderful qualities in mankind , actually , we see wonderful qualities in the whole of the creation and here we refer to just one planet  look at the night sky  the mind boggles at the inconceivable nature of this one galaxy with its system of planets . This is one small part of the universe, and the Vedas confirms millions of universes  are in existence ,  as the  string theorists postulate.

What’s even more inconceivable is that each planet has a purpose and is inhabited , the Vedas tell us  , Lisa Randall, the Harvard of theoretical physics, quite rightly points out the obvious implications of  multidimensional space , our senses are limited to three dimensions . This means each of us has limited senses , and we see  things only in  three dimensions . She points out why there  could well  be more dimensions “out there” and also refers to dark space and dark energies as unknown energies.

The Vedas indicates God is full of multiple energies and how  He expands His energies in multitudes of ways. This includes His expansions of  internal energies, which are the conscious beings scattered within the material and spiritual planetary systems. The Vedas broadly categorise His internal,  marginal, and external energies and give explicit details to each .

So, as God is full of unlimited wonderful qualities , the living beings naturally reflect a minute portion of those qualities, as does everything in creation , He is a supreme scientist and engineer but also someone overflowing with love for all beings.

There is systematic supervisory management in place. The right type of action brings forth particular superior and inherent qualities, and the wrong actions suppress the flow, causing entanglements . In the familiar language of many, one can say one’s good or bad karma . Freedoms  and progressions can be tapped into  at any time,  and in no time at all, one can reestablish all of one’s inherent  spiritual qualities that stem from and are reflected from Divinity.

The Bhagavad Gita tells us how in detail and many prescribed methods are outlined.

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Endless possibilities of  benedictions  offered by  Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu the Vedas indicate as the most munificent incarnation of Godhead ,  who along with His intimate associates  , give unlimited benedictions to one and all everyone will gain , to  paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill , “never has  so much  “trancendence ” been given by so few to so many .”  This  trancendental unprecedented ocean of  bliss has  decended into this world , its fast increasing in its capacities  and is  imperceptible influencing the whole of society . At the same time, its a  mystery to those  persons  currently deeply absorbed in material affairs , they  can’t  understand Mahaprabhu or these  benediction he is pouring upon on  the hapless and  unfortunate souls of Kali yuga .

Through the association of His devotees , through the chanting of the Holy names , through extensive educational programmes and the study of the Srimad Bhagavatam and the original Vedas  , through  distribution of prasadam sanctified food offered in sacrifice ,  His pure devotee representatives who represent the  Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas are executing  this massive global relief work , and turning society away from the dark direction it was heading in .

Perhaps the most essential benediction for a mature student seeking the  essence of Mahaprabhu’s teachings , is He has allowed them to dive deep into the ocean of bliss giving them access and increasing understandings by  reading or hearing of the works of  Rupa Ragganatha , and their representatives who intimately associated with Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu . Srila Svarūpa Damodar  , one of the confidential servants of Mahāprabhu once stood  in puzzlement  as to how it was   Srila  Rupa Goswami had understood the inner heart of  Caitanya Mahaprabhu which he conveyed on his writings . But  on discussion with  Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he  soon realised Srila Rupa Goswami had the  special benediction bestowed on by Mahāprabhu Himself . That same  benediction is currently still available and is also bestowed to the  most inquisitive in this  current world , one requires a  greed to want to know.

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada would say such teachings, and Lila descriptions about Krishna are like a sweet ball . Wherever you bite into it ,  its nectarine and fully relishable taste is experienced.

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kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

Translation

In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead, who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons, and confidential companions.

In conversing with a priest recently at the Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha temple in Vrndavana,  we came to see differences in tattva .

He said” Janhava mata was not Ananga Manjari . Why are you bringing in Dvarpa yuga to Kali yuga “

But we pointed out that Nityananda prabhu was Balarama Himself , and Krishna appears in all Yugas.

Vrajendra-nandana jei, saci-suta hoilo sei,
balarama hoilo nitai
dina-hina jata chilo, hari-name uddharilo,
tara sakshi jagai madhai

) Lord Krishna, who is the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Saci (Lord Caitanya) and Balarama
became Nitai. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners, Jagai
and Madhai are evidence of this.

Srila Narottoma das Thakur is a  representative of the Gaudia Vaisnava disciplic succession a member of the Bhagavat line of Siksa Gurus , who wrote this song .

Of course,  the problems come because Krishna is a hidden incarnation in Kali yuga . Although the evidence in Sastra is there in some places and can be found , including the Mahabharata.

Another problem was when I asked him for the  Sastra on his points , he said no Sastra are there  but family traditions from family guru to family guru this knowledge is passed down .

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur respected some family lineage of  the Gaudia Vaisnavas , but the Bhagavat  line is currently predominant in Gaudia Vaisnavism,  and evidence from both  guru ,  Sadhu and sastra are required so authentic tattva can be understood in this age .

The origins of the Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya is Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu through His representatives, the six Goswamis. He has given real insights into the ever expanding Srimad Bhagavatam. Particularly the Pranaya the oneness of love and love in union and separation of The Supreme Goddess of fortune Srimati Radharani.

So we respect the family lineage of the Vrndavana priest’s but may not agree with their understanding of Tattva on all occasions

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The solutions..

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada wanted to create an intelligent class of men and women, one of his main purposes of ISKCON , both Brahminical men and learned Vedic Vipras in particular fields . Prabhupada clearly says in his purports to teach krishna consciousness through science, the arts , through economics, political affairs, etc etc , he had in mind both cor spiritual goals and the peripherals that are essential in society that lead to the cor . The conversations that Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu had with Ramananda Raya makes all these things clear as do the trancendental activites of the Goswami’s who wanted to help all people understand religious principles and transcendence. In broad Vedic cultures whatever the religious tendency, even meat eating and certain intoxication under conditions are given allowance , as are the many types of religions , as Krishna makes clear in Bhagavad Gita , in discussions of the different types of faith of different types of persons . Eventually ISKCON will have to deeply research all aspects of the Vedas to bring its contents to the modern world , with time place and circumstances applications , many scholars are needed and the setting up of ” think tanks ” setting Vedic visionary recommendation giving advice for governance and compliance of future societies
ISKCON is still in its beginning stages , Srila Prabhupada was quite serious, as was Srila Bhaktisiddanta and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur in introducing and establishing principles of Varna Ashram , meaning establishing the real intelligentsia to be able to influence the directions that society heads in , every thing else automatically flows perfectly from there . .
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When Krishna consciousness is explained properly and from the right sources its very appealing , its appealing on many different levels to many different types of persons, the example of this is AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who established a world wide movement called ISKCON, with countless followers , a huge array of litratures and media resources and huge temples world wide , all originating from one person who understood Krishna consciouseness and was able to communicate it purely .
The ISKCON movement also invigorated other Gaudia Vaisnava teachers and movements , which also flourish . The Vedic teachings of an original untainted Varna Ashram system based on the qualities of a person and not solely birth rights is being spread and will further spread throughout the world , a society based on more simple living , higher thinking and most importantly societies led by the true intelligensia.

The fanatical Christian and Muslim approaches to God consciousness with a heaven and eternal hell philosophy, based on a particular fanatical unthinking Christian or Muslim so-called scholar , should be roundly rejected. One should seek the true meanings contained in the Bible or koran .
That not how the all merciful all-encompassing and inherently good and wise God is , such perverted interpretations do a great disservice to the God they are trying to represent.
In every theological culture , one should reject the unthinking and unschorlarly fanatic , who seeks to change and interpret God to accommodate the tiny brains of the spectator who have inpure motives.
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