Saturday, December 13, 2008
sad but we have hope in Gauranga
Some of our friends in Krsna consciousness have been practicing for 40 years that is laudable, But wait a minute I hear they feel pain from seeing the less fortunate souls;
I thought the soul is sat cit ananda full of bliss and knowledge, and what the vaisnava see all around everyone is going through their own spiritual evolution, and karma so if you don�t have good fortune, then you will suffer from your own pervious actions
Jalaja navalaksani sthavara laksa-vimsatih
Krmayao rudra-sankhyakah paksinam dasa-laksakam
Trimsal-laksani pasvah catur laksani manusah
(Visnu-purana)
�There are 900,000 aquatic, 2,000,000 immobile, 1,100,000 worm-
cum-insect, 1,000,000 bird, 3,000,000 animal and 400,000 human
species.�
These are the 8,400,000 classifications of species throughout which
you will have to wander, in the world of action and reaction.
400,000 human species different color, hair, eyes, skin, and different levels of consciousness.
vimrsyaitad asesena,
yathecchasi tatha kuru
(Bg. 18.63)
�Consider and consider deeply, then take the right step as to
what to do.� The human life is very valuable. You have the power of
discrimination, but that will be denied you if, compelled by the
reactionary wave, you have to go into the body of a tree, a beast, or
wherever. Can you say for certain that in your next life you will not be
degraded into an animal body? What guarantee is there that you won�t
be ?
Cc mad 19 txt 151
brahmanda bhramite kona bhagyavan jiva
guru-krsna-prasade paya bhakti-lata-bija
�According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krsna. By the mercy of both Krsna and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service.
vidya-vinaya-sampanne brahmane gavi hastini
suni caiva sva-pake ca panditah sama-darsinah
BG chap 5 text 18)
The intelligent souls who have attained divine qualities and abandoned all mundane prejudice, perceive the absolute transcendence within all living beings the humble and learned brahmana, the cow, the elephant, the dog, or the outcast eater of dog-flesh. Therefore, they are known as 'pannita' men of true wisdom.
bandhur atmatmanas tasya,
yenaivatmatmana jitah
(Bg. 6.6)
�If at all you can have any self-control then collect your energy
from going astray and direct it to the proper channel where you can
really thrive, and then you will be your real friend. However, if you
allow yourself to be led by the various senses of lower nature which
are always trying to move in the land of exploitation, reaction, and
suffering then you are your own enemy. Consider all these things.�
brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati
samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param
BG chap 18 text 54)
The spotlessly purehearted and self-satisfied soul who has attained to his conscious divine nature neither grieves nor craves for anything. Seeing all beings equally (in the conception of My supreme energy), he gradually achieves supreme devotion (premabhakti) unto Me.
The practicing vaisnava following the path of his Gurudev after many years of service may learn something even be self satisfied, and be not affected when he see the unfortunate souls exploiting material nature either rich or poor, pretty, or ugly.
bg chap 6 text 46-47 )
yoginam api sarvesa mad-gatenantar-atmana
sraddhavan bhajate yo mamsa me yuktatamo matah
tapasvibhyo 'dhiko yogi jnanibhyo 'pi mato 'dhikah
karmibhyas cadhiko yogi tasmad yogi bhavarjuna
The yogi who is a worshiper of the Supersoul is superior to
persons engrossed in severe austerities such as the candrayana,
superior to the worshipers of Brahman, and superior to the
fruitive workers. Know this certainly to be My conclusion.
Therefore, O Arjuna, be a yogi.
Among all types of yogis, the most elevated of all is the devotee
who has full faith in the authoritative pure devotional scriptures,
and who adores Me with all his heart by hearing and singing My
divine glories, rendering all services unto Me. Certainly this is My
opinion.
In this iron age we take complete shelter of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga
Jiva Goswami explains the meaning of this verse in his own parallel
verse:
antah krsnam bahir gauram darsitangadi-vaibhavam
kalau sankirtanadyaih sma krsna-caitanyam asritah
"I take shelter of Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who is outwardly of a golden complexion, but is inwardly Krishna Himself. In this ageof Kali, He displays His expansions while performing congregational chanting of the holy name of Krishna. That he is blackish within means that internally He is Krishna; that He is golden without means that He has accepted the mood of Srimati Radharani. In the age of Kali, that Golden Lord is seen accompanied by His expansions, associates, and intimate devotees performing sankirtana."
dhyeyam sada paribhava-ghnam abhista-doham tirthaspadam siva-virinci-nutam saranyam bhrtyarti-ham pranata-pala bhavabdhi-potam vande maha-purusa te caranaravindam
"O Mahaprabhu, Your lotus feet are the highest object of meditation, for they not only destroy the pain of material existence, but they bestow the greatest fulfillment to all souls who take shelter beneath them. Your lotus feet even purify all saintly persons and holy places.
Lord Siva and Lord Brahma aspire to take shelter beneath Your lotus feet. O Mahaprabhu, You give shelter to all who simply bow down before You. You relieve all the miseries of Your surrendered servants. In the grand ship of Your lotus feet, we can cross over this ocean of material miseries. O Mahaprabhu, I bow down before Your lotus feet."
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