Re: Happiness

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
All glories to Swami Gaurangapada!
Srinath gave wonderfull, wonderfull explanation. Nityananda! Gauranga!

Just want to add few words.
In Bhagavad gita, Lord Sri Krsna is saying 

abrahma-bhuvanal lokah
punar avartino �rjuna

"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place" (Bg. 8.16)

Word abrahma means Brahmaloka, highest planet. That is real problem. Even if one enters the highest planet, Brahmaloka, there is still birth and death. We are constantly changing bodies, now we are on Brahmaloka or Indraloka, tomorow we may be in body of pig or dog. So evan highest planet in universe is place of "punar avartino" - repetition of birth and death.

Lord Krsna is explainig this point and He is giving us solution! If evan highest planet in universe is not secure for constant hapiness and enjoyement, where we should go? We want to be eternaly happy? Dont we? That is our nature. But where to find that eternal joy and hapiness? In second part of this verse Lord Krsna, Parta-sarathi is giving us answer:

mam upetya tu kaunteya
punar janma na vidyate

" But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again."

Person who attains Krsna's abode attains all perfection. Real problem in this world is that evan if person finds "hapiness" and "security", manage somehow to have enough money, etc. he or she will be forsed to leave body. That is same evan on Brahmaloka. No difference. So, Lord Krsna is saying, if you want to become happy, and that is reason why you want to go to any planet, come to highest destination, come to me.

It is not possiable in this age for any person to performe severe austerities like you described and there is no need to do that. If person wants ultimate benefit then he or she should engage in Naam sankirtan chanting Nityananda Gauranga and Hare Krsna. That is top-most yoga process. And result will be that person will become perfectly happy and attain highest planet, Goloka Vrindavana. That is real, eternal happiness.

Thank you for asking this important question. All glories to Swami Gaurangapada!
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

your servant,
Ishana Thakura das

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