Gaudiya Math Chennai / 'The Gaudiya Special Issue September 2012'
Gaudiya Math Chennai / 'The Gaudiya Special Issue September 2012'
Gaudiya Math Chennai / 'The Gaudiya Special Issue September 2012'
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 1
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 2
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 3
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 4
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 5
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 6
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 7
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 8
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 9
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 10
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 11
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 12
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 13
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 14
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THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 15
THE GAUDIYA SEPTEMBER 2012 16
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EDITORIAL
Founder Editor:
Nityaleelapravishta
Sri Srimad Bhakti Vilas
Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Editor:
H.H.Tridandiswami
Sri B.V.Madhusudan Maharaj
Associate Editors:
H.H.Tridandiswami
Sri B.K.Harijan Maharaj
H.H.Tridandiswami
Sri B.P.Janardan Maharaj
Prof. R.N.Sampath
Sub-Editor :
Sri Gauranga Prasad
Brahmachari
Manager:
Sri Sujan Krishna
Brahmachari
On the path of action and knowledge
also Parama Purusha Sri Krishna, the
Supreme Being to be realised, that may be
indirect method of worship. So it is said in
Geeta that, Avidhi Purvakam. Apart from
that there is the definite approach to attain
Him, realise Him. That is Bhakti (devotion).
Bhakti is the Goal itself and not a mere cult.
This is the fundamental difference between
devotion on the one hand, knowledge and
action on the other. Bhakti Nayati and
Darshayati. Bhakti directly takes the
devotee to the Supreme Being and shows
Him in His Rupam (original Form) as
Dvibhuja Muralidhara Shymasundara
Vrajendranandana Krishna.
Bhakti is neither a cult nor an applied
science, rather it is the highest stance of a cult.
Those who follow the path of action and
knowledge say, I want to realise the Supreme
Entity. But the idea of devotees mind is, I
want to serve the Parama Purusha. That
is, the idea of service is predominant in Bhakti.
Only satisfaction of the served is the essence
of the devotion.
Bhakti is the definite method of worship
and all others are indefinite methods of
worship. Suppose the elevator and the
staircase, these are the two ways to reach to
the top floor of a hundred storied building.
One can reach to the top floor of the building
very shortly and without much exhaustion
when he takes the elevator. But if he walks
through the staircase, that will be very
DevotionGoal of life
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tiresome and timeless for him. Likewise
the Bhakti is so easiest and definite on
the one hand and the other methods are
so indefinite and troublesome on the
other hand. Regarding the methods, other
than Bhakti (karma, jnana, youga etc. )
said in the Geeta that
Kl e s h o a d h i k a r a s t e s h m-
avyaktsaktachetasm.
I do not want anything from You.
I only want to serve You. Therein lies
the excellence as well as the superiority
of Bhakti. The devotion is the
characteristics of the soul but it is
dormant when we are in this material
condition of life. As soon as we come to
the contact with a pure devotee, it is
kindled and then blossomed in due
course of time and spreads its fragrance
in the form of Premabhakti to the Lotus
Feet of Sri Krishna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
The awakening of devotion causes
the aesthetic sense - the fealing of beauty
that dormant in ones heart. For
devotees, devotion is the life. The
expression of their vital energy. Where
there is no devotion, the throbbing of their
lives also stops. That is why devotees
cannot even think of surviving without
devotion.
The Bhakti has mainly three stages.
When it initiates, the stage is called
Sdhana Bhakti, establishes the
relationship (sambandha) between
servent and served. At the progressive
stage of Bhakti is known as Bhava
Bhakti, when it starts functioning
(Abhidheya) in between Bhakta
(devotee) and Bhagavan (Lord) in the
form of service (sevpuj), thinking the
Lord Krishna as Master (Dsya-bhva)
or Friend (Sakhya) or Son (Parental
affection Vatsalya), or consort
(Madhura-bhva conjugal love). The
third or final stage of Bhakti is reciprocal
which produces the fruit in the form of
Prema Bhakti or it be known as Gopika
Bhakti in Vrindavan. Therefore at first
relatlionship, then functioning and finally
Fruit could be attained. The Bhakti
school of Lord Sri Chaitanya classified
the entire system of Bhakti as follows:
1. Sambandha Relationship, 2.
Abhidheya Functioning and 3.
Prayojana Fruit.
The Prema-Bhakti is complete
effacement of materialism. Only Sri
Krishna, the Supreme Peronality
Godhead is served there. In the 10th
Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam mentioned
the Supremacy of the Premabhakti of the
Gopikas. Sriman Uddhavas statement
to Sri Krishna on returning from
Vrindavan, it proved. He said, O
Krishna! My dear friend, please bless
me that, next I be born in Vrindavan as a
creeper, when the damsels of Vrindavan
would walk over there I be bathed with
their feet-dust. So that I may have an
iota of devotion at Your Lotus Feet.
Sriman Uddhava, initially had the
ego of becoming a foremost devotee of
Sri Krishna. To eradicate his ego Sri
Krishna sent him to Vrindavan to watch
over the fathomlessness of the devotion
of Gopikas. During his conversation with
Gopikas in Vrindavan, one Gopika came
forward and siad, Sir, you had not to
come over here and just wasting our time,
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the pang of seperation from Him
(Krishna) how painful the heartless
people like you and your friend (Krishna)
do not know, because you never under
gone. We are now with dirty clothing,
dishevelled hair, without ornaments,
wearing no garland, no food, why you
know? Because of your friend only. The
day He left Vrindavan, we also stopped
everything including the food even. You
dont know that we are Krishnagata
prna. Our only subject-matter of doing
feeling and thinking is He. We cook to
offer and accept His remnant
(Prasdam). We change our dresses
eight times in a day (eight yamas) as per
His liking. We gardening for offering Him
garland, we comb for His satifaction only.
O Uddhava! a cunning friend of cunning
One! You think that we are so weak
because we dont take food? No! No!
Please go back to Mathura and tell your
Friend that we are always drinking deep
the Nectar of His Glorious Pastimes
performed in Vrindavan, through our ear
holes. Therefore we survive on that and
quite healthy. We completely forgotten
the hunger and thurst. Shrinvanti
swakatha Krishna.. always His
Glories are being discussed among us.
His Divine Pastimes are constantly
remembered. So He is not away from
us. Vrindvanam parityajya
pdamekam na gachchmi He
cannot leave Vrindavana, cannot leave
us.
The Gopikas spontaneous love for
Krishna is coming from innermost part
of their heart. In the eyes of others Sri
Krishna may be something Great or God,
Whoever He is, but to Gopikas He is
always their Darling. Mother Yashoda
does not hesitate even to chestise Him.
Gopikas completely ignore the Majestic
activities, whatever He performed in
Vrindavan. Always they consider Sri
Krishna as their Son or Friend or Lover.
This is the supremacy of the devotion for
which even Sri Krishna, the Supreme
Personality Godhead became the captive
of those cowherds.
shmaho charana renujushmaham sym
vrindvane kimapi gulma-lataushadheenm |
y dustyajam swajanamrya pathancha hitv
bhejurmukundapadaveem shruitbhirvimrigym || (Bh. X.47.61)
B BB BB.V .V .V .V .V.Madhusudan .Madhusudan .Madhusudan .Madhusudan .Madhusudan
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Sri Krishna Jayanti, which is the
most important religious Festival,
celebrated at our Sri Gaudiya Math,
Chennai and also at all our Gaudiya
Maths.
This being the Annual function
of Sri Gaudiya Math, Chennai,
celebrated with special festivities
for about 15 days, with attractive
Theistic Exhibition, special Bhajans
by different singers, discourses,
special offerings, decorations etc.
The function started on 29th
July with Jhulan Yatra. On that day
the Theistic Exhibition and Sri
Krishna Jayanti Celebrations
formally opened by Sri L.
Deenadayalan, M.A., L.L.B.,
Honble Member, Dist. Consumer
Court, Chennai South. He was taken
around the Exhibition and was
explained about each stall.
For five consecutive days
Jhulan Yatra was conducted and
every day during evening hours the
Utsava (Vijaya) Vigrahas of Sri
Radha Govind were taken in
procession from the Temple to the
Prayer Hall with Samkirtana and Sri
Radha Govind were placed on the
well decorated Swing Pole and
special Aratrika was performed.
On 30th being the Disappear-
ance Day of Srila Rupa Goswami
and Srila Gauridas Pandit, a special
discourse was held in which
glorious life and teachings were
discussed. And on 2nd August, the
day of the Advent of Sri Baladev, was
observed with fasting and special
Bhajans, discourses, bhoga-raga
were performed in the midday,and
during the evening hours in a special
meeting Baladeva Tattva was
discussed.
This year special Bhajan
Parties performed their bhajans
about all the days, i.e. from 29th July
to 12th August.
On 8th evening by Coromandal
Express Train our Acharya &
General Secretary His Holiness
Tridandiswami Srimad B. P. Yati
Maharaj arrived with his disciples.
He was received in Chennai Railway
Station by the elites and devotees by
shouting All Glory to Acharya, All
Glory to Acharya.
As soon as His Holiness
arrived at the Math one can see the
happiness in the eyes of the
devotees as if they regained the lost
treasure. He was received with
Vedic Chantings and Poorna
Ourselves
Sri Krishna Jayanti
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Kumbham and one by one all the
elites and devotees assembled paid
their tributes to Acharya Swamiji.
His Holiness was led to the
Temple, when His Holiness paid
homage to the Deities. He was
honoured with camphor Arati.
Afterwards His Holiness met the
devotees continuously.
On the 10th August, the Sri
Krishna Jayanti Day, the function
commenced at the early morning
4.30 a.m. with Mangala Aratrika and
continued upto midnight 2.00 a.m.
In the evening Bhajan was
performed by Sri Kanakadurga
Bhajan Mandali.
At 6.00 p.m. His Holiness
Visvesa Tirtha Swamiji of Pejawar
Math, Udupi arrived alongwith his
disciples. His Holiness was
received and led him to our Acharya,
who met together after a long time
and they chatted for a while.
Afterwards both the Acharyas were
taken to the Temple when due
Temple honours were given to both
Holinesses.
Then they were taken to the
Prayer Hall where a meeting was
conducted. All the Swamijis, elites
and devotees were duly welcomed
and Swamijis and speakers were
garlanded.
First His Holiness Srimad
Visvesa Tirtha Swamiji spoke at
length about Bhakti, and how it is
easy to follow in day to day life by
even an ordinary person. In his
discourse he quoted a sloka from
Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhus
Shikshashtakam, viz. Trinadapi
suneechena ....... and explained the
eligibility of a person to sing the
Divine Name of Krishna.
Afterwards our Acharyapad His
Holiness Srimad B.P. Yati Maharaj
spoke about the significance of the
Advent of Vrajendra Nandana Sri
Krishna and how an aspirant should
lead the austere life to attain the
highest summum bonum of life.
Then Sripad B.V. Madhusudan
Maharaj and Sripad B.K. Harijan
Maharaj also spoke.
In the meantime as His
Holiness was preoccupied, Srimad
Visvesa Tirtha Swamiji left. Due to
old age our Acharya retired from the
meeting. The other two speakers Sri
M. Deenadayal and Dr. T.S.
Narayana Swamy were happy to hear
the speeches of both the Acharyas
and they did not wish to speak
anymore.
Soon the meeting was over,
there was Aratrika, and Bhajan by
Bhaktaswaraa Bhajan Mandali was
followed.
After the Bhajan, Sripad B.V.
Madhusudan Maharaj recited Srimad
Bhagavatam 10th Canto, the chapter
of the Advent of the Supreme Lord.
Exactly at midnight, at the time
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of the Advent of the Supreme Lord,
special Abhishekam, Puja were
performed. Afterwards several
varities of eatables were offered to
the Supreme Lord.
This year the front side of the
Sanctum Sanctorum and the Prayer
Hall were beautifully decorated with
flowers by professional flower
decorators of West Bengal.
The eagerly waiting devotees
were surcharged when the Temple
doors were opened for Special
Aratrica, as the Deities and Sanctum
Sanctorum were so beautifully
decorated and everybody could feel
the Divine Grace of the Lord.
After the Aratrika, everybody
did Temple Parikrama which
followed with distribution of Tirtha-
Prasadam. Afterwards everybody
was given Laddu Prasadam in queue.
At about 2.30 a.m. the function came
to a conclusion.
Next day from the morning
onwards devotees started pouring
into the Math to receive Maha
Prasadam. In the evening there was
a special Keyboard Bhajan by Sri
Vijaya Kumar and special Bhajan by
Sri S. Vasu Rao & Party followed
with Aratrika.
Sri Krishna Jayanti was
celebrated in a befitting manner in
all our other branches too.
We pray the Supreme Lord Sri
Krishna to shower His Blessings on
those who got a chance to contribute
and give their generious service in
this Holy Celebrations and those
who performed their Vachika
Kainkarya (Bhajans). We are
thankful to the Bhajan parties Sri
Srinivasa Perumal Bhajan Samajam,
Soundarya Ladies Association, Smt.
K.S. Jaimala, Kum. R. Kirtipriya,
Mambalam Sisters, Smt. Usha
Kapoor, Sathya Gaana Sundaram
Smt. Indumathy, Smt. Sobha
Upadhyay, Amrita VahiniSmt.
Prema Prabhakaran, Sharada Bhajan
Mandali, Radhakrishna Bhajan
Mandali, Geethanjali Bhajan
Mandali, Gopalapuram Sisters, Sri
Sai Sangeetalaya, Karpagam
Sangeetha VidhyalayaSmt. M.S.
Nalini, Lakshmi Bhajan Mandali,
Gopalapuram Madar Samajam, Gita
Bhavan Bhajan Mandali, Sri V.
Alamelu, Dr. V. Subbaraman, Nallur
Viswanathan Memorial Educational
Trust, Bhakti DharaSmt. Maya
Joshi, Kodalur Sri Gopi Bhagavathar,
Smt. Anita Ram & Prabha, Sri
Muralidhar, Smt. Svetha Sriram,
Rasika Priya, Sri Kanakadurga
Bhajan Mandali, Bhaktaswaraa
Bhajan Mandali, Pushpalathika,
Sunadavinodhini, Sri Vijayakumar &
Kum. Soundarya, Sri S.Vasu Rao &
Party; who performed their bhajans
during this holy celebrations.
We are extremely thankful to
the Print and Electronic Media for
their wide coverage. A few News
paper cuttings are reproduced as it
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+ +|v| =| + | ~=||~--=++ +
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+ | -+ =~- +| = 4
- -4+ -4 - |-~ |- ||-| --
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+|==+|++ =n|.=n|-=||.-
=||+~ |4 :-|+4a+|+ ++=-
-=+|=|-4 ++++|=|+|44,
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+ =-4|+ =-4| = =|-=|+-=-
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|++|-| 4|4 -|4 |-=|-|=-
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= +|=|4 +|=|4+=|~| =4-
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|+ | -v|+-|=-4-=-4|+|~|=-
|~|=|=-4|+| + || ||v=-
-|+| ||4|= ||4 |=4+a4||+-
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=- 4||| ||-| ; 4v|+:||
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4|+| |+|-|- + |+ ~| n+ ~| ~|
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+ 4-|++|.++|+++|.+|.||
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- || |~ +|=n=n~4|-
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| -||-|+|+|-||+ |+|-||+ |-v-||+
+
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--+-- +4 =|:||+
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--|~- +|--| ~| 4|+ -+
=+ n= n| - ~|4| ,
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+|---| +|--| = 4|-4
+ || | ++| - |,
|=+-| +=- |=+ --
+ ++ ||+||,
av|+av|+|4~|-
-n|=-| ~| 4 =r4|,
+-=|-| ; +| -+| |=+ -.
) -+| -+|+||+||-+--4|-
.+--4|.a|+--4|..--4| -v||+.|+
|+ -||-||+ |-||+---v||+ + + 4|+
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|+n 4| +-, |+=|++|--
+=4|:|=-|+4| +|, |+4
=4 ;|- |-v- + |+ ~|~|+|+ - |=+|
|=+| |+||+ -
| -|-, -|--4|+-|+=-4|
= +|+ + |.+ + | + + -+ n +|4-4|
+|4-4|.4 +-4 -
~| |-| -+ |=+, =++ |+a| 4,
+|4 +|-, ~| ~| +|-|+++| |+-
+||++ |.+ + =-|+|---
-.
-4 | +--4 +--4 |4-4
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-|+|-4 + = , + .=-|+| :|
|+ 4=|4|+ -
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+|4+-4 +|~ +|.4++|~ +++
+a +4- + 4n||=||=4| -=|
+a a~4- + =| |+=-4 +=-4
++ |+|-4- |+-4 ++:|=+
+:|=+ n+-|a4=-~|+ -+++|
=-|+ +4-, +4- ~ - |+=+ =| 4|
=a|| + -| = |-v-a|| .4|~a|4| -
.4|~-| |+||4-| ' -
;-4=|- ~4|- ~4+|-+z 4=
=+|-+--++-++|-++|+|++|--|-
+ |4 |44| =-| |--=+== |= ||+=| +|
=|+|a4=-a~|| ~||+|-= a+|--
++|+ +|4|+4| a+:|=-
+ :|=-|--|--=-+|:4-|+| ;
+|+-|.+-|+=|---| +-|+-
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v -+ +-=+|= --
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+ + + +||- ++|~a|+
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n| |-+v+||v+| 4~ .
-----+ -+ a|++|++ +|++ =
==| =+|= =+-||-| ; |+:||,
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|~|~+-=| ~|4| ~|4||- +~|-|
-|-|+4 -|---|-|+-+|=
+|=--++|+ + |+=- n|-
=-|=|-|=-|.= |-+ |= |= -
+|~4, -a|+a|..+a|--
4 n|+4-n-|+4+-- +| n-----||-
|+||-|+-| ---|- +-+ -=-
+| + 4-|+|4--4-+-|-=+|-
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+||z4+|4|=| +4 -|-||++++=
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-| 4-| +4 -||-|||=4=+
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+|4-=+=|= | .= | |-|+ ,
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+|=||=||=-|4 | |4 | +4 =-4| + +|+
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+|=| =| = 4|+=| |+--
+z| 4-4 -4 a~4| ~4|+ |- |+| |+-
+|= =n|+|+| 4-| =|
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4|4-4 =|+-+|-4 +=+ --|-
- +
-4 -4 +, +|+||+-,
+-+|-- ~- + + 4 n 4 n-||-+-
+-|4|+4-+|+: -|+-+4|-+-
=||=- - +|+|-~| - ~| - -| - |+= n +
= n + = 4| |4+ + =| =| ; n|+|4| -
+|| +=|v-=|v-r4+4+44|4
+ |- -
+|-+ =|-|:|++ ++-+:
=||+|+++|4 : |4 |n|+--= -
+|+: =+| +: +4+: ++=:
=+ .
-|~+|= + | |= + | .|=, -|n=-
-|+= =|, -|n=|||=+|
aa a|, -|-|44| |+=a|-
.|+=a|.|=, -|n=+-|-| -|-| --
||=+| a=|+ =|+-44 +|+|-
-4 -4- =+- +- |+4||--,
4 + - .= -= |+:|-+| -+ | 4|+-
|-||||4+-=||+-=||++ = ~
+= += | |- 4|++ -++|4= +|=+|
=+|-+++|+||- a|-+ |~|a
~| -|-4 4: 4 4+ -| .4 a+|
-4 ~-| ~-|+|+ |+|n=+-
| ++= + = + +|-4- , + + -+|++ -=|
-=| =4-, +||-|+|4:=| -=|
=|4-, +|| |~-: 4=:|=+-
+=|=+-|=+|+| .
-+|+=--| ++|++|a|4+
+|=|
|- |- +=||-~ | :|-
| +-| +4|- + +|:--
--|: .
+| +| +| ||v|v|v||-,
-4a|=a=-|=+|4-4|
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4~|- +|+~| .:
v |+ -4 |+-4|-| -
+ +- + -| .-| |:||4-|+|
4-|+| |+ 4+| -==| 4|+ +
a~|- -, -+|| | -+| -++=
-|--4 ++--4|
v - = |+| + + |~+ | ,
+4~| ~ |~| | , -~| n
|+4--+ , |++--| +++++ = -
| , 4 |+ +|+ |+|+| | ||=+|
a| + |4 ++ | +-4 ,
-|:|:|+|+- |+||=+|
|++ 4|+~ |4-4|++=||-n +|n:|-4|
a|-+ +=+||~4+4+|-|4a|4-
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|=|+4 |+| +|++|4|+-4||+ +-4|
|+++ 4- =+|-4 -4| |+|n||-
--+ ||-4+|+4|+|+=| + =|-a-
~4++4- --4 |+|=+ a-' ;|-
+|= |~|4 ~|4+ +-+| ~4-| -
.|~+|;-4--|+-| |+-|-| +-+| -- +
-4=-=|= =|= |-=-| ~4-=|+-
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a~ -4| .|+ 4-4| .|+ 4-|+| +||+
+||+-|+|+| + |+- |-, -=||-
-=||-|+-4||+4|+ |- +v
|+||- :
- =|+ -++++- +|| ++|-
++||~~-|.4 |=||.|+ ||+-
; ||=|||| .|| .|+ |a|| |:
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+|-+|+ |+|4-|' ;|- +|--4++4++-
+|||-|z|+| -++444|=|+|
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|4|z-| | +4| +4| a +| +| |-4
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++|.|+ +|.|+ +|+, -+4 +:|4| + 4||
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-||=| +4-| 4=:|+|+ + ~4 ' ;|-
~4++-4+ +|..||=+ |+-+4|
+4|~|~4| 4+|=|-, -+|-= =
4|+|.|+|.4 +|+|- =~4~|=-
a| -
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|~~|4 ~|4 ~4|+| ~4|+| ~=|+|
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+ 4-| |+4 | .+ 4 ||+ a||-
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z|-++-+++=-==|~-~|-|
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~+|a4| | + |++4||
4|| ++-|+-|a: - +=4|-
+||-+ +4++:=: -| n-'
;|- |+4|-4|44+|+|--
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+ = + -a| =+|+| |+|+ |
|++ |- -|-+ = ) +|4 4 -
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|+- |- |4|+4|+|+ |a|+a|+-+
-+ +|+ a-4 |-||+-4| -|+
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+4||~| =|+ |4+~|4-+~|4+ 4-
+ |4| ; n|| -|, -v
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+4++ +|4|+ ;, a+ =||~| |-
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|=n|+ ;, + =4++ + -4|
=a4+|4 + 4|+ ;, a-4 +
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|=-4 4|+| | +| . |=4+
~|-|-' ;|- ||4 =|+ |+|++
+-+|=||- |+|+, 4v| -- ~| ~|:
=+=:|4 | ||-| |++|
-|4=| .4| , -|+| --4, --4
+ +- ++||+- |+- 4z|+=|=-+ +
+-4||+| -= + -|++ ++ =+ + =+ = -4
4||+| 4|+4|' ;|- -+|+-|+=4 =
) |+, |++= ++|4|+|-4
-4-|-|~=|4--+ +-=| =4-
=4|+|+=-|+|-+||-+|=+|+:-
+: =-|n-|+| +++ - | -| .+ ||44|
+4-+4+|| .
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- ||a~ -4 ++ |- |++-v| + |4 ,
++ ||++-v| |, +|---||+
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;|- :=| 4n ||+-||-|-
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|+|a 44-|4-|v |++||+ -|+=|+|
4 +|+=||+-+ -+ =4+ =4+
|+ n+|+ =|+ |4|+ -
|n||+| + +| + ||+|| |n |+=
~| 4 |+~ |+ |- =|- r4|+| +|z|-
a~ -|+| ||-||4|+ +4+| -= + | |--
a +| v4| v 4| 4|+|-+ -|=|
+-+|+n|-=n|= -+| = -++|+- -
4|+, -- |+|-+-|~ n|+ ~4|
|-|n+|n-+= n=+|=|-
-v| ---
|+|=|+ a=|- +||=-| |+|-
+||-||+ |+4||+-|-~|-|-|
+ |=| + =|- + |z-| ||++|4| +|n|
+||-||+ |-+- a|--~| +-+|
:
) - a -| -+|4-
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a~ |-|+ + | ~|+4| +4| |- --
+|-| =+=|-+|= |++|+4-|
+|+|+ |v ++v|+v++ -|4-=
~| ~| -4||--4||-' ;-4|-=+
+- +| .|+ +=+= = ==|= .
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++=a|-+-|+4 -| =|=
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+|4|4||--+++|v =-- -
+:|+|- +| ~--|-4|+,
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+|=|=| -| - 4 =|+||+-| .
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.
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+|~|= +||- +|+|4 ++|-|-,
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+ |-4| +| + |+= + | +|=| +
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PROCESS OF NAMA-BHAJANA
Srila Sachchidananda Bhakti Vinode Thakur
Consciousness about the
characteritic of transcendental truth
constitutes swarupa-siddhi. It is the
knowledge of true relationship. When
knowledge of relationship arises,
abhidheya in the form of cultivation of
Prema and Prayojana i.e. necessity of
Prema are gained. Chit-dham of
Krishna, Chit-Leela of Krishna are all
included in Prema tattva, which is truth
of necessity. In the Prasna Upanishad,
bhajana of Gods Name has been
decided. The Divine Name has been said
as eternally true. Name of Krishna has
been accepted as His Manifestation in
this world. Although Nama consists of
combination of letters, yet this is special
Manifestation of Krishna. According to
the fact that there is no distinction
between Nama and Swarupa, Sri
Krishna has descended from Goloka-
Vrindavana by assuming the form of
Nama. So Name of Krishna is the
first acquaintance with Him. Jiva
should therefore take His Nama, if he
aspires to attain Krishna. Sri
Gopalaguru Goswami, one of the dearest
disciples of Sri Swarup Damodar
Goswami has quoted from Agnipurana
in his Harinamarthanirnaya that if
anybody utters Hare Krishna, Hare
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
even un-willingly, there is no doubt that
he will get his desired end. Brahmanda
Purana says, if any body cities Hare
Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
Hare he will be freed from all sins. The
greatest preacher of Harinama and
collector of Its relevant datas is Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Words
of Hare Krishna, coming out of His Lips
have inundated the world with vast ocean
of Prema. Sriman Mahaprabhu has
instructed people to take rosary of
NamaHare Krihsna, Hare
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare
Hare; Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare. consisting
of sixteen words and thirty two letters.
These have been well described in Sri
Chaitanya Charitamrita and Sri
Chaitanya Bhagavatam. Sri Gopalaguru
Goswami has explained the meaning of
these Names as thus: By pronouncing
Hari, all sins of wicked minded persons
are removed. If fire is touched
unknowingly it must burn. So
pronouncing Hari Nama exhibits the truth
of God as chit-ghana-ananda i.e.
embodiment of eternal sentient bliss and
extinguishes Avidya which is the root
of all evil. For this, it is called Harinama,
or it is Hari-Nama because it banishes
three-fold sorrows of all sentient and
insentient beings, or because it captivates
the mind of the whole world by means
of hearing and chanting Its inherent
transcendental good qualities, or because
it steals the mind of the people and of all
Avataras by its own sweetness
transcending the sweetness and beauty
of crores of cupids of love. Hare is
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case of address of the term Hari, or
according to Brahma Samhita She Who
can rob the mind of Hari by Her
unprecedented love and affection is
called Hara and this is applicable only
to Srimati Radhika, daughter of King
Vrishabhanu and by vocative case She
is Hare.
According to Agama shastra,
meaning of Krishna is Attractor or
Captivator, Krishna is derived from root
of Krish i.e. to attract and by application
of suffix Na which denotes ultimate
Bliss. So He is the great attractor, He is
Supreme Brahman and embodiment of
eternal Bliss. Krishna in case of address
is Krishna. In Agama, Shiva has said,
Oh Goddess! by pronouncing Ra all
sins are driven out and ma which being
a closed door prevents the sin from
entering again. This is the meaning of
Rama. Puranas have also said, The
meaning of Rama is He Who is God of
transcendental Erotic Leela and Who is
always engaged in amorous play with
His eternal playmate Sri Radha. So
Rama signifies Krishna only and none
else. In course of discussion of Nama
Bhajan, implication of each Name will
be shown.
Devotees in the ascending state of
Prema sing and remember series of Hare
Krishna Nama by keeping count of
beads. During the time of singing and
remembering they constantly cultivate the
trascendental svarupa by knowing the
meaning of Nama. In course of constant
cultivation, all evil is removed very soon
and heart becomes pure. By reciting
semblance of Harinama and constantly
pondering over their meaning,
transcendental Nama will naturally
appear in their pure heart.
Those who have taken Nama are
of two kinds : 1. who are in the
beginning state of performance. 2. who
are in the state of fulfillment. Those who
are in beginning state are again divided
into two classes Preliminary and daily.
In addition, there are eternally liberated
persons who have attained spiritual body.
Preliminary devotees by counting beads
increase their number and acquire
constancy. By gaining constancy, citing
of Nama becomes diurnal. Preliminary
devotees have no relish for Nama,
because their tongues, have been
embittered by the bile of Avidya. In
course of counting beads always in Tulasi
Mala, when constancy is gained and
chanting of Nama becomes diurnal, some
regard grows for Nama. In this state,
the aspirant does not like to sit idle
without pronouncing Nama. Then
pronouncing Nama always with fondness,
taste for Nama arises. At that time
Avidya which lies at root of sin which is
the seed of sin, and desire for sin is
automatically removed and heart
becomes pure. In the preliminary stage,
it is absolutely necessary to chant Nama
with eagerness and without any offence.
This is possible only by abandoning evil
company and getting salutary instructions
from the company of Sadhus. The
preliminary stage when over, relish for
Nama and kindness to jivas naturally
increase. In such case, there is no
necessity of taking any help from the
procedure of Karma, Jnana and Yoga
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etc. If Nama is sung with earnest mind
alongwith these processes, heart
becomes purified soon and Avidya
gradually recedes. The more Avidya is
destroyed, the more applied-renunciation
and knowledge of relationship appear and
make the heart pure. This has been tested
again and again amongst the learned. At
the time of taking Nama, the true meaning
of Nama should be cultivated with
fondness, and prayer should be made to
Krishna with piteous cry. Then by the
Mercy of Krishna, bhajana will improve
gradually. If this is not done, it will take
many a birth to attain success like Karmis
and Jnanis.
Those who are engaged in bhajan
are divided into two classes i.e. amongst
them some are load-carrying and some
are essence-taking. Those who are
desirous of having enjoyment and
emancipation and engrossed in material
world are burdened with effort of attaining
fourfold ends viz., dharma, artha, kama
and moksha. They are not aware that
the essential thing is Prema. So the load
carrying persons inspite of their best
efforts and greatest care cannot get
improved in bhajana. Those who are
inquisitive about essence, concentrate
their mind on the truth of Prema and gain
their desired object soon. They are in
the ascending stage of Prema. They can
reach Prema soon and become natural
Paramahamsa. On the other hand, if the
load-carrying persons happen to come
in contact with Sadhus and learn how to
regard the essential thing they too can
soon ascend the step of Prema.
(Bh.XI.28.27; I.18.12).
After many a birth, if any person be
fortunate to have tendency towards
devotion, he gets regard for path of
devotion and that regard yields him relish
with company of devotees. If practices
of bhajana are performed with pure
devotees, he gets Sadhana-Bhakti,
tending towards Prema. By mercy of
pure devotees if rightful processes of
Sadhana are taken he can very soon
ascend the step of Prema. If lessons of
bhajana are received from mixed
devotees or those who possess only
semblance of devotion, Prema becomes
distant from him and cannot be sincere.
In this state anartha (evil) prevails and
stands in the way of showing regard for
pure devotees. Crookedness arises and
makes the heart deceitful. In this stage,
the aspirants falling into the junior class
spend many a birth. Juniors have regard
for devotion but, that is tender and
always guided by temptation. In order
to drive out restlessness from their heart
they have to learn lessons of adoration
according to Agama Shastra from a
worthy preceptor. After practising
adoration for a long time, they can get
regard for Nama. When regard for
Nama arises, inclination grows for
practising Nama-bhajana in company
with pure sadhus.
The practices of those fortunate
persons who have unflinching regard for
Krishna-Nama from their very birth are
quite different. By Mercy of Krishna,
they take resort to such a preceptor who
is conversant with the meaning of the
Trtuh of Nama. Sriman Mahaprabhu has
decided about the right and fitness of such
preceptor who is a knower of Nama-
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tattva. Although there is no necessity of
taking initiation in respect of Name, yet
the importance of Guru knowing the
meaning of the Truth of Nama is self-
evident. Letters of Nama can be had
everywhere, but the hidden Truth of
Nama can be opened only by the mercy
of Guru who is purely devoted. But his
mercy, the preliminary stage of the
aspirant i.e., semblance of Nama is
removed and he is protected from
offences against Name.
Those who have taken Nama-
bhajana as their vow belong to middle
class from the beginning. Because they
are aware of the swarupa of Nama. They
are in reality in the ascending state of
Prema. Their religious behaviour consists
in love for Krishna, amity and friendship
with holy and pure Vaishnavas, sympathy
and kindness to junior Vaishnavas who
are of soft regard, and indifference to
those who disregard all-conscious
Srimurti of God. The juniors being unable
to distinguish Vaishnava fall in a very
pitiable condition from time to time
(Bh.XI.2.47). The devotees in the
ascending state of Prema and coming
under the category of middle class show
three kinds of behaviour to three classes
of Vaishnavas respectively. They soon
reach Prema and in course of time
become best devotees. (Bh XI.2.46,
Upadeshamritam of Srila Rupa
Goswami). They are fit persons for
holding companionship.
These middle class-devotees, in
course of chanting Nama by keeping
count of beads complete three lakhs
numbers in day and night. They derive
such pleasure that they cannot give up
Nama for a moment. Because they
cannot complete the fixed number during
bed time, they at last chant Nama
endlessly. In course of constantly
thinking the meaning of Harinama which
Sri Gopala Guru Goswami has explained,
all evil which is natural to human beings
is graually abated and they can meet the
highest blissful Svarupa of Nama.
When the Svarupa of Nama appears
vividly, the Chit-Svarupa of Krishna
becomes identified with the Svarupa of
Nama. The more Nama will appear in
pure characterstic and bhajana will be
performed by recollecting His Form and
Beauty, the more material gunas viz.
sattva, rajah and tama will disappear
and pure sattva i.e., transcendental
quality of Krishna will appear. The more
bhajana will be pure, being combined
with Nama, Form and Quality, the more
the Leela of Krishna will be vividly
reflected in pure heart, by spiritual
meditation and by mercy of Krishna.
Name with count, or countless Nama will
be chanted in tongue, the Beauty and
Form will be seen in mind, Qualities of
Krishna will be noticed in heart and
Krishna-leela will vividly appear in soul,
absorbed in meditation. In this the
following five stges of aspirant are
noticed: (1) Shravana dasa (stage of
hearing), (2) Varana dasha (stage of
surrender), (3) Smarana dasha (stage
of remembering), (4) pana dasha
(stage of real self), (5) Prpana dasha
(stage of fulfillment).
On hearing Nama as the means and
end from preceptor, the pleasant state
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of mind which arises at that time is called
Shravana dasa (stage of hearing).
Whatever things have been said about
taking Nama (Bh.XI.14.26) without
offence and whatever method and fitness
have been prescribed, are all derived
during the state of hearing. From this,
constancy in Nama arises. When a
person being fit receives rosary, woven
with the string of Nama and Prema from
Sri Gurudeva i.e. when the worthy
disciple surrenders himself to the feet of
Guru with extreme satisfaction and
veneration by accepting pure bhajana
from him and receiving his inspiration
that stage of devotee is called Varana
dasha (stage of surrender).
Remembrance, conception, meditation,
recollection and absorption in deep
contemplation these five are the
processes of remembering Name.
Remembering Name, remembering
Form and Beauty, conception of
Qualities, constant remembrance of
Leela and being absorbed in the
sweetness of Krishna by penetrating
deep into His Leela which is called as
Rupa-samadhi, if these processes are
followed, Apanadasha i.e. stage of real
self arises. If in Smarana and Apana
dasha, act of recollectionof eternal
Ashtakaliya Leela of Krishna is
performed and if deep concentration is
attained, Swarupa siddhi will appear
(Bh.XI.29.34; VIII.3.20; I.5.22).
Devotees who have attained Swarupa
siddhi are natural paramahamsas.
Afterwards, if Krishna becomes
merciful, the aspirant at the time of leaving
his mortal coil, can enter in his spiritual
body in the Divine Abode and become
consort of Vraja Leela, which is called
Vastu Siddhi or attainment of Reality.
This is the ultimate fruit of Nama bhajana
and summum bonum of aspirants life.
This is the highest fulfillment of his
Sadhana and called Prapana dasa.
Do all the aspirants in the ascending
state of Prema leave their domestic life
and adopt aceticism? Its answer is: The
devotees in the ascending state of Prema
will practise bhajana in whatver ashrama
he considers favourable. It does not
matter whether this is domestic life or
forest life or ascetic life. But whatever
ashrama he will see unfavourable for this
bhajana, he will at that time leave it
(Bh.V.1.17). The life and conduct of
those who were having the sentiment of
consorthood of God viz.
GadadharaPandit, Sri Pundarika
Vidyanidhi, Sri Ramananda etc., are
examples. All of them were Parama-
hamsas. In ancient time, many who led
domestic life such as Ribhu etc., were of
such kind of Paramahamsa. On the other
hand, finding domestic life contrary to
undisturbed bhajana, many high soled
persons viz. Sri Ramanuja Swami, Sri
Swarupa Damodar Goswmi, Sri
Madhavendra puri Goswami, Sri
Haridas Thakur, Sri Sanatana Goswami,
Sri Rupa Gowami, Sri Raghunath
Goswami etc., left domestic life and took
to asceticism.
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India at the present moment
includes all the principal religions of the
world thanks to the increased facilities
of international intercourse that have been
made available to all by the discoveries
and inventions of the empiric sciences
and by the vicissitudes of her past history.
There is a widely prevalent desire for
tolerating all forms and opinions that
profess to be religious to the point till they
actually and openly transgress against the
fundamental principles of morality, or
jeoparadize the very existence of social
and political safety. But this very
inclination for toleration in its turn may
degenerate into indiscriminate support of
hypocritical opinions and practices. It is
necessary to propagate the correct view
regarding all form of worship in order to
pave the way for the growth of the truly
enlightened toleration, without necessarily
encouraging any practice or opinion of
the pseudo-religionists.
The toleration that is demanded for
pseudo-religion is traceable to the current
misconception that it is not possible by
state contrivance to get at the real Truth.
It is contended, on this ground, that the
state should confine itself exclusively to
the political issue and have a purely
political attitude towards the question of
religion. But is this really practicable?
Is the political issue worth looking after
if it is wholly indifferent to the religious
issue? It is a counsel of hankering for
stagnation which presents itself to the
materialised outlook as the long-sought-
after summum bonum. It is in the first
place necessary to awake from this state
of stupid torpor if we want to mend the
affairs of this world in the only real sense.
It should be the duty of the state,
as of every individual, to promote the
freest rational discusion of the religious
issue. The only condition to which all
disputants should unconditionally agree
and this is no more than the universally
admitted political convention, is that no
one should use any language that incites
to acts of actual physical violence or
lends countenance to such acts. It is
necessary not to stop the mouth of any
religious preacher who is not opposed
on principle to this single necessary
limitation. There should be state
seminaries on an adequate scale to
provide facilities for the scientific
preaching of the true religion, to which
all person shoud be allowed free access
at their option. But all persons should
also be actively encouraged to join.
There was a mediaeval State-Church
with one doctrine and one practice.
There should be the above modern
State-Church with its really universal
unity of doctrine and practice.
The comparative study of current
religions is practicable without giving
offence to any rational person. It is not
only practicable but an indipensable duty
PRESENT POSITION OF THE PRINCIPAL
RELIGIOUS SECTS IN INDIA
Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur
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towards humanity in order to prevent
mankind from stagnating into the
condition of stocks and stones. The
phrase Religious toleration should be
changed into toleration of irreligion to
indicate the real nature of the policy of
the proposed Universal-Church. It is not
necessary, even for political reasons, to
confound religion with irreligion in the
choice of our vocabulary or policy. If
the State tries to avoid this supreme duty
it is not worth its salt.
It is with these thoughts that our
Journal has been essaying to be of some
practical help in bringing about an
atmosphere of scientific curiosity on the
subject of the unviersal religion. Our
Journal in this as in every other respect
stands fully for the teaching of the
revealed Scriptures a taught and
practised by Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya
and all His bonafide followers. Being
identical with the real teachings of the
Scriptures the method should be found
to be in full conformity with the practice
and doctrine of all the revealed religions
of the world.
The necessity of revelation is grossly
misunderstood and mis-represented by
a section of empiric thinkers. Revelation
is represented by its opponents as a
device for suppressing all open
discussion of the religious issue. It is of
course true that the Absolute Truth
revealed by the Scriptures by His very
Nature requires to be approached by the
method of unconditional submisson or of
spiritual service. This is by no means at
all obstructive of the freest discussion of
the subject. Uncondtional submission
to the Absolute Truth implies the previous
actual ascertainment of the Nature of the
Absolute and the unswerving and
exclusive service of the Absolute Truth
when He is found. Is this the suppressing
process?
As a matter of fact the empiric
process itself is really liable to the charge
of gagging freedom of opinion which it
dishonestly prefers against the Scriptural
method of serving submission of the
Truth. The empiric method insists on the
service of the transitory and untrue. It is
thus opposed to the search of the Truth
Who is neither transitory nor untrue. He
is bent on suppressing the seeker of the
Truth who can, with any show of
consistency, neither serve nor approve
the service of anything short of the
Absolute. One cannot serve both God
and Mammon.
The process of the quest of the
Truth enjoined by the revealed Scriptures
looks indeed to the superficial observer
like intolerence. But it is the perfectly
salutory intolerance of heterogeneous
view. Truth does not require to be
tolerated. It is, on the contrary obligatory
on all persons to serve the Truth and
nothing but the Truth. It may be
necessary to seem to tolerate untruth
during our sojourn into this mundane
plane. But any real toleration of untruth
is cruelty to the slaves of ignorance. The
servant of the Absolute is reluctant to
serve the Truth by the method of cruelty
that has such an unnatural attraction for
the advocate of pseudo-toleration.
If the expediency of toleration of
irreligion is unduly insisted upon the
acceptance of such a view by the society
and state will only prove an obstacle to
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the scientific quest of the truth. The
society and state are not prepared to
show the same indulgence to exploded
doctrines and practices in the sphere of
secular affairs. This only shows that they
are really indifferent to the spiritual issue,
partly under the wrong impression that it
is not practicable to have any active and
rational policy in regard to religion. Let
society and state only agree to extend to
religion the same attention which they
have been accustomed to offer to secular
matters at all periods in such large
measure and the universal Church is sure
to make Her appearance in due course.
It is possible to asertain the
comparative value of different religious
practices and doctrines that are now
current in the world. It will be necessary
for such a purpose to accept those
interpretations of them that are offered
by their actual followers. It is not the
business of the scientific student to create
the material which he is to consider. His
only proper function is to describe
faithfully the data available to him and
classify the same according to an
accepted standard. The accepted
standard in this case has ever been the
Absolute Truth. It is only necessary for
us to seek to know the Absolute and with
the help of His Light to settle our conduct
towards every entity.
The Journal has been consistently
following the policy outlined above. She
has been trying to put before her readers
her realisation of the nature of the
Absolute by the grace of the Sat-Guru.
This is the positive method. But the
positive method by itself is not the most
effective mode of propaganda in a
controversial Age like the present. The
negative method which seeks to different
the Truth from non-Truth in all its forms,
is even better calculated to convey the
directly inconceivable significance of the
Absolute. It is a necessity which cannot
be conscientiously avoided by the
dedicated preacher of the Truth if he
wants to be a loyal servant of Godhead.
The method is sure to create an
atmosphere of controversy in which it is
quite easy to lose ones balance of
judgment. But the ways of the deluding
energy are so intricate that unless their
mischievous nature is fully exposed it is
not possible for the soul in the conditioned
state to avoid the snares spread by the
enchantress for encompassing the ruin of
her only too willing victims. It is a duty
which shall be sacred to all who have
been enabled to obtain even a distant
glimpse of the Absolute.
Before we proceed to the actual
valuation of the current creeds we may
tell our readers that we have no earthly
interest of our own in undertaking this
God-given task. We are neither friends
nor foes of any mundane cause. Our only
business will be to distinguish the mundane
from the spiritual. That which appears
to us to be mundane may be held to be
spiritual by diverse persons whose
definition of a spiritual entity is different
from ours. But such difference of opinion
need disturb nobody who is really anxious
to find out the Truth.
The creeds may be divided into two
distinct groups according as they profess
or deny the transcendental nature of the
Object of worship. Transcendence is
something quite different from the
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negation or abstraction of the mundane.
The most abstract thought, for example,
is not a transcendental entity but only a
subtle form of the mundane entity. There
are not a few creeds which do not keep
this important distinction in their constant
view. They accordingly are disposed to
show their preference for the worship of
the subtle form of matter in the shape of
an idea to that of grosser forms of matter
in the shape of images of gods made of
wood, stone, clay or metal. But one
who is really conscious of the difference
between spiritual and mundane, sees at
once that both of these are equally
outside the process of the spiritual
worship and from the transcendental
point of view there is nothing to choose
between the two.
The worshippers of their own
favourite ideas are sometimes found to
regard, as idolaters the worshippers of
images made by the hand of man. But
the transcendentalist knows that both of
them are worshippers of the phenomena
of physical Nature which they wrongly
suppose to be identical with the
transcendental Object of worship
revealed by the Scripture.
Godhead is defined by anti-
transcendentalists as the noblest idea
made by the brain of men. Empiricists
give this definition their ready support
and suggest a science to trace the growth
of the idea through the Ages. All this,
from the transcendental point of view, is
rank atheism. This conclusion is not
irrational opposition to all radically
irrational intolerance of free thinking. It
is rational opposition to all radically
irrational speculation regarding the
Absolute.
Protestant Christian and
Muhammedans sometimes profess to be
breakers of idols. But if all the images of
gods in all the temples of the world were
broken to fragments would the process
take us one step forward in the direction
of transcendence? If the mind could be
rendered perfectly void by the process
of yoga would the process admit us
necessarily to the cresence of the
Absolute?
But these notions are nevertheless
cherished by almost all sections of the
thinkers. These notions also necessarily
colour their practices. There are persons
who, while admitting theoretically the
superior claim of the Scriptures to their
exclusive obedience persist in following
a different course in actual practice. They
may do this unconsciously from
thoughtlessness or habit or deliberately
under the lead of the empiric notions. The
breaking of an idol by an iconoclast is
performed, so far as the external act goes,
from deference to the Scriptures, but may
really be inspired by baser or, at any rate,
mixed motives. It is necessary to find
out and proclaim all such aberrations, for
serving the cause of the spiritual
education of the people in general.
Buddhism is considered to be
opposed to the authority of the
Scriptures on the alleged ground that the
practices enjoined by the Vedas offend
against the principles of ordinary morality.
Buddhism has accordingly been regarded
as a system of organized Atheism. But
the enquiry started by Buddhism is not
of a trivial nature. Are we or are we not
to follow the Scriptures unconditionally?
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Are we to try to understand the real
meaning of the Scriptures before we
agree to follow any of their injunctions?
Are we to suppose that the ordinary rules
of morality are opposed to the teaching
of the Scriptures? If there appears to
be a real conflict between the two, are
we under the obligation to follow the
Scriptures and perform unethical acts?
It is this large question which has been
opened for the consideration of mankind
by Buddhism. Can any consistent
rationalist disregard this momentous
question raised by a system that has
been supposed to be professed Atheism?
Buddhism is the worship of our
empiric reason. The teaching of the
Scriptures deny the competence of the
empiric reason to understand the nature
of transcendental existence. The
Scriptures do not deny all function to the
empiric reason. They only do not accept
the conclusions of empiricism in regard
to the Absolute. Buddha also does not
propose to his folowers to try to attain
to the Absolute by the method of
empiricism. He only shows that the
empiric logic logically leads to the denial
of the Absolute Reality. That need not
be regarded as a piece of disservice to
humanity. Buddha is said to be silent
about the Absolute. This silence need
not be regarded as a poof of actual
opposition to the authority of the
Scriptures. It is the pseudo-form of
religious practice and doctrine against
which Buddha enters his clear and
emphatic protest on behalf of the
unenlightened reason of man. No Theist
need object to agree with Buddha if the
above interpretation of his real position
is correct. It is not necessary to defend
Buddha by discarding the principles of
pure Theism. Those followers of Buddha
who similarly affect to oppose the genuine
Theism, cannot also be said to be aware
of the full import of the teaching of the
Master.
The comparative study of religons
in the form in which it is being attempted
in this journal seeks to avoid falling foul
of any practice or doctrine that is really
in keeping with the religion of unmixed
service of the Absolute professed by all
the revealed creeds of the world. The
empiric reason has also a function to
perfom towards the Scriptures. That
function consists in trying to understand
the real nature of the message of Divine
Revelation. Unless the empiric reason is
prepared to perform this duty towards
the Scriptures it is doomed to remain in
the state of utter ignorance of the Absolute
in which it finds itself inspite of its so-
called boasted achievements of
centuries. It is no doubt a negative
function but one which is eminently fitted
to clear the ground of all awkward
constructions that stand in the path of the
Light. We, therefore, propose to
undertake in a series of articles the
examination of the relationship of
professed doctrines and practices of all
religions to the quest of the Absolute
which they declare to be their common
goal, in the light of unbiased empiric
reason helped by a conmprehensive study
of the Scriptures. We claim that this
function is also enjoined by all the
revealed Scriptures of the world and
cannot be avoided by those who
sincerely desire to follow the actual
teachings of the revealed Scriptures.
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SRI PRAHLADAS INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE SONS OF ASURAS
Srimad Bhakti Pradeep Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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Oh sons of Asurashe who is
intelligent and wise must practise
devotional services as enjoined in the
holy Scriptures and by the Supreme
Lord Sri Hari, even from His boyhood.
Though uncertain, yet the human life is
the rarest of all lives and is worth
achieving the summum bonum, which is
Divine Love. (Bh.VII.6.1)
4v| | +=-4 || +|+|+=+
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This human life is meant for
rendering services to the Lotus Feet of
the Supreme Lord Sri Hari, in as much
as He is not only the nearest and dearest
of all jiva-souls but also the Soul of all
souls as well as their only Lord and only
Friend. (Bh.VII.6.2)
=n|+4+ +-4| +4|4+ +|+|
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Oh sons of Asuraspleasure,
born of the senses, is easily avaliable in
any birth, like sorrows by accident.
(Bh.VII.6.3)
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No personal effort is required to
attain that end, for such efforts end in vain
in the loss of life. The eternal welfare
that accrues from the service of the Lotus
Feet of the Supreme Lord Sri Hari, is
not at all available by such efforts.
(Bh.VII.6.4)
--| 4-- += n|4 ~4||-
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Hence the intelligent and wise
must try his level best for his eternal well-
being, so long as this able-bodied human
life does not succumb to diease due to
old age and infirmity, without being afraid
of the afflictions or miseries of the world.
(Bh.VII.6.5)
+=| - n|4--++ ||--|-+
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The span of human life is hundred
years; half of which has been fixed for
the sensualists; for, such persons spend
their lives in vain silently in sleep,
enveloped in the gloom of ignorance.
(Bh.VII.6.6)
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Ten years in childhood are spent
in ignorance, another ten years are spent
in playful mood in adolescence; in such
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way twenty years are spent in vain. When
the body falls a victim to infirmity, another
twenty years are spent due to inability to
render any service to the people.
(Bh.VII.6.7)
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Another ten years are sepnt in vain
by the worldly minded people due to
their over-attachment for worldliness,
miserable sensual enjoyment and
powerful infatuation. (Bh.VII.6.8)
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What sensuous person can
liberate his embodied soul which is
bound by the passionate affection for his
wife and children, friends and relatives
in this world? (Bh.VII.6.9.)
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What sensuous person can
forsake his passion for wealth, which is
dearer to his own life? The thieves, the
servile slaves and the merchants try their
level best to acquire money even at the
risk of their dearest lives. (Bh.VII.6.10)
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How can a person, addicted to
sensual enjoyment, forsake love-
dalliance with his wife in seclusion, sweet
and confidential talks with his friends, out
of deep attachment and sweet and
pleasure-giving talks of his children?
(Bh.VII.6.11)
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How can a person, addicted to
sensual pleasures, forsake the
recollection of his dear sons, married
daughters, brothers, sisters, helpless
parents, well-decorated charming
houses, hereditary livelihood, domestic
animals and servants? (Bh.VII.6.12)
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How can a person, addicted to
worldly enjoyments, who is always
engaged in worldly affairs and considers
sensual pleasures of tongue and carnal
appetite as the be-all and end-all of
human life, get rid of such infatuation and
temptation of the world, which is very
difficult to part with, lke a caterpillar who
shut up in his comb can not make its way
out? (Bh.VII.6.13)
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Addicted to the maintenance of
friends and relatives, a worldly-minded
person does not find any satiety for
worldly affection and being afflicted with
the three-fold miseries due to over-
attachment for temporal kith and kin, can
not discern the loss of his own life and
the ignorance of the fundamental fact that
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human life is meant for the worship of the
Supreme Lord Sri Hari. (Bh.VII.6.14)
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The uncontrolled mind of a person
is so much addicted to the maintenance
of his kith and kin as well as to the
acquisition of wealth that he does not
discern perdition in his next life, for
stealing another s property and
imprisonment in this life. (Bh.VII.6.15)
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Oh! the sons of Asuras, even the
wise and the learned are so much
addicted to worldliness and maintenance
of their family that they fail to render self-
introspection on account of their illusion
regarding this is mine and that is others
and are thus deluded by the illusory
energy, Maya. (Bh.VII.6.16)
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Oh, the sons of Asuras, such
worldly-minded persons can not liberate
themselves from the bondage of Maya
for they become tools in the hands of their
wives like a dancing monkey and the
children born of them become their fetters.
Hence, oh sons of Asuras! take absolute
shelter in the Lotus Feet of the Supreme
Lord Narayana, forsaking the company
of those Asuras who are addicted to
worldliness, in as much as the Supreme
Lord is the absolute shelter of the sages
who are free from the bondage of
Maya. (Bh.VII.6.17,18)
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Oh, the sons of Asuras, the
Supreme Lord Sri Hari is the Soul of all
souls. Childhood or old age is no
restriction to His worship. He is the
Supreme Lord in all ages and under all
circumstances in this world. No amount
of extra-ordinary effort is sufficient to
propitiate that Lord. (Bh.VII.6.19)
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From all immovable things upto
Brahman in all beings, great and small, in
all the five elements, in all the qualities
even in their neutralised state and in the
three-fold Ahankaras, the Supreme
Lord exists as Brahman, Paramatma and
Bhagavan and being enveloped by the
three qualities of Maya, the Supreme
Lord Bhagavan remains immaculate and
unknown as a Witness and Enjoyer of
all bodies manifested in this world. The
Supreme Lord exists as an Eternal Bliss
and Eternal Intelligence. (Bh.VII.6.20-23)
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Hence, Oh the sons of Asuras,
abandoning all thoughts of Asuras, be
merciful and friendly to all beings, sentient
and insentient, with which you are
enabled to propitiate the Supreme Lord
Bhagavan Who is beyond the scope of
human intelligence. (Bh.VII.6.24)
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When that Supreme Lord, Who
is beginningless and endless, be pleased,
what remains yet to be unattained?
What is the effect of those religions which
are concomitant by themselves on the
after effects of the three qualities of
Maya? What is the use of oneness with
Brahman for us who are always engaged
in drinking the nectar of the Lotus Feet
of the Supreme Lord Sri Hari and
chanting His Holy Names?
(Bh.VII.6.25)
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Dharma (Piety), Artha (Wealth),
Kama (Passion) are known as Trivargas
(three-fold goals) of human life and self-
introspection, Vedic rituals, polemic
controversy, penal laws and various
livelihood are the transitory codified
proofs of the Vedas. On the contrary,
self-resignation to the Lotus Feet of the
Supreme Lord, Sri Hari, Who is the
indwelling Monitor, is my firm belief and
self-evident truth. (Bh.VII.6.26)
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In the days of yore, the Supreme
Lord Narayana, the eternal Friend of all
human-beings, imparted this immaculate
and rarest Transcendental knowledge to
His favourite disciple, Narada. This
Transcendental Knowledge reveals itself
to those who are exclusively devoted to
the Supreme Lord and are immersed in
the dust of the Lotus Feet of His devotees
who are Akinchanas, (having nothing
save and except His Lotus Feet).
(Bh.VII.6.27)
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In ancient day, I heard this self-
revealed Transcendental Knowledge
which is very dear to the Supreme Lord
and is free from all malice, from the holy
lips of the holy sage Narada, who is
worshipped by Gods in heaven.
(Bh.VII.6.28)
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Just as the fruits of a tree are liable
to sixfold changes in course of time due
to cause and effect, so also there are
sixfold changes of the body and not of
the soul; because the soul is eternal,
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unchangeable, pure, individsible from
Paramatma, knower of the growth and
decay of the body, refuge of all, void of
changeability, seer of self, prime cause
of all, detached from all mundane
connections, not covered by anything
outside. Knowing these twelve
characteristics of soul as distinct from
body, the wise and intelligent forsakes this
illusion of I-ness and My-ness pertaining
to physical body due to infatuation.
(Bh.VII.7.18-20)
- 4v| 4|= +| n 4|4--+|~a
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-+
Just as the knowers of the gold
mines obtain gold by applying fire to the
stones mixed with gold, so also the
knowers of the philosophical truths are
enabled to visualise the Absolute Truth
Brahman by means of introspection of the
physical nature. (Bh.VII.7.21)
| a+-4 a|=|-4 ) | -+|
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The Indivisible Supreme Lord,
Paramatman, is the Witness of the eight-
fold elements, the three-fold qualities of
Maya and sixteen transformations.
(Bh.VII.7.22)
+-- ==;|-| -4- --v||- |+|
4 +=| +|- +-|-4- -4-+
44|-+ |++|-|..-+|
=4 -v|+=| |4 | |a=- -.,-
The physical body composed of
five elements are of two kinds, namely
movable and immovable. The Supreme
Lord, Paramatman, is to be searched out
by pure and single-minded devotion to
Him, through the process of introspection
between two such things as this not and
that not, forsaking things unreal from
things real and eternal. (Bh.VII.7.23,24)
4a-|4 -+ =|--||- a4
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There are three kinds of functions
of intilligence, namely awakenment,
dream and profound sleep. He who is
the knower of all these three functions is
known as the Supreme Lord.
(Bh.VII.7.25)
)|~|- +4--4|a~+ |+4|a
-=+|-+| 4a+ 4+|4||4|- -.
Just as the knowledge of air
accrues from the smell of flowers, so
also, the knowledge of self is to be
known by the grace of the Lord from the
threefold qualities of intelligence.
(Bh.VII.7.26)
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a|+=|.+|v|.|+ += -+ ;4- -
The worldliness of the jiva-soul
accrues from such intelligence born
according to qualities and actions. Such
worldliness is born of ignorance of real
self and of Godhead like dream. Hence
it is perishable and unreal.
(Bh.VII.7.27)
--|a|a +-4 +| |4|-+|
4|-|+ 4|4 a||+| |+4 -
Hence it behoves you to cultivae
the faculty of devotional aptitude which
is destructive of the seeds of actions,
born of the three qualities of Maya and
of flow of intelligence that gives rise to
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awakenment, dream and profound
sleep. (Bh.VII.7.28)
-|+|4=|||4 ~4-||+-
4+|| ~4|- 4v| 4|=| |- -:
Those performance of religious
functions that give rise to unswerving
devotional aptitude towards the Supreme
Lord Sri Hari, have been described by
Him as the fundamental principles as
viewed as the respective means leading
to such devotional aptitude.
(Bh.VII.7.29)
4=4| ~+-4| ==+|++
=+ =|+~=|+|||||+++
a4| --+v|4| +|-+4+|
--+|+|-4=4|+|- -|=n|||+|~
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;|- ~-||+ +=| +|-- =|+ |+4-
.-.-
Those actions that give rise to
unflinching devotional aptitude to the
Supreme Lord Sri Hari, are regarded as
the fundamental principles among the
untold means, such as devotional service
to the spiritual preceptor, devotional
means, consecration of all property to
the Supreme Lord, association with
saints of devotional aptitude, worship of
the Supreme Lord, firm faith in Hari-
topics, chanting of His holy Qualities and
Deeds, meditation of His Lotus Feet,
visualising and worshipping His holy
Image, sacred vision of all beings in
whom the Supreme Lord exists internally
and externally. (Bh.VII.7.30-32)
) |+|--:4 |+4- ~|=||
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Having conquered Kama (lust or
desire), wrath, temptation, pride,
infatuation, and malice by means of such
spiritual vision and actions, you must
render devotional service to the Supreme
Lord, Sri Hari, which is bound to give
rise to devotional attachment for Him.
(Bh.VII.7.33)
|+-4 +|| 4|+--4|+ |4|| =|=|-+|~ +-||+
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4+| 44-- ; +|+ =-4|++- 4|4|- +- -+
|=+ |= -4-+- +||4-4|-|-4-+
-+| + |+ ==--4++--a|~||+ + -|4|+ |-
|++ +4|-|+ 4| |4=| ~|=a4| 4 = -4+| n-
.-..
When a jiva-soul, having heard the
Qualities and Deeds of the Supreme
Lord Sri Hari, sheds tears and
horripilation manifests in his body, begins
to dance and sings His Glories with his
voice choked and full of ecstasy and
laughs like one mad, possessed of spirits,
and laments with words in praise of His
Qualities and Deeds, sometimes
meditates on Him, sometimes greets the
people as servants of the Lord,
sometimes cries aloud, Oh Sri Hari, the
Lord of the Universe, where art Thou?
with unceasing deep sighs and without
any shame for what the people will say:
then and then alone he is liberated from
the bondage of Maya, and becomes
entirely spiritualsaturated with the
thoughts and actions of the Supreme
Lord, Sri Hari. Then all his desires and
actions born of ignorance are burnt down
due to excessive devotional feelings for
the Lord. Then and then alone he is
entitled to realise absolutely the Lotus
Feet of the Supreme Lord in his heart of
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hearts. (Bh.VII.7.34-36)
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.
That absolute shelter in the Lotus
Feet of the Supreme Lord, is the root
cause of destructions of this world like
the whirling cycle of births and rebirths
and that attainment of devotional loving
service as the final Beatitudesuch is the
view held by the Absolute-realised souls.
Hence it behoves you to worship that
Supreme Lord, Sri Hari, Who is the
Indwelling Monitor of all jiva-souls in
your unalloyed existence.
(Bh.VII.7.37)
+|.|-a4|=|.=4|=+| =+|=+ - |+ |+-
=-
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|4|++|++ .
Oh the sons of Asuras, the
Supreme Lord, Sri Hari, dwells in the
heart of hearts as the eternal Friend of
your soul. And His worship does not
entail any hard drudgery, so it is desirable
that He should be worshipped. Why then
are the people of the world so busily
engaged in acquiring wealth and
property? (Bh.VII.7.38)
|4 +z + =-|+4| 4| |
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|a4 =| .:
Wealth, women, cattle, sons and
daughters, dwelling houses, landed
property, elephants, treasury, pomp,
glory, lusty desires, and human life are
short-lived. What good can they render
to human life which is transitory?
(Bh.VII.7.39)
) | =|+| +-|~ +-| | n|4=||-4|
+ |+=|
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The heavenly worlds are formed
of the sacrifices of the gods and are,
therefore, also temporary and are not
free from blots and defects. Hence those
realms are not to be searched after.
Hence it behoves you to worship that
Supreme Lord, with unflinching devotion,
Who is absolutely free from any
blemishes ever seen or heard of, in order
to acquire Transcendental Knowledge.
(Bh.VII.7.40)
4+44 ; +|| |4=+:|
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=n|4 +n|n|4 =-+ ; +|
=+|..+|-|4| +n+||4| =n|-
+,-
Oh, friends! those who consider
themselves as Pandits or are proud of
their learning, are endowed with
inevitable contrary results of their deeds
which they perform again and again in
every birth although the object of their
actions is to avoid worldly evils or misery
and to obtain happiness in this world. So
long as they were inactive, they were
happy; but as soon as they began to
work, they were afflicted with misery.
(Bh.VII.7.41,42)
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The physical frames of the people
of the world for which they seek after
worldly pleasure and happiness are liable
to be devoured by dogs and jackals, are
ephemeral, short-lived and are subject
to birth and death. (Bh.VII.7.43)
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When such is the ultimate result
of the human body, what to speak of
sons, wives, dwelling houses, kingdoms,
treasuries, elephants, ministers, servants,
faithful servitors, who are objects of
affection, though separate from the
body. (Bh.VII.7.44)
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Of what avail are these transient
bodies which are in reality evil-
producing, though they appear to be
real? Hence what useful purpose can
these evil-producing and short-lived,
trifling relations serve for the eternal
ocean of eternal Bliss? (Bh.VII.7.45)
|+=-4-|| -|v |+4|+ +~-|.=|
|++||+-v|= |+=4|+-4 +|~ .
Oh sons of Asuras! when the
fallen jiva-souls are afflicted with misery
even in their inception as a result of their
previous actions, then consider
yourselves, what useful purpose can be
served by means of repeated selfish
actions? (Bh.VII.7.46)
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--| | ~4|- ~|= +=- +|+|
|-|+-4+ = =~-|-+|| +-.
Oh sons of Asuras! do worship
the Supreme Lord Sri Hari, Who is the
Indwelling Monitor of all jiva-souls with
unalloyed and single-minded devotion
and look upon every individual entity
always existing in Him and He in them.
(Bh.VII.7.51-53)
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