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Ramprasad
Achieve joyful Spiritual transformation by chit chat around vedic literatures starting with Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam.Inspired by the purports and teachings of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and other great acaryas of Bharata Varsha
That padam avyayam, or eternal kingdom, can be reached by one who is nirmāna-moha. What does this mean? We are after designations. Someone wants to become “sir,” someone wants to become “lord,” someone wants to become the president or a rich man or a king or something else. As long as we are attached to these designations, we are attached to the body, because designations belong to the body. But we are not these bodies, and realizing this is the first stage in spiritual realization.
Jaya Prabhupada
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“That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world.”
Of course we have a material conception of the sky, and we think of it in relationship to the sun, moon, stars and so on, but in this verse the Lord states that in the eternal sky there is no need for the sun nor for the moon nor electricity or fire of any kind because the spiritual sky is already illuminated by the brahma-jyotir, the rays emanating from the Supreme Lord
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When we mention the name Kṛṣṇa, we do not refer to any sectarian name. Kṛṣṇa means the highest pleasure, and it is confirmed that the Supreme Lord is the reservoir or storehouse of all pleasure. We are all hankering after pleasure. Ānanda-mayo ’bhyāsāt (Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12). The living entities, like the Lord, are full of consciousness, and they are after happiness. The Lord is perpetually happy, and if the living entities associate with the Lord, cooperate with Him and take part in His association, then they also become happy.........AC BV Swami Prabhupada
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we can see that no living being is exempt from rendering service to other living beings, and therefore we can safely conclude that service is the constant companion of the living being and that the rendering of service is the eternal religion of the living being.
Jaya Prabhupada
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Religion conveys the idea of faith, and faith may change. One may have faith in a particular process, and he may change this faith and adopt another, but sanātana-dharma refers to that activity which cannot be changed.
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The Supreme Lord and His transcendental abode are both sanātana, as are the living entities, and the combined association of the Supreme Lord and the living entities in the sanātana abode is the perfection of human life.
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Avoiding waste of time in quarrelling, one should obtain the aim of human life by studying the essence of vedic literatures, the gita. The proceed towards eating and action purification to march towards destination 'THE SANATANA SKY'
That destination is called the sanātana sky, the eternal, spiritual sky (yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama)
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Bhagavad-gītā was spoken by the Lord just to change this view, and at the end Arjuna decides to fight under the directions of the Lord when he says, kariṣye vacanaṁ tava: “I shall act according to Your word.”
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The words spoken by the Lord are called apauruṣeya, meaning that they are different from words spoken by a person of the mundane world who is infected with four defects
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Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). As we are all individual living beings and have our individuality, the Supreme Absolute Truth is also, in the ultimate issue, a person
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We shall find, therefore, in this Bhagavad-gītā that the complete whole is comprised of the supreme controller, the controlled living entities, the cosmic manifestation, eternal time and karma, or activities, and all of these are explained in this text. All of these taken completely form the complete whole, and the complete whole is called the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Jaya Prabhupada
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jiva or the living entity has affinity to the inferior modes. The way to purify the modes is to align to the will of Iswara. When we are materially contaminated, we are called conditioned. False consciousness is exhibited under the impression that I am a product of material nature. This is called false ego. One who is absorbed in the thought of bodily conceptions cannot understand his situation
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Paramatma and Jiva are 2 of the 5 basic truths. Jiva has both similarity and difference with Paramatma just like a drop of ocean and ocean itself. One has to accept a higher supreme intelligence behind the cosmic machinery.
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Gita solves our insanity by giving knowledge on 5 basic truths - iswara the controller, kala time, prakrti material nature, karma activities, jiva the living entities.
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All suffering is due to swallowed by nescience due to kala sarpa or serpent of time. Relief is possible by chalking out a plan based on teachings of Gita revealed by supreme being Sri Krishna who descends into the lower realms
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Brahma Jijnaasa or spirit of inquiry is very important to become a true recipient of the message of Gita. The spirit of submission helps in unravelling the mystery of the Gita. Gita delivery one from nescience of worldly existence
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Arjunas acceptance of Sri krishna is key for us to understand how the recipient of Gita s message should honor and accept Sri Krishna. Only then will the transformative power of Gita's spiritual sound vibration will act in our consciousness
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Cultivating relationship with supreme Lord Sri krishna helps us to imbibe the spirit of Gita. By the process of devotional service, one can revive that svarūpa, and that stage is called svarūpa-siddhi – perfection of one’s constitutional position.
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This episode is extension of episode 1. Deep dive into concept of replication or asitis in various fields. Replication is good in manufacturing but evil ok creative industry. Exact replica is most important while translating religious scriptures
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The recipient has to have certain qualities and state of consciousness to receive the message of Bhagavad Gita and achieve transformation
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Gita is Bhava aushadi, its remedy medicine to cure material disease of anxiety, fear depression by achieving true love of Sri Krishna. Learn the art of correctly taking this sound medicine
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Personal opinions and interpretations mask the real spirit of Gita and hence it reduces the efficacy transformative power of the message of Sri krishna. This is an attempt to retain the spirit of Sri Krishna by presenting asitis
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