Hare Krishna Society

Pranams

Bhagavad Gita classes start Sunday April 8th 2018 at our house temple. Two Sundays a month with each class being a two hour session with prasadam. The appointed time start these classes will be posted later.

My wife and I will be the first students. Printed Gita Guides and Bhagavad Gita’s are $5 each. However those who cannot afford to purchase may borrow the Gita’s and the Guides for each class turning them in at the end of each session. Note pads and pens must be supplied by the students.

Ys Hasti Gopala dasa

Hare Krsna-Today at Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Mandir, devotees from here, Canada, and Calif all came together for celebrating Lord Balaram’s Appearance day and the second or brahmana initiation of Vidura Mahatma das.

We had very colorful decorating displays from Jagannatha Puri area, Salagram and Govardhana Silas, Lord Narasimhadev and Lord Vamanadev and of course Lord VIshnu Himself in the form of the fire yajna.

And what a feast !!!! Way too much for ordinary humans to honor, only Krsna can eat so much Prasadam !!

All in all, a wonderful time, as one devotee brought about 15 gallons of apples for feeding the cows across the road, very nice kirtans throughout, and the day was capped off for some of us, by chasing that nasty herd of Elk out of our field area, away from Govindas gardens, and into the adjoining woods-where I would like to see them stay !!

Hare Krsna

damaghosa das

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRn1VMYmKGM&feature=youtu.be

NY jan 7 67

So we are going to have our relationship with that Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then how that can be achieved? That is now being explained by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and that is called, the process of executing the service by which we can attain to that point, is called abhidheya. Abhidheya means execution of duties, execution of duties, or execution of obligation—not duty: obligation. Duty you sometimes may avoid, and you may be excused, but obligation we cannot. Obligation means you have to. Because you are meant for that, if you do not do that, then you will be in difficulty. Our obligation as living entities… We are part and parcel of the Supreme. Just like the hand. At once I feel some itching sensation here, so at once the hand comes without asking for it. It is so made psychologically and mechanically and whatever you may say. At once I feel some itching; at once the hand comes—obligation. It is obligation. Similarly, we are part and parcel of the Supreme. We have got obligation to serve Kṛṣṇa. If we are not doing that… That means if the hand is cut off from this body, there is no obligation. The hand which is cut off from this body, that hand will not come to cure my itching. That means it is fallen. His business is finished. Similarly, if we do not… Just like if the hand does not work the obligation which it has—to serve this body—then it is to be understood the paralyzed or diseased, infected. And doctor sometimes advise, “Cut it off. If you want to save your other parts of the body, then cut it off.” Similarly, these conditioned souls, they are now conditioned, or in one way they are cut off from the original, I mean to say, relationship, forgetful. So if we want… If this hand wants to remain in healthy state, it is the duty of the hand to fulfill the obligation of the hand’s duty, and then it remains very healthy condition.

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Why a living entity is superior energy?–SP

LA april 30 70

Prabhupāda: Why a living entity is superior energy? Can anyone explain? Why living…? Yes? Stand up.

Devotee: Well, it is stated that the living entity, or the jīva soul, belongs to the jīva-tattva, that categoristic…, falls into that categoristic of the Lord’s energy. He is… Spark…

Prabhupāda: No, the question is why the living entity is called superior energy? That is the question. The material, matter—earth, water, air, fire, sky—the inferior energy; and why the living is called superior energy? Who can explain? Yes? Stand up.

Devotee: Well, the individual living entities are all part and parcel of the Supreme Lord…

Prabhupāda: The part and parcel, this material energy also, part and parcel. Because energy…

Devotee: It’s separated. Material energy’s separated, whereas the superior energy…

Prabhupāda: Separated, and this also, living entities also separated. In this sense. One sense, nothing is separated; but at the same time, separated. But the question is why the living entity’s called superior energy?

Devotee: The living entities are conscious and the material energy’s not.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that is also one of the reasons. Living entity’s conscious, whereas the material energy is not conscious. This is one of the… Yes?

Devotee: The living entity is also eternal, unchanging, whereas the material energy is subject to change repeatedly.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that is also. And the most important is that living entity is superior in this sense, that the living entity can control over the material energy.

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Maya Devi’s thankless Task

NY jan 16 67

Now, when you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, if we chant mechanically, then the effect is different. I have already given you ten kinds of offenses there are in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So mechanical way of chanting is also another offense. So offenseless chanting… Of course in the beginning, neophytes, we are apt to commit so many offenses. But we should be careful that the chanting should be offenseless. Then we shall realize that Kṛṣṇa is present by His name. He is present. You’ll realize and you’ll have the same effect as you expect by meeting Kṛṣṇa personally. You can see Kṛṣṇa and you can hear Kṛṣṇa. Because Kṛṣṇa is absolute, there is no difference between seeing and hearing. That is the absolute sense. People give more stress on the eye: “Oh, can you show me Kṛṣṇa?” Oh, can’t you hear Kṛṣṇa? Why do you give…? This is also one sense, that is also another sense. Do you think by seeing you’ll understand everything? You are seeing so many things daily. Do you understand? So this is all foolishness, that “Can you show me?” Now we have got so many senses. So perception through any sense, because He is absolute, the same effect. Either you see Him personally or you hear Him. Rather, hearing is better because by seeing you cannot understand Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa is present, all people saw Him, but they could not understand Kṛṣṇa. But one who heard of Kṛṣṇa even five thousand years after, just like we are hearing, we can understand Kṛṣṇa as far as possible. So hearing is most important thing. You’ll find in the Thirteenth Chapter, śruti parāyaṇa. Śruti parāyaṇa. Śruti parāyaṇa means one who is very much eager to hear about Kṛṣṇa, he’s a very nice qualified man. So hearing is very important thing than seeing or touching or smelling. Hearing is very… Hearing is the, is so important. When all other senses are not acting, sleeping, no other sense is acting, as soon as telephone bell is called, you get up. No other sense will act. So hearing is so perfect. Therefore according to Vedic principle this hearing is very important thing. Hearing. And one who is very much eager to hear about Kṛṣṇa is very expert, because hearing is knowledge.

….Māyā ca yat, yaya sammohito jīva. So this māyā, Kṛṣṇa’s māyā, this illusory energy, external energy, also saw. Vyāsadeva saw. He saw Kṛṣṇa, apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇam. He saw the Supreme Personality as well as His māyā.