Hare Krsna to all

pranams

Glories to Prabhupada

This is a very nice lecture by Srila Prabhupada-

Why?

Because he explains that God is not just an opulent God, surrounded

by millions of  goddesses of fortune and a huge family, not that He

gives us a fragment of transcendental knowledge in His Bhagavad Gita,  not

that He lifts a mountain when He was only 7 years old, but that He  also

exhibits His complete opulences-as vairagya, or renunciation of this  material world.

Krsna did this as Ramchandra when He gave up His princely right to the  throne by

the next day walking out of His fathers palace and into the forest for  exile, as Krsna

when He ran away from fighting some demon king, and as Lord Rsabhadev by  giving

up His world kingdom and assuming the position of an avadhuta/madman who  was

completely oblivious to the material world.

Prabhupada tells us that we must be self realized and completely zero  with material desire before we

leave this body, if we expect to go back Home. But this takes time and one  starts this

process of going back to Godhead by the morning program, getting up early  for mongol arotik,

chanting, worshipping the Deity,tulsi devi, hearing SB daily  ,associating with the devotees,etc etc.

He also gave the example of how Lord Caitanya was once benedicted by a  brahmana on the banks

of the Ganges with a nice wife and happy family life. When He heard  this He blocked His ears not

wanting to hear this “benediction”. Then the brahmana reversed his  blessings saying you will

never be happy in your family life-in other words He, Lord Caitanya would  take sannyasa-This

Lord Gauranga liked very much !!

Only a devotee could understand this benediction.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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761128SB.VRN                    Lectures                   Pradyumna: “Lord Rsabhadeva was the head of all kings and  emperors within this universe, but assuming the dress and language of  an avadhuta, He acted as if dull and materially bound. Consequently,  no one could observe His divine opulence. He adopted this behavior just to  teach yogis how to give up the body. Nonetheless, He maintained His original  position as a plenary expansion of Lord Vasudeva, Krsna. Remaining always in  that state, He gave up His pastimes as Lord Rsabhadeva within the material  world. If, following in the footsteps of Lord Rsabhadeva, one can give up his  subtle body, there is no chance that one will accept a material body  again.”

Prabhupada: So this is also opulence of Krsna. Jadavad avadhuta-vesa.  Although He is the proprietor, sarva-loka-mahesvaram, still, this is  another opulence, how to become renounced. This is another opulence.  It is as good as the other opulences. …

And He says, Krsna, sarva-loka-mahesvaram. Not only in one planet but  all the universes, all the planets within the universes, they are all the  properties of Krsna. Sarva-loka-mahesvaram.

… So yasasah sriyah jnana-vairagya. This is vairagya. Not that  Krsna is simply enjoying sixteen thousand palaces, sixteen thousand queens,  and millions of descendants, yadu-vamsa. This is another side, and this is  another side, vairagya. Jnana-vairagya. Jnana. We can understand  a little piece of His contribution of jnana, Bhagavad-gita. That is a little  piece of His stock of knowledge. Five thousand years He spoke, and still it  is being continued, not only in India, but also all over the world. This is  jnana. So anyway–strength. When He was seven years old, Krsna,  He lifted the Govardhana Hill. Jnana- vairagya, everything complete. That  is God. Nothing less. Not that, that “I am rich man, but I cannot lie  down on the street.” Not that kind of vairagya. He is complete,  completely different from a rich person. Akhila-loka-pala. He is the  controller of the whole universe; still, you see His vairagya.

But here Krsna as Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Krsna as Rsabhadeva, Krsna as  Krsna Himself, They are teaching us how to become pure  devotee, because sva kalevaram jihasur atmanah. Before  leaving your, this body, you must be self-realized. That is the aim of  life. Bahunam janmanam ante.

niskincanasya bhagavad bhajanonmukhasya. Niskincanasya. If  you actually want to become a pure devotee, then you have to make  this material way of life completely zero. Anyabhilasita-sunyam. Then  it will be possible. If you have still a pinch of attraction for  material life, then it will be stopped, your promotion to the other,  spiritual world. Simply attachment to Krsna, that will make you  advanced.

   So anyone who has accepted this material world as  very comfortable… It is not comfortable; it is simply suffering.  Krsna says, duhkhalayam asasvatam. And still, if we want to be happy in  this material world, bahir-artha-maninah. These fools, they are trying  to be happy within this material world. Material means external  energy. Bahir-artha-maninah. Na te viduh svartha gatim hi visnum  durasaya. This is durasaya, the hope which will never be  fulfilled. But this we do not… Maya-sukhaya bharam udvahato  vimudhan. So unless there is vairagya, there is no question of happiness.  But we cannot attain vairagya immediately; therefore the vidhi-marga,  vidhi-marga-bhakti, to rise early in the morning, to attend mangala arati, to  offer Deity flowers, fruits, and in this way we shall be engaged  twenty-four hours. Then vairagya-vidya will gradually develop. Anarthopasamam saksad bhakti-yogam adhoksaje. Then the anartha… This  material life is simply anartha, has no meaning, because we are creating another life. Without  any spiritual knowledge, if we simply give ourself to the action and reaction  of material nature, then we are making progress on the path of mrtyu- samsara  vartmani. And if we attain Krsna, then mam upetya kaunteya duhkhalayam  asasvatam, napnuvanti.

   This sloka can be applicable to Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s  life. He also became a sannyasi, arya-vacasa. One brahmana  cursed him. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, to receive some blessings from  the brahmanas, when He was boy He was voluntarily trying to give some service  to the brahmanas who were engaged in bathing in the Ganges. He’ll clear the  place because the brahmana, after taking bath in the Ganges, would sit  down, would chant mantra. So He’ll cleanse and He’ll wash the cloth,  and in… Voluntarily He was doing that, service. So one brahmana  blessed Him, “My dear boy, You’ll be very happy in your family life.  You’ll have good wife, very opulent position.” And Caitanya Mahaprabhu  was blocking the ears. The brahmana said, “What is this?” “No, this is  not blessing, sir.” “Oh, it is not blessing? Then You’ll never be happy  in Your family life.” “Yes, this is the…” (laughter) “This is  all right.” So therefore He took sannyasa. Arya-vacasa yad agad  aranyam. Similarly, Lord Ramacandra, arya-vacasa yad agad aranyam. These  are the characteristic of the Personality of Godhead. Try to follow  Them, not imitate, but follow them.    Thank you.  (end)