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Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna

Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna
Gopis performing Devotional Service to the Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna

Pancha Maha Yajnas

Pancha Maha Yajnas

I shall speak a word on the Pancha Maha Yajnas which are intended to be performed by the householders for purification of heart. The five great Yajnas are:

(1) Deva Yajna is offering oblations to Devatas with recitation of Vedic Mantras.

(2) Rishi Yajna consists of study of Vedas and teaching of Vedas to students and offering of oblations to Rishis.

(3) Pitru Yajna consists of Tarpana or oblations to departed souls and Shraaddha or annual religious rites performed for them.

(4) Bhuta Yajna is distribution of food to crows, cows and other animals. This develops cosmic love and Advaitic Bhava.

(5) Atithi Yajna is giving food to guests and honouring them.

Every householder should perform these five Yajnas. If he fails to do, he will suffer from Pratyaya Dosha (the sin of omission). The fire place, the water pot, the cutting, grinding and sweeping apparatuses are the five places where injury to life is daily being committed. These sins are washed away by the five Maha Yajnas which every Dvija ought to perform; they are intended to satisfy the Bhutas, the Rishis, the men, the gods and the Pitrus.

The Pitrus are forefathers who dwell in the Pitruloka. They possess powers of clairvoyance and clairaudience. When Mantras are recited, they exercise a tremendous influence through their vibrations over the reciter of the Mantras, and his forefathers to whom they are directed. The Pitrus hear the Mantras through their power of clairaudience, and are pleased. They bless those who offer the oblation. In Shraaddha, the essence of food offerings is taken up by Sun's rays to Suryaloka and the departed souls are pleased with the offerings which reach them through the Sun. Even in Germany, many persons perform Tarpana and Shraaddha. They have scientifically investigated the beneficial effects of such oblations. It is the imperative duty of all householders to perform Shraaddha and Tarpana to propitiate the Rishis and Pitrus. It is only deluded souls with perverted intellect who misconstrue these things and neglect to perform the sacred ceremonies and suffer as a consequence.

Courtesy : http://www.dlshq.org/download/yogadaily.htm#_VPID_97

Above all we have Sankirtana Yajna of chanting Hare Krishna Maha Mantra which destroys the sins of omissions of these yajnas. But still there is no harm in performing these yajnas if we get sufficient time as house holders to help other beings around.

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Yours
Dinesh

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This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal


e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki ache paratiti re
kamala-dala-jala, jivana talamala
bhajahu hari-pada niti re

TRANSLATION

What assurance of real happiness is there in all of one's wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family members? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal; therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari-The Cooperation of Our Mind By Govinda Dasa Kaviraja


Yours
Dinesh

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Flower offerings and Prasadam

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Dinesh
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Fwd: [granthraj] Come to your Senses - Part 4

 

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in conclusion of the previous offerings titled, "Come to Your Senses", the transcription of a powerful class, given by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, in Sri Sri Radhaneelmadhav dham, Rajkot on 6th December 2005. In the previous offering we heard from Maharaj that

1. We should never neglect the scriptures.
2. Engaging the mind in Krishna's service and not in concoctions.
3. Clean and chant.
4. Come to your senses.

Now let us continue to hear more nectar from Maharaj on the topic 'Come to your senses'.

5. Come to your senses: We feel like running after every woman. But you can't do it. If you do it, you will be stoned or punished or beaten or arrested. So we can't do it. "I want to do it, but I can't do it so I have to control myself." So if the control is there, why not to have more control by going to the scriptures? We have seen in Bhagavatam millions of times. How many times we have heard! How many times we have discussed! What have you heard and what have you discussed! Even now, if you are running after these things, how you are going to save yourself! Be a nice devotee. Nice devotees have always very pleasing nature; and very comfortable in their own situation; they are in control of their body and, not only that, but always in control of their energies i.e. we are heir-apparent to Krishna. Krishna's name is Vasudev. Vasudev means fully in control of His energy and consciousness. He is the supreme consciousness. That is why, every tree is conscious here; every particle of the dust is conscious here and all over the material manifestation, what to talk of only this planet! All over the universe!! This is consciousness. And we are part of this consciousness. That is why it is said part and parcel. Part is part – simple. But we have parcel. Parcel means, you are in possession of consciousness and you are completely controlling the consciousness. So anybody touches any hair on your body, you know. In every follicle of the hair, the consciousness is there. This is the meaning of parcel. Why ignore the parcel word! And we are fully in control of this consciousness because we are part and parcel of Krishna. That is why whatever quality there is in Krishna's consciousness, we are having in us in tiny proprotions. With all our energies under our control and with all the consciousness under our control in this mini body, Krishna is supreme consciousness and supreme controller in this sense. Why is He known as ishvaram? It is because He is fully in control of His energies and of His consciousness.

Why can't we meditate on these things? Try to find out what brahmacarya is. Try to find out from Prabhupada's writings what he means. Try to instigate your intelligence. You are fully experienced. Try to control yourself and be a man in the real sense of the term. We are known as manava. We are Manu's followers. And Manu is highly elevated living entity. Even now, the code given for behavior is known as Manu-samhita. It is coming from Manu. He has recommended a code. And all the codes followed all over the planet are given by Manu. Different scriptures have different codes. Nobody recommends thieving. Nobody recommends running after women. But we are following that. There is no recommendation. Why are you following that? Because in the West – women liberation. Liberation of women is some scoundrel man's idea. If the women are protected by the husband, she cannot be enjoyed by anybody and everybody. So this scoundrel wanted to enjoy so he was very clever. He said, "Unless I speak in their language, women will not do." Liberation is death for a woman. As it is, sex is death; and liberation means, how many people will have sex! So it is as good as death. She cannot survive with this. Even the prostitutes can't survive more than 10-20 years because they are losing everything. This is not the way. That is why the controlled woman is necessary in this age. Liberation is a completely nasty idea. They think that, "Now I am earning money, I don't need a husband." It is not the money; It is the care. They will enjoy and go away. Who will take care? Children will be left to her. Please, this is all varna-shankara behavior we are doing. I don't know how to stop these things. But one thing we should do, that continuous harinama must go on. That is the remedy for this. You people please come together… and please these young people must crowd together here. Why they are wasting their time I don't know! Why they can't come together and try to follow something by which the society will be helped! Your earning will go on definitely. But you do these things. Why can't you come to this point? The school is already there. We are craving for the young people to serve Krishna. Please, propagate these things to young people. And celibacy must be there, and celibacy will be only possible if they are controlled. For your good you should be under control. Otherwise, you are losing. Outside world is completely nasty. So please take care. Hare Krishna !

Our heartfelt thanks to Maharaj for this powerful class full of strong, sublime and practical instructions which can save us from all miseries in this world.

Thank you very much.
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva,
Bhupati Krishna das, New York.


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Yours
Dinesh

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[granthraj] Come to your Senses - Part 3

 

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the previous offering titled, "Come to Your Senses", the transcription of a powerful class, given by our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj, in Sri Sri Radhaneelmadhav dham, Rajkot on 6th December 2005. In the previous offering we heard from Maharaj that

1. We should never neglect the scriptures.
2. Engaging the mind in Krishna's service and not in concoctions.

Now let us continue to hear more nectar from Maharaj.

3. Clean and Chant: Clean the temple and when you are tired, you won't have idea of sex at all. Once you are tired, then nothing is there. Clean the temple and then show me whether you are running after the girl. The girl may pass near you and you will never notice because you are tired. Because you are not working, that is why you are running after here and there. Man, every time the girl smiles and you think, "She likes me." "Arre man, she doesn't like you at all." Smiling doesn't mean anything. But we are mad. Because we don't see the soul in the girl, we are just running after the body. Why we are mad like this, I don't know! How else should Bhagavatam insist? Is this very difficult to understand? Does it require much intelligence? It is common sense. If you read Bhagavatam, you will see your own life and you will see the life around. This does not require much intelligence. (Maharaj humbly says) I am the dunce and even then I can see because I have gone through the whole thing in my life. I was also 20 years old. I was also 25 years old. Don't you think I was 25? So I know what was the thing. Please, scriptures are very particular. And unless you keep yourself busy, you will never get rid of these bad ideas. And busy in the sense of manual work. Two things we must always have: one is bead bag, another one is duster. So go and clean everywhere and chant. Clean and chant, clean and chant! That is it. Nothing doing. But we don't do that. Chant and eat, chant and eat! Man, stop this madness. The more you eat, the more you run after, because the outlet is not there. Please, stop. Chant and work hard. C-W is alright. C-E is wrong (laughter).

4. Come to your senses: Regarding eating, we should be very sane about it. Anything you eat, eventually it is stool. If you eat rasagulla, rasagulla doesn't come out. So you should behave alright. And you should propagate these things. Don't you want to live comfortably? Why we are not following this 'celibate' word correctly? Celibate is not that you don't have sex. No. Even if you are not having sex, if the idea is continuous, then you are having more sex. Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 3.6

karmendriyaani samyamya / ya aaste manasaa smaran
indriyaarthan vimudhaatma / mithyaacaarah sa ucyate

"One who restrains the senses of action but whose mind dwells on sense objects certainly deludes himself and is called a pretender."

How clear it is! Study Bhagavad Gita. You are stopping your sense gratification by controlling your senses. But manasaa smaran always you are thinking about it in the mind. indriyaarthaan vimudhaatma He is vimudha, fool. mithyaacaarah sa ucyate - he is a pretender. Please stop this. And how to do it? Continuous engagement in this study of scriptures. Even while sitting your mind runs after sex. So manual labor must be there. Get up at 4 o' clock, run to the temple. Do some productive labor. We are very happy in unproductive labor. We cannot afford unproductive labor. We can only afford productive labor. No need of going to gym or running around. You sit down here and clean the floor. No need of going anywhere. Unproductive labor will always kill you. Unnecessary palpitation is there. We call it, 'Cleanliness is next to Godliness'. Please, this is the point to be understood. Unless the celibacy is followed very seriously, don't think that you will progress an inch on this path. And when you don't progress, you lose faith in the process. There is nothing wrong in the process. Everything is wrong with you. Why you are not coming to the senses? Please, why, why this madness! Because we are not following any principles and we pretend that we are following - mityaacaarah sa ucyate - this is our position. And celibacy cannot be there. Not marrying is not a brahmachari. Staying with one wife is brahmachari. dharmaviruddho bhuteshu kamo 'smi bharatarshabha. We have to control anyway. The controlled life only gives us the safety.

Krishna willing, we will continue to hear more nectar from Maharaj in the subsequent offerings.

Thank you very much.
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva,
Bhupati Krishna das.
New York

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