"One should hold one's body, neck and head erect in a straight line
and stare steadily at the tip of the nose. Thus, with an unagitated,
subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely free from sex life, one
should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal
of life."
B. G. Chapter 6, Verse 13-`14

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Yours
Dinesh

The ultimate goal of life!

Just like when we put on a coat, we think that we have become that
coat and we take pride on that covering. One other instance is when v
drive a car v think I am going faster than others but it's the car and
not me.
Same way we are inside this body and thinking&acting as if v r this
body. Spirit is willing, flesh is playing :) finally suffering :(

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Yours
Dinesh

Spirit is willing, flesh is playing!

We act according to our whims, and the resultant action is there
immediately. Nature's law, God's law, is there. It is not God's
creation that somebody is suffering from some painful condition and
somebody is enjoying. No. We infect ourselves with some
contamination because this material world is full of contamination.
You must remain very cautious. Otherwise you will have to suffer.

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
In his conversations in Mayapur, 19th March, 1976.

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Yours
Dinesh

Who's responsible for my suffering?

Bhagavad-gita As It Is 6.47

yoginam api sarvesam

mad-gatenantar-atmana

sraddhavan bhajate yo mam

sa me yuktatamo matah

SYNONYMS

yoginam -- of yogis; api -- also; sarvesam -- all types of; mat-gatena -- abiding in Me, always thinking of Me; antah-atmana -- within himself; sraddha-van -- in full faith; bhajate -- renders transcendental loving service; yah -- one who; mam -- to Me (the Supreme Lord); sah -- he; me -- by Me; yukta-tamah -- the greatest yogi; matah -- is considered.

TRANSLATION

And of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in Me, thinks of Me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to Me -- he is the most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all. That is My opinion.

PURPORT

The word bhajate is significant here. Bhajate has its root in the verb bhaj, which is used when there is need of service. The English word "worship" cannot be used in the same sense as bhaj. Worship means to adore, or to show respect and honor to the worthy one. But service with love and faith is especially meant for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One can avoid worshiping a respectable man or a demigod and may be called discourteous, but one cannot avoid serving the Supreme Lord without being thoroughly condemned. Every living entity is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus every living entity is intended to serve the Supreme Lord by his own constitution. Failing to do this, he falls down. The Bhagavatam (11.5.3) confirms this as follows:

ya esam purusam saksad

atma-prabhavam isvaram

na bhajanty avajananti

sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah

"Anyone who does not render service and neglects his duty unto the primeval Lord, who is the source of all living entities, will certainly fall down from his constitutional position."

In this verse also the word bhajanti is used. Therefore, bhajanti is applicable to the Supreme Lord only, whereas the word "worship" can be applied to demigods or to any other common living entity. The word avajananti, used in this verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, is also found in the Bhagavad-gita. Avajananti mam mudhah: "Only the fools and rascals deride the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna." Such fools take it upon themselves to write commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita without an attitude of service to the Lord. Consequently they cannot properly distinguish between the word bhajanti and the word "worship."

The culmination of all kinds of yoga practices lies in bhakti yoga. All other yogas are but means to come to the point of bhakti in bhakti-yoga. Yoga actually means bhakti-yoga; all other yogas are progressions toward the destination of bhakti-yoga. From the beginning of karma-yoga to the end of bhakti-yoga is a long way to self-realization. Karma-yoga, without fruitive results, is the beginning of this path. When karma-yoga increases in knowledge and renunciation, the stage is called jnana-yoga. When jnana-yoga increases in meditation on the Supersoul by different physical processes, and the mind is on Him, it is called astanga-yoga. And when one surpasses the astanga-yoga and comes to the point of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krsna, it is called bhakti yoga, the culmination. Factually, bhakti-yoga is the ultimate goal, but to analyze bhakti-yoga minutely one has to understand these other yogas. The yogi who is progressive is therefore on the true path of eternal good fortune. One who sticks to a particular point and does not make further progress is called by that particular name: karma-yogi, jnana-yogi or dhyana-yogi, raja-yogi, hatha-yogi, etc. If one is fortunate enough to come to the point of bhakti-yoga, it is to be understood that he has surpassed all other yogas. Therefore, to become Krsna conscious is the highest stage of yoga, just as, when we speak of Himalayan, we refer to the world's highest mountains, of which the highest peak, Mount Everest, is considered to be the culmination.

It is by great fortune that one comes to Krsna consciousness on the path of bhakti-yoga to become well situated according to the Vedic direction. The ideal yogi concentrates his attention on Krsna, who is called Syamasundara, who is as beautifully colored as a cloud, whose lotuslike face is as effulgent as the sun, whose dress is brilliant with jewels and whose body is flower-garlanded. Illuminating all sides is His gorgeous luster, which is called the brahmajyoti. He incarnates in different forms such as Rama, Nrsimha, Varaha and Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He descends like a human being, as the son of mother Yasoda, and He is known as Krsna, Govinda and Vasudeva. He is the perfect child, husband, friend and master, and He is full with all opulences and transcendental qualities. If one remains fully conscious of these features of the Lord, he is called the highest yogi.

This stage of highest perfection in yoga can be attained only by bhakti-yoga, as is confirmed in all Vedic literature:

yasya deve para bhaktir

yatha deve tatha gurau

tasyaite kathita hy arthah

prakasante mahatmanah

"Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed." [SU 6.23]

Bhaktir asya bhajanam tad ihamutropadhi-nairasyenamusmin manah-kalpanam, etad eva naiskarmyam. "Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord which is free from desire for material profit, either in this life or in the next. Devoid of such inclinations, one should fully absorb the mind in the Supreme. That is the purpose of naiskarmya." (Gopala-tapani Upanisad 1.15)

These are some of the means for performance of bhakti, or Krsna consciousness, the highest perfectional stage of the yoga system.

Courtesy & Reference : http://vedabase.net/bg/6/47/en2

Of all the yogis, one who constantly thinks of Me is the highest-Thats is My opinion!

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The Revolving Door Dynamics Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005) If you go by statistics, than enough people become involved in Krishna Consciousness – and so many thousands were, and where are they now! They came. Sometimes they call this movement a revolving door…a revolving door and people come in, they spin around and then they go out from the other side. That is what is going on – the revolving door. So basically we are speaking about the revolving door dynamics! But they will come in and they shoot back out – and they will come in again – then they shoot back out again……come in again and gradually they will stay longer. So you have to look at it over a longer time span. We are just looking at it at a too shorter time span. So many people interrupt their connection with Krishna Consciousness for a while and then they pick it back up. All along they are still thinking about it and its still working in that….. and they took a little distance…….then they get back into it. So its not like all those people who went through the revolving doors came in, and went forever – never to come back… it's not like that. Once touched – it doesn't just go away, it's an ongoing fermentation process! That's what you see, if you look at it over a longer time span, than it may take longer than one life… that's all – it's not a big deal. Some people do it over a couple of lives! Whilst some do it over many years!

The principle of empowerment Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Amsterdam, 2010) Empowerment means that even when we can do something, we don't… we let others do it so that in the course of doing it, they grow and become powerful. The whole sankirtan movement is based on this principle where Lord Caitanya lets others to do. This is also the principal of devotional service. Therefore Prabhupada said: In the material world, if you want a job you have to go for a job interview and they are testing if you have the qualifications… but in spiritual life, first you get the position and then the qualification. That's the nature of spiritual life because it's based on the principle of empowerment! So Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wants us to distribute the fruit. Because it is said that when you distribute the fruit you have, afterwards you will find that you have more than you had before. So that is also there. And in our vaishnava community, the same principle of empowerment is needed which means that if there is someone who can do what we are doing, then let them do… but then what will we do? If we let others who come up behind us take over by giving them some support and help… what will we do? If we give someone our service, then we try and do a bigger service! Each service is a preparation for the next…

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