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vibrations,our senses which r like poisonous snakes can also b
Ctrld&purified by being absorbed in d transcendental sound vibrations
of d holy names of d Lord.Who'll not take advantage of such an easiest
means2attain Happiness which is4free?
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Yours
Dinesh
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.8.22] |
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purushah sa parah partha bhaktya labhyas tv ananyaya yasyantah-sthani bhutani yena sarvam idam tatam
TRANSLATION: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by unalloyed devotion. Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him.
PURPORT: It is here clearly stated that the supreme destination from which there is no return is the abode of Krishna, the Supreme Person. The Brahma-samhita describes this supreme abode as ananda-cinmaya-rasa, a place where everything is full of spiritual bliss. Whatever variegatedness is manifest there is all of the quality of spiritual bliss—there is nothing material. All variegatedness is expanded as the spiritual expansion of the Supreme Godhead Himself, for the manifestation there is totally of the spiritual energy, as explained in Chapter Seven. As far as this material world is concerned, although the Lord is always in His supreme abode, He is nonetheless all-pervading by His material energy. So by His spiritual and material energies He is present everywhere-both in the material and in the spiritual universes. Yasyantahsthani means that everything is sustained by Him, whether it be spiritual or material energy.
It is clearly stated here that only by bhakti, or devotional service, can one enter into the Vaikuntha (spiritual) planetary system. In all the Vaikunthas there is only one Supreme Godhead, Krishna, who has expanded Himself into millions and millions of plenary expansions. These plenary expansions are four-armed, and they preside over the innumerable spiritual planets. They are known by a variety of names-Purushottama, Trivikrama, Kesava, Madhava, Aniruddha, Hrishikesa, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, Sridhara, Vasudeva, Damodara, Janardana, Narayana, Vamana, Padmanabha, etc. These plenary expansions are likened unto the leaves of a tree, and the main tree is likened to Krishna. Krishna, dwelling in Goloka Vrindavana, His supreme abode, systematically conducts all affairs of both universes (material and spiritual) without a flaw by power of His all-pervasiveness. |
Transcribed by Hina
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Cranberra March 2011)
There are many stories about Birbal and Akbar. Birbal who was Akbar's minister was very famous. Once Akbar asked Birbal:
"How long is it that a man in his life is actually being plagued with lusty desires?"
Birbal said:
"Your majesty, it will go on till the very end!"
"Come on…come on Birbal! A really old man with a stick. It can't be! No!"
One day Birbal suddenly called Akbar:
"Come… come right now! Oh and bring your daughter".
Akbar brought his young beautiful princess daughter. They came into a room of a 90 year old dying man and immediately the eyes of the old man were on the daughter!
Akbar saw this and he said:
"Yes! You are right!"
So this is ignorance. Ignorance that we are going for the illusion. It's an illusion – he is 90 years old – he is dying and in total illusion – he's looking at that princess – it's just foolishness.
There are more serious things to do at that time, but somehow or other his mind is being drawn into the temporary illusory pleasures.
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