If
you want sanity, you have to be transcendental to the
madness of this material world. Here even on the
slightest provocation, because their minds are not
peaceful, people will engage in fighting for no
legitimate reason
Especially in this age people will commit murder or
nations will go to war simply due to frustration over
their miserable existence. They foolishly think that by
exerting their so-called supremacy they can find
satisfaction. Because they are not the supreme, by this
method they will never be successful. If they would like
to take our advice, we can inform them to stop
artificially trying to be the supreme. Acknowledge that
you are subordinate to the supreme and fully surrender
yourself unto Him. This will give you genuine lasting
happiness, not your attempts to be supreme.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Monday 11 June 2012
Saturday 9 June 2012
24 GURU's from Srimad Bhagavatam
The 24 gurus are: the earth, the air, the sky, water, fire, moon, sun, pigeon, python, the sea, the moth, honeybee, elephant and honey thief, the deer, the fish, the prostitute Pingala, the kurara bird, the child, the young girl, arrow maker, serpent, spider and wasp.
1. Earth: a sober person should never be distracted from progress on his won path even if he is harassed by other living beings, because they are acting helplessly under the control of God. He should be as steady as the earth. Like the mountain and the tree, he should dedicate himself to the service of others.
2. Air: a transcendentalist may be surrounded by innumerable material objects possessing good and bad qualities. But like the wind he should never be entangled by them. When the wind carries different aromas, it never mixes with them.
3. Sky: Though the sky extends everywhere and everything rests within it, it does not mix with anything. The soul and Supersoul have the same quality. The sky is never implicated or affected by the blowing action of the wind. In the same way the living entity is never affected though it may enter a body of material elements.
4. Water: The saintly person is like water because he is free from all contamination, gentle by nature and when speaking creates a beautiful vibration like the flowing of water. By seeing, touching or hearing such a saintly person, the living entity is cleansed as if coming in contact with pure water.
5. Fire: Even if a saintly person eats contaminated food by chance he is not affected, like the fire that burns up contaminated substances that are offered to it. Like fire, he is sometimes concealed and sometimes revealed. As the spiritual master he burns up the past and future reactions of his disciples. The Supreme Soul is like fire in that He enters different bodies as fire manifests differently in various pieces of wood. Like the flickering fire, the waves of time flow constantly and imperceptibly bring with them birth, growth and death. But just as nobody can follow the changing pattern of a flame, no-one can see the changes wrought by time upon them.
6. Moon: Though the moon waxes and wanes, it is not affected by this "change." Similarly the living entity is not affected by the changes of the body from birth to death.
7. Sun: A saintly person can accept a material thing with his senses and at the appropriate time he gives that thing to the proper person. So also the sun evaporates water and returns it to earth as rain. Sun and saint are never entangled by this. The sun is reflected in many objects but is never divided. Also the soul is reflected into various bodies but is always one and the same.
8. Pigeon: he is an example for excessive attachment, because he chose to be captured by the hunter after seeing his wife and children so captured, thinking that without them life was not worth living.
9. Python: he does not make arrangements for food, but waits for food to come to him. This exemplifies peacefulness and patience.
10. The sea: just like a tranquil sea, the saintly person, being full of knowledge, is never disturbed.
11. The moth: a foolish man is captivated by a woman's charms just like a moth is captivated by a flame and burns within it.
12. The honeybee: a renounced person who begs a little food from different houses is like a madhukari, or honeybee. Also a honeybee takes nectar from different flowers. So also an intelligent human being takes the essence of different scrip-tures. But a saintly person should not become greedy and collect too much.
13. The elephant: A saintly person should remember how the great bull elephant is captured by the she-elephant; therefore he should never desire to touch the body of a young girl.
14. The honey thief: sannyasis and brahmacaris are entitled to take away the wealth of the laboring householders, just like a hone thief takes away the honey from the nest of the busy bees.
15. The deer: they are bewildered by the sound of a hunter's horn, and thus are killed. A renounced person should never become attracted by mundane sounds like sensuous music, especial-ly the sweet singing and dancing of beautiful women.
16. The fish: they are caught on the hook by their uncontrollable tongues. A learned man should control all his senses by first controlling the tongue, which is the most powerful sense of all.
17. Pingala: this prostitute gave up her plans for earning money through sex indulgence out of frustration. Feeling satisfaction from her abandonment of material desires, she could remember Krsna and became peaceful.
18. The kurara bird (hawk): When a hawk carrying some meat was attacked by larger hawks, he gave it up out of fear for his life. Renouncing and saving himself, he felt more happiness than he did when he took the meat.
19. The child: a foolish child is happy due to ignorance, and a saintly person is happy due to having surrendered to Krsna.
20. The young girl: receiving some prospective bridegrooms on a day when her parents were away from home, she went into the kitchen to prepare food for them. While beating rice, her bracelets jangled, and she was afraid that the young men would think her family was poor because she was doing all the work in the home. She broke all the bracelets except two on each arm, but these also jangled. She then removed one from each arm, leaving only one on each arm. Thereafter she worked in silence. So too, when many people live together, there will be clashing of interests and fighting. It is better to live alone.
21. The arrow maker: the devotee should be so absorbed in the Lord that he does not see duality, just as the arrow maker was so absorbed in his work of making a straight arrow that he did not notice the king passing buy.
22. The snake: he makes no home for himself, but takes over the homes of others, having eaten them. A sage should similarly make no endeavors for his own shelter.
23. The spider: God is like the spider because He creates the network of the cosmos from his own potency and then withdraws it into Himself.
24. The wasp: he trapped a weaker insect in his hive. This insect took on the mentality of a wasp out of intense fear of the wasp, and thus became a wasp in its next life. This illustrates how one attains in the next life what one's mind is fixed upon.
1. Earth: a sober person should never be distracted from progress on his won path even if he is harassed by other living beings, because they are acting helplessly under the control of God. He should be as steady as the earth. Like the mountain and the tree, he should dedicate himself to the service of others.
2. Air: a transcendentalist may be surrounded by innumerable material objects possessing good and bad qualities. But like the wind he should never be entangled by them. When the wind carries different aromas, it never mixes with them.
3. Sky: Though the sky extends everywhere and everything rests within it, it does not mix with anything. The soul and Supersoul have the same quality. The sky is never implicated or affected by the blowing action of the wind. In the same way the living entity is never affected though it may enter a body of material elements.
4. Water: The saintly person is like water because he is free from all contamination, gentle by nature and when speaking creates a beautiful vibration like the flowing of water. By seeing, touching or hearing such a saintly person, the living entity is cleansed as if coming in contact with pure water.
5. Fire: Even if a saintly person eats contaminated food by chance he is not affected, like the fire that burns up contaminated substances that are offered to it. Like fire, he is sometimes concealed and sometimes revealed. As the spiritual master he burns up the past and future reactions of his disciples. The Supreme Soul is like fire in that He enters different bodies as fire manifests differently in various pieces of wood. Like the flickering fire, the waves of time flow constantly and imperceptibly bring with them birth, growth and death. But just as nobody can follow the changing pattern of a flame, no-one can see the changes wrought by time upon them.
6. Moon: Though the moon waxes and wanes, it is not affected by this "change." Similarly the living entity is not affected by the changes of the body from birth to death.
7. Sun: A saintly person can accept a material thing with his senses and at the appropriate time he gives that thing to the proper person. So also the sun evaporates water and returns it to earth as rain. Sun and saint are never entangled by this. The sun is reflected in many objects but is never divided. Also the soul is reflected into various bodies but is always one and the same.
8. Pigeon: he is an example for excessive attachment, because he chose to be captured by the hunter after seeing his wife and children so captured, thinking that without them life was not worth living.
9. Python: he does not make arrangements for food, but waits for food to come to him. This exemplifies peacefulness and patience.
10. The sea: just like a tranquil sea, the saintly person, being full of knowledge, is never disturbed.
11. The moth: a foolish man is captivated by a woman's charms just like a moth is captivated by a flame and burns within it.
12. The honeybee: a renounced person who begs a little food from different houses is like a madhukari, or honeybee. Also a honeybee takes nectar from different flowers. So also an intelligent human being takes the essence of different scrip-tures. But a saintly person should not become greedy and collect too much.
13. The elephant: A saintly person should remember how the great bull elephant is captured by the she-elephant; therefore he should never desire to touch the body of a young girl.
14. The honey thief: sannyasis and brahmacaris are entitled to take away the wealth of the laboring householders, just like a hone thief takes away the honey from the nest of the busy bees.
15. The deer: they are bewildered by the sound of a hunter's horn, and thus are killed. A renounced person should never become attracted by mundane sounds like sensuous music, especial-ly the sweet singing and dancing of beautiful women.
16. The fish: they are caught on the hook by their uncontrollable tongues. A learned man should control all his senses by first controlling the tongue, which is the most powerful sense of all.
17. Pingala: this prostitute gave up her plans for earning money through sex indulgence out of frustration. Feeling satisfaction from her abandonment of material desires, she could remember Krsna and became peaceful.
18. The kurara bird (hawk): When a hawk carrying some meat was attacked by larger hawks, he gave it up out of fear for his life. Renouncing and saving himself, he felt more happiness than he did when he took the meat.
19. The child: a foolish child is happy due to ignorance, and a saintly person is happy due to having surrendered to Krsna.
20. The young girl: receiving some prospective bridegrooms on a day when her parents were away from home, she went into the kitchen to prepare food for them. While beating rice, her bracelets jangled, and she was afraid that the young men would think her family was poor because she was doing all the work in the home. She broke all the bracelets except two on each arm, but these also jangled. She then removed one from each arm, leaving only one on each arm. Thereafter she worked in silence. So too, when many people live together, there will be clashing of interests and fighting. It is better to live alone.
21. The arrow maker: the devotee should be so absorbed in the Lord that he does not see duality, just as the arrow maker was so absorbed in his work of making a straight arrow that he did not notice the king passing buy.
22. The snake: he makes no home for himself, but takes over the homes of others, having eaten them. A sage should similarly make no endeavors for his own shelter.
23. The spider: God is like the spider because He creates the network of the cosmos from his own potency and then withdraws it into Himself.
24. The wasp: he trapped a weaker insect in his hive. This insect took on the mentality of a wasp out of intense fear of the wasp, and thus became a wasp in its next life. This illustrates how one attains in the next life what one's mind is fixed upon.
Maya
The living being in his natural healthy consciousness is always fully absorbed in serving Lord Sri Krishna, the transcendental source of all existence. As soon as he forgets Krishna he is plunged into an ocean of misery. This fall down of the living is nicely explained as follows in the Prema-vivarta:
kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha jīva bhoga-vāńchā kare nikaṭa-stha māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare "
Turning his face away from Krishna, the jiva develops the desire to enjoy. Standing nearby, Maya slaps him and seizes hold of him." Krishna has shown me the proof yesterday of above verse.It is true that we continuosly plan things ,which gives us impression that we are going to be happy with this thing or that thing like that, but it never happens. The moment that happy thing comes there is a definite fraction of time we do really feel happy about and then follows the best part :) .
kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha jīva bhoga-vāńchā kare nikaṭa-stha māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare "
Turning his face away from Krishna, the jiva develops the desire to enjoy. Standing nearby, Maya slaps him and seizes hold of him." Krishna has shown me the proof yesterday of above verse.It is true that we continuosly plan things ,which gives us impression that we are going to be happy with this thing or that thing like that, but it never happens. The moment that happy thing comes there is a definite fraction of time we do really feel happy about and then follows the best part :) .
Sunday 11 December 2011
Sunday 1 August 2010
Association is the key
Today i heard series of lectures and arranged the altar in the home.
Key principle of success is Assoication.Now i am realizing the fact called how much an association can make difference..Thanks to internet , you can make wonders with this, you can be in touch with whole divine community in one second.The most important thing i learned is, some how or other get connected to a devoteee, and life changes automatically.Formula, is just be in association, you are saved. Krishna will take care automatically. Harekrishna!
Association dictates Destiny!
Key principle of success is Assoication.Now i am realizing the fact called how much an association can make difference..Thanks to internet , you can make wonders with this, you can be in touch with whole divine community in one second.The most important thing i learned is, some how or other get connected to a devoteee, and life changes automatically.Formula, is just be in association, you are saved. Krishna will take care automatically. Harekrishna!
Association dictates Destiny!
Tuesday 26 January 2010
About Flowers
One of the most beautiful things I appreciate about flowers and garlands is how within a day, they wilt and become soggy and lose their fragrance… lose their color, lose their texture, and nobody wants them.
Isn’t that wonderful? It’s so metaphorical to our life. Everything in this world, like the flower, begins as a seed; every living being begins like a seed, starts to grow as a sprout, then blossoms, then wilts, and dies.
But Krishna accepts the essence. This body doesn’t last much longer than a flower garland, from the perspective of eternity. The amount of time that a flower garland wilts and is no longer nice in our vision is really a long time compared to our life from the perspective of Lord Brahma. Our whole life span – all the aging and wilting and everything – is not even a second from his perspective.
So a devotee is saragrahi, always concerned with the essence, seeking the essence of life, seeking the essence of everything we see. And what is the essence? The essence is everything’s connection to Krishna. The essence is eternal. The essence cannot be wilted by time. And every time you place a flower on a garland, that act of devotion is eternal.
Whatever you offer to Krishna – that investment of devotion – will never wilt, will never grow old, will never be lost, is ever fresh, and forever.
Isn’t that wonderful? It’s so metaphorical to our life. Everything in this world, like the flower, begins as a seed; every living being begins like a seed, starts to grow as a sprout, then blossoms, then wilts, and dies.
But Krishna accepts the essence. This body doesn’t last much longer than a flower garland, from the perspective of eternity. The amount of time that a flower garland wilts and is no longer nice in our vision is really a long time compared to our life from the perspective of Lord Brahma. Our whole life span – all the aging and wilting and everything – is not even a second from his perspective.
So a devotee is saragrahi, always concerned with the essence, seeking the essence of life, seeking the essence of everything we see. And what is the essence? The essence is everything’s connection to Krishna. The essence is eternal. The essence cannot be wilted by time. And every time you place a flower on a garland, that act of devotion is eternal.
Whatever you offer to Krishna – that investment of devotion – will never wilt, will never grow old, will never be lost, is ever fresh, and forever.
Thursday 14 January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010
WElcome new year2010.
I have the pressure of taking few resolutions for this year and start seriously.
Some how i feel not left behind , as today is also considered as beginning of new year.Being from Farming family, it makes more realtion to me than Jan1 st.
Trying to put a good defence for my laziness..:)
Any way what matters is new year resolutions and what i can really follow and what i am doing now..Some how after reading chaitanya maha prabhu's sannyasa taking feeling more inspired .
SO let's see in my next blog what i have taken and this time i am really serious about them and i want to take only those i can do and don't take what i can't do..unlike last year..
I have the pressure of taking few resolutions for this year and start seriously.
Some how i feel not left behind , as today is also considered as beginning of new year.Being from Farming family, it makes more realtion to me than Jan1 st.
Trying to put a good defence for my laziness..:)
Any way what matters is new year resolutions and what i can really follow and what i am doing now..Some how after reading chaitanya maha prabhu's sannyasa taking feeling more inspired .
SO let's see in my next blog what i have taken and this time i am really serious about them and i want to take only those i can do and don't take what i can't do..unlike last year..
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