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- 2. Why did God create so many religions? Why there are different names, forms, worship, rituals of God Is there any path that synthesizes all these religions? Is there any one ulltimate goal behind all these religions?
- 3. Religions presented according to ability of audience to digest Truth For spiritually advanced, message given in a undiluted pure form (for eg PURE LOVE FOR GOD and GOING BACK TO GODHEAD is the only ultimate goal of life) For others, it is suitably modified to preclude rejection,to help them make limited spiritual progress (for example, you can get material benefits by praying to God and gradually come to higher goals).
- 4. Different Scriptures meant for Different Audiences LOGIC OF ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE MATHS 2 - 5 = ??? 2 - 5 = -3 Λφα=β δ ALLANIMALS EXCEPT PIG & DOG CAN BE EATEN AFTER SACRIFICE - ISLAM ROMAN CATHOLICS TAKE MEAT EVERYDAY EXCEPT FRIDAY - CHRISTIANITY MEAT EATING IS A PILLAR OF SINFUL LIFE & TRUE SPIRITUAL LIFE CANNOT BEGIN UNTIL WE SHOW MERCY TOWARDS ALL GOD’S CREATURES - SANATANA DHARMA
- 5. ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF ALL RELIGIONS IS THE SAME WE CANNOT REMAIN ATHEISTS AND WEAR THE GARB OF SECULARISM ; WE HAVE TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES God is one & Love of God Obey God’s laws Service to God Return to kingdom of God Sin no more Glory of holy names Sacrifice and renunciation of material pleasure Approaching a Spiritual Master
- 6. “I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal & noumenal by knowing which there shall remain nothing further to be known.” [B.G.7.2] OTHER RELIGIONS : SANATANA DHARMA POCKET DICTIONARY : CHAMBER’S DICTIONARY “THERE IS MUCH THAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU BUT YOU CANNOT BEAR IT NOW” - JESUS IN BIBLE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS - SAME MESSAGE
- 7. SANATANA DHARMA - THE OLDEST RELIGION BUDDHISM BHAGAVAD GITA SPOKEN TO ARJUNA SANATANA DHARMA - COMING FROM DAWN OF CREATION ISLAM CHRISTIANITY 1300 yrs. 2000 yrs. 2500 yrs. 5000 yrs. NUMBER OF
- 8. Depth of Verifiable and information in Vedas is far greater than the other scriptures ‘God said, “Let there be light and there was light.” God said, “Let there be earth and there was earth.”
- 9. Depth of Verifiable and inconceivable information in Vedas is far greater than the other scriptures Srimad Bhagavatam on the other hand, gives step-by- step information of how the Creation of the universe, as well as all living entities, takes place. The sankhya (or ‘count’) philosophy of twenty-four elements of the universe given in Vedic scriptures is scientifically explainable and provable.
- 11. “The self-centered materialistic ego, thus being transformed into three features, becomes known as the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance in three divisions, namely the powers that evolve matter, knowledge of material creations, and the intelligence that guides such materialistic activities. Narada, you are quite competent to understand this. From the darkness of false ego, the first of the five elements, namely the sky, is generated. Its subtle form is the quality of sound, exactly as the seer is in relationship with the seen.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam 2.5.24-25)
- 12. “Because the sky is transformed, the air is generated with the quality of touch, and by previous succession the air is also full of sound and the basic principles of duration of life: sense perception, mental power and bodily strength. When the air is transformed in course of time and nature’s course, fire is generated, taking shape with the sense of touch and sound. Since fire is also transformed, there is a manifestation of water, full of juice and taste. As previously, it also has form and touch and is also full of sound. And water, being transformed from all variegatedness on earth, appears odorous and, as previously, becomes qualitatively full of juice, touch, sound and form respectively.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam 2.5.26-29)
- 13. “From the mode of goodness the mind is generated and becomes manifest, as also the ten demigods controlling the bodily movements. Such demigods are known as the controller of directions, the controller of air, the sun-god, the father of Daksha Prajapati, the Ashwini-kumaras, the fire-god, the King of heaven, the worshipable deity in heaven, the chief of the Adityas, and Brahmaji, the Prajapati. All come into existence. By the further transformation of the mode of passion, the sense organs like ear, skin, nose, eyes, tongue, mouth, hands, genitals, legs, and the outlet for evacuating, together with intelligence and living energy, are all generated.” (Shrimad Bhagavatam 2.5.30-31)
- 14. Depth of Verifiable and inconceivable information in Vedas is far greater than the other scriptures Many religions say, “God is great” “God is love” “God is Almighty”; but they hardly give information about HOW God is the greatest person? How He reciprocates Love with His devotees through
- 15. Glory Of Vedic India : Advanced Mathematics • Arithmetic progression is explained in Yajurveda. • Positive and Negative numbers are explained in Brahmasputa Siddhanta. • Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. • Aryabhatta propounded the Heliocentric theory of gravitation, predating Copernicus by 1000 years.
- 16. The Surya Siddhanta A textbook on astronomy of ancient India,last compiled in 1000 BC, handed down from 3000 BC . •Showed the Earth's diameter to be 7,840 miles, compared to modern measurements of 7,926.7 miles. •Showed the distance between the Earth and the Moon as 253,000 miles,compared to modern measurements of 252,710 miles.
- 17. Why do we chant Hare Krishna and worship Lord Sri Krishna as Supreme?
- 18. Lov e Duty (praying out of gratitude for what God has done) Desire (praying for material benefits) Fear (praying out of fear of punishment) Ascending to the Ultimate Religion of Pure Love of God
- 20. Puranas prescribe worship for people in different Modes
- 21. Worship in Mode of Ignorance
- 22. Worship in Mode of Ignorance Those fond of material prosperity approach Shiva for benedictions. (eg) Bhasmasura or Vrikasura Perform Severe Tapasya like cutting or piercing flesh smoke intoxicants like ‘bhang’ or ‘charas’ Indulge in Matsya, Maams, Madira, Maithun, Mura on Maha Sivaratri day to worship Durga Offer animals or chicken in sacrifice to please Kali
- 23. Worship in Mode of Passion Performed out of hankering for honor, desire for material assets, competitive mentality, desire to become the ultimate enjoyer (eg) Hiranyakashipu
- 24. Worship in Mode of Goodness Recommend worship of Vishnu, Rama or Krishna Worship performed simply by offering Tulasi, flowers, fruits or water with Love as recommended in Bhagavad gita Most essential ingredient is only LOVE or DEVOTION The result of such a worship is Purification of heart By guidance of a pure devotee, one can go beyond the three modes and return back home back to Godhead
- 25. Is God some impersonal light or energy?
- 27. Microsoft
- 28. A well-managed MNC with operations around the world.
- 29. Behind all that, there is a person running and managing it. Bill Gates
- 30. USA
- 31. ...is governed by the Republicans
- 32. Ultimately, there is a person heading it George Bush
- 33. Who is the PERSON behind this gigantic manifestation ?
- 35. I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. ahaà sarvasya prabhavo mattaù sarvaà pravartate Bhagavad – gétä 10.8
- 36. Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being—moving or nonmoving—that can exist without Me. bhütänäà béjaà tad aham arjuna na tad asti vinä yat syän mayä bhütaà caräcaram Bhagavad – gétä 10.39
- 37. This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. mayädhyakñeëa prakåtiù süyate sa-caräcaram Bhagavad – gétä 9.10
- 38. prakåtià sväm avañöabhya visåjämi punaù punaù bhüta-grämam imaà kåtsnam Bhagavad – gétä 9.8 The whole cosmic order is under Me. Under My will it is automatically manifested again and again, and under My will it is annihilated at the end.
- 39. I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. gäm äviçya ca bhütäni dhärayämy aham ojasä Bhagavad – gétä 15.13
- 40. yad yad vibhütimat sattvaà çrémad ürjitam eva vä tat tad evävagaccha tvaà mama tejo-’àça- sambhavam Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor. Bhagavad – gétä 10.41
- 41. LORD’S APPEARANCE AND PASTIMES ARE DIVINE Lord Krishna not only claimed Himself to be God, but He proved it by showing the whole universe within His belly when He opened His mouth to show mother Yashoda. He also showed the Vishwaroopa darshan as well as four-handed form of Visnu as explained in the 11th chapter of BG.
- 42. éçvaraù paramaù kåñëaù sac-cid-änanda-vigrahaù anädir ädir govindaù sarva-käraëa-käraëam Kåñëa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes. Bramha Samhita 5.1
- 43. ete cäàça- kaläù puàsaù kåñëas tu bhagavän svayam Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28
- 44. “All of the above- mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Çré Kåñëa is the original Personality of Godhead.”
- 45. ‘ahus tvam rsayah sarve Devarsir naradas tatha Asito devalo vyaso Svayam caiva braveeshi me’ {Bhagavad gita 10.13} ‘All the great sages such as Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa confirm that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’ ALL GREAT SAGES CONFIRM KRISHNA’S SUPREMACY
- 46. The great acharayas like ...
- 47. Madhavacharya
- 48. Ramanujacharya
- 50. ... have all confirmed that KRISHNA is that Supreme Person
- 51. Shankaracharya summarizes…. ekaà çästraà devaké-putra- gétam eko devo devaké-putra eva eko mantras tasya nämäni yäni karmäpy ekaà tasya devasya sevä (Gétä- mähätmya 7) Let there be one common scripture for the whole world- Bhagavad-gétä. Let there be one God for the whole world- Çré Kåñëa and one hymn, one mantra, one prayer—the chanting of His name: Hare
- 52. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
- 53. 9 WAYS OF SERVING GOD & REVIVING OUR LOVE FOR HIM Padasevanam - Serving Dasyam - Carrying out instructions Smaranam - Remembering Sravanam - Hearing Kirtanam - Chanting Archanam- worship Atma nivedanam – Complete surrender Sakhyam - Friendship Vandanam -
- 54. KIRTANAM ‘SANATANA DHARMA’ means ‘our eternal function’, ‘our eternal duty of service and love to God’ One can serve the Lord by Chanting Hare Krishna and dovetailing all one’s talents in His service. By absorption in remembering the Lord a man, woman, a child or anyone can attain His association at the end of life.
- 55. NAMA JAPA and SRAVANAM Hearing Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam that enlighten and enliven us about the Supreme Lord will enable one upon leaving the body to attain a spiritual body which is just fit for association with the Supreme Lord. This can be achieved by chanting Hare Krishna maha mantra : HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
- 56. The Practical Application of Gita in our Lives ● The 4 Do’s - ABCD ● A – Association of Devotees ● B – Books – reading books ● C – Chanting the names of lord ● D – Diet (Krishna Prasad)
- 57. A Krishna Conscious Family in Japan
- 58. ● May Lord Sri Krishna bless you to in all your sincere endeavors to attain Him. Hare Krishna.
- 59. CHANT … Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare AND BE STRESS-FREE !! Mantra Meditatio n
Editor's Notes
- Once upona time there was a saintly missionary withha zeal to propagate the message of God far and wide To thaose parts of the land which are infected with the epidemic of atheism,and exploitaion of sesual culture, thus embarking upon this divinem ission, he reached a far off land, the entire localoty or the township was centers daround coal mines, this was a coal kigdom and the saintly missionary, called for the gathering of all the villagers And he startde his sp discourse And he was telling them how one should take to God but people were not ableto ,relate take It was appearing, a volley of weird terminology to the audience So the prec atarted teling SO IF YOU DON’T SURRENDER TO GOD, you will go to hell YOU SUFFER THERE PERPETUAY , ENTERNALLY and some hands raised some people were asking , asking what is hell Hell is a very dark place ,thre is abs darkness all around Thisis one of the darkest region, completely black, but no body semed to be fearful Hell is such a dandger place ,once you enter untold, problems will come untold obs, untold, prbl,s, just beibg there is so painfull it’s a torture being there, getting in and gettinggoing there, it’s going o Once gone inside one may be locked up perpetually and untold suffering Juat existing there is so laboius, it’s so much pain Any misery comes any time, any thing can happen any timenow you understood, hell is such a dangerous place. Der4 surrender to God. Dr4 surrender to God And people were having some exp of familirity as if that were very commoon, they started asking so what And the preacher got completely exp How is this I have desccribed the hell in so much ferocious way, its whole ambience,so horifying, so deadly There is no body cares for any one there is no warmth, no love, there There is heat of sharpness and cruelity and things like that And he was think, inspite of this people were unmoved Becz there life style was like that. It’s ok it’s nrmal So this preacher started desperately praying to God to give him the intelligence to make people understand. How to make them connected to God? And his in the midst of his deepest , helpless prayers,a spark comes in and immediately a sime beamed up and he lifted his face And he started telling, if you don’t surrender, you ‘ll go to hell ok no prblm any ways our life is something like that only Inhell, you’l not find some thing, in hell der are no news papers, and people started looking at each othre, what ‘llwe do in our life, this is the one point staff or the supporting stick , inside the coal mines, then people asked ok ok every body started tell us how to surrender to God, So these people don’t have anything in their life, except news papers Knowledge is always give n according to time place and circumstance. So many times when we embark on the journey of life , to restablish our lost connection, our lost realtionship with God To dive into inf oceanic waves of loving reciprocation in the mellows of sweetness We’ll see ourselves being faced with many confusions, if connection to God, is aprimordial neccessity of every spirit sooul, then why are there are diff paths to reach God, why there are diff nams, methodoligies, forms of worship Is it one or multifarious This remains a puzzle through out our lives. Is there any unifying principle. One religpnIs there in one path, one process
- There is a dictom, that is famous among certain sect of society people which say yatho mad tatho path you can follow any path, any way you go, you can go BTG.this is the pluralistic defn of religion Rel ha s3 defn Pluralistic, exlusivistic, inclusivistic Follow any path you can go BTG, you can create your own oath This is just like saying any white building if you enter you will get engineering degree, pluralistic app You go and stay 4 yrs ina…………………….. Or any whie building is an iit Whenwe sit at hwh statn do we apply this philosophy in life when we want to go home, to meet our parents, there are 23 platforms in hwh stn, if we apply this philosophy it means any trian you catch , you can go to home but is it the case? When it comesto going back to our eternal home, spiritual home, how can we applythe same philosophy 1st of ll destination depends on our desires, where you want to go thre are specific paths, that lead to specific destinations Yanti deva yatha deva Just like there are one PM and so many ministers, the PM is deva
- Not thhat any path we atke, we’ll go to the same destination and the dest depends on our desire. So if you want to go BTG Mak the students read the slide In Other rel it’s uitably modified to preclude rejection, prevent rejection to help people make limited spiritual progrress You see grt saintlpersonalities have come in various ages Accprding to the mind set of the people,level of advancemnt, the message is given. For eg, the grt teacher Jesus, when he came He was speaking some moral principles, but what was the result, he was hanged crucufied by some of his own members These were his own intimate people The level of the people is such thatder4 the Jesus said”I have so many things to reveal to you, but what to do, you don’t have that qualificatoion to hear, you are not at that level ” Old testament one of the 10 commandments is thou shall not kill. Now when the same message of spirituality is given to a person like Arjuna, let us try to understand who is Arjuna What is the character of Arjuna 1st of all he was impecable, invoncible, indefeatable as far as his skills were concerned, competence So oncw he went to indra loka Lord Indra was very happy receiving Arjuna and loo and behold, in the assembly came there came the beautiful heavenly damsel Urvashi. So Arjuna was looking at Urvashi So Indra thought, Arjuna was feelling some attraction towards Urvashi. So he called privately Urvashi, he said her,to day night you can try to satisfy Arjuna When Arjuna was looking at Urvashi, he was lookni that she was the same heavenly damsel This was the same lady who had marriedone of the kings in his own lineage Pururava maharaj who was one of the ancestors in the dynasty of Arjuna, so when he was looking at her he was remembering, looking at her ashis grt grt grt grt mother. He was remembering the past times of Pururava maharaj, how he had got illusined, and how at the end of jis life, he went BHBTG So when Urvashi cam eto him and asked you want to enjoy Then Arjuna foldded his hands aand startted saying Oh mother h ow can you thinklike this, im your grt grt grd son.but she was saying, actually in the heavenly planets, all such things don’y=t exist, then he said, what ever it’s you are my mother. This was the character of Arjuna Der4 the instn thawas given to Arjuna was to kill the Adharmivadis So this goes to show that the spiritual teacher will give knowledge acc to the lvvel of people, matturity of the people. The Lord wanteedd him to kill End result was every one was liberated, they went beyond the material world , they were purifiedbecs it was instrn of God like the same soldier is asked to kill in the battle field. Of he kills in the battle field, he’ll get paramveer schakra award becomes the govt want shim to do that But the same person after he comes to his,home and with the same rifle with which he killed becz of which he go the award, he shooots his neighbour The same person will get death sentence he may say I am using the same rifle, why are you giving me death sentence Becz he is not following the govt If you don’t follow th heinstrn of God, you’ll alnd up in prblm. This shows Instrn depends on the audience Just like the same phdteacher, who has done phd in maths Now this teacher if comes to the nursery school, the sameteacher what will he teach? He’s going toteach take 2 apples and take 3 more apples, now how many aplles are there? FIVE! That’s what he’ll teach. Now some one says, this person doesn’t know anything, is t right to say? The same teacher when he coms to class X, he’ll teach trigonometry, and the same teacher when he comes enggg 1st yr, he’ll teach line integrals, volue integrals, 1st order 2nd order, integration, partial differntiationa nd all that So maths reamins the same
- Now if you ask in elementary school, class 1st if you ask what’s 2+5, the boy’ll answer, but if you ask what’s 2-5, the boy’ll say Qs is wrong But if you ask the same qs in class VI and if you say that the qs is wrong then he’ll get zero in the exam. So 2-5 doesn’t exist and 2-5 is -3, bothare true,it all depends on the level of audince Just like So dre4 revealation happens as per the amturity or devdelopment of the person Then one starts hearing deeper and deeper So this goes to show that varous religions of the society some of which are adressing various level sof propple in the society an dder4 we may find external superficial differences among them So one religion may say 2-5 doesn’t exist and one religion may say 2-5 is -3 And one religion say 2-5 is 2-5i² So which is right and which his wrong Every religion may talk abt dif set of practises but it’s just like saying 2-5…….. It all depends on level of the people Der4 when people talk about my rel is the best rel only my way is theway BTG. That’s exclusivistic religion. This is just like saying only this builing is iit, It’s not that only this building is iit, ther are 13-15 iits It’s not that any buiding is iit So what is the right approach, which buiding is iit, there is a set of procedure, it should be sanctioned by the HRD ministery, There are certain set of norms it ha sto be bonafide, authorized, civilized\, there shouoild be certain set of norms, certain set of faculty, reasearches, infracstrusture, if all these are satisfies then this is caled at iit So actual understanding of erligion is inclusivistic Ther is one path BTG ,,the road BTG is only one And ther are diff rel are taking to the diff stages, levels on the same road Acc to the level of audience, truth is revealed in a differentway What is the unifying principle There has to be a restriction on meat eating. If you give it uo fully then that is wonderful if notin stages, every religion talks sbout some restriction If one is not ready to give up fully, then to preclude rejection, atleast you do some thing and then little more ad then a littl emore and ultimately get completely purified So ther is one road and diff rel is taking to diff levels in the same road
- Ther is a common word which is being used very profusely, it’s called secularism and in the name of secularisminstitutes and organizations, they don’t allow any rel and in the nam eof seculrism, afull scale propaganda of atheism is going on. Openly there are propagating full scale atheism Actually secualism, means evry rel is allowed to speak the message of God, to help the people according to the varoius levvels of audience, connect diff level sof aidoence to the message of God, not that no body is allowed The essential unfying principle is the manner So we’ll see that behind all these rel, the essential unifying principle is the same It’s just a manner in which it’s being presented Like some body may call it as a Christ and some body may call it as Krishna. But Christ and Kishna come from the same Greek word Christos, in sanskrit it’s aakarshan , the same thing So the actul principle is God is one and love of God is the actual goal, so, one should obey God’s laws, we should chant God’s names Make boys read this There is the same path and diff religions take to different destination on the same path Just lke there is one route from heer to tata nagar and there ar diff trains that fly off on this route There is tatanagar steel exp which goes in this route, ispat steel esp, but there are midnapur locals, ther are kgp locals, there re panskura locals, mecheda locals so the ame route but the mecheda local stops in mechda if one wants to go further from mecheda to kgp then one should atleast take a kgp local, you can take midnapur local, you can take tata exp to come to kgp So this way we come to understand that how Primary school
- so the teacher knows everything, and the message is one, that’s fine but people are having the capacity to grasp, it’ll not be revealed but LordKrishna is telling……… So this way
- So,there is full revelation is there
- SB desribes the complete mechanism
- You need not expln everything, the purposeis to confuse them
- That expln What is the name of God, his prsonal likings, what are His habbits, that descrption you find in any scriptures, but SB gives the full detail that is the mean of saying how E depth of veryiable information is greter in Vvedas Now some body may say are you blowing your own trumpet So here we have understand 2 things 1.1stly we are stating facts and these facts we can see it for yourself Der4 we showed how the depth of verfyable inf is more in Vedas, thatis the 1st thing and if you want you are welcome to read the full text of SB, but there are 18 volumes, big big, 18000 verses, and you are most welcome to read, you just fix up the desire, we’lll provide everything 2. Just likeIf ceo of the company is saying that he’s ceo of the company it’s something not wrong, it’s a fact, it’snot blowing of the trumpet And it’s not demeaning other colleges Just like if you say that I studied in iit kgp now some body may say whya are you so proud you are pin pointing down on other unoversities and one maynot have a thought like thatIf some body says I am from iit It’s afact, I have the certificate,admissin card, phoographs And now one Just like we Being in iit is very wonderful but one should see that what he does after coming to IIT. One cannot be unnecessarily proud of being in iit, there are many iiitians who land up in 345 lakh job and there are many some Jharkhahnd university, some common university , one may have gota 10 lakh job so yes although Ffactualy speaking the facilities in ither collegs are not so much but what it matters is how the person takes it up t o the particular path Just like there are some primary schhols, some secondary schools and some unoversities, if you call the primary schhol as primary school, it’s not demeaning orminsulting We have call it as a primary school but we may send our son there only so that’s one undestanding there is nothing called as demeaning no here We respect and appreciate evry living entity but when in making our choice , for making a sensed choice, which path to take for ourselves, we have to do a comparative analysis, Did it not you did a comparative analysis when you wanted choosen your colleges, or you thought that any engg institute you can go., so many of us in our home town, we might have nits but we did not studied there but we came to a place which is 1000s km far off, why becz it’s an iit, we exercise our discrimination and for us we have chosen this iit but atht doesn’t mean nit. If I come frfom nagpur and I come to iit kgp, that doesn’t mean that I am an outright rival. I have rivalry with nit nagpur, so you may havei n nit nagpur, your one of the very dear friends but That doesn’t mean that I am In the same way we are trying to do analysis the depth of various rel To what stages each rel are taking us, so that we can have proper understandng for ourse Just like if you have to go long road 50 km journey,There is a long road, theremay be many means of transport When the goal is clear then every thing starts making a sense Ultimate goal is by all these means of transport we want to go BTG Which ever means of transport helps us to go back to God head fastest that is the science Becz rel is a science This is very imp to expln other wise epople meay getoffended Now one may ask what happens to people who are following islam , christianity, what will happen to them , wil they get stuck up in the middle? Usk achita mar karo If you study in a primary school which is till class 6th, it’ll make It’ll make sure that you get admission ina schoo which is of next hiigher 7th standard Many of the class 12 th schools, have iit coaching in the school campus only or they encourage others to come to their school, ann dteach them about iit. Becz they make sure that the person goes ahead. They are not able to take him forward, so they place him ina situation or stram that can take him forward. Sim iit also does the same thing , iit also doesn’t take us to the entire destination of our life so der4 they have this tnp cell and they tries to help the student to get placed in some company so that he cango forward in lifeand hence Sim rel which’ll taekone to the inter med teaching will make sure that the person gets higher and higher realization Proofther are certain sects with Islam Sufis they have chanting of holy names of God One gets to higher an dhigher understandnig Onlymale visitors are allowed, no feamle visitors are allowed in the country Only monks live there This place is midst of a mountain, there is no female there and onlymales are allowed. What do they do they getup 1 oclock at night They have 6 hrs of japa , 6hra of kirtan and other 6 hrs And they read from scritures for 6 hours, so vigorous practise Yes a sincere seekr wil be taken care off. So we have to seek admission in some bonafide process’’//and if we can take up to a higher level of oractise we need not take up toa alower level And if you have qualified jee, you don’t have to go to nit This is inclusivistic path and there is one path And ultimately all religions have to take a person through that one path It’s not that rel which is imp, it’s that love of God that is imp, connection to God s imp.
- Vedas give us everything that we need to know inour life even if it’s material subject matters, if we neede it , Vedas have given us Vedas are like the super market, you get every thing there . So we are saying this like a big university from class 1 to phd everythin is available here We can se the semblance of Sanatana dharm ain all othehr rel For eg if you read Bible, there is description about the noah’s arch, boat, the whole world was capturedinin water and he was on boat.in SB also same past time is explained Satyavartha muni, matsya avatar he was asked This ia the are past time is explained Adham and habibat
- Fear ther are diff levels of worshipthe iastt platform of worshiip is in the platform of fearone is very horrified or pressurised by forseeing the upcoming sin becz of that he takes to the righteous pathjust like a thief may not steal just becz of the punishment of being imprisoned or beaten up by belts Here the image of God is a universal cosmic jury sitting with stick giving punishment to every body, you did this, you did that der4 you hear in some sects of rel eternal damnation, if you abide by the injuctions of God you enjoy for ever, or you will be eternally sent to hell, eternal damnation so theseare the type of concepts that come fron religion that arise from the platform of fear We are trying to tell not that this worship is wrong, but thare is worship which is higher than that More eveoved tahtn that is worshiop on the platform of desire, desire means asking for material benefits, he one considers God as waiter this is a business, barter system wth God If you sove my prblm, I will give you 15 nariyals, So this just loke you go to a hotel,and call the waiter and you give a big list of itemss what w want to eat Similarly one may go to the temple and ring the bell, give me this this this… I am coming next month, better you supply me all this, if you supply me all these then I will give you a naiyal in return this si called a s prayin plsr In hyd there is a temple called as VISA Balaji. They want to approach Balaji for what purpose, Balaji is nota custom offcer thsese are the eg of worship on the pltfrm of Worship o God has done so much for me why shouoldnot I surrender to God , not take the path of God Just like inprevious ages people give lot of imp to imandari, karam nishtha means there’s the Father he ‘ll serve a particular master and whole life he’ll serve the particular master , the master has lost his riches and everything, even then he keep s on servnig his master, the son also continue to serve the same master orthe son of the master, this is completely volunatry, out of gratitude, this is called as gratitude So higher than that is the platform, how this the platform of love is diff from other platforms? Just like a waiter , if you go to a hotel, he makes a nice note, what do you like ? And he brings nice eatables, what ever you order Sometimes if you go to the same hotel, he may give what you like without your order, the If the waiter brings nice gajar halwa, you don’t embrace the waiter, with tears in your eyes, we understand that ok this fellow wants some tip, But if the same halwa if it’s brought by a a mother , you may have tears in the eyes and you may have emnbrace the brother Prahlad maharaj, a amll 5 yr old boy simply remembering the Supreme Lord and suffering the attrocities of Hiranya kasipu How many of you have herad thetpast ttime Lord Narasimha devacame to protect Prahlad maharaj and he killed hiranyakasipu LND wa so much pleased with Prahlad maharaj, he asked PM to ask for a benediction and this 5 yr old boy Prahlad says to the Suprem Lord, MY Lord, I am not a business man that I have done some business, I have invested in you an d I want some return from youi just want to go on worshipping you an dLND heraing this becam eevn more happy thanthat and He asked this ia the attitude which please sme the most der4 you should ask me some benedictionPM says I don’t want anythinf Here God is convincing I’ll give you , and he’stelling I don’t want Pls kill al the material desires in my heart. this is just like a mother , the child has a infant child, and the mid night, the chiild may pass stool on the bed, the mother is not going to say that this is not my official timings, my darshan timings are 6 in the morning to 10 In the nightservice timings The mother will clean him, put new clothes on him, give him some things to dringk, eat and then put them to bed
- In the past times of sri ramayan, we We see the desprate eagerness of Lord Hanuman to serve Lord Ram. What not H did? For the pleasure o LR His life was service to Rama. So der4 Lord Ramachandra returned to th kingdm of Ayodhya andthere is Ramarajya , H alsi came H was super enthusiatic, H used to every practical service Hanumanji used to do every practical service day and night B4 any one understood, this could be a service, H used to finishing it and there 4 with in a few all the A disgusted with H They went to mother Sita,and lodged a compalint, and they said to MS what is this if H did all the services, and he did not give us any service for us to Lrbecz he’s so enthu, so fast, proactive, expert, so loving So loving that practically we don’t hav a single seva for Lord Ramachandra.this is not fair, already we have been bearing so much separationa nd now also we are not abale to connect to our Lord, the Lord our hearts, the Lord of our lives We lodge our [etitioncomplaint against Lord Hanuman. Msthought, very serious discussion, very serious grave matter, an d after thinking deeply, in the grt Vaishnava assembly, MS announced, now we’re going to make a service allocation chrt so veMother Sita was Various services for Lord Ramachandra’ll be written down on the notice board an devery one will be alloted various service. So every one was very satisfied So every one was called Hanumanji was 1st to come and he was sitting right in front waiting with out blinking the eyes, he wanted all the services All the ayodhyavasis came, and they saw H sitting at the tip of the toes always ready to do service, so eager They were feeling but they had faith in the word of MS May be we’ll be getting any thing or not. All ayodhya vasis did a intense brain storming for many many days to find out every possible srvice to LR and the list was displayed, ansd seeing list Hanumanji became jubiliant, and jumaped to I’LL DO IT. And the name of the service would be announced That was the eagerness H was compltetely devastated No no you have done so many services, H, you can take some rest How’ll I live if I don’t have any service Rest is a rust, service to Lord Ram is a must What can be done May be if you find any service that is not in this list to LR and that service is allocated to you and H jumped up Jai Sri Ram, to do microscopic analysis, if their any service leftover But the list was so exhaustive, becz they are all pure dev Therer was not even a single speck of moment of seva Every moment of the day, services were allocated Going through the services agn and agn Then the Supreme Lord kindled a inspiration for this grt dev Then H jummped up Hari Bol, I found out one service notin the list and that is allocate dto me And all the Adevotees wwere very happy, how eager is this devotee that such an exhaustive and he is able to find out a seva And every one was thinking what You see in the proceedings of the court, Lord Ram ‘ll become tired and He’ll yawn, and some one has to do Chuutki to him. This is such an imp service What an interesting service, what an all obeisances to H eagerness to serve As soon as MS nodded and gave her blessings H flew off, he was beside LR, beholding the lotus face of LR didn’t ask any thing Hnaumanji was just riveted to Lord Ramachandra , wher ever He went, H used to follow Whole day nota single momentwhy LR can yawn any time a and immediately he has to do dervce And the night time came an dLR went to the inner quarters of His room and Msasked what is this, and H said, this is my seva , anytime LR may yawn in the night and I have todo chutki This way Hanumanji was glued to LR just observing beholding the beautiful form of the Lord an dLR would do His daily proceedings an din midst of that, He ‘d looka ta LH and oceaninc waves of love will emerge from his heart and just to pls His devotee R would start yawning and immediately, H would jump up and start doing his chutki with grt liove and grt gratitude Jai Shri Ram Chutki seva So this is love. This attitude is the sum and the substance of journey of love. The same spirit of service, of sacrifice, dedication , enthisiasm, we can awake by f We can awake by following the 9 step process and chanting the holy names understanding and imbibing the instrn of the Lordin the form od=f shadstras what we are doing And many more things which are going to come up only time is separating this is inception