- If we are serious about self realization it is expressed through our eagerness to hear, to learn , to serve, to put our spiritual practice in the center of lives.
- Real tapasya is not that you do something whether you like it or not. Real Tapasya is that you are excited about doing it because it is connected to Krsna. We are eager to do everything we do to facilitate ourselves and others to love Krsna.
- When one associates with devotees- devotion to Krsna awakens in the heart.
- While we are on this earth, we can be the greatest well wisher of all creatures. That means to inspire all others to love for Krsna. To see every living being in all species of life in relationship to our own service to Lord Krsna.
- Any little thing we do, we sweep the floor, we cook an offering, we distribute a book, we speak hari katha, offer a prayer, chant the name, if its done with sincerity and devotion Krsna is personally reciprocating and its an investment Krsna will never forget because Krsna is Supremely grateful.
begins with this proclamation, before even understanding what is about to be spoken in the sutras- this is the invocation to wake us up- unless we wake up to this point we will not take our spiritual life very seriousl- having taken this human form of life which is so rare , it is time to inquire into the Brahman, the Absolute Truth.
We chase after things to devote so much of our time for that which has no value to the soul. Human form of life is so valuable but in Kali yuga - we think what is the value- we become depressed, suicidal- bec we do not understand this gift. The human life is actually meant only for one purpose self realization.
Then we crave for those things that were provided to us through all the other species of life- physical comfort, sensual satisfaction, comfortable residence, to prove our strength. Sex life- wealth or power - all these mental and physical pleasures are available for the animals. Some big birds- eat little birds. whats so great about that- big nations conquer little nations, only diff birds are supposed to do that- we are in total ignorance and do that - then we think we are so great. Actually what people are chasing after has very little value- they are available for dogs and hogs and other species- they cannot pursue with full hearts- self realization- how serious really are we ?
If we are serious its expressed through our eagerness to hear, to learn , to serve, to put our spiritual practice in the center of lives. We do have these bodies, we do have these minds and we have to tend to them- we cannot neglect them because if a human being unless one is extremely liberated anyone else if they neglect their body and mind too much their spiritual life becomes unsustainable because the atma is still so connected and still so identifying with the body and mind.
Unless we are really experiencing the higher taste of ecstatic love- then we have to take care but with out purpose in the center- everything in our life is oriented in such a way to facilitate our journey home to the real self to self realization.
That is actual intelligence- it is isn't simply about making deals in which you could make a lot of money or convincing people in whatever you want to convince them of - interesting architectural designs that will not fall down. Real intelligence is how to keep the real value of life in the center and orient everything to that purpose. This is what BG is teaching us.
You have family, home, occupation - man mana bhava mad bhakta - everything you do must be an expression of your devotion and you should be willing to do it. Real tapasya austerity- just because it is difficult you get it sone- Real tapasya is you are excited about doing it because it is connected to Krsna. WE are eager to do everythign we do to facilitate ourselves and others to love Krsna.Mucukunda- he is expressing to Lord Krsna- I am very eager to understand who you are, I am very eager to speak so that everyone understand who you are. The backjground to his eagerness is very instructive. He was a king, not just a king- today most of the kinsgs are symbolic. They get to preside over formal events. Its mostly the political govt that makes all the decision and tells them what to do. Mucukunda was king of Iksvaku dynasty
Background to Mucukunda's eagerness to serve the demigods
Not taking things for granted, its not taking things in an impersonal ungrateful way- its actually trying to reciprocate with all the different gifts on every level we are receiving. 33 mn demigods- in one little tiny universe- they are all just trying to manage what Krsna has created Who is defeated in wrestling by his friends.Takes this many dept heads to keep it going. When we honor the devas we show we are not taking things for granted- things are personally given to us and we are personally reciprocating with us. Those benefits are even required in our devotional service, so we should be grateful. But when we give honor just because we wish to receive some material benedictions then we miss the real purpose of the whole created universes. Devarsi purtra... Krsna tells in the SM just like the root of the tress supplies noursihment to everyu part of the tree. W/o the root no part of the tree can survive.Place near Washington DC- very beautiful waterfalls. On our way back - large tree- totally holow- just bark- outer shell- you could walk into it. With the two otehr we were just sitting there chanting Japa.We serve Krsna, please Krsna all demigods , all ancestors and all those we are indebted to- all are satsfied. For whatever we recieve we are indebt- but when we surrender and serve Krsna all our debts are fulfilled.
The demigods even in their abode so many difficulties and anxieties.Devas turning to a human king to help them
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If Krsna immediately does not reciprocate with us, often times out of His sincere love this is really for our benefit and for the =benefit of those around us. To have faith in this is very important for our spiritual development. Any little thing we do, we sweep the floor, we cook an offering, we distribute a book, we speak hari katha, offer a prayer, chant the name, if its done with sincerity and devotion Krsna is personally reciprocating and its an investment Krsna will never forget because Krsna is Supremely grateful. He doesn't reveal in a very personal way that reciprocation on a physical level, that we may sensually experience or even mentally experience immediately because He wants us to understand the value- He wants us to take shelter in a deeper and deeper way in this apparent separation.
So How did Krsna give this ultimate experience of Himself to Mucukunda.In His lila He wanetd to orchestrate so many different pastimes to harmonize for a particular purpose.
Mucukunda, Jarasandha, Kalyavana
Mucukunda Asks for a benediction
59:36Krsna asks Mucukunda to ask for any benediction. Now Mucukunda is about to speak:
He tells, first Krsna tells about Himself. This is so beautiful -Krsna says "SB 10.51.36 — The Supreme Lord said: My dear friend, I have taken thousands of births, lived thousands of lives and accepted thousands of names. In fact My births, activities and names are limitless, and thus even I cannot count them.SB 10.51.37 — After many lifetimes someone might count the dust particles on the earth, but no one can ever finish counting My qualities, activities, names and births.SB 10.51.38 — O King, the greatest sages enumerate My births and activities, which take place throughout the three phases of time, but never do they reach the end of them."This is special feature about our SB in particular and are vedic literartures in general. The concept of Sanatana Dharma. Its so deep profound, although infinitely concise, so universal. We find such an incredible understanding specific of the personality of Godhead. Shyamsundar , His beautiful form, what His eyes, nose, ears look like, what He is wearing, what His voice sounds like, where He lives, great details about the nature His abode, what He does, what He likes, the Vedic Literatures give such details about that Supreme God and how that one Supreme God who we understand so specifically and so personally with such incredible detail, and its revealed in this way because Krsna is all attractive and by hearing about this our love awakens. We find little Dhruva Maharaja - 5 years old- Narada Muni described in great details the form of the Paramatma. Little Dhruva began meditating on that form and through that meditation he began chanting Krsna's Holy Names.He became completely pure and saw the Lord face to face .And while we are getting such a specific incredible expln and understanding of the POG His abode, His activities, Body and Qualities we also learn He manifests incredible forms, Narasimha, Varahan Kurma, Rama, Narayana and Vamana- these are just the prominent forms that we understand. Krsna is explaining here that the amount of names that He has and the forms He manifests when He descends into this material creation are limitless. How many particles of dust are on the earth. Even if you could calculate specifically how many there are , infinitely more is Krsna's names, Forms and activities. SP is explaining that this is a great opulence and it is so unifying. If you do not understand the essence, but you try to have a very universal concept then it becomes nothing. Just being universal without specific essence, but if you are specific and you understand the universal nature of that specific then you become very arrogant and sectarian. But in the principle of Sanataana Dharama wherever we find the essence of the Truth - we understand that that is true dharma and the Lord can appear in so many ways to manifest that true Dharma.
In Sanatana Dharma all the true religions of the world can be identified by the quality of by what is actually being taught and what the realization is based on the Vedas ,and its inclusive.BVT he understands that the Lord of Christianity, Judaism, even Lord Buddha Himself are all manifestign from Krsna. These are just a few of the religions around today. What to speak about the whole creation. Acc to time, place and circumstance, - the Lord appears- we can love Krsna in all of these forms because we understand what the essence is . BVT says -0 when I go to another religious place where the Lord is being worshiped, even if I may not understand what is going on, I feel my beloved Krsna being loved and worshiped in another way and another form. This is very much being confirmed here and this is why the Vedic Culture is so necessary to be understood around the world. Even people of other faiths can understand the universality by understanding the essence of who Krsna or who God is , and rise above arrogance and hatred.
