But in life, each individual has their own set of questions provided by the almighty and only he can find answers to those questions through his own hardships. When you chant Hare Krishna that forces you to think of Krishna. What relation is Jesus to Krishna? According to Krishna, one should perform good deeds and lead a simple life. According to the scriptures, four divisions or castes (varna) regulate Hindu social life. What is a good balance prabhu? Should we care about the body like non devotees who are so concerned about their health etc.? We have to do at least that. Answer: The Vedas state that the goal of life is to learn how to properly serve God, revive one’s love for God, and return to live eternally with Him in the spiritual world at the end of life. विक्लवो वीर्यहीनो यः स दैवमनुवर्तते । TBGD. It is a science, Krishna consciousness. That is our disease. Overeating is not at all good for devotional service. But as soon as we take to Krishna consciousness everything changes. Prabhu is everything fixed in life,i mean to say is our destiny fixed depending on the past karmas? But devotees become transcendental to this material suffering. So we avoid so many bodily problems that we would otherwise have to suffer simply because we are chanting Hare Krishna. This art of living for Krishna, working for Krishna, doing everything for Krishna, this is the science of Krishna consciousness and Srila Prabhupada has given us all the secrets as to how to easily practice Krishna consciousness in his books. The truth is this concept of sense gratification is only an illusion. Not that I can write one paragraph and you will learn the science. Nirjana bhajan is going to some solitary holy place and sitting down there and chanting Hare Krishna in seclusion. Unsubscribe from KrishnaConnect Mailing List. she was so ill and very ill, so miserable, so suffering for a long time that she could not even come to temple to pray and finally she died with the disease. Thank you Madhudvisa das Prabhuji, for an enlightening article. Hare Krishna. He stayed on this earth for 125 years and played exactly like a human being, but His activities were unparalleled. If we do this Prabhupada will become pleased with us and actually the only way to advance in Krishna consciousness is by pleasing a pure devotee of Krishna. According to Krishna, one should perform good deeds and lead a simple life. But even if we are not so advanced we can distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books to others. If we choose to serve maya then it is as you have described. This is the practical way. Question: According to the Krishna conscious philosophy, what is the goal of life? The fish can never be happy on the land. You have to study the science by reading Srila Prabhupada’s books and putting the instructions Srila Prabhupada gives you in his books into practice in your day-to-day life. One should not waste energy in talking, rather should believe in actions and performing tasks with perfection and dedication. So there is no point in trying to make a comfortable arrangement here in the material world. 2) Proud (Garv), Pride (Abhimaan) and Arrogance (Ahankar). Death can come at any moment. If we are serious there is no question of doing less. But one thing is certain. He is perhaps the most popular of all the heroes of Hindu mythology. That is the point. Not that we are going out of our way to exercise or body. When a person has money or power, he sometimes gets out of mind and forgets about one thing that is eternal and the ultimate truth i.e. We can never be happy in the material world. No. That is the point. In the BG (15.7) Lord Krishna states that, “the living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts.” In BG 2.20, Lord Krishna informs us the soul is eternal; “he is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. So far, Krishna’s value system ‘Dharma’ has taught me to follow the path of wisdom and lead the life in a simpler form. First we have to become fit ourselves, then we may be able to do something to help others. It means a living entity who has been specifically empowered to preach the message of God on earth. Viklavo veeryaheeno yah sa daivamanuvartate Krishna then goes on to remind Arjuna to follow his dharma, or his purpose in life. So our own meal times become delayed. The best example that you can take is of Vibhisana who revealed his brothers’ secret to Lord Rama that helped Rama to defend the powerful king Ravana who was invincible till then, as nobody knew his weakness. Serving Krsna or serving deities is more important. Our human form of life is perfect if we can remember Krishna at the time of death. Arjuna’s dharma is that of a warrior, both literally and metaphorically. 2.23.16, Only the timid and the weak leave things to destiny (daivam) but the strong and the self-confident never bank on destiny or luck (bhagya). All we can really choose is if we want to serve Krishna or serve maya [illusion]. We are in these material bodies and they are going to get old, sick and die. Best thing is to rise early and take bath and then engage in spiritual activities. Krishna's … They are truly transcendental! hare krishna. So we need to read Srila Prabhupada’s books and put the instructions of Srila Prabhupada into practice on our practical day-to-day lives. The Vedas are the eternal truths of life originating in India that have been passed down from time immemorial originally through oral reception, and more recently through written scripture in the Sanskrit language. Dear Sir, So we need to take more advantage of Srila Prabhupada’s personal association in this way, through his transcendental books, and our path to success will become more and more clear. There is no need to change your situation. So the answer is that yes, for the karmis, everything is more-or-less predestined. Your email address will not be published. It’s because nature wants us to see more through eyes, listen more to learn and gain knowledge through ears, feel more through the body, smell more to differentiate between good and bad by the nose. Latest News, Today's News, Current Affairs, Technology and Entertainment. Many Hare Krsna Devotees become overweight and sometimes obese due to consuming a lot of prasadam as in the course of a day or month they do so much offering and don’t want prasadam to go to waste. But we have to become Krishna conscious ourselves and that means we must at least chant 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra ourselves and follow the four regulative principles ourselves. ashish That is our nature. So the purpose of life is to cure this material disease and regain our original Krishna consciousness and be fully engaged in serving Krishna under the direction of His pure devotees. So if you can organize this then do it. Can it be achieved by copying others or cheating? One has to receive the transcendental sound from the right source, accept it as a reality and prosecute the direction without hesitation. We should be moderate in all our habits. Arjuna has been a mighty warrior all his life; it is what he was born to do. CAN YOU SEND ME CHANTING BEEDS? But when he starts making fun of others and tries to bring others down, then it’s the time to stop because that is arrogance which would bring him down sooner or later. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna ... karma — what a person deserves for his past acts — proceeds not only from what he has done in the present life but from past lives as well. The real thing is we need to be engaged in devotional service. And that means you have to surrender to chanting at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra every day, you need to strictly follow the four regulative principles: no illicit sex, no meat eating, no gambling and no intoxication. You can learn to be soft spoken and be patient from His experiences. Required fields are marked *. So please read Srila Prabhupada’s books. If we care a lot for the body then we can’t prioritise our sadhana. But as we advance in Krishna consciousness we can completely transcend the control of karma. In the Nārada-pañcarātra it is also said that any person who has developed even a small amount of devotional service doesn’t care a fig for any kind of happiness derived from religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, or the five kinds of liberation. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has analyzed the different sources of happiness. But people do not do this. There are two fights in the Indian history. Now I'm just hankering to once again see the world chant Hare Krishna, dance and feast and float away in the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement as it did in Srila Prabhupada's physical presence. Take a very good example of coal, Coal also changes to a diamond with time after rigorous hardship and struggles. 5)    Do not Cheat: What is required to get successful in life? I have a query regards to the above statement. your newsletter is very important for us. I understand this principle as part of Krishna Consciousness and practice as a human-being – as Jeevathma is Paramathma as various scriptures said to the extent possible limited to one’s capacity in all respects. Goal of Life. But if we surrender to Krishna and serve Krishna then we are controlled by Krishna…. It is already fixed up, how much we will ‘enjoy’ and how much we will suffer here in the material world. When we prioritise our sadhana we will to some extent neglect our body. Krishna (also Krsna or Hari Krishna) is a major Hindu god and considered the eighth incarnation of Vishnu. Gurujeee do you agree to my comment. So when you are working you will be constantly remembering that it is Krishna for whom you are working. So, we do not know whether our good time is eternal or not. According to Lord Krishna and Lord Ram, love comes from heart and not from any physical or sexual relationship. Have you ever thought that? 11. People would like to become very wealthy, very beautiful, very powerful, very famous, etc. You can just add Krishna consciousness and that will perfect your life. Not too much eating and not too little. Of course not with the intention to keep offending. Both Krishna (in the Bhagavad Gita) and a supernatural person’s sacrifice in a creation myth in Rig Veda are considered the origin of the caste system.12 A Brahmin caste has priestly duties, and Kshatriya is the warrior caste. The above is in the context of a very busy female devotee who has many responsibilities including work responsibilities. But seeing these two devotees I am confused, please instruct me. These things are very minimized, chanting 16 rounds of the Hare Krsihna mantra is not much. And Prabhupada is with us. You mention in the last para.. ‘This art of living for Krishna, working for Krishna, doing everything for Krishna, this is the science of Krishna consciousness …’. Krishna tells Arjuna they will know him completely. The word “remembering” is important. I am slowly elevating in my life with your excellent discourses.. With warm regards, We are just joining in the daily kirtan party. “You Must First Be Gentle” Krishna then begins to describe the effects of those who completely depend on Krishna in their practice of yoga, and become attached to him. But we are not cooking for ourselves, we are cooking for Krishna…. If we are not serious then anything is good of course. by Madhudvisa dasa | Full size image. It is true. The sastra says our body is not important as it is in transmigration and will wither and fall anyway. We do not know if we will still be living in this body in one hours time. Though there are many different religions in the… No. Gandhari cursed that Krishna would die within 36 years, along with anyone from the Yadu dynasty. As far as overeating we should not eat more than necessary. So you have to start at the beginning. The secret of success is to receive the sound from the right source of a bona fide spiritual master. That is the point. Although generally considered to be religious texts, Vedic writings also inform us about the embodied soul's mental, intellectual, and emotional functions. And you have to read Srila Prabhupada’s books at least 1-2 hours a day. You can do all these things in your household life and in your current situation. I have full confidence in Krishna Consciousness. 1. These satchets are of course not prasadam. And that just happens to be the best exercise for our bodies. This movement is a Western outgrowth of the popular Bengali bhakti (devotional) yoga tradition, or Krishna Consciousness, which began in the 16th century. There are many bad reactions from overeating health wise. We are controlled by the demigods and our karma and have no real independence. But after a period of time, it will give rise to a bigger problem. We have no choice but to serve. Devotees surrender to Krishna and serve Krishna and everything in a devotees life goes on under the personal guidance of Krishna. So we are keeping clean for Krishna, but keeping clean like this also happens to be very good for the body. It is not so amazing that sometimes we may fail to come to the proper standard. And that should not discourage us. Prabhu, can you tell us where we can have mrdanga in Delhi, India. We can not change it. 1) Never disrespect people who are weaker than you or those who are lower than your stature. 7)    Revolt against the injustice: Many follow the practice of being silent in front of powerful. You can study any person in this world, even the so-called greatest man, and you will find he is a servant. So if you think by taking some medicine temporarily that will help you reduce eating then maybe it is OK. it makes us alive you r doing such a wonderful work and I really only trust you after sri satgurudev prabhupad..thank you so much..I born in Hindu brhman family but as bhagwat says in kaliyug so called brhman family no austerity no celibacy and no bhakti only a bogus stamp of bhrahman..guru ji I want to know I saw sri babaji maharaja sri thakur bhaktivinod maharaj It is up to Krishna and the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. But Prabhuji I am not always think about krishna whene i am working other jobs such as at my office work, travelling etc. That is the secret. The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu sacred text originally written in Sanskrit that forms part of a larger epic, the \"Mahabharata.\" Yoga is presented in the Bhagavad Gita as the process by which a person can connect with the Absolute or Divine. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on Krishna Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls in late August or early September of the Gregorian calendar. Yes. But we can never become complacent. That's my life and full-time occupation now really. I want to divert in myself in path of ISCKON This is the platform we have to achieve: Krishna consciousness. At any moment we can die. But if by some bad association we do fall down we have to pick ourselves back up again and get ourselves properly situated again. Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is a historical person who appeared on this earth five thousand years ago. I appreciate all your email, thank you very much, Guruji — need your help in how to attain this nature when mind always wanders and be after materialistic gains. Can we chant in morning without taking bath. But looking after the body is a very simple thing. But caring for the body seems to be in contradiction of our daily sadhana in Krishna Consciousness, at least for some of us. 4)    Know your Weakness: Have you wondered what your weakness in this life journey is? It is simple to understand and concise. ” It is possible that the whole cycle can ger reversed. Watch Queue Queue So you just have to deal with it. When a person works hard it makes him proud, if he gets successful in his work then it generates pride in him which is not wrong up to some extent. It means we have to know it first ourselves, otherwise it will not be possible to explain it to others. You can try to act in such a way as to not unnecessarily disturb them. By overthrowing Kansa, Krishna re-established the old king Ugrasena on the throne and stabilized the kingdom from collapse due to factional fighting within the kingdom. Not so reliably in dreams. A devotee, especially devotees with Ksatriya gunas should never leave anything to destiny, but should endeavour very hard, day and night for Lord Krishna. 3)   Most Important Sense Organ:  Body is the Most difficult creation of Almighty. My question is that, we are preached that when we pray to Krishna and chant Maha Mantra, all our bad karmas are wiped off and our destiny becomes pleasurable and blissful. Definitely No. There is no need of any other process. sri Krishna chaitanya mahaprabhu and other devotees sri radha Krishna in my dreaming state but not totally dream like a fact real state and whenever I saw anything like this I also feel my soul is rotating very very so fastly in my body everywhere and one day when I saw sri radha Krishna like this my heart is dancing heart is rotating ..like we feel satisfaction in sex but it is more than sex it is more than anything and feels in heart …it happens only once in my hole life…guru ji is it called realisation I feel my soul is different from body and it is so powerful and one more thing is it possible our beloved guru maharaj initiate us in our dreams and respond and help us and also trained us … 2/98 Bona fide spiritual master Puport One should not make fun of them. It is not actually possible for us to enjoy in the material world. If we can not do that ourselves we will have no spiritual strength and we will have no power to explain Krishna consciousness to anyone else. Watch Queue Queue You have to use your common sense in these matters. I could clearly understood spirutual world where Krishna love his devotees is far better than this material world. To remember Krishna  one should chant the maha-mantra, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna  Krishna Krishna  Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, incessantly, following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, being more tolerant than the tree, humbler than the grass and offering all respect to others without requiring respect in return. And we can never be happy here in this hostile foreign country. Good one are those who haven’t been caught. Somebody protested that “Your Krsna consciousness movement makes people dull.” And now, you haven’t seen the Vaisnava. Published on November 14th, 2020 | So at that time, Kalidasa Kavi, that “Here is the example of dhira. We need to adjust our lives so our every action is performed for Krishna under the direction of a pure devotee of Krishna. And another devotee, who used to do service (aarti every day we go to temple and see him doing aarti) but after months we learn that he began to suffer from his leg, and when finally he had to live on a wheel chair for his rest of life, he cannot even come to temple, how is it sad! If we have spiritual responsibilities we tend to carry all that out first then only look into the body’s needs. Which just so happens to be perfect exercise for the material body. We can not put much faith in dreams, although sometimes it is spiritual. Also chanting Hare Krishna removes the cause of the bodily problems. It is very nice if we can get to this platform…. There is an English saying: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” So in Krishna consciousness we have to offer Mangal-Aroti to Krishna at 4:30 AM each morning. That's it really. The fish needs to live in the watery atmosphere. One may be a professional, a farmer, a trader, or even a student, (s)he can perform bhakti while discharging his/her duty. (Srila Prabhupada, 13 th July 1974, Los Angels, California), Yes. How to differentiate between proud, pride and arrogance? This is the process so if you truly want to clear your doubts and confusion then just follow this process and you will be very successful. Many times, I have experienced that Krishna as the solution when I was stuck. I know a devotee who is very devoted to Krishna. Hare Krsna! One is Rama and Ravana and one is Kuruksetra, and the hero is Vaisnava. The lesson from this is that one-day truth has to get revealed this way or that way. They go wherever Krishna wants them to go an serve Krishna wherever He wants them to serve. In this verse the importance of Krishna consciousness is stressed. So initiation is the point when we actually surrender to Srila Prabhupada, we accept his instructions as the mission in our life, and we surrender to him and agree to follow the four regulative principles: no illicit sex, no meat eating, no gambling and no intoxication, and we agree to chant at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra every day. We have to just eat what is required to keep the body and soul together. You will get more strength by preaching, by distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books, by helping others come to Krishna consciousness. There is no escape from this. Your email address will not be published. One more thing is many people dye their hair to appear young in this artificial world where anything not beautiful is usually not accepted. In your school, many would have passed exams by cheating by small help from friends. We are eternally servants of Krishna but we have rebelled against Krishna and come to this material world and here we are trying to get people to serve us. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. We are very uncertain about what will happen next. But we should be serious…. In that we we can become the guru for the people around where we live. Madhudvisa dasa My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a most merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a "Higher Taste" cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there. As far as the family members they will almost always be against you if you try to become a devotee of Krishna. No, it is not as you describe. Lord Krishna must help us to remember at the time of death. We all want to be happy(or satisfied) in one way or another ; in nectar of devotion it is stated : (From Chapter 1) People feel their self image is threatened. So even though a devotees body gets old, sick and dies, he knows he is not the body and throughout all of this he remains transcendental to the bodily conception of life and remains pleasurable and blissful. Thanking you for your time Prabhu. Why was this possible? Hence they end to consume it especially mothers. If you are searching for a collection of Bhagavad Gita Quotes then you are on the best website on the internet.Stay Calm and read our Collection. The ordinary devotees like us just add Krishna consciousness or devotional service… at my office work, travelling etc?... The court argued that since Radha-Krishna lived together according to our past karma the land conscious as advance... Have imposed upon ourselves because of neglect a period of time, your is! 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