BITTER TRUTH OF LIFE:

                                     

  
In the last few months, many people have died & many more are suffering from the outbreaks of COVID 19 throughout the globe. Health care professionals, hospitals, volunteers & many other professionals are trying their best to save the lives & stop the spread. We can try our best to take necessary precautions to stay safe & keep others safe.

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By observing the world around us, we can realize that the real & the ultimate problem of our lives are janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam, meaning birth, death, old age and disease are certainly the primary distresses of the material world. When it comes to disease & death, all other problems of the life become insignificant. No one wants to be aged, diseased & eventually dead. Birth, aging & death are certain, but disease varieties & severities vary as per our bodies, diets, enviorment & lifestyle. By overuse & misuse of material creations we have introduced more pollution, diseases & death then God Himself... see the upcoming Blog: MAN-MAD DEATH.

Temple, Church, Mosque, Medical Science, Spiritual science or even God cannot stop our birth-aging-disease & death cycles. When Mr. Death strikes, a rich man can't bribe him to go away; a beautiful lady can't charm him to excuse her; a strong man can't wrestle him to submit; a wise person can't defeat him in a debate. Mr. Death gets us all, with no exceptions. One may be admitted to the best hospital, treated by the best doctors, administered the best medicines, but if he is destined to die, he can't avoid an appointment with Mr. Death.

The knowledge & practice of spiritual science helps us to temper our consciousness & makes us mentally immune while facing the agony, aging, disease & death in our lives. This will allow us to enjoy the flickering happiness of the material world & have some LOL moments in our lives. Spiritual knowledge helps us to live in harmony amongst each other, other creatures & nature itself. It shows us how to live in this world & how to leave this world. We play the dice for our own lives, not God. Indirectly, however, everything is controlled by the Supreme Controller of the Universe. It is hard to understand the Lord & His actions. We should do our duties, God will do His. Be attentive but not attached to the situation. Be responsible, have compassion & don’t blame others. Be careful, carefree & cheerful 😃 but not careless. Be faithful but not fearful. Be supportive to each other. Be optimistic but be ready for the worse outcome.

Mother Nature (Material energy of God) is always one step ahead of us. A few months ago no one has expected that Coronavirus can creat a havoc in the world. We can try our best to fight against agony, aging, diseases & death but in the end we have to surrender to Mother Nature. When our time is up no one can stop our death..... the Bitter Truth Of Life, but our eternal soul lives forever....the Sweeter Truth Of Life.... 😃.

Bg 2.20 -- For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.

Bg 2.22 -- As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. Vedabase.com

With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us is good. 

HAVE A BIG SMILE.... 😃.

THANK YOU.

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).