We are not the owner nor we have invented the basic ingredients (earth,water,air,fire & ether) of material creation, but by overuse & misuse of material creations, we have introduced more pollution, disease & death than God Himself...LOL 😂
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/13uf7r7mtybc8l4/MAN-MADE%20DEATH.m4a?dl=0
Let’s see some data from Google below.
1. Slaughter house industries: 3 billion animals killed every day. Bird flu, swine flu, mad cow disease, and now COVID-19 which have resulted in deaths of thousands of people all over the world. Have we ever heard about mango flu, strawberry flu, yogurt flu or mad cauliflower disease?.... LOL 😂.
2. Alcohol industries: Worldwide, 3 million people die from from harmful use of alcohol. The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 diseases and injury conditions.
3. Oil, gas, chemical & plastic industries: Toxic air, water & soil pollution kills at least 9 million people around the world every year. (Stroke, heart disease, many other diseases, lung and other varieties of cancer due to pollution).
4. Drug industries: Illicit drugs use is responsible for 750,000 death every year.
5. Tobacco industries: Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year. (7 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while around 1.2 million are the result of second-hand smoke).
6. Gambling industries: 15 times higher rate of suicide.
7. Junk food industries: Unhealthily diets are responsible for 11 million preventable deaths globally per year, more even than smoking tobacco.
8. Weapons industries: 250,000 death per year due to gun violence. Nuclear weapons can kill million people in one shot.
9. Motor vehicle industries: Approximately 1.35 million people die in road crashes each year. An additional 20-50 million suffer non-fatal injuries, often resulting in long-term disabilities.
10. Technological industries: Sedentary lifestyles due to too many comforts, facilities, and luxuries from technological industries are responsible for even more diseases & deaths.
In summary, approximately 3 billion animals & 150,000 people die & many more suffer from these industries every day. If we observe carefully, our hospitals are filled with patients affected from above mentioned industries. If we go back 250 years, how many of these people & other creatures would have died from these industries?, maybe none; there were no above mentioned industries. These industries keep us busy, give us some comfort, excitement and then disease & premature death... 😂. We invented many diseases as a byproduct of these industries & now we are too busy inventing medicines & methods to cure these diseases... LOL 😂. We can save these many lives everyday & also can make this planet pollution free if we LOCKDOWN ourselves at home....LOL 😂 or otherwise we must accept the reality of this rapidly progressing material world. We can’t manufacture the necessities for survival (food, air & water come from the nature) but we can definitely manufacture MAN-MADE DEATH in these industries.
On the contrary, Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Plants & Cow farming industries support the survival of whole world without harming anyone. Just imagine, with simple & healthy lifestyle as recommended in scriptures, how many lives we can save per year? Spiritual knowledge doesn’t kills but rather facilitate the survival of others. I am not against the industrial revolution, research & science, but remember one thing, at the end of a day, any unnecessary material activities, creativities, inventions and interventions work against us. We are now dependent on these industries; it is almost impossible to unwind it, we can try our best to use it safely & wisely. Even in the presence of an unhealthy environment, we can still maintain our health. Spiritual knowledge & practice helps us to slowly detach from the unhealthy materialistic life to a healthy spiritual life. The first wealth is health. Happiness lies, first of all, in health.
Bg 6.17 — He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system. Vedabase.io
TEXT 7: Bg 14.7: The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kuntī, and because of this the embodied living entity is bound to material fruitive actions.
TEXT 8: Bg 17.8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.
BE HEALTHY AS A HORSE..... LOL 😂.
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 ).
Annamrita & Akshay Patra are two of the largest non profit organizations in the world serving vegetarian nutritious food to millions of children daily. Their primary focus is FOOD FOR EDUCATION & LIFE. They also serve the hot nutritious meals in a emergency situations like COVID-19, earthquake, flooding....etc.
We can change this world for better by serving nutritious meals (Mode of Goodness or Satvik foods) to ourselves & others, and by uplifting our lives/lifestyle by spiritual/material education.We can’t manufacture food, but we can serve of course. Time & money spent for nutritious foods & spiritual education can lead us in the right direction. Prevention is always better than cure. Evolution is better than Revolution.
1. Annamrita, Food for Life Global: It was founded in 1995, currently serving in 60 countries. They are serving up to 2 million plant-based meals daily. https://ffl.org/
2. Akshaya Patra Organization, located in India. The Largest NGO-Run Mid-Day Meal program serving wholesome vegetarian school lunch to over 1.8 million children in 19,039 Schools Across 12 States & 2 Union Territories in India. https://www.akshayapatra.org/
These two completely independent non-profit organizations are managed by ISKCON & other Philanthropists.
Akshayapatra (Sanskrit: अक्षयपात्र) means an inexhaustible vessel, which holds a never-failing supply of food. (Read the ancient story about Akshapatra from the grand Mahabharata. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshaya_Patra). A few months ago my family and I visited the Akshaya Patra Kitchen in Bhadaj, Ahmedabad, India. A very thorough tour was given by Keshav Das Prabhu, Bhadaj Iskcon Temple.
Akshaya Patra Organization started it’s Ahmedabad kitchen on 03 August, 2014 (total 52 kitchen in India). The kitchen, constructed across three levels, and spread over two acres is one of the largest kitchen in the country. Kitchen is constructed on the gravity flow system, equipped with a roti (Indian flat bread) making machine that can churn out up to 60,000 rotis an hour, as well as boilers, rice cleaning machines, rice and dal silos, cold storage and more, this kitchen can produce up to 200,000 meals in five hours. The kitchen is also fitted with a full-scale bakery to produce wheat-based food to the young children.
On every school day about 5 tonnes of rice, 9 tonnes of vegetables, and 4 tonnes of dal are cooked and loaded into 70 custom designed meal distribution vehicles. They are then delivered to 160,000 children in 700 schools across Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts.
It is worth visiting this very large, neat & clean kitchen in Ahmedabad, India.
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, 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 ).
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.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wouqwh0ldo2gf7j/BITTER%20TRUTH%20OF%20LIFE.m4a?dl=0
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 ).
For the last few weeks all of a sudden the whole world became very chaotic due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. The coronavirus has rapidly taken center stage in world affairs. WHO declares coronavirus is a pandemic. Many people have lost their loved ones; businesses, universities, sports events & transportation facilities are being shutdown and stock market has meltdown. Many people as well as some towns are in quarantine. Corona has made people’s lives miserable, everyone’s health is at risk, these kinds of unthinkable tragic events have been present in people's lives throughout the Globe.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/46yddkanlgprzvl/CORONA%20CHAOS.m4a?dl=0
We should all take necessary precautions (follow the CDC guidelines: frequent hand wash with soap, no handshakes, isolation of person who is corona positive, no crowded areas, see the doctor if you have flu like symptoms...etc) to remain corona free & stop the spread. Prevention is always better then cure.
There is a lots of emotional stress created by coronavirus. Sometimes we may have seen signs at the construction sites which says "Temporary Inconvenience but Permanent Improvement". But in the material world it is other way around "Temporary Improvement, Permanent Inconvenience". This world is a place of dualities wherein Problems-No problems, Illness-Recovery, Birth-Death, Happiness-Sorrow......etc continue like Summer-Winter cycle throughout in our lives.
SB: 10.14.58 says padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām: There is struggle & danger at every steps in our life. So much distresses, inconveniences, challenges & obstacles in people lives. Many issues to be resolved in healthcare, economy, environment, politics, at home, at work & at county level. We can not escape from this Chaos. Learning to live with chaos is more realistic, progressive and practical or pragmatic. Like running water flows around any obstruction, similarly we should march on through any challenges in our lives.
Time to time we need to turn off our mind from external chaos & BREAKING NEWS (watching too much breaking news will break us emotionally... LOL 😂). We should spare some time to hear/read the scriptures & focus inward for our internal development. Spiritual knowledge helps us to temper our consciousness & strengthen ourselves to face the unexpected chaotic situations in the world. That does not mean to be selfish or irresponsible but it means be attentive but not attached to the situation. Have compassions for others. Be careful & carefree but not careless.
In short we have to learn to live with chaos like CORONA CHAOS. Don’t worry too much, don’t blame others, support each other emotionally, remain calm, keeps smiling & have full faith in medical care & GOD 😃.
Bg 2.14 —O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. Vedabase.io
Have a Coronavirus Free Life 😃.
NAMASTE 🙏.
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, 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 ).
“God does not play dice with the universe”. Albert Einstein.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3p4wlj7s8w275a/DOES%20GOD%20PLAY%20DICE%20WITH%20THE%20UNIVERSE.m4a?dl=0
Bg 9.5 — And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation.
Sunrise & Sunset happen daily....either we see it or not...we can’t control it...LOL 😂. Similarly many things happen in our lives & in this universe are not in our control or God’s control.
The Lord says that, even though he is the creator & maintainer of the living entities, He is not directly concerned with the maintenance and sustenance of this material manifestation. He says that although everything is resting on Him, He is aloof. He is not responsible for the chaos like CORONAVIRUS and many other chaos created by us in this world... 😞, meaning God does not play the dice 🎲 with the universe or with our lives.
Of course there are suggestion manuals like Gita, Bhagavatam & other Scriptures which shows us how to live in this world & leave this world. We have Free Will to implement these suggestions & thus directly or indirectly we are responsible for our birth, thoughts, speech, lifestyles, actions & the results.
Bg 9.10 — This material nature ( three modes ) which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī.
( Vedabase.io).
Indirectly, however, everything is controlled by the Supreme Controller of the Universe. It is hard to understand the Lord.
Don’t Worry Too-much, Keep Smiling.....😃.
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, 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 ).
Life means Passion, Passion is Life and without Passion there is no Life...😆
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4s2rcigdcuw57on/LIFE%20MEANS%20PASSION.m4a?dl=0
Since childhood, everyone of us has a variety of passions to live & enjoy life. Our passion keeps changing with time, place & circumstances and also keeps us busy. Let’s see some examples below.
1. Passion to play with the toys, ride a bicycle, fun with firecrackers.... 😂.
2. Passion to be wealthy, famous & powerful....
3. Passion to learn new things & to do something good for society by inventing or creating something.
4. Passion to entertain ourselves by going on vacation trips, watching movies & sports & gossiping...LOL 😂.
5. Passion to know the famous vacation spots, country's famous foods, downtown, their expressways, the things they are known for.......so on & so forth.
6. Passion to know everything about business tycoons, film stars, sports players & politicians...LOL 😂.
7. Passion to have many Facebook & Twitter followers... 😂.
8. Passion to solve so many material issues in this world which are created by us...LOL 😂. And so many other varieties of Passion....
In short, our passion helps us to achieve fame, power, wealth & degree, and provides us some entertainment but can’t manufacture the ultimate necessities for survival (foods, air, earth, fire & water). Our passion also can’t save us from aging & death. If we observe the birds, beasts or any other species on this planet; they can maintain, entertain & defend themselves without any education, jobs, wealth, industries, economic policy, material creation, invention or research...but humans with higher intelligence are running around like CRAZY....LOL 😂 😝. So let’s stop running & start thinking..... LOL 😂 🤣😅.
If we use our Passion only for Eating-Sleeping-Mating-Defending & Entertaining then what is the difference between Humans & Animals? What is the advantage of being Human? What is the purpose of my supreme intelligence?
In Reality Human Life Is Never Meant For Sense Gratification, but For Self-Realizatdion. Human Life Is Not a Journey to Resolve the Material Problems Of Life but It Is a Voyage For Spiritual Evolution.
Besides maintaining & entertaining ourselves, we should use little bits of passion to learn, practice & share spiritual wisdom to uplift the Spiritual Consciousness of society — A TRUE PASSION. It is possible only in the human form of life.
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 ).
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, 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 ).
For a Change Let’s Read the OSHO.... LOL 😂. Overall I agree with his explanation & expressions on egolessness; in age of darkness there is always a little disagreement between two minds...😂.
OSHO on EGOLESSNESS:
Krishna is not a seeker. It would be wrong to call him a seeker. He is a siddha, an adept, an accomplished performer of all life’s arts. And what he says in this siddha state, in this ultimate state of mind, may seem to you to be egoistic, but it is not. The difficulty is that Krishna has to use the same linguistic “I” as you do, but there is a tremendous difference in connotation between his “I” and yours. When you say “I” it means the one imprisoned inside your body, but when Krishna says it he means that which permeates the whole cosmos. Hence he has the courage to tell Arjuna, “Give up everything else and come to my feet.” If it were the same “I” as yours – a prisoner of the body – it would be impossible for him to say a thing like this. And Arjuna would have been hurt if Krishna’s “I” were as petty as yours. Arjuna would have immediately retorted, “What are you saying? Why on earth should I surrender to you?” Arjuna would have really been hurt, but he was not.
Whenever someone speaks to another in the language of the ego, it creates an instant reaction in the ego of the other. When you say something in the words of the “I” of the ego, the other immediately begins to speak the same language. We are skilled in knowing the undertones of each other’s words, and we react sharply.
But Krishna’s “I” is absolutely free of all traces of egoism, and for this reason he could call upon Arjuna to make a clean surrender to him. Here, “Surrender to me” really means “Surrender to the whole. Surrender to the primordial and mysterious energy that permeates the cosmos.”
Egolessness comes to Buddha and Mahavira too, but it comes to them after long, hard struggle and toil. But it may not come to most of their followers, because on their paths it is the very last thing to come. So the followers may come to it or they may not. But egolessness comes first with Krishna; he begins where Buddha and Mahavira end. So one who chooses to go with Krishna has to have it at the very beginning. If he fails, there is no question of his going with Krishna.
You can walk a long way in the company of Mahavira with your “I” intact, but with Krishna you have to drop your “I” with the first step; otherwise you are not going to go with him. Your “I” can find some accommodation with Mahavira, but none with Krishna. For Krishna the first step is the last; for Mahavira and Buddha the last step is the first. And it is important for you to bear this difference in mind, because it is a big difference, and a basic difference at that.
Osho, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy , Talk #3
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It is really arduous to understand Krishna. It is easy to understand that a man should run away from the world if he wants to find peace, but it is really difficult to accept that one can find peace in the thick of the marketplace. It is understandable that a man can attain to purity of mind if he breaks away from his attachments, but it is really difficult to realize that one can remain unattached and innocent in the very midst of relationships and attachments, that one can remain calm and still live at the very center of the cyclone. There is no difficulty in accepting that the flame of a candle will remain steady and still in a place well secluded from winds and storms, but how can you believe that a candle can keep burning steadily even in the midst of raging storms and hurricanes? So it is difficult even for those who are close to Krishna to understand him.
Osho, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy , Talk #1
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You cannot judge from the outside whether a man is wise or foolish because sometimes their acts may be the same.
Krishna says in the Gita to Arjuna, “Fight, but fight with absolute surrender to God. Become a vehicle.” Now, to surrender means absolute awareness, otherwise you cannot surrender. Surrender means dropping the ego, and ego IS your unconsciousness. Krishna says, “Drop the ego and then leave it to God. Then let his will be done. Then whatsoever happens is good.”
Arjuna argues. Again and again he brings new arguments and he says, “But to kill these people – innocent people, they have not done anything wrong – just for the kingdom to kill so many people, so much violence, so much murder, so much bloodshed…how can it be right? Rather than killing these people for the kingdom I would like to renounce and go to the forest and become a monk.”
Now, if you just look from the outside, Arjuna seems to be more religious than Krishna. Arjuna seems to be more a Gandhian than Krishna. Krishna seems to be very dangerous. He is saying, “Drop all this nonsense of being a monk and escaping to the Himalayan caves. That is not for you. You leave everything to God. You don’t decide, you drop this deciding. You simply relax, be in a let-go, and let him descend in you and let him flow through you. Then, whatsoever happens…. If he wants to become a monk through you, he will become a monk. If he wants to become a warrior through you, he will become a warrior.”
Arjuna seems to be more moralistic, puritanistic. Krishna seems to be totally different. Krishna is a Buddha, an awakened being. He is saying, “Don’t you decide. Out of your unconsciousness, whatsoever you decide is going to be wrong, because unconsciousness is wrong.”
And the foolish person lives in unconsciousness. Even if he tries to do good, in fact he succeeds only in doing bad.
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, 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 ).
