samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesham
“For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.”
-Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto10, Chapter 14, Verse 58
Such is the statement of Srimad Bhagavatam, which says that all the difficulties faced in this material existence can be overcomed by taking shelter of the Lotus feet of Sri Krsna. This conviction is repeated by many devotees and proved to be absolutely true by thier practical life experiences. Incident of Sri Hanuman leaping over the 100 yojanas to Lanka and single handedly burning the city of Gold to ashes, is one of such incidences which shows the power in the name of the Lord. In the war of Mahabharata though the Pandavas were few in number and less in strenght as compared to the Kauravas, they emerged victorious because they took the shelter of Lord Sri Krsna.
This conviction was also realized by me in my personal experience in every day working life. I have always been an average student in my school life and am not very intelligent also. Though I do not have as much expereice in the field I work in as compared to my collegues it is very amazing that still, By Krsna's grace alone I am able to solve problems which normally take long time for others to complete. Please donot get me wrong I am not comparing myself with the great devotees of the Lord as mentioned above, but the point I want to make here is , though I am trying to be a devotee and am making an effort to know the Lord, the most merciful Krsna, still protects me from all the dangers as he promises in Bhagavad Gita.
" sarva dharma paritajya mama ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva papebhyo moksisyami ma sucah."
We really are very unfortunate, since even though we have all the facilities and means by which we should surrender to the Lord in love, we are unable to do so and hence are always perplexed with complications and troubles in this life. May Lord Sri Krsna always be pleased with us and keep his mercy on us fallen souls.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Krsna - The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Who is Krsna ? Krsna means All Attractive. Any person, having beauty, fame, richness, intelligence , renunciation and strength atracts people. Now if somebody posesses all these opluences in full , he ought to be All Attractive. And in the history till date only Lord Sri Krsna showed all these opluences in full proving himself to be the Lord of all.
5000 years ago , when Lord Sri Krishna was on this earth no one could match him in any respect in all of these opulences. Many Vedic historical records called the Puranas, the Mahabharata describe his unparalleled opulences and strength. He himself showed his Universal form to Arjuna, his friend and Devotee on Arjuna's request inorder to make it clear that He( Krsna ) is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now some people would say since Arjuna was his friend he may accept him to be Supreme out of affection . But Arjuna states in the 10 th Chapter of Bhagavad gita that, ( B.G. 10.12 -10.13)
arjuna uvāca
paraḿ brahma paraḿ dhāma
pavitraḿ paramaḿ bhavān
puruṣaḿ śāśvataḿ divyam
ādi-devam ajaḿ vibhum
āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve
devarṣir nāradas tathā
asito devalo vyāsaḥ
svayaḿ caiva bravīṣi me
"Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me."
Arjuna was aware that some people in the future may not accept his realization as truth or valid, so he gives reference of Sages and great personalities like, Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa , so as to establish that what he realizes is not a speculation but the Absolute truth. By these verses of Bhagavad Gita Arjuna clearly proved and left no room for doubt for any speculation regarding the identity of Lord Sri Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Hence Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead , but one may ask then who is Allah, or Christ , well as one person can be know with different names, similarly the Supreme Personality of Godhead has millions of names, each of them describing his transcendental quality.
Such is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sir Krishna, who loves all and becomes available by his name to be with the most common person in this difficult Age of Kali. Srimad Bhagavatam states that the only way to realize God in this age is by Sri Hari Kirtan and the best form of Kirtan is chanting the holy names of the Lord
" Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"
5000 years ago , when Lord Sri Krishna was on this earth no one could match him in any respect in all of these opulences. Many Vedic historical records called the Puranas, the Mahabharata describe his unparalleled opulences and strength. He himself showed his Universal form to Arjuna, his friend and Devotee on Arjuna's request inorder to make it clear that He( Krsna ) is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now some people would say since Arjuna was his friend he may accept him to be Supreme out of affection . But Arjuna states in the 10 th Chapter of Bhagavad gita that, ( B.G. 10.12 -10.13)
arjuna uvāca
paraḿ brahma paraḿ dhāma
pavitraḿ paramaḿ bhavān
puruṣaḿ śāśvataḿ divyam
ādi-devam ajaḿ vibhum
āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve
devarṣir nāradas tathā
asito devalo vyāsaḥ
svayaḿ caiva bravīṣi me
"Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me."
Arjuna was aware that some people in the future may not accept his realization as truth or valid, so he gives reference of Sages and great personalities like, Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasa , so as to establish that what he realizes is not a speculation but the Absolute truth. By these verses of Bhagavad Gita Arjuna clearly proved and left no room for doubt for any speculation regarding the identity of Lord Sri Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Hence Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead , but one may ask then who is Allah, or Christ , well as one person can be know with different names, similarly the Supreme Personality of Godhead has millions of names, each of them describing his transcendental quality.
Such is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sir Krishna, who loves all and becomes available by his name to be with the most common person in this difficult Age of Kali. Srimad Bhagavatam states that the only way to realize God in this age is by Sri Hari Kirtan and the best form of Kirtan is chanting the holy names of the Lord
" Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"
Thursday, November 19, 2009
SCIENCE BEHIND FAITH
From experience and satistical data, it is evident that most of the general populace believe in presence of GOD, but the mass propaganda by some atheist believers who are totally inimicable towards Supreme Lord tend to put a doubt in a rather innocent crowd who have no answers to the questions posed and debated by them. Due to this ignorance in the mass of people, many have turned to atheism and many are loosing their strong faith in goodness. This has let to many misconceptions regarding behaviors out of the jurisdiction of religious text which seem very obvious in today's world.
A very common question people ask when it comes to religious practices ,is Do you believe in GOD?. The question of believing or not believing comes when we have incomplete knowldege or conception of that particular object. But if you have knowledge and can be verified experimentally , then that so called belief becomes a fact and hence makes it very easy to answer this question. On the other hand, faith is very important ,infact it is the first step in knowing anything, for example , if one has no faith in the educational system , one will not learn much from it. Only having little faith makes it difficult to protect , in circumstances when majority are either unaware or inimical about our faith and often it dwindles in such circumstances.But if this faith when properly nutured by knowledge becomes a fact, which can stand any critisism and will lead to a better foundation in understanding a particular concept.
When question comes to GOD, most people have strong faith but are often bewildered by critizism and debates over exsitence of GOD with no results, and hence it is very essential that people in general be educated in these concepts. It is a nautral phenomenon,only by knowing a particular person can one's faith , trust and love for that person increase. Same holds true for Supreme person. As we have to take efforts to know any person, by bonding , similarly it requires effort to know the Supreme person. The only difference stands in the medium of knowing. The process of knowing the Supreme Lord is by reading about him through Bhagavad Gita and Vedic literature. Now the next question that may be raised is , why only Bhagavad Gita , why not Bible, or Kuran or anyother scriputre, why do we have to follow only Bhagavad Gita?. If we analyze all the scriputures scrutinizingly we will find , that the message is same, to love GOD, but agian inorder to love someone, we have to know someone. Any scripture if followed strictly will lead to that goal there is no doubt about it. But when I speak of science behind the faith, Bhagavad Gita very distinctly and very scientifically explains very nature of the living entity, reasons for things we see around us, gives you knowledge on what the nature is , its working, reasons for various mentalities we see around us, the purpose of our existence and the path how to achieve this purpose. All these things are explained purely through the point of view of our Creator. All the questions and doubts that spring up in ones mind can be answered by Bhagavad Gita and many other Vedic literatures. All these answers are available very scientifically for us to apply and realize the Absolute truth. Some others may question if that is so then why is that there are so many scriptures that are available, why is every one not reading only Bhagavad Gita? A very valid question but this question can be answered by a simple example, teachers teach their students depending upon the capacity of the students, a teacher teaching a particular subject in 4th grade will not teach the same material to students in a higher grade. Similarly , different sciptures differ in details and practices inorder to adjust to the understanding capacity to a particular group of people, but the goal is same to attain the Supreme , to know HIM. Bhagavad Gita is the preliminary study in gaining knowledge about GOD, as one begins to understand Bhagavad Gita, then one may progress furthur with the study of Literatures like, Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures. At this point I would like to clear a very common misconception about Bhagavad Gita, people due to the humbug tend to thing that,everything might be true , yes bhagavad Gita is sceintific etc, but it is a Hindu scriputure , so by reading Bhagavad Gita we are changing our religion? , But nowhere in Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna , says , that this teachings are only meant for Hindu's NO, It is meant for everyone. Hinduism, Chirtianism, Muslim and other religions as we know today are man made and the conflicts that often occur between these sects are because of selfish and egoistics interest of these groups. There are many evidences which show that , 5000 years ago , when Bhagavad Gita was spoken , there was no Hindu, Christian or Muslim religion, these have been recently labelled by men. Practices followed may differ in these groups but the science is the same, which is give by the LORD HIMSELF in Bhagavad Gita.
Hence, inorder to understand anything in this world we should have faith. It is a common occurence , faith leads to knowledge similary, knowledge leads to faith. In our daily mundane world , if one has to gain knowledge about a particular subject he should have faith in that subject matter to further investigate into it, which leads one to knowledge, and similarly once a person acquires knowledge about a particular phenomenon and practices it , his faith increases. So it is utmost neccessary , for those who have faith to acquire the required knowledge to protect your faith in GOD. Those who want to develop that faith , have to practice the teachings in Gita. So Bhagavad Gita is such a wonderful body of knowledge that , it is beneficail to whomsoever may read it seriously. Even a fraction understanding will make one happier than before. It is my most humble request to all, to take advantage of this great book and expereince its results. There is nothing to loose in this experiment, Even if one fails he would sooner or later come to a point of understanding the philosophy , and if one seriously follows the teachings is sure to make his life perfect in all respects.
A very common question people ask when it comes to religious practices ,is Do you believe in GOD?. The question of believing or not believing comes when we have incomplete knowldege or conception of that particular object. But if you have knowledge and can be verified experimentally , then that so called belief becomes a fact and hence makes it very easy to answer this question. On the other hand, faith is very important ,infact it is the first step in knowing anything, for example , if one has no faith in the educational system , one will not learn much from it. Only having little faith makes it difficult to protect , in circumstances when majority are either unaware or inimical about our faith and often it dwindles in such circumstances.But if this faith when properly nutured by knowledge becomes a fact, which can stand any critisism and will lead to a better foundation in understanding a particular concept.
When question comes to GOD, most people have strong faith but are often bewildered by critizism and debates over exsitence of GOD with no results, and hence it is very essential that people in general be educated in these concepts. It is a nautral phenomenon,only by knowing a particular person can one's faith , trust and love for that person increase. Same holds true for Supreme person. As we have to take efforts to know any person, by bonding , similarly it requires effort to know the Supreme person. The only difference stands in the medium of knowing. The process of knowing the Supreme Lord is by reading about him through Bhagavad Gita and Vedic literature. Now the next question that may be raised is , why only Bhagavad Gita , why not Bible, or Kuran or anyother scriputre, why do we have to follow only Bhagavad Gita?. If we analyze all the scriputures scrutinizingly we will find , that the message is same, to love GOD, but agian inorder to love someone, we have to know someone. Any scripture if followed strictly will lead to that goal there is no doubt about it. But when I speak of science behind the faith, Bhagavad Gita very distinctly and very scientifically explains very nature of the living entity, reasons for things we see around us, gives you knowledge on what the nature is , its working, reasons for various mentalities we see around us, the purpose of our existence and the path how to achieve this purpose. All these things are explained purely through the point of view of our Creator. All the questions and doubts that spring up in ones mind can be answered by Bhagavad Gita and many other Vedic literatures. All these answers are available very scientifically for us to apply and realize the Absolute truth. Some others may question if that is so then why is that there are so many scriptures that are available, why is every one not reading only Bhagavad Gita? A very valid question but this question can be answered by a simple example, teachers teach their students depending upon the capacity of the students, a teacher teaching a particular subject in 4th grade will not teach the same material to students in a higher grade. Similarly , different sciptures differ in details and practices inorder to adjust to the understanding capacity to a particular group of people, but the goal is same to attain the Supreme , to know HIM. Bhagavad Gita is the preliminary study in gaining knowledge about GOD, as one begins to understand Bhagavad Gita, then one may progress furthur with the study of Literatures like, Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures. At this point I would like to clear a very common misconception about Bhagavad Gita, people due to the humbug tend to thing that,everything might be true , yes bhagavad Gita is sceintific etc, but it is a Hindu scriputure , so by reading Bhagavad Gita we are changing our religion? , But nowhere in Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna , says , that this teachings are only meant for Hindu's NO, It is meant for everyone. Hinduism, Chirtianism, Muslim and other religions as we know today are man made and the conflicts that often occur between these sects are because of selfish and egoistics interest of these groups. There are many evidences which show that , 5000 years ago , when Bhagavad Gita was spoken , there was no Hindu, Christian or Muslim religion, these have been recently labelled by men. Practices followed may differ in these groups but the science is the same, which is give by the LORD HIMSELF in Bhagavad Gita.
Hence, inorder to understand anything in this world we should have faith. It is a common occurence , faith leads to knowledge similary, knowledge leads to faith. In our daily mundane world , if one has to gain knowledge about a particular subject he should have faith in that subject matter to further investigate into it, which leads one to knowledge, and similarly once a person acquires knowledge about a particular phenomenon and practices it , his faith increases. So it is utmost neccessary , for those who have faith to acquire the required knowledge to protect your faith in GOD. Those who want to develop that faith , have to practice the teachings in Gita. So Bhagavad Gita is such a wonderful body of knowledge that , it is beneficail to whomsoever may read it seriously. Even a fraction understanding will make one happier than before. It is my most humble request to all, to take advantage of this great book and expereince its results. There is nothing to loose in this experiment, Even if one fails he would sooner or later come to a point of understanding the philosophy , and if one seriously follows the teachings is sure to make his life perfect in all respects.
MAHAMANTRA
" हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे "
" Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare "
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे "
" Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare "
Most Sincere Appeal
Dear All,
As mentioned above, the following is my humblest andthe most sincere appeal to all , Some of you might take is seriously,some may take it as insane, some may become angry and detestful and some may just sarcastically joke about it and others may neglect it.
These different reactions are due to different mental status in accordance to the level of ignorance.
Over the 5 years I have been roaming around the world, I have met with people with different mentalities and have seen various kinds of people. I know you all must have noticed a shift in my behavior during the last 6 months or so. There is a reason to it. If you have looked at my emails, you will find, I have been stressing of reading Bhagvad Gita a lot these days, well I have done that and put a sincere effort to understand the philosophy which is so sublime and important that, it will change your entire life and direct you to the blisfull and a happy life with no anxiety, that is a guarantee. But this is only possible if you read the book sincerely and with submissive attitude, an argumentative attitude will not help.
Now you must be thinking why is that all of a sudden I am talking all philosophical. Bhagvad Gita says,.
" While contemplating the object of senses a person develops attachment for them and from such attachement lust develops, and from lust anger arises"
"From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost on falls down into the material pool"
"lust is the all devouring enemy of this world" .
While associating with various people during , I observed their behaviors. Frankly speaking I saw, most of the people I met are diseased with lust, anger, greed, pride, false prestige, false ego which is making them sometimes happy and sad, nevertheless everyone I know is in anxiety all the time. Some people are obsessed with material things, like restaurants, shopping, clothes , fashion , some are obsessed with food, some want to speak about others mistakes without realizing what their own , some want to gossip , some are busy comparing once wealth , beauty or other such opulences with others and becoming envious, some are trying to lie, cheat and threaten others to satisfy this lust which everyone things is love. With so many anxieties occupying once mind there is no question of happiness, Inorder to satisfy these anxieties, people take shelter or intoxication , women or men, gambling, meat eating naively thinking them to be fun. And I am sorry to say this but all these symptoms are present in all of us in different degrees. But the fault of our generation is that, we take it to be normal and try to adjust with these things and eventually regret on our actions. That is the modern society we live in.
All these things with are the source of misery , we take it to be happiness , this is the delusion we are living in, the reason for this is mentioned in Bhagvad Gita , which says, that It is the misidentification of ourselves which leads to all this misconceptions.
Most of us identify ourselves to be the body or the mind, but the truth is we are neither this body or the mind, we are eternal souls and parts of the same Father.
Now all these things might seem to you as some fairy tale or some concept with is just a fantasy to all, but the fact is this is the real truth which cannot be explained but has to be realized. People talk to me about common sense, but these very people fail to see, that the lives we are living are no better than animals. Animals
as we see around us , are engaged in four basic things, eating , sleeping, mating and defending. We as human beings are doing the same in a sophisticated ways misusing our higher intelligence to find out ways of advancing in better eating , better sleeping, better mating and better defending. But people fail to recognize that this advanced human form is being bestowed for higher understanding. As per the Vedas, this human form is very rare and, should not be wasted in material desires. The purpose of human form of life is to know what are we and why are we here and Bhagvad Gita is the ABCD of this inquiry. When you observe the environment around you , intelligent person would ask , that who is supplying these necessities of life,
such as eating, sleeping, mating and defending to the animals, they are not building factories of working 9 to 5 jobs , but they are sustaining , with Gods supply.
I write all these things to you all , because , having spend a little more than a year or so , I feel that I should share this greatest book of knowledge which is available only by good fortune to some. Some of
you would think that I am very egoistic and proud to think that I know better that anyone, but I have no intention to displace any pride since I am as ignorant as anyone else and only difference is by some
divine intervention, I have been presented with this opportunity and I am trying to understand this wisdom and I want to share this with you all. The decision rests on you. Once again I would emphasize that I am
not trying to convert any one to Hinduism or something . I am just trying to present this scientific knowledge totally unknown to today's mudane world . All the religious scriptures derive their origin from this wisdom, that will be realized in the later stages of understanding. For now one who is serious may try to take this as a
course and try to study with determination and sincerity. With progress you will find your self detached from all the nonsense things which has been polluting our minds, and you become least interested
with material discussions. The best way it to have faith in the teaching and read it diligently every day for atleast half an hour in the morning and try to apply what is learned there. It is not at all
difficult to find half an hour totally dedicated to this task in the morning .I am trying to apply and learn this science from past 6 months and I will continue to do it further, If you have any questions regarding this topic feel free to contact me or visit the following link where you will find more details, rest of the material
discussions are least attractive to me.
As mentioned above, the following is my humblest andthe most sincere appeal to all , Some of you might take is seriously,some may take it as insane, some may become angry and detestful and some may just sarcastically joke about it and others may neglect it.
These different reactions are due to different mental status in accordance to the level of ignorance.
Over the 5 years I have been roaming around the world, I have met with people with different mentalities and have seen various kinds of people. I know you all must have noticed a shift in my behavior during the last 6 months or so. There is a reason to it. If you have looked at my emails, you will find, I have been stressing of reading Bhagvad Gita a lot these days, well I have done that and put a sincere effort to understand the philosophy which is so sublime and important that, it will change your entire life and direct you to the blisfull and a happy life with no anxiety, that is a guarantee. But this is only possible if you read the book sincerely and with submissive attitude, an argumentative attitude will not help.
Now you must be thinking why is that all of a sudden I am talking all philosophical. Bhagvad Gita says,.
" While contemplating the object of senses a person develops attachment for them and from such attachement lust develops, and from lust anger arises"
"From anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost on falls down into the material pool"
"lust is the all devouring enemy of this world" .
While associating with various people during , I observed their behaviors. Frankly speaking I saw, most of the people I met are diseased with lust, anger, greed, pride, false prestige, false ego which is making them sometimes happy and sad, nevertheless everyone I know is in anxiety all the time. Some people are obsessed with material things, like restaurants, shopping, clothes , fashion , some are obsessed with food, some want to speak about others mistakes without realizing what their own , some want to gossip , some are busy comparing once wealth , beauty or other such opulences with others and becoming envious, some are trying to lie, cheat and threaten others to satisfy this lust which everyone things is love. With so many anxieties occupying once mind there is no question of happiness, Inorder to satisfy these anxieties, people take shelter or intoxication , women or men, gambling, meat eating naively thinking them to be fun. And I am sorry to say this but all these symptoms are present in all of us in different degrees. But the fault of our generation is that, we take it to be normal and try to adjust with these things and eventually regret on our actions. That is the modern society we live in.
All these things with are the source of misery , we take it to be happiness , this is the delusion we are living in, the reason for this is mentioned in Bhagvad Gita , which says, that It is the misidentification of ourselves which leads to all this misconceptions.
Most of us identify ourselves to be the body or the mind, but the truth is we are neither this body or the mind, we are eternal souls and parts of the same Father.
Now all these things might seem to you as some fairy tale or some concept with is just a fantasy to all, but the fact is this is the real truth which cannot be explained but has to be realized. People talk to me about common sense, but these very people fail to see, that the lives we are living are no better than animals. Animals
as we see around us , are engaged in four basic things, eating , sleeping, mating and defending. We as human beings are doing the same in a sophisticated ways misusing our higher intelligence to find out ways of advancing in better eating , better sleeping, better mating and better defending. But people fail to recognize that this advanced human form is being bestowed for higher understanding. As per the Vedas, this human form is very rare and, should not be wasted in material desires. The purpose of human form of life is to know what are we and why are we here and Bhagvad Gita is the ABCD of this inquiry. When you observe the environment around you , intelligent person would ask , that who is supplying these necessities of life,
such as eating, sleeping, mating and defending to the animals, they are not building factories of working 9 to 5 jobs , but they are sustaining , with Gods supply.
I write all these things to you all , because , having spend a little more than a year or so , I feel that I should share this greatest book of knowledge which is available only by good fortune to some. Some of
you would think that I am very egoistic and proud to think that I know better that anyone, but I have no intention to displace any pride since I am as ignorant as anyone else and only difference is by some
divine intervention, I have been presented with this opportunity and I am trying to understand this wisdom and I want to share this with you all. The decision rests on you. Once again I would emphasize that I am
not trying to convert any one to Hinduism or something . I am just trying to present this scientific knowledge totally unknown to today's mudane world . All the religious scriptures derive their origin from this wisdom, that will be realized in the later stages of understanding. For now one who is serious may try to take this as a
course and try to study with determination and sincerity. With progress you will find your self detached from all the nonsense things which has been polluting our minds, and you become least interested
with material discussions. The best way it to have faith in the teaching and read it diligently every day for atleast half an hour in the morning and try to apply what is learned there. It is not at all
difficult to find half an hour totally dedicated to this task in the morning .I am trying to apply and learn this science from past 6 months and I will continue to do it further, If you have any questions regarding this topic feel free to contact me or visit the following link where you will find more details, rest of the material
discussions are least attractive to me.
Something to Think About !
Death, as we all know is a sure reality. At the end of ones lifetime a living entity has to leave whatever material possesion he has accumulated and die. At this critical moment of time, nodbody can help you to live longer , even the doctors become helpless. Nor millions of dollars, not the assests , not your family, wife, chlidren, mother , father, or friends can save a person from death, so this reality brings us to a point were we as human beings having an advanced intelligence should think , that if everthing I accumulate by so much of effort is going to be taken away from me then , why should i work for the bare neccessities so hard . One may argue that since the life is short and one is going to die one should enjoy as much as possible at any body's expense. Well it is a very lucrative idea but it is an idea which is full of ignorance and has no reality . People are made to think in this way in todays modern world. This is mainly because the innocent mass of people are led by some ignorant and atheistic , selfish leaders. Young generation who have seen their forefathers, worshipping and following religious principles , do not feel the need to so the same since the world around them does not care for it , the world they live in is full of hypocrisy and ignorance,at every step, so the due of the parents in this age has increased immensely to properly educate with proper reasoning about the religious and regulative principles inorder to avoid them to be pushed into ignorance.
Now from Bhagvat Gita and other vedic scriptures, we get the information, though death is fact, it is not the end of life. A person or a individual we see in this world is a eternal spirit soul, this spirit soul is never destroyed, burnt, wettet, dried or anhiliated, the symptoms of the soul is consiouscess in the body. The nature of the soul is to be blissfull and happy ,hence every individual in this world is searching for happiness,
The search for happiness is not something material , it is the property of the soul. But the major drawback of the modern philosophy is that they are not adequately made aware of these principles and hence they are misdirected to fall in to ignorance. Now one may ask , ok if there is a soul so what is the connection of death? The answer to it is , death is a phenomenon, wherein this soul , changes body and goes to another body according to the activities and desires in his present and previous life. So life of any person who is a spirit soul or the consiouscness and not the body, is eternal and does not end. As per the activities it performs in this life will determine his next life. For example , if a person not considering these things, carelessly , indulges in just eating , sleeping, mating and defending, which pertain to this material body , will have to accept a body of an animal , which has better resources to fulfill the purpose which he is interested in, i.e eating, sleeping, mating and defending. These are the repucursions of living life of so called " enjoy and be merry life is short" , indeed life is short hence one should immediately think of utilizing it properly in Krishna consiouness and not wasting it. For, you do not know , when you will again get a chance of this human form of life with advanced intelligence.
Moreover, if you analyse the life lived by a Krishna consious person and a so called modern man, you will find that even materially , a Krishna conscious person is happier and satisfied than a modern day man , who is always tensed and full of anxiety due to fear and unpredictable future, since he is in ignorance without the wisdom of age old Bhagvad Gita.
So lets analyse the aspects as they stand today.
Modern philosophy,
1. Enjoy, life is short and one day
your are going to die, what is the use of following regulative priciples.
Vedic Philosophy,
1. Human life is meant to achieve Krishna consciousness and elevate to spiritual realm of GOD.
Modern Philosophy,
2. Highly insufficient to explain a logical
explanation of origin of life and
purpose of life.
Vedic Philosophy,
2. Gives exact number , dates and years on the species and the creation of the universe.
Moder Philoshophy
3. Looks very lucrative , but pushes one
into a darkness where people are frustrated
envious, jealous, hypocrates , lusty, and
criminal minded.
Vedic Philosophy
3. Indeed requires some hardwork and effort to understand the philosophy and apply, but makes on self realised of the true meaning of life and it gives happiness if practiced.
Modern Philosophy
4. This philoshopy is based on mental speculation
Vedic Philosophy
4. Philosophy can be realized in its true essence when practiced properly under the supervision of a bonafide spiritual master.
Modern Philosophy
5. Leads to lot of after affects , life , frustration
anger, anxiety, fear etc.
Vedic Philosophy
5. No harm at all, will make person lovable, free from anger and fear.
So it is a point to be thought by intelligent men, whether , it is worth spending the most valuable human form in quest of something that is never going to be true, or to utilize this life for finding out the truth and following them. First step to understanding the absolute truth and end the cycle of birth and death is to understand in toto the philosophy of Bhagvad Gita As it is and try to apply it practically.
Now from Bhagvat Gita and other vedic scriptures, we get the information, though death is fact, it is not the end of life. A person or a individual we see in this world is a eternal spirit soul, this spirit soul is never destroyed, burnt, wettet, dried or anhiliated, the symptoms of the soul is consiouscess in the body. The nature of the soul is to be blissfull and happy ,hence every individual in this world is searching for happiness,
The search for happiness is not something material , it is the property of the soul. But the major drawback of the modern philosophy is that they are not adequately made aware of these principles and hence they are misdirected to fall in to ignorance. Now one may ask , ok if there is a soul so what is the connection of death? The answer to it is , death is a phenomenon, wherein this soul , changes body and goes to another body according to the activities and desires in his present and previous life. So life of any person who is a spirit soul or the consiouscness and not the body, is eternal and does not end. As per the activities it performs in this life will determine his next life. For example , if a person not considering these things, carelessly , indulges in just eating , sleeping, mating and defending, which pertain to this material body , will have to accept a body of an animal , which has better resources to fulfill the purpose which he is interested in, i.e eating, sleeping, mating and defending. These are the repucursions of living life of so called " enjoy and be merry life is short" , indeed life is short hence one should immediately think of utilizing it properly in Krishna consiouness and not wasting it. For, you do not know , when you will again get a chance of this human form of life with advanced intelligence.
Moreover, if you analyse the life lived by a Krishna consious person and a so called modern man, you will find that even materially , a Krishna conscious person is happier and satisfied than a modern day man , who is always tensed and full of anxiety due to fear and unpredictable future, since he is in ignorance without the wisdom of age old Bhagvad Gita.
So lets analyse the aspects as they stand today.
Modern philosophy,
1. Enjoy, life is short and one day
your are going to die, what is the use of following regulative priciples.
Vedic Philosophy,
1. Human life is meant to achieve Krishna consciousness and elevate to spiritual realm of GOD.
Modern Philosophy,
2. Highly insufficient to explain a logical
explanation of origin of life and
purpose of life.
Vedic Philosophy,
2. Gives exact number , dates and years on the species and the creation of the universe.
Moder Philoshophy
3. Looks very lucrative , but pushes one
into a darkness where people are frustrated
envious, jealous, hypocrates , lusty, and
criminal minded.
Vedic Philosophy
3. Indeed requires some hardwork and effort to understand the philosophy and apply, but makes on self realised of the true meaning of life and it gives happiness if practiced.
Modern Philosophy
4. This philoshopy is based on mental speculation
Vedic Philosophy
4. Philosophy can be realized in its true essence when practiced properly under the supervision of a bonafide spiritual master.
Modern Philosophy
5. Leads to lot of after affects , life , frustration
anger, anxiety, fear etc.
Vedic Philosophy
5. No harm at all, will make person lovable, free from anger and fear.
So it is a point to be thought by intelligent men, whether , it is worth spending the most valuable human form in quest of something that is never going to be true, or to utilize this life for finding out the truth and following them. First step to understanding the absolute truth and end the cycle of birth and death is to understand in toto the philosophy of Bhagvad Gita As it is and try to apply it practically.
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People ?
One may ask , this question and question the judgement of GOD , It often is puzzling when we see some very terrible things happening to people who are good. Well the answer leads to reincarnation.
Reincarnation:
Many people today do not have a slightest of idea about reincarnation or life after death, many people donot "believe" in reincarnation. The question of believing or not believing , arises when one is in ignorance, but when by the grace of Krishna and Guru, one becomes knowlegdable , there is no such thing as belief, everhing is a fact. As per Bhagvat Gita , a living entity after death changes bodies , in the same way as he changes clothes, this phenomena is called transmigration of soul or in other words reincarnation.
The living soul, changes or transmigrate from one body another according to his desires in the past life under the direction of the nature. In that particular body the living soul, does some work during his prescribed lifetime from birth to death and the results of work, that is karma ,has to be paid by the living entity as per the law , so it some of these results are carried to the next life from the previous lives.
Thus , whatever a person experiences ,in this life, i.e good or bad is nothing but the payment of his karma or actions. So a person may be acting good in this life due to his good activities in past life, but , the sinful acts or the bad karma , from the previous lives , puts that particular individual into distress. So happiness and distress experienced by a person are only because of his bad karma and not because of any one else. A person in the current situation who has caused that distress is just a medium by which you are paying off your debt. Now if a person out of ignorace starts blaming others for his distress , he starts developing negative karma, which he has to pay in later stages of life. Thus a person is constantly creating and paying karma in a cycle of birth as per his activities. Now some one may ask , so is there and escape to this cycle , the answer is yes, By sincerely surrendering to the lotus feet of Krishna (GOD) one becomes free from this cycle of birth and death.
Now one more question that may arise is why is that GOD , put us in this viscous circle ,if he is nice?
Well GOD is good, he is always a well wisher of a living entity, It is not GOD's fault that we are stuck in this cycle, but it is our desires which place us in this precarious position. We wanted to lord it over the material nature and become GOD ourselves , and Krishna is just giving us that chance. He never interferes with the little independence we living entities have. In fact , GOD is so kind, that every moment, he finds and the opportunity sitting with every ones heart to instruct the living entity to return back to HIM. He sends his representatives in order to carry out his missions.
Reincarnation:
Many people today do not have a slightest of idea about reincarnation or life after death, many people donot "believe" in reincarnation. The question of believing or not believing , arises when one is in ignorance, but when by the grace of Krishna and Guru, one becomes knowlegdable , there is no such thing as belief, everhing is a fact. As per Bhagvat Gita , a living entity after death changes bodies , in the same way as he changes clothes, this phenomena is called transmigration of soul or in other words reincarnation.
The living soul, changes or transmigrate from one body another according to his desires in the past life under the direction of the nature. In that particular body the living soul, does some work during his prescribed lifetime from birth to death and the results of work, that is karma ,has to be paid by the living entity as per the law , so it some of these results are carried to the next life from the previous lives.
Thus , whatever a person experiences ,in this life, i.e good or bad is nothing but the payment of his karma or actions. So a person may be acting good in this life due to his good activities in past life, but , the sinful acts or the bad karma , from the previous lives , puts that particular individual into distress. So happiness and distress experienced by a person are only because of his bad karma and not because of any one else. A person in the current situation who has caused that distress is just a medium by which you are paying off your debt. Now if a person out of ignorace starts blaming others for his distress , he starts developing negative karma, which he has to pay in later stages of life. Thus a person is constantly creating and paying karma in a cycle of birth as per his activities. Now some one may ask , so is there and escape to this cycle , the answer is yes, By sincerely surrendering to the lotus feet of Krishna (GOD) one becomes free from this cycle of birth and death.
Now one more question that may arise is why is that GOD , put us in this viscous circle ,if he is nice?
Well GOD is good, he is always a well wisher of a living entity, It is not GOD's fault that we are stuck in this cycle, but it is our desires which place us in this precarious position. We wanted to lord it over the material nature and become GOD ourselves , and Krishna is just giving us that chance. He never interferes with the little independence we living entities have. In fact , GOD is so kind, that every moment, he finds and the opportunity sitting with every ones heart to instruct the living entity to return back to HIM. He sends his representatives in order to carry out his missions.
Our true identity
Who are we ? Are we to be known by religion , country, name , caste, creed, sex , occupation or something else. All these are just designations of the material body , which is represented by the above mentioned elements, but factually, every living entity in this universe is a servant of GOD, when he forgets this constitutional position , the living entity under the influence of maya(illusion ) starts serving his senses. Hence one way or the other every one is serving , the only difference is with the minute independence the living soul has , he can either prefer to serve Krishna , the reserviour of all pleasure ,or he can choose to serve the senses under the influence of maya , which is under the supervision on Krishna. So one way or the other a living entity is still serving Krishna.
This fact is easily visible, a person who is lusty searchs for the opposite sex in order to serve his genitals, angry person screams and try to beat others inorder to serve his angry mind, fights occur because of the tendency of different mentailties clashing together. So called love of the material world leads into divorces and fights, since the husband or wife is no longer capable of satisfying others senses. So this is how people are serving different senses.
Whereas a devotee , engages in the normal activities ,but only to serve krishna, all his senses are utilized to serve krishna, he uses his tounge to chant Krishna;s holy name, and to taste krishna prasadam, his eyes to see Krishna , his nose to smell flowers offered to krishna, legs to go to the temple, hands to prepare food of do service for Krishna, genitals to beget children in Krishna consiousness, hence all his senses are controlled and he lives in peace.
But the most unfortunate thing for this so called modern age is , people are too much engrossed in serving their senses, this is only due to ignorance. The biggest problem is they do not see the need to change this and find out the source of ever lasting happiness, inorder to find a little happiness , they are ready insult others, exploit , cheat in order to please their senses. It is impossible to fully satisfy the senses, that is explained in Bhagvad Gita, senses are compared to snakes , they will never stop hissing, so it is a waste labor to work day and night to satisfy the senses and neglect the self. Young boys and girls , today are engrossed in so much of materilism, that many of them dont even find time for GOD a few minutes in a day. We have become so ungrateful, that we, the part and parcel of GOD, are living in the world created by him, which is his property, using a body given by him, everything practically we are attached to is HIS property , but we are fighting with each other to acquire the lordship on it , which will be forcefully taken from us at the time of death , instead of thanking him for what he has given and using it properly for HIS enjoyment.
People around the world are just setting up bad examples for the future generations, which will be born in a polluted environment, where, they will be taught only to work hard to gratify the senses and die in the end with a regret that with so much of efforts it also, he was unsuccessful in his mission to satisfy his senses.
It is utmost important or to pharse is better MOST important the responsible people should read this age old wisdon Bhagvat Gita and take to Krishna ,rather than wasting this human form of life simply eating, sleeping, mating and defending .
This fact is easily visible, a person who is lusty searchs for the opposite sex in order to serve his genitals, angry person screams and try to beat others inorder to serve his angry mind, fights occur because of the tendency of different mentailties clashing together. So called love of the material world leads into divorces and fights, since the husband or wife is no longer capable of satisfying others senses. So this is how people are serving different senses.
Whereas a devotee , engages in the normal activities ,but only to serve krishna, all his senses are utilized to serve krishna, he uses his tounge to chant Krishna;s holy name, and to taste krishna prasadam, his eyes to see Krishna , his nose to smell flowers offered to krishna, legs to go to the temple, hands to prepare food of do service for Krishna, genitals to beget children in Krishna consiousness, hence all his senses are controlled and he lives in peace.
But the most unfortunate thing for this so called modern age is , people are too much engrossed in serving their senses, this is only due to ignorance. The biggest problem is they do not see the need to change this and find out the source of ever lasting happiness, inorder to find a little happiness , they are ready insult others, exploit , cheat in order to please their senses. It is impossible to fully satisfy the senses, that is explained in Bhagvad Gita, senses are compared to snakes , they will never stop hissing, so it is a waste labor to work day and night to satisfy the senses and neglect the self. Young boys and girls , today are engrossed in so much of materilism, that many of them dont even find time for GOD a few minutes in a day. We have become so ungrateful, that we, the part and parcel of GOD, are living in the world created by him, which is his property, using a body given by him, everything practically we are attached to is HIS property , but we are fighting with each other to acquire the lordship on it , which will be forcefully taken from us at the time of death , instead of thanking him for what he has given and using it properly for HIS enjoyment.
People around the world are just setting up bad examples for the future generations, which will be born in a polluted environment, where, they will be taught only to work hard to gratify the senses and die in the end with a regret that with so much of efforts it also, he was unsuccessful in his mission to satisfy his senses.
It is utmost important or to pharse is better MOST important the responsible people should read this age old wisdon Bhagvat Gita and take to Krishna ,rather than wasting this human form of life simply eating, sleeping, mating and defending .
TIMELINE OF THE UNIVERSE
From the authorative sources i.e Vedas , we get the above timeline for the existence of the universe. The point to be noted herein , is that the time line represented here is well organized and with accurate numbers. Hence the source can be taken to be authorative.
Explanation:
The timeline describes that Brahma the first living entity is the engineer and he is the one who engineers this universe,on the instructions of the Supreme Lord Krishna. So all the times are in reference to the life of Brahma. In short As long as brahma lives this universe lives, and when brahma dies, the universe is annhiliated completely.
The years mentioned are earthly years.
Brahmas 1 day (i.e 12 hours ) consists of 14 manvantaras
1 manvantara is the period where the father of living entities called manu generates all the living entities , and 1 manvantara consists of 71 divya yugas.
And 1 divya yuga comprises of 4 cycles , namely, satya yuga , treta yuga, dvapar yuga and kaliyuga.
Such is 1 day of bramha (i.e 12 hours) after the day of bramha, the night comes when brahma sleeps and the lower universes are sunk in the devastation water. After this night which is equal to the day comes yet another day of brahma where creation takes place.
In this way bramha lives for 100 years.
And after 100 years bramha dies and the universe is destroyed.
We currently are in kali yuga of the seventh manvantara as per the scriptures.
Vedic Science Vs Modern Science
There are two processes by which knowledge can be acquired namely the Ascending process and the Descending Process.
Ascending process , is the process of experimenting and observing the results and then concluding. This process is prominent in modern science. In fact , the modern scientists and most of the people today define science as acquiring knowledge through this process only.
Descending process: Receiving knowledge through disiplic succession from a more infallible source and then testing the knowledge received for authenticity is called the descending process. This process is prominent in Vedic Cultures as found in India.
As per Bhagvad Gita , there are two aspects of the world , material and spiritual. Second chapter in Bhagvad Gita explains that the body is a matter and it is moved by a infallible , indestructible soul. Soul is the superior energy present in the material body which moves the body and which makes the body conscious, Now this can be seen by comparing a living body with the dead body. A living body has a living force which is moving the body , whereas a dead body has no such living force present so it is just a lump of matter to be disposed. Also it states that the soul (living force) is eternal in nature, It cannot be killed or burnt or wetted or dried,where as material body as we see is perishible. It is subject to heat , cold, death , birth, disease, old age etc.
As stated in Bhagvad Gita, this living force is the true identity of any living entity and not the material body.
Material body as per Vedic text , consists of two aspects, namely a gross material body , which we can see and a more subtler material body comprising of mind, intelligence and ego, which is not visible to the eyes.
Let us examine both the modern science and the Vedic Science in the light of Bhagvad Gita.
Modern Science:
1. Uses Ascending process to examine the material science only , has no knowledge of the soul.
2. Medical science, invention of bombs,aircrafts ,etc are some of the discoveries.
3. It requires large investments in the form of investment and money to discover above large infrastructures ,
mentioned discoveries.Scientists are wasting their valuable time in discovering things which are already
discovered.
Vedic Science :
1. Uses Descending process to examine both the material and spiritual science.
2. Ayurveda , military science, time science ( astronomy, astrology, space science) it has more science on the subtler level of mind , which is absent in modern science
3. It requires no investment of money or but only time to test and apply the teachings.
Ascending process , is the process of experimenting and observing the results and then concluding. This process is prominent in modern science. In fact , the modern scientists and most of the people today define science as acquiring knowledge through this process only.
Descending process: Receiving knowledge through disiplic succession from a more infallible source and then testing the knowledge received for authenticity is called the descending process. This process is prominent in Vedic Cultures as found in India.
As per Bhagvad Gita , there are two aspects of the world , material and spiritual. Second chapter in Bhagvad Gita explains that the body is a matter and it is moved by a infallible , indestructible soul. Soul is the superior energy present in the material body which moves the body and which makes the body conscious, Now this can be seen by comparing a living body with the dead body. A living body has a living force which is moving the body , whereas a dead body has no such living force present so it is just a lump of matter to be disposed. Also it states that the soul (living force) is eternal in nature, It cannot be killed or burnt or wetted or dried,where as material body as we see is perishible. It is subject to heat , cold, death , birth, disease, old age etc.
As stated in Bhagvad Gita, this living force is the true identity of any living entity and not the material body.
Material body as per Vedic text , consists of two aspects, namely a gross material body , which we can see and a more subtler material body comprising of mind, intelligence and ego, which is not visible to the eyes.
Let us examine both the modern science and the Vedic Science in the light of Bhagvad Gita.
Modern Science:
1. Uses Ascending process to examine the material science only , has no knowledge of the soul.
2. Medical science, invention of bombs,aircrafts ,etc are some of the discoveries.
3. It requires large investments in the form of investment and money to discover above large infrastructures ,
mentioned discoveries.Scientists are wasting their valuable time in discovering things which are already
discovered.
Vedic Science :
1. Uses Descending process to examine both the material and spiritual science.
2. Ayurveda , military science, time science ( astronomy, astrology, space science) it has more science on the subtler level of mind , which is absent in modern science
3. It requires no investment of money or but only time to test and apply the teachings.
Science Without Religion is a Hoax
Modern Science believes in proving everything on the basis of experimental facts and perception. But the most important factor which Scientist forget is that the senses a human body posses are all imperfect and limited. They do not have the required power to see or understand everything that we experience. The simplest example that can be given in this context is that our eyes are incapable of seeing without sun. So our power of seeing depends on light.
Also some phenomena cannot be proved by experimentation, they have to be understood philosophically using intelligence and evidences. For example theory of evolution, our very existence.
Most of the people including many scientist and philosophers believe in the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin. To me it sounds more like a fairy tale. Darwins theory talks about a bigbang and then the creation of gases and from that the planets were created and then first atom was developed from amino acids and then , they evolved to form highly complex human beings who are capable of emotions. There are many things which cannot be explained which are listed as follows :
1. First of all the theory talks about random combination of molecules to form living beings. That means we the human beings have been developed randomly so why does everyone around us try to stay organized and try to be perfect?. Since we are random combinations , then from where did the people get this idea of been organized in their daily affairs?
2. Theory says , the molecules combined to form bacteria then water beings , then they started to develop with combination of molecules to form other living entities to form more complex individuals. If this is true how is that we see so many varieties of life form and we dont see any one species developing from other today? There is a process described with reference to this called natural selection, it says the molecules combine and by natural selection only those which are good are selected to form a higher species and the remaining are rejected, but then who decides and who supplies the power to combine these molecules ?.
3. Also if there was a bigbang , then who created it and even if we assume this hypothetical fairy tale , then who put all the planets in such an organized fashion and accuracy. We do not have any experience that explosions create something. Also if at all it creates the whole universe then why are we wasting our time on manufacturing so many commodities, we can just collect all the ingredients and put them together and explode them to get the things we need . For example , big automobile companys can just collect the iron and plastic and rubber and explode them to create a perfectly operating vehicle, why are they wasting time in machineries and etc?
Thus the above logical and philosophical statements clearly prove that the theories put forward by Darwins theory are fairy tales only with no scientific intelligence whatsoever.
Now the same Questions which are not explained by Darwin, can be easily explained from the point of view of Vedas (religion). Vedas say that there is only one creator of this entire material world and he is all Spiritual . He is the supreme being GOD. We the living entities ( which include plants, animals and humans) are also spiritual and parts and parcels of GOD. But we are put into this material world due to our desires. Constitutionally we are servants of LORD and we have a loving relation with him. We have forgotten are relation with him and hence we are struggling in this material world. So GOD is a person like us and we are his parts and he is our Supreme Father.
1. Since we are the parts of the Supreme father we inherit his qualities too. GOD is perfect being , since he is spiritual he is all good. But we have forgotten our spiritual existence and hence we struggle to become perfect in this material world. We have forgotten our father hence we struggle. So the tendency of every person to strive for perfection or be organized is characteristics of the soul and not a random combination of molecules. Since GOD is eternally Blissful and always in knowledge, we as his parts also try for happiness every moment , but we struggle since we are conditioned. Eternally every soul has a loving relation with GOD , which we try to find by our relations in this material world , but again we struggle , because everything manifested here is temporary. SO if we are living in a temporary environment ,then what is the reality. Our real existence is with GOD in his kingdom.
2. The second argument is refuted even by modern scientist by the concept of intelligent design ( the videos describing intelligent design can be seen on the right of the blog). The complex nature of the DNA's and other working mecahnism's within the cell cannot be a product of random selections. Here's the irony, modern education teaches about cell and its complex nature and its working to create protiens and the DNA structures which are all intelligent designs and on the other hand it teaches Darwins theory of evolution as the basis of our existence, these this does not quite match, since by Darwins theory the complex nature of even one DNA cannot be explained , what to speak of the complex network of veins and systems installed in our body. So when we observe this fairy tale in the light of scientific evidence of the cell , it proves the existence of a most intelligent being GOD. There is a debate between the people who propose Darwins theory and intelligent design, but the debate is there because the people are missing the main element of religion in it. If we see the intelligent design of our body and the world around us in the light of religion (Veda) we can come to a perfect understanding of the world and hence can acknowlegde , thank and eventually love our Supreme Father in devotion.
3. The Big bang Theory is just an imaginary concept of an atheist mind. There was no such Big Bang in the creation. Vedic literatures like Srimad Bhagvatam give vivid and logical explanation with appropraite evidences regarding the creation of the universe with perfect timings. After knowing the real process of creation , it is can be understood that the whole world is governed in a organized and a perfect manner by the infallible LORD. Like the Government , this universe is also governed by a Supreme Person, who has his subordinates as ministers working for the Supreme Person under laws given by GOD for proper functioning of the government. It is from this organization which is described in the Srimad Bhagvatam that we get the idea of organizations and governments. The planets are properly placed and working in sychornization as per the calculations and will of the LORD. So it was not by some random explosion that this universe was created and hence eventually like in the fairy tales everything started working smoothly.
So these are the facts which you get from religious scriptures (Vedas) . Infact all the science we see before our eyes are explained in the Vedas, it was due to some atehist leaders this great knowledge became extinct and people in general were put into this GODLESS civilization we see in today. People in general are made to believe that religion is sentiment and not science , but in true sense religious people are far more great than any mundane materialist who basis his faith on theories like that of Darwin.
I would suggest to whomsoever who may read this, to please look at the evidences with an open mind and review the facts once again in the light of religion (VEDAS) and have faith in them.
Some People argue that how is it possible to believe in GOD , since we don't see him, but often they forget the most of are beliefs are not seen, For example the evolution theory, nobody has seen Darwin and yet people believe in his theory , which is a product of human imagination. But the same people are afraid to have faith in GOD who is without mistakes and the most perfect being. I would hence appeal the general mass to wake up from this illusion created by blind faith and see the real truth through Vedas.
If you need elobarate explanations you can visit the following site from ISKCON.
www. krishna.com
http://www.krishnascience.com/
http://www.ageofkali.com/
Also some phenomena cannot be proved by experimentation, they have to be understood philosophically using intelligence and evidences. For example theory of evolution, our very existence.
Most of the people including many scientist and philosophers believe in the theory of evolution given by Charles Darwin. To me it sounds more like a fairy tale. Darwins theory talks about a bigbang and then the creation of gases and from that the planets were created and then first atom was developed from amino acids and then , they evolved to form highly complex human beings who are capable of emotions. There are many things which cannot be explained which are listed as follows :
1. First of all the theory talks about random combination of molecules to form living beings. That means we the human beings have been developed randomly so why does everyone around us try to stay organized and try to be perfect?. Since we are random combinations , then from where did the people get this idea of been organized in their daily affairs?
2. Theory says , the molecules combined to form bacteria then water beings , then they started to develop with combination of molecules to form other living entities to form more complex individuals. If this is true how is that we see so many varieties of life form and we dont see any one species developing from other today? There is a process described with reference to this called natural selection, it says the molecules combine and by natural selection only those which are good are selected to form a higher species and the remaining are rejected, but then who decides and who supplies the power to combine these molecules ?.
3. Also if there was a bigbang , then who created it and even if we assume this hypothetical fairy tale , then who put all the planets in such an organized fashion and accuracy. We do not have any experience that explosions create something. Also if at all it creates the whole universe then why are we wasting our time on manufacturing so many commodities, we can just collect all the ingredients and put them together and explode them to get the things we need . For example , big automobile companys can just collect the iron and plastic and rubber and explode them to create a perfectly operating vehicle, why are they wasting time in machineries and etc?
Thus the above logical and philosophical statements clearly prove that the theories put forward by Darwins theory are fairy tales only with no scientific intelligence whatsoever.
Now the same Questions which are not explained by Darwin, can be easily explained from the point of view of Vedas (religion). Vedas say that there is only one creator of this entire material world and he is all Spiritual . He is the supreme being GOD. We the living entities ( which include plants, animals and humans) are also spiritual and parts and parcels of GOD. But we are put into this material world due to our desires. Constitutionally we are servants of LORD and we have a loving relation with him. We have forgotten are relation with him and hence we are struggling in this material world. So GOD is a person like us and we are his parts and he is our Supreme Father.
1. Since we are the parts of the Supreme father we inherit his qualities too. GOD is perfect being , since he is spiritual he is all good. But we have forgotten our spiritual existence and hence we struggle to become perfect in this material world. We have forgotten our father hence we struggle. So the tendency of every person to strive for perfection or be organized is characteristics of the soul and not a random combination of molecules. Since GOD is eternally Blissful and always in knowledge, we as his parts also try for happiness every moment , but we struggle since we are conditioned. Eternally every soul has a loving relation with GOD , which we try to find by our relations in this material world , but again we struggle , because everything manifested here is temporary. SO if we are living in a temporary environment ,then what is the reality. Our real existence is with GOD in his kingdom.
2. The second argument is refuted even by modern scientist by the concept of intelligent design ( the videos describing intelligent design can be seen on the right of the blog). The complex nature of the DNA's and other working mecahnism's within the cell cannot be a product of random selections. Here's the irony, modern education teaches about cell and its complex nature and its working to create protiens and the DNA structures which are all intelligent designs and on the other hand it teaches Darwins theory of evolution as the basis of our existence, these this does not quite match, since by Darwins theory the complex nature of even one DNA cannot be explained , what to speak of the complex network of veins and systems installed in our body. So when we observe this fairy tale in the light of scientific evidence of the cell , it proves the existence of a most intelligent being GOD. There is a debate between the people who propose Darwins theory and intelligent design, but the debate is there because the people are missing the main element of religion in it. If we see the intelligent design of our body and the world around us in the light of religion (Veda) we can come to a perfect understanding of the world and hence can acknowlegde , thank and eventually love our Supreme Father in devotion.
3. The Big bang Theory is just an imaginary concept of an atheist mind. There was no such Big Bang in the creation. Vedic literatures like Srimad Bhagvatam give vivid and logical explanation with appropraite evidences regarding the creation of the universe with perfect timings. After knowing the real process of creation , it is can be understood that the whole world is governed in a organized and a perfect manner by the infallible LORD. Like the Government , this universe is also governed by a Supreme Person, who has his subordinates as ministers working for the Supreme Person under laws given by GOD for proper functioning of the government. It is from this organization which is described in the Srimad Bhagvatam that we get the idea of organizations and governments. The planets are properly placed and working in sychornization as per the calculations and will of the LORD. So it was not by some random explosion that this universe was created and hence eventually like in the fairy tales everything started working smoothly.
So these are the facts which you get from religious scriptures (Vedas) . Infact all the science we see before our eyes are explained in the Vedas, it was due to some atehist leaders this great knowledge became extinct and people in general were put into this GODLESS civilization we see in today. People in general are made to believe that religion is sentiment and not science , but in true sense religious people are far more great than any mundane materialist who basis his faith on theories like that of Darwin.
I would suggest to whomsoever who may read this, to please look at the evidences with an open mind and review the facts once again in the light of religion (VEDAS) and have faith in them.
Some People argue that how is it possible to believe in GOD , since we don't see him, but often they forget the most of are beliefs are not seen, For example the evolution theory, nobody has seen Darwin and yet people believe in his theory , which is a product of human imagination. But the same people are afraid to have faith in GOD who is without mistakes and the most perfect being. I would hence appeal the general mass to wake up from this illusion created by blind faith and see the real truth through Vedas.
If you need elobarate explanations you can visit the following site from ISKCON.
www. krishna.com
http://www.krishnascience.com/
http://www.ageofkali.com/
REAL RELIGION SCIENTIFIC AND NOT SENTIMENTAL
Religion : A kind of faith, this is what modern dictionaries refer religion as. This Wrong notion is has led to many misconceptions, which has put the modern man in dellusion. Religion is ONE and that refers to LOVE OF GOD. If some sect teaches how to revive the lost LOVE FOR GOD, then that sect is practicing perfect religion. Due to the effect of Age of Kali, people have taken religion as faith and are misguiding others, reagarding the same. Faith can be changed any time, but religion cannot be changed, since that is the constitutional position of the living entity, and it is true, that unless a living entity performs its true religion, it is impossible for them the live happily in this material world.
Now Most of the people , have concocted this idea that , religion is just a sentiment , Now it is very essential to analyze this statement.
People in general are made to believe that , since you cannot see GOD it is merely a sentiment to imagine a GOD and believe that he would do everything for you and you have to just prayer.
Well these people are not only ignorant but also unintelligent to think that all that you see around has come into existence through a bigbang. For example if you read darwin's theory of evolution, it has no evidence of a monkey giving birth to a man, how is that then we can believe that men have evovled from monkeys, Also, It is stated that there was a big bang and all the planets were created , this sounds more like a fairy tale story then scientific,Even if we were to believe that there was a big bang then who created this big bang?
Well all these and many more such questions can be put against such a story describing evolution. This theory proposed by some atheist scientist can be taken to be as sentimental, since it has no solid proof. Also if that is what modern, life is based on then , people , living such a life are sentimental and not the people who follow religion.
Religion is to be followed,for a peaceful and happy life, for that to happen, The Lord himself , comes time and again on to this material word to recite the real religion and sets the Rules to be followed called Dharma.
Moreover, scientific , discoveries, in every field, namely, medical ,engineering ,etc which man claims to have achieved is a mere discovery of things which were already there, nothing is created by modern science. The real advance of technology and science can be considered ,when the modern scientific community is able to stop death, or old age, or disease or create a life, which is not possible, till then modern science is just a sentiment , since on the so called discoveries, which are made possible by the grace of GOD , are claimed by man . So this is what is called Sentiment.
But Vedic wisdom, propagates real religion, through all its litetrature, It explains the real identity of a living entity and how the whole universe was created, also, it gives specific examples which, proves its authenticity and , then it shows the path to practice real religion , through its various books, this is what is science, which explains every thing with logic and philosophy. It comes directly from LORD KRISHNA and is meant as a guideline to ultimately attain perfection of life through devotional service to LORD. And it is found that every sect which preaches religion , has its basis in Vedas, if followed properly without ammending it as per own whims.
So now it is for you to decide, whether the world we are living in today is sentimental or the religious institutions are sentimental. Today's Modern world is based on sentimental emotions which will bind a living entity. People are bond with ,lust, greed, anger, false pride, false ego, but there is no love to be found.
GOD is the Supreme authority of LOVE , the SUPREME LOVER, as per the Vedic text, and all the religious processes are directed towards loving GOD since that is what the living entities were created for. Instead of understanding this simple theory , we are wasting time on friends, family, girlfriend, boyfriend and so many others calling this to be love. Religion shows many ways to achieve that perfect LOVE. Since we are ignorant and put into illusion , someway or other our loving propensity is frustrated due to contact with the material atmosphere causing other sentiments as lust, greed , hate, anger etc. Hence true love is possible only with GOD , since it is from him that we got this propensity and he is the reserviour of LOVE .
Now Most of the people , have concocted this idea that , religion is just a sentiment , Now it is very essential to analyze this statement.
People in general are made to believe that , since you cannot see GOD it is merely a sentiment to imagine a GOD and believe that he would do everything for you and you have to just prayer.
Well these people are not only ignorant but also unintelligent to think that all that you see around has come into existence through a bigbang. For example if you read darwin's theory of evolution, it has no evidence of a monkey giving birth to a man, how is that then we can believe that men have evovled from monkeys, Also, It is stated that there was a big bang and all the planets were created , this sounds more like a fairy tale story then scientific,Even if we were to believe that there was a big bang then who created this big bang?
Well all these and many more such questions can be put against such a story describing evolution. This theory proposed by some atheist scientist can be taken to be as sentimental, since it has no solid proof. Also if that is what modern, life is based on then , people , living such a life are sentimental and not the people who follow religion.
Religion is to be followed,for a peaceful and happy life, for that to happen, The Lord himself , comes time and again on to this material word to recite the real religion and sets the Rules to be followed called Dharma.
Moreover, scientific , discoveries, in every field, namely, medical ,engineering ,etc which man claims to have achieved is a mere discovery of things which were already there, nothing is created by modern science. The real advance of technology and science can be considered ,when the modern scientific community is able to stop death, or old age, or disease or create a life, which is not possible, till then modern science is just a sentiment , since on the so called discoveries, which are made possible by the grace of GOD , are claimed by man . So this is what is called Sentiment.
But Vedic wisdom, propagates real religion, through all its litetrature, It explains the real identity of a living entity and how the whole universe was created, also, it gives specific examples which, proves its authenticity and , then it shows the path to practice real religion , through its various books, this is what is science, which explains every thing with logic and philosophy. It comes directly from LORD KRISHNA and is meant as a guideline to ultimately attain perfection of life through devotional service to LORD. And it is found that every sect which preaches religion , has its basis in Vedas, if followed properly without ammending it as per own whims.
So now it is for you to decide, whether the world we are living in today is sentimental or the religious institutions are sentimental. Today's Modern world is based on sentimental emotions which will bind a living entity. People are bond with ,lust, greed, anger, false pride, false ego, but there is no love to be found.
GOD is the Supreme authority of LOVE , the SUPREME LOVER, as per the Vedic text, and all the religious processes are directed towards loving GOD since that is what the living entities were created for. Instead of understanding this simple theory , we are wasting time on friends, family, girlfriend, boyfriend and so many others calling this to be love. Religion shows many ways to achieve that perfect LOVE. Since we are ignorant and put into illusion , someway or other our loving propensity is frustrated due to contact with the material atmosphere causing other sentiments as lust, greed , hate, anger etc. Hence true love is possible only with GOD , since it is from him that we got this propensity and he is the reserviour of LOVE .
LAW OF KARMA
It is said that a intelligent person learns from his own mistakes , but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others. But in todays world, to find a person who learns from his mistakes are rare, so how can we expect any wise people. Learning from ones mistakes is an art which needs to be developed as a habit in one self, once this art is mastered , then a person can become wise and try to learn from the mistakes committed by others. To learn from once mistake one has to identify their mistake, but due to false ego and civilization of "me" and "mine" everyone has become so blind that no body is ready to admit their mistakes, sincerely with a view to improve them, rather it is considered heroic and brave to blame others for everything that is wrong and force the other person for all that is wrong with any relation or any dealing.
This practice is very dangerous since people have forgotten the most important law that binds all the living entities to their actions. This law is evident and can be seen in every facet of life. This law is the law for karma(work). It is most commonly know by the phrase "As you sow , so you reap".
Karma is defined as a action of a living entity which is done on one's own accord to satisfy one's desires . If the act is good the result will be good , but if the action is bad it will have bad effects, and all these effects will have to be borne by the living entity in this or future lives.
Just like any government in the world is governed by particular laws for proper functioning of the country , similarly , the greatest government (universe) is governed by the law of karma.
Law of karma explains for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Whatever actions that are caused by the living entity will be borne by the living entity alone.
Bhagvat Gita says ,
karmani yevadikaraste
ma phaleshu kadacana
ma karma phal hetur bhur
ma te sanga steva akarmani.
It means, that the living entities are entitled to carry out their prescribed duties , but are not entitled to the fruits of these activities at any time, since the living entity did not cause the results of these activities , and this should not be the reason for the inaction.
So as per the above verse , it is clear that , living entity is only a medium to perform the actions through mind and body for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. God is the one who gives us the respective duties and , He is the one who causes the results of such activities, the energy to carry out the prescribed duty is also supplied by Lord alone, hence , there is no reason for any living entity to claim the results of activities which he has not performed. But this should not be the reason for inaction on the part of the living entity. As explained in the following verses in Bhagavad Gita, that it is impossible for the living entity to sit ideal without doing any action.
This practice is very dangerous since people have forgotten the most important law that binds all the living entities to their actions. This law is evident and can be seen in every facet of life. This law is the law for karma(work). It is most commonly know by the phrase "As you sow , so you reap".
Karma is defined as a action of a living entity which is done on one's own accord to satisfy one's desires . If the act is good the result will be good , but if the action is bad it will have bad effects, and all these effects will have to be borne by the living entity in this or future lives.
Just like any government in the world is governed by particular laws for proper functioning of the country , similarly , the greatest government (universe) is governed by the law of karma.
Law of karma explains for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Whatever actions that are caused by the living entity will be borne by the living entity alone.
Bhagvat Gita says ,
karmani yevadikaraste
ma phaleshu kadacana
ma karma phal hetur bhur
ma te sanga steva akarmani.
It means, that the living entities are entitled to carry out their prescribed duties , but are not entitled to the fruits of these activities at any time, since the living entity did not cause the results of these activities , and this should not be the reason for the inaction.
So as per the above verse , it is clear that , living entity is only a medium to perform the actions through mind and body for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. God is the one who gives us the respective duties and , He is the one who causes the results of such activities, the energy to carry out the prescribed duty is also supplied by Lord alone, hence , there is no reason for any living entity to claim the results of activities which he has not performed. But this should not be the reason for inaction on the part of the living entity. As explained in the following verses in Bhagavad Gita, that it is impossible for the living entity to sit ideal without doing any action.
LIFE IS SHORT --- UTILIZE IT !!!
LIFE IS SHORT --- ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!! , This has become a common notion and a slogan today , with every young mind been captivated and constantly brain washed to think that LIFE is short and hence the duty of a individual is just to enjoy as much as possible, without any restrictions of any sort and do whatever you wish. This very thinking has let to a degraded lifestyle which has led to more irresponsible young populace , who think their forefathers and elders were some stupid bunch of people who used to worry so much about culture and GOD etc. And whenever these experience elders of the family try to advice the young kids, they consider them to be of old , orthodox thinking and reject their advice, only to find later in their life that they are placed in a difficult situation. Some intelligent and fortunate people admit their mistakes and start on the path of self realization, whereas others get carried away by temporary happiness and become egoistic and commit the same mistakes again to become completely illusioned and forget about GOD completely.
I have seen people who out of their sheer ignorance , very confidently advertise these things. They say as long as you earn sufficient money for your self you enjoy it and don't worry about the others , work hard and party hard simple . Wrong!!!!!! things are not that simple. Often such people are unaware of the facts working against them. As long as you have money and fortune it is very easy to get carried away by these temporary illusions of happiness. But there comes a time when you posses none , and it is these times which usually divert a sane living being towards GOD for help, but again as soon as he finds some relief he goes back to his original ways. Also after been habituated to party , drink , smoke, indulge in illicit sex , the mind is captivated by these things and a person in the absence of these things becomes restless and anxious. During the young phase of life, due to high energy and due to the wonderful illusions created by so called , dance bars, strip clubs, movies, violence, propensity for clubbing, pubbing, drinking , smoking, seems very elluring since, everywhere you look you find one or all of these things. It is very easy to get allured and fall into bad association. It tastes like nectar during the young period which is more of less 10 years, but later on which forms the major portion of the life till death these thinks are not easily available due to various restrictions and this slowly builds up frustration, which leads to anger , lust, greed, and finally illusion, which can only be broken by good assocaition.
So point to be noted here is , it is not very intelligent to loose our whole life to anger, lust, greed, lust and illusion ourselves completely for a few years for so called fun. This fun is also one of the tricks of maya , which makes you think it is fun kicks of which are felt later in the life.
As per the popular slogan, LIFE INDEED IS SHORT, so UTILIZE it to achievem higher happiness by assocaiting with GOD who has the immense capability of satisfying all your desires and give you everlasing happiness , which is never to found in this material world. SO please think over these topics and try to align them with your own lifes and see these things which are working against you. Since our existence is eternal and not this short lifetime of 50-60 years , please try to see the bigger picture and utilize this life time as a human, which is a rare benediction given to us to understand our real loving father , who thinks of our well being every moment.
I have seen people who out of their sheer ignorance , very confidently advertise these things. They say as long as you earn sufficient money for your self you enjoy it and don't worry about the others , work hard and party hard simple . Wrong!!!!!! things are not that simple. Often such people are unaware of the facts working against them. As long as you have money and fortune it is very easy to get carried away by these temporary illusions of happiness. But there comes a time when you posses none , and it is these times which usually divert a sane living being towards GOD for help, but again as soon as he finds some relief he goes back to his original ways. Also after been habituated to party , drink , smoke, indulge in illicit sex , the mind is captivated by these things and a person in the absence of these things becomes restless and anxious. During the young phase of life, due to high energy and due to the wonderful illusions created by so called , dance bars, strip clubs, movies, violence, propensity for clubbing, pubbing, drinking , smoking, seems very elluring since, everywhere you look you find one or all of these things. It is very easy to get allured and fall into bad association. It tastes like nectar during the young period which is more of less 10 years, but later on which forms the major portion of the life till death these thinks are not easily available due to various restrictions and this slowly builds up frustration, which leads to anger , lust, greed, and finally illusion, which can only be broken by good assocaition.
So point to be noted here is , it is not very intelligent to loose our whole life to anger, lust, greed, lust and illusion ourselves completely for a few years for so called fun. This fun is also one of the tricks of maya , which makes you think it is fun kicks of which are felt later in the life.
As per the popular slogan, LIFE INDEED IS SHORT, so UTILIZE it to achievem higher happiness by assocaiting with GOD who has the immense capability of satisfying all your desires and give you everlasing happiness , which is never to found in this material world. SO please think over these topics and try to align them with your own lifes and see these things which are working against you. Since our existence is eternal and not this short lifetime of 50-60 years , please try to see the bigger picture and utilize this life time as a human, which is a rare benediction given to us to understand our real loving father , who thinks of our well being every moment.
Unneccessary Invention
A few days ago , I happen to see a show called Ripely's Believe it or not at one of my cousins place. One of the incidents that was been show was of an invention done by a scientist, who underwent a surgery to insert a computer chip in his body and then programed the computer to send signals of command to the chip inorder to send signals to the brain to function as per the command.
This reasearch depicts and potrays another act of maya (illusion) and proves the effect of this age of kali on the living entities.
Now , there is absolutely no neccessity for such a waste of time in inventions which will illusion your mind further and make you nothing but a puppet in the hands of maya or illusion called technology.
Already people have become addicted to these technological maya. Modern man's life as of today has become more dependent on television, computers, telephone and cellphones. Everyone seems to be so busy either wathching some rubbish on televsion, or just talking some nonsense on the cellphones. Whenver you see a person , talking very animately on telephone and most of the time being on the phone, or internet etc, is presumed to be a very busy man and a important man. This has become a notion, but infact that very person is nothing but a puppent in the hands of technology. The so called invention mentioned above is as attempt to enslave man to the computer technology further more making it absolutely impossible for men to use whatever little intelligence that is left.
Apparently due to so much engagement and interaction with technology, people have less time for GOD , GOD who is the most intelligent being and the greatest sceintist of all, who has made these things which we use. He has given us so many things without our desire for our conveniece , so that we could live happily and eventually go back to him and enjoy with him , but what we choose to do is we get attached to these very things supplied to as a tools to be used to live life.
Just a small glimpse on the greatness and intelligent marvel of the Almighty Lord is visible in the construction and working of our own bodies. Construction and working of our body is highly advanced and complex technology which is beyond the modern science to even percive and what to speak of developing such a complex system at work. The cell which is the buliding block of the entire body is a highly complex structure which has mechnisms comparable to motors in a manufacturing unit. So in terms of analogy , we can compare a single cell to a manufacturing unit , which has many coupled motors and similar mechanisms working in perfect synchonization , under the direction of scripted or encoded instructions through DNA's , to produce proteints and other neccessary ingredients for proper working of the entire machine called body.
This body is empowered with the marginal energy of GOD called the spirit soul to carry out these and many other operations in the whole body. AS we all know inorder to move any particle energy is required , thus this energy is supplied by the self or the soul . And where does the self derive its energy from? from the Almighty and the Supreme reserviour of energy GOD.
Further description on the working of the cell and a evidence of intelligent design could be found from the following links.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3398897723006201061&q=%22unlocking+the+mysteries+of+life%22&hl=en
So coming back to the point, these highly complex construction of the body is not possible to be acheived by chance or by any human endeavor, This also explains that even the Chemical evolution theory cannot produce these well organized mechanisms , since though we have all the chemicals , but we cannot produce even a single cell.
The revealed scriptures , the Vedas , indicate, that though these machines called the body are so intelligently build and is marvelous as per material or our mudane starndards, for the LORD it is most insignificant and it is said to be the inferior energy of the LORD. Existenace of the inferior enery indicates a superior energy of the LORD , which is said to be the individual soul and it is the part and parcel of the LORD. It is this superior energy which is most dear to him and it is this energy of the LORD , which exhibits, consioucness, and not the machine (body). Machine as we see in this very world is dead, or inactive in nature, it is works only when it interacts with a superior energy that it starts working. For example a computer will only start if there is some person to operate the computer, we donot have any practical experience wherein the computer starts automatically and works as per its on whims and executes all the functions automatically without a superior intelligence.
Hence this very idea of inventing something which would control your already illusioned brain using computer signals ,is not an act of intelligent scientific invention , but a act to be condemned and it is influenced by ignorance of this age, to achieve some false presitge. Please do ponder upon these topics . because these form the basis of our very existence in todays dangerous and risky world.
This reasearch depicts and potrays another act of maya (illusion) and proves the effect of this age of kali on the living entities.
Now , there is absolutely no neccessity for such a waste of time in inventions which will illusion your mind further and make you nothing but a puppet in the hands of maya or illusion called technology.
Already people have become addicted to these technological maya. Modern man's life as of today has become more dependent on television, computers, telephone and cellphones. Everyone seems to be so busy either wathching some rubbish on televsion, or just talking some nonsense on the cellphones. Whenver you see a person , talking very animately on telephone and most of the time being on the phone, or internet etc, is presumed to be a very busy man and a important man. This has become a notion, but infact that very person is nothing but a puppent in the hands of technology. The so called invention mentioned above is as attempt to enslave man to the computer technology further more making it absolutely impossible for men to use whatever little intelligence that is left.
Apparently due to so much engagement and interaction with technology, people have less time for GOD , GOD who is the most intelligent being and the greatest sceintist of all, who has made these things which we use. He has given us so many things without our desire for our conveniece , so that we could live happily and eventually go back to him and enjoy with him , but what we choose to do is we get attached to these very things supplied to as a tools to be used to live life.
Just a small glimpse on the greatness and intelligent marvel of the Almighty Lord is visible in the construction and working of our own bodies. Construction and working of our body is highly advanced and complex technology which is beyond the modern science to even percive and what to speak of developing such a complex system at work. The cell which is the buliding block of the entire body is a highly complex structure which has mechnisms comparable to motors in a manufacturing unit. So in terms of analogy , we can compare a single cell to a manufacturing unit , which has many coupled motors and similar mechanisms working in perfect synchonization , under the direction of scripted or encoded instructions through DNA's , to produce proteints and other neccessary ingredients for proper working of the entire machine called body.
This body is empowered with the marginal energy of GOD called the spirit soul to carry out these and many other operations in the whole body. AS we all know inorder to move any particle energy is required , thus this energy is supplied by the self or the soul . And where does the self derive its energy from? from the Almighty and the Supreme reserviour of energy GOD.
Further description on the working of the cell and a evidence of intelligent design could be found from the following links.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3398897723006201061&q=%22unlocking+the+mysteries+of+life%22&hl=en
So coming back to the point, these highly complex construction of the body is not possible to be acheived by chance or by any human endeavor, This also explains that even the Chemical evolution theory cannot produce these well organized mechanisms , since though we have all the chemicals , but we cannot produce even a single cell.
The revealed scriptures , the Vedas , indicate, that though these machines called the body are so intelligently build and is marvelous as per material or our mudane starndards, for the LORD it is most insignificant and it is said to be the inferior energy of the LORD. Existenace of the inferior enery indicates a superior energy of the LORD , which is said to be the individual soul and it is the part and parcel of the LORD. It is this superior energy which is most dear to him and it is this energy of the LORD , which exhibits, consioucness, and not the machine (body). Machine as we see in this very world is dead, or inactive in nature, it is works only when it interacts with a superior energy that it starts working. For example a computer will only start if there is some person to operate the computer, we donot have any practical experience wherein the computer starts automatically and works as per its on whims and executes all the functions automatically without a superior intelligence.
Hence this very idea of inventing something which would control your already illusioned brain using computer signals ,is not an act of intelligent scientific invention , but a act to be condemned and it is influenced by ignorance of this age, to achieve some false presitge. Please do ponder upon these topics . because these form the basis of our very existence in todays dangerous and risky world.
ILLUSION in ILLUSION
As the residents or inhabitants of the material world we are already put under a spell of illusion (maya), which makes us think that we are the body or the mind , but factually we are a spirit soul.On top of that illusion, the television shows and movies , tend to strenghten that illuison and make it so strong that it becomes almost impossible for a living soul to break out of that mould.The so called forms of entertainment, which include, television, hiphop and rock music etc, reflect the modes of passion and ignorance . Modes of nature as defined earlier comprise of 3 types, and by associating with them a living entity concots a particular conception of life.
Mode of Goodness : comprises of godly characteristics, wherein the focus of the living entity is focussed on the Supreme Personality of GODHEAD ,as the cause of all causes, and where in the living entity is aware of the repucurssions of his every action, as per the law of karma.
Mode of Passion : Has a little cocept of GOD as the order supplier,i.e If one is in need of some material benefit ,he approaches GOD. Living entities in mode of passion are generally, very active in fruitive activities to satisfy their senses. Hence driking, illicit sex, gambling and meat eating is prominent. They are attached to material achievements.
Mode of Ignorace : Characteristed by laziness and atheism and uncleaniness.
Every living entity at anytime is subject to a mixture of these modes of nature. Sometimes Goodness is prominent and other times passion or ignorace become prominent.
Now the mode of nature in which a living entity is situated depends a great deal on the association he is in .
For example, if a person assocaites with the drunkards all the time, he would soon become a drunkard and will be thus situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, and if the same person assocaites with people in goodness, goodness will reflect in his behaviour and gradually he will leave his drinking habits.
Now todays television and in general most of the people around us are found to be in the modes of passion and ignorance. The television shows or movies , depict a picture of illicit sexual relations as a normal thing and a modern day concept , which is very common every where, every advertisement shows a half naked women ,trying to sell some products. Now these images represent the modes of ignorance and passion, since, all the televsion shows, are based on basic concept of sex , which is a product of ignorance and a bodily concept of life.
Sexual intercourse is a neccessity of the body and not of the soul. For the soul it is not essential at all. Sexual intercourse is meant to serve a specific purpose of progeny as per the Vedas, but due to prominance of ignorance and passion in the environment around us , it has become a means of enjoyment, defying its purpose , infact men have deviced ways to eradicate the progeny as a result of sex , by using contraceptive methods. This civilization is influencing every youth and damaging their original conciousness , resulting into frustration, lust, depression, anxiety, disturbance of mind, unneccessary anger and a constant fear.
It has become a common fashion to have boyfriends and girlfriends as a neccessity in the schools and colleges , and not having a so called boy friend or a girlfriend , reflects somekind of a problem with the person. And all those who boast of haveing a girl friend or boyfriend , boast of being in love. The lust to satisfy their own senses is being labelled as love , for most of them have no clue what love is. They scream at their,parents to be with a so called boyfriend or girlfriend, those very parents who made many sacrifices inorder to raise them.Inorder to have their senses satisfied by their socalled love they donot care about the love of their parents and they call this lust to be love.
All these behaviours are influnced by the society. Modern society leaders are themselves in ignorace and passion, so how is that they can lead the mass to a well behaved society of mutual love and respect. All the images being postered or shown on TV or cinema are of sex, violence or racial behaviours, drinking, gambling all the signs of ignorance and passion . Music being played as hiphop , rock have no profound message in them, most of lyrics comprise of some aggressive sarcasm or some crap laungauge which invokes lust, or makes one violent and angry .
On an average, a modern man watches TV for atleast 20-30 hrs in a week ,and listens to the so called music for atleast 50 hrs in the week , and rest of the time is spent in talking about these rubbish shows and music which are all fictituous with no real essence and no knowledge or even importance. Thus all in all major portion of a normal day of a modern man , is spend in filling his consiousness with all the crap and rubbish which is presented in a nice flowery words and forms to attract their attention and put them in illusion.
As per the Vedas , human form of life is achieved after great sacrifice and penance and after millions of years of waiting . If, Inorder to protect our so called social image and in entertaining our senses we forget the real purpose of this life , which is to get out of the illusion of boldily concept of life , by surrendering ourselves in the service of the Supreme LORD, then there is no other fool in the entire world then our own selves.
Instead of utilizing our valuable time in the service of the LORD , we are choosing to waste the time in strengthing our illusion of this body , by indulging ourselves in unneccessary activities . Moroever ladies today are obessessed with beautifying their bodies by artificail means. In their state of ignorance , they tend to forget that the bodies are perishable and will not last long , but the soul , which is so convieniently neglected is eternal .
Hence, It is my humble request to all those who read this, to please think over these points and try to dovetail your lifestyle and make your life successful. If you need help you can get in touch with people in ISKCON, who have expert staff to instruct how to practice the science of bhakti yoga , which will help in elevating one to the stage of GOODNESS and will make you happy , getting rid of all the anxieties that has been bothering you.
Mode of Goodness : comprises of godly characteristics, wherein the focus of the living entity is focussed on the Supreme Personality of GODHEAD ,as the cause of all causes, and where in the living entity is aware of the repucurssions of his every action, as per the law of karma.
Mode of Passion : Has a little cocept of GOD as the order supplier,i.e If one is in need of some material benefit ,he approaches GOD. Living entities in mode of passion are generally, very active in fruitive activities to satisfy their senses. Hence driking, illicit sex, gambling and meat eating is prominent. They are attached to material achievements.
Mode of Ignorace : Characteristed by laziness and atheism and uncleaniness.
Every living entity at anytime is subject to a mixture of these modes of nature. Sometimes Goodness is prominent and other times passion or ignorace become prominent.
Now the mode of nature in which a living entity is situated depends a great deal on the association he is in .
For example, if a person assocaites with the drunkards all the time, he would soon become a drunkard and will be thus situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, and if the same person assocaites with people in goodness, goodness will reflect in his behaviour and gradually he will leave his drinking habits.
Now todays television and in general most of the people around us are found to be in the modes of passion and ignorance. The television shows or movies , depict a picture of illicit sexual relations as a normal thing and a modern day concept , which is very common every where, every advertisement shows a half naked women ,trying to sell some products. Now these images represent the modes of ignorance and passion, since, all the televsion shows, are based on basic concept of sex , which is a product of ignorance and a bodily concept of life.
Sexual intercourse is a neccessity of the body and not of the soul. For the soul it is not essential at all. Sexual intercourse is meant to serve a specific purpose of progeny as per the Vedas, but due to prominance of ignorance and passion in the environment around us , it has become a means of enjoyment, defying its purpose , infact men have deviced ways to eradicate the progeny as a result of sex , by using contraceptive methods. This civilization is influencing every youth and damaging their original conciousness , resulting into frustration, lust, depression, anxiety, disturbance of mind, unneccessary anger and a constant fear.
It has become a common fashion to have boyfriends and girlfriends as a neccessity in the schools and colleges , and not having a so called boy friend or a girlfriend , reflects somekind of a problem with the person. And all those who boast of haveing a girl friend or boyfriend , boast of being in love. The lust to satisfy their own senses is being labelled as love , for most of them have no clue what love is. They scream at their,parents to be with a so called boyfriend or girlfriend, those very parents who made many sacrifices inorder to raise them.Inorder to have their senses satisfied by their socalled love they donot care about the love of their parents and they call this lust to be love.
All these behaviours are influnced by the society. Modern society leaders are themselves in ignorace and passion, so how is that they can lead the mass to a well behaved society of mutual love and respect. All the images being postered or shown on TV or cinema are of sex, violence or racial behaviours, drinking, gambling all the signs of ignorance and passion . Music being played as hiphop , rock have no profound message in them, most of lyrics comprise of some aggressive sarcasm or some crap laungauge which invokes lust, or makes one violent and angry .
On an average, a modern man watches TV for atleast 20-30 hrs in a week ,and listens to the so called music for atleast 50 hrs in the week , and rest of the time is spent in talking about these rubbish shows and music which are all fictituous with no real essence and no knowledge or even importance. Thus all in all major portion of a normal day of a modern man , is spend in filling his consiousness with all the crap and rubbish which is presented in a nice flowery words and forms to attract their attention and put them in illusion.
As per the Vedas , human form of life is achieved after great sacrifice and penance and after millions of years of waiting . If, Inorder to protect our so called social image and in entertaining our senses we forget the real purpose of this life , which is to get out of the illusion of boldily concept of life , by surrendering ourselves in the service of the Supreme LORD, then there is no other fool in the entire world then our own selves.
Instead of utilizing our valuable time in the service of the LORD , we are choosing to waste the time in strengthing our illusion of this body , by indulging ourselves in unneccessary activities . Moroever ladies today are obessessed with beautifying their bodies by artificail means. In their state of ignorance , they tend to forget that the bodies are perishable and will not last long , but the soul , which is so convieniently neglected is eternal .
Hence, It is my humble request to all those who read this, to please think over these points and try to dovetail your lifestyle and make your life successful. If you need help you can get in touch with people in ISKCON, who have expert staff to instruct how to practice the science of bhakti yoga , which will help in elevating one to the stage of GOODNESS and will make you happy , getting rid of all the anxieties that has been bothering you.
Basics of Bhagvad Gita
Bhagvad Gita is a divine conversation between the Supreme Soul (GOD) and the minute soul (Living Entity).
Arjuna the most elevated devotee and the most dear friend of Lord Sri Krishna , lost his composure when he saw his very close friends and relatives in the battlefield of Kurushetra.
He lost his composure and was distressed with the thought of killing the very people whom he adored. This situation pertains to everyone in the material world , where in at some point of time everyone has to face such situations.
Lord Sri Krishna , says in Bhagvad Gita that all the sorrows and happiness , we experience in this material world is due to misidentification of ourselves.
What is this misidentification ?
Identifying onself with the material body or the mind is described herein as misidentification.
SO if we are not this body or the mind then what are we ?
Bhagvad Gita says, we are spirit souls. Our existence is not material , but spiritual. Our true identity is spiritual.
How can I believe that we are not this body and we are spirit soul, I dont see the soul?
There are many things which we dont see , but we believe them by our intelligence, for example air.
Similarly if we observe carefully , we can see the diffrence , between a dead body and the living body is the absence of soul. When a dead body is seen , it has all the organs and every other part which is present in a living body , but the dead body does not move, this should be proof enough to identify a living force , which moves the body of a living person , which apparently is missing from the dead body, and that living force is the spirit soul, out true identity.
Consciousness spread all over the body is the sympton of the presence of the spirit soul
Arjuna the most elevated devotee and the most dear friend of Lord Sri Krishna , lost his composure when he saw his very close friends and relatives in the battlefield of Kurushetra.
He lost his composure and was distressed with the thought of killing the very people whom he adored. This situation pertains to everyone in the material world , where in at some point of time everyone has to face such situations.
Lord Sri Krishna , says in Bhagvad Gita that all the sorrows and happiness , we experience in this material world is due to misidentification of ourselves.
What is this misidentification ?
Identifying onself with the material body or the mind is described herein as misidentification.
SO if we are not this body or the mind then what are we ?
Bhagvad Gita says, we are spirit souls. Our existence is not material , but spiritual. Our true identity is spiritual.
How can I believe that we are not this body and we are spirit soul, I dont see the soul?
There are many things which we dont see , but we believe them by our intelligence, for example air.
Similarly if we observe carefully , we can see the diffrence , between a dead body and the living body is the absence of soul. When a dead body is seen , it has all the organs and every other part which is present in a living body , but the dead body does not move, this should be proof enough to identify a living force , which moves the body of a living person , which apparently is missing from the dead body, and that living force is the spirit soul, out true identity.
Consciousness spread all over the body is the sympton of the presence of the spirit soul
Definitions
GOD :
GOD is defined as the supreme living entity from whom everything emanates.
Person who is full with six opulences namely, full in wealth,full in fame, full in beauty, full in strength, full in renunciation and full in intelligence.
Living Entity :
Very Minute particles of the Supreme Person (GOD) and who are subordinate and servants to GOD are defined as Living entities. They have minute parts of opulences possesed by the LORD bestowed on them as per their work in previous lives. For example, Some may be intelligent, some may be beautiful, some may be Rich , some may be famous and some may be great renunciate etc. But NO living entity has all the opulences or even one of the opulences in full. Living entity or spirit soul are also called the marginal energies of the LORD.
Material Nature(Maya) :
Material nature is described as the inferior energy of the LORD or the illusory energy of the LORD which keeps the living entity entangled in a conditioned state covering the actual identity of the living entity as a spirit soul.
Conditioned state :
Conditioned state is one in which a living entity is forced to live under certain conditions imposed by the material nature. These conditions can be classified into 3 types, namely
1. Goodness
2. Passion
3. Ignorance.
Spiritual Energy : Spiritual Energy is the superior energy of the LORD , to which the living entity or the spirit soul constitutionally belongs.
GOD is defined as the supreme living entity from whom everything emanates.
Person who is full with six opulences namely, full in wealth,full in fame, full in beauty, full in strength, full in renunciation and full in intelligence.
Living Entity :
Very Minute particles of the Supreme Person (GOD) and who are subordinate and servants to GOD are defined as Living entities. They have minute parts of opulences possesed by the LORD bestowed on them as per their work in previous lives. For example, Some may be intelligent, some may be beautiful, some may be Rich , some may be famous and some may be great renunciate etc. But NO living entity has all the opulences or even one of the opulences in full. Living entity or spirit soul are also called the marginal energies of the LORD.
Material Nature(Maya) :
Material nature is described as the inferior energy of the LORD or the illusory energy of the LORD which keeps the living entity entangled in a conditioned state covering the actual identity of the living entity as a spirit soul.
Conditioned state :
Conditioned state is one in which a living entity is forced to live under certain conditions imposed by the material nature. These conditions can be classified into 3 types, namely
1. Goodness
2. Passion
3. Ignorance.
Spiritual Energy : Spiritual Energy is the superior energy of the LORD , to which the living entity or the spirit soul constitutionally belongs.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Chapters in Bhagavad Gita
Chapters included in Bhagvat Gita are as follows:
1. Chapter 1 - Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
2. Chapter2 - Contents of the Gita Summarized
3. Chapter 3 - Karma yoga
4. Chapter4 - Transcendental Knowledge
5. Chapter 5 - Karma yoga - Action in Krsna Consciousness
6. Chapter 6 - Dhyana -yoga
7. Chapter 7 - Knowledge of the Absolute
8. Chapter 8 - Attaining the Supreme
9. Chapter 9 - The Most Confidential Knowledge
10. Chapter10 - The Opulence of the Absolute
11. Chapter 11 - The Universal Form
12. Chapter 12 - Devotional Service
13. Chapter 13 - Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness
14. Chapter 14- The Three Modes of Material Nature
15. Chapter 15 - The Yoga of the supreme Person
16. Chapter 16 - The Divine and Demoniac Natures
17. Chapter 17 - The Divisions of Faith
18. Chapter 18 - Conclusion - The Perfection of Renunciation
1. Chapter 1 - Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
2. Chapter2 - Contents of the Gita Summarized
3. Chapter 3 - Karma yoga
4. Chapter4 - Transcendental Knowledge
5. Chapter 5 - Karma yoga - Action in Krsna Consciousness
6. Chapter 6 - Dhyana -yoga
7. Chapter 7 - Knowledge of the Absolute
8. Chapter 8 - Attaining the Supreme
9. Chapter 9 - The Most Confidential Knowledge
10. Chapter10 - The Opulence of the Absolute
11. Chapter 11 - The Universal Form
12. Chapter 12 - Devotional Service
13. Chapter 13 - Nature, the Enjoyer and Consciousness
14. Chapter 14- The Three Modes of Material Nature
15. Chapter 15 - The Yoga of the supreme Person
16. Chapter 16 - The Divine and Demoniac Natures
17. Chapter 17 - The Divisions of Faith
18. Chapter 18 - Conclusion - The Perfection of Renunciation
What is Bhagavad Gita ?
Well everyone has heard a lot about Bhagvad Gita, but very few actually can get the actual knowledge hidden in Bhagvat Gita. One of such persons is His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada -founder of ISKCON. Bahgvat Gita As it is , is a exemplary work of translating the sanskrit verses into simple understandable english for a general mass of people.
The whole purpose of Reading Bhagavat Gita is not to solve our economic ,social, work or family problems, but to know the real pupose of our very existence. This great literature if read carefully and with full concentration will give you all answers to everyones problem. Bhagavat Gita is said to be the first step in the ladder of spiritual understanding.
One may ask why is this spiritual Understaning necessary. The answer to this is very vividly explained in the Gita. The First chapter starts with the real identity of ourselves as spirit souls and not the body which one is possessing. Hence we are trapped as spirit souls in these material bodies. This concept is very elobarely explained with relevant examples in the Gita. This is lesson one in Bhagavat Gita which further mitigates all the miseries and the misconceptions we are all illusioned under because of the bodily concept of life.
Thus Bhagavat Gita has in all 18 Chapters. Gradually as you advance through Gita , answers to the Questions like, Who are we? What are we doing here ? What is the purpose of our existence? Why are we forced to accept this body? Why are we sufferring various miseries? How to get out of this misery? What are the procedures to be followed? Who is the Supreme Being?What is his nature? How is he related to us ? any much more things are explained .
But the main purpose of Bhagvat Gita is to know GOD and our relation with him.
The whole purpose of Reading Bhagavat Gita is not to solve our economic ,social, work or family problems, but to know the real pupose of our very existence. This great literature if read carefully and with full concentration will give you all answers to everyones problem. Bhagavat Gita is said to be the first step in the ladder of spiritual understanding.
One may ask why is this spiritual Understaning necessary. The answer to this is very vividly explained in the Gita. The First chapter starts with the real identity of ourselves as spirit souls and not the body which one is possessing. Hence we are trapped as spirit souls in these material bodies. This concept is very elobarely explained with relevant examples in the Gita. This is lesson one in Bhagavat Gita which further mitigates all the miseries and the misconceptions we are all illusioned under because of the bodily concept of life.
Thus Bhagavat Gita has in all 18 Chapters. Gradually as you advance through Gita , answers to the Questions like, Who are we? What are we doing here ? What is the purpose of our existence? Why are we forced to accept this body? Why are we sufferring various miseries? How to get out of this misery? What are the procedures to be followed? Who is the Supreme Being?What is his nature? How is he related to us ? any much more things are explained .
But the main purpose of Bhagvat Gita is to know GOD and our relation with him.
Why One Should Read Bhagavad Gita ?
1. For people with First Misconception :
“Bhagavat Gita is very intense and grave subject matter beyond our understanding”
Suppose we believe the above hypothesis
Proof:
Bhagavat Gita is spoken by Lord Sri Krishna , to Arjun who was a military man , a householder. He wasn’t a philosopher , not a scientist or a vedantist or a Brahmin.
Arjuna was a very dear friend of Lord Sri krishna and a great devotee. He understood Gita when he took Sri Krishna as his teacher, without arguing with him on any point , which means one has to understand Gita as a devotee of the Lord , thus taking each word of Bhagavat Gita to be true. Even if it does not suit ones belief or faith. Faith can be changed to streamline with the teachings of Bhagavat Gita. There should not be any difficulty in changing of faith for a sane man , since he knows that faith is temporary since different people have faith in different things as per their own mental comfort. But Bhagavat Gita is for everyone , as proved by Arjuna.
The subject matter is certainly very intense and grave, hence it requires that a person accepts the teachings of the LORD without interpretations and apply it practically to see its effect. But one has to remember one has to read it very seriously submissively and everyday and apply what is learned on a daily basis. But is should be noted that though the subject matter is grave and intense it is not impossible to understand it, since GOD is for everyone and he will not give instructions to only certain intelligent class of people. Only qualification hence required is to be a devotee and sincerely take the teaching to heart and execute them with determination.
2. For people with Second Misconception :
“Bhagavat Gita is a Hindu Scripture I will read my own Scripture”
Proof:
Archaelogical findings 2000 years ago prove the existence of INDUS valley , which was a Vedic Civilization , there were no Hindus, Muslims or Christians then. All these sects have been made recently by men according to their different followers. Hence it can be safely concluded that 5000 years ago there was only Vedic culture all over the world.
Hence Bhagavat Gita was spoken by GOD for everyone, not specifically for Hindus. When a group of people formed the Hindu sect, they accepted Bhagavat Gita as their scripture hence this misconception.
Bhagavat Gita is a scientific book which explains the anatomy of a human being, his functions, purpose of existence, How to be happily situated in his work, his duties and how to execute them which is beyond the mundane or modern day science. So it is a practical book of guidance which will take you through life without being trapped in grave miseries.
If some one argues that their scriptures are equally informative, then reading them carefully, to find the answers to above questions should be the purpose.
3. For People with Third Misconception:
“ Bhagavat Gita is a book of religion and todays world is more about being practical, It might have been true 5000 years ago, but not today”
Proof:
Human Beings existed 5000 years ago and are existing today. They had the same problems of birth, disease, old age and death 5000 years ago and they have the problems still today. Infact 5000 years ago the people suffering due to miserable conditions of health , mental disorders and physic problems, suicides were less as compared to today. So as per modern world if everyone is thinking we have advanced then think again. By advancing in technology we have shortened our life span and invited even more troubles like, cold wars, pollution, terrorists atomic bombs which only increase our miseries rather than mitigating them.
So all these problems has infact increased the necessity of understanding the teachings of Sri Krishna , through Bhagavat Gita in todays world and applying them for good.
Stalwarts and Famous personalities like Mahatama Gandhi , Albert Eistien were dedicated students of Bhagavat Gita who were born in the modern age.
4. For People with Fourth Misconception:
“As long as you are living enjoy, earn money and spend as you wish since life is short and there is nothing after death”
Proof:
The first conception which deny’s life after death is wrong , since we are in a cycle of brith and death and how our work is resulting our next birth is very vividly explained in Bhagavat Gita with practical instances. Which has to be known by general populace. But in order to understand that people have to let go of this attitude of enjoying life by partying every moment, since it is not practically possible to party every moment. As long as you have money and people to enjoy with the idea seems good, but on an average if you scrutinize this enjoyment is only for a few years in young age and then once they get older the energy and enthusiasm to enjoy is extinguished , Moreover the mind and intelligence become weak and the ambition to earn more money and have more fun becomes to diminish. Also After enjoying the materially for so long one is bored with the same party and same things over and over again and he comes to a point where he nolonger enjoys and , he is left alone with nothing but confusion as to what is to be done in life.
Bhagavat Gita gives a method to live happily enjoying whatever material gains you need through out life , without much hassels. The best part is this happiness never diminishes it increases with time. It looks difficult to follow the instructions of Bhagavat Gita at start but once you follow them with determination happiness is assured.
5. For people with Fifth Misconception :
“ Bhagavat Gita is for old people and we will enjoy our youth and then read it when we are old”
That is a very good plan, but the problem is, Bhagavat Gita is science which has to be understood as early in one’s life as possible, since , it requires a little intelligence and brain power to understand Bhagavat Gita. Also since it is a practical science unless it is practically applied it is impossible to understand the philosophies, which are not possible in old age. Old age diminishes the mental strength and intelligence, Also when one is old , there is not much scope left to practice the teachings.
Hence sooner the better should be the plan.
6. For People with Sixth Misconception:
“I don’t believe in GOD , show me GOD if there is GOD”
For such people I have a counter question , Let them answer if they are so confident that there is no GOD.
“ I don’t believe in air , show me Air if there is air”
As you cannot see air, but you feel it, similarly you have to feel the presence of GOD around you.
Infact You can feel the presence of GOD in all the material things present around you, Only if you have a observing eye and a little intelligence. One may see the natural resources, iron ore, mountains, sky, fire, trees, animals, so many varieties of living entities, so the Question is Who made all this. Certainly not humans. So where have all these things come from, some body must have made it. Well the answer is that is GOD.
Still if you wish to see GOD you have to read his teachings first and be qualified to understand him and then you can see Him. So reading Bhagavat Gita is the first step towards seeing GOD.
“Bhagavat Gita is very intense and grave subject matter beyond our understanding”
Suppose we believe the above hypothesis
Proof:
Bhagavat Gita is spoken by Lord Sri Krishna , to Arjun who was a military man , a householder. He wasn’t a philosopher , not a scientist or a vedantist or a Brahmin.
Arjuna was a very dear friend of Lord Sri krishna and a great devotee. He understood Gita when he took Sri Krishna as his teacher, without arguing with him on any point , which means one has to understand Gita as a devotee of the Lord , thus taking each word of Bhagavat Gita to be true. Even if it does not suit ones belief or faith. Faith can be changed to streamline with the teachings of Bhagavat Gita. There should not be any difficulty in changing of faith for a sane man , since he knows that faith is temporary since different people have faith in different things as per their own mental comfort. But Bhagavat Gita is for everyone , as proved by Arjuna.
The subject matter is certainly very intense and grave, hence it requires that a person accepts the teachings of the LORD without interpretations and apply it practically to see its effect. But one has to remember one has to read it very seriously submissively and everyday and apply what is learned on a daily basis. But is should be noted that though the subject matter is grave and intense it is not impossible to understand it, since GOD is for everyone and he will not give instructions to only certain intelligent class of people. Only qualification hence required is to be a devotee and sincerely take the teaching to heart and execute them with determination.
2. For people with Second Misconception :
“Bhagavat Gita is a Hindu Scripture I will read my own Scripture”
Proof:
Archaelogical findings 2000 years ago prove the existence of INDUS valley , which was a Vedic Civilization , there were no Hindus, Muslims or Christians then. All these sects have been made recently by men according to their different followers. Hence it can be safely concluded that 5000 years ago there was only Vedic culture all over the world.
Hence Bhagavat Gita was spoken by GOD for everyone, not specifically for Hindus. When a group of people formed the Hindu sect, they accepted Bhagavat Gita as their scripture hence this misconception.
Bhagavat Gita is a scientific book which explains the anatomy of a human being, his functions, purpose of existence, How to be happily situated in his work, his duties and how to execute them which is beyond the mundane or modern day science. So it is a practical book of guidance which will take you through life without being trapped in grave miseries.
If some one argues that their scriptures are equally informative, then reading them carefully, to find the answers to above questions should be the purpose.
3. For People with Third Misconception:
“ Bhagavat Gita is a book of religion and todays world is more about being practical, It might have been true 5000 years ago, but not today”
Proof:
Human Beings existed 5000 years ago and are existing today. They had the same problems of birth, disease, old age and death 5000 years ago and they have the problems still today. Infact 5000 years ago the people suffering due to miserable conditions of health , mental disorders and physic problems, suicides were less as compared to today. So as per modern world if everyone is thinking we have advanced then think again. By advancing in technology we have shortened our life span and invited even more troubles like, cold wars, pollution, terrorists atomic bombs which only increase our miseries rather than mitigating them.
So all these problems has infact increased the necessity of understanding the teachings of Sri Krishna , through Bhagavat Gita in todays world and applying them for good.
Stalwarts and Famous personalities like Mahatama Gandhi , Albert Eistien were dedicated students of Bhagavat Gita who were born in the modern age.
4. For People with Fourth Misconception:
“As long as you are living enjoy, earn money and spend as you wish since life is short and there is nothing after death”
Proof:
The first conception which deny’s life after death is wrong , since we are in a cycle of brith and death and how our work is resulting our next birth is very vividly explained in Bhagavat Gita with practical instances. Which has to be known by general populace. But in order to understand that people have to let go of this attitude of enjoying life by partying every moment, since it is not practically possible to party every moment. As long as you have money and people to enjoy with the idea seems good, but on an average if you scrutinize this enjoyment is only for a few years in young age and then once they get older the energy and enthusiasm to enjoy is extinguished , Moreover the mind and intelligence become weak and the ambition to earn more money and have more fun becomes to diminish. Also After enjoying the materially for so long one is bored with the same party and same things over and over again and he comes to a point where he nolonger enjoys and , he is left alone with nothing but confusion as to what is to be done in life.
Bhagavat Gita gives a method to live happily enjoying whatever material gains you need through out life , without much hassels. The best part is this happiness never diminishes it increases with time. It looks difficult to follow the instructions of Bhagavat Gita at start but once you follow them with determination happiness is assured.
5. For people with Fifth Misconception :
“ Bhagavat Gita is for old people and we will enjoy our youth and then read it when we are old”
That is a very good plan, but the problem is, Bhagavat Gita is science which has to be understood as early in one’s life as possible, since , it requires a little intelligence and brain power to understand Bhagavat Gita. Also since it is a practical science unless it is practically applied it is impossible to understand the philosophies, which are not possible in old age. Old age diminishes the mental strength and intelligence, Also when one is old , there is not much scope left to practice the teachings.
Hence sooner the better should be the plan.
6. For People with Sixth Misconception:
“I don’t believe in GOD , show me GOD if there is GOD”
For such people I have a counter question , Let them answer if they are so confident that there is no GOD.
“ I don’t believe in air , show me Air if there is air”
As you cannot see air, but you feel it, similarly you have to feel the presence of GOD around you.
Infact You can feel the presence of GOD in all the material things present around you, Only if you have a observing eye and a little intelligence. One may see the natural resources, iron ore, mountains, sky, fire, trees, animals, so many varieties of living entities, so the Question is Who made all this. Certainly not humans. So where have all these things come from, some body must have made it. Well the answer is that is GOD.
Still if you wish to see GOD you have to read his teachings first and be qualified to understand him and then you can see Him. So reading Bhagavat Gita is the first step towards seeing GOD.
Bhagavad Gita - The Lost Treasure
Some 5000 year Ago the Creator of this world Lord Sri Krishna , spoke the Bhagavat Gita to a exalted devotee Arjuna for the enlightenment of everyone and to teach the people in general of their goal of existence.
5000 years later in the Modern world , Bhagavat Gita is know as a Hindu religious scripture and is studies with great interest by many , to interpret it as per their whims. The essence of Bhagavat Gita could be understood only when it is accepted as Arjuna did 5000 years ago , as stated by Srila Prabhupada – Founder acharya of ISKCON.
Common Misconceptions:
Misconception1
Common populace is under the impression that Bhagavat Gita is something very grave and intense book of knowledge which is beyond their understanding, so they just don’t bother to read it. Unless you have actually experienced or read Bhagavat Gita, the assumption that it is not for common people is unintelligent . Infact 5000years ago it was spoken to Arjuna, who was a fighter, not any scholar. Moreover he understood it perfectly and carried out the orders of Sri Krishna. As stated by Prabhupada and from Vedic wisdom that only qualification needed to understand Bhagavat Gita is to understand it submissively, considering yourself to be a devotee of Sri Krishna. Thinking that whatever is said in the Gita is true since it is spoken by GOD, and at any moment we don’t try to interpret the teachings of Gita. The teachings in Gita are forbidden from interpreting since, interpretations are done by human beings who are imperfect ,as we all know we are always prone to make mistakes, we some times get illusioned .But God is perfect so his teachings can never be wrong.
Misconception 2
Some other people think that Bhagavat Gita is a scripture of Hindus. This misconception holds no ground either, since 5000 years ago there was no Hinduism, Christianism, or Muslimism, only religion followed then was Vedic. This is proved from the excavations of Indus Valley which was more than 2000 years ago. Hindus happen to accept it as their scripture on the basis of the profound scientific knowledge it possesses. Some people even think that since it is a religious scripture it talks about the moral codes what a person living in this world should follow, again this is a wrong conception since, Bhagavat Gita is a scientific book of knowledge which is beyond the mundane knowledge. It explains more about the real indentity of living entity, its nature, its relation with this material nature or this world and its relation with the Supreme living entity GOD.
Misconception 3
Some also think Gita is a book which talks about religion and so they read it as a novel and never try to understand what actually it says. This conception is also wrong since, Bhagavat Gita is not a philosophical literature written by some mundane person, it is practical science and can be applied in your life which would lead to happy life, if read properly from proper sources.
Misconception 4
Many people are misled today that only objective of their lives is to earn money live happily enjoying all kinds of sense enjoyment common phrase used by modern generation in “living in the moment”. Some people even think that life is to have fun, drink, party and enjoy. Such people often find out in their later stages of lives that they are in constant distress, till end of their lives. This happens because while they are young and rich they forget that this enjoyment is temporary. Everyone gets old and when there is no one to enjoy with, lonliness leads to all kinds of mental stress and physic disorders.
Misconception 5
Also many of the young people think that reading Bhagavat Gita or going to temples is for old people and they shall pursue it when they become old, till then enjoy. Well by the time a person grows old, he has already lost most of his life working and struggling hard for sense gratification, and at this point the person is habituated to the sense gratification and also the intelligence and mind becomes weak to grasp the concepts of Bhagavat Gita due to the disturbed mindset. So sooner people realize better will be the outcome.
Misconception 6
Some others today defy the existence of GOD. They say they don’t believe in GOD, this is like saying that I do not believe in air. You do not see air but you feel it , Similarly you cannot see GOD that does not mean GOD does not exists, you have to feel His presence and for that to happen the senses have to be developed so that One can feel GOD.
Moreover, If there is no GOD how can anyone explain the existence of so many natural resources , like , Iron ore , Trees, Oil, Stones, Mountains, Snow, etc, which man uses to make buildings, roads, or for that matter every material thing. Also the variety of living entities present around us. If you observe our surroundings, you will find that everything existing is not manufactured by humans, Infact human beings just manipulate the existing resources for their use. If one believes that it is nature, that’s how things work, then one should be aware that nothing is created or manufactured by chance or nothing drops from the sky and automatically exists, there has to be a controller to produce all the things we see around us. This is also found in our daily dealings, Even when we manufacture some thing, there are people behind it, some one uses intelligence some one is a controller etc. So how is that we can believe that such a complex creation where in human, animals, trees exist was created by chance. Also the human body which is so complex is not possible to be created by chance or from monkeys as some of the evolutions theories teach us.
So these misconceptions and many such other misconceptions have occupied the minds of the people and have diverted innocent and sincere people from the real knowledge which should be perceived by the every human being, since, human beings are bestowed with higher intelligence than the other animals or living entities by GOD, which should be used for higher pursuits. The things going on at present are centered on eating, sleeping, mating and defending in every aspect of human life which is seen also in the animals and they are living comfortably, without creating any industries or bars or sophisticated computers or atomic bombs. They are regularly supplied with the four necessities of life namely eating, sleeping, mating and defending, so why should a human being worry so much for these four things, they will be supplied as much one deserves as per his actions in previous lives by the arrangement of GOD.
Now some might say this article has been written by someone who is imperfect a human being how can we believe all this. For that I have experienced the difference in the life before and after reading Bhagavat Gita. Therefore it is not something which could be explained and people can understand. Best way to understand is to experience it by reading Bhagavat Gita. Hence I request you to please visit the following sites and just take some time to read some of the literatures which will appeal to a sane man. People in ISKCON are doing a great humanitarian work, look at the scientific evidences which will convince you at the authenticity and importance of All important and the Greatest book of all BHAGVAT GITA , which has being lost due to ignorance of this age.
http://www.gitamrta.org/audio/english/bg_english.html
http://www.krishna.com/
http://www.prabhupadavani.org/
http://www।krishnascience.com/
http://www.gitananda.org/wisdom-from-the-gita/index.php
You can also order a copy of Bhagvat Gita As it is through krishna.com.
You can find more links in the first link (gitamrta)
Everything written in this article is taken from the lectures of Srila Prabhupada-founder acarya of ISKCON and his teachings which can be seen in various sites listed above.
5000 years later in the Modern world , Bhagavat Gita is know as a Hindu religious scripture and is studies with great interest by many , to interpret it as per their whims. The essence of Bhagavat Gita could be understood only when it is accepted as Arjuna did 5000 years ago , as stated by Srila Prabhupada – Founder acharya of ISKCON.
Common Misconceptions:
Misconception1
Common populace is under the impression that Bhagavat Gita is something very grave and intense book of knowledge which is beyond their understanding, so they just don’t bother to read it. Unless you have actually experienced or read Bhagavat Gita, the assumption that it is not for common people is unintelligent . Infact 5000years ago it was spoken to Arjuna, who was a fighter, not any scholar. Moreover he understood it perfectly and carried out the orders of Sri Krishna. As stated by Prabhupada and from Vedic wisdom that only qualification needed to understand Bhagavat Gita is to understand it submissively, considering yourself to be a devotee of Sri Krishna. Thinking that whatever is said in the Gita is true since it is spoken by GOD, and at any moment we don’t try to interpret the teachings of Gita. The teachings in Gita are forbidden from interpreting since, interpretations are done by human beings who are imperfect ,as we all know we are always prone to make mistakes, we some times get illusioned .But God is perfect so his teachings can never be wrong.
Misconception 2
Some other people think that Bhagavat Gita is a scripture of Hindus. This misconception holds no ground either, since 5000 years ago there was no Hinduism, Christianism, or Muslimism, only religion followed then was Vedic. This is proved from the excavations of Indus Valley which was more than 2000 years ago. Hindus happen to accept it as their scripture on the basis of the profound scientific knowledge it possesses. Some people even think that since it is a religious scripture it talks about the moral codes what a person living in this world should follow, again this is a wrong conception since, Bhagavat Gita is a scientific book of knowledge which is beyond the mundane knowledge. It explains more about the real indentity of living entity, its nature, its relation with this material nature or this world and its relation with the Supreme living entity GOD.
Misconception 3
Some also think Gita is a book which talks about religion and so they read it as a novel and never try to understand what actually it says. This conception is also wrong since, Bhagavat Gita is not a philosophical literature written by some mundane person, it is practical science and can be applied in your life which would lead to happy life, if read properly from proper sources.
Misconception 4
Many people are misled today that only objective of their lives is to earn money live happily enjoying all kinds of sense enjoyment common phrase used by modern generation in “living in the moment”. Some people even think that life is to have fun, drink, party and enjoy. Such people often find out in their later stages of lives that they are in constant distress, till end of their lives. This happens because while they are young and rich they forget that this enjoyment is temporary. Everyone gets old and when there is no one to enjoy with, lonliness leads to all kinds of mental stress and physic disorders.
Misconception 5
Also many of the young people think that reading Bhagavat Gita or going to temples is for old people and they shall pursue it when they become old, till then enjoy. Well by the time a person grows old, he has already lost most of his life working and struggling hard for sense gratification, and at this point the person is habituated to the sense gratification and also the intelligence and mind becomes weak to grasp the concepts of Bhagavat Gita due to the disturbed mindset. So sooner people realize better will be the outcome.
Misconception 6
Some others today defy the existence of GOD. They say they don’t believe in GOD, this is like saying that I do not believe in air. You do not see air but you feel it , Similarly you cannot see GOD that does not mean GOD does not exists, you have to feel His presence and for that to happen the senses have to be developed so that One can feel GOD.
Moreover, If there is no GOD how can anyone explain the existence of so many natural resources , like , Iron ore , Trees, Oil, Stones, Mountains, Snow, etc, which man uses to make buildings, roads, or for that matter every material thing. Also the variety of living entities present around us. If you observe our surroundings, you will find that everything existing is not manufactured by humans, Infact human beings just manipulate the existing resources for their use. If one believes that it is nature, that’s how things work, then one should be aware that nothing is created or manufactured by chance or nothing drops from the sky and automatically exists, there has to be a controller to produce all the things we see around us. This is also found in our daily dealings, Even when we manufacture some thing, there are people behind it, some one uses intelligence some one is a controller etc. So how is that we can believe that such a complex creation where in human, animals, trees exist was created by chance. Also the human body which is so complex is not possible to be created by chance or from monkeys as some of the evolutions theories teach us.
So these misconceptions and many such other misconceptions have occupied the minds of the people and have diverted innocent and sincere people from the real knowledge which should be perceived by the every human being, since, human beings are bestowed with higher intelligence than the other animals or living entities by GOD, which should be used for higher pursuits. The things going on at present are centered on eating, sleeping, mating and defending in every aspect of human life which is seen also in the animals and they are living comfortably, without creating any industries or bars or sophisticated computers or atomic bombs. They are regularly supplied with the four necessities of life namely eating, sleeping, mating and defending, so why should a human being worry so much for these four things, they will be supplied as much one deserves as per his actions in previous lives by the arrangement of GOD.
Now some might say this article has been written by someone who is imperfect a human being how can we believe all this. For that I have experienced the difference in the life before and after reading Bhagavat Gita. Therefore it is not something which could be explained and people can understand. Best way to understand is to experience it by reading Bhagavat Gita. Hence I request you to please visit the following sites and just take some time to read some of the literatures which will appeal to a sane man. People in ISKCON are doing a great humanitarian work, look at the scientific evidences which will convince you at the authenticity and importance of All important and the Greatest book of all BHAGVAT GITA , which has being lost due to ignorance of this age.
http://www.gitamrta.org/audio/english/bg_english.html
http://www.krishna.com/
http://www.prabhupadavani.org/
http://www।krishnascience.com/
http://www.gitananda.org/wisdom-from-the-gita/index.php
You can also order a copy of Bhagvat Gita As it is through krishna.com.
You can find more links in the first link (gitamrta)
Everything written in this article is taken from the lectures of Srila Prabhupada-founder acarya of ISKCON and his teachings which can be seen in various sites listed above.
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