Reg. learning Sanskrit.

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Dear Asthikas, With I am happy to know that many asthikas are involved in the

service of Sanaathana Dharma from all over the world. 1980 was the dark period

of our stage. But now various groups and organisations coming forward to learn,

teach and interact our Sanaathana Dharma and related things. Here is an unique

opportunity for all of you to learn Sanskrit, the divine language and the

backbone of our Dharma through . You will be taught in that way to

speak in Sanskrit. In few months you will be able to write few lines about you

and your friends. Slowly in course of time you will be able to read and refer

sanskrit works yourself. This is an attempt through E-Mail. But in reality

these lessons were tested and gained good results. Even now hundreds of

students learn these lessons in India and Muscat city. You also try without any

age bar. If you mail me I will be happy to add your id in this group or try

yourself. kalidasa . Thanks Govindarajan,

Sanskrit Teacher, Muscat.

 

ALD <ald wrote:Dear Devotees,

 

Hare Krishna

 

I have included a passage from the “Bhagavad Gita As It Is” which

describes the nature of the “Real Scientists and Philosophers” in

contrast to the “So-Called Scientists and Philosophers”.

 

na maam dushkritinah moodaah

prapadyante naraadhamaah

maayayaa apahrta jnaanaah

aasuram bhaavam aashritaah

TRANSLATION

Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind,

whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic

nature of demons do not surrender unto Me.

PURPORT

It is said in Bhagavad-Gita that simply by surrendering oneself unto the

lotus feet of the Supreme Personality Krishna one can surmount the

stringent laws of material nature. At this point a question arises: How

is it that educated philosophers, scientists, businessmen,

administrators and all the leaders of ordinary men do not surrender to

the lotus feet of Sri Krishna, the all-powerful Personality of Godhead?

Mukti, or liberation from the laws of material nature, is sought by the

leaders of mankind in different ways and with great plans and

perseverance for a great many years and births. But if that liberation

is possible by simply surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, then why don’t these intelligent and

hard-working leaders adopt this simple method?

The Gita answers this question very frankly. Those really learned

leaders of society like Brahmä, Shiva, Kapila, the Kumäras, Manu, Vyäsa,

Devala, Asita, Janaka, Prahläda, Bali, and later on Madhväcärya,

Rämänujäcärya, Sri Caitanya and many others—who are faithful

philosophers, politicians, educators, scientists, etc.—surrender to the

lotus feet of the Supreme Person, the all-powerful authority. Those who

are not actually philosophers, scientists, educators, administrators,

etc., but who pose themselves as such for material gain, do not accept

the plan or path of the Supreme Lord. They have no idea of God; they

simply manufacture their own worldly plans and consequently complicate

the problems of material existence in their vain attempts to solve them.

Because material energy (nature) is so powerful, it can resist the

unauthorized plans of the atheists and baffle the knowledge of “planning

commissions.”

The atheistic planmakers are described herein by the word dushkritinah,

or “miscreants.” Krti means one who has performed meritorious work. The

atheist planmaker is sometimes very intelligent and meritorious also,

because any gigantic plan, good or bad, must take intelligence to

execute. But because the atheist’s brain is improperly utilized in

opposing the plan of the Supreme Lord, the atheistic planmaker is called

dushkrti which indicates that his intelligence and efforts are

misdirected.

In the Gita it is clearly mentioned that material energy works fully

under the direction of the Supreme Lord. It has no independent

authority. It works as the shadow moves, in accordance with the

movements of the object. But still material energy is very powerful, and

the atheist, due to his godless temperament, cannot know how it works;

nor can he know the plan of the Supreme Lord. Under illusion and the

modes of passion and ignorance, all his plans are baffled, as in the

case of Hiranyakashipu and Ravana, whose plans were smashed to dust

although they were both materially learned as scientists, philosophers,

administrators and educators.

 

Yours in the service of Sri Sri Radha KrishnaChandra and Srila

Prabhupada

 

Aravinda Lochana Das

 

 

 

 

 

 

Srirangasri-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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