Discussing BG 18.66

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Hare Krishna

 

Explaining "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto

Me"

 

SP comments:

"The Lord has described various kinds of knowledge, processes of

religion, knowledge of the Supreme Brahman, knowledge of the

Supersoul, knowledge of the different types of orders and statuses of

social life, knowledge of the renounced order of life, knowledge of

nonattachment, sense and mind control, meditation, etc. He has

described in so many ways different types of religion. Now, in

summarizing Bhagavad-gita, the Lord says that Arjuna should give up

all the processes that have been explained to him; he should simply

surrender to Krsna. "

 

And then He writes:

"According to the devotional process, one should simply accept such

religious principles that will lead ultimately to the devotional

service of the Lord."

 

Now all the processes he listed above how come they are inimical to

devotional service of Lord ? I can understand that impersonal jnana

and any sort of activity done keeping an eye on its fruit and

acknowledging doership is certainly inimical to devotional service of

Lord, but other than these how are the rest of the processes inimical

to Lord Krishna's devotional service.

 

Also, dharmas like stri dharma, putra dharma, pati dharma etc

etc..... are what maintains proper order in the society by telling us

what is to be done and what is not be done. Lord Krishna also

indicated that in deciding what should be done and what shouldn't be

done sastras are supreme authority. So if we give up acting all these

dharmas won't there be a chaos in the world and society ? If we

simply abandon all such dharmas then from where will we get

information on what should be done and what shouldn't be done ?

 

 

How is Shuddha Bhakti or pure devotional service defined ?

 

Your Servant Always

OM TAT SAT

Sumeet.