Bhagavad-gita 9.2 and more

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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of

Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to all Vaishnava devotees of the Lord.

Bhagavad-gita 9.2

The Supreme Lord continues :

"This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets.

It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the

self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting,

and it is joyfully performed."

Srila Prabhupada teaches us (partial purport) : "...The Bhagavad-gita,

especially from the Second Chapter on, stresses the importance of the soul.

In the very beginning, the Lord says that this body is perishable and that

the soul is not perishable. That is a confidential part of knowledge: simply

knowing that the spirit soul is different from this body and that its nature

is immutable, indestructible and eternal. But that gives no positive information

about the soul. Sometimes people are under the impression that the soul

is different from the body and that when the body is finished, or one is

liberated from the body, the soul remains in a void and becomes impersonal.

But actually that is not the fact. How can the soul, which is so active

within this body, be inactive after being liberated from the body? It is

always active. If it is eternal, then it is eternally active, and its activities

in the spiritual kingdom are the most confidential part of spiritual knowledge.

These activities of the spirit soul are therefore indicated here as constituting

the king of all knowledge, the most confidential part of all knowledge...."

(to be continued)

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( The following is from Srila Prabhupada's lecture on the above verse,

given November 22, 1966 in

New York )

"... So Krsna understanding is not very easy job. But Krsna is so kind

because He knows that in this age, in this age of Kali, it will be very

difficult for persons to become liberated under the process -- first to

become civilized, then to become religious, then to perform this charity,

sacrifices, then come to the platform of knowledge, then, after coming

to the platform of knowledge, you come to the platform of liberation, and

after being liberated, you can know what is Krsna. That is stated

in Bhagavad-gita,

brahma-bhutah prasannatma

na socati na kanksati

samah sarvesu bhutesu

mad-bhaktim labhate param

[bg. 18.54]

("One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme

Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally

disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional

service unto Me.")

This is the sign of liberation. A man who is liberated,

his signs are explained in the Bhagavad-gita, brahma-bhutah prasannatma.

His first symptom is that he's very happy. One who is liberated, his first

symptom is that you'll never find him morose. He is happy.Prasannatma.

Na socati na kanksati. He has no anxiety. "Oh, this thing I haven't

got. I have to secure this thing. This bill I have to pay. Oh, this I have

to do." So many anxieties. We are full of anxieties. So he has no anxieties.

And then does it mean, because he has no anxieties, he is very rich man?

No. Not necessarily. He has no anxiety. Then he has no lamentation. He

does not think, "I am poor." Why he should think poor? Poor, when I think

that "I am this material, some, I am a part of this material world, I haven't

got this possession, material possession," then I think, "I am poor" or

"rich." But one who is liberated from the material conception of life,

then he has nothing to do, what he's possessing, what he's not possessing.

He has nothing to do. That is liberation. If one is free from the material

conception of life, then factually, either he possesses or not possesses,

he has nothing to do with them. Therefore he's prasannatma, he's

joyful: "Oh. I have nothing to lose, nothing to gain. I am completely separate

from here." This is liberation.

And samah sarvesu bhutesu. And his vision of life is that he

does not see anybody rich, poor, or fool, or educated, or so many dualities

there are in the material world. He has nothing. His vision is completely

on the spiritual platform. He sees that every living entity is a part and

parcel of Krsna. Therefore he tries to take them back to Krsna consciousness.

He has no distinction that "He is brahmana. He is sudra. He is Indian.

He's American," or "He's black. He's white," or "He's educated. He's

noneducated." No. "Everyone should come to Krsna consciousness." That is

his viewpoint. Samah sarvesu bhutesu. When one is qualified in that way,

then mad-bhaktim labhate param [bg. 18.54]. Lord Krsna says "Then

he becomes eligible for becoming a pure devotee of Krsna."

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Srila Haridas Thakur speaking to Lord Chaitanya about the glories of

the Holy Name :

"You have preached the loud chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra

and in this way freed all moving and nonmoving living entities from material

bondage."

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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your servant.....

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