S.B.4.7.52-54 and more

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Dear Prabhus,

Please accept my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of

Srila Prabhupada.

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

om namo bhagavate vasudevaya

Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.7.52-54

52)"The Lord continued : One who is not in proper knowledge thinks that

the demigods like Brahma and Shiva are independent, or he even thinks that

the living entities are independent.

53)"A person of average intelligence does not think the head and other

parts of the body to be separate. Similarily, My devotee does not differentiate

Vishnu, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, from any thing or any

living entiy.

54)"The Lord continued: One who does not consider Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

or the living entities in general to be separate from the Supreme, and

who knows Brahman, actually realizes peace ; others do not."

Srila Prabhupada teaches us : "Two words are very significant in this

verse. Trayanam indicates "three", namely Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva

and Lord Vishnu. Bhidam means "different." They are three, and therefore

they are separate, but at the same time they are one. This is the philosophy

of simultaneous oneness and difference, which is called acintya-bhedabheda-tattva.The

example given in the Brahma-samahita is that milk and yogert are

simultaneously one and different ; both are milk, but the yogert has become

changed. In order to achieve real peace, one should see everything and

every living entity, including Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva, as non-different

from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

No one is independent. Everyone of us is an expansion of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. This accounts for unity in diversity. There are

diverse manifestations, but, at the same time, they are one in Vishnu.

Everything is an expansion of Vishnu's energy."

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( from Srila Prabhupada's purport on Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.2.36 )

"It is said here that it is incumbent upon the human beings to hear

because the scriptures like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam

are made for that purpose. Living beings other than human beings have no

ability to hear such Vedic literatures. If human society gives itself to

the process of hearing the Vedic literature, it will not become a victim

to the impious sounds vibrated by impious men who degrade the standards

of the total society. Hearing is solidified by the process of chanting.

One who has perfectly heard from the perfect source becomes convinced about

the all-pervading Personality of Godhead and thus becomes enthusiastic

in glorifying the Lord. All the great acaryas, like Ramanuja, Madhva, Caitanya,

Sarasvati Thakura or even, in other countries, Muhammad, Christ and others,

have all extensively glorified the Lord by chanting always and in every

place. Because the Lord is all-pervading, it is essential to glorify Him

always and everywhere. In the process of glorifying the Lord there should

be no restriction of time and space. This is called sanatana-dharma

or bhagavata-dharma. Sanatana means eternal, always and everywhere.

Bhagavata means pertaining to Bhagavan, the Lord. The Lord

is the master of all time and all space, and therefore the Lord's holy

name must be heard, glorified and remembered everywhere in the world. That

will bring about the desired peace and prosperity so eagerly awaited by

the people of the world. The word ca includes all the remaining

processes or methods of bhakti-yoga, as mentioned above."

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>From My Relationship With Lord Krsna by His Holiness Satswarupa

das Goswami

continuing to pray to the Supreme Lord:

"...In an hour I will go for a walk to the promontory fort. It's not

really a fort, but a cliff jutting out into the ocean where long ago a

fort once existed. There I will seek my relationship with You. My tendency

is to belittle myself. I tell myself I am not interested in finding You.

I tell myself that I am going to chant my rounds by the sea to get the

quota done. I tell myself that I am like a Romantic poet, a Shelly or a

Byron, speaking poetic words into the air, instead of trying to please

You.

But it is not really true. I do have a grain of

sincerity. I can go to the cliff and seek You. You are my best friend.

Srila Prabhupada will be pleased if I can speak my heart to You and chant

with attention..."

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Caitanya-Caritamrita , Antya, Chapter 3, text 60

"If a devotee once utters the holy name of the Lord, or if it

penetrates his mind or enters his ear, which is the channel of aural reception,

that holy name will certainly deliver him from material bondage, whether

vibrated properly or improperly, with correct or incorrect grammar, and

properly joined or vibrated in separate parts. O brahmana, the potency

of the holy name is therefore certainly great. However, if one uses the

vibration of the holy name for the benefit of the material body, for material

wealth and followers, or under the influence of greed or atheism--in other

words, if one utters the name with offenses--such chanting will not produce

the desired result very soon. Therefore one should diligently avoid offenses

in chanting the

holy name of the Lord." (Srila Haridas Thakur)

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

your servant......

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