Stop All Your Miseries in Less than One Second!

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This is the repost of the first part some typos fixed:

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1. STOP ALL YOUR MISERIES IN LESS THAN ONE SECOND!

 

[The following is the second of a series of articles to present to the

benefits of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The multimedia Krsna CD published by

Krishnasoft presents the summary of the 10th Canto with parts from the 5th

Canto of this great spiritual masterpiece.]

 

Srimad-Bhagavatam begins with the definition of the Absolute Truth (1.1.1):

janmady asya yatah....abhijnah svarat: Lord Sri Krsna is the Absolute Truth,

the cause of all causes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all

manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond

Him. This indicates that everything is perfectly and completely present in

Lord Krsna. All causes, reasonings, logic, matter, spirit, etc. are emanations

from Him. In the December 98 issue we showed that the Srimad-Bhagavatam is the

literary incaranation of Lord Krsna Himself (1.3.40). Therefore, the

Srimad-Bhagavatam is complete by Himself and all questions are answered by

this text. Not surprisingly, the tenth chapter of the Second Canto of the

Srimad-Bhagavatam is entitled: "Bhagavatam is the Answer to All Questions".

This is significant for anyone that has some interest to solve the apparent

miseries that face us in our lives: (1) miseries caused by the body and mind,

(2) miseries caused by other living entities, and (3) miseries caused by

natural catastrophes. The solution to the miseries is stated in

Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.32):

 

"O Brahmana Vyasadeva, it is decided by the learned that the best remedial

measure for removing all troubles and miseries is to dedicate one's activities

to the service of the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead [sri Krsna]."

 

And in (1.1.2):

 

"In the material conception, one falsely thinks himself the lord of all he

surveys, and therefore he is always troubled by the threefold miseries of

life. But as soon as one comes to know his real position as transcendental

servant, he at once becomes free from all miseries."

 

By avoiding the athiestic and impersonalistic theories, one can easily engage

himself in Lord Krsna's service and escape from the miseries of material

existence. The athiestic scientists are either too emotionally biased for

their ever-changing theories which they call "scientific" or never put in the

effort to read and apply the principles of the Bhagavatam to their lives. The

impersonalists who are also called Mayavadis are worse than the athiests.

Instead of saying the Srimad- Bhagavatam is "myth" like the athiests say, the

Mayavadis claim that the Srimad-Bhagavatam is true but its actual meaning is

something other than what it directly states. For example, when the

Srimad-Bhagavatam states in (1.3.32) that one should engage in devotional

service to the Supreme Person Lord Krsna, the Mayavadis would counter by

saying that actually the impersonal brahmajyoti [spiritual light] is supreme.

Of course, this is their interpretation. They have added their two cents and

clouded the entire picture. If individuality is an attribute of the living

entities, then it must be an attribute of the cause of all causes, the

Absolute Truth. Lord Caitanya stated in this regard (Srimad-Bhagavatam intro):

 

 

"The Vedic injunctions are self-authorized, and if some mundane creature

adjusts the interpretations of the Vedas, he defies their authority

....[Vyasadeva's] work, the Vedanta-sutra, is as dazzling as the midday sun,

and when someone tries to give his own interpretations on the self-effulgent

sunlike Vedanta-sutra, he attempts to cover this sun with the cloud of his

imagination."

 

Rationally speaking, if the Absolute Truth (Srimad-Bhagavatam) required an

interpretation not directly mentioned in the text itself, it would indicate

that the Absolute Truth is incomplete which is contradictory to the definition

of the Absolute Truth. Therefore, it can be stated that everything is

perfectly present in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Misinterpretations of the

Srimad-Bhagavatam are representations of the illusory energy.

Misinterpretations usually result from quoting only parts of the text to

support one's preconceived ideas without paying attention to the rest of the

text:

 

"No one has to discover the nature of the Lord. It is already spoken by the

Lord Himself in the Bhagavad-gita especially and in all other Vedic

literatures generally. We have simply to accept them IN TOTO and abide by the

orders of the Lord." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.36)

 

Throughout the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the stress is placed on performance of

devotional service (bhakti-yoga) to the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna. This

devotional service must come from the Supreme Lord Himself or through His

bona-fide representative. It cannot be a concoction of our own material mind

and intellect:

 

"The devotees are especially protected by the Lord so that they may remain

infallible. Therefore the process of devotional service always begins in the

service of the devotee who appears in disciplic succession."

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.6.34)

 

By being completely engaged in devotional service to Lord Krsna, we are

immediately placed above the three modes of material nature (brahma- bhuta).

This means above the threefold miseries and in a joyous state. This can happen

instantly without having to wait for another birth or many years of struggle.

It all starts with our eagerness to want to perform devotional service

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.6.35):

 

"...the Lord can be known only by the sincere mood of eagerness for service."

 

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