[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Krishna Katha: Hell & Heaven-secret

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HARI AUM

 

'Bhagavad Gita' highlights the importance of the

spirit of co-opeartion and has emphasised it as the

secret (the only way) to succeed in worldly life.

Crossing this is essential to reach out further.

Shortcutting this will lead to false sense of peace

and derail the efforts to achieve progress in the

realm of spirituality. So get on the band wagon of

'SAHAYAJNA' and attain all the 'KAMAS'.

Remember-'sahayajna prajashrustwa..'

 

A good story Arunji.

 

Regards

 

Balagopal

 

NARAYANA NARAYANA NARAYANA

 

--- Arun P Pillai <arunppillay wrote:

 

> OM NAMO NARAYANAYA

>

> QUOTE

>

> If someone is ignorant and addicted to

> the path of samsara [birth and death], how can one

> who is actually learned, merciful and advanced in

> spiritual knowledge engage him in fruitive activity

> and thus further entangle him in material existence?

> If a blind man is walking down the wrong path, how

> can a gentleman allow him to continue on his way to

> danger? How can he approve this method? No wise or

> kind man can allow this.

> - Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.17

>

Krishna Katha: Hell & Heaven

>

> A devotee was having a conversation with the Lord

> one day and said, “Lord, I would like to know what

> heaven and hell are like.”

>

> The Lord led the devotee to two doors. He opened

> one of the doors and the devotee looked in. In the

> middle of the room was a large round table. In the

> middle of the table was a large pot of soup which

> smelt delicious and made the devotee’s mouth water.

> The people sitting around the table were thin and

> sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were

> holding spoons with very long handles and each found

> it possible to reach into the pot of soup and take a

> spoonful, but because the handle was longer than

> their arms, they could not get the spoons back into

> their mouths. The devotee shuddered at the sight of

> their misery and suffering. The Lord said, “You have

> seen hell.”

>

> They went to the next room and opened the door. It

> was exactly the same as the first one. There was the

> large round table with the large pot of soup which

> made the devotee's mouth water. The people were

> equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here

> the people were well nourished and plump, laughing

> and talking. The devotee said, “I don't understand.”

>

> “It is simple” said the Lord, “It requires but one

> skill. You see, they have learned to feed each

> other. While the greedy think only of themselves.”

> Lord Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-gita, “There

> are three gates leading to this hell — lust, anger

> and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for

> they lead to the degradation of the soul.”

>

> In the mode of passion, people become greedy, and

> their hankering for sense enjoyment has no limit.

> One can see that even if one has enough money and

> adequate arrangements for sense gratification, there

> is neither happiness nor peace of mind. That is not

> possible, because one is situated in the mode of

> passion. If one wants happiness at all, his money

> will not help him; he has to elevate himself to the

> mode of goodness by practicing Krishna

> consciousness. When one is engaged in the mode of

> passion, not only is he mentally unhappy, but his

> profession and occupation are also very troublesome.

> He has to devise so many plans and schemes to

> acquire enough money to maintain his status quo.

> This is all miserable.

>

> Source: folknet

>

> Radhe Shyam,

> Arun

>

>

>

>

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