A prison with bars of our own desires to enjoy…..………...... Nectarean Mellows

June 17, 2009

“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a "

According to Brahma Sutra, when we ask who am I, who is the Absolute Truth, what is the goal of life; that is beginning of human existence. Krsna has placed us under the subjugation of material existence. Srila Prabhupada explains that the whole material creation is under the subordination of Durga. Durga is the shakti of material energy, Durga actually means, according to Srila Prabhupada, prison, she keeps us in a prison house, but it is a very incredible prison because it doesn’t need barb, wire, fences, doesn’t need bars, or guards, or machine guns, watching on high walls seeing if no one escapes, because no one wants to escape, it is a prison with bars with our own desires to enjoy within that abode. But as soon as we give up the desire for sense gratification we

are liberated from all suffering. Krsna tells us why don’t we believe Him; an intelligent person does not try to take part in enjoying the objects of the senses because the object of sense gratification are the source of all miseries. To the degree we want to enjoy to that degree we become attached to the object of our enjoyment and because it is temporary and limited, it is going to be dragged away from us then we have to suffer.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

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-- Take advantage of this rare opportunity of this human form of life. There are 8,400,000 different species of life through which we are rotating lifetime after lifetime. So getting a human body is not an every day affair. This most auspicious opportunity only comes after many millions of lifetimes in the lower species. Anyone who does not utilize their human life for self-realization is making the greatest mistake. When this happens it is the greatest tragedy, and unfortunately today this neglect of the human form has become the standard behavior for the entire human society. What can be done? We must first ourselves become solidly situated in Krishna consciousness and then do the highest welfare activity of spreading to everyone else all over the world.

Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare