Srimad Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS

Bhagavad Gita:   Chapter 6 - Dhyana-yoga

TEXT 31
                       sarva-bhuta-sthitam yo mam
                        bhajaty ekatvam asthitah
                         sarvatha vartamano 'pi
                          sa yogi mayi vartate

WORD FOR WORD
   sarva-bhuta-sthitam--situated in everyone's heart; yah--he who; mam--Me; bhajati--serves in devotional service; ekatvam--in oneness; asthitah--situated; sarvatha--in all respects; vartamanah--being situated; api--in spite of; sah--he; yogi--the transcendentalist; mayi--in Me; vartate--remains.

 
TRANSLATION
   Such a yogi, who engages in the worshipful service of the Supersoul, knowing that I and the Supersoul are one, remains always in Me in all circumstances.
 
PURPORT
   A yogi who is practicing meditation on the Supersoul sees within himself the plenary portion of Krsna as Visnu--with four hands, holding conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower. The yogi should know that Visnu is not different from Krsna. Krsna in this form of Supersoul is situated in everyone's heart. Furthermore, there is no difference between the innumerable Supersouls present in the innumerable hearts of living entities. Nor is there a difference between a Krsna conscious person always engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna and a perfect yogi engaged in meditation on the Supersoul. The yogi in Krsna consciousness--even though he may be engaged in various activities while in material existence--remains always situated in Krsna. This is confirmed in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.187) of Srila Rupa Gosvami: nikhilasv apy avasthasu jivan-muktah sa ucyate. A devotee of the Lord, always acting in Krsna consciousness, is automatically liberated. In the Narada-pancaratra this is confirmed in this way:

                         dik-kalady-anavacchinne
                          krsne ceto vidhaya ca
                        tan-mayo bhavati ksipram
                          jivo brahmani yojayet

   "By concentrating one's attention on the transcendental form of Krsna, who is all-pervading and beyond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of Krsna and then attains the happy state of transcendental association with Him."

   Krsna consciousness is the highest stage of trance in yoga practice. This very understanding that Krsna is present as Paramatma in everyone's heart makes the yogi faultless. The Vedas (Gopala-tapani Upanisad 1.21) confirm this inconceivable potency of the Lord as follows: eko 'pisan bahudhayo 'vabhati. "Although the Lord is one, He is present in innumerable hearts as many." Similarly, in the smrti-sastra it is said:

                           eka eva paro visnuh
                         sarva-vyapi na samsayah
                         aisvaryad rupam ekam ca
                          surya-vat bahudheyate

   "Visnu is one, and yet He is certainly all-pervading. By His inconceivable potency, in spite of His one form, He is present everywhere, as the sun appears in many places at once."

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Copyright 1983 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. Used with permission.

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There is no question of culture

July 27th, 1976

Once more, Prabhupada spent a quiet day, avoiding too much physical activity. He remained in his room during the Deity greeting, guru-puja and class. But he allowed Jayatirtha and Bhagavan prabhus to come in his room for a relaxed discussion while the devotees carried on the program without him.

George Harrison's visit prompted some talk about artists. Prabhupada explained that in India the artistic class are considered sudras, not a very high-class profession. He said a hundred years ago Girish Chandra Ghosh tried to introduce theatrical performances with both men and women actors, in imitation of the Europeans. "So he wanted to invite woman artist. Not a single woman joined. Who will go to public stage to dance, respectable girl? They'll never. That is hundred years."

He recalled that even forty years ago he knew a respectable family who rejected the notion of teaching their daughter to dance and sing. "The girl was to be married, and it is the custom in India, the bridegroom's party comes to see the girl, whether she is right. Similarly, the girl's party goes to see the boy. So they came to see my friend's daughter, and the daughter is very beautiful, rich man's daughter. So one of the bridegroom's party questioned, 'You know how to dance?' That was the question to the girl: 'You have learned something about dancing and singing?'

"So she was my friend Mukunda Mati's daughter. His elder brother was there. He became very angry, that 'This rascal is asking our daughter whether she knows dancing and singing.' He took it as insult, that 'Respectable family, daughter should learn how to dance, how to sing?' So immediately he protested, 'No, no, no. She does not know how to dance, how to sing. She's not meant for that purpose. We like, of course, a young girl dancing and singing, but we cannot teach our family members. We spend for that outside. You cannot expect our Mullik's family daughter dancing and singing.' Actually dancing, singing? What is this nonsense? For a respectable family? It is meant for the low-class professional. Pay them, they will dance. Or go to some prostitute, she will dance.

"Among the theatrical, Girish Chandra Ghosh could not get a single response from any respectable family. Then he had to seek some young girl from the prostitute class. They became later on famous artists, Kusumkari Dasi. Nowadays it has become a fashion that aristocratic family should join this cinema and spoil their character."

Bhagavan said that the artistic class is very influential these days.

Using George as an example, Prabhupada acknowledged the fact, explaining, "Somehow or other get money, you become a big man. There is no question of culture or anything. That is stated in the Bhagavata. Money will be the criterion -- no family, culture, education. These things will not be taken into account. If you have got money, then you are big man. Nevermind what you are. Therefore people are after money. Who is going to be brahmana? If you become a perfect brahmana, who will care for you? Nobody is interested to become a brahmana. 'Why we shall become brahmana? For starvation?' Nowadays the colleges they're not interested in art, philosophy, English literature. They go for technical, how they will get more money."

Remembering Professor O'Connell in Toronto, he said, "Some of the doctor, professor, they came to request us to give our student; they are not getting student. And after few years they'll be all dismissed, who will pay them? Hayagriva told me. He's not getting any job. There is another, Dr. Henderson, he's also not getting any job. He's selling insurance. And Bon Maharaja, his institute is suffering from the very beginning till now, simply begging, begging and paying, paying the professor. No student. First of all he started Vaisnava philosophy, so doctorate, Ph.D. So especially in India, who is going to take Ph.D. in Vaisnava philosophy and starve? So this is failure. It is already failure, but he is persistent."

- From the "A Transcendental Diary Vol 3" by HG Hari Sauri dasa

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Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.1-3
March 28, 1968, San Francisco

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Prabhupada: You read from the third chapter. [break]

Upendra: ...concerning "Description of Incarnations of Godhead." Translation: "Suta said, In the beginning of the creation the Lord first of all expanded Himself in the universal form of purusa incarnation primarily with all the ingredients of material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was on the intention of creating the material universe." Purport. "As it is said in the Bhagavad-gita that the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna maintains this material universes by extending His part of plenary expansions, so this purusa Form is the confirmation of the same principle. The Original Personality of Godhead Vasudeva or Lord Krsna who is famous as the son of King Vasudeva or King Nanda, the very same Personality of Godhead is full with all opulences, all potencies, all fames, all beauties, all knowledge and all renunciations. Part of His opulences is manifested as impersonal Brahman and part of His opulences is manifested as Paramatma. This purusa feature of the same Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna is the original Paramatma manifestation of the Lord. There are three purusa features in the matter of material creation and this form who is known as the Karanodakasayi Visnu is the first of the three. The others are known as the Garbhodakasayi Visnu and the Ksirodakasayi Visnu which we shall know one after another."

Prabhupada: These Visnu, Karanodakasayi, Garbhodakasayi, and Ksirodakasayi, these are little technical. Try to understand. Now this universe, which you find just like a big ball, there are innumerable universes like this, and they are floating in water. That water is called Causal Ocean. So that Causal Ocean there is, I mean to say, completely in the whole ocean, big gigantic body is lying down there. That is known as Karanodakasayi Visnu. The Visnu in that gigantic form is sleeping within the water of that Causal Ocean, and by His inhaling and exhaling, breathing, there are bubbles. And those bubbles are manifested as universes. This is stated in Brahma-samhita: yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah [Bs. 5.48]. That breathing, exhaling and inhaling... Just like we also do that. So we have inherited that exhaling-inhaling, from that Visnu.

So how these brahmandas or universes, each of them has a predominate deity? He is called Brahma. Brahmanda, the master of this brahmanda is called Brahma. The duration of this Brahma, duration of life, is only the inhaling and exhaling period of Maha-Visnu. When He's exhaling, all the brahmandas are coming in existence. And when He's inhaling, they're all vanquished. This process is going on. And the Supreme Person who is doing this, I mean to say, creation and dissolution, He is called Maha-Visnu. Visnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-viseso govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami **. So the reference is in the Brahma-samhita that that Maha-Visnu is also part and parcel of Govinda, Krsna. Just try to understand what is Krsna. Then? Go on.

Upendra: "The innumerable universes are generated from skinholes of this Karanodakasayi Visnu, and in each one of the universes the Lord enters as Garbhodakasayi Visnu."

Prabhupada: Again, after creation of the universes, He enters each and every universe. This universe is filled with water, half. What you are seeing, that is half only. And half is filled with water. In that water Visnu again lying, expanding. This is Visnu's power. He can expand in innumerable identities. That is also confirmed in the Brahma-samhita. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam [Bs 5.33]. Ananta means unlimited, and rupa means forms. He's expanding in unlimited number of forms. We are also expansion of His form. These jivas, the living entities... He is expanding in two ways, svamsa and vibhinnamsa. Svamsa means Visnu. One extension, expansion, is just directly He Himself. And another expansion is separated from Him. That separated from Him we are.

We living entities, we are also vibhinnamsa. We are also part and parcel, but we are separated. Therefore we haven't got the full potency of God. We have got potencies of God. The six potencies, namely opulence, fame, strength, beauty, knowledge and renunciation, we have also got these in minute quantity. Whatever we see here, the richest man in the world, that is only minute particle of the richness of God. Because we are part and parcel, minute part and parcel. Therefore we have got all the opulences in minute form. Just like gold and a minute particle of gold. Chemically analyze the small particle of gold has got all the composition as the original big gold. A drop of sea water... Chemically, a drop of sea water has got all the composition as the big sea water. Similarly, we have got all the qualities of God, but in minute quantity. That is the difference between God and ourselves. Or in other words, you can study God also by studying yourself. Whatever propensities you have got, that is also there in God. Everything. Otherwise wherefrom it comes? Because I am part and parcel, if I have got all these propensities, naturally, in full and without any inebriety, those things are present in God.

Take for example our love, what you call love. Of course, it is perverted reflection of love. Several times I've repeated. In this material world there is nothing like love. It is only, everything perverted reflection of love. Just like you have got affection for children. That is there also, but that is without any inebrieties. Here also the same man and woman, male and female, there is attraction between one another. Similarly there is also, Radha-Krsna. But there is no inebriety. That is full and that is perfect. Here it is imperfect due to material contamination.

So everything, whatever we have got, Krsna has also got that thing. But in Krsna it is in perfection; in us, in our conditional state of life, it is imperfect. So if we dovetail ourselves with Krsna, then our..., all these propensities become perfect. The same example as I have given repeatedly, that a car is running at seventy-mile speed, a cyclist catches the car, he also runs in seventy-miles speed, although the cycle hasn't got such speed. Similarly, although we are minute particle of God, if we dovetail ourselves with the consciousness of God, or Krsna consciousness, then we become equally spirit. This is the technique. Go on.
Upendra: "In the Bhagavad-gita this is also mentioned that the material world is created at certain intervals and then again it is destroyed. This creation and destruction is done by the Supreme will on account of the conditioned souls or the nitya-baddha living beings."

Prabhupada: Nitya-baddha. This word is also technical. Nitya-baddha means ever-conditioned. There are nitya-muktas. Nitya-mukta means ever-liberated. In the spiritual world, there are also innumerable living entities. The... This material world is only one-fourth manifestation of Krsna's energy, God's energy. And the three-fourths energy is manifested in the spiritual world. So we can just imagine that in one-fourth manifestation of energy of the Lord, we are so many living entities which is impossible to count. Now you can imagine how many more living entities are there. But here we are conditioned and they are liberated. Those who are conditioned, they are called nitya-baddha, ever-conditioned. Nitya-baddha means we do not know when our, this conditional stage has begun. It is impossible to trace out the history. But we are conditioned. There is no doubt about it. Conditioned means no freedom. No freedom. As spirit soul we are free. Sarva-ga, we can go everywhere, anywhere. Even those who get some mystic powers by perfection of yoga practice, they can also exhibit some powers. So why? As we become free from material conditions, our original freedom comes.

So one of the qualification of the spirit soul is sarva-ga. Sarva-ga means he can go anywhere and everywhere. But because we are conditional stage, we are trying so much to go to the moon planet, we cannot go. But Narada, because he is free, he has got full spiritual body, he can go anywhere he likes. Go on.

Upendra: "The nitya-baddha or the eternally conditioned souls have the sense of individuality or ahankara which dictates them for sense enjoyment which they are unable to have constitutionally. The Lord is the only enjoyer and all others are enjoyed. The living beings are predominated enjoyer. But the eternally conditioned souls forgetful of this constitutional position have strong aspiration for enjoying. This chance of enjoying the matter is given to the conditioned souls in the material world and side by side they are given the chance of understanding the real constitutional position. Those fortunate living entities who catch up the truth and surrender unto the Lotus feet of Vasudeva after many many births in the material world, become one of the eternally liberated souls and thus are allowed to enter into the kingdom of Godhead. After..."

Prabhupada: We can also become one of them, eternally liberated. But we are not admitted in the spiritual kingdom unless we have given up this false sense of lording it over the material nature. Here, the conditioned souls, everyone is trying to become the lord, imitating. Everyone is trying. But there is clash. You are trying to become lord, I am trying to become lord. Therefore there is clash. And in the spiritual world the Lord is one and there is no competition of lording it over. Therefore in the spiritual world everything is unconditioned, freedom. Yes, go on.

continued.......................

Bhavisya Purana-  "One who passes the Chaturmasya season without observing religious vows, austerities and chanting of japa, such a fool although living should be considered to be a dead man."
Kanda Purana, Nagava Khunda-  "In the month of shravana (July, August) one should refrain from eating spinach.  In the month of Bhadra (August, September) of yogert in Ashvina (September, October) milk. In Kartik (October, November) meat and urd dall.
Various vows and austerities during Chaturmasya and Their respective results.
"O King, one who is My devotee and is fixed in vow, whether man or woman, for the purpose of Dharma, should accept these various austerities and observances. I shall now describe to you all of them along with their respective results.
1) No salt—One's voice becomes sweet.
2) No oil—One's life is prolonged and gets progeny.
3) No oil massages—One's body becomes beautiful.
4) No cooking with oil—One's enemies are vanished.
5) No licorice and oil—One becomes wealthy.
6) Give up wearing unoffered flowers—One becomes a Vidyadhara in Devapura.
7) Give up six kinds of tastes (spice, sour, bitter, sweet, salty and harsh)—One never becomes ugly, smelly, or obtains a bad birth.
8) Practice of yoga—One goes to Brahmaloka.
9) No betal nuts—One becomes happy.
10) No cooked food (raw fruits & Vegetables)—One obtains purity.
11) No honey—One becomes lustrous.
12) No yogert or milk—One attains Goloka.
13) No cooking with earthen pots—One gets ... (?)
14) No hot food—One gets offspring with a long life.
15) Take rest on the ground or on stone—One becomes an associate of Vishnu.
16) One who gives up meat & honey is a yogi and muni.
17) No intoxicating liquors—One becomes powerful and free from disease.
18) Fast for one day—One is honored in Brahmaloka.
19) No cutting of hair and nails—One gets the benefit of taking bath daily in Ganges.
20) No speaking of grama katha (nonsense)—One's order will never be disobeyed.
21) Eat food on the ground without dish or plate—One obtains a kingdom on Earth.
22) Chant the mantra Namo Narayana—One obtains the result of giving in charity 100 times.
23) Offer prayers to the Lord—One gets the result of giving cows in charity.
24) Touch the lotus feet of the Deity—One becomes a successful person.
25) Clean the temple of the Lord—If one is king he remains so for a Kalpa.
26) Circumambulating the temple three times offering prayers—At the time of death one will mount a swan airplane and go to Vaikuntha.
27) Singing or playing musical instruments in the temple of the Lord—One goes to Gardharvaloka.
28) Take pleasure in studying the sastras—One goes to Vishnuloka.
29) Sprinkle water in the temple—One goes to apsaraloka.
30) Take bath in a holy place—One's body becomes pure.
31) Worship Lord Vishnu with flowers—One goes to Vaikuntha.
32) Eat panchagavya—One gets the result of observing candrayana fasting.
33) Eat one meal a day—One gets the results of performing an Agnihotra.
34) Eat at night only—One gets the result of going to all the places of pilgrimage.
35) Eat at noon only—One attains Devaloka.
36) Take food not obtained by begging or any extraneous endeavor—One gets the results of opening water stands and digging wells.
37) Take bath daily—One will never see hell.
38) No eating on a plate—One gets the result of bathing at Pushkara
39) Eat on a leaf—One obtains the result of living at Kurukshetra.
40) Eat on a stone—One obtains the result of bathing at Prayog.
41) Giving up drinking to six hours—One will not be attacked by diseases.
42) During the Chaturmasya, garlands, caranamrta, candana and water from the conshell of the Lord, mahaprasädam, Deity garlands must be accepted.

In this way one who performs this vrata for the satisfaction of Lord Kesava becomes satisfied himself. O best of the Pandavas, among My devotees, he who accepts these vows and austerities during the Chaturmasya goes to my abode at the time of death, of this there is no doubt.

Vishnu Rahasya-  Lord Brahma to Narada Muni.