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The Journey of Self-Discovery 2
“A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all [Bhagavad-gītā 5.29] The politicians and diplomats are trying to establish peace in the world. We have the United Nations and many other organizations. and man and nation and nation.
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Unfortunately, the Indian people gave up the real religious system – sanātana-dharma, or varṇāśrama-dharma – and Vedic religion means varṇāśrama-dharma, the division of society into four social classes and four spiritual The four social classes are the brāhmaṇas [priests and intellectuals], the kṣatriyas [political leaders and military men], the vaiśyas [merchants and farmers], and the śūdras [manual laborers]. brahmacārīs [celibate students], the gṛhasthas [householders], the vānaprasthas [retired persons], and
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It is very easy, and anyone can adopt it and make his life perfect. If someone says, “I’m not educated at all, and I cannot read books,” he is still not disqualified. Kṛṣṇa has given us a tongue and two ears, and we may be surprised to know that Kṛṣṇa is realized through the ears and tongue, not through the eyes. simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and tasting kṛṣṇa-prasādam, food offered to Kṛṣṇa.
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which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all the moving and Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” [Bhagavad-gītā 9.10]
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“Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and It is supreme and is never annihilated.
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Devotee: Are you saying that the conclusion of the Vedānta-sūtra and the conclusion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam are one and the same – bhakti?
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Furthermore, just as a cloud has a beginning and an end, the material nature also has a beginning and an end, and our material body also has a beginning and an end. It takes birth, grows, stays for some time, gives off some by-products, dwindles, and then vanishes.
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And the tiger became a rat.
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It is a fact that we can stop our repeated births and deaths and achieve the state of immortality. But the modern civilization – our great philosophers, great politicians, and great scientists – they the Bhagavad-gītā [2.20] it is said, na jāyate mriyate vā kadācit: We living entities – we never die and Every one of us – we are primeval and eternal, without beginning and without end. And after the annihilation of this body, we do not die.
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Kṛṣṇa is eternal, we are eternal, and the place where we can live and exchange our feelings with Kṛṣṇa And the system that teaches this eternal process of reciprocation – that is sanātana-dharma, which is
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And what is this Brahman? Janmādy asya yataḥ. Brahman is the one from whom everything emanates. So science and philosophy mean finding out the ultimate cause of everything. And this we are getting from the Vedic literature – that Kṛṣṇa is sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam, the cause of
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We cannot calculate the length and breadth of even this universe, yet there are millions and millions And above this material sky there is another sky, which is called the spiritual sky. In that sky all the planets are eternal, and life is eternal, also.
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“Give up all varieties of religiousness and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you
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“Is a guru essential for one to enter the spiritual path and attain the goal? And how does one recognize one’s guru?”
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For education we go to a teacher or to a school or simply learn from our father and mother. They are all authorities, and our nature is to learn from them. and Father would say, “This is a pen,” “These are spectacles,” or “This is a table.” In this way, from the very beginning of life a child learns from his father and mother. A good father and mother never cheat when their son inquires from them; they give exact and correct information
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Eating, sleeping, sex, and defense – these four principles are common to both human beings and animals The distinction between human life and animal life is that a man can search after God but an animal cannot
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In previous ages, however, these kings were ṛṣis – great learned scholars and devotees – and because For example, Dhruva Mahārāja went to the forest to search out God, and by practice of severe penance and austerity he found God within six months.
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Thus engineers direct their attention to creating and attempting to perfect the horseless carriage and Formerly, horses were drawing carriages, and there was no air pollution, but now there are cars and airplanes , and the scientists are very proud. “We have invented horseless carriages and wingless birds,” they boast.
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Then the fox came and said, “Oh, tigers are chasing me.”
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“Yes, I am a tiger, and now I shall eat you.”
Hierarchy
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