kks bhagavad gita 12th may 1997 part2

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Bhagavad Gita 12Bhagavad Gita 12th May 1997May 1997(Part 2)(Part 2)

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It is explained that this is what we

have to do now, we receive some

temporary conditionings and

whatever that may be we purify

that. The conditioning is not inaccordance with our original

nature and therefore we can

transcend it because it is not

really us, our body is not actually

us but because we are still

influenced by the body influenced

by the modes of natures therefore

we find an engagement that is

accordance with our cycle varnaashram. Varna Ashram is very

helpful and is meant so we can

accumulate punya, it is meant to

bring us to piety or to the point

where we are being put closer to

our original nature and where we

give up the false contaminations

of this material world. Therefore

varna ashram is there to check us

from sinful activitites but of

cousre one who is transcendental

is not bound by the rules of the

varna shram, because it is said

that such a person because he is

always trying to please Krishana

will automatically avoid sinful

activities because he is looking

very much what is pleasing to

Krishna and he is not doinganything that is not pleasing

Krishna therefore he doesnt have

to be so careful to follow all kinds

of rules for varna ashram.

Although some devotee may take

some help of varna ashram we are

not perfectly following the

dharma of varnashram, only in

general principles we areaccepting but we do find varna

shram is helpful when we read

in the 16th chapter of Bhagavad

Gita we can read about how the

demoniac persons in this world

are engaging in ugra karma, ugraKarama means angry work, that is

there to destroy this world,

horrible work so when we see this

going on that the whole world has

been influenced by this.

Therefore it is difficult for us in

our devotional life to purify all

these thing in the service of

Krishna, it is not very easy, thecontaminating influence of the so

many contaminating results of

ugra karma is there therefore if

we have to cultivate the mode of

transcendental consciousness

while we are driving in a

passionate atmosphere,

and spend much time in a

passionate atmosphere it effects

one and in this way although we

are living in a modern world and

our transcending the modern


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world there is a value to the Vedic

model of the varna shram and if

we therefore take more shelter of

the original Vedic divisions then

we immediately find our selvesmore peaceful, we become more

peaceful and that will help us so

in that way we can go step by step

towards our original system and

this will make our original nature

uncover.so this is called the

system of the goldsmith, the

goldsmith is taking his little

hammer and is tapping verycareful and very intricate work ,

he has his little pincers and

moving it around like that and

squeezing it about because gold is

soft and sensitive, so very artistic

so three fingers he sometimes

uses only two with his hand very

careful work so Prabhupada

explains this system is the

original Vedic system,

goldsmith system where one is

gradually following so many rules

and regulations, systems for

purification like this morning we

discussed a bit about samskaras

and different types of purification

but it is said that in this age it is

very difficult to follow that

goldsmith systemvery hard

who can do it admidst of the

restlessness. Who still has the

mind, the patience and all these

things for it, who has the sense

control therefore it says in thisage we just use the blacksmith

hammer, we just bring in a Sledge

hammer and with one stroke we

just bang finish of everything!


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So this blacksmith hammer is the

process of sankirtana, the process

of sankirtana is very simple and

very effective, one can chant all

the time that is the ideathe

descriptions in Chaitanya

Caritamrita it says once the

devotees were asking ChaitanyaMahaprabhu: what is our duty?

He said our duty is to chant Hare

Krishna and serve the

Vaishnavasbut they said how

do we know who is a vaishnava

then Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said

you will know who is a vaishnava

by anyone who chants Hare

Krishna just onceHe is a

vaishnava..devotees were like

ok thanks very much and off they

went and they returned for every

year for Ratha Yatra and devotees

came to Puri and asked the same

question so the second year they

asked again the same question

exactly the same and Chaitanya

Mahaprabhu said exactly thesame chant Hare Krishna and

serve the vaishnavasbut they

said who is a vaishnavaSri

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said one

who is always chanting Hare

Krishna, he is a vaishnava always

so again the devotees thought

wow always next year they came

and asked the same question.They said Mahaprabhu who is a


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vaishnava, one who if you

merely see him makes everyone

chant Hare Krishna by his

presence he is a vaishnavaso

here Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gavethree level of Vaishnava, one the

neophyte who chants Hare Krisha

once and who should be accepted

as a vaishnava then the

intermediate or the madhyam

adhikari who always chants Hare

Krishna and I thought that was

striking and the top most is one

who is simply by his presencemakes one chant Hare Krishna,

that is the Uttama adhikari, but

the Madhyam adhikari the

intermediate devotee is classified

as one who is always chanting

Hare Krishnayes imagine thats

quite a level. So Prabhupada

recommended that is the level we

have to come to so it is not easy, I

was also reading how this

Raghunatha Das Goswami, then

after he took to the renounced

order was chanting 22hrs a day

and the rest he was spending on a

little time bathing eating and

something , he didnt forget about

those things, a little rest and it

says of course the vaishnava

householder can not do the samething as one who is in the

renounced order he can not chant

all the time so therefore the

householders they may chant

early in the morning at midday

and in the evening. It says in the

Hari Bhakta Vilasa, so if we read

the standards that are given for

the associates of the SupremeLord that are being followed by

the vaishnavas , then we say, It is

amazing, it is amazingso its

very very difficult but even if it

seems difficult to take shelter of

the Sankirtan movement becausewho can chant all the time, who

can do that but we must not worry

because besides chanting the holy

name of the Lord we can also

serve the holy name of the Lord

and in this way also be part of

Sankirtana and this is our saving

grace and therefore we can do so

many works according to ournature and engage them directly

in the service of sankirtana of the

congregational chanting of the

holy name and if we do so we

will develop more and more taste

for sankirtana and by serving the

holy name and one automatically

comes to chanting more and more

and developing a taste for

chanting the holy name and by

serving the holy name one comes

up to the desire of increasing

ones chanting.


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