20240725 - Living entity’s constitutional position

Sara Sati Dev Shayad Hari Haray Namah.

Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Sri Chaitanya Shiksham Vashla Sachidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Today's chapter is entitled Living Entities Constitutional Position. Can you hear me? Okay. Can you hear me?

Can you hear him?

They can hear me now, right? Okay. So the gist of this Mahavakyas is that Lord Krishna Chandra, who possesses inconceivable potency and is free to act according to his desire, enjoys by his spiritual energy in two ways. Two ways. Swamsha personal expansions and Vibinamsha Separated expansions by Swamsha, he expands Chaturvyuha and innumerable incarnations. He has expanded all the living entities by Vibhinamsha as mentioned in Brahma Samhita 5.45 Shriram Yatada Dipikara Vishesha Yoga. Just as milk is transformed into curd by action of acids, but yet the effect curd is neither same as nor different from its cause milk. So I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whom the state of Shambhu is a transformation for the performance of the work of destruction. In the Swamsha expansion is the full activity of spiritual energy Tissue place. Okay. In the Swamsa expansion is the full activity of spiritual energy. All of them are Vishnu Tattva, all powerful. All the plenary portions obtain full potency from the complete. Similar to there being no laws for the big lamp of big lamp. When innumerable lamps are lit from the big lamp, the light of one candle being communicated to other candles, although it burns separately in them, is the same in its quality. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who exhibits himself equally in the same mobile manner in his various manifestations. Every individual lamp is equal to the big lamp. In the same way Swamsa expansion is to be understood. All the personalities manifest by the Swamsha expansions of the supreme personalities are supreme personalities and they do not undergo fruits of Karma. Although equal to Krishna, being free to act according to their desire, they are subsavient to Krishna's desire. Vibhi Namsa Separate expansion living entities. The very subtle parts of spiritual energy becomes living entities in the form of Ibinamsha separated expansions. When the upper point of a hair is divided into 100 parts and again each of such parts is further divided into hundred parts, each such part is the measurement of the dimension of the spirit soul. In The Swetashwatara Upanishad 5.9 is mentioned Sukspanam Apiham ji vo durjayanam Ahammanah among subtle things I am the spirit soul and of things that are different to conquer I am difficult to conquer I am the mind. Srimad Bhagavatam 11.7 this is called Tatashta Shakti marginal energy. The Tattva truth in between the spiritual energy and Maya Shakti is Tatashta Shakti. Therein in Tatashta Shakti none of the power of Maya Shakti illusory energy exists. However, Tatushta Shakti is prone to Maya due to being tiny. It is from Krishna's inconceivable potency. Once such an energy has emerged, Krishna's independent desire is its cause within Namsa Separated expansion Living entities are fit to undergo the reactions of Karma. As long as by their own free will the living entities engage their mind in the service of Ka. They are not subject to Maya or Karma. But when the desire for sense gratification and forgetfulness of the service nature to Krishna occur due to the corruption of free will, then they become bewildered by Maya and become subjected to Karma. As soon as one remembers that service to Ka is their own nature, then liberation comes and rescues them from the bondage of Karma and suffering of Maya. Would you like to say anything?

So who of you would like to enjoy material life?

So who here would like to enjoy material life?

You have the opportunity I explained here.

You have the opportunity as explained here.

You can stay world after work, after work trying to enjoy.

It says birth after birth after birth trying to enjoy the material world.

Whatever one engages in, walk to Yoga. Like in this narrow deep Dharma.

We.

Have the nine processes of Bhakti Yoga.

So if one engages in the process of devotional service Bhakti Yoga like In this NavAdvip Dham we have the nine processes of Bhakti Yoga.

So if you do everything as devotional source and they don't get reactions, if.

You do everything as devotional service, then we don't get reactions. As long as Karma you don't get.

Karma, what do you want Enjoy. Maya gets you tangled up so but.

If you want to enjoy then Maya gets you tangled up so hot.

If I have any chips her.

Someone asked me today that if I have any tips for book distribution since.

That is one of the instructions Prabhupada gave me.

Since that is one of the instructions that Srila Prabhupada gave me.

So they want I wanted to help.

Them not so they wanted to help me in that respect.

So.

Culturally some people are very easy.

To cultivate and you can sell them a book.

Source and sell them some books and give them some service.

But some people are rude and difficult.

But some people are rude and difficult.

So how to how to get them?

So how to get them?

So we found that 10 of pences.

So we found out that in chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra There are 10 offenses so.

Not used to preach the glories of the Holy Name Such people as though commit their offense.

There's no use to preach the glories of the Holy names if such people commit various offenses.

Standing the names on the T.

But chanting the names of Go Nita or Nit no offense. There is no offense. 8:31.

Is high and long and this way they'll advance very quickly.

So in this way you can get people to chant the names of Gornita and get them to advance very easily.

And then you can sell a book.

And then you can sell them a book. Okay, so Gurumaj, this is a quotation of whatever you mentioned just now in the Chaitanya Charitamrita it's mentioned that with some with some slight faith the holy names of Lord Chaitanya and Nithyananda very quickly he is cleansed of all offenses. First as soon as he chants the Hare Krishna Mah Mantra he feels the ecstasy of love for God. CC Adi 8:31 so you chant the Panchitatva mantra first then you chant the Hare Krishna then you will get the fruit next Kurmaraj have to take your medicine now. Meanwhile I'll read it for you. As mentioned in the Bhagavatam 11th Canto as mentioned in Bhagavatam 11 Canto the DT Ishati Bhakti Kesham Guru Deva Tatma Fear arises when a living entity misidentifies himself as the material body because of absorption in the external illusory energy of the Lord. When the living entity thus turns away from the supreme Lord he also forgets his own constitutional position as a servant of the Lord. This bewildering fearful condition is affected by the potency for illusion called Maya. Therefore, an intelligent person should engage unflinchingly in the unalloyed devotional service of the Lord under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master whom he should accept as his worshipable deity and as his very life and soul. Life and soul. Srimad Bhagavatam 2.2.1137 Their bondage is called Anadi without beginning. Since their bondage happened before coming to the material world they are known as Nityabhatta eternally bound. Those who are not bound in this way are called Nityamukta, Eternally liberated. Those who are bound, they are eternally bound.

So it's not. Have you stayed here long enough, you get autonomous, right?

It's not that if you stay here long enough, you'll get automatically free.

Yeah, certainly.

You're eternally bounded.

And until you meet like pure devotee or someone who's Lord Chaitanya, until you.

Meet a pure devotee or someone who's connected to Lord Caitanya, then.

Just keep on this material.

What's that?

Okay, you have to stay.

So unless you meet them, a devotee of Lord Chaitanya, you have to keep on in this material. Keep going on in this material world. Or in other words, you have to stay on in this material world. So.

That'S why it's so important to meet a bona fide.

That's why it's so important to meet a bona fide spiritual master. Their bondage is called Anadi without beginning. Since their bondage happened before coming to the material world, they are known as Nityabhat. Did we read this? Okay. Krishna and living Entity. Due to all these reasons, there is a specific difference between Ishvaras Lord's identity and the Jivas. Jivas, living entities identity. Ishvara is the Lord of Maya. And the Jiva living entity is prone to Maya and as a result it's bound by Maya. It's mentioned in the Shastras Stam, Nitya Mukta Parishudda, Vibuddha Atma Kutastha, Adi Purusho, Bhagavansti Adisha. My Lord, by your unbroken transcendental glance, you are the supreme witness of all stages of intellectual activities. You are eternally liberated. Your existence is situated in pure goodness. And you are existent in the super soul without change. You are the original personality of Godhead, full with six opulences. And you are eternally the master and of the three modes of material nature. First, you are always different from the ordinary living entities. As Lord Vishnu, you maintain all the affairs of the entire universe. And yet you stand aloof. And you are the enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices. Shrimad Bhagavatam 4.9.15. It's mentioned in Bhagavatam 4. 9.15. Judging from the living entity being a part of. From being a part of the form. Judging from the living entity being a part of the form of Krishna, the Supreme Spirit, the living entity is called as a particle of spirit and different from Krishna. But because of being the energy of Krishna, the non difference is also considered. Therefore, Lord Caitanya has taught the philosophy of inconceivable difference and non difference.

For the living entity's explanation is inconceivable, different and non different.

So Lord Chaitanya's explanation is inconceivable difference and non difference. Every Acharya had a different model.

Like.

Vishishta Dvaita, Dvaita Dvaita, Achintya Veda, Abeda, Tattva. Okay, Inconceivable oneness and difference for the living entity is a different and non different manifestation of the Lord. By giving the two comparisons of a particle of sunshine and spark of fire, Lord Caitanya has established the living entities as eternally different Vibhi namsha parts from Krishna by the subsidiary Vedic vibration such as Aham, Brahmasmi, etc. The living entity is never concluded as Parabrahman. Krishna, Vishnu Tattva is the only Parabrahman because of being the specific spiritual substance. The living entity in fact is called as Brahman. Krishna's form who is of the nature of Parabrahman whose spiritual effulgence expands in one part as Paramatma supersoul within the world and outside the world expands the influence of an indirect state as impersonal form, appearing as inconceivable, invisible, unapproachable Brahman form. Krishna's inconceivable Vibhinamsa is spread in various forms like demigods, men, yakshas, demons, animals, birds, insects, moths, ghosts, goblins, etc. Among all living entities, humans are good because they are eligible for performing devotional service. Even after becoming humans, the living entities undergo the reactions of hell and heaven due to their faulty actions. Karma Dosha subjugated by Maya Forgetting Krishna, the living entity searches after various fruits of desires.

So in the material world, we think I am the body or we should try to enjoy the body.

So in the material world we think I am the body and we should try to enjoy the material body and.

We forget our eternal relationship with Krishna.

If we get our eternal relationship with.

Krishna and we try to see what happens, we can get from this body.

Because we forget our eternal relationship with Krishna. We try to forget what was the last part?

We try to see what enjoyment we can get.

Okay, we try to see what enjoyment we can get from the material body.

So I think, oh, if I had this body, I'll be healthy.

But we think if I had this body, then I'll be happy.

I'll be happy maybe with this body.

We might. If I don't get this, I might be happy with this body.

Or that we take birth after birth.

So like that we take birth after birth in the material world.

But if you get the mercy of Lord Chaitanyanda, but if you get the.

Mercy of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nithyananda.

You can.

Then.

Try to understand your eternal relationship.

Then you can try to understand your eternal relationship with Krishna.

Krishna is Parabrahma.

So Krishna is Parabrahma.

Exchanges karma reaction.

So he never received this karma or reactions to Karma.

And they situated and devotional source.

And the living entity is rightly situated in devotional service. And then he becomes Nityamukta.

So that is a real goal of life.

And that is the real goal of life.

To have.

To have love of Krishna, Lord Chaitanya, Lord Nithyananda. They give this out very liberally. Okay, Guru Mahesh, we'll continue tomorrow. Yes, we'll continue tomorrow. It's 8:00 o' clock now.

Okay.

It'S 8. 8. Right now. 3 to 8.

All right.

Okay. So can bless all of will do the announcements. And Bhakti Vijay Bhagavad Maharaj is also here. You also can encourage the devotees to participate in book distribution.

So I gave you a tip.

So I gave you a tip for book distribution on his.

His Holiness Bhakti.

His Holiness Bhakti Vijay Bhagavad. Swami, we can tell you ways that you can be involved in book distribution. The Badra campaign has started. It kicked off a reference to the. To the Bhagavad Leela for the Badra Purnima. Worshiping the Bhagavatam on a golden throne. That's the reference.

Is it also mentioned in one chapter one?

It's also mentioned.

But in the end.

Okay. To worship the Bhagavatam or the glories of the Bhagavatam. A reference. Okay, so there's a mention. There's a reference in the end of the Bhagavatam in regards to Badra Purnima. Oh, the last chapter. The glories of Rmad Bhagavatam in this final chapter. I'll just read the introduction. In this final chapter, Suta Goswami describes the length of each of the Puranas along with the subject matter of Shrimad Bhagavatam. Its purpose, how to give it as a gift, the glories of such gift giving and the glories of chanting and hearing it. Maharaj is here.

How often I wasn't. And then you can go through this.

And Maharaj can speak. Okay. So I. I offer my blessings to all of you. I mean those who are present here. Krishna Matirastu also. Now Gurmaj has requested Bhakti Vijay Bhagavat Maharaj to speak on the glories of Bhagavatam and Badra Purnima. All of you please stay. Because Mataji, can you announce this in Bengali as well? All of you please stay. Maharaj would speak on the glories of the Bhagavatam. All of you please stay back. Mara should speak on the glories of Shimad Bhagavatam. And also the importance of participating in the Badra Purnima campaign. So this Guruma's instruction. All of you please stay and hear what Maharaj has to say.

On us.

Yeah, yeah. I'll give him this secret one. So please sit here and listen to Maharaj. Okay.

Hare Krishna. Can I hear? As every year we started from last right after Ratha Yatra we started Bhadra Purnima campaign. Madhura Purnima is the auspicious Titi. Particular Titi is the day of Radhastami to next seven days. That is the seven days is particular auspicious Tithi. Those days Sukhdev Goswami express reading Bhagavatam in front of Parikit Maharaj. And end of the Bhagavatam session.

Announce.

Postpardham Poorna masyam Hema Singh.

If 1.

If on the full moon day the month of Bhadra one places Srimad Bhagavata on the golden throne and and gives it as a gift. He will attain the supreme transcendental destination. So this is our motto. We will distribute Bhagavatam set or give to your family members or give to Guru Maharaj also on Madra Purnima in Mayapur we all together Gryas the devotees come Congregational community, Brahmachari, Sannasi. We all together we placed 5000 Bhagavatam sets. We will distribute on the end of the Bhadra Purnima. So we need your help and blessings. All of you will come together and together efforts we can compete. The other temples will reach our goal. 5000 Bhagavatam S will distribute. So please take part wherever you are. You can distribute Bhagavatam sevens that book square consent to Guru Maharaj or me. Or you can donate to Bhagavatam Guru Maharaj or donate to in your family members, relatives.

Who or who were buy.

Coke anywhere you have to distribute Bhagavatam sets. Prabhupada said I want that every respectable person has a full set of Bhagavatam and Chaitana Charitamita in his home. So Prabhupada wanted who is condigotis initiated, well wisher or aspiring center whoever please take part this Bhadra Purnima festival by distributing Bhagavatam sets, by donating or encouraging others to distribute Bhagavatam sets. So any support or help you can call me. This is my WhatsApp number +919434760402 repeat again +919434760402 Guru Mahj always encouraged us ordered me to distribute more books so this is the opportunity everybody can take part to distribute more books about Bhagavatam sets. The population.

Those who are going to.

Donate Bhagavatam sets please send your name and Gatras. We will have Pesal Puja and Jagya ceremony on the particular day of Bhadra.

Purnima.

Hare Krishna.

Thank you.

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And.

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