20241018 - Performing religious ceremony at a fixed hour

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Harsh Na Krishna.

Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Continuation of the second shower. Consideration of secondary rules. Fifth stream. Performing religious ceremony at fixed hour. After waking up at the Brahma Muhurta, think of and decide both the spiritual and physical work that has to be done during the day and night. During the daybreak, after passing stool in specific places that are not against physical rules, clean all the senses such as the face, arms, etc. Bathing in a clear clean water. Wear clothes etc. That are proper. Later, by using one's own caste varana, one should collect the money. Considering the condition of the body. Bathing at midday should worship the Lord and offer tarpana etc. When food and so on is ready, keep a little for all living entities and some for the fallen unworthy and stand in the premise of the house desiring to receive the guests.

Detailing higher activities.

So Bhakti Venutrakhar is detailing the activities performed in the morning. What should be done during the Brahma Muhurt. One gets up at the Brahma Muhurt, the hour hour fastul and take a bath.

We were living in a grass hut.

It reminds me when we were living in a grass hut. So we had a dark hole with some rings and built a. What house did you say, Gurmaj? What? What house?

Outhouse.

Outhouse. To answer nature's call.

White worms would fight with each other.

And the white worms would fight with each other to rise up. And then once it will be up, they will be winning. The king of the pile, the king of the worms. And then they will pull down, someone else would go up. So.

One time drank too much dead rush.

So one time one devotee drank too much Ditros.

He got diarrhea and he got diarrhea. He passed.

He passed.

Then he went.

And then he went to Prabhupada's bathroom.

I got called.

I got called clean it up. So we had someone clean it up.

So of course we have big buildings and.

So now we have big buildings and luxurious ashrams. When I was first living here, we only had the grass hut. So we used to take bath by taking water from a bucket and pour it over our head.

Like 17 hand pumps.

Still in the gurukul they have like 17 hand pumps. And then they take some water from the hand pump and take their bath. This is how we were living in 1972. If you have a guest, feed him carefully. People of On's village are not to be treated as Guests. A guest should be made from another country, unrelated, poor and desirous of eating. Do not explore the caste of the guest. If an innocent Brahmin appears, feed him later. After feeding the pregnant woman, dependents, old people and children. Then one should eat oneself. Eat food facing east and or north. Eat food in a clean pot that is wholesome, pure, untouched by sinners. Do not eat untimely. Think about God after eating. Abandoning laziness. One should engage in activities that are not too much troublesome. While discussing the bona fide scriptures. Spent the last part of the day in the evening. Worship the evening with a buried heart in the evening. Perform Sandhya Vandana in the evening also just like in the noon. Eat the food after feeding the cooked food to the guests. Provide space and bed to the guests for sleeping at night, sleep in a clean and insect free bed with the head facing east or south. If one sleeps facing the west or north, diseases are born. Do not have illicit relationship with women. In brief, it is necessary to say by following in best way all the rules of the body and mind well, with a pure heart. By earning money with special efforts, the householder should feel defeat his dependents, children, elders, guests and destitute people. And maintain his body as much as necessary.

A lot of rules.

So you can see that there are lots of rules for the Grast Ashram.

And by this, everybody practices this.

So if everybody practices this, we don't need the welfare of the government. The government pays salary to welfare workers.

Raise the taxes.

That means the government has to raise the taxes.

By doing this, everyone does. They don't have to pay all the workers.

So by doing this, if everyone does this, then the government can charge low taxes and they don't have to pay the welfare workers.

And always shows what different ashram.

So this seems that this book by Bhakti Vinod Thakur shows in one place what the different ashrams do. The lift doesn't work. So tomorrow I'm supposed to give class.

Some disciples will lift me or somehow get down.

So I'll go down by the stairway. Some disciples will lift me or somehow go down.

And.

I started 10 or 15 minutes we can get down.

My secretary told me that in 10 to 15 minutes we can get down.

Apparently rats eat the wires.

Apparently the rats they eat the wires.

That created a short circuit.

That has created a short circuit.

And went out the motherboard and burnt.

Out the motherboard of the. Of the left earth.

Any advice?

Any advice? Maybe Gurmaj. They said they all will pray for that. Okay. Should do daily duties to be performed without disturbance. The rules which are observed in the Aanika Tattva cannot be completely followed in the society today. The way the foreign politics and customs have prevailed, it is difficult to observe the old rules in the present. National work is usually done in the middle day of the work, and therefore it is necessary to eat first and then do the activities such as earning money. In particular, health policies in India have also changed over time. Therefore, to eat after long time, taking bath three times a day and not to be awake at night cannot be done. The main purport of Maharishis is that the bodily activities such as eating dealings, bathing, sleeping, etc. Are to be performed smoothly without sin and without disturbance. Therefore, the residents of Ashrama should consider their own situation and continue to perform anika work with due faith on the path of decreasing attachment. Nivriti Para Note so Quotation from Srimad Bhagavatam According to the Vedas there are two kinds of activities, pravriti and nivriti. Pravritti activities involve raising oneself from the lower to a higher condition of materialistic life, whereas nivritti means the cessation of material desire. Through pravriti activities one suffers from material entanglement, but by nivritti activity one is purified and becomes fit to enjoy eternal blissful life. The ritualistic ceremonies and sacrifices known as Agnihota Yajna, Dasha, Yagya, Poorna, Mahasayagna, Chaturmasayagna, Pashu Yagya, and Soma Yagya are all symptomized by the killing of animals and burning of many valuables, especially food grains, all for the fulfillment of material desires and the creation of anxiety. Performing such sacrifices, worshipping Vaishvadeva and performing the ceremony of Bali Harana, which which is supposedly constitute the goal of life, as well as constructing temples for demigods, building resting houses and gardens, digging wells for the distribution of water, establishing booths for the distribution of food, and performing activities for public welfare. These are all symptomized by attachment to material desires. Quoted From Srimad Bhagavatam 7.15.47 49 so.

Some of these things are done for Krishna.

Some of the some of these things, if they are done for Krishna, then they are new Vritti mark.

Material fulfillment of material desires.

The original they are done for the fulfillment of material desires, then they are Pravriti.

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So I went 6km from our Ekachakra temple.

It is a famous place of Kali.

Worship It's a famous place of Kali worship.

I. But I went there one day But.

I went there one day because.

I understand that all the daegas or demigods are actually Vaishnava.

Because I understand all the demigods or devas are Vaishnava devotees of the Lord.

The Sahara. Here he no longer what he originally showed as his temple and he was.

So there was a Shadu who is no longer here. He establishes temples. So he is the worshipper of Kali. So in the temple there was a heavy vibration.

I was on to the chorus.

I bowed down to the Goddess.

And I could relate with her, you know, she was a Vicky Ashley.

So I bowed down with my right side and I could relate with her even though she was ghastly. So the other devotees, new devotees for them it was very bad. It looked very bad. In Calcutta they have a place called Kali Ghat. It's a special place, Shaktipita, where the thump of Kali dropped in the temple. They have Radha and Krishna deity on the side. And the main deity of the temple is Kali. So they would give Kali the Radhakrishna prasadam.

They would also kill goats.

They would also kill goats and offer the goat meat to Kali. But Lord Shiva is a vegetarian. She only eats the prasadam of Shiva because he is her husband.

Associates are calling eat the meat.

All the goats, ghosts, the associates of Kali, they would eat the meat.

As far as it goes, Prashad.

So if anyone gets the meat, it's actually Ghost Prasad.

Vaishnavas only do their activities for the pleasure of ka.

So Vaishnavas only do their activity for the pleasure of ka. Various daily activities. All the rules, all the first, the rules, the rules for the body, rules for the mind, social rules, rules for the next life shall be observed in the Arnika work. It is always obligatory. The Aanic rule means you'll do the Aanic for the twice initiated. You do the Gayathri morning, noon and evening. It is always obligatory to observe bodily rules such as getting up early in the morning, doing the work befitting the reforms of the body, bathing, eating at the proper time, eating healthy and nutritious food, giving strength, drinking clean water, traveling, wearing clean clothes and not sleeping for more than nine hours, three per hour. A duration of time comprising three hours. So Prahara is where they have Kirtan Yajnas. What Samhara is one day doing it. Ashtam Prahara is called one day. It's one day. So at that time they used to have 72 hours. Kirtan I don't know. I'm not good at maths.

Eight Braharas one day.

That means 16162024 Praharas 24 Praharas 2020. Okay. Three days now. Should always observe the rules of the mind as such, as much as necessary through various subjects of education such as thoughts of daily activities, studies of meditation, learning, the consideration of subject science, geography, astronomy, history, geometry, mathematics, literature, zoology, chemistry, medicine, physics and the movement of tattva of the living entities.

So this is the education of the mind Various subject.

So it is the education so this is the education of mind of various subjects.

So we have education for the human beings they can use this knowledge to engage in so we have education.

So we have the knowledge for human education for the human being. So they can use this knowledge for what? Gurmaj. Last part. Last part. They can use the knowledge for. For the occupational duty. Okay. Third, by the activities of earning wealth righteously, maintaining the family as best as possible, doing social activities as necessary and taking care as much as possible in the development of the world etc. One should perform AANIC activities every day so.

Preach how the society to advance.

If we are Ka conscious we can help preach and the society to advance by performing the activities meant for the next world such as Sandhya, Vandana and so on. Should perform aanic work for the next world. Most of the work is arnic Performing daily activities at fixed hour. Some works are fortnightly, some are monthly, some are semiannual, some are annual, some are irregular. Nithya Karma Every day daily constant obligatory activities itself is aanic. Some of the naimatika, occasional ritualist, occasional ritualistic activities are regular and some are irregular. The householder's life should always be pious and sinless. So far the system of pious life has been discussed and shown. Let us now discuss the main cardinal sins with the intention of teaching sinlessness. It's not that if one is in the Grihast Ashram they don't have to do anything.

More rules for the Grihastas Actually there.

Are more activities more rules for the.

Grihasthas Although their life is pure and.

Sinless so that their life is pure and sinless.

Allowed to have procreation.

Grihastas are allowed to have procreation.

And all their activities they do. They have regular fortnightly. They have a gauze rug so all.

Their activities they'll do it regularly fortnightly. We have a Kadashi with us. It is 8:30 right now.

8:29.

Okay. Okay. We'll do as you say, Guru Maharaj. Theft, violence, speaking lies, duplicity, lust, anger, perplexity, pride, quarreling, enmity, faithlessness, envy and the dangers caused by women. Gambling and intoxication are the 15 undesirable qualities that contaminate men because of greed for wealth. Although these qualities are undesirable, men falsely ascribe value to them. One desiring to achieve real benefit of life should therefore remain aloof from undesirable material wealth. Srimad Bhagavatam 11:23 18:19. I said that already. Srimad BhagavaTam 11.23 18-19 stop.

These are things we should not do.

So these are things that we should not do. Illicit sex, gambling, intoxication. We also don't eat meat, fish and eggs. Meat, fish and eggs.

Some people run lies.

So some people they spread lies, duplicates. They have lust and anger. So.

All these things are to be avoided.

So all these things are to be avoided.

We can stop by chanting, chanting Hare Krishna.

All these things. We can stop by chanting Hare Krishna.

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