SrI: Dear Mr.Johry : By hitting the wrong button , your mail got approved instead of being rejected . I am therfore removing it from the archives . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pranjal Johry" <pranjal_johry@xxxxxxxxx> To: "01ANGLES" <01angels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 4:20 AM Subject: [Oppiliappan] PERFECTION OF LIFE > > atha me deva sammoham > apakrastum tvam arhasi > yo 'vagraho 'ham mametity > etasmin yojitas tvaya > TRANSLATION > Now be pleased, my Lord, to dispel my great delusion. Due to my feeling of > false ego, I have been engaged by Your maya and have identified myself > with the body and consequent bodily relations. > PURPORT > Maya is the false ego of identifying one's body with one's self and of > claiming things possessed in relationship with the body. In Bhagavadgita, > Fifteenth Chapter, the Lord says, "I am sitting in everyone's heart, and > from Me comes everyone's remembrance and forgetfulness." Devahuti has > stated that false identification of the body with the self and attachment > for bodily possessions are also under the direction of the Lord. Does this > mean that the Lord discriminates by engaging one in His devotional service > and another in sense gratification? If that were true, it would be an > incongruity on the part of the Supreme Lord, but that is not the actual > fact. As soon as the living entity forgets his real constitutional > position of eternal servitorship to the Lord and wants instead to enjoy > himself by sense gratification, he is captured by maya. This capture leads > to the consciousness of false identification with the body and attachment > for the possessions of the > body. These are the activities of maya, and since maya is also an agent of > the Lord, it is indirectly the action of the Lord. The Lord is merciful; > if anyone wants to forget Him and enjoy this material world, He gives him > full facility, not > directly but through the agency of His material potency. Therefore, since > the material potency is the > Lord's energy, indirectly it is the Lord who gives the facility to forget > Him. Devahuti therefore said, "My > engagement in sense gratification was also due to You. Now kindly get me > free from this entanglement." By the grace of the Lord one is allowed to > enjoy this material world, but when one is disgusted with material > enjoyment and is frustrated, and when one sincerely surrenders unto the > lotus feet of the Lord, then the > Lord is so kind that He frees one from entanglement. Krsna says, > therefore, in Bhagavad-gita, "First of all > surrender, and then I will take charge of you and free you from all > reactions of sinful activities." Sinful activities are those activities > performed in forgetfulness of our relationship with the Lord. In this > material world, activities for material enjoyment that are considered > pious are also sinful. For example, one sometimes gives money in charity > to a needy person with a view to get back the money four times increased. > Giving with the purpose of gaining something is called charity in the mode > of passion. Everything done here is done in the modes of material nature, > and therefore all activities but service to the Lord are sinful. Because > of sinful activities we become attracted by the illusion of material > attachment, and we think, "I am this body." I think of the body as myself > and of bodily possessions as "mine." Devahuti requested Lord Kapila to > free her from that entanglement of false identification and false > possession. In asking this, Devahuti is > accepting her son, Kapila, as her guru. He consequently tells her how to > solve all material problems. Material life is nothing but sex attraction. > pumsah striya mithuni-bhavam etam (SB. 5.5.8). Material life means that > men are after women and women are after men. We find this not only in > human society but in bird, dog, cat and demigod society. As soon as people > join to satisfy their sex desire, the attraction becomes greater and > greater. An apartment > is needed for privacy, and then one has to earn a livelihood and acquire > some land. Without children, > married life is frustrated, and of course the children have to be > educated. Thus one becomes entangled in material life by creating so many > situations, but at the time of death Krsna comes and takes away > everything--house, land, wife, children, friends, reputation and whatever. > Then we have to begin another life. It is not that we simply die and > finish everything. We are living eternally; the body is finished, but we > have to accept another body out of the 8,400,000 forms. In this way, our > life is going on, but we are thinking in terms of wife, children, and so > forth. This is all illusion. In any case, we will not be allowed to stay > here, and > although we are attached to all this, everything will be taken away at > death. Whatever post we are occupying--be it president or Lord Brahma--we > are occupying temporarily. We may be here five years, ten > years, one hundred years or five million years. Whatever, our position is > limited. Our position in the > material world is not eternal, but we are eternal Why, then, should we be > illusioned by the noneternal? > By nature we are part and parcel of Krsna, and Krsna is > sac-cid-ananda-vigraha. In order to transcend the > darkness of material life and go to the world of light, we need to > approach a guru. It is for this reason that Devahuti is approaching Lord > Kapiladeva. In the morning, when the sun arises, the darkness of night > immediately goes away. Similarly, when God or His incarnation comes, the > darkness of material life > is dissipated. When Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, came, > Arjuna's illusion was dispelled. He was thinking, "Why should I fight with > my relatives?" Actually the whole world is going on under this > conception of "my" and "mine." There are fights between nations, > societies, communities and families. > People are thinking, "Why are you interfering with my business?" Then > there is a fight. Because of illusion, > we do not consider these situations temporary. On a train, people may > argue and fight over a seat, but one > who knows that he will only be on the train for two or three hours thinks, > "Why should I fight? I shall only > be here for a short while." One person thinks in this way, and the other > person is ready to fight, thinking > that his seat is permanent. No one will be allowed to stay within this > material world; everyone will have to > change his body and position, and as long as one remains here, he will > have to fight and struggle for > existence. This is the way of material life. We may temporarily make some > compromises,but ultimately the > material world is full of misery. We are very much attached to this > material world, but according to the > Vedic system, renunciation is compulsory, for when one reaches the age of > fifty, he renounces his family > life. Nature gives warning, "You are now past fifty. That's all right. You > have fought in this material > world. Now stop this business." Children play on the beach and make houses > out of sand, but after a while > the father comes and says, "Now, my dear children, time is up. Stop this > business and come home." This is > the business of the guru--to teach his disciples detachment. The world is > not our place; our place is Vaikunthaloka. Krsna also comes to remind us > of this. The dharma, or order, of the Supreme Person is to > become His devotee and always think of Him. Krsna says: > man-mana bhava mad-bhakto > mad-yaji mam namaskuru > "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship > Me." (Bg. 9.34) In this way, > Krsna opens the door, but we unfortunately do not accept Him. Krsna tells > Arjuna, "Because you are My > friend, I am revealing to you the most confidential dharma." What is that? > "Simply surrender unto Me." > This is the dharma taught by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and > Krsna's incarnation and His devotee > will teach the same dharma. We are all after happiness, but we do not know > how to enjoy happiness. > We want to enjoy our senses, but it is not possible with these covered > false senses. The senses must be > opened, and that is the process of purification. We are thinking of > ourselves according to so many false > material identifications, but we should take Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's > advice: jivera `svarupa' > haya--krsnera `nitya-dasa.' We must come to understand, "I am the eternal > servant of Krsna." After all, our senses are employed for the satisfaction > of somebody--either for ourselves or for someone else. That is kama, > krodha, lobha and matsara-- illusion. If we are not serving our own lusty > desires (kama), we are serving > anger (krodha). If I am the master of anger, I can control my anger, and > if I am the master of my desires, I can control my desires. In any case, I > am a servant, and my service should be transferred to Krsna. That is the > perfection of life. If we are situated in the transcendental position > (bhakti), we can understand Krsna, Krsna cannot be understood by mental > speculation; otherwise He would have said that He > could be understood by jnana, karma or yoga. However, He clearly says, > bhaktya mam abhijanati: "Only by > devotional service can I be understood." If we want to know Krsna as He > is, we have to accept the process of > bhakti. 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