KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 2.10.32 TODAY (3/6/22):
- Illusioned by the material nature, the living entity identifies with false ego. More clearly, when the living entity is entrapped by the material body, he at once identifies with the bodily relationships, forgetting his own identity as spirit soul.
- This false ego associates with different modes of material nature, and thus the senses become attached to the modes of material nature.
- Mind is the instrument for feeling different material experiences, but intelligence is deliberative and can change everything for the better.
- The intelligent person, therefore, can attain salvation from the illusion of material existence by proper use of intelligence.
- An intelligent person can detect the awkward position of material existence and thus begin to inquire as to what he is, why he is subjected to different kinds of miseries, and how to get rid of all miseries, and thus, by good association, an advanced intelligent person can turn towards the better life of self-realization.
- It is advised, therefore, that an intelligent person associate with the great sages and saints who are on the path of salvation.
- By such association, one can receive instructions which are able to slacken the conditioned soul’s attachment for matter, and thus the intelligent man gradually gets rid of the illusion of matter and false ego and is promoted to the real life of eternity, knowledge and bliss.
- Srila Prabhupada: We must philosophically and scientifically understand God and His law. That is the perfection of knowledge
- Hayagriva dasa: Many of the Indian sects are successful in America because their leaders do not impose any restrictions.
- Srila Prabhupada: They have no conception of God. They come for some material profit, and this is revealed in the course of time.
- Hayagriva dasa: Bacon also believed in the divine right of kings, maintaining that the king is empowered by God to make laws. He also felt that a national church could best provide for the people’s spiritual needs.
- Srila Prabhupada: Therefore it is necessary that the king be so trained as not to misuse his power. According to the Vedic system, the king was educated to abide by the instructions of saintly persons, brahmanas. The brahmanas would advise, and the king would follow their desire. If a king misuses his power, he is good for nothing. His monarchy will be abolished, and the people will replace it with something else.
- Being part and parcel of God, we have a particular function. If we fulfill that function, there is harmony. If we do not, there is disharmony. The law of nature means working in harmony with the desire of God.
SB 2.10.32 Translation:
The sense organs are attached to the modes of material nature, and the modes of material nature are products of the false ego. The mind is subjected to all kinds of material experiences (happiness and distress), and the intelligence is the feature of the mind’s deliberation.
Illusioned by the material nature, the living entity identifies with false ego. More clearly, when the living entity is entrapped by the material body, he at once identifies with the bodily relationships, forgetting his own identity as spirit soul. This false ego associates with different modes of material nature, and thus the senses become attached to the modes of material nature. Mind is the instrument for feeling different material experiences, but intelligence is deliberative and can change everything for the better. The intelligent person, therefore, can attain salvation from the illusion of material existence by proper use of intelligence. An intelligent person can detect the awkward position of material existence and thus begin to inquire as to what he is, why he is subjected to different kinds of miseries, and how to get rid of all miseries, and thus, by good association, an advanced intelligent person can turn towards the better life of self-realization. It is advised, therefore, that an intelligent person associate with the great sages and saints who are on the path of salvation. By such association, one can receive instructions which are able to slacken the conditioned soul’s attachment for matter, and thus the intelligent man gradually gets rid of the illusion of matter and false ego and is promoted to the real life of eternity, knowledge and bliss.
“Misery likes company”
Inferior spiritual energy – matter
Superior spiritual energy – Soul
Caveat
Stupefied
Unwittingly – unintelligently, without being aware
Omniscience – State of knowing
Congregation –
Dialectic Spiritualism –
Srila Prabhupada: Real religion comes directly from God because religion is the law of God. Therefore we must philosophically and scientifically understand God and His law. That is the perfection of knowledge.
Penance – Chant, Dance, Feast, Class and Arti
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Srila Prabhupada: Why should we remain superstitious? Why not introduce education whereby everyone can understand God and His nature? We are trying to establish such an institution with this Kg;Q.a consciousness movement. If the government participates and cooperates, the masses of people can understand this science of God and benefit.
Hayagriva dasa: Bacon distinguished between sects and religions. Sects change, but true religion “is built upon the rock; the rest are tossed on the waves of time …. “
Srila Prabhupada: Real religion comes directly from God because religion is the law of God. Therefore we must philosophically and scientifically understand God and His law. That is the perfection of knowledge.
Hayagriva dasa: Many of the Indian sects are successful in America because their leaders do not impose any restrictions.
Srila Prabhupada: They have no conception of God. They come for some material profit, and this is revealed in the course of time. Hayagriva dasa: Bacon also believed in the divine right of kings, maintaining that the king is empowered by God to make laws. He also felt that a national church could best provide for the people’s spiritual needs.
Srila Prabhupada: Therefore it is necessary that the king be so trained as not to misuse his power. According to the Vedic system, the king was educated to abide by the instructions of saintly persons, brahma7J-as. The brahma7J-as would advise, and the king would follow their desire. If a king misuses his power, he is good for nothing. His monarchy will be abolished, and the people will replace it with something else.
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Srila Prabhupada: Certainly. By definition, God has full knowledge of everything. Kp;n).a says: vedaharh samatitani vartamanani carjuna bhavi�yiil’}i ca bhutani marh tu veda na kascana “0 Arjuna, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows.” (Bg. 7.26) Kr�?J).a also told Arjuna that millions of years ago He instructed the sun god in the philosophy of Bhagavad-gfta. Kr!?J).a also points out that Arjuna took birth with Him, but that Arjuna had forgotten. Kr�?J).a knows everything. That is the meaning of omniscience.
Srila Prabhupada: We should understand what is the best experience. For instance, we consider Manu to be the authority on political and social affairs. Manur ik�vakave’bravft (Bg. 4.1). Manu instructed his son lk�?viiku. If this depends on experience, we should accept perfect, unadulterated experience.
Best experience – learning from a bonafide Guru .. you don’t have to engage in illicit activities to understand what it means to be in illicit activities. You just have to hear from the Bonafide authorities and understand and follow the Laws of Nature..
First class – hear and understand
Second class – hear and see
Third class – hear, see and do
Fourth class – hear, see, do and continue to do
We want to be First class..
Srila Prabhupada: And what is that harmony? Perfect harmony is in knowing that we are part and parcel of God. In this body, there are different parts, and each part has a particular function. When each part performs its function, the body is harmonious. The hand is meant for touching, lifting, and grasping, but if the hand says, “I shall walk,” there is disharmony. Being part and parcel of God, we have a particular function. If we fulfill that function, there is harmony. If we do not, there is disharmony. The law of nature means working in harmony with the desire of God.
Congregation – Come together on the same understanding to cooperate.
Cooperation – is a symptom of spiritual world
Large group of people cooperating together in service of Krsna is a transcendental
Laws of nature – should be learnt when very young..so one does not become a stupid rest of your life.
Many people they seem to be great and successful but they are the stupidest in the world – Example – Harvey Weinstein – Stupidest people in the world.
Geoffrey epstein
According to Laws of nature – Go up and come down like a ferris wheel.
”This material nature is working under My direction, 0 son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again. ” (Bg. 9. 10) Under Kr�va’s superintendence, everything is functioning in harmony. Events do not happen blindly. In any organization, there is a supreme authority under whose orders everything moves in harmony. Harmony means that there must be some supreme superintendent. It is generally said that obedience is the first law of discipline. There cannot be harmony without obedience.