KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 2.7.51 & 52:
- The Bhāgavatam in a nutshell, spoken by the Personality of Godhead in about half a dozen verses, is the science of God, and it is the potent representation of the Personality of Godhead.
- Brahmājī received this science of Godhead from the Lord directly, and he handed over the same to Nārada, who in his turn ordered Śrīla Vyāsadeva to expand it.
- So the transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Lord is not mental speculation by the mundane wranglers, but is uncontaminated, eternal, perfect knowledge beyond the jurisdiction of material modes.
- The Bhāgavata Purāṇa is the direct incarnation of the Lord in the form of transcendental sound, and one should receive this transcendental knowledge from the bona fide representative of the Lord in the chain of disciplic succession from the Lord to Brahmājī, from Brahmājī to Nārada, from Nārada to Vyāsa, from Vyāsadeva to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, from Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Sūta Gosvāmī.
- By placing King Parīkṣit in an awkward position, the incarnation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was created by the will of the Lord.
- Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless sound representation of all Vedic knowledge and history.
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam should be worshiped as respectfully as we worship the Lord. Thereby we can derive the ultimate blessings of the Lord through its careful and patient study.
- We can have all the transcendental light of the Supreme Brahman, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, from the recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, provided it is received through the medium of the transparent spiritual master.
- Person Bhāgavatam is the self-realized bona fide spiritual master, and through him only can one understand the lessons of Bhāgavatam in order to receive the desired result.
- One can derive from the study of the Bhāgavatam all benefits that are possible to be derived from the personal presence of the Lord. It carries with it all the transcendental blessings of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa that we can expect from His personal contact.
- Unless one hears the science of Godhead from the bona fide representative of the disciplic succession, for one to understand the theme of the science of Godhead will be a difficult job.
- It should never be heard from the professional Bhāgavatam reciters who earn their livelihood by gratifying the senses of the audience.
- If a devotee is not intelligent enough to make progress on the path of self-realization but is sincere and devoted to the activities of devotional service, the Lord gives him a chance to make progress and ultimately attain to Him.
- But even if a devotee does not take advantage of their literatures or of his spiritual master, if he is sincere in his devotional service he is helped by Kṛṣṇa Himself within his heart. So the sincere devotee engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be without knowledge. The only qualification is that one carry out devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
- No conditioned soul actually knows what is to be done and what is not to be done, but a person who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is free to act because everything is prompted by Kṛṣṇa from within and confirmed by the spiritual master.
- Krsna helps us from within as Caitya Guru and He expands Himself externally as Siksa Guru (as instructor) and diksa Guru (initiator). So the principle is that whatever you are instructed by the Caitya Guru internally may be confirmed by the instructor or initiator externally. Then your progress will be complete.
- Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the philosophy of devotional service and the scientific presentation of man’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- The ultimate goal of life is not to pass a life of irresponsibility like the animals and indulge in a polished way in the four animal principles, namely eating, sleeping, fearing and mating. For such a blind human society in the darkness of ignorance,
- Everyone is hankering after happiness in life, but in this age the members of human society, blind as they are, do not have the proper vision that the Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all happiness because He is the ultimate source of everything (janmādy asya yataḥ).
- Happiness in complete perfection without hindrance can be achieved only by our devotional relationship with Him. And it is only by His association that we can get free of distressful material existence.
SB 2.7.51 – 11/08/21
O Nārada, this science of God, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, was spoken to me in summary by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it was spoken as the accumulation of His diverse potencies. Please expand this science yourself.
ŚB 2.7.52 – 11/08/21
Please describe the science of Godhead with determination and in a manner by which it will be quite possible for the human being to develop transcendental devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Hari, the Supersoul of every living being and the summum bonum source of all energies.
The Bhāgavatam in a nutshell, spoken by the Personality of Godhead in about half a dozen verses, which will appear ahead, is the science of God, and it is the potent representation of the Personality of Godhead. He, being absolute, is non different from the science of God, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Brahmājī received this science of Godhead from the Lord directly, and he handed over the same to Nārada, who in his turn ordered Śrīla Vyāsadeva to expand it. So the transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Lord is not mental speculation by the mundane wranglers, but is uncontaminated, eternal, perfect knowledge beyond the jurisdiction of material modes.
BOOK INCARNATION OF THE LORD –
The Bhāgavata Purāṇa is therefore the direct incarnation of the Lord in the form of transcendental sound, and one should receive this transcendental knowledge from the bona fide representative of the Lord in the chain of disciplic succession from the Lord to Brahmājī, from Brahmājī to Nārada, from Nārada to Vyāsa, from Vyāsadeva to Śukadeva Gosvāmī, from Śukadeva Gosvāmī to Sūta Gosvāmī.
SB 1.3.28 (Science of God, Krsna is the original personality of Godhead)
All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.
This is a big science. This science is not in Islam, Judaism,… Only to little extent it is said in the Christianity.. As there is a messenger of the God a person..
The information about the lord is only there in SB and in very great detail.
SB 1.3.40 (SB is Literary Incarnation of God)
This Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the literary incarnation of God, and it is compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva, the incarnation of God. It is meant for the ultimate good of all people, and it is all-successful, all-blissful and all-perfect.
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless sound representation of all Vedic knowledge and history. There are selected histories of great devotees who are in direct contact with the Personality of Godhead. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the literary incarnation of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and is therefore nondifferent from Him. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam should be worshiped as respectfully as we worship the Lord.
In all Muslim countries, the Hindus should not have deities, instead they should worship Srimad Bhagavatam. They should read Quran and also Srimad Bhagavatam. Sanatana Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Haridas Thakur were muslims. Haridas Thakur was born Muslim and rest of them were not. They knew parsi. They were able to convince the muslim leaders at that time to help build the temple in Vrindavan.. Therefore if you are going to deal with people you have to know what they believe. Muslims have been in India 800 years, You have to understand what they believe.
Thereby we can derive the ultimate blessings of the Lord through its careful and patient study. As God is all light, all bliss and all perfection, so also is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. We can have all the transcendental light of the Supreme Brahman, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, from the recitation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, provided it is received through the medium of the transparent spiritual master. Lord Caitanya’s private secretary Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī advised all intending visitors who came to see the Lord at Purī to make a study of the Bhāgavatam from the person Bhāgavatam. Person Bhāgavatam is the self-realized bona fide spiritual master, and through him only can one understand the lessons of Bhāgavatam in order to receive the desired result. One can derive from the study of the Bhāgavatam all benefits that are possible to be derived from the personal presence of the Lord. It carries with it all the transcendental blessings of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa that we can expect from His personal contact.
SB 1.18.31 (BG is the sound representative, SB is the literary incarnation)
By placing Arjuna and the Pāṇḍavas in frustration due to the intrigue of their cousin-brothers, the prelude of the Battle of Kurukṣetra was created by the Lord. This was to incarnate the sound representative of the Lord, Bhagavad-gītā. So by placing King Parīkṣit in an awkward position, the incarnation of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was created by the will of the Lord. Being distressed by hunger and thirst was only a show, because the King endured much, even in the womb of his mother. He was never disturbed by the glaring heat of the brahmāstra released by Aśvatthāmā. The King’s distressed condition was certainly unprecedented. The devotees like Mahārāja Parīkṣit are powerful enough to forbear such distresses, by the will of the Lord, and they are never disturbed. The situation, in this case, was therefore all planned by the Lord.
Scriptures are not books they are incarnations of Krsna. Muslims also consider quran as not only sacred, they will burn somebody if they defile Quran..
The ripened fruit of the Vedic tree drops from one hand to another without being broken by falling suddenly from a high branch down to the earth. Therefore unless one hears the science of Godhead from the bona fide representative of the disciplic succession, as above mentioned, for one to understand the theme of the science of Godhead will be a difficult job.
Hearing is emphasized here more than reading. By reading you can come up with many false conclusions by reading SB. But If you hear it from genuine devotees and you ask questions, you can clear any doubts in your mind and end up with a correct understanding of SB and BG.
SP was in Nellore and the hosts wanted to hear about Radha & Krishna they said – We want you to tell us tonight about Radha and Krsna. You are Maha Bhagavat.. Describe Their past times. SP said He does not know. He said so because they wanted to titillate their senses by hearing those past times. They were not qualified. They wanted sense gratification. One has to be trained in the science of Krsna by reading all the first 9 cantos of SB before one hears or reads the 10th canto of SB which describe the transcendental loving affairs of the Lord. Atmavan manyate jagat.. One will project one’s own mundane concept of sex, become agitated and contaminated by it. One will not get purified by it.
One will purify their senses by hearing SB from pure devotee..
It should never be heard from the professional Bhāgavatam reciters who earn their livelihood by gratifying the senses of the audience.
So we see how Krsna Himself refers to SB as the science of Godhead. We need to understand the real meaning of science.
True meaning of science – Science is the truth that is true in all places, all times and in all circumstances.
Philosophy of devotional service is Pure devotion performed without any mixed motives.
If you mix Clorox with Vinegar and you will die right away! Chlorine gas is produced and people will die. People die every year because of this.
Knowledge is strength and ignorance is misery.
ŚB 2.7.52 (Narada was instructed by his spiritual master to take the matter very seriously in a missionary spirit)
Please describe the science of Godhead with determination and in a manner by which it will be quite possible for the human being to develop transcendental devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead Hari, the Supersoul of every living being and the summum bonum source of all energies.
This verse is telling us that if you engage in devotional service without any material desire simply to please Krsna.. You should have understood BG, SB, the real purport of Vedas. SP explain in BG 10. 10, 11
BG 10.10 (Lord gives a change to one who is not able to make progress if they are sincere and devoted to the activities of Devotional service)
A person may have a bona fide spiritual master and may be attached to a spiritual organization, but if he is still not intelligent enough to make progress, then Kṛṣṇa from within gives him instructions so that he may ultimately come to Him without difficulty. The qualification is that a person always engage himself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and with love and devotion render all kinds of services. He should perform some sort of work for Kṛṣṇa, and that work should be with love. If a devotee is not intelligent enough to make progress on the path of self-realization but is sincere and devoted to the activities of devotional service, the Lord gives him a chance to make progress and ultimately attain to Him.
BG 10.11 (Dev service is the qualification to receive knowledge)
But even if a devotee does not take advantage of their literatures or of his spiritual master, if he is sincere in his devotional service he is helped by Kṛṣṇa Himself within his heart. So the sincere devotee engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be without knowledge. The only qualification is that one carry out devotional service in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
If you come to the level of pure devotional service with love and affection for Krsna.. Whether you are knowledgeable or not knowledgeable whether you are taking advantage of vedic knowledge or not doing it. As long as you are doing pure devotional service, Krishna will accept you and Krishna will instruct you from within (Paramatama), according to BG 18.58 verse it should be validated by the bonafide spiritual master without.
BG 18.58 (Prompted from within by Krsna and confirmed by the spiritual master)
No conditioned soul actually knows what is to be done and what is not to be done, but a person who acts in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is free to act because everything is prompted by Kṛṣṇa from within and confirmed by the spiritual master.
SB 1.7.5 (From within and without)
Within the heart of every living being the Lord Himself as the Supersoul (Paramātmā) becomes the spiritual master, and from without He becomes the spiritual master in the shape of scriptures, saints and the initiator spiritual master.
Letter to Sivananda May 21, 1969 (Siksha and Diksha gurus without)
He helps us from within as Caitya Guru and He expands Himself externally as Siksa Guru (as instructor) and diksa Guru (initiator). So the principle is that whatever you are instructed by the Caitya Guru internally may be confirmed by the instructor or initiator externally. Then your progress will be complete. Hope this will find you in good health. Thanking you once more.
DEVIL SPOKE VERSES TO MOHAMMED in QURAN, This raises a doubt in the validity of the quoran, Whatever is there in Quran samething is in the Tora,, Tora also depicts God as being mean.. Tora says God makes mistakes also.. Are these words spoken by God ? Did it ever say Krsna make a mistake. If he makes a mistake how can He be a God.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the philosophy of devotional service and the scientific presentation of man’s relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Prior to the Age of Kali there was no need for such a book of knowledge to know the Lord and His energies, but with the beginning of the Age of Kali human society gradually became influenced by four sinful principles, namely illegitimate connection with women, intoxication, gambling and unnecessary killing of animals. Because of these basic sinful acts, man gradually became forgetful of his eternal relation with God. Therefore man became blind, so to speak, to his ultimate goal of life. The ultimate goal of life is not to pass a life of irresponsibility like the animals and indulge in a polished way in the four animal principles, namely eating, sleeping, fearing and mating. For such a blind human society in the darkness of ignorance, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the torchlight to see things in proper perspective. Therefore it was necessary to describe the science of God from the very beginning, or from the very birth of the phenomenal world.
As we have already explained, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is so scientifically presented that any sincere student of this great science will be able to understand the science of God simply by reading it with attention or simply by regularly hearing it from the bona fide speaker. Everyone is hankering after happiness in life, but in this age the members of human society, blind as they are, do not have the proper vision that the Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all happiness because He is the ultimate source of everything (janmādy asya yataḥ). Happiness in complete perfection without hindrance can be achieved only by our devotional relationship with Him. And it is only by His association that we can get free of distressful material existence. Even those who are after the enjoyment of this material world can also take shelter of the great science of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and they will be successful at the end. Nārada is therefore requested or ordered by his spiritual master to present this science with determination and in good plan. Nārada was never advised to preach the principles of Bhāgavatam to earn a livelihood; he was ordered by his spiritual master to take the matter very seriously in a missionary spirit.
SB was spoken to Brahma, Brahma to Narada, Narada to Vyasdeva, Vyasdeva to Sukhdev Goswami.. Sukh dev Goswami heard the nutshell verses but he expanded it..
Worshipping of SB is the deity worship.. It is an alternate way of doing deity worship. You have to ritually offer worship to SB and above all hear it. You have to get along with Muslims,, goswamis were speaking, Urdu, Hindi, Parsi, Sanskrit. They were highly educated and they were able to get along with all kinds of people. Everybody liked them, they are extremely renounced.. If you drive around big cars, big houses and gold chains.. How did he get things, he has to be a sadhu and not a vishayi..