KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING BHAGAVATAM CLASS ON SB 2.7.46 TODAY (10/31/21):
- In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66) the Lord asked Arjuna to surrender unto Him, and persons unwilling to do so question where God is and to whom they should surrender.
- The answer is – The Personality of Godhead may not be present before one’s eyes, but if one is sincere in wanting such guidance the Lord will send a bona fide person who can guide one properly back home, back to Godhead.
- There is no need of material qualifications for making progress on the path of spiritual realization.
- BG 9.32 (everyone has a chance) – O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] – can attain the supreme destination.
- In the devotional service of the Lord the only qualification required is surrender. Surrendering oneself is in one’s own hand. If one likes, he can surrender immediately, without delay, and that begins his spiritual life.
- The association of those born in sinful families is not accepted by the higher classes. But the process of devotional service is so strong that the pure devotee of the Supreme Lord can enable people of all the lower classes to attain the highest perfection of life.
- This is possible only when one takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa. The word vyapāśritya means – one has to take shelter completely of Kṛṣṇa. Then one can become much greater than great jñānīs and yogīs.
- The bona fide representative of God is as good as God Himself. Or, in other words, the loving representative of the Lord is more kind and more easy to approach.
- A sinful soul cannot approach the Lord directly, but such a sinful man can very easily approach a pure devotee of the Lord.
- If one agrees to put himself under the guidance of such a devotee of the Lord, he can also understand the science of God and can also become like the transcendental pure devotee of the Lord and thus get his liberation back to Godhead, back home for eternal happiness.
- So realization of the science of Godhead and relief from the unnecessary, useless struggle for existence are not at all difficult for the willing candidate.
- But they are very difficult for persons who are not surrendered souls but only simple, profitless speculators.
- A person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness acts according to the concept of the material body and senses, but a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness acts according to the knowledge that the body is the property of Kṛṣṇa and should therefore be engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa.
SB 2.7.46 TRANSLATION:
Surrendered souls, even from groups leading sinful lives, such as women, the laborer class, the mountaineers and the Siberians, or even the birds and beasts, can also know about the science of Godhead and become liberated from the clutches of the illusory energy by surrendering unto the pure devotees of the Lord and by following in their footsteps in devotional service.
Sometimes there are inquiries as to how one can surrender unto the Supreme Lord. In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.66) the Lord asked Arjuna to surrender unto Him, and therefore persons unwilling to do so question where God is and to whom they should surrender. The answer to such questions or inquiries is given herein very properly. The Personality of Godhead may not be present before one’s eyes, but if one is sincere in wanting such guidance the Lord will send a bona fide person who can guide one properly back home, back to Godhead. There is no need of material qualifications for making progress on the path of spiritual realization. In the material world, when one accepts some particular type of service, he is required to possess some particular type of qualification also. Without this one is unfit for such service. But in the devotional service of the Lord the only qualification required is surrender. Surrendering oneself is in one’s own hand. If one likes, he can surrender immediately, without delay, and that begins his spiritual life. The bona fide representative of God is as good as God Himself. Or, in other words, the loving representative of the Lord is more kind and more easy to approach. A sinful soul cannot approach the Lord directly, but such a sinful man can very easily approach a pure devotee of the Lord. And if one agrees to put himself under the guidance of such a devotee of the Lord, he can also understand the science of God and can also become like the transcendental pure devotee of the Lord and thus get his liberation back to Godhead, back home for eternal happiness.
So realization of the science of Godhead and relief from the unnecessary, useless struggle for existence are not at all difficult for the willing candidate. But they are very difficult for persons who are not surrendered souls but only simple, profitless speculators.
It gives hope to everybody, it does not exclude anyone. The preexisting ideas in the mind will trigger a false or negative thoughts
Women when they read this they dont like it. As they are tainted by the false conception of feminism.
Chip on your shoulder.. Elementary school – false concepts.. to have an angry or unpleasant attitude or way of behaving caused by a belief that one has been treated unfairly in the past
How you do things is culture.
Sleep is ignorance.. The more time you are in ignorance then it is hard to get out of it..
If you get trapped in the eating , sleeping, mating and defending? Then you will not have time and also desire for KC.
Siberians, or even the birds and beasts – all of them can get liberated.
BG 9.32 (everyone has a chance)
O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth – women, vaiśyas [merchants] and śūdras [workers] – can attain the supreme destination.
There is nothing wrong with this verse, but due to False education and prejudices people find faults in it.
Pre existing ideas that are planted in mind – teachers, politicians,
Devotee should not involve in politics..politics created hatred, enemies, animosity.
When in doubt ask your siksha and disksha gurus.
Any idea that one gets has to be validated and checked with
False ideas are being propagated – social media, movies, TV shows, …
Inorder to be part of the social group – or not get ostricized kids succumb.
Even the worst people can become the best – the secret is – association of pure devotees.
Good Association, good gurus, good activities – stepping stones for success.
If you get a false idea in your mind that can ruin your life.
Who you are is defined by what you let into the 9 wholes in your body.
The more the junk you put into to the body it spoils your blood.
We have to be careful about what goes in our eyes and the ears.
Bad association – your friendly Neighbors putting their trash into the house. After sometime you have to move out of the house.
Trolling in the internet – manipulation..
It is clearly declared here by the Supreme Lord that in devotional service there is no distinction between the lower and higher classes of people. In the material conception of life there are such divisions, but for a person engaged in transcendental devotional service to the Lord there are not. Everyone is eligible for the supreme destination. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (2.4.18) it is stated that even the lowest, who are called caṇḍālas (dog-eaters), can be purified by association with a pure devotee. Therefore devotional service and the guidance of a pure devotee are so strong that there is no discrimination between the lower and higher classes of men; anyone can take to it. The most simple man taking shelter of the pure devotee can be purified by proper guidance. According to the different modes of material nature, men are classified in the mode of goodness (brāhmaṇas), the mode of passion (kṣatriyas, or administrators), the mixed modes of passion and ignorance (vaiśyas, or merchants), and the mode of ignorance (śūdras, or workers). Those lower than them are called caṇḍālas, and they are born in sinful families. Generally, the association of those born in sinful families is not accepted by the higher classes. But the process of devotional service is so strong that the pure devotee of the Supreme Lord can enable people of all the lower classes to attain the highest perfection of life. This is possible only when one takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa. As indicated here by the word vyapāśritya, one has to take shelter completely of Kṛṣṇa. Then one can become much greater than great jñānīs and yogīs.
Material life puts you in anxiety. In Internet kids are put through the anxiety by the trolls.
Without knowledge of Krsna one will remain in struggle for existence.
Pushing for academic excellence – can ruin a kid
What ruin kids – Internet, Social groups,
Therefore it is very important to know what is real education.
BG 5.10
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.
In the Īśopaniṣad it is said that everything is related to the Supreme Brahman, or Kṛṣṇa, and thus everything belongs to Him only. One who knows perfectly well that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa, that He is the proprietor of everything and that, therefore, everything is engaged in the service of the Lord, naturally has nothing to do with the results of his activities, whether virtuous or sinful. Even one’s material body, being a gift of the Lord for carrying out a particular type of action, can be engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is then beyond contamination by sinful reactions, exactly as the lotus leaf, though remaining in the water, is not wet. The Lord also says in the Gītā (3.30), mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasya: “Resign all works unto Me [Kṛṣṇa].” The conclusion is that a person without Kṛṣṇa consciousness acts according to the concept of the material body and senses, but a person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness acts according to the knowledge that the body is the property of Kṛṣṇa and should therefore be engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa.