The Meaning of Sarva-Dharmān-Parityajya
We are not these bodies. Kṛṣṇa doesn’t speak for Indians, He speaks for the world. When He says human life is meant for self-realization, He means anybody in human form.
We are not these bodies. Kṛṣṇa doesn’t speak for Indians, He speaks for the world. When He says human life is meant for self-realization, He means anybody in human form.
Morality is very important, but it has its place. And the general tendency is that most will overplace it. But the devotional society is based on the brahminical culture, which is the Vedic paradigm.
Moving into the temple is for one’s training and development. You can continue like that, or you can do it for some time, and then continue in the community.
If it is accepted that Kṛṣṇa made the nature, not us, then it just makes it so much easier. You figure out what you do, and then you know where your strengths are and your weaknesses are. And then others also know.
We are just being asked to do what they do in the spiritual world. For them, because of their attachment to Kṛṣṇa that particular form and situation is manifest, while for us that has come because of our conditioned mentality. But the principle is the same.
Religion is not a matter of faith, religion is the laws of God. So, the living entity is the eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. Without being servant you don’t accomplish anything.
Lord does everything that you want out of His affection for you. He will wait forever for you to come back. That is called someone who has serious affection.
Excerpts from various lectures of His Holiness Bhaktividyā Pūrṇa Svāmī on the origin and fall of jīva.