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31 March 2024 Never Forgetting Krsna Speaker: HG Dharmaraj prabhu Hare Krsna. In Treta Yuga, Valmiki Muni was discussing with Narada Muni about the opulence of Sri Ayodhya Dham, how nobody goes starving in Sri Ayodhya Dham. And then Narda Muni instructed Valmiki Muni, as his name signifies. After Narada Muni left, Valmiki Muni was meditating on the instructions of Narada Muni. yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto pi dhyayan stuvams tasya yashas tri-sandhyam vande guroh sri-charanaravindam (Sri Gurvashtakam 8) Translation: By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of Krishna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any advancement. Therefore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master. Immediately he observed a couple of Croch Birds who were busy in sensual activities. And very soon an arrow hit the male bird and he died. Valmiki Muni got very angry and he cursed the hunter out of grief. Valmiki Muni was amazed, how was he contemplating and why did he curse the hunter? Contemplating like this he went to the bank of a river and there arrived Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma said, the verses you spoke out of grief are part of my plan. śrī-bhagavān uvāca yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi hariṣye tad-dhanaṁ śanaiḥ tato ’dhanaṁ tyajanty asya svajanā duḥkha-duḥkhitam (ŚB 10.88.8) Translation: The Personality of Godhead said: If I especially favor someone, I gradually deprive him of his wealth. Then the relatives and friends of such a poverty-stricken man abandon him. In this way he suffers one distress after another. Now through my potency you will be able to visualize entire Ramayana and compose Ramayana. So if we had any bad experiences in our past life then we should think how can this experience be used in the service of Krsna? vipadaḥ santu tāḥ śaśvat tatra tatra jagad-guro bhavato darśanaṁ yat syād apunar bhava-darśanam (ŚB 1.8.25) Translation: I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths. yasyāṁ vai śrūyamāṇāyāṁ kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ śoka-moha-bhayāpahā (ŚB 1.7.7) Translation: Simply by giving aural reception to this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness. It's similar to Srila Prabhupada's conclusion derived when he was cheated and his factory collapsed. He thought this is the mercy of Krsna and he moved on. Also we can see in Dhruva Maharaj's life. When he was insulted by his stepmother, he was shivering out of grief and anger. But then his mother guided him to utilize these emotions to go out in forest and meditate on the Lord. Similarly Kunti Maharani is praying for suffering, but difficulties force us to remember Krsna more intensely. That's why pure devotees pray like this, so that they don't forget Krsna ever. When a pure devotee suffers, he takes shelter in Krsna and his pure devotees. They utilize these opportunities to hear from the pure devotees of the Lord. As we hear Japa Talk in this Zoom conference and hear from Srila Guru Maharaj, as a result our grief, fear and attachments fly away. ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha--davagni-nirvapanam shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritaswadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krishna-sankirtanam (Sri Siksastakam 1) Translation: Glory to the Sri Krishna Sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious. When we hear from the pure devotees of the Lord then that Sravan will help the devotees to remember Krsna. Sorrow for the past, worry for the future and illusion about the present vanish. Many devotees will visit Sri Jagannath Puri and bring their works to present to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. But Swaroopa Damodar was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's assistant and secretary and he would first read those documents and then decide whether it should be presented to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu or not. Similarly Krsna appreciated when Arjuna was in tears and his heart was full of grief. śhrī bhagavān uvācha aśhochyān-anvaśhochas-tvaṁ prajñā-vādānśh cha bhāṣhase gatāsūn-agatāsūnśh-cha nānuśhochanti paṇḍitāḥ (BG 2.11) Translation: The Supreme Lord said: While you speak words of wisdom, you are mourning for that which is not worthy of grief. The wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead. He said this is the right situation to hear Bhagavat Gita. Krsna says, do not think that I am falsely appreciating you because you are my friend. No, this has been told by Devala, Asita, Vyasdev, etc. arjuna uvāca paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum āhus tvām ṛṣayaḥ sarve devarṣir nāradas tathā asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me (Bg. 10.12-13) Translation: Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me. And then Krsna instructed Arjuna to offer obeisances to him. Sometimes Guru Maharaj shares this story. Once there was a person,  he was told by his master to bring a glass of water. But that servant heard this instruction but he was not bringing water to him. So does this mean that, this person heard what is told? Similarly, if we hear from the spiritual master but we are not practicing it then such hearing goes in vain. tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi (BG 16.24) Translation: Therefore, let the scriptures be your authority in determining what should be done and what should not be done. Understand the scriptural injunctions and teachings, and then perform your actions in this world accordingly. So we need to practice what we hear. Krsna himself appears as Dwapayana Vyasa and he writes these scriptures. And in the form of Sastras he gives himself only. māyā-mugdha jīvera nāhi svataḥ kṛṣṇa-jñāna jīvere kṛpāya kailā kṛṣṇa veda-purāṇa (CC Madhya 20.122) Translation: The conditioned soul cannot revive his Kṛṣṇa consciousness by his own effort. But out of causeless mercy, Lord Kṛṣṇa compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Purāṇas. An intelligent person knows how to extract butter from the milk, though milk is not butter in it's natural form. Srila Rupa Goswami knew the feelings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu very well. He wrote Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu. sri-caitanya-mano-‘bhistam sthapitum yena bhtu-tale svayam rupah kada mahyam dadati sva-padantikam (Sri Rupa Pranam) Translation: When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet? It was like the butter extracted from the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, etc. Srila Vyasdev wrote Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas but he was not experiencing any satisfaction out of it. And then Narda Muni appeared and he instructed him to write Shrimad Bhagavatam reading which a person could understand the glories of Lord Vasudeva very clearly. Then Vyasdev wrote Shrimad Bhagavatam. yathā dharmādayaś cārthā muni-varyānukīrtitāḥ na tathā vāsudevasya mahimā hy anuvarṇitaḥ (SB 1.5.9) Translation: Although, great sage, you have very broadly described the four principles beginning with religious performances, you have not described the glories of the Supreme Personality, Vāsudeva. And then that same Shrimad Bhagavatam was recited at Naimisharanya. It's not that the pure devotees do not face any difficulty in their lives. But the difference is that they never forget Krsna even in difficult situations. Srila Prabhupada said, I don't need big temples for myself, I can preach under a tree. He also did that in America when he was chanting in Tompkin Park. We have a great benefit of being a part of the ISKCON society and also the zoom temple. Hare Krsna.              

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