September 2015 – Light of Godhead

SB-1.2.30-32: One supersoul

SB-1.2.30-32: The Lord, as Supersoul, pervades all things, just as fire permeates wood, and so He appears to be of many varieties, though He is the absolute one without a second.

As from wood, fire can be manifested, or as butter can be churned out of milk, so also the presence of the Lord as Paramātmā can be felt by the process of legitimate hearing and chanting of the transcendental subjects which are especially treated in the Vedic literatures like the Upaniṣads and Vedānta. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the bona fide explanation of these Vedic literatures. The Lord can be realized through the aural reception of the transcendental message, and that is the only way to experience the transcendental subject. As fire is kindled from wood by another fire, the divine consciousness of man can similarly be kindled by another divine grace. His Divine Grace the spiritual master can kindle the spiritual fire from the woodlike living entity by imparting proper spiritual messages injected through the receptive ear.

light-of-godhead2015-09-26T22:07:12+00:00September 26th, 2015|Categories: Canto 1, Srimad Bhagavatam notes, Supersoul|

We are controlled God

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: We Are Controlled

Only Krsna is the supreme master. Ekale isvara krsna, ara saba bhrtya. Now… Siva-virinci-nutam. Even great demigods like Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, they also subordinate to Krsna. They offer their obeisances to Krsna. Siva-virinci-nutam. And in the Brahma-samhita it is confirmed by Brahma: isvarah paramah krsnah (BS.5.1). Isvara. Everyone can be an isvara. Isvara means controller. So we are also controller of something. A business man is controller of his business; I am controller of my disciples. There are so many controllers. So

light-of-godhead2015-09-29T21:42:23+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, Philosophical concepts, Supreme controller|Tags: Controlled God, Controller God|

Why bad things happen to good people

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Oneness Is Variety

The Supersoul, Visvatma, He’s one. But because we are different, therefore we are acting differently. The question may be raised that if Visvatma, the Supersoul, is one, why there are different activities? The different activities due to our will, our selection: “I want to act in this way.” So He gives the facility. Just like somebody wants to drink, the government gives license for liquor shop. Now, it is not that everyone is drinking, but there is facility for the drunkards. Because the

light-of-godhead2015-09-29T21:34:37+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Karma, Philosophical concepts, Supersoul|Tags: Desire, Neutral|

Lord’s expert supervision

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Oneness Is Variety

The whole creation is going on under the direction of Krsna. That is also stated in the Bhagavad-gita: mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram (BG. 9.10). Under His supervision… Just imagine how expert supervision is there, that the sun is rising exactly in the same moment as it is to be done. The waves of the sea are going on perpetually, but the waves cannot come beyond the limit. We have walked on the sea beach. So just at ten, one, three feet, the

light-of-godhead2015-09-29T22:01:32+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Creation, Krsna, Philosophical concepts|Tags: Order|

Lord – The expert accountant

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Oneness Is Variety

Just imagine how many numberless there are living entities. Asankhya. Jiva-bhago sa vijneyah sa canantyaya kalpate. There is no, you cannot… Innumerable. And each and every individual soul is doing according to his own desires and every account is kept. Just imagine how expert accountant is required. Every account is kept. Because He has to be offered again another body, taking account of his activities. Karmana daiva-netrena. He’s acting. Innumerable living entities. So how big brain is Krsna, you can just imagine. And not only one planet — there are innumerable planets,

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T15:52:32+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Krsna, Philosophical concepts, Transmigration|Tags: Accountant, Brain|

Two birds on the tree

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Oneness Is Variety

dva suparna sayuja sakhaya samanam vrksam parisasvajate tayor anyah pippalam svadv atty anasnann anyo ‘bhicakasiti. Sruti-mantra. So both the living entity, and the Supersoul is sitting on the same tree. This body is supposed to be the tree, and the heart is supposed to be the nest. And in the nest, as there are two birds, similarly, there is one bird, the living entity, individual, and the Supersoul, both. One is eating the fruit; the other is simply observing, witnessing. Anumanta upadrasta. Anumanta means “giving order.” Just like a child wants to

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T15:54:07+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Philosophical concepts, Supersoul|Tags: Eating bird, Witnessing bird|

One supersoul but acting differently

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Oneness Is Variety

There are different types of body, and each one is acting in a different way. Different way means the… Why they are working different way? If the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma, is the same in the…, in each and every body — isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-dese arjuna tisthati (BG. 18.61) — why one is acting different from the other? One is acting different… That is the action of the individual soul. The Supersoul is there, simply sanctioning: “All right, you do like this.” Because he’s insisting. And He’s sanctioning: “All right,

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T15:57:03+00:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Analogies, Supersoul|Tags: Culprit, Living entity, Magistrate|

Krsna’s body does not change

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: We Are Controlled

When Arjuna asked Krsna, Krsna said, imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam (BG. 4.1). Krsna said that, “First of all, I narrated this yoga system of Bhagavad-gita to the sun-god.” So, in order to clear this matter, Arjuna inquired from Him: “My dear Krsna, we are born very recently. How is that You narrated this yoga system to the sun-god?” Arjuna, of course, knew everything, but in order to clear our doubts, he raised this question. And Krsna answered that “You were also present at that time, but you have forgotten.

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T15:59:52+00:00September 24th, 2015|Categories: Arjuna, Krsna, Stories, Transcendental|Tags: Body, Material, Spiritual|

God cannot be impersonal

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: We Are Controlled

The creation is from a person, not from the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth. Creation, there must be brain; otherwise how there is question of creation? We are part and parcel of Krsna. We are…, we have also creative power. So as soon as there is question of creative power, there must be a brain behind the creation, and brain means a person. Creation cannot be possible from void or impersonal thing. We have several times discussed this point, that the government, this word, appears to be impersonal, but

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T14:03:48+00:00September 24th, 2015|Categories: Absolute truth, Analogies, Creation|Tags: Government, Impersonal, King, Person|

SB-1.2.28-29: Vasudeva – Our ultimate goal

SB 1.2.28-29: In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. The purpose ofperforming sacrifice is to please Him. Yoga is for realizing Him. All fruitive activities are ultimately rewarded by Him only. He is supreme knowledge, and all severe austerities are performed to know Him. Religion [dharma] is rendering loving service unto Him. He is the supreme goal of life.

That Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, is the only object of worship is confirmed in these two ślokas. In the Vedic literature there is the same objective: establishing one’s relationship and ultimately reviving our lost loving service unto Him. That is the sum and substance of the Vedas. In the Bhagavad-gītā the same theory is confirmed by the Lord in His own words: the ultimate purpose of the Vedas is to know Him only.

light-of-godhead2015-09-25T16:32:08+00:00September 18th, 2015|Categories: Canto 1, Dharma, Srimad Bhagavatam notes, Vasudeva|

Three phases of the Absolute truth

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.28–29, Nov. 8, 1972, Vrindavana

The Absolute Truth is one. One who knows the Absolute Truth, he knows that Brahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan, the same objective, but they are realized by different devotees or different knower in different features. The example is given in this connection: Just like if you see from a very distant place one hill, you’ll find just like a cloud, hazy cloud. If you push forward further you’ll find something green. But when you actually approach the hill, you’ll find there are many

light-of-godhead2020-11-24T10:27:51+00:00September 17th, 2015|Categories: Absolute truth, Analogies|Tags: Hill|

Where is the technology?

Speaker: Srila Prabhupada
Source: Kamsa’s And Ravana’s State

In Boston I was invited in the Massachusetts Technological Institute? Yes. So I, first of all I questioned the students that “You have got technological department. So where is the technology where we can understand the difference between a dead man and a living man? What is the thing is lost that a body’s called dead body? What is that technology.” So I talked on this point. The students appreciated very much. Actually, there is no technology why a

light-of-godhead2015-09-24T00:54:35+00:00September 17th, 2015|Categories: Knowledge, Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada|Tags: Dead, Living, Technology|