Posted by Sibaram on October 29, 2016 at 11:09am in Krishna
Hare krishna Prabhuji/Mataji,I have been reading Bhagabat Gita for the since last year, now I am going complete it for the first time. Here my question is can I start Srimad Bhagabatam now or else I have to read Bhagabat Gita again before starting Srimad Bhagavatam.Plz suggest me what would be better.Thank you in advance.Daser Anudas,Sibaram
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By regular attendance in classes on the Bhāgavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless Purāṇa. It is most dear to the Vaiṣṇavas because it describes the pure and supreme knowledge of the paramahaṁsas. This Bhāgavatam reveals the means for becoming free from all material work, together with the processes of transcendental knowledge, renunciation and devotion. Anyone who seriously tries to understand Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, who properly hears and chants it with devotion, becomes completely liberated.
So, after Bhagavad-Gita,please read at least one verse or one page per day without fail.Prabhupada's purport is very important. Please read carefully and relish the real nectar.
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nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā
bhagavaty uttama-śloke
bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī
yasmin pāramahaṁsyam ekam amalaṁ jñānaṁ paraṁ gīyate
jñāna-virāga-bhakti-sahitaṁ naiṣkarmyam āviskṛtaṁ
tac chṛṇvan su-paṭhan vicāraṇa-paro bhaktyā vimucyen naraḥ
There are many references to the Bhagavatam in the purports to the Gita...
You begin with the gita and that is the preliminary study..
the graduate course of the Gita is the Srimad Bhagavatam
and the post Graduate course to the Srimad Bhagavatam is Chaitanya Charitamrita..
The Gita teaches the beginning I am not this body surrender to Krishna
The Bhagavatam teaches about the glories of Krishna how wonderful He is..
The Chaitanya Charitamrita teaches how to surrender to Him.
There is no time phase set for each work
all three works are a lifetime study
You can read all three works at the same time
The Chaitanya Charitamrita answers the question:
"Ke ami" ... What I am?
Answer--- Jivera swarupa hoya nitya krishna das
I ( the Jiva soul) am the eternal servant of Krishna