HARE KRISHNA...
PRABHUJI, please help me...now a days i always live in stste of confusion... always thinking what is right? what is wrong?...i felt depressed....
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Hare Krsna,
His divine grace, A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, has given the following explanations and instructions to enable us to understand what is right and what is wrong in several books, especially the Bhagavad Gita, the Srimad Bhagavatam and also the Mahabarat and the Ramayan.
From the Srimad Bhagavatam, 2nd Canto:
"This material world is called the world of death. Every living being, beginning from Brahma, whose duration of life is some thousands of millions of years, down to the germs who live for a few seconds only, is struggling for existence. Therefore, this life is a sort of fight with material nature, which imposes death upon all. In the human form of life,
a living being is competent enough to come to an understanding of this great struggle for existence, but being too attached to family members, society, country, etc., he wants to win over the invincible material
nature by the aid of bodily strength, children, wife, relatives, etc.
Although he is sufficiently experienced in the matter by dint of past experience and previous examples of his deceased predecessors, he does not see that the so-called fighting soldiers like the children, relatives, society members and countrymen are all fallible in the great struggle. One should examine the fact that his father or his father's
father has already died, and that he himself is therefore also sure to die, and similarly, his children, who are the would be fathers of their children, will also die in due course. No one will survive in this struggle with material nature. The history of human society definitely proves it, yet the foolish people still suggest that in the future they will be able to live perpetually, with the help of material science. This poor fund of knowledge exhibited by human society is certainly
misleading, and it is all due to ignoring the constitution of the living soul. This material world exists only as a dream, due to our attachment to it. Otherwise, the living soul is always different from the material nature. The great ocean of material nature is tossing with the waves of time, and the so-called living conditions are something like foaming
bubbles, which appear before us as bodily self, wife, children, society, countrymen, etc. Due to a lack of knowledge of self, we become victimized by the force of ignorance and thus spoil the valuable energy of human
life in a vain search after permanent living conditions, which are impossible in this material world.
Our friends, relatives and so-called wives and children are not only fallible, but also bewildered by the outward glamor of material existence. As such, they cannot save us. Still we think that we are safe within the orbit of family, society or country.
The whole materialistic advancement of human civilization is like the decoration of a dead body. Everyone is a dead body flapping only for a few days, and yet all the energy of human life is being wasted in the decoration of this dead body. Sukadeva Gosvami is pointing out the duty of the human being after showing the actual position of bewildered human activities. Persons who are devoid of the knowledge of atma-tattva are misguided, but those who are devotees of the Lord and have perfect realization of transcendental knowledge are not bewildered."
In the previous verse, Sri Sukadeva Gosvami has described how the foolish materially attached men are wasting their valuable time in the improvement of the material conditions of life by sleeping, indulging in
sex life, developing economic conditions and maintaining a band of relatives who are to be vanquished in the air of oblivion. Being engaged in all these materialistic activities, the living soul entangles himself in the cycle of the law of fruitive actions. This entails the chain of birth and death in the 8,400,000 species of life: the aquatics, the
vegetables, the reptiles, the birds, the beasts, the uncivilized man, and then again the human form, which is the chance for getting out of the cycle of fruitive action.
"Therefore, if one desires freedom from this vicious circle, then one must cease to act as a karmi or enjoyer of the
results of one's own work, good or bad. One should not do anything, either good or bad, on his own account, but must execute everything on behalf of the Supreme Lord, the ultimate proprietor of everything that
be. This process of doing work is recommended in the Bhagavad-gita (9.27) also, where instruction is given for working on the Lord's account. Therefore, one should first of all hear about the Lord. When one has
perfectly and scrutinizingly heard, one must glorify His acts and deeds, and thus it will become possible to remember constantly the transcendental nature of the Lord. Hearing about and glorifying the Lord are identical with the transcendental nature of the Lord, and by so doing, one will be always in the association of the Lord. This brings
freedom from all sorts of fear.
The Lord is the Supersoul (Paramatma) present in the hearts of all living beings, and thus by the above hearing
and glorifying process, the Lord invites the association of all in His creation. This process of hearing about and glorifying the Lord is applicable for everyone, whoever he may be, and it will lead one to the
ultimate success in everything in which one may be engaged by providence. There are many classes of human beings: the fruitive workers, the empiric philosophers, the mystic yogis, and ultimately, the unalloyed devotees.
For all of them, one and the same process is applicable for achieving the desired success. Everyone wants to be free from all kinds of fear, and everyone wants the fullest extent of happiness in life. The perfect process for achieving this, here and now, is recommended in the Srimad- Bhagavatam, which is uttered by such a great authority as Srila Sukadeva Gosvami. By hearing about and glorifying the Lord, all a person's activities become molded into spiritual activities, and thus all conceptions of material miseries become completely vanquished."
"The Puranas are also supplementary to the Vedas. The Vedic mantras are too difficult for an ordinary man. Women, sudras and the so-called twice-born higher castes are unable to penetrate into the sense of the
Vedas. And thus the Mahabharata as well as the Puranas are made easy to explain the truths of the Vedas. In his prayers before the boy Sri Krsna, Brahma said that there is no limit to the fortune of the residents of Vrajabhumi headed by Sri Nanda Maharaja and Yasodamayi because the eternal Absolute Truth has become their intimate relative."
"The purpose of the Mahabharata is to administer the purpose of the Vedas, and therefore within this
Mahabharata the summary Veda of Bhagavad-gita is placed. The less intelligent are more interested in stories than in philosophy, and therefore the philosophy of the Vedas in the form of the Bhagavad-gita is spoken by the Lord Sri Krsna. Vyasadeva and Lord Krsna are both on the transcendental plane, and therefore they collaborated in doing good to
the fallen souls of this age. The Bhagavad-gita is the essence of all Vedic knowledge. It is the first book of spiritual values, as the Upanisads are. The Vedanta philosophy is the subject matter for study by the spiritual graduates. Only the post-graduate spiritual student can enter into the spiritual or devotional service of the Lord. It is a great
science, and the great professor is the Lord Himself in the form of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And persons who are empowered by Him can initiate others in the transcendental loving service of the Lord."
P.S: Sometimes, quotations give the impression that women are considered inferior or not very intelligent but this should be interpreted as a general statement for instructive purposes but an open mind is required to judge each person with respect to his/her qualifications and actions. There are many women who contribute a lot to Krishna Consciousness and welfare of spiritual organisations.
Hari Bol,
It is a prayer to the Lord to please deliver me and make me your devotee.
Simply by listening to the sound of the mantra the mind becomes purified and peaceful.
This chanting is most effective in the association of devotees.
The devotees loudly chant and dence in ecstasy.
When you are in the kirtan you forget all anxieties and spontanously you feel like joining in the dancing, it is not artificial or forced.
Then sit and hear the class on Gita and Bhagavatam and take prasadam with the devotees.
We don't charge any money and you are most welcome.
By regular attendance of classes and chanting with the devotees all troubles to the heart will be destroyed and you will feel great peace .
So please try to attend a temple program as often as posible and feel the wonderful effect it has. Hare Krsna.
Hare Krishna Aditya Omprakashji Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
please sorry, i am not a Prabhu, but will try to say something.
When i am in that situation i try to open books and read and get true answers, or as You did ask Devotees.
true things:
--- to always remember Krishna and never forget Him
--- to chant minimum 16 rounds
--- to eat only Prasadam
--- to perform those duties according to ones own varna and ashram
--- to wake up before Sunrise and use that time for spiritual practice
--- to respect everyone
--- do not wait for respect to ourselves
.... there are so many true things. It would be better if You directly write in what You have doubts.
not true things:
--- intoxication
--- gambling
--- illicit sex
--- not to serve to Krishna
--- to hurt other living entities....
Please, could You write correctly, in what exactly You have confusion!
Your servant,