Words

// WORDS \\\ Words are like seeds of a plant or flower. Once you speak it, they take root and grow and produce fruits of the same kind. You can't speak words of defecation and failure and expect to love in victory. When you speak negative words you allow the enemy to defeat you first in your mind, then it gives birth to what you believe by speaking it. That's why it is important that you have a vision if victory in your mind. Some people always say negative things over their life. They always cutting themselves with their own words, and doesn't realize it that their own words allow the enemy to slowly steal their confidence and slowly steal their self esteem. Don't use your mouth for the wrong purpose, if you do, then you are putting your self in the enemy territory. The key to victory is to use the obstacles as opportunity for advancement. The struggle you are facing has the ability to ascent to a new level. There are tremendous power on words. JAI SHRI KRISHNA.

Why did Lord Rama abandon Sita Devi

Why did Lord Rama  
Question: In the Ramayana, when Sita was wrongly accused by a washerman, why did Lord Rama banish her?

Answer: Firstly, Lord Rama never banished mother Sita. Sita

Banishment implied being evicted out of the kingdom into the forest without any arrangements for food, clothing or shelter.

That was what happened to Lord Rama when he was banished by his step-mother, Kaikeyi.

But Lord Rama asked Lakshmana to escort Sita to the hermitage of the sage Valmiki, where the venerable sage received her with a respectful aarti (worship) and the elderly lady-hermits lovingly cared for her.

As the hermitage was in thekingdomofLord Ramaand under his protection, it’s entirely incorrect to say that the Lord banished Sita, for the Lord indirectly arranged for her food, clothing, shelter and care.

Now we may ask: why did the Lord sent Sita out of his own palace into the hermitage?

To understand the answer, we need to appreciate the values held sacred by the Vedic culture that the Ramayana demonstrates.

The Vedic culture considers all relationships and all positions as opportunities for sacred service, service to God and to all his children.

When Lord Rama heard the accusations being leveled against his consort, this situation constituted an ethical crisis.

In an ethical crisis, one has two choices, both moral, unlike in a moral crisis, when one has two choices, one moral and the other, immoral.

To resolve an ethical crisis, one needs profound wisdom to recognize the higher moral principle and adjust the lower moral principle accordingly. So, through this incident,

Lord Rama, who was God incarnate playing the role of an ideal human being, taught us how to wisely resolve ethical crises.

As an ideal husband, the Lord was duty-bound to protect his wife.

But as the ideal king, he was also duty-bound to exemplify and teach his citizens, whom he loved like his own children, the path to spiritual advancement.

Ordinarily, people are very attached materially to spouse, children, house, wealth.

So, the king is duty-bound to demonstrate to his citizens the principle of detachment so that they become inspired toward detachment and thus make spiritual advancement.

That’s why Lord Rama considered his duty as an ideal king more important than as the ideal husband and so sacrificed his love for his wife for the sake of his love for his children (citizens). But he didn’t abandon his duty as a husband; he thoughtfully did that duty by transferring Sita from his direct care in the palace to his indirect care in the hermitage.

Mother Sita, understanding the heart of her Lord, gracefully accepted her part in his sacrifice. Unfortunately, all of us, for whose sake he did this glorious sacrifice, fail to appreciate him.

God Gives Advice Through Other People

“The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.”
Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge
TEXT 1
sri-bhagavan uvaca
idam tu te guhyatamam
pravaksyamy anasuyave
jnanam vijnana-sahitam
yaj jnatva moksyase 'subhat

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; idam--this; tu--but; te--unto you; guhya-tamam--the most confidential; pravaksyami--I am speaking; anasuyave--to the nonenvious; jnanam--knowledge; vijnana--realized knowledge; sahitam--with; yat--which; jnatva--knowing; moksyase--be released; asubhat--from this miserable material existence.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.
PURPORT

As a devotee hears more and more about the Supreme Lord, he becomes enlightened. This hearing process is recommended in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: "The messages of the Supreme Lord are full of potencies, and these potencies can be realized if topics regarding the Supreme Godhead are discussed amongst devotees. This cannot be achieved by the association of mental speculators or academic scholars, for it is realized knowledge."
The devotees are constantly engaged in the Supreme Lord's service. The Lord understands the mentality and sincerity of a particular living entity who is engaged in Krsna consciousness and gives him the intelligence to understand the science of Krsna in the association of the devotees.

Discussion of Krsna is very potent, and if a fortunate person has such association and tries to assimilate the knowledge, then he will surely make advancement toward spiritual realization.

Lord Krsna, in order to encourage Arjuna to higher and higher elevation in His potent service, describes in this Ninth Chapter matters more confidential than any He has already disclosed.
The very beginning of Bhagavad-gita, the First Chapter, is more or less an introduction to the rest of the book; and in the Second and Third chapters, the spiritual knowledge described is called confidential.

Topics discussed in the Seventh and Eighth chapters are specifically related to devotional service, and because they bring enlightenment in Krsna consciousness, they are called more confidential. But the matters which are described in the Ninth Chapter deal with unalloyed, pure devotion. Therefore this is called the most confidential.

One who is situated in the most confidential knowledge of Krsna is naturally transcendental; he therefore has no material pangs, although he is in the material world. In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu it is said that although one who has a sincere desire to render loving service to the Supreme Lord is situated in the conditional state of material existence, he is to be considered liberated. Similarly, we shall find in the Bhagavad-gita, Tenth Chapter, that anyone who is engaged in that way is a liberated person.

Now this first verse has specific significance. Knowledge (idam jnanam) refers to pure devotional service, which consists of nine different activities: hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping, praying, obeying, maintaining friendship and surrendering everything. By the practice of these nine elements of devotional service one is elevated to spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness.

At the time when one's heart is cleared of the material contamination, one can understand this science of Krsna.

Simply to understand that a living entity is not material is not sufficient. That may be the beginning of spiritual realization but one should recognize the difference between activities of the body and spiritual activities by which one understands that he is not the body.

In the Seventh Chapter we have already discussed the opulent potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His different energies, the inferior and superior natures, and all this material manifestation. Now in Chapters Nine and Ten the glories of the Lord will be delineated.

The Sanskrit word anasuyave in this verse is also very significant. Generally the commentators, even if they are highly scholarly, are all envious of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Even the most erudite scholars write on Bhagavad-gita very inaccurately. Because they are envious of Krsna, their commentaries are useless. The commentaries given by devotees of the Lord are bona fide.

No one can explain Bhagavad-gita, or give perfect knowledge of Krsna if he is envious. One who criticizes the character of Krsna without knowing Him is a fool. So such commentaries should be very carefully avoided.

For one who understands that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the pure and transcendental Personality, these chapters will be very beneficial.

God speaks to you through friends and family, particularly if they are believers.  “The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray”.

We all have blind spots. You have things in your life that you’re never going to see that need to be corrected, so God puts people around you to tell you the truth. Everybody needs somebody in their life who loves them enough to tell them the truth.

Do you have anybody like that in your life?
Do you have godly friends who don’t just tell you what you want to hear but love you enough to level with you and say, “You know what?

You’re blowing it right now. You’re making a big mistake. You’re full of pride. You’re going the wrong direction”?

None of us see it all clearly. I’ve got about a dozen people in my life who have permission to get in my face and say, “I don’t care if you are the pundit od Maha Rudra Dev Mandir of — you’re blowing this. You’re wrong.

Have you ever thought about ‘this’?” If you don’t have anybody in your life who loves you enough to do that, you need to find them......

You also need to be that kind of person for someone else.

Are you a friend like that to anybody? If you just let people get away with it when you see them going in the wrong direction and you don’t say, “What are you doing?

Don’t you see what’s wrong with this?” then you have a God wants to speak through you and use you to help others grow, but it takes courage. And God wants to speak through other people to you, but it takes humility.

Some of you know somebody who is headed down the wrong path.

They’re getting involved in an affair or some kind of an addiction.
Or they’re walking away from the Lord. You can see it, and you have kept your mouth shut. You’ve used the 21st-century cop-out,
“It’s none of my business.” I am not getting involved. .....How many say that?

It is your business if you love them.

Love cares. Love says, “I love you enough to not let you do this. Don’t blow your life. I care enough about you to risk the relationship.” When you do that, God will speak through you.

“Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy”

Even gods and goddess pray to the Almighty for it. A human  body is just right for meditation which is the gateway to salvation.

Inspite of having this body we are still not contented. 

Let me end off with a kahani the elderly Pundits used to tell.

There was crow (Kowaa) he lived in the forest and was absolutely satisfied in life. Everyday was a happy day for this Crow.

But one day he saw a swan. "This swan is so white," he thought, "and I am so black. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world."

He expressed his thoughts to the swan.

"Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two colors.

I now think the parrot is the happiest bird in creation."

The crow then approached the parrot. The parrot explained, "I lived a very happy life until I saw a peacock. I have only two colors, but the peacock has multiple colors."

Wow the crow replied'. The crow then visited a peacock in the zoo and saw that hundreds of people had gathered to see him.

After the people had left, the crow approached the peacock, "Dear peacock," the crow said, "you are so beautiful.

Every day thousands of people come to see you. When people see me, they immediately shoo me away.

I think you are the happiest bird on the planet."
The peacock replied, "I always thought that I was the most beautiful and happy bird on the planet.

But because of my beauty, I am entrapped in this zoo. I have examined my life and being in this the zoo.

I have realized that you Mr crow is the only bird not kept in a cage.

So for past few days I have been thinking that if I were a crow, I could happily roam everywhere."

See In every story there is a moral right so the Moral of this story is:

This is our problem too. We make unnecessary comparison with others and become sad, instead of counting our blessings from the Lord, thus leading to the vicious cycle of unhappiness.

There will always be someone who will have more or less than what we have.

So the happiest person is the satisfied person.

That is why we see that Lord Vamanadeva very categorically states in Srimad Bhagavatam

8.19.24
yadrcchayopapannena /
santushto vartate sukham
naasantushtas tribhir lokair /
ajitaatmopasaaditaih
"One should be satisfied with whatever he achieves by his previous destiny, for discontent can never bring happiness.

A person who is not self-controlled will not be happy even with possessing the three worlds."

"If happiness is the ultimate goal of life, one must be satisfied with the position in which he is placed by providence."

Kirtan:
Jai Jai Gopaala, Shyaam Gopaala Radhey Gopaala Jai Jai Gopaala
Hey Nandalala Gopee Lola Gokula Baala
Brindavana Sanchaara Pyaara

(Glory to Gopaala, Sai Gopaala, Radha's Lord; Beloved son of Nanda, joy of the Gopis, child of Gokul; Glory to the one who plays in the Brindavan.

If you are care tell then

God Gives Advice Through Other People

“The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.”
Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge
TEXT 1
sri-bhagavan uvaca
idam tu te guhyatamam
pravaksyamy anasuyave
jnanam vijnana-sahitam
yaj jnatva moksyase 'subhat

SYNONYMS

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; idam--this; tu--but; te--unto you; guhya-tamam--the most confidential; pravaksyami--I am speaking; anasuyave--to the nonenvious; jnanam--knowledge; vijnana--realized knowledge; sahitam--with; yat--which; jnatva--knowing; moksyase--be released; asubhat--from this miserable material existence.

TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord said: My dear Arjuna, because you are never envious of Me, I shall impart to you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you shall be relieved of the miseries of material existence.
PURPORT

As a devotee hears more and more about the Supreme Lord, he becomes enlightened. This hearing process is recommended in the Srimad-Bhagavatam: "The messages of the Supreme Lord are full of potencies, and these potencies can be realized if topics regarding the Supreme Godhead are discussed amongst devotees.

This cannot be achieved by the association of mental speculators or academic scholars, for it is realized knowledge."

The devotees are constantly engaged in the Supreme Lord's service. The Lord understands the mentality and sincerity of a particular living entity who is engaged in Krsna consciousness and gives him the intelligence to understand the science of Krsna in the association of the devotees.

Discussion of Krsna is very potent, and if a fortunate person has such association and tries to assimilate the knowledge, then he will surely make advancement toward spiritual realization. Lord Krsna, in order to encourage Arjuna to higher and higher elevation in His potent service, describes in this Ninth Chapter matters more confidential than any He has already disclosed.

The very beginning of Bhagavad-gita, the First Chapter, is more or less an introduction to the rest of the book; and in the Second and Third chapters, the spiritual knowledge described is called confidential. Topics discussed in the Seventh and Eighth chapters are specifically related to devotional service, and because they bring enlightenment in Krsna consciousness, they are called more confidential. But the matters which are described in the Ninth Chapter deal with unalloyed, pure devotion.

Therefore this is called the most confidential. One who is situated in the most confidential knowledge of Krsna is naturally transcendental; he therefore has no material pangs, although he is in the material world. In the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu it is said that although one who has a sincere desire to render loving service to the Supreme Lord is situated in the conditional state of material existence, he is to be considered liberated. Similarly, we shall find in the Bhagavad-gita, Tenth Chapter, that anyone who is engaged in that way is a liberated person.

Now this first verse has specific significance. Knowledge (idam jnanam) refers to pure devotional service, which consists of nine different activities: hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping, praying, obeying, maintaining friendship and surrendering everything. By the practice of these nine elements of devotional service one is elevated to spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness.

At the time when one's heart is cleared of the material contamination, one can understand this science of Krsna. Simply to understand that a living entity is not material is not sufficient. That may be the beginning of spiritual realization but one should recognize the difference between activities of the body and spiritual activities by which one understands that he is not the body.

In the Seventh Chapter we have already discussed the opulent potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, His different energies, the inferior and superior natures, and all this material manifestation. Now in Chapters Nine and Ten the glories of the Lord will be delineated.

The Sanskrit word anasuyave in this verse is also very significant. Generally the commentators, even if they are highly scholarly, are all envious of Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Even the most erudite scholars write on Bhagavad-gita very inaccurately. Because they are envious of Krsna, their commentaries are useless. The commentaries given by devotees of the Lord are bona fide.

No one can explain Bhagavad-gita, or give perfect knowledge of Krsna if he is envious. One who criticizes the character of Krsna without knowing Him is a fool. So such commentaries should be very carefully avoided.

For one who understands that Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the pure and transcendental Personality, these chapters will be very beneficial.

God speaks to you through friends and family, particularly if they are believers.  “The godly give good advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray”.

We all have blind spots. You have things in your life that you’re never going to see that need to be corrected, so God puts people around you to tell you the truth. Everybody needs somebody in their life who loves them enough to tell them the truth.

Do you have anybody like that in your life?

Do you have godly friends who don’t just tell you what you want to hear but love you enough to level with you and say, “You know what?

You’re blowing it right now. You’re making a big mistake. You’re full of pride. You’re going the wrong direction”?

None of us see it all clearly. I’ve got about a dozen people in my life who have permission to get in my face and say, “I don’t care if you are the pundit od Maha Rudra Dev Mandir of — you’re blowing this. You’re wrong.

Have you ever thought about ‘this’?” If you don’t have anybody in your life who loves you enough to do that, you need to find them......

You also need to be that kind of person for someone else.

Are you a friend like that to anybody? If you just let people get away with it when you see them going in the wrong direction and you don’t say, “What are you doing? Don’t you see what’s wrong with this?”

Then you have a God who wants to speak through you and use you to help others grow, but it takes courage. And God wants to speak through other people to you, but it takes humility.

Some of you know somebody who is headed down the wrong path. They’re getting involved in an affair or some kind of an addiction.

Or they’re walking away from the Lord. You can see it, and you have kept your mouth shut. You’ve used the 21st-century cop-out,

“It’s none of my business.” I am not getting involved. .....How many say that?

It is your business if you love them.

Love cares. Love says, “I love you enough to not let you do this. Don’t blow your life. I care enough about you to risk the relationship.” When you do that, God will speak through you.

“Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy”

Jai Bhagavan. ......