The Actual Secret of Lord Siva [mayavada, Advaita, Sankhya] March 7, 2008

Adapted from Shri Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda Chapters 235-236.

From Madhavananda Dasa’s article in the Krishna Kathamrita magazine copyrighted by Gopal Jiu Publications.

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Parvati Said, “O Lord Shiva, You once told me that one should avoid speaking with Pasandi atheistic demon,and that doing so is worse then talking to candalas outcastes. Please tell me of what are the symptoms of such persons and what signs do they wear on their bodies?”

Shiva replied,”Those Persons who,deluded by ignorace,describw any other deity being superior to Vishnu,The Lord of the world, are said to be Pasandis. Those who,although they do not belong to the Vanaprastha asrama, use skulls, decorate their bodies with ashes and bones, have non-Vedic marks, matted hair, and wear garments of tree bark, are said to be pasandis. Those brahmanas who are devoid of the marks and symbols dear to Vishnu, such as conches, discs,and vertical-lined tilaka worn on the forehead, are said to be pasandis. That brahman who does not follow the practices given in the sastra should be known as a pasandi and should be condemned by all people. Those who have no devotion for the Lord are said to be pasandi. One who behaves as he likes and offers oblations in to the fire for the worship of deities other than Lord Vishnu should

Teachings of The Vedas February 22, 2008

Delivered as a lecture by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada on October 6, 1969, at Conway Hall, London, England.

Ladies and gentlemen, today’s subject matter is the teachings of the Vedas. What are the Vedas? The Sanskrit verbal root of veda can be interpreted variously, but the purpose is finally one. Veda means knowledge. Any knowledge you accept is veda, for the teachings of the Vedas are the original knowledge. In the conditioned state, our knowledge is subjected to many deficiencies. The difference between a conditioned soul and a liberated soul is that the conditioned soul has four kinds of defects. The first defect is that he must commit mistakes. For example, in our country, Mahatma Gandhi was considered to be a very great personality, but he committed many mistakes. Even at the last stage of his life, his assistant warned, “Mahatma Gandhi, don’t go to the New Delhi meeting. I have some friends, and I have heard there is danger.” But he did not hear. He persisted on going and was killed. Even great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, President Kennedy–there are so many of them–make mistakes. To err is human. This is one defect of the conditioned soul.

Sankaracarya on Bhagavad-Gita - Srila Prabhupada explains February 22, 2008

Through the centuries, India’s greatest philosophers and spiritualists have praised the Bhagavad-gita as the distilled essence of the eternal Vedic wisdom. In his Meditations on the Bhagavad-gita, versified here, the renowned sixth-century philosopher Sankaracarya glorifies the Gita and its divine author, Sri Krishna. Although universally celebrated as an impersonalist, here Sankaracarya reveals his devotion to the original personal form of God, Lord Sri Krsna. And Srila Prabhupada elucidates.

Shankaracarya [Siva] Mayavada Philosophy - Truth Revealed February 22, 2008

Mayavada Theory:

“The pure Vedic Upanishads, according to ShakaraAcharya, reveals no indication of a need for ritual or worship or anything remotely like what you suggest is part of the path to Brahman. ALL worship is nonsense . . . irrespective of the religion. Only an egotistic human being could conceive of a creator that required worship of ANY kind!”

Logical Facts:
1. The Upanishads are part of the Vedas, and the Vyasadeva is famous as the compiler of the Vedas. Specifically, He is the partial expansion of Vishnu who separated the one Veda into four categories to allow Brahmanas in kali Yuga to

Lord Nityananda’s Appearance day lecture by Srila Prabhupada February 18, 2008

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Bhubaneswar, February 2, 1977
Prabhupäda: So today, the appearance day of Nityänanda Prabhu… Nityänanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva.

vrajendra-nandana yei, çacé-suta haila sei,
balaräma haila nitäi

“Who was formerly the son of Nanda Mahäräja, He has appeared as the son of Çacédevi.” Caitanya Mahäprabhu’s mother’s name was Çacédevi. So Kåñëa… Kåñëa is Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, and Balaräma is Nityänanda Prabhu. Now…

vrajendra-nandana yei, çacé-suta haila sei,
balaräma haila nitäi

What is Brahman? - The truth revealed [BG part1] February 16, 2008

 

tat tvam asi – Thou art that

This is the belief of the mayavadis or the impersonalists of Advaita Vedanta philosophy.

tat tvam asi, I am that, their belief is that Brahman is the only permanent and the Supreme absolute truth, nothing is higher than Brahman, all incarnations and forms of the lord are manifestations of Brahman, Brahman is the supreme and by aham brahmasmi they declare that “I” am Brahman, meaning, that the self is the only objective, that we are all god, and Brahman is our ultimate destination, the merger with Brahman is our goal of life, to become one with god, to realize the self. Hence they believe we are all god, and thus we should realize the self to become one whole, or one with God. Brahman is everywhere and all pervading so therefore everything and everyone is God, it is their belief that only by the realization of this does one get saved and attains salvation, by merger with the impersonal featureless and formless Brahman.

However I would like to declare first and foremost that this conception by the mayavadis is limited and misguided, and therefore this series is here to remove this growing misconception of “I am God, You are God, We are God…”

Srila Prabhupada’s last words - to HH.Narayana Maharaja February 14, 2008

The cassette was kindly provided by the BBT Archives. Srila Prabhupada: Narayana Maharaja. He will come tomorrow?

Tamal Krsna Gosvami: He will come when we…(discussing with others). If we pick him up he might come tonight.

Srila Prabhupada: Hmm.

Tamal Krsna Gosvami: If we go just now with the car. Bhakticaru is going just now with the car. Maharaja may come tonight.

(Someone begins to sing govindam adi purusam…)

Tamal Krsna Gosvami: Yeah, Srila Prabhpada. Should we put a little fan on? A little bit.

(The conversation with Srila Narayana Maharaja begins

Srila Prabhupada: Prabhupada (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura) had a desire to preach all over the world - in Europe, America…I tried my best to fulfill his desire. Now we should preach together.

Yoga for the Modern Age - by Rasarani dd February 8, 2008

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What is yoga? What is the purpose of it in the age of Kali? How does one perform it?

Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead explains that ‘yoga’ is a process of controlling the mind and senses.

In the Satya-yuga (the Golden Age), the yoga system was recommended, where one was to always meditate on Vishnu. In the Treta-yuga, one could practice yoga by performing great sacrifices and in the following age, the Dvarpara-yuga, one could achieve perfection by temple worship. The present age in which we are all living in is Kali-yuga. ‘Kali-yuga’ means ‘the age of quarrel and hypocrisy’ and is the age characterized by chaos and ignorance.

As practiced in the previous yugas, yoga was a process involving years of meditation and severe austerities.

However in the kali-yuga, this practice is of yoga is not recommended

Gods, Demigods and Incarnations February 6, 2008

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In this Article I would like to get the views from many individuals on who they think is the supreme god. Here is some of the answers from the survey.

 

A young man: Jesus Christ, because he is the son of God.

Amritlal: Vishnu and Shiva

Another Amritlal: Lord Krishna, because Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita say so, because of sastric evidence.

Jagdish: Lord Shiva, because he is easily pleased.

Mataji: Rama, Vishnu, Krishna

Nagin: It is Difficult to say.

Hasmal: Brahma, because he is the creator of the universe

An old Mataji: All are one!

Surati: Krishna, because sastric evidence proves he is god.

Kanti: Sathya Sai, because if God exists he should be present.

Tamal Krishna Goswami: But we are all present also

Kanti: he can manifest gold, and cure diseases like cancer the hospitals can not.

Tamal Krishna Goswami: Can he cure death? People are dying all the time.

 

So after hearing from many people their conception on who is the supreme, I will now use the facts established in the sastras as to who is ultimately the supreme.

Who is God? February 5, 2008

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Who is God? Who are the Demigods? And what are incarnations? These are very often asked questions that are just as frequently answered very falsely. But here I will clear all misconceptions with the facts and the absolute truth. So let me start by asking one of the wisest living beings of our universe, Lord Brahma, who is god?