Guest guest Posted August 21, 1999 Report Share Posted August 21, 1999 ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Letter COM:2570489 (736 lines) Internet: Bhaskar Jayapal <bhaskar.jayapal (AT) medtronic (DOT) com> 20-Aug-99 16:29 Manoram Caitanya (das) JPS (Madras - IN) [3014] kramesh7 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com sudhat (AT) ns (DOT) net lkumar (AT) uswest (DOT) com arjun (AT) wipsys (DOT) soft.net sanjayd (AT) za (DOT) bynx.com Ahobilam lecture !! -Forwarded --------------------------- Hare Krishna, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. This is a lengthy, but wonderful lecture by H.H. Radhanath Maharaj at Ahobilam during his South Indian Yatra. Read it at leisure and enjoy it. 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Thu, 01 Jul 1999 07:35:05 PDT X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by medtron.medtronic.com id JAA11683 Dear Prabhu, HK. PAMHO. AGTSP. YS,Shobhan. Lecture by His Holiness Radhanath Maharaj on 9th June 1999 at Ahobilam, Andhra Pradesh(S.India Yatra AE99) TEXT 15 TEXT ndha` bibhemy ajita te AEtibhaydnakdsya- jihvdrka-netra-bhrukuvi-rabhasogra-da`qvrdt dntra-srajay-kqataja-kegara-galku-karkdn nirhrdda-bhita-digibhdd ari-bhin-nakhdgrdt TRANSLATION My Lord, Who are never conquered by anyone, I am certainly not afraid of Your ferocious mouth and tongue, Your eyes bright like the sun or Your frowning eyebrows. I do not fear Your sharp, pinching teeth, Your garland of intestines, Your mane soaked with blood, or Your high, wedgelike ears. Nor do I fear Your tumultuous roaring, which makes elephants flee to distant places, or Your nails, which are meant to kill Your enemies. PURPORT Lord NersimhadevaAEs fierce appearance was certainly most dangerous for the nondevotees, but for Prahldda Mahdrdja such a fearful appearance was not at all disturbing. The lion is very fearsome for other animals, but its cubs are not at all afraid of the lion. The water of the sea is certainly dreadful for all living entities on the land, but within the sea even the small fish is unafraid. Why? Because the small fish has taken shelter of the big ocean. It is said that although great elephants are taken away by the flooding waters of the river, the small fish swim opposite the current. Therefore although the Lord sometimes assumes a fierce appearance to kill the duskritis, the devotees worship Him. Kegava dheta-nara-hari-r|pa jaya jagadiga hare. The devotee always takes pleasure in worshiping the Lord and glorifying the Lord in any form, either pleasing or fierce. Lecture We are reading from the prayers of Prahlad Maharaj that he is offering to Lord Narsimhadev. Prahlad Maharaj was requested by Lord Brahma to somehow try to appease the anger of Lord Narsimhadev. The Lord is unlimitedly pleased with one who pleases His devotee and the Lord is unlimitedly angry with the person who offends His devotee. We are reading about the intense anger of Lord Narsimhadev. How much ferocious He was since Hiranyakashipu tried to cause so much disturbance to PrahladAEs life! We should understand that to the extent Narsimhadev or Krishna is angry when one offends His devotee, to that same degree Krishna is very pleased and happy when we satisfy His devotee. Do not think it is only one sided. That the Lord only takes such an intense extreme form of anger when His devotee is offended. But He is as intensely pleased when we satisfy His devotee. So which form of the Lord do we want to see? We want to see both as long as we are not the ones offending the devotees. We love to see Lord Narsimhadev appearing to liberate the demons and to give glorification to the devotee. Actually Lord Narsimhadev really appeared in this form just to attract everyoneAEs hearts and to glorify little Prahlad who is so utterly fearless. What a gigantic personality Brahma is! Shiva! Indra! Try to imagine the farthest regions of your brain substance. What kind of a personality Lord Brahma is! He has created practically all the different phenomena within this universe. He lives 311 trillion years. He is a very, very big person. From him, the Vedas are coming. He is the father of everyone in this universe. He is even the father of Shiva, Indra. But this Brahma was utterly frightened to come before Lord Narsimhadev. And Lord Shiva; simply by his dancing the whole universe is destroyed, but when he saw Lord Narahari, although there was great love in his heart, he could not approach that form. He was just too ferocious. But little five year old Prahlad, he is praying in this verse, oMy dear Lord, I am not at all afraid of what I see.o The reason was, as Srila Prabhupada explains, oPrahlad learnt how to take shelter of the Lord. When we learn the process of taking shelter there is no fear.o We will try to share with you an example, which I believe, is very much freshly impressed within your heart. How many of you went to the Ugra sthamba? Raise your arms and say Hari Bol! (loud Hari Bol!!!) How did you enjoy that experience? (Hari Bol!!!) It was certainly an adventure. I would like to walk you through a meditation. Just think back. When you are about to approach that little walkway, maybe 3feet wide, that was slanted to one side. The rock was so completely smooth that it looked like anything could slip off at any second. And on either side of it, was the darshan of practically the entire universal creation(laughter). It was the top of the mountain and looking down on both sides, was such a fall that you can hardly see the bottom. Did any of you notice that? I have never been a mountain climber, but I have heard the theory of mountain climbing. By KrishnaAEs grace I forgot about it until I came down off the mountain. The theory amongst professional mountain climbers is u never ever, ever look down. If you look down, you become disoriented, because it is too much. You are always supposed to just look at the next step, going upwards, like a horse with blinders. Now that little slanted rock which is very smooth, if we didnAEt see either side, we probably would have danced across without any fear, but if we see both sides, Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna! Namaste Narsimhaya! However, when we were up there, we saw some little birds higher than us just flying around completely fearless. Little birds were just flying around in the sky and they were looking down and it was farther than us. They were overhead. They did not even have a ledge to stand on. Little insects were flying around fearlessly. How is it that these sophisticated, social, impressive people from Bombay (laughter), some specialist doctors, some attorneys, some with mastersAE degrees, some very, very wealthy people, some famous bramhacharis (laughter) who are noted throughout the world for having renounced the world despite so many qualifications.. how is it that they were thinking, oOh! My God!o and the little birds, they donAEt know and were flying around completely fearlessly. Because they have taken shelter of the sky. They have learnt the process of taking shelter of the sky. Therefore they are fearless anywhere and everywhere within the sky. But because we are land creatures, we havenAEt learnt to take shelter of the sky. So the sky is very fearful. Do you remember, 4-5 days back, when we were bathing in the ocean at Simhacalam, at the beach of Vishakhapatnam? Do you remember those very powerful waves pushing us? And we look out and see the sea, vast, limitless. So deep; all kinds of man eating fishes. We were right at the shore. And when those waves came, it was a little fearful, was it not? Even our best swimmer, I wonAEt mention names u he swam out there and he said, o I almost drowned.o Because, those waves push you towards the shore, about three feet and then they pull you towards the centre of the ocean, about 8 feet. ThatAEs what happened when you got out there. You had to really swim for your life to not get sucked towards the middle of the ocean. So here we are, human beings, supposedly the crest jewel of all creatures, but how fearful is the ocean to us. But that little fish is fearlessly just going anywhere and everywhere in the ocean. Srila Prabhupada is using the example. When the river is flooding, even the mightiest elephant gets washed away to its death. But little tiny fish is going upstream, downstream and crosstream, fearlessly, because the fish has learnt to take shelter of the ocean. The ocean and the sky are vast. They are big. Therefore they are fearful. Prahlad Maharaj took shelter of Krishna. Krishna is the source of the sky, of the land, of the ocean, of all of existence. Therefore, if you take shelter of Krishna, you can be fearless in any situation of life and this is proven. Where we were standing, some of us were thinking, oMaybe, I will fall.o Say Hari Bol if any of you thought like that. (Hari Bol!) If you didnAEt think like that, that means you were completely dull as stone. Not only were we walking across this slippery slanted rock that was only 3 feet wide, with big drops to the bottom of the earth on each side. But the wind was blowing hard. The wind was blowing in the direction of the down side of the rock. Well, Prahlad was on a mountain, much, much higher than that and he was actually thrown off. He didnAEt have a 3 feet rock to stand on. He was actually thrown into the air. I think you can appreciate this story a little better today while your memory is fresh. What would it be like when falling from where you were. It is a true story. A five year old child was falling but he was fearless because he was taking shelter of Krishna who is the source of everything. And because he knew that Krishna is the friend of His devotee. He had this faith. Even while he was falling he knew for sure that Krishna is going to save me because I am remembering Him and because I am chanting His Holy names Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. He did not have a rock to walk on. And how many of you were completely fearlessly convinced that Krishna is going to protect you? Prahlad had no rock. He was falling at full speed down that mountain. But he knew, that, oIf I take shelter of KrishnaAEs name, He will protect me. He protects His devotees. Why should I fear? Even if I die, if I remember Him, what kind of protection! I will go back to Godhead.o ItAEs very good. Krishna protected him. At Simhachalam, the same place we were bathing at the sea, at the shoreline we were fearful. Prahlad was thrown right in the middle of the ocean with no life raft. There is no record that he even learnt swimming at five years old. But he was fearless, not because he took shelter like a fish who took shelter of the ocean, but because he was like a fish that was swimming in the ocean of faith in Krishna. Therefore he had no fear even in the bottom of the ocean. He had no fear. That is faith. Krishna reciprocates with our faith. Prahlad Maharaj, because he took shelter of Lord Narsimhadev, he saw every one of the Ugra Narsimha features as something very sweet, fatherly, motherly and beautiful, protective. When he saw those ferocious sharp teeth, those burning angry eyes, that gaping cave like mouth, blood all over his mane which is scattering the clouds; when he heard that roar that caused elephants to run in fear and scream in pain, Prahlad MaharajAEs heart was just comforted. He was seeing his beloved. Just as we see Radha Gopinath playing on His flute. But do you really see Radha Gopinath playing on His flute? According to our faith we see Him. Prahlad Maharaj was seeing the sweet beautiful form of the Lord in Narsimhadev, because he took shelter. Here, in Ahobilam, we have all received the very blessed mercy of Lord Narsimhadev. Of course that mercy has come through His devotees. If not for Srila Prabhupada giving us Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, almost all of us would have never come here. Srila Prabhupada, with the key of his mercy, unlocked the door and opened to the spiritual world, not only to the Holy dhamas but to enter into the real spirit and consciousness of the Holy dhama. Recently, one devotee was telling me that he has been to practically all these places Kurmakshetra, Simhacalam, Ahobilam. And it was a ritualistic and a little bit interesting visit. However, due to the teachings that Srila Prabhupada has given us in his books and the association of the devotees who are dedicated in trying to follow those principles, these Holy dhamas are revealing a transcended insight, that is so fulfilling, enriching to our spiritual lives! Many people go to Vrindavan, Jagannath Puri, even Mayapur. But when devotees are touched by the mercy of the great acharyas, they reveal the real secrets of the dhama to our hearts. Veda Vyas explains one of the symptoms of Kali yuga is to go a Holy place, just to take your bath or to see the temple. Without hearing from the great Vaishnavas, who reveal the treasure of what this visit is meant to do for you. It is meant to bring you closer to God, to deepen your faith, your commitment and your surrender. It is a joyful process. Yesterday I saw one young devotee. I asked her, oWhat was the part of the yatra that you liked best?o and she said, oGoing to Ugra stamba!o I think we would all have to agree that it was without question, the highpoint of the yatra. Hari Bol! What I am hoping that these yatras ultimately do for all of you is u to increase your gratitude, your chastity, your dedication to Srila Prabhupada, because it was through his mercy that he has given us all these treasures. If not for his sacrifice to sleeplessly remain awake all night, translating his books, if not for him enduring heart attacks, sea sicknesses and all kinds of tribulations to cross the Atlantic ocean on that cargo ship, if not for him accepting so many abuses and literally disintegrating his health by his intensive schedule. Almost all his godbrothers lived into the 90s and 100s. They are great souls. Most of them remained at their maths preaching the glories of the Lord and we put our head on the feet of all of these wonderful, great Vaishnavas. But Srila Prabhupada did not care anything for his preservation. He gave his life for you and me. And it was the gift of how he presented Krishna Consciousness in such a perfectly unique way to attract the people of todayAEs society that we have been transformed. When we come to these places of pilgrimage in the association of 520 devotees, it is really a joyful experience. Very purifying experience. It is my deepest prayer that the many benefits that you gained from this, let the foremost be your deep appreciation and your faithful commitment to Srila PrabhupadaAEs mercy. There may be many great souls but Srila Prabhupada has personally connected us to the spiritual world. And how do we express our gratitude? By receiving the gifts that he has given us wholeheartedly and helping to satisfy him. What satisfies Srila Prabhupada? -when we chant the Holy names as attentively as possible every single day, atleast 16 rounds. He is not asking anything for himself. What satisfies him is, when you do something that is good, for yourself. So we will do it and make him happy. Sometimes we think like this. oActually it is hopeless. I will never go back to Godhead. I am too much of a useless soul. But just to make Srila Prabhupada happy, I have to chant my 16 rounds.o To follow these four regulative principles u no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat eating, for our own sake. When Srila Prabhupada sees that we are making spiritual advancement, then he is satisfied. He wants us to read his books. There may be so many other Vedic literatures. There are Puranas. There are various commentaries by so many great personalities. And we offer all respects to all authorised Vaishnava literatures. However until we thoroughly study Srila PrabhupadaAEs books for many years, why should we even think about looking into other literatures even if they are completely bonafide, authorised and full of nectar? We offer all respect. But Srila Prabhupada who is the person who has given us safety in this world of danger; he put so much of his life into writing those books for you. Some devotees read so many books. They donAEt even have time for Srila PrabhupadaAEs books, especially new people. I have seen in the bramhachari ashrama. If there are hundreds of Srila PrabhupadaAEs books everywhere and if there is one magazine from some other organisation laying in the ashrama, everybody is looking at it. My question is : Has everyone read all Srila PrabhupadaAEs books carefully and understood them? If you havenAEt read and digested his purports, you will not be able to really understand anything else. One of my very dear godbrothers said something to me that was very touching to my heart. He is a very senior Vaishnava, grihastha. He is working to maintain his family. He was very dear to Srila Prabhupada. At one time he was Srila PrabhupadaAEs personal servant. He told me that there is one thing in his life that he religiously does everyday without fail. He reads Srila PrabhupadaAEs books atleast one to two hours minimum. He told me why. He said, oPrabhupada worked so hard. He worked so hard to give me these books. Even if I am a fallen soul, how can I face him at the moment of death and not be able to tell him that, aePrabhupada! I have accepted that unbelievable sacrifice of an offering that you gave to me?AE If I just please him by accepting the sacrifice that he has made, by reading these books,o he said, oI believe that this is what will please Krishna more than anything else.AEAE So it is not that we have to ban other books. This is an unfortunate thing. aeThis book is banned.AE And that book is banned. Why? Maybe out of necessity, sometimes these things have to be done. But the real thing is in a very positive way. Srila Prabhupada is spoon feeding us Krishna Consciousness. I know myself personally. I read through Srila PrabhupadaAEs books several times for 15 years before I touched another Vaishnava literature because I felt that without really trying to understand PrabhupadaAEs purports it will be superficial to think I can understand any other literature. And then whatever else I read of the authorised Vaishnava literatures I can see it all through the eyes of Srila PrabhupadaAEs teachings. Then we can see it as it is. At least we are trying. So this is the way of showing our appreciation for Srila Prabhupada. To really go deeply into his teachings, into his books and not just shop around for the latest nectar. Because the real nectar is in pleasing the supersoul within your heart. We can show our gratitude for Srila Prabhupada by remembering what he told us one year on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati ThakurAEs disappearance day in Los Angeles, California. Srila Prabhupada said, oI am an old man. I may die at any time.o Then he choked up and starting crying, begging his followers, oPlease help me to continue this great mission of my Guru Maharaj.o There is nothing that Srila Prabhupada was more happy with, than when he saw devotees cooperating together to help him in his mission to his Guru Maharaj. Srila Prabhupada said, oYou will show your love for me by how you cooperate with one another to help continue this great movement of my spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.o If we remain very simple, having these basic principles as our path in life, not looking for alternatives. The more we look for alternatives, the more we lose connection to that mercy and the more dissatisfied our Krishna Consciousness is. And then a chain reaction takes place. When we are dissatisfied, then we think we have to find another alternative to get some life back into my spirituality. And then another alternative. And then another alternative and we go further and further and further away! But the real sweetness that the soul is searching birth after birth after birth for, is the sweetness of KrishnaAEs mercy. The process is simple. Just be happy with this causeless mercy. Be content associating with devotees. No politics. Talk about Krishna. Talk about service to Krishna. If something happens wrong, oOk this is what we have to do. Forget it now.o ThatAEs it. DonAEt ponder on problems, especially in regards to peoplesAE problems. Understand from higher authorities what must be done. ThatAEs it. And discuss how to serve; how to preach; how to improve the quality of our lives. Discuss KrishnaAEs teachings, KrishnaAEs pastimes. >From Mangalgiri to Ahobilam, the buses took 12 hours on these bumpy, primitive, unkempt Andhra Pradesh Indian Roads. I asked one devotee, oI hope the bus ride was not too difficult.o And she said, oNo! It was wonderful. We were having quizzes. I really liked the quizzes.o They were discussing what was being said in different classes for so many hours. The bus was in great attention, discussing, hearing from each other, their realisations and their remembrances of Krishna katha. In this way this bus; usually in these buses, people are just miserable, drunk, watch these karmi sex movies, going down these bumpy roads, but this was like an airship going to Vaikuntha because they were together talking about Krishna. It is so simple. It is so wonderful. We are together. LetAEs learn how to take pleasure in talking about Krishna. But do you know what prajalpa does? When you start finding faults with devotees and talking political things, you lose your taste for hearing and talking about Krishna. Many of us have seen. Some people are so interested in talking about the faults of others or talking about so many material situations in a very, very negative, political way, that if you try to tell to them something about Krishna, it is boring to them. It is not that they take pleasure in talking about politics and gossip. It just somehow or the other excites their minds. But Raghunath das Goswami said that gossip is like the prostitute that steals away all oneAEs propensities to hear and chant the glories of the Lord. It is a fact. If you travel around the world, you will see it. And if somebody just likes to talk about Krishna, these people will say, oWhat nonsense. Just stop talking about Krishna! Come to realityo (laughter) as if the gossip of this world is reality. That is not what we read in Srimad Bhagavatam. Krishna is the only reality. And the only way out of illusion is to hear the glories of the Lord and to take pleasure in chanting His Holy names Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Srila Prabhupada told us oUtility is the principle.o That means we have to be practical. But what is utility? It means how to practically manage, organise a society, a family, a temple in which everyone is focussed on hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord. But if the utilitarian principle diverts our attention away from that, then it is defeating the purpose which it is meant to achieve. Somebody told me recently that they were thinking they shouldnAEt come to the yatra because it was sense gratification, and better that they do their work. But Srila Prabhupada explains that Krishna Consciousness is spiritual sense gratification. If we are not experiencing spiritual sense gratification, we will never be able to give up material sense gratification. These yatras are so very important in our lives. They bring us together. We get to know each other on the basis of chanting, dancing, hearing, taking prasadam and rendering service. It is a wonderful chance to serve devotees. It gives us joy and it gives us faith. Ahobilam is that place which has been eternally blessed with the supreme mercy of Krishna in His benevolent form of Sri Narsimhadev. Protection is a great necessity. Practically the whole world is utilising so much of their time to somehow or other protect themselves or protect their loved ones or protect their nations. Think about this, please. The greatest expenditure in the entire planet earth is in military and weaponry. It is the greatest expenditure in India, in America, in Russia, in almost all the European countries. Because they know that this world is not we want it to be. All our neighbouring countries can attack us, destroy us, exploit us at any moment. So we have to have big armies. We have to have equal or better weapons. Pakistan and India just tested their nuclear bombs. They wanted to show each other. Just like have you seen in Vrindavan, when the dogs get angry with each other or the monkeys get angry with each other? They are showing each other, their teethaso in the same way human civilisation is like dogsa Why? It is all for protection. This world is a fearful place. You need protection. Is there any city or any country in the whole world that you have heard of, that doesnAEt have a police department, a fire department? That is something which is common everywhere you go, because people need to be protected. And why is everyone working all day long from 10.00 to 5.00? They are working for money. Because money will give them a house, it will give them food and it will give them protection. The whole world is desperate for protection. Why do we get married? In civilised society, marriage is meant for protection. If protection is not the basis of marriage, it simply becomes animalistic life and it ends up in miserable divorce. You are supposed to protect each other, not enjoy each other. Protection is the basis of our existence. However, despite all these incredible efforts for protection human society is in chaos. Nobody is happy. Why? Because we do not know where real protection is. The ultimate fear is death. None of these arrangements that we have created will protect us from death. Prahlad Maharaj was peaceful. You can only be peaceful if you feel yourself completely protected. Prahlad Maharaj was at peace in any situation of life. People are trying to create material arrangements just to be peaceful. Prahlad Maharaj had no material arrangements at his disposal. He was thrown into the pits of serpents, thrown into the ocean, thrown into the sky, thrown into poison. He had nothing material to stand on. But he was peaceful because he was protected by Krishna. And that protection is available to everyone if we learn to take shelter of Krishna. And how to take shelter of Krishna in this age of Kali? - by taking shelter of His Holy names Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Our coming to Ahobilam is to enrich our lives with this conviction. So many nice experiences. None of these places we could go if it rains. Just when the last group finished the last parikrama, there were torrents of rain. The Lord has so kindly arranged everything so nicely. So please, my dear matajis and prabhus, it is my very sincere appeal to each and every one of you. Reciprocate with the mercy that Srila Prabhupada has given us. Wholeheartedly accept the gift that he has given you - the association of his devotees, his books, the Holy name, KrishnaAEs prasada and service to the mission of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. For if you do this, there is nothing in all of creation that will help you more to perfect your lives by getting, receiving the causeless mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Because by somehow or other just pleasing such a devotee as Srila Prabhupada, how much we will please the Lord! But that pleasing has to be with continuity. The real test of our dedication is whether we continue until the day we die. Some people can show tremendous dedication for couple of days, couple of months or even some years but then chose some other alternatives. That means their dedication was not really very sincere. We should dedicate ourselves whether we are bramhacharis, grihasthas, vanaprasthas or sanyasis. As we learnt in Kurmakshetra a few days ago from Lord ChaitanyaAEs teachings to the kurma brahmin, our particular social status is not what is important. We should continue on. What is important is that dedication to the spirit of Krishna Consciousness. Krishna Consciousness is not cheap. Your hairs may not stand on end in ecstatic love when you chant, for the next few years. We should be willing to remain faithful and dedicated throughout out lives. When we have that conviction, owhatever happens, I will serve our Guru parampara, as long as there is a breath in this body, as long as there is a beat in my heart, I am the property of Guru and Gaurangao, then Krishna will really take our devotional service seriously. This is the most auspicious and beneficial of all items that we can do in our lives u appreciate, be grateful and be faithful to Srila PrabhupadaAEs mercy. If somehow or other that becomes a stronger reality in our lives after this yatra, then this yatra was truly a grand success. Sri Narsimhadev Bhagavan ki Jai! - Hare Krishna ! ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com (Text COM:2570489) -------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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