But real Aryan means one who is advanced in spiritual consciousness.

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But real Aryan means one who is advanced in spiritual consciousness.

 

 

751121mw.bom Conversations That who is Aryan? These are the

symptoms of Aryan. If the symptoms are found in Mexico, they are Aryan. That is

verdict of Narada. Yady anyatrapi drsyeta tat tenaiva vinirdiset. We are doing

that. They are coming from mleccha family, but they have practiced to become

brahmana, they are brahmana. This is Aryan culture.

 

Bg 2.2 P Contents of the Gita Summarized In the presence of the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, Arjuna's lamentation for his kinsmen is

certainly unbecoming, and therefore Krsna expressed His surprise with the word

kutas, "wherefrom." Such unmanly sentiments were never expected from a person

belonging to the civilized class of men known as Aryans. The word Aryan is

applicable to persons who know the value of life and have a civilization based

on spiritual realization. Persons who are led by the material conception of

life do not know that the aim of life is realization of the Absolute Truth,

Visnu, or Bhagavan, and they are captivated by the external features of the

material world, and therefore they do not know what liberation is. Persons who

have no knowledge of liberation from material bondage are called non-Aryans.

Although Arjuna was a ksatriya, he was deviating from his prescribed duties by

declining to fight. This act of cowardice is described as befitting the

non-Aryans. Such deviation from duty does not help one in the progress of

spiritual life, nor does it even give one the opportunity to become famous in

this world. Lord Krsna did not approve of the so-called compassion of Arjuna

for his kinsmen.

 

SB 4.30.39-40 The Activities of the Pracetas Dear Lord, we have studied

the Vedas, accepted a spiritual master and offered respect to brahmanas,

advanced devotees and aged personalities who are spiritually very advanced. We

have offered our respects to them, and we have not been envious of any brother,

friends or anyone else. We have also undergone severe austerities within the

water and have not taken food for a long time. All these spiritual assets of

ours are simply offered for Your satisfaction. We pray for this benediction

only, and nothing more.

 

PURPORT

As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam, samsiddhir hari-tosanam: the real perfection

of life is pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vedais ca sarvair aham

eva vedyah: in understanding the Vedas, one has to understand the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. One who has actually understood Him surrenders unto Him

after many, many births. We find all these qualifications in the Pracetas. They

underwent severe austerities and penances within the water, and they did not

take any food for a very long time. They practiced these austerities not for

material benediction but for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. One may

engage in any business--material or spiritual--but the purpose should be the

satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse presents a

perfect picture of Vedic civilization. People training to become devotees

should be respectful not only to the Supreme Personality of Godhead but also to

those who are elderly in knowledge, who are Aryans and actual devotees of the

Lord. An Aryan is one who does not boast, but is an actual devotee of the Lord.

Aryan means "advanced." Formerly, those who claimed to be Aryans had to be

devotees of the Lord. For instance, in Bhagavad-gita (2.2) Krsna chastised

Arjuna by saying that he was speaking like a non-Aryan.

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca kutas tva

kasmalam idam visame samupasthitam

anarya-justam asvargyam akirti-karam arjuna

 

"The Supreme Person [bhagavan] said: My dear Arjuna, how have these

impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the

progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets, but to infamy."

Arjuna, the ksatriya, was refusing to fight despite being directly ordered by

the Supreme Lord. He was thus chastised by the Lord as belonging to a non-Aryan

family. Anyone who is advanced in the devotional service of the Lord certainly

knows his duty. It does not matter whether his duty is violent or nonviolent.

If it is sanctioned and ordered by the Supreme Lord, it must be performed. An

Aryan performs his duty. It is not that the Aryans are unnecessarily inimical

to living entities. The Aryans never maintain slaughterhouses, and they are

never enemies of poor animals. The Pracetas underwent severe austerities for

many, many years, even within the water. Accepting austerities and penances is

the avowed business of those interested in advanced civilization. The word

nirandhasam means "without food." Eating voraciously and unnecessarily is not

the business of an Aryan. Rather, the eating process should be restricted as

far as possible. When Aryans eat, they eat only prescribed eatables. Regarding

this, the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (9.26):

 

patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya

prayacchati tad aham bhakty-upahrtam

asnami prayatatmanah

 

"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I

will accept it." Thus there are restrictions for the advanced Aryans. Although

the Lord Himself can eat anything and everything, He restricts Himself to

vegetables, fruits, milk and so on. This verse thus describes the activities of

those who claim to be Aryans.

 

SB 7.5.51 P Prahlada Maharaja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu Hiranyakasipu

wanted Prahlada Maharaja to be trained as a diplomatic king in ruling the

kingdom, the country or the world, but not to be advised about renunciation or

the renounced order of life. The word dharma here does not refer to some

religious faith. As clearly stated, dharmo hy asyopadestavyo rajnam yo

grha-medhinam. There are two kinds of royal families--one whose members are

simply attached to household life and the other consisting of rajarsis, kings

who govern with ruling power but are as good as great saints. Prahlada Maharaja

wanted to become a rajarsi, whereas Hiranyakasipu wanted him to become a king

attached to sense enjoyment (grha-medhinam). Therefore in the Aryan system

there is varnasrama-dharma, by which everyone should be educated according to

his position in society's division of varna (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and

sudra) and asrama (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa).

 

Madhya 11.192 The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu The word

Aryan means advanced. Unless one is spiritually advanced, he cannot be called

an Aryan, and this is the difference between Aryan and non-Aryan. Non-Aryans

are those who are not spiritually advanced. By following the Vedic culture, by

performing great sacrifices and by becoming a strict follower of the Vedic

instructions, one may become a brahmana, a sannyasi or an Aryan. It is not

possible to become a brahmana, sannyasi or Aryan without being properly

qualified. Bhagavata-dharma never allows one to become a cheap brahmana,

sannyasi or Aryan. The qualities or qualifications described herein are quoted

from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.33.7) and were spoken by Devahuti, the mother of

Kapiladeva, when she understood the influence of devotional service

(bhakti-yoga). In this way Devahuti praised the devotee, pointing out his

greatness in all respects.

 

Madhya 19.72 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami

Vallabha Bhattacarya then recited the following verse: " 'My dear Lord, one who

always keeps Your holy name on his tongue becomes greater than an initiated

brahmana. Although he may be born in a family of dog-eaters and may therefore,

by material calculation, be the lowest among men, he is still glorious. This is

the wonderful effect of chanting the holy name of the Lord. It is therefore

concluded that one who chants the holy name of the Lord should be understood to

have performed all kinds of austerities and great sacrifices mentioned in the

Vedas. He has already taken his bath in all the holy places of pilgrimage. He

has studied all the Vedas, and he is actually an Aryan.' "

 

Lectures & Classes 681125BG.LA

 

Bhagavad-gita 2.1-10 and Talk

-- Los Angeles, November 25, 1968

 

Tamala Krsna: "Sanjaya said, Seeing Arjuna full of compassion and very

sorrowful, his eyes brimming with tears, Madhusudana, Krsna, spoke the

following words. The Supreme Personality said, 'My dear Arjuna, how have these

impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the

progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets but to infamy.'

Purport..."Prabhupada: Now, Arjuna was sympathetic with his brothers and

relatives and he was practically crying, with tears in his eyes, and Krsna said

that it is non-Aryan. It is not befitting for an Aryan. Just see. He was so

compassionate, but still, it is not approved by Krsna. Go on.Tamala Krsna:

Purport. "The Sanskrit word Bhagavan is explained by the great authority,

Parasara Muni, the father of Vyasadeva. The Supreme Personality who possesses

all riches, entire strength, entire fame, entire beauty, entire knowledge, and

entire renunciation is called Bhagavan. There are many persons who are very

rich, very powerful, very beautiful, very famous, very learned, and very much

detached, but no one can claim that he is possessor of all these opulences

entirely. Such a claim is applicable to Krsna only, and as such He is the

Supreme Personality of Godhead. No living entity, including Brahma, can possess

such opulence. Neither Lord Siva nor even Narayana can possess such opulence as

fully as Krsna. By analytical study of such possessions it is concluded in the

Brahma-samhita by Lord Brahma himself that Lord Krsna is the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Nobody is equal to or above Him. He is the primeval

Lord or Bhagavan known as Govinda, and He is the supreme cause of all causes.

It is stated as follows: There are many personalities possessing the qualities

of Bhagavan, but Krsna is Supreme over all of them because none can excel Him.

He is the Supreme Person and His body is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.

He is the primeval Lord Govinda and the cause of all causes. In the Bhagavatam

also there is a list of many incarnations of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead, but Krsna is described therein as the original Personality from whom

many, many incarnations and Personalities of Godhead expand. It is stated in

this way: All the lists of the incarnations of Godhead submitted herewith are

either plenary expansions or parts of the plenary expansions of the Supreme

Personality of Godhead, but Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Himself. Therefore Krsna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, the

source of both Supersoul and the impersonal Brahman. In the presence of the

Supreme Person, Arjuna's lamentation for his kinsmen is certainly unbecoming,

and therefore Krsna expressed His surprise with the word kutas, wherefrom. Such

unmanly sentiments were never expected from a person belonging to the civilized

class of men known as Aryans. The word Aryan is applicable to persons who know

the value of life and have a civilization based on spiritual realization.

Persons who are led by the material conception of life do not know that the aim

of life is realization of the Absolute Truth, Visnu, or Bhagavan. Such persons

are captivated by the external features..."Prabhupada: But at the present

moment they claim that "We belong to the Aryan family," but they have not the

qualification of an Aryan. The Aryan qualification is described there. Simply

Arjuna was little flickering, he showed his little weakness, and he was at once

condemned as non-Aryan. "Oh, you are just showing your symptom of a non-Aryan."

You see. And by Krsna. So the Aryan word is not ordinary. To become Aryan means

a perfect human being, as far as possible. That is Aryan civilization. Go

on.Tamala Krsna: "Such persons are captivated by the external features of the

material world, and therefore they do not know what liberation is. Persons who

have no knowledge of liberation from material bondage are called non-Aryans.

Arjuna was trying to deviate from his prescribed duties, declining to fight,

although he was a ksatriya or warrior. This act of cowardice is described as

befitting the non-Aryans. Such deviation from duty does not help one in the

progress of spiritual life, nor does it even give one the opportunity of

becoming famous in this world. Lord Krsna did not approve of the so-called

compassion of Arjuna for his kinsmen."Prabhupada: So-called compassion. He was

thinking that by showing that compassion he'll be, I mean to say, eulogized by

Krsna. But Krsna condemned it. Yes. Just the opposite. In other words, Krsna is

very strict also. That is the qualification of Krsna and His associates. Vajrad

api kathora and kusumad api kamala. Softer than the flower and harder than the

thunderbolt. Two sides. When Krsna is strict He's harder than the thunderbolt,

and when He's soft, He's softer than the flower. These two examples are given.

Vajrad api kathora, kusumad api kamala. So Krsna is not lenient to His friend

or to His devotee. Because that leniency will not help him, will not help him.

Sometimes He appears to be very hard for the devotee, but He's not hard. Just

like father sometimes becomes very strict. That is good. That will be proved,

how Krsna's hardness will prove his salvation. At the end Arjuna will admit,

"By Your mercy, my illusion is now over." So this sort of stricture by..., from

God on the devotee is sometimes misunderstood. Because we are always accustomed

to accept what is immediately very pleasing, but sometimes we'll find that we

are not getting which is immediately very pleasing, but we should not be

disappointed. We shall stick to Krsna. That is Arjuna's position. Go on.Tamala

Krsna: "O son of Prtha, do not yield to this degrading impotence."Prabhupada:

Hm. Degrading impotence. He doesn't want to see (chuckling) His devotee a

coward and impotent. So this so-called qualification, impotency and niggard,

that is not qualification for devotee. He must be very, in every way, very

expert and fit. Krsna wants to see. Yes. Go on.Tamala Krsna: "It does not

become you. Give up such petty weakness of heart and arise, O chastiser of the

enemy."Prabhupada: He's specially addressing, "chastiser of the enemy." Where

there is no excuse, you must be chastiser. Not that "Because I have become

Krsna conscious, I'll be very humble." You must be humble, but in need, if

there is need, you shall be thunderbolt. That is Krsna instructing.Tamala

Krsna: "Arjuna said: O killer of Madhu, Krsna, how can I counterattack with

arrows in battle personalities like Bhisma and Drona, who are worthy of my

worship?"Prabhupada: Of course, all explanation are not there. Here, these

words, Krsna addressed Arjuna, "chastiser of enemies." And Arjuna addresses

Krsna, "Madhusudana," or the killer of the demon Madhu. "Yes, You are

addressing me as chastiser of enemy, but do You think my grandfather, my

teacher, they are my enemies? You killed demon Madhu, therefore Your name is

Madhusudana, but You are asking me to kill my grandfather and teacher." That is

the hint. "It is all right that Your name is Madhusudana. You killed one demon

whose name was Madhu, but You are asking me, Bhismasudana? Bhisma is my

grandfather. And Dronasudana?" Sudana means killer. "So how can I be that?"

Now... That is the answer.Tamala Krsna: "It is better to live in this world by

begging than to live at the cost of the lives of great souls who are my

teachers. Even though they are avaricious, they are nonetheless superiors. If

they are killed, then our spoils will be tainted with blood."Prabhupada: This

is another indication how superiors should be shown respect. Arjuna says,

"Although they have become avaricious, still, they are my superior."

Avaricious, why? "They have got full affection for me. My grandfather Bhisma

has got full affection for me. And Dronacarya, I am his very dear student so he

has also my very affection... good affection for me. But because Duryodhana has

paid them, he has accepted their service. Paid them. So avaricious. Simply for

money, in spite of so much affection and intimate relationship, they have

accepted the service of Duryodhana, counting on money. So therefore they are

avaricious. But in spite of their being avaricious, they are my respectful."

This is respect. This is respect, that the respectful person who is my

respectful, even there are some characteristics who does not command respect,

still respect should be offered. This is a respectful offering. Yes. Sometimes

it may be. The example is given. In the Bhagavad-gita you'll find, api cet

sudaracaro bhajate mam ananya-bhak sadhur eva sa mantavyah. "Even a devotee

(is) sometimes found not acting properly, but because he has got that

unflinching faith and devotion upon Me," Krsna says, "therefore he is saint."

Only for that one qualification--he does not know except Krsna. So to such

person, even some flaws are found in their character... Just like we have

imposed some rules that illicit sex relationship and intoxication, meat-eating,

so many things. So... Of course, intentionally one should not break these laws.

But even sometimes we may find that there is some flaw in one's part... Suppose

if I see somebody smoking, but he is doing Krsna consciousness very nicely. So

we should not deride. We shall give him concession to reform. That... It does

not mean that because he has accidentally smoked, smoking, that does not mean

he has become immediately disqualified. As Arjuna is showing: "Although they

have become avaricious, still, they are my superiors. Still. Still, they are my

superiors." This is... This is called unflinching faith. In spite of seeing my

respectful superior abominable, not willingly, but by accident, still, I should

not withdraw my respect. That is the... Hmm.Tamala Krsna: "Nor do we know which

is better, conquering them or being conquered by them. The sons of Dhrtarastra,

whom if we killed we should not care to live, are now standing before us on this

battlefield." Purport. "Arjuna became perplexed in this connection, not knowing

whether he should execute the fighting with the risk of committing

unnecessarily violence, although it is the duty of the ksatriyas, or whether he

should not and prefer instead to live by begging, because if he did not conquer

the enemy, begging would be the only means left for his living. There was no

certainty of victory because either side might emerge victorious."Prabhupada:

These are his causes of perplexities, how he was thinking, that has been tried

to be explained. Yes, go on.Tamala Krsna: "Even if there were victory awaiting

them, because their cause was justified, still if the sons of Dhrtarastra

should die in battle, it would be very difficult to live in their absence.

Under the circumstances that would be another kind of defeat. All these

considerations by Arjuna definitely proved that he was not only a great devotee

of the Lord but that he was also highly enlightened and had complete control

over his mind and senses. His desire to live by begging although he was born in

the royal household is another sign of detachment. He was fully in the quality

of forbearance as all these qualities combined with his faith in the words of

instruction of Sri Krsna, his spiritual master, give evidence. It is concluded

that Arjuna was quite fit for liberation. Unless the senses are controlled,

there is no chance of elevation to the platform of knowledge, and without

knowledge and devotion there is no chance of liberation. Arjuna was competent

in all these attributes over and above his enormous attributes in his material

relationships."Prabhupada: Go on. (coughs)Tamala Krsna: "Now I am confused

about..."Prabhupada: Yes, what is there?Tamala Krsna: "Now I am confused about

duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am

asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple and a

soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." Purport. "By nature's own way,

the complete system of material activities is a source of perplexity for

everyone. In every step there is perplexity, and it behooves one therefore to

approach a bona fide spiritual master who can give one the proper guidance for

executing the purpose of life. All Vedic literatures advise us to approach a

bona fide spiritual master to get free from the perplexities of life which

happen without our desire. They appear like a forest fire which takes place

without being set by anyone. Similarly, the world situation is such that

perplexities of life automatically appear without our wanting such confusion.

Nobody wants fire, and yet it takes place and we are perplexed. The Vedic

wisdom therefore advises that in order to solve the perplexities of life and to

understand the science of the solution one must approach a spiritual master who

is in disciplic succession. A person with a bona fide spiritual master is

supposed to know everything. One should not therefore remain in..."Prabhupada:

This is a translation of a Vedic version, acaryavan puruso veda. Acaryavan, one

who has acarya as his guidance, he is supposed to know everything. Acaryavan

puruso veda. That is given there.

 

730803BG.LON Lectures So Bhagavan is criticizing. Arjuna

became a very good man: "Why shall I...? Oh, I cannot kill my kinsmen." From

material point of view, people will very much appreciate, "Oh, here is Arjuna.

He's so nice, nonviolent. He is foregoing his claim. He has given up his astra,

bow and arrows. He's no, no longer fighting. He has decided not to fight with

kinsmen, kill his own men." So from material point of view, Arjuna is supposed

to be very, very good man. But the Supreme Person, Krsna, what does He say?

Anarya-justam: "You rascal, you are speaking like anarya." He'll say rascal

later on. He posed himself to be very good man, but when he comes to the test

of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He refuses to accept him as a good man.

He's saying that "You are anarya." There are two kinds of men: anarya and arya.

Aryan. Aryan means advanced in knowledge. He's called Aryan. And anarya means

uncivilized. So immediately He rebukes him, anarya-justam. "You are talking

just like non-Aryan, uncivilized person." People are very much, nowadays, eager

how to stop war. But Krsna says... (break) ... at any case is not required.

There is necessitty of war. Just like He's trying to convince Arjuna. Our war

means... According to Vedic civilization, that is dharma-yuddha, religious

fight. When the actual need is there to fight, we must fight. Not that when

there is need of fight, one becomes nonviolent. Just like yesterday in the

evening, when we were talking with Dr. Shoemaker, so they were supporting that

"Why should you kill any animal who is coming to... If you are determined not

to kill..." We were talking of not killing, that why should you kill one animal

who is coming to attack? No. You must kill. That is necessity. You should not go

to the forest to find out some living entities, living beings, to kill. That is

not your business. That is himsa. But if a tiger comes to attack you, you must

kill. That is self-defense. And that is not himsa. So a devotee knows, a Krsna

conscious person knows when to kill and when not to kill. But it is not that

because we accept not killing, therefore in every case, killing should be

stopped. No. If there is necessity, killing should be accepted. Therefore

Arjuna decided not to kill, not to fight. And Krsna says that "This is

anarya-justam. this kind of decision is made by the uncivilized rascal."

Anarya-justam asvargyam akirti-karam. So many things, He says. Asvargyam.

Because the aim of human life should be to make progress. That is called arya,

progressive march.

 

 

Lectures & Classes 721211BG.AHM

 

Bhagavad-gita 2.2-6 --

Ahmedabad, December 11, 1972

 

Prabhupada:

 

sri-bhagavan uvaca kutas tva

kasmalam idam visame samupasthitam

anarya-justam asvargyam akirti-karam arjuna

 

Anarya-justam, "not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of

life." Aryan. Aryan means who are progressive. So this dejection of Arjuna in

the battlefield is described as befitting a non-Aryan. Aryan, according to

Aryan civilization as described in the Bhagavad-gita, there are four divisions

inaugurated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As we have already

explained, dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam. Any systematic religious

process is to be understood: "It is given by God." Man cannot make any

religious system. So this Aryan system, progressive system, is catur-varnyam

maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah. Krsna says, "It is introduced by Me for very

good management of the social order." Brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. So

Arjuna belonged to the ksatriya family. Therefore his hesitation to fight in

the battlefield is not befitting the Aryans. For the royal order to become

nonviolent, this is not good. The ksatriyas, when they are fighting in the

battlefield, the killing is not a sin for them. Similarly, a brahmana, when

he's offering sacrifice, sometimes animals are sacrificed; so that does not

mean that he is committing sin. This animal sacrifice was made not for eating

the animals. It was for testing the Vedic mantra. Whether the brahmanas who

were engaged in offering sacrifice, whether they were chanting the Vedic mantra

in right way, that was tested by offering one animal and again giving the animal

a new youth life. That was animal sacrifice. Sometimes horses, sometimes cows

were offered. But in this age, Kali-yuga, they are forbidden because there is

no such yajnika-brahmana. All kinds of sacrifices are forbidden in this age.

 

asvamedham gavalambham sannyasam

pala-paitrkam devarena sutotpattim

kalau panca vivarjayet

 

Asvamedha sacrifice, gomedha sacrifice, sannyasa, and to get child by devara,

husband's younger brother, these things are forbidden in this age. So it was

the duty of the ksatriya to fight. Therefore Krsna is condemning his behavior,

that "This is not befitting a ksatriya. By this action, you will be defamed."

Akirti-karam arjuna. "You are such a nice fighter, soldier, and if you cease to

fight, then the other party will defame you in so many ways. What you are

thinking of? Especially you are My friend. I am standing here. Despite My

becoming your chariot driver, if you decline to fight, certainly it will be a

great havoc. Don't do this." Therefore He says, anarya-justam asvargyam.

Asvargyam means "You cannot be promoted to the heavenly planet." It is said

that a ksatriya who dies in the fight is immediately promoted to the heavenly

planet. But because he is dying for the good cause, therefore he is promoted.

Asvargyam akirti-karam. "It is defamation on your part." So

 

klaibyam ma sma gamah partha naitat tvayy

upapadyate ksudram hrdaya-daurbalyam

tyaktvottistha parantapa

 

Parantapa means one who can give trouble to the enemies. It is the duty of the

ksatriya. Enemies, aggressor, they should be killed. There is no atatayi.

Atatayi means one who is aggressor. One who kidnaps one's wife, one who take

away by force one's wealth, one who sets fire in one's house, these are called

aggressor. So aggressor should be killed. Aggressor should be given trouble. So

Krsna does not teach unnecessarily nonviolence. If ksatriya becomes nonviolent,

then the whole state will be in chaos. They must learn how to kill any

criminal. He should be immediately killed.

 

730807BG.LON Lectures So actually aryan samaja means Krsna

conscious society, International Society for Krsna... That is Arya. Not bogus.

So here, Arjuna is explaining, putting himself: "Yes, karpanya-doso. Because I

am forgetting my duty, therefore upahata-svabhavah, I am bewildered in my

natural propensities." A ksatriya should be always active. Whenever there is a

war, there is fight, they must be very much enthusiastic.

 

730828BG.LON Lectures yam hi na vyathayanty

ete purusam purusarsabha

sama-duhkha-sukham dhiram so 'mrtatvaya kalpate

 

Your problem is how to be reestablished again as eternal. Because we are

eternal. Some way or other, we have fallen in this material world. Therefore,

we have to accept birth and death. So our problem is how to again be eternal.

That is amrtatva. But these rascals, they do not know that there is possibility

of becoming eternal. Simply by trying to understand Krsna, one can become

immortal. Janma karma ca me divyam yo janati tattvatah. Simply try to

understand Krsna, what is Krsna. Then tyaktva deham punar janma naiti. Simply

by understanding Krsna, even you don't serve Krsna. If you serve, then you are

already liberated. If you simply philosophically try to understand the position

of Krsna. But no, the mudhas, the rascals, they'll say: "We accept Krsna as a

great man. We don't accept Krsna as God." The Arya-samajis say. All right if

you accept a great man, great personality, why don't you accept his teaching,

huh? Then what kind of accepting a great personality? If you actually accept

Krsna as a great personality, at least you must follow the instruction of

Krsna. And know.(?) That also they'll not do. And still they are Arya-samaj.

Arya means advancing party. They are degrading party. Real advancing party is

Krsna conscious persons, the devotees of Krsna. They're Aryan. Just like

Arjuna, when he was trying to neglect the instruction of Krsna, "Sir, I'll not

fight," He said, anarya-justam. Anyone who disobeys the instruction of Krsna,

he's anaryan. And one who obeys the instruction of Krsna, he's Aryan. That is

the distinction. Therefore, the so-called Arya-samaj, they disobey the

instruction of Krsna, and still they claim to be Aryan. Actually they are

anaryan. Anarya-justam. These things are in the Bhagavad-gita.

 

690213BG.LA Lectures So negation is no life. Positive life is

life. "Don't do this," is no life. "Do this," this is life. But in order to do

rightly, there are some things "don't.Don't" is not life, "do" is life. The

whole Bhagavad-gita is "do.Do fight for Me." There is nothing "don't."

Arjuna wanted, "Don't induce me." And Krsna did not like that. "You are

speaking like non-Aryan." Kutas tva kasmalam idam. Anarya-justam. "This kind of

words are spoken by the non-Aryans." He was accused of being non-Aryan. Anarya.

So Krsna consciousness does not mean sitting idly, no. We have the whole

pastimes of Krsna is full of activities. When you go to spiritual world Krsna

is always dancing. You have to twenty-four hours dance there and eat there.

Where is sit down? There is no question of sit down. Have you heard anything

about gopis meditating? Sit down. (laughter) Have you heard? Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu? What, dancing, "Hare Krsna." You see? You are spirit soul, how you

can stop yourself silent? That is not possible. Arjuna refused. And you'll find

in this chapter when Arjuna was recommended, "My dear Arjuna, you meditate." He

immediately refused. "My dear Krsna, it is not possible for me. It is not

possible for me." That is actual fact. How it is possible for him? He was a

householder man, he wanted kingdom, he wanted to rule over the country. Where

is the time for his meditation. He flatly refused. "My dear Krsna, it is not

possible for me." He said that controlling the mind: vayor iva suduskaram. "It

is as difficult as to control the air." That is a fact. You have to engage the

mind in Krsna. Then it is controlled. Otherwise, artificially you cannot

control. It is impossible. Arjuna said, what to speak of others. Who is Arjuna?

Personally talking with Krsna. Do you think he is ordinary man? He said that it

is impossible. Vayor iva suduskaram. This very example he has given. Cancalam

hi manah krsna pramathi balavad drdham. "My dear Krsna, you are asking me to

control the mind. It is so powerful, and restless," I think he is ordinary man?

He said that it is impossible. Vayor iva suduskaram. This very example he has

given. Cancalam hi manah krsna pramathi balavad drdham. "My dear Krsna, you are

asking me to control the mind. It is so powerful, and restless, I think to

control the mind is as good as to control the air." If there is high wind, can

you control it? He gives this example. You can control the mind when you fix up

the mind in Krsna's lotus feet, that's all. No nonsense can come within your

mind, simply Krsna. That is perfection of meditation.

 

731204SB.LA Lectures So that culture begins, civilized, in

the Aryan families. Therefore they are called Aryans, "advanced." Aryan means

advanced. People want to group themselves in the Aryan family. Just like

Hitler, he declared himself only, "The Germans are only Aryans, and Jews are

not Aryans," like that. You can manufacture. But real Aryan means one who is

advanced in spiritual consciousness. He is Aryan. Not a class of men. Aryan

means he's advanced in spiritual consciousness. The Aryan civilization is so

eulogized because they..., in the Aryan civilization there was Vedic culture.

That is Aryan.