The Happiness Of Eternal Love contd......

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Humble pranams at the divine lotus feet Of Our Eever Present Bhagawan

Baba,

 

A Living entity cannot steadily remain either in sense enjoyement or in

renunciation.Change is going on perpetually,and we cannot be happy in

either state,because of our eternal constitutional position.Sense

gratification does not endure for long,and it is therefore called

Capala-sukha,or flickering happinness.For example,an ordinary family man

who works very hard day and night and is successful in giving comforts

to the members of his family thereby relishes a kind of mellow,but his

whole advancement of material happiness immediately terminates along

with his body as soon as his life is over.Death is therefore taken as

the representative of God for the atheistic class of men.The devotee

realizes the presence of God by devotional service,where as the athesist

realizes the presence of God in the shape of Death.At death everything

is finished,and one has to begin a new chapter of life in a new

situation,perhaps higher or lower than the last one.In any field of

activity- political,social,national,or international - the result of our

actions will be finished with the end of life.That is sure.

 

Bhakthi-rasa,however,the mellow relished in the transcedental loving

service of the lord,does not finish with the end of life.it continues

perpetually and is therefore called amrta,that which does not die but

exists eternally.This is confirmed in all vedic literature.The

bhagavad-gita says that a little adavancement in bhakthi-rasa can save

the devotee from the greatest danger-that of missing the oppurtunity to

be human being in the next life.the rasas derived from our feelings in

social life,in family life,or in the greater family life of

altruism,philanthropy,nationalism,socialism,communism,etc., do not

guarantee that one's next life will be as human being.we prepare our

next life by our actual activities in the present life.A living entity

is offered a particular type of body as a result of his action in the

prsent body.these activities are taken into account by a superior

authority knows as daiva,or the authority of God.this daiva is explained

in the bhagavad-gita as the prime cause of everything ,and in

srimad-bhagawatham it is stated that a man takes his next body by

daiva-netrena,which means by the supervision of the authority of the

supreme.

 

In an oridnary sense,daiva is explained as " destiny " .Daiva supervision

gives us a body selected from 8,400,000 forms;the choice does not depend

on our selection,but is awarded to us according to our destiny.If our

body at present is engaged in the actitvities of Krsna

consciousness,then it is guaranteed that we will have atleast human body

in our next life.a human being engaged in Krsna consciousness,even if

unable to complete the course of bhakthi-yoga,takes birth in the higher

divisiona of human society so that he can automatically further his

advancement in krsna consciousness .there fore,all bona fide activities

in krsna Consciousness are amrta,or permanent.This is the subject matter

of The Nectar Of Devotion.

 

to be contd.......

 

Om Sri Sai Ram