By:
Mahesh Raja, UK
Bhagavad-gita 4.19 - Transcendental Knowledge
Because the person in Krishna
consciousness is devoid of all kinds of sense-gratificatory
propensities, it is to be understood that he has burned up the reactions
of his work by perfect knowledge of his constitutional position as the
eternal servitor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Nectar of Instruction 5
A madhyama-adhikari has received
SPIRITUAL INITIATION from the spiritual master and has been FULLY
ENGAGED BY HIM IN THE TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD.
Antya 4.192 - Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
DIKSA-KALE bhakta kare atma-samarpana
sei-kale krsna tare kare atma-sama
“AT THE TIME OF INITIATION, when a
devotee fully surrenders unto the service of the Lord, Krishna accepts
him to be as good as Himself.
Antya 4.193 - Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
“When the devotee’s body is thus
transformed into spiritual existence, the devotee, in that
transcendental body, renders service to the lotus feet of the Lord.
Antya 4.194 - Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
”The living entity who is subjected to
birth and death, when he gives up all material activities dedicating his
life to Me for executing My order, and thus acts according to My
direction, at that time he reaches the platform OF IMMORTALITY, AND
BECOMES FIT TO ENJOY THE SPIRITUAL BLISS OF EXCHANGE OF LOVING MELLOWS
WITH ME.”
Antya 4.194 - Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
This is a quotation from
Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.29.34). At the time of initiation, a devotee gives
up all his material conceptions. THEREFORE, BEING IN TOUCH WITH THE
SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, HE IS SITUATED ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL
PLATFORM. THUS HAVING ATTAINED KNOWLEDGE AND THE SPIRITUAL PLATFORM, HE
ALWAYS ENGAGES IN THE SERVICE OF THE SPIRITUAL BODY OF KRISHNA. When one
is freed from material connections in this way, his body immediately
becomes spiritual, and Krishna accepts His service. However, Krishna
does not accept anything from a person with a material conception of
life.
Note: ONLY a Mahabhagavata CAN TRANSFER Krishna in another's heart: DIKSHA
your constitutional position ETERNAL SERVITIOR (SVARUPA) IS REVEALED when YOU SEE Krishna. When it is dark you can NOT see who YOU are but when SUN comes out YOU can SEE who YOU are.
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.2.18 -
Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the Womb
As indicated here by the word manastah,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead was TRANSFERRED from the core of
Vasudeva’s mind or heart to the core of the heart of Devaki. We should
note carefully that the Lord was transferred to Devaki not by the
ordinary way for a human being, BUT BY DIKSHA, INITIATION. THUS THE
IMPORTANCE OF INITIATION IS MENTIONED HERE. UNLESS ONE IS INITIATED BY
THE RIGHT PERSON, WHO ALWAYS CARRIES WITHIN HIS HEART THE SUPREME
PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, ONE CANNOT ACQUIRE THE POWER TO CARRY THE
SUPREME GODHEAD WITHIN THE CORE OF ONE’S OWN HEART.
SB 4.29.79 - Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi
SELF-REALIZATION, UNDERSTANDING ONESELF
AS BRAHMAN, OR SPIRIT SOUL, IS VERY DIFFICULT IN THE MATERIAL CONDITION.
However, if we accept the devotional service of the Lord, the Lord will
gradually reveal Himself. In this way the progressive devotee will
gradually realize his spiritual position. We cannot see anything in the
darkness of night, not even our own selves, but when there is sunshine
we can see not only the sun but everything within the world as well.
Lectures, April 27, 1974, Hyderabad
So
actually, this is the problem of living entities. That knowledge can be
acquired in the human form of life and it can be solved, not that
simply we get the knowledge, but it can be solved. So therefore, real
business of human life, to understand oneself, that is called
self-realization, brahma-bhuta, and find out the remedy and act
accordingly. That is the mission of human life. Not like to dance like
cats and dogs with a nice dress. That is not human life. This is the
subject matter of Bhagavad-gita, our whole Vedic instruction. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah.
This is God consciousness, Krishna consciousness, or self-realization.
SELF-REALIZATION MEANS EITHER YOU SEE YOURSELF OR SEE THE SUPREME LORD,
EITHER WAY. BUT WITHOUT SEEING THE SUPREME LORD, YOU CANNOT SEE
YOURSELF. Just like without seeing the sun in the darkness… Just like it
is now night. There is no sun. So I cannot see also. In darkness I
cannot see also myself. But when there is sun in the morning, I can see
the sun and I can see myself also. This is the theory. So if we want to
understand ourselves rightly, that “I am spirit soul,” aham brahmasmi, then we must take to Krishna consciousness.
Letter: Vilasavigraha, January 22, 1969
IN REGARD TO YOUR NEXT QUESTION, SELF
REALIZATION MEANS GOD REALIZATION, AND GOD REALIZATION MEANS SELF
REALIZATION. JUST LIKE TO SEE THE SUN MEANS TO SEE ONESELF, AND TO SEE
ONESELF MEANS TO SEE THE SUN. SELF REALIZATION DEPENDS COMPLETELY UPON
GOD REALIZATION, OR ELSE IT IS NOT COMPLETE. ONE MUST KNOW HIS
RELATIONSHIP TO THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH TO FULLY KNOW HIS POSITION.
Note: Srila Prabhupada gives Divya-jnana (DIKSHA). Divya means TRANSCENDENTAL and Jnana means KNOWLEDGE. Hrde means heart and prokasito means revealed just as in prakasa – manifested Krishna becomes manifest in the heart of the Pure Devotee.
Lectures, July 11, 1976, New York
Prabhupada: Divya-jnana hrde prokasito. What is that divya-jnana? Divya-jnana is that we are all SERVANT OF KRISHNA, and our only business is to serve Krishna. Divya-jnana. This is divya-jnana.
It is not difficult at all. Simply we have… We have become servant of
so many things -- servant of society, servant of community, servant of
country, servant of wife, servant of children, servant of dog and so
many. “Now let me become servant of Krishna.” THIS IS DIVYA-JNANA. DIKSA MEANS FROM THIS DIVYA-JNANA. That is di. And ksa means ksapayati, expands.
When at the stage of Madhyama Adhikari
one is RECIPIENT of THAT Diksha in the HEART from SRILA PRABHUPADA he
becomes a SERVANT OF KRISHNA. He relishes a particular mellow (Rasa) of his relationship with Krishna. This point HE SEES KRISHNA and HIS RELATIONSHIP (svarupa) is established. So it is not so CHEAP to be Diksha guru.
Madhya 8.83 - Talks Between Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya
The purport in presenting this verse necessitates explaining the comparative positions of the transcendental mellows known as SANTA, DASYA, SAKHYA, VATSALYA AND MADHURYA. All these rasas,
or mellows, are situated on the TRANSCENDENTAL PLATFORM. Pure devotees
take shelter of one of them and thus progress in spiritual life.
ACTUALLY ONE CAN TAKE SHELTER OF SUCH SPIRITUAL MELLOWS ONLY WHEN ONE IS
COMPLETELY UNCONTAMINATED BY MATERIAL ATTACHMENT. WHEN ONE IS
COMPLETELY FREE FROM MATERIAL ATTACHMENT, THE FEELINGS OF THE
TRANSCENDENTAL MELLOWS ARE AWAKENED IN THE HEART OF THE DEVOTEE. THAT IS
SVARUPA-SIDDHI, THE PERFECTION OF ONE’S ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPREME LORD. Svarupa-siddhi, the eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, may be situated in one of the transcendental mellows.
Note: ONE spiritual master who CAN transfer Krishna in your heart is Maha-Bhagavata. Kanistha is incapable and Madhyama is the RECIPIENT of Diksha. Madhyama is MIDDLE stage so he does NOT give Diksha he is the RECIPIENT of Diksha.
Krishna Book 80 - The Meeting of Lord Krishna with Sudama Brahmana
Our next spiritual master is he who
initiates us into transcendental knowledge, and he is to be worshiped as
much as I am. The spiritual master may be more than one. The spiritual
master who instructs the disciples about spiritual matters is called
shiksha-guru, and the spiritual master who initiates the disciple is
called diksha-guru. Both of them are My representatives. THERE MAY BE
MANY SPIRITUAL MASTERS WHO INSTRUCT, BUT THE INITIATOR SPIRITUAL MASTER
IS ONE.
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