Transcendental Nectar of Sadhu-Sanga

by

Sushen Krishna Das, Ph.D.

Bhaktivedanta Institute

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Dear Abhishek Garg:

We shall take a simple example. A king may have created some laws in order to rule his Kingdom. And of course he can change them at his will at anytime. However, a real king himself will not be subjected to those laws which he himself created for his satisfaction. If an ordinary king has such a position then we can understand the ontological position of Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna, Who is the cause of all causes and also Original Master of all law enforcing agents.

These transcendental pastimes of Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Krishna can help us in understanding His position more clearly. An excerpt from Subjective Evolution Of Consciousness (
http://www.scsmath.com/books/Subjective_Evolution.pdf page 124 - 126) by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaja is given below:

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Once, Krishna went to the court of the Kauravas, the camp of Duryodhana and Dhrtarastra, with talk of peace. At that time, Karna, Duryodhana, and the others in the party attempted to bind Him down and put Him into prison. They thought that if Krishna were to be imprisoned, then the whole Pandava camp would automatically be finished. They knew that Krishna was the life and soul as well as advisor of their enemies, the Pandavas. They thought, "Now we have Krishna in our fist; we must immediately imprison Him." They went to tie Him down, but Krishna manifested His Universal Form. At that time, He revealed His divine nature in such a way that the men who went to tie Him down were perplexed. They thought, "What is He!" When Krishna manifested His Universal Form of thousands of heads, hands, and legs, they thought, "This is a gigantic thing! Here in this form we find Baladeva on one side, Arjuna on another, and Bhrghu on another. Where are we to apply the rope? We can't!" They were perplexed.

At that time, when Krishna showed His Universal Form in the assembly of Kurus at Hastinapura, those who were present began to chant in praise of Krishna. Bhisma, Drona, Narada, and Vyasa were present at that time in the assembly and they began to praise the Lord. Hearing their voices, the blind king Dhrtarastra was charmed, and prayed to Krishna: "I can't see You; I am blind. But I hear these great persons chanting Your praises upon seeing Your wonderful form. You can do anything and everything. So for the time being, please remove my blindness; let me see Your figure and color. Let me behold the beauty which they are praising so much. After removing my blindness You may again make me blind." Krishna replied, "It is not necessary for your blindness to be removed. I need only command that you see Me, and you will be able to see Me."

That is the very nature of seeing Him. Our vision of Godhead depends on His will. It is not the eye that can see Him, nor the ear that can hear Him. He is above sense experience. Only by His will may He be seen. He said, "You will see Me," and Dhrtarastra saw Him. Although he was blind, still he could see Krishna's divine form. Then what is Krishna? If a deaf man can hear Him and a blind man can see Him, then what is the nature of that divine substance which is Krishna?

Another time, when Arjuna wanted to see the Universal Form of Krishna - the Visvarupa - Krishna said: "Yes, Arjuna, see Me!" Arjuna beheld his Universal Form. Krishna asked him, "What do you see?" And Arjuna replied, "I am seeing so many wonderful divine manifestations. It is a wonder of wonders!" So Krishna's sweet will is the basis of everything. We are living in correlation with that absolute power. There is no stability to the environment where we live at present. All importance is on the divine will of Godhead. He is the cause of all causes. From Him this world emanates and by Him it is maintained.

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Our mental exercise and mundane reasoning cannot take us very far in knowing the transcendental position of Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna. If anyone has to ask us who is our father then how we know? Do we know by some DNA tests? No, we simply ask our mother, Oh! Mother who is my father and we simply accept what mother says to us. If we challenge Mother's authority in revealing us our father then we will be bewildered in search of our father. This is what modern scientists are doing. They want to search the origin by their meager intellectual capacity. Being limited within the domain of speculative reasoning they are unable in getting any substantial hint about their origin. Due to these limitations within their so called scientific approach, there are newer theories proposed to eliminate older unsatisfactory concepts. Thus they are never able to arrive at any conclusive realizations.

But Vedic science is not like that. It is an eternal science and it is revealed to a sincere seeker directly by Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna through an unbroken chain of disciplic succession. Vedic knowledge is not speculative and it is not changing every day unlike modern science. The detailed epistemological gradation given in the vedic literature may not be known to the men of modern science. By the humbling realization of the limitation of speculative line of reasoning as practiced in modern science, it is high time that men of finer thought and intelligence come forward and sincerely make a study of the revealed literature.

Sincerely,
Sushen Krishna das

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I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

- Sri Isaac Newton