Maharaja Pariksit deeply regretted his apparent disrespect toward Samaka Rishi. A devotee never thinks of himself as being perfect. Therefore he engages in devotional service with humility, always hoping for the grace of the Lord.
A devotee does not mind his own suffering, but considers it to be mercy from the Supreme Lord — an opportunity for purification. The voluntary acceptance of suffering is known as tapasya. Because a devotee fully understands the laws of karma, he is not so concerned with happiness and distress, but automatically transcends the duality of the material world via devotional service.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discusses the on-going dialectic between the mundane materialistic ideologies and the potential for spiritual awakening. This global interplay proceeds according to the Will of God.
Maharaja discusses the progression from Spinoza to Hegel with respect to the dynamics of the Absolute as Personal, or Subject, and not merely Substance.
Before the cosmic manifestation was created, the creative propensity was merged in the Supreme Lord’s person. The Lord is the cause of all causes, and He is the all-pervading, self-sufficient person.
All the incarnations of Godhead are either plenary portions or parts of the plenary portions of the purusa-avataras. But Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In every age, the devotees are protected by the various features of Krishna.
When one is attached to the material energy, he becomes overpowered by fear and his conception of life becomes reversed. To overcome this, one must worship the Supreme Lord as spiritual master, worshipful deity and the source of life.
The devotees must counter the preaching of atheists in order to capture the minds of the innocent. Many are unaware that there are strong arguments for the existence of God.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discussed the role of sadhana bhakti as a purifying process, and of raganuga bhakti as spontaneous love of Godhead.
Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme Purana, containing the meaning of the Vedanta-sutra, the Mahabharata and the Brahma-gayatri. In fact, the very first verse contains the entire siddhanta in seed form.
A devotee of the Lord is never inclined to act in his own self-defense. Yet, when the Lord or another devotee is being attacked, that same devotee may take very strong action.
The inner mood of the participants is revealed in these passages so that we may understand that Maharaja Pariksit, Rishi Samika and Srngi were all engaged in carrying out the will of the Lord.
An intelligent person should inquire into the purpose of life. To do otherwise is to live the life of an insect or a bacterium, both of which live only to enjoy material existence.
The three types of transcendentalists — the empiric philosopher, the mystic and the devotee of the Lord — exist beyond the modes of nature. Each respectively seeks liberation in brahman, paramatma realization, or love of Bhagavan. Devotees are concerned with attaining the ultimate goal of life, Krishna prema, via dedication, surrender and service.
These scriptures provide the intelligence to see things in the proper way, something which is missing in the world today. The proper perspective for the order of life has been lost in Kali Yuga.
Gathering wealth or gaining power are very attractive to many people. Sex, drinking and gambling also tend to enchant people. A powerful force is necessary to awaken people from this kind of trance. Only when our pleasure-seeking is threatened do we pay attention to the higher realities of life.
To honor the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadev, Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja read a discourse given by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaja. http://scsmath.org/trove2/nrsmhac_diac_99.pdf
Nothing happens without the sanction of the Lord. Whether expressed for good or bad, all power comes from Him.
Scientists try to explain the world’s phenomena by various “forces” — gravity, electromagnetic force, strong force, weak force — yet they have no idea where such forces come from.
Scientists try to claim that force has a material origin. Yet, material objects have no power to move on their own. Thus matter cannot be the source of the forces that we observe.
Life is animate, life can move on its own. Life cannot be material because it is endowed with willpower or free will — it can move by itself.
Willpower is a strong force. Many wonderful things have been erected in this world, not by man per se, but by the force of willpower within him. Yet, scientists are neglecting this kind of power.
The Will of God is another force which is manifested throughout the universe, especially by the stability of planetary orbits. If Newton’s Law was the active force controlling the position of the planets over the billions of years the universe has been in existence, the planets would have already been dispersed throughout the universe.
Sripad Puri Maharaja then read from the Catuh Sloki of Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.33, concluding with: “These scriptures make it very clear what we are supposed to understand, what we are supposed to do with our lives, what is the purpose of it all, and what is the secret of it all.”
