Narada Muni advises Maharaja Yudhisthira on the spiritual aspects of Dhrtarastra’s departure.
Comparison of the Laws of God versus the Laws of Man.
The soul (jiva) is eternal while the change of body is temporary. An intelligent human being is not bothered by bodily gain or loss.
A conditioned soul is under the control of eternal time (kala), action (karma) and the modes of material nature (guna).
Regulative principles prescribed in the Vedantic literature do not allow man to slaughter weaker animals while teaching others peaceful coexistence.
The Lord supplies a regular stream of corrective energy to rectify the fallen souls, both within as Paramatma and without, by His manifestations, the spiritual master and revealed scripture.
Note: the first part of this recording was lost due to error.
Here is the recording of 23 November 2011 Satsanga.
Even after rising to the plane of impersonal Brahman realization, one will fall down again, because impersonal realization is a subtle form of sense gratification.
As one makes progress in Krsna Consciousness, the darkness of maya slowly and gradually disappears.
A devotee distastefully rejects material enjoyments of any form. He only seeks satisfaction in rendering devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead under the expert guidance of a qualified spiritual master.
All the revealed scriptures emphasize the importance of associating with a pure devotee (mahatma).
A devotee is only interested in rendering loving devotional services to Lord Sri Krsna, and by that process, a devotee’s other subsidiary activities are automatically taken care of by higher arrangements.
Depending on the level of a devotee’s realization he can be categorized as topmost, intermediate, or neophyte.
Here is the recording of 19 November 2011 satsanga.
The three classes of transcendentalists — dhira, sannyasi, and paramahamsa.
One who has awakened Krsna Consciousness will not be disturbed in his devotional equilibrium.
Maharaja recaps his previous discussion on genuine service for the Lord:
• devotional activities performed for the purpose of liberation are not genuine because they are not performed for the pleasure of Krsna.
• devotional activities performed for the purpose of merging with the Lord are not genuine as this is a self-directed pursuit
• only in the plane of saranagati does devotional activity take on the flavor of dedication or devotion
We concluded with an historical account of Dhrtarastra leaving home.
Here is the recording of 16 November 2011 Satsanga.
Sripad Puri Maharaja began with a brief discussion of faster-than-light-particles, quantum entanglement and the vital role of consciousness on the things that we observe.
It is by divine mercy alone that one can render loving devotional serve to the spiritual master.
Simply carrying out the regulative principles can only help one to attain liberation. To attain the ultimate destiny of human form of life (the plane of dedication) one must render transcendental loving devotional service to Lord Krsna under the guidance of Krsna’s pure devotee.
Maharaja discusses two types of false service.
The ending of this recording became damaged and had to be erased. Maharaja’s comments concerning genuine service can be heard on the next tape for 16Nov11.
Here is the recording of 10 November 2011 satsanga.