A Summary of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapuranam ( 04/04/2013. )

 ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Monday,  December 27, 2021. 6:00. AM.  Srimad Mahabhagavatham : 3.5.  Chapter-3 : Kapila’s Instructions to Devahuti - 5. ========================================================================= ====================================================================== In one place, Maharishi Kapila says, “Who is there in all creation free from total attachment to the finite objects of the world except Narayana, the great rishiwho is supposed to be abiding in Badrikashrama? Except Him, who can resist the temptations of life?” In all the creations of Brahma, who is free from attachment except Narayana Himself? He is Tapomurti, whose incarnation is incidentally described in the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, and there is also a reference to Nara-Narayana in the Mahabharata. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 ========================================================================= #GURU PURNIMA  AT CHINMAYA MIOSSION ======================================================================== Thursday,  November 11, 2021. 7:00. AM.  SRIMAD MAHABHAGAVATHAM : 3.4 - Swami Krishnananda. CHAPTER-3 : Kapila’s Instructions to Devahuti - 4. ======================================================================== #Deepavali at Chinmaya Mission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the parts of this personality are equally distributed systematically, beautifully, like an artistic presentation. We have no occasion in the world to see beautiful things in such a complete manner. We have a sentimental perception of beauty which is valid for some time, but it does not persist for all time. Nothing that engulfs us in its beauty for all time, under any circumstance, is available in this world. That is available only in God,

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,  August 18, 2021. 7 : 05. AM.  CHAPTER-3 : Kapila’s Instructions to Devahuti - 3. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vishnu Padadikeshantavarnana is the subject of this description for the purpose of meditation: Beautiful are Your feet—resplendent, radiant. Rays of sunlight emanate from His toes—not merely a dazzling light before which we have to close our eyes, but a mellowed honey-like flow which is at the same time sweet and satisfying. Anything that proceeds from God is beautiful and sweet. If He speaks, it is beautiful, sweet words; if He thinks, it is beautiful, sweet thoughts; if He acts, it is beautiful, sweet action; if He blesses us, it is sweet blessing. There is nothing but sweetness in His case. And this sweetness is not a quality like the quality of swe

 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday,  August 18, 2021. 7 : 05. AM.  CHAPTER-3 : Kapila’s Instructions to Devahuti - 2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We also have in our scriptures the description of the Mahapurusha, Purushottama. Ato’smi loke vede ca prathita? puru?ottama? (B.G. 15.18), says Bhagavan Sri Krishna in the Bhagavadgita. We cannot describe Him in any other manner except as Purushottama, the best of all purushas. Here the word ‘purusha’ does not connote a male being, but means an inclusiveness of all particulars, bereft of the distinction of male and female. We cannot say whether God is male or female, because that majesty is so complete that we cannot describe God section-wise or partially in terms of social connotations. How does Maharishi Kapila describe the majesty of God, so that w

  ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday,  July 13, 2021. 7 : 57. AM.  CHAPTER-3 : Kapila’s Instructions to Devahuti - 1. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the Third Book of the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana we have an elaborate presentation of the instructions given by Maharishi Kapila to mother Devahuti. Everyone should read this wondrous conversation between Sage Kapila and Devahuti for the variety of themes dealt with in this connection. Among many other things which are very important from the point of view of a sadhaka, the emphasis that Rishi Kapila lays here is concentration on God as the Supreme Person. The concept of God as a Person is pre-eminent in all religions. We cannot but conceive God as a Great Person, Whose limbs have to be the objects of our concentration. The minute details of this process are described b

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday,  April  15, 2021. 07 : 20. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 8. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Likewise, in the practice of sadhana there is no stupid thing in this world. Even our thoughts are not stupid; they have to be taken care of as our own children. We may have naughty children, but it does not matter, because they are our children. All children, even of the same parents, are different—one can totally differ from another in many respects—yet, they are to be taken care of as a single total in the family unit. In a similar manner are the ways in which we have to conduct ourselves in relation to the world. A little attention is to be paid to every thought that comes to the mind. Manana is only this much. If a thought comes, adore it, worship it. “My dear child, what do you want?” Why has this thought come to you? Give it what i

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday,  March  20, 2021. 07 : 27. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 7. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana is written in a very intricate style of Sanskrit. It is not like the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Mahabharata or the seventeen Puranas, which are written in simple Sanskrit. Anyone who knows some Sanskrit will understand what these are about, but even a Sanskrit scholar cannot understand the language of the Srimad Bhagavata. It is highly intricate, very involved, and is scholarship raised to the height of perfection. It is said, therefore, that the Bhagavata is the test of the scholarship of a person. If we want to test the depth of a person’s scholarship, we have to test his knowledge of the Bhagavata. The verses are so intricate, so deep and pregnant with meaning, one thing meaning many other things—particular

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday,  February  023, 2021. 09 : 39. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 6. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Incidentally, we have to say how the Bhagavata came into being at all. It was written by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the great sage, after he completed writing the Mahabharata and the seventeen Puranas. It is said in the beginning of the Srimad Bhagavata that after having completed the Mahabharata, the great epic into which every knowledge has been pressed into service by the wise Vyasa, he felt that something had been left out and he had not completed his work, and he was disturbed by this ‘something’ which he could not properly comprehend. At that time Narada came and asked, “What is the problem? Why are you looking despondent?” Vyasa replied, “I have writ

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday,  February  08, 2021. 09:04. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We consider human beings as everything. We think of peace in the world—world peace. Generally, as human beings, we only think of peace for humanity, and not for lions and snakes. We do not think of their peace, as it is not our intention. We do not want peace for any animal or insect in the world; our attitude is that they can take care of themselves. We have roundtable conferences only for the peace of mankind because man can think only as man, and he cannot think as any other species. We are to give justice to everybody, but that is not possible because of the insistence of the personality of each individual. A snake cares only for itself, and it can strike anyone who comes near

----------------------------------------------- Monsday,  January  18, 2021. 11:17. AM.  CHAPTER-2. The Process of Creation - 4. ------------------------------------------------------------ The reason why there is such a degree in the process of evolution is that every species is given a chance to assert itself. No one can be considered as superior or inferior in this process; everybody is good enough. A tree is as good as a lion for its own purpose. We cannot say that a lion is superior to a tree; that comparison is not allowed anywhere in the scheme of creation. Even an insect has its own soul, and the ant’s insistence on the right to survive is as important as the elephant’s insistence on the right to survive. We cannot say an elephant is better than an ant. No such comparison can be made. There are supposedly eighty-four lakhs (8,400,000) of species through which every soul has to pass; and we may say, as human beings, we have passed through these and become human beings, which is