Monday, August 1, 2011

Devotional service (Love of God) is beyond Knowledge

S.B 2.9.46 (Nanda Niketan Pr)
Here SP explains two things one is about S.B, how great literature it is and the second thing is qualification of the speaker Sukadev Goswami.

S.B. is called Mahapuranam it is called Mahadakayanam. Akayanam is a narration, a history. Modern people make it is a mythology or fictitious. SP so many times mentions it is not mythology it is history. The activities of Kauravas, pandavas and many other activities were mentioned in S.B. , It includes Druva Maharaj, Amarish Maharaj and about many other devotees and their activities.

Purana means old history. For example, we keep the pictures of our grand fathers, great grand fathers, if some body might say they did not exist, but in truth the grand fathers.. existed. They existed and lived their life.

When we people talk about the Ramayan and Mahabarath the modern people will say it as mythology, but it is not true. S.B, is an amalam puranam as every body know malam means dirty things, S.B is amalam puranam -- without any material contamination. Because simply narration about Bhagavan and Bhaktha, dealings between devotees and Supreme Personality of God Head.

We can question our self why it is so great. S.B, declares that the supreme occupation of all humanity is -- which awakens the loving devotional service to the Supreme Personality of God Head. We are all looking for satisfaction, but S.B explains unless until our service to the God is unconditional, uninterrupted it will not bring happiness to the heart.

Love is beyond knowledge. S.B, explains that when one develops love for Krishna, Knowledge and renunciation are automatically achieved. This is clearly visible in the life of Srila Sukadhev Goswami, the speaker of S.B. When he was 16 year old and came to the assembly of most learned sages and rushis of the entire universe. They asked the Sukadhev Goswami to speak on S.B, because all sages, scholars in the assembly recognized that he has pure love. This is also exhibited by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He played the role of Nimai Pandit. As Nimai Pandit, he known as the greatest scholar of the whole world. He was defeating Digivijay pandit, Keshav Kashmir. Keshav Kashmir is a such scholar every time he opens his mouth the Goddess Sarswati actullay move his tongue. There is nothing he did not know. Little Nimai pandit defeated Keshav Pandit expertly without hurting his heart. After Nimai Pandit know as greatest scholar to the world he rejected all the fame and took loving service to the lord and chanted

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu got the instruction from his spiritual master to spread the glories of hari nam. The conclusion of all the scriptures, S.B. 12.3.51 says

kaler doṣa-nidhe rājann asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-sańgaḥ paraḿ vrajet

My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom.

Lord Chaitanya stated that the success to endeavor is to the degree we please Krishna. Only when we please Krishna, who is Bhakthavathsala, does he reveal his mercy upon us, only that mercy will awaken love.

There are many goals of life, but the true goal of life is pure devotional service.

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