Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadara Srivasadi Gaura Bhakta Vrinda

1. Sri KrsnaCaitanyaPrabhuNityananda Sri AdvaitaGadadaraSrivasadiGaura BhaktaVrinda Hare Krsna Hare Krsna KrsnaKrsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Week# 270 July 12, 2013 GokulBhajan & Vedic Studies North Carolina, USA

5. Who is ‘On The House’?

6. Where is Kali?

7. Jaya Rādha Mādhava Jaya Kunja Vihārī Jaya Gopī Jana Vallabha Jaya Giri Vara Dhārī ... (Jaya) Yaśodā Nandana Vraja Jana Ranjana Yamunā tīra Vana Cāri ... (Jaya) [ Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare ]

8. Question: When Lord Krishna left this world 5,000 years ago, what major things happened afterwards?

9. Parikshit Maharaj Son of Abhimanyu Grandson of Arjun

10. Dharma (Goodness) and Bhoomi Next Sloka 4 pillars of Dharma

11. What are the 4 pillars of dharma? SB-25 tapaḥ śaucaḿ dayā satyam itipādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥ adharmāḿśais trayo bhagnāḥ smaya-sańga-madais tava…. (S. B. 1.17.24) The four legs of dharma were established by the four principles of austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. But it appears that three of your legs are broken due to rampant irreligion in the form of pride, lust, and intoxication.

12. Parikshit Maharaj was about to kill kali. But kali fell on his feet begging for mercy. “Please give me shelter” - kali pleaded. What did Parikshit Maharaj give?

13. What did ParikshitMaharaj give? SB-24 abhyarthitas tadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau dyūtaḿ pānaḿ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaś catur-vidhaḥ... (SB: 1.17.38) [Maharaja Parikshit, thus being petitioned by the personality of Kali, gave permission to reside in places where gambling, drinking, prostitution and animal slaughter were performed.]

14. But, Kali was not satisfied…

15. Kali said, “It is impossible to find those Places in your kingdom! Please give something practical…” Parikshit thought, and gave one more place for Kali to stay…. What is it?

17. According to Srimad Bhagavatam.. • Gold encourages: • Falsity ** • Envy • Greed • Lust • Intoxication ** even the artificial currency is not as per gold reserve – so, falsity

18. But what do Krishna devotees wear on neck? Kanaka kamini pratishta bagini.. They never want GOLD..

19. Parikshit Maharaja continued to travel through the forest.. He was not aware that his crown was made of GOLD! He gets thirsty.. Enters an ashram Commits a great sin!

20. What are the residences of Kali? Dyūtaḿ – Places of gambling Pānaḿ – Places of drinking intoxicants Striyaḥ – Places of illegal marital relations Sūnā – Places of animal killings Kanaka – Cause of sinful acts

21. 1. Dyūtam - Gambling

22. Gambling is now a huge industry

23. Speculation is also Gambling

24. How Dyūtam is dangerous? • Makes our mind dirty • Causes addiction • Causes fraudulent mind • Gives tension and stress

25. 2. Pānam - drinking Going for a Beer?

26. Related forms of Pānam • Alcohol • Coffee/tea • Smoking • Drugs

28. How Pānam is harmful • Poor health • Depression • Addiction

29. 3. Striyah – Relations outside marriage

30. Related forms of Striyaḥ • Cinema • Internet and Videos • Television • Violent movies

31. How striyaḥ is harmful • Brings bodily conception • Promotes selfishness • Makes mind very dirty!

32. 4. Sūnā– Animal slaughter

33. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu condemned Kāli Worship

34. Sūnā– In the name of religion

35. Related forms of Sūnā.. • Meat eating • Eating eggs • Eating fish

36. How Sūnā is harmful • Incurs the worst sin • Bad karmic reactions • No compassion • Makes mind cruel

37. Animal Slaughter Totals (USA) - 2012: 9.0 billion animals each year! = 24.65 million every day! = 1 million animals every hour!

38. But, vegetarians also kill plants that have lives. Aren’t they incurring any sins..?

39. Yes! They also incur sin of killing !

40. But, how big is their sin? That depends on the conscious level (state) of the killed Dormant – Plants & vegetation (Water/Land) Dreaming – Living in water (fish, etc) Sleeping – Insects, worms.. Awaken – Birds and animals.. Alert – Human beings Spiritual – Brahmins/Devotees

41. Jalajā nava lakşāni Sthāvarā lakşa vimśati Krmayo rudra sankhyakah Pakşiņām daśa lakşaņam Trimsal lakşāni paśavah Catur lakşāni mānuşah (Padma Purana) This sloka also describes the living species in different levels of consciousness (nerve development) There are 900,000 kinds of aquatics, 2,000,000 kinds of trees and plants, 1,100,000 kinds of insects and reptiles, 1,000,000 kinds of birds, 3,000,000 kinds of four-legged beasts, and 400,000 kinds of human species.

42. Pain  Nervous System Level (pain killer works by affecting nerve system)

43. No to scale

44. Then what can we eat? We came to this mysterious world We do not belong here. Here, every one is a food to another To get out of this misery, one should be spiritually awaken. Offer food first to the Lord first and eat.

45. BG-24 yajña-śiṣṭāśinaḥ santo mucyante sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ bhuñjate te tv aghaḿ pāpā ye pacanty ātma-kāraṇāt.. B.G 3.13 The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first to the Lord. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.

46. But, what to offer and how to offer? patraḿ puṣpaḿ phalaḿ toyaḿ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaḿ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ… (B.G 9.26) If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.

47. Only the Bhakti makes Him hungry!

48. Duryodhana Vidura

49. E-67 [O Shyamalā O Sundarā Citta Chorā Nanda Nandanā...O Shyamalā] ... O Shyamalā [Manmana Mohanā Madhi Vadanā Manjula Bālā O Madhu Sūdhanā] Yadhukula Sūrā O Yadhu Nandanā Yamunā Nadikūla Naţa Vardanā ... O Shyamalā [Gokula Ramaņā Govardhanā Kālindi Vanamālā hari Govindā] Gopika Kāntā O Giri Vardanā Kāliya Mardanā Ati Narţanā .... O Shyamalā Yashica

50. Kali did not stop at his designtated places But he has expanded a lot.. He has even expanded into…?