30 May, 2025

Nature of the soul

We can aspire to live forever.
Good karma and bad karm have implications.
Akarma has no implications or consequences.
We have a natural instinct to protect our selves.
living being is eternal by nature. Living being is eternal by nature. No one wants to die.

2 June, 2025

Krishna is Sat-chit-ananda vigraha (eternal, full of knowledge, and blissful form).
living being is eternal by nature. No one wants to die.
It is Hard struggle of life, King of jugle -lion has to work hard. Devotee must work smart, not hard.
Humanlife are very rare and fortunate - but it is wasted if it is for eating, sleeping, mating, defending.
Human is not meant to work hard as we see in our lives. That is not the purpose.
All activities during course of our live should be towards akarma. That should be our inclination.
Prabhupad: All of us are working hard one life to another life, one body to another body. We have only one chance to stop the process of birth. death, old age - Janma mrityu Jararvyadi.
Intelligent person thinks why should I continue doing this.
From morning to afternoon, afternoon to evening, evening to night, night to morning - How many things do we do that we actually love to do? Very few! Everything else is a survival routine.
This life is meant to love krishna, serve krishna, serve devotees.
Prabhupad: karma, Vikarma, Akarma - 3 types of karma. Human life is meant to close this bank account.Same like bank account that can be closed only if no debt or no credit, our Karma account should be zero.
Akarma is the only way to close this account.
Intelligent person must do Akarmic activities.
Good work is like a golden chain and bad work is like a iron chain.
Akarma is freedom, bondage is karma and vikarma.
Bhagavagita (Gitopanishad) is a upanishad and it is the cream of all upanishads, the cream of all Upanishads.
Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.
Either we serve Maya or we serve Krishna.
We are serving Maya in the form of our body, mind, senses, and intelligence.
Intelligent person serves Krishna by regulating senses, mind, and intelligence.
People work with selfish motives, but devotee works with selfless motives by aligning conciousness with Krishna. That is Krihsna consciousness. Otherwise it is just maya consciousness. One can be in Krishna consciousness or maya consciousness.
Devotee always desires to serve Krishna and devotees thus being in Krishna consciousness.
Intellgent person should tailor their life in such a way that Krishna is at the centre of all activities and life revolves around Krishna.
Phala Shrutihi: Krishna does not forgt what even small we do for Krishna. BG 2.40.
Even a small amount of God-centered work protects one from spiritual downfall.
After birth, death, old age, and disease of 8.4 Million species, human life - We get this human life to stop the process of birth, death, old age, and disease.
With Bhakti, which is when we are at 98% of the game, we can stop the process of birth, death, old age, and disease.
For this, life needs to be centered around Krishna, regulated as per scriptures, and performed with krishna consciousness.
Bhagavad-gita and Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (The Nectar of Devotion) are the texts that detail the practice of such activities.
BG 18.66: Surrender to Krishna and all your sinful reactions will be vanquished. Do not fear.
BG 18.66 is the essence of all Vedic knowledge.
BG 18.5-9: The essence of all Vedic knowledge is to perform one's prescribed duties in a God-centered way, which leads to liberation from material bondage.
People want to live long, but they do not know how to live long or purpose and not god centric.
It is better to have a short life with God-centered activities than a long life with selfish or godless actions.
All activities should be centered around Krishna - The reason why it is called Krishna Conciousness.
If one has jealouse or envy in heart, Speak with a mature devotee if unabl to trust anyone around, Write it down and speak about it with Krishna that this jealousy is there in my heart, I want to get rid of it, please help me.
Most of the times, comparision is the root cause of jealousy. We should pray to Krishna to help us negate this.
For a devotee, he does not care where he is, but to always serve Krishna, Mama janmani janmani isvarah bhavataad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi - Sikshastaka 4.

na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
mama janmani janmanīśvare
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi

Prabhupad on growing KC

Fan rotates even after electricity is off, similarly, devotee continues to serve Krishna even after death when we follow the process of Bhakti.
Even when we know what is right or wrong, we still do wrong things. This is because of our conditioning.
If this happens all of a suddent, it may result into ego. KC is a gradual process.
We should not be in a hurry to become a pure devotee. It is a gradual process.
That is why Krishna does not take our conditioning away all of a sudden.
Nitai Sevini mataji: It is better to be a struggling devotee than a successfl pretender.
We are struggling for material things - maya. We should struggle for Krishna instead.

3 June, 2025

Prabhupad: In Bhakti, there is no profit or loss. It is a process of purification.
All health, wealth, and name - everything accumulated goes away at the time of death. Bhakti is the only thing that goes with us.
If in this life we are at 10% Bhakti, in the next life one will continue from 10% and not start from 0%. This is the mercy of Krishna.
All of this has been elaborated in The Nectar of Devotion by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
Prabhupad: All devotees must read The Nectar of Devotion, Bhagavad-gita, Isopanishad, and Nectar of Instruction.

My summary

Summary of Śrī Īśopaniṣad Mantra 2

Source: vedabase.io/en/library/iso/2/

Summary:

Human beings naturally desire to live long, but true longevity has value only when one's actions are God-centered and free from karmic bondage. The Vedas recognize that all living beings struggle to survive, but only human life offers the opportunity to break free from the cycle of birth and death (saṁsāra) through properly guided action.

There are three types of actions:

Karma: Prescribed duties that sustain social and spiritual order.
Akarma: Actions that lead to liberation by not producing karmic reactions.
Vikarma: Forbidden actions that degrade the soul.

Intelligent people aim for akarma, acting not for personal gain but in devotion to God. While most people engage in good deeds to gain material rewards or recognition, such actions still entangle them in karma. The solution is to perform one’s duties with a God-centered consciousness (īśāvāsya-bhāva), turning even mundane responsibilities (like family life or social service) into spiritual practice.

Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gītā supports this principle: even a small step taken on the path of devotional service (karma-yoga or bhakti-yoga) can protect one from spiritual downfall. Devotional service, even if imperfectly performed, guarantees progress toward liberation and another human birth.

Ultimately, living a simple, God-centered life is far more meaningful than a materially successful but spiritually empty one. For guidance on God-centered living, readers are directed to The Nectar of Devotion by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.