Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'
Introduction
prakrteh kriyamanani
gunaih karmani sarvasah
ahankara-vimudhatma
kartaham iti manyate
tattva-vit tu maha-baho
guna-karma-vibhagayoh
guna gunesu vartanta
iti matva na sajjate
Bg 3.27-28
The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego
thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the
three modes of material nature. One who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth,
O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification,
knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive
results.
A wide gulf of difference
Two persons, one in Krsna consciousness and the other in
material consciousness, working on the same level, may appear to be working on
the same platform, but there is a wide gulf of difference in their respective
positions.
a. Material consciousness
The person in material consciousness is convinced by false ego that
he is the doer of everything. He does not know that the mechanism of the body
is produced by material nature, which works under the supervision of the
Supreme Lord. The materialistic person has no knowledge that ultimately he is
under the control of Krsna. The person in false ego takes all credit for doing
everything independently, and that is the symptom of his nescience. He does not
know that this gross and subtle body is the creation of material nature, under
the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such his bodily and
mental activities should be engaged in the service of Krsna, in Krsna
consciousness.
The ignorant man forgets that the Supreme Personality of Godhead
is known as Hrsikesa, or the master of the senses of the material body, for due
to his long misuse of the senses in sense gratification, he is factually
bewildered by the false ego, which makes him forget his eternal relationship
with Krsna.
b. Krishna consciousness
The knower of the Absolute Truth is convinced of his awkward
position in material association. He knows that he is part and parcel of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, and that his position should not be in
the material creation. He knows his real identity as part and parcel of the
Supreme, who is eternal bliss and knowledge, and he realizes that somehow or
other he is entrapped in the material conception of life. In his pure state of
existence he is meant to dovetail his activities in devotional service to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. He therefore engages himself in the
activities of Krsna consciousness and becomes naturally unattached to the
activities of the material senses, which are all circumstantial and temporary.
He knows that his material condition of life is under the supreme control of
the Lord; consequently he is not disturbed by all kinds of material reactions,
which he considers to be the mercy of the Lord. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam,
one who knows the Absolute Truth in three different features -- namely Brahman,
Paramatma, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead -- is called tattva-vit, for
he knows also his own factual position in relationship with the Supreme.
Ys in
service of Srila Prabhupada
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