Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'
Introduction:
sadrsam cestate svasyah
prakrter jnanavan api
prakrtim yanti bhutani
nigrahah kim karisyati
Bg 3.33
Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for
everyone follows the nature he has acquired from the three modes. What can
repression accomplish?
Correct way of performing duty :
Unless one is situated on the
transcendental platform of Krsna consciousness, he cannot get free from the
influence of the modes of material nature, as it is confirmed by the Lord in
the Seventh Chapter (7.14). Therefore, even for the most highly educated person
on the mundane plane, it is impossible to get out of the entanglement of maya
simply by theoretical knowledge, or by separating the soul from the body. There
are many so-called spiritualists who outwardly pose as advanced in the science
but inwardly or privately are completely under particular modes of nature which
they are unable to surpass. Academically, one may be very learned, but because
of his long association with material nature, he is in bondage. Krsna
consciousness helps one to get out of the material entanglement, even though
one may be engaged in his prescribed duties in terms of material existence.
Therefore, without being fully in Krsna consciousness, one should not give up
his occupational duties. No one should suddenly give up his prescribed duties
and become a so-called yogi or transcendentalist artificially.
Conclusion :
It is better to
be situated in one's position and to try to attain Krsna consciousness under
superior training. Thus one may be freed from the clutches of Krsna's maya.
Ys in
service of Srila Prabhupada
JANAKA DASA
(Dr Jagadeesh TG)
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