WHY THE SOUL CHANGES BODIES

Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'

Introduction

vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya

navani grhnati naro 'parani

tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany

anyani samyati navani dehi

Bg 2.22

As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

Changing Body - An accepted fact

Change of body by the atomic individual soul is an accepted fact. Even the modern scientists who do not believe in the existence of the soul, but at the same time cannot explain the source of energy from the heart, have to accept continuous changes of body which appear from childhood to boyhood and from boyhood to youth and again from youth to old age. From old age, the change is transferred to another body.

Transference of the atomic individual soul to another body is made possible by the grace of the Supersoul. The Supersoul fulfills the desire of the atomic soul as one friend fulfills the desire of another. The Vedas, like the Mundaka Upanisad, as well as the Svetasvatara Upanisad, compare the soul and the Supersoul to two friendly birds sitting on the same tree. One of the birds (the individual atomic soul) is eating the fruit of the tree, and the other bird (Krishna) is simply watching His friend. Of these two birds -- although they are the same in quality -- one is captivated by the fruits of the material tree, while the other is simply witnessing the activities of His friend. Krishna is the witnessing bird, and Arjuna is the eating bird. Although they are friends, one is still the master and the other is the servant. Forgetfulness of this relationship by the atomic soul is the cause of one's changing his position from one tree to another, or from one body to another.

Conclusion

Krishna buliya jiva bhoga vancha kare, pasate maya japatiya dhare. Jiva forgets Krishna and wants to enjoy independently at which point maya quickly captures the jiva and implicates it in 'samsara chakra'

Ys in service of Srila Prabhupada


JANAKA DASA
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EXCERPTS FROM DISCOURSES OF HIS GRACE MADHUPANDITA DASA

Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'

Gems of spiritual wisdom-1 : Excerpts from discourses of His Grace Madhupandit Dasa


Hare Krishna,

Here are some the gems of spiritual wisdom that I fished out from nectarean waters of the discourses of His Grace Madhapandita Dasa, President of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON & Chairman Akshaya Patra.

• Satisfaction in satisfaction of Krishna is the way of life for a devotee

• We must put conscious efforts to perform pure devotional service

• Purifying our consciousness by keeping Krishna in centre is Krishna Consciousness

• A devotee finds satisfaction in doing what satisfies Guru & Krishna

• Pleasure & Pain is not outside but inside us.

• Retrain your mind to act in Krishna Consciousness. To be able to do that iis true pleasure.

• Each time we give up Maya we earn mileage to go back to God-head

• The real war is war against Maya

• The enemy is right within us & not outside of us

• Body is not the enemy but the bodily concept is.

• Maya is selling hope. Hope is the weapon of Maya.

• Every sacrifice you make for Krishna you earn mileage to go back to God-head

• Simply understanding philosophy is not always enough. We have to fine tune our personal qualities in line with the philosophy.

• Lord is within the heart but unfortunately we do not associate with Him. This is Maya’s success.

• When we perform devotional service to the Lord we can defeat Maya.

• We need to understand that Krishna is the main player & I am only His servant

• Secret to succeeding in devotional service is to simply be with people who are rendering pure devotional service.

The teachings in the discourses of HG Madhupandita Dasa should put to rest the demons of doubts that his detractors have against him.

Log on to  www.madhupanditdasa.info/ discourse  for the video recordings of lectures delivered by the President of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Bangalore. You can access more videos from You-tube.

Dr Jagadeesh TG

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