25th December 2019- Japa Talk

Topic- Jiva Dharma

Today 333 participants are chanting with us. We have less devotees than they used to be earlier. Anyways, We welcome all participants. So, No chatting only Chanting in Japa session. May be people are not aware that live session has started, that is why the number of participants are less. Please you all share message that live session is started and they all join this.

Eklavya learned art from sculpture of Gurudev. He had confidence that his gurudev is with him. And he learned Dhanur Vidya. Vaani is better than vapuh. This live session Japa is also very important. Vapuh has its own limitations. Vaani doesnt have any limitation. One day this vapuh wont be there then we are only dependent on vaani seva. Once a disciple asked Srila Prabhupada : Between you and your book, who is better?
As he replied : My books are better than myself. My vapuh will no more one day but I will alive always through my books. If you distribute my books and people will read, I will always be alive in vaani form. My realisations and experiences are in my books and they all are eternal.
So, please Keep on joining Japa sessions whether it is live or recorded.

Happy Christmas to all of you.! Today whole world is having holiday and are in celebration mood. They all are in shopping moods. Hare Krishna devotees distribute BG and they give opportunity to others to buy BG. So, people may say that today we have bought BG. By distributing books, Hari Bhakta celebrates Christmas. Srila Prabhupada and Lord will be pleased if you will distribute books. In Bible it is said “Love the Lord with all there heart and all there strength.” Its like kayen manasa vacah, we serve Lord.

Dharam is one. Dharma is only one and it is prescribed by Supreme Lord. Dharmam tu sakshad Bhagavat praniyatama. What we call today as Dharma, is not Dharma. Its keep on changing. One day from Hindu to Muslim to Christianity but Dharma cannot be changed. It is eternal. One cannot be converted. Dharma cant be transformed. It is eternal. Every object has its own Dharma or nature like sugar is sweet. It will remain always sweet. Electricity has shock. So Every object and person has Dharma. Soul is also an object (vastu). Vastu comes from Vat Dhatu. Soul is alive not object. But we say Jiva is vastu. So it also has Dharma.

Bhaktivinoda Thakur explained Jaiva Dharma. Jiva’s greatest Dharma is devotional service on to Lord who is Adhokshaja. SB. Sa vai pamso paro dharma yato bhaktir adhokshaje. When living entities render devotional service to Lord, that is Dharma. Someone maybe Karma yogi,Astanga yogi but Karma yoga or any other is not Dharma. Bhakti is Dharma of all jeeva’s. In Goloka or Vaikuntha all render devotional service in various mellows. It might be Dasya ,Sakhya, Vatsalaya or Madhurya. So, all living entities have to render devotional service. This has been well explained in Bhagavad Dharma. This does not just belongs to Hindu but it is for all jiva’s. This sanatan or eternal religion is ever-existing. It is not a proprietorship of one person or caste. Dharma is beyond all this. Dehino asmin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara,tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati (BG 2.13)

We are all living entities. All living entites are part and parcel of Lord and they are eternal. Mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah ( BG 15.7) So, Lord said Give up all your religion. Sarva-Dharman Parityajya mam ekam Sharanam vraja (Bg 18.66). All jiva’s has to give up their so called faith and religion which might be incomplete and with some fault. So we asked all to give up their own religions. It doesnt mean leave Christianty or Islam etc. Such was not thought of Lord. 5000 years ago, at that time Islam or Christianity was not existing. Lord means that one should leave Bhukti, Mukti,Siddhi, Karma yogi,gyan yogi and taking the exclusive shelter of Lord. Surrendering unto the Lord is the Dharma of all living entities which is eternal.

I remember in 1971 in pandal program, some Hindu asked to Srila Prabhupada disciple if he has been converted from Christianity?
He replied : Now I have become better Christian.God is great, but how he is great we does not understand. When we met Srila Prabhupada, He make us understand that how God is great. It has been said in Bible ” to love God with all strength.” Earlier we were not doing that but now we are doing. We are killing animals, when it was prohibited in Bible “Thou shall not kill”. We were celebrating Christmas by eating meat. One who is meat-eater is not Christian. If you think by eating varities of meat they become happy. So, on Christmas they kill large amount of animals to eat meat. I was so called Christian. But now I am better Christian. Because I eat remnants of Lord. Patram pushpam falam toyam (BG 9.26). When I came in contact with ISKCON, I have become better Christian.

Krishna Consciousness is for all living entities. That is Bhagavad Dharma.

Lord is also one and Dharma is also one. We convinced of this. Once I was in toronto ,30-35 years ago, doing naam sankirtan on young street Canada. And were returning to Kheer Chor Gopinath temple. Same time,One person approached me and asked where are you going? I said I am going to temple. He opened Bible and said: You are not following Jesus. So you are not going to temple but going to hell. This should not happen hating fighting with each other on the by name of religion. No religion teach this. So distribute BG. Here I will stop. See you tomorrow.
Please approach others so that they can join this Japa session.
Hare Krishna!