BS Students' Handbook (Colour)

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" Cow dung: Vedic principles sometimes appear contradictory
" Indian social norms (Asking Is this a Vedic injunction? ): Vedic injunctions cannot be
neglected
" Sruti is like a mother: only the mother can say who the father is
" Radio programme: perfect knowledge, sabda
" Hand severed from the body: we are parts and parcels of the complete whole
" The milk-giving cow only eats grass and grain: milk is part of the quota given to
humans by K a
" A house made of earth, wood, etc: the builder is not the proprietor; bringing
ingredients together does not transfer ownership
" Stolen bread: both capitalists and communists fail to see that everything belongs to
K a
" A tree lives for hundreds of years, bellows breathe, etc. Therefore live in the spirit of
isavasya, not uselessly
" The human body is a boat: to cross over the ocean of material existence, sastra and
acaryas are the expert boatmen, facilities of the body are the favourable breezes
" Heat and light emanate from a fire: (Visnu Purana) a fire in one place distributes heat
and light. Similarly, K a is fixed in Goloka Vrindavana but has His energies
" Prahlada Maharaja: knew the God was everywhere, even in the pillar
" Sparks in the fire: living entities are qualitatively one with the Lord, yet not equal
quantitatively; amount of heat and light in the sparks not equal to fire
" Heat, light, and fire: no meaning to fire without heat and light; they are different, but
in synthesis the same; no difference between the energy and the energetic; everything
is the energy of the Lord
" Salt in a drop of sea water: the quantity of salt in a drop is never equal to that within
the complete ocean
" Family & nation: the interest is one, but the members are individuals
" Father creates and maintains children: K a wants pleasure from His children;
obedience gives oneness and pleasure
" A cobra decorated with a jewel: dangerous, represents Godless education
" Decoration of a dead body: modern civilisation devoid of spiritual education
" An ass: modern man is being converted into, by advancement of knowledge
" Hiranyakasipu: even the greatest materialists fail, unable to stop death
" Fever: materialism should not be increased
temperature cannot be wiped out altogether, there is a normal
condition = balanced programme of spiritual and material knowledge
" Coconut covered by a husk: the universe is covered by the material elements, thus is
dark and airtight and needs the sun and moon
" A ticket to Calcutta doesn t take you to Bombay: different destinations according to
mode of worship
" Watering a tree: water the root not the leaves. Similarly, philanthropic activities don t
water the root, the soul
" The sun & its rays:
" compared to the Lord and the jivas, i.e. same in quality
" sun rays are innumerable
" sun has varieties of energy, ultimate source is the sun-god
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`r aopanl ad Key Terms
arutl knowledge acqulred by hearlng
pratyak a sense perceptlon
anumana lnductlon
aabda recelved by aural receptlon
sat-clt-ananda-vlgraha the form of eternlty, knowledge and bllss
karma, akarma, vlkarma plous, transcendental and lmplous actlvlty respectlvely
p�r am complete, or all-perfect
apauru eya words spoken by the Lord, not by mundane person
para prak tl superlor energy
apara prak tl lnferlor, or materlal, energy
atma-ha a klller of the soul (Mantra three)
sagu a wlth qualltles
nlrgu a wlthout qualltles
anupaayatl observlng by hearlng from the acarya (Mantra slx)
ekatvam oneness ln quallty (Mantra seven)
parlbh� the greatest of all (Mantra elght)
auddham antlseptlc (Mantra elght)
apapa-vlddham prophylactlc (Mantra elght)
avldya nesclence, lgnorance (Mantras 9,10,11)
vldya knowledge (Mantras 9,10,11)
veda-vada-rata mlsunderstand the Vedas, not ln parampara
(also called vldya-rata)
mayayapah ta-jnana self-made gods
dh)ra the sober (Mantras 10 & 13)
asambh�tlm that whlch ls not supreme or lndependent, demlgods, etc.
sambh�tlm the Absolute Personallty of Godhead
(Mantras 12, 13 & 14; also called sambhavat & asambhavat)
p� an sustalner, malntalner (Mantras 15 & 16)
muhkam the face (Mantra 15)
hlra maya-patra dazzllng effulgence (Mantra 15)
so ham asml I am that, llke unto the sun, as am I (Mantra 16)
agne O my Lord, powerful llke the flre (Mantra 18)
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Nectar of Instruction Overview
The Nectar of Instruction can be broken down into three sections as follows:
Verses 1 7: vaidhi-sadhana bhakti
Verse 8: raganuga-sadhana
Verses 9 11: bhava-bhakti and prema-bhakti
1. Vaidhi-sadhana bhakti Texts 1 7
Preface the goal of K consciousness and the means to attain it
To reach perfection in K a consciousness one must follow the instructions of the Six
Goswamis of Vrindavana by controlling the mind and senses as instructed by Srila
Rupa Goswami in the Upadesamrita.
Text 1 controlling the six urges
This verse elaborates on the prerequisites for spiritual life described in the third main
point of the Preface the necessity of controlling the mind and senses. A person who
has mastered these prerequisites is fit to be a guru.
Text 2 obstacles to devotional service
Text Two describes the implications of not controlling the mind and senses.
By his own choice, the conditioned soul has fallen under the jurisdiction of the material
energy of the Lord. Under its influence, he has to meet the demands of the body,
which is a product of this energy. Text Two further explains how to meet these basic
demands in a way that fosters spiritual progress rather than material entanglement.
Text 3 principles that aid devotional service
Six principles are given that help us progress on the path of pure devotional service.
But before discussing them, Srila Rupa Gosvami explains exactly what pure devotional
service is.
Text 4 six loving exchanges
In previous lessons we mentioned that one s desires and ambitions develop
according to the company one keeps g�t �j�y t k� . Therefore, if we
want to progress in K a consciousness, we have to associate with devotees.
Text 4 explains what association consists of. It also begins to explain how one
should associate with devotees. Further instructions on how to associate with
different types of devotees are found in texts 5 and 6.
Text 5 association according to levels of advancement
In order to properly apply the six loving exchanges described in the previous verse,
one must select proper persons with whom to reciprocate. What kind of Vaisnava
should be selected as a friend and how one should deal with different kinds of
Vaisnavas is the subject matter of this verse. All devotees should be respected, but
in order to make spiritual advancement we must associate with serious devotees
and distance ourselves from casual association.
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