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Hearing About Lord Rama - Part 1 Hearing about Lord Rama - Part 1 Date: 2019-10-31 Author: Narahari Krishna das Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. The scriptures tell that realization of the Supreme Absolute Truth is the ultimate perfection of human existence. And they also suggest a three step staircase to realize the Absolute Truth as follows. aatma vaa are drashtavyah shrotavyo mantavyo nididhyasitavyah maitreyi aatmano vaa are darshanena shravanena matyaa vijnaanenedam sarvam viditam "The Supreme Absolute Truth should be seen by hearing about Him, remembering Him and worshipping Him always. O Maitreyi, by hearing, remembering and worshiping the Supreme Absolute Truth, He can be seen and by this everything becomes known." - (Brihad Aranyaka Upanishad- 2.4.5) As Srimad Bhagavatam is distilled essence of all the Vedas (akhilaatma shruti saaram ekam), the same point is stated in the Bhagavatam (1.2.14) as follows. tasmād ekena manasā bhagavān sātvatāṁ patiḥ śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaś ca dhyeyaḥ pūjyaś ca nityadā Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees. The word 'aatma' in the shruti mantra corresponds to 'bhagavan' in the Bhagavatam verse. The word shrotavyah in the mantra is linked to 'shrotavyah and kirtitavya', 'mantavya' corresponds to 'dhyeyah' and 'nidhidhyaasitavyah' refers to 'worship'. Srila Prabhupada states in the commentary of the verse, "Activities of the living being involve engagements in these four different principles of life. Especially in modern society, all activities are more or less dependent on hearing and glorifying. Any man from any social status becomes a well-known man in human society within a very short time if he is simply glorified truly or falsely in the daily newspapers. Sometimes political leaders of a particular party are also advertised by newspaper propaganda, and by such a method of glorification an insignificant man becomes an important man — within no time." These lines of Srila Prabhupada are very much applicable in the present day where information technology has taken the world by storm and we have social media which is very active in everyone's life. Media has maximum power and they decide what people should believe and what they should not. One who has media power can make the masses believe what he wants them to believe. Political parties tie up with various media or have their own channels and all have their IT department who spreads various news in media/social media (true or false information) and in this way gain their popularity and mar the popularity of opponents. And all this is based on the fundamental urge of the living beings to hear. We hear so much from the TV channels, social media and form opinions and build our knowledge base on various subjects. If this propensity to hear is diverted towards Vedic literature or in other words hearing about the glories of the Supreme Lord, one can advance in realization of Him. Srila Prabhupada states, "The actual object of glorification is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has created everything manifested before us. The tendency to glorify others or hear others must be turned to the real object of glorification — the Supreme Being." Today is the disappearance day of Srila Prabhupada and it is important to remember the great gift of hearing he has given to the entire humanity in the form of spiritual literature. The scriptures also tell us how hearing the glories of the Lord helps us to realize Him and what effects it can have in our life. We will see it in the next offering, Krishna willing. Thank you very much, Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Gurudeva, Narahari Krishna das. Hearing about Lord Rama - Part 2 Date: 2019-11-01 Author: Narahari Krishna das Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. This is in continuation of the previous offering titled, "Hearing about Lord Rama", wherein we saw that hearing and glorifying when directed towards the Lord, can lead to His realization. The Bhagavata purana also tells that hearing about the Lord purifies us and ultimately takes us back to His abode. (Verse 2.2.37). pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāṁ kathāmṛtaṁ śravaṇa-puṭeṣu sambhṛtam punanti te viṣaya-vidūṣitāśayaṁ vrajanti tac-caraṇa-saroruhāntikam Those who drink through aural reception, fully filled with the nectarean message of Lord Krishna, the beloved of the devotees, purify the polluted aim of life known as material enjoyment and thus go back to Godhead, to the lotus feet of Him (the Personality of Godhead). Srila Prabhupada confirms in the purport, "The highest perfectional thinking for human society is suggested here by Sukadeva Goswami, namely, sufficiently hearing Srimad Bhagavatam. For men in this age of Kali, when they have lost the perfect vision of life, this Srimad-Bhagavatam is the torchlight by which we see the real path. Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhupada has commented on the kathaamrtam mentioned in this verse and has indicated Srimad Bhagavatam to be the nectarean message of the Personality of Godhead. By sufficient hearing of Srimad Bhagavatam, the polluted aim of life, namely lording it over matter, will subside, and the people in general in all parts of the world will be able to live a peaceful life of knowledge and bliss." So the Lord appears time to time in various incarnations and exhibits His beautiful form, qualities and activities so that we have enough subject matter for hearing about Him. Also the Lord incarnates as Vyasadeva and compiled enormous Vedic literatures in the form of Vedas, Upanishads, puranas (especially Srimad Bhagavatam) and He inspires the sages and acharyas to propagate these literatures. He also inspires sages like Valmiki and Parasara to record the glories of His incarnations in various scriptures such as Ramayana, Vishnu purana etc. One such glorious incarnation of the Lord is Lord Rama, where the Lord displayed ideal human behaviour and ideal king and His glories revealed in many scriptures. By hearing His glories, one can develop unalloyed attraction to Him and ultimately reach His abode. In the Uttara Khanda of Valmiki Ramayana 7.100.16, the benefit of hearing the glories of Lord Rama is stated as follows. samyak shraddha samaayuktah shrunute raaghavi kathaam sarvapaapa pramuchyeta vishnu lokam sa gacchati One who with full faith and reverence hears the pastimes of Lord Rama (descendant of Raghu dynasty), he becomes cleansed of all sins and attains the Supreme Bode of Vishnu." In the same verse of Bhagavatam Srila Prabhupada comments, "And by the constant hearing of the messages of the Bhagavad-gita, and later of Srimad-Bhagavatam, one is assured herein by Srila Sukadeva Goswami that he will reach the Personality of Godhead and render Him transcendental loving service in the spiritual planet of the name Goloka Vrindavana, which resembles a huge lotus flower." Thus hearing about the Lord in His various incarnations not only purifies us and gives His realization, but also take us back to Godhead. We will meditate more on this topic in the next offering, Krishna willing. Thank you very much, Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva, Narahari Krishna das Hearing about Lord Rama - Part 3 Date: 2019-11-02 Author: Narahari Krishna das Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva. This is in continuation of the previous offering titled, "Hearing about Lord Rama", wherein we were meditating on the glory of hearing about Lord Rama. Now we shall see further. The incarnation of Lord Rama is to teach mankind by His personal example, the behaviour of ideal human and King. The Bhagavata purana states that 'martyaavataraas tu iha martya sikshanam' (Lord Rama incarnated in human like form to teach the humans). So when it comes to hearing of Rama lila also, Lord Rama showed it by His personal example, by Himself hearing the Ramayana composed by Valmiki. When Mother Sita was pregnant, Lord Rama banished Her to the forest and Mother Sita was protected by Valmiki in his hermitage and she delivered two sons Lava and Kusha who later became disciples of Valmiki. After composing the great epic Ramayana, Valmiki taught it to Lava and Kusha and he instructed them to sing it in Ayodhya, while Lord Rama was performing the Ashwamedha sacrifice. Lava and Kusha started singing the Rama lila with beautiful music in different places of Ayodhya and it was attractive for everyone (sages, learned brahmanas, saintly persons and common people) to hear. Once Lord Rama saw these boys singing the Ramayana, and He was very impressed by this and asked for inviting them to His palace and asked them to sing again. Lava and Kusha sang Ramayana for the pleasure of Lord Rama in the palace. Lord Rama very attentively heard the Ramayana to set an example for others that they should also heard and read Ramayana attentively. Lord Rama said to His brothers and everyone in His court as follows. (Ramayan - 1.4.32) shruyataam idam aakhyaanam anayor devavarchasoh vichitraartha padam samyak gaaayakau samachodayat "Lord Rama motivated the singers and said to everyone, "Keenly hear this great narration from these two divine and resplendent brothers for it contains versatile words and meanings." They then started singing and with musical instruments and with great rhythm. The glories of Sri Sitarama was heard by Rama Himself and others and it enthralled the body, mind and hearts of all the listeners there. It was a great pleasure for their ears. Lord Rama was so happy to hear the narration and said as follows.
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