BG-Science of Self Realization - Part3

8/14/2019 BG-Science of Self Realization - Part3

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Who isGod?


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LORD SRI KRISHNAThe Supreme Personality

of Godhead

Mattah parataramnanyat kincid asti dhananjaya

mayi sarvam idam protam

No oneequal to

or above Him

In BG7.7 O conqueror of wealth,

there is no truthsuperior to Me .Everything restsupon Me , as pearls are


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Source of everything.

aham sarvasya

prabhavo

mattah sarvam pravartate

iti matva bhajante mam

budha bhava-samanvitah

BG10.8

I am the source of all

spiritual and material worlds. Everythingemanates from Me . Thewise who perfectly know thisengage in My devotional

service and worship Me withall their hearts.


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SB 1.3.28

ete camsah-kalah pumsah

krsnas tu bhagavan

svayam

He is Bhagvan - all opulent.

Krishna is the original

supreme personality

of Godhead

Krishna possess all the 6 opulences infull.Aishwarya -Wealth

virya - strength

yash - fame sriya - beauty

jnana -Knowledge

vairagya -renunciation


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bhoktaram yajna-

tapasam

sarva-loka-

mahesvaram

suhrdam sarva-bhutanam

jnatva mam santim

rcchati

Supreme proprietor, controller,enjoyer and well-wisher.

BG5.29

A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing

Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord

of all planets and demigods , and the

benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities,

attains peace from the pangs of material


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Krishna is a person.Impersonal brahmajyoti

is

His bodily effulgence.

avajananti mam mudhamanusim tanum asritam

param bhavam ajanantomama bhuta mahesvaram

brahmano hi pratishahamamrtasyavyayasya casasvatasya ca

dharmasyasukhasyaikantikasya ca

BG14.27

BG9.11

And I am the basis of the impersonal

Brahman , which isimmortal, imperishableand eternal and is the

constitutional position of ultimate happiness.

Fools deride Me when Idescend in the human

form. They do not know My transcendental nature as

the Supreme Lord of all that be

Krishna can never be immoral


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Krishna and the demigods.

istan bhogan hi vo devadasyante yajna-bhavitahtair dattan apradayaibhyo

yo bhunkte stena eva sah

Neither the hosts of

demigods nor thegreat sages know My origin or opulences,

for, in every respect, Iam the source of

the demigods and sages

ne me viduh sura-ganah prabhavam na maharsayahaham adir hi devanam

maharsinam ca sarvasah

BG 10.2

BG 3.12 In charge of thevarious necessities of

life, the demigods,being satisfied by the

performance of yajna[sacrifice], will supply all necessities to you.

But he who enjoyssuch gifts without

offering them to thedemi ods in return is


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Demigods

Many One

God

Parts and parcel Supreme Whole

Always worship thesupreme as obedient

servant

Supreme

worshipableCreated by the supreme Supreme creator

Exist within

material creation

Beyond material

creation

Delegated withvarious grades of power to manage the

affairs of the material

Supremecontroller


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Demigods

God

Subordinate to the will

of Supreme

Supremely

independent

Have material bodies,hence subjected tobirth, old age, disease&death

Completely spiritualbody, no birth, no oldage, no disease andno death.

Come under theinfluence of the threematerial modes todifferent extents

Come under theinfluence of the threematerial modes todifferent extents

Temporary posts Eternally thesame SupremeLord


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antavat tu phalam tesam

tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam

devan deva-yajo yantimad-bhakta yanti mam api

Less intelligent Broad intelligence

Worship of Demigods/GOD

BG7.23 Akamah sarva kamova

Moksha kamahudardhih

Tivrena bhakti yogenaYajeta purusah param

SB

Benefits arematerial andtemporary

Benefits are eternal

antavat tu phalam

tesam

nehabhikrama- naso 'sti

pratyavayo na vidyate

sv-alpam apy asya

dharmasya

BG

2.40


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Cannot awardbenediction withoutthe sanction of thelord

All benedictions arebestowed by him alone


sa taya sraddhaya yuktas

tasyaradhanam ihate

labhate ca tatah kamanmayaiva vihitan hi tan

BG7.22 Endowed with such afaith, he endeavors to

worship a particular

demigod and obtains his

desires. But in actuality

these benefits are

bestowed by Me alone


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yanti deva-vrata devan

pitrn yanti pitr-vratah

bhutani yanti bhutejya yanti mad-yajino pi mam

Destination -

planets of thedemigods.

Destination -The

spiritual worldBG9.25


avyakto 'ksara ity uktas

tam ahuh paramam gatim

yam prapya na nivartantetad dhama paramam mama

BG8.21

That which the Vedantistsdescribe as unmanifest

and infallible, that which isknown as the supremedestination, that place

from which, havingattained it, one never

returns -- that is My supreme abode

Those who worship thedemigods will take birth

among the demigods; those who worship theancestors go to the

ancestors; those whoworship ghosts and spiritswill take birth among such

beings; and those who


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Worship of Demigods/GODImproper way

yepy anya-devata-bhakta

yajante sraddhayanvitah

te pi mam eva kaunteya

yajanty avidhi-purva kam

Proper Way

BG9.23

sarva-dharman parityajya

mam ekam saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo

moksayisyami ma sucah

BG 18.66

Abandon all varieties of

religion and just surrender unto Me . I shall deliver youfrom all sinful reactions. Do

not fear

Those who are devotees of

other gods and who

worship them with faith

actually worship only Me, O

son of Kunti, but they do

so in a wrong way


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Worship of Demigods/GODMostly taken up by

demons (asuras)

Mostly taken up by

devotees (suras)

Cannot awardSupreme liberation

Awards true liberation

Gives one what hewants

Gives one what heneeds

Material Devotional service tothe Supreme iscompletely spiritual.


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Living entities GOD

Part andparcel of GOD

Many

Subordinatecontrollers

Supremelyindependent

Dependenton the Lord

Supremecontroller

One

Completewhole

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