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Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes in
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Today's Thought: |
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Beyond the Gross and Subtle Bodieszx
Uploaded from Bhaktivedanta Ashram--Austin,
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In
the First Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Third Chapter,
verse 33 it is stated:
yatreme sad-asad-rūpe
pratiṣiddhe sva-saṁvidā
avidyayātmani kṛte
iti tad brahma-darśanam
"Whenever a person experiences, by self-realization,
that both the gross and subtle bodies have nothing to do
with the pure self, at that time he sees himself as well
as the Lord."
So just see how important it is for the aspiring
transcendentalist to be firmly convinced that he is not
his gross body or his subtle body, which consists of the
mind, intelligence, and false ego. This transcendental
conviction gives him the all-important and essential
access to realize his true self as an eternal
spirit-soul servant of God and to realize the Supreme
Self, as his eternal master, Lord Sri Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari |
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Answers According to the Vedic Version: | |
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Question: Karma and Free Will |
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Please
explain what is karma and what is free will. When we
consider these words it seems that they are
contradictory. But the shastras or scriptures speak of
these two principles existing simultaneously .
Sandeep
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Answer: Make Your Choice |
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Karma
means that for every action there is a reaction. When
you do something good, you are rewarded. And when you do
something bad, you are punished. The law of karma acts
upon those who are serving the Lord's illusory energy
here in this material existence and binds one to cycle
through an endless repetition of births and deaths in
the material world. Those who opt to serve the Lord's
spiritual energy are freed from the good and bad
reactions of this material existence and enter into the
Lord's transcendental abode at the time of death to live
an eternal life, full of knowledge and full of bliss.
Free will means that you can decide whether you want to
serve the Lord's spiritual energy to become free from karma's
clutches and attain the spiritual world, or whether you
want to serve the Lord's material energy and remain in
karma's clutches in the endless cycle of birth, death, old
age, and disease.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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