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Hare Krsna, While meditating on this topic, a correlation with a specific verse from Srimad Bhagavatam stood out. SB 1.2.11: vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate “Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.” This means that there are three levels ofContinue reading “BG 11.51-55: Final Thoughts Concerning the Universal Form of the Lord”

Hare Krsna, The following features of the Lord’s Universal Form caught my attention and inspired me greatly. From SB Canto 2, Chapter 1, the different limbs of astanga-yoga caught my attention. “At the last stage of one’s life, one should be bold enough not to be afraid of death. But one must cut off allContinue reading “BG 11.45-50: Meditations on Different Descriptions of the Universal Form”

Hare Krsna, My understand is that even though both Arjuna and Maitreya saw the universal forms of the Lord, what they saw is slightly different. Maitreya saw the development of the gigantic universal form whereas Arjuna saw the full display of already-developed universal form. In SB 3.6, Maitreya saw how Lord Karanadoksayi Visny saw theContinue reading “BG 11.15-34: Comparisons Between Universal Forms Arjuna Saw and Maitreya Described”

Hare Krsna, Srila Prabhupada remarks that once the Supreme Lord revealed divine vision of His universal form to Arjuna, the relationship between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna changes immediately. Before, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna had a relationship based on friendship, but here, after the revelation, Arjuna is offering obeisances with great respect, and with folded hands he isContinue reading “BG 11.1-14: How Seeing the Universal Form Influenced Arjuna’s Relationship with the Lord”

Hare Krsna, “The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.” (SB 1.2.6) Keeping the subject matter of the above verse (loving devotional service unto the Supreme Lord) inContinue reading “SB 3.6.35-40: The Highest Perfectional Gain of Humanity”

Hare Krsna, Srila Prabhupada mentioned in his various writings that Krsna consciousness is a science – the most scientific philosophy. “Vijñānam means it is scientific. It is not a sentiment or fanaticism. It is scientific. So try to understand this philosophy of Kṛṣṇa consciousness from Bhagavad-gītā and help yourself, help your countrymen, help the world.Continue reading “SB 3.6.11-34: The Social Body of the Universal Form”

Hare Krsna, This has been one of the difficult forum topics to meditate upon. The manifestations of various forms of the Lord such as virat-rupa, arca-vigraha, etc. are actually a mercy of the Lord upon the conditioned living entities. These manifestations are actually meant for the neophyte devotees who may have difficulty in immediately acceptingContinue reading “SB 3.6.1-10: Manifestation of the Universal Form of the Lord”

Hare Krsna, According to the Vedic principles, there are three stages of spiritual advancement, namely, sambandha-jnāna, abhidheya and prayojana. Sambandha-jnāna refers to establishing one’s original relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead; abhidheya refers to acting according to that constitutional relationship; and prayojana is the ultimate goal of life, which is to develop love ofContinue reading “SB 3.5.45-51: How the Prayers of the Demigods Can Enlighten Us With Sambandha-jñāna”

Hare Krsna, It is a matter of divine coincidence that over the last few days as I have been trying to meditate on Krsna’s lotus feet and the various divine signs on Their soles, our teacher posted this meditation topic (as well as the picture of Krsna’s lotus feet with Their signs). As I amContinue reading “SB 3.5.37-44: Meditating on the Lord’s Lotus Feet”

Hare Krsna, I was just meditating on the fact that just as the glance of the Supreme Lord is the active ingredient that creates the five gross elements, the same glance of the Lord transforms material to spiritual. For example, the bhoga we offer to the Lord is transformed from mundane food to spiritual remnantsContinue reading “SB 3.5.27-36: How the Five Gross Elements are Created by Krsna’s Glance”