TRUTH ALONE TRIUMPHS
Learned so much from those who repeat H.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Srila Prabhupada's words and
follow his orders as described in the Bhaktisastra. Please do be careful of the kali-celas! Ananta Koti Vaisnava Vrnda ki JAYA!!!
Learned so much from those who repeat H.D.G. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Srila Prabhupada's words and
follow his orders as described in the Bhaktisastra. Please do be careful of the kali-celas! Ananta Koti Vaisnava Vrnda ki JAYA!!!
Taken from this source
All of us should hear from Srila Prabhupada himself
Srila Prabhupada, His Movement and You
Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta As It Is
4.Truthfulness (Satyam)--> no gambling --> no deceitful behaviour --> immorality tries to do this now by destroying the last leg.
2.Cleanliness, purity (Saucam)--> no sex before marriage and after marriage no sex for pleasure --> no infections
1.Austerity, simplicity (Tapah)--> no intoxication (alcohol, smoking, caffeine, tea) --> be simple in life
3.Mercy, kindness, compassion (Daya)--> no meat, fish, egg, union and garlick eating --> kind to eachother
4.Gambling, deceitfulness is found places of gambling and contest
2.Illicit sexual behaviour, copulation is found in places of sexual promiscuity
1.Taking intoxicants, intoxication is found in places of drinking
3.Eating meat, fish, eggs, union and garlic, aka arrogant behaviour is found in slaughterhouses
5.places wherever money accumulates. In such places there is always: cheating, maddening, desire, passion and enmity
The King ordered Kali to confine himself only to those five places. But from them Kali can certainly spread and encourage immorality.
If a human desires his and all other humanbeings well-being, then NEVER, EVER go to such places, especially if you are a role-model.
If you want to prosper, encourage well rounded and thoughtful restoration of the Bull's three broken legs:
1.simplicity, austerity --> TAPAH
2.purity, cleanliness --> SAUCAM
3.kindness, mercy --> DAYA
In Satya Yuga, all four legs of Dharma were standing
In Treta Yuga, one leg (Tapah) became diminished, this made sure that it was not possible for humans to practice meditation. The itihasa (history) Ramayana occured in a Treta yuga. Sacrifice to Lord Vishnu was prescribed. If you have attachment for worldy things, you should give those worldly things for the service of Bhagavan Sri Krishna. In this way you can concentrate on the ultimate target of worship. This could be accomplished in Satya Yuga by meditation and in Treta Yuga by sacrifice.
In Dvapara Yuga, two legs (Tapah and Saucam) became diminished. The itihasa (history) Mahabharata occured at the end of Dvapara yuga. People became more influenced by the senses and became incapable of uttering mantras correctly. Thus they could not perform sacrifice anymore. So the people of that era were told to worship the Deity of the Lord and engage all the senses and the objects of the senses in this way. All indriyas, all gross and subtle senses including the mind should be engaged in the service of Sri Krishna. If you serve the Deity, you have dedicated all the sense organs and all the objects of the sense organs. The purpose of this is to develop concentration on the object of devotion.
In Kali Yuga, three legs (Tapah, Saucam and Daya) became diminished. People cannot perform Deity worship because they are deceased. A diseased person is prohibited from Deity worship. We are incapable of rising early in the morning. We cannot sit in the temple for a long time. Two or three hours are required for worship. After half an hour, we become distracted. We are diseased, so how can we worship? So three legs are now broken in Kali Yuga (by Kali the agent of immorality) by arrogance (destroys mercy), copulation (destroys cleanliness) and intoxication (destroys austerity).
Arrogance destroys compassion. Copulation destroys purity. Intoxication destroys simplicity for which sobriety is a synonym. Deceit destroys truthfulness. Kali the agent of immorality tries to instigate deceits (making people tell lies).
Dharani (Prithvi, Mother Earth) holds everything up for us (planet Earth). She once said that she can hold any thing up. Except those who lie. Those who have deceitful behaviour.
The last leg standing is Satyam. Deceit (telling lies) destroys the last leg and Mother Earth has said that she CANNOT bear those who lie! (they are to heavy to bear).
This heavy burden of immorality disappeared from the Earth while the beautiful footprints of the All-Attractive spread happiness everywhere. Now that she is bereft of those foorprints, this saintly woman feels forsaken and unfortunate, and weeps thinking, "Now low-class small-minded men masquerading as kings will exploit me"
The agent of immorality (Kali) will spread greed, falsehood, thievery, unkindness, violence, decay, delusion, bickering and vanity among the citizens of King Pariksits kingdom.
He cannot tolerate this in his truthful and moral society: a spiritual place where sacrifice is done for the master of sacrifice with a full abundance of deep realization.
The All-Attractive Hari, the soul of all worshipable forms is worshiped in King Pariksits Kingdom. Hari expands the happiness of the worshipers. His desires are unfailing.
He is the soul that is inside and outside of everything that moves and does not move, like the sky.
See Vic DiCara's books Volume 1 from page 129
Also check Nectar of Instruction
So Truthfulness, is destroyed by telling lies, by deceiving.
The four defects of human beings, those who are conditioned in the bodily concept of life:
-The ascending process (aroha pantha), which is imperfect (pratyaksa and anumana)
-The descending process (avaroha pantha), wich is perfect (sabda)
-Imperfect Senses (Karanapatava) - The senses are limited and can easily be misled. For example, one cannot see hands in the dark
-Under illusion (Pramada) - Accepting as real something that is not real. For example misidentifying the self as his body and mind
-Mistakes (Bhrama) - "To err is human." All humans are prone to make mistakes and when we do, we say: Oh, we are human after all aren't we?
-Cheating propensity (Vipralipsa) - To propagate falsehood, to present yourself as something you are not. For example foolish people who pose themselves as intelligent
https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/3/52/
ŚB 12.3.52
कृते यद्ध्यायतो विष्णुं त्रेतायां यजतो मखै: ।
द्वापरे परिचर्यायां कलौ तद्धरिकीर्तनात् ॥ ५२ ॥
kṛte yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ
tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ
dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ
kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt
Synonyms
kṛte — in the Satya-yuga; yat — which; dhyāyataḥ — from meditation; viṣṇum — on Lord Viṣṇu; tretāyām — in the Tretā-yuga; yajataḥ — from worshiping; makhaiḥ — by performing sacrifices; dvāpare — in the age of Dvāpara; paricaryāyām — by worshiping the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa; kalau — in the Age of Kali; tat — that same result (can be achieved); hari-kīrtanāt — simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Translation
Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
Purport
A similar verse is found in the Viṣṇu Purāṇa (6.2.17), and also in the Padma Purāṇa (Uttara-khaṇḍa 72.25) and the Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa (38.97):
dhyāyan kṛte yajan yajñais
tretāyāṁ dvāpare ’rcayan
yad āpnoti tad āpnoti
kalau saṅkīrtya keśavam
“Whatever is achieved by meditation in Satya-yuga, by the performance of sacrifice in Tretā-yuga, and by the worship of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet in Dvāpara-yuga is obtained in the Age of Kali simply by glorifying the name of Lord Keśava.”
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has further quoted from the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa concerning the degraded condition of people in Kali-yuga:
ataḥ kalau tapo-yoga-
vidyā-yajñādikāḥ kriyāḥ
sāṅgā bhavanti na kṛtāḥ
kuśalair api dehibhiḥ
“Thus in the Age of Kali the practices of austerity, yoga meditation, Deity worship, sacrifice and so on, along with their various subsidiary functions, are not properly carried out, even by the most expert embodied souls.”
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has also cited the Cāturmāsya-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa concerning the necessity of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa in this age:
tathā caivottamaṁ loke
tapaḥ śrī-hari-kīrtanam
kalau yuge viśeṣeṇa
viṣṇu-prītyai samācaret
“In this way the most perfect penance to be executed in this world is the chanting of the name of Lord Śrī Hari. Especially in the Age of Kali, one can satisfy the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu by performing saṅkīrtana.”
In conclusion, massive propaganda should be made all over the world to induce people to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, by which human society can be rescued from the dangerous ocean of the Age of Kali.
Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Twelfth Canto, Third Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “The Bhūmi-gītā.”