Srila Prabhupada created the Bhaktivedanta Institute so that the - TopicsExpress

Srila Prabhupada created the Bhaktivedanta Institute so that the devotee scientists could attract the interest of other scientists in order to explain that this is Gods creation and He has arranged everything. However, all that is really needed to be known is that we are parts and parcel of Krishna and we should re-establish our love for Him and go back home back to Godhead. A biological dream is a mental creation. This material world is not a dream in that way, it is very real, but temporary, it is known as the maya-sakti of the Lord and what we experience is also very real but fades over time. This world is real, the reason it is compared to a dream or an illusion is because it is temporary. Maya means that which is not. In this way the daydream is no different than the biological nightdream To understand this paradox we must understand the ‘eternal presence’ of Goloka in relation to the ‘past, present and future’ of the temporary mahat-tattva (material dream creation). The jiva can actually appear ‘seemingly’ in both places simultaneously however ones ‘svarupa’ or nitya-siddha body never falls from Goloka. Srila Prabhupada – “This creation of himself is as seer and subject matter or seen, two things. But as soon as the dream is over, the “seen” disappears. But the seer remains. Now he is in his original position”. Srila Prabhupada – “Our separation from Krishna is like that. We dream this body and so many relationships with other things. First the attachment comes to enjoy sense gratification. Even with Krishna desire for sense gratification is there”. Srila Prabhupada – “Why you should dictate God? God has created perfectly. He has given you independence. You fall down. It is your fault. God has made you perfect, given you independence. But if you misuse your independence, you fall down. Just like government gives everyone opportunity. Why do you become criminal and go to the jail? That is your fault”. (Morning Walk — December 6, 1973, Los Angeles) The marginal living entities in Goloka ALWAYS have the free-will to choose Krishna or their own selfish desires, it is those non-Krishna conscious desires that are referred to as the ‘sub-conscious condition’ of the marginal living entity (nitya-baddha) which enters the mahat-tattva. The nitya-siddha terminology is always Krishna Conscious eternally however, the marginal living entity can choose to ignore that eternal nitya-siddha ‘svarupa’ body and enter the material creation as nitya-baddha dream state (the sub-conscious condition of the marginal living entity) That choice is always there we are always marginal (tatastha-s’akti) in Goloka or the mahat tattva. Srila Prabhupada – “The answer to your question about the marginal energy is that the jiva soul is always called marginal energy whether he is in the spiritual world or in the material world’. (Letter to Rayarama, December 2, 1968) Srila Prabhupada – “After all, the living entity falls down from the spiritual world . . . There is possibility . . . even if you are in Vaikuntha, you will fall down, what to speak of this material world.” (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita on July 4, 1974) Without the ability to choose, even in Goloka, then how can there be genuine love and the individual ability to always expand those loving emotions and service to beautiful Krishna? Of course that means we can also misuse that free will. The term sub-conscious simply means when the marginal living entity uses their free will and chooses to leave Goloka. This means they are NOT leaving as their full conscious nitya-siddha body, but rather they ‘leave’ as their sub-conscious condition, which is called the nitya-baddha state of consciousness. The paradox is, yes, the marginal living entity never leaves Goloka as their nitya-siddha body unless its for Krishna lila) because ones eternal spiritual body is eternally fixed within the ‘eternal presence’ of Goloka. Srila Prabhupada – “We have also come down from Vaikuntha some millions and millions of years ago.” (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita on August 6, 1973) Ravindra Svarupa Dasa – “The example Srila Prabhupada uses comes directly from the Bhagavatam verse. A dreaming person manufactures an alternate dream-self (nitya-baddha) that he temporarily takes to be his real identity. Thus, the dreamer imagines himself undergoing all kinds of adventures. In a nightmare he dreams he is running in panic through a dense jungle at night, a huge and hungry tiger chasing him down. With a thudding heart, he hears the tiger coming inexorably closer. Then claws rake his back, and fangs crush his neck, and he wakes up screaming in terror. With relief he sees he is safe in bed. The fictional dream-self is gone. All along he had been safe in his own bed. He was never lost in any tiger-infested jungle. (BTG.Krishna) Srila Prabhupada – “No one falls from the spiritual world or Vaikuntha planet, for it is the eternal abode. (Bhag. 3.16.26, purport) This clearly means our nitya-siddha svarupa body can NEVER leave Goloka or Vaikuntha and that WE ONLY ‘DREAM’, ‘THINK’ OR ‘IMAGINE’ WE LEAVE. In this way the mahat-tattva is the destination for where such dreams go. Such an inferior non-Krishna conscious facsimile of the self is called the nitya-baddha sub-conscious self. It is there they are provided with temporary bodily forms or vessels created by Maha-Vishnu who is dreaming the entire mahat-tattva or material creation aspect of the Spiritual Sky. Srila Prabhupada - “Everything happening within time, which consists of past, present and future, is merely a dream. This is the secret in understanding in all the Vedic literature.” SB. 4.29.2b Srila Prabhupada - “This material creation is the spirit soul’s dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Maha-Vishnu, as the Brahma Samhita describes: Purport to Srimad Bhagavatam. 4.29.83. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakur - “This material world is created by the dreaming of Maha-Vishnu. The real factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation.” Purport to Srimad Bhagavatam. 4.29.83. Srila Prabhupada – “After being in contact with the material modes of nature, the living entity develops the subtle and gross bodies. When the living entity is fortunate enough to associate with Sri Narada Mahamuni or his servants, he is liberated from this ‘dreamland’ of material creation and the bodily conception of life”. Srimad Bhagavatam 4/29/83/ Srila Prabhupada - “As soon as we forget, immediately the illusion is there. Just like as soon as we sleep, dream is there. Just like one man is dreaming and he forgets himself. In the dream he creates himself in different forms: now I am the King discussing like that. This creation of himself is as seer and subject matter or seen, two things. But as soon as the dream is over, the “seen” disappears. But the seer remains. Now he is in his original position. Our separation from Krsna is like that. We dream this body and so many relationships with other things. Letter to Madhudvisa 1972 May Bahiranga-sakti - the external or material potency of Bhagavan, also known as maya-sakti. This potency is responsible for the creation of the material world and all affairs pertaining to the material world. Because Bhagavan never directly contacts the material energy, this potency is known as bahiranga, external.