The knowledge that is taught in the Bhagavad-Gita is religion and any knowledge that is opposed to the Bhagavad-Gita teachings is irreligion What-is-irreligion“The Yamadutas replied: That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayan, and are self-born. This we have heard from Yamaraja.” (Srimad Bhagavatam 6.1.40) God is eternal and so his teachings must also be eternal. Only Lord Krishna is known eternally as the Supreme person and so he is the only God, and the Vedic knowledge is eternal and thus the Vedic knowledge is the instructions of God. That which is opposed to what is taught in the Vedic scriptures is called irreligious, and those who follow the irreligious teachings are called the unbelievers of God, envious of God, and atheistic. We are all certainly free to believe in whatever choose to believe in. But such believing does not make a thing true. I may be an owl philosopher who believes that there is no such as daytime because I never opened my eyes to the sunlight. But this does not mean that daytime does not exist. Similarly I may believe that God is formless because I never took the time and trouble to carefully study the Vedic scriptures and the teachings of the great acharyas who guided the Vedic civilization for thousands of years, which clearly state that Gods original feature is with form. But this does not mean that God is formless. Nowadays it is very commonly misunderstood that God is formless and that His form is simply an illusory manifestation to help those who are in illusion to connect with Him on an elementary level before they become advanced enough to realize His higher impersonal, formless nature. But this is simply not true. It is repeatedly confirmed throughout the Vedic literatures that His actual nature is with form. For example, it is stated in the Brahma-samhita: īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes. So it is not that Krishna comes out of formlessness. Rather it is just the opposite. There is a formless aspect of God known as the impersonal Brahman. Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-gita that this impersonal, formless Brahman is coming out from Him: brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham I am the basis of the impersonal formless Brahman. If you think that you are bigger authority than Lord Krishna or Lord Brahma, you can continue to think that the form of God is manifested out of formlessness. But if you are humble enough to realize that you are not on the level of Krishna, Brahma, and the great Vedic authorities, then you may consider that your belief may be based on ignorance rather than on actual facts. Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Gurudeva ... All glories to Srila Prabhupada ... Chant these names with love and you will feel the ecstasy: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare ...
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:12:35 +0000
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