- •Isopanisad
- •His divine grace a.C.Bhaktivedanta swami prabhupada
- •Purpose
- •Section I
- •Introduction & summary of isopanisad
- •1. Meaning of Isopanishad:
- •2. Isopanisad is part of the Vedas:
- •3. Isopanisad and the other Upanishads:
- •4. Other Upanishads and Isopanisad indicate that God is full in six opulences:
- •5. In each and every Upanisad the Supreme Brahman is first viewed as impersonal, at the end the personal form of the Supreme Lord is accepted:
- •6. The purpose of the Upanisads, Vedanta-sutra and Srimad-Bhagavatam is one and the same:
- •7. Relationship of Isopanisad with Bhagavad-Gita:
- •8. Authorship of Isopanishad:
- •9. Isopanisad should be understood according to its original statements:
- •10. The method of translation and commentary of Isopanisad by Srila Prabhupada makes the book authentic and scholarly and makes the meaning self evident:
- •11. The basic philosophy of Isopanisad:
- •12. Main directions of Isopanisad summarized:
- •Lord is the proprietor of the entire Cosmic creation:
- •One should live by the direction of the Lord:
- •God is present everywhere:
- •Hence one should respect all things as parts and parcels of His Supreme Body
- •One can enjoy a fragment of this material creation under the control of the Lord, but not self-sufficiently.
- •Vidya and avida are very nicely explained in Isopanisad:
- •The Lord is apapa-viddham and suddham:
- •Liberating work is described in the pages of Sri Isopanisad:
- •Killer of the soul to suffer perpetually:
- •God is a person even if we cannot see Him with our eyes:
- •Arca-vigraha descends at the requests of the acaryas:
- •Lord rewards everyone’s desires:
- •Not to make one-sided attempts to win the struggle for existence:
- •Worship Krsna, not demogods:
- •Destination of pseudo religionists:
- •Sri Isopanisad advises us to pour water on the root
- •To know God in full one needs to penetrate His effulgence:
- •Bhakti Yogi is highest:
- •Section II – lectures on isopanisad verses
- •Iti çuçruma dhéräëäà
- •Iti çuçruma dhéräëäà
- •Section III – references to verses of isopanisad by srila prabhupada in his preaching
- •Introduction
- •Invocation Mantra
- •Mantra 1
- •Vairagyam phalgu kathyate
- •Mantra 2
- •In the words of Çré Éçopaniñad (3),
- •Mantra 5
- •Mantra 7
- •Mantra 11
- •Vidyäà cävidyäà ca yas
- •Vidyayämåtam açnute
- •Väsudevaù sarvam iti
- •Mantra 12
- •Mantra 14
- •Mantra 15
- •Section IV – srila prabhupada’s desires and instructions on isopanisad to his disciples
- •Instructions regarding Printing and distribution of Sri Isopanisad:
- •100 © 2009 International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc., New York
Mantra 5
Regarding your question--What does it mean: "We are all originally Krsna conscious entities."--We are always with Krsna. Where is not Krsna present? So how you can say that we were before? You are always with Krsna and when we forget this fact we are far, far away from Him. In the Isopanisad it is clearly stated that tad dure tad vantike "He is very away, but He is very near as well." (Iso. mantra 5). So this forgetfulness is our falldown. It can take place at any moment, and we can counteract this forgetfulness immediately rising to the platform of Krsna consciousness.
(70-07-15.Upe Letter: Upendra)
Ganesa: Srila Prabhupada, in the Sri Isopanisad it is said that one must learn the process of nescience alongside with the process of self-realization.
Prabhupada: Hmm?
Ganesa: In the Isopanisad, pravrtti with nivrtti. How is that?
Prabhupada: What is that pravrtti and nivrtti?
Amogha: He says that in the Isopanisad it says that you should learn the process of self-realization side by side with the process of nescience.
Prabhupada: Nescience, yes. That is pravrtti and nivrtti. Pravrtti means sense enjoyment. And nivrtti means self-negation. So when we say that "You shall not have illicit sex," and their inclination is illicit sex, so therefore it is revolutionary. They are materialistic persons. They want sex enjoyment to the best capacity--homosex, this sex, that sex, naked dance, all sexually inclined, pravrtti. And we say, "Stop this," nivrtti. They do not like it because asura. Pravrtti jagat. They do not know this is essential. They do not know it. This is essential. Tapasa brahmacaryena. Tapasya means brahmacarya. The so-called swamis, they are coming for this so-called yoga practice and..., but they are themself victim of sex. This is going on. Actually, it is a bluff--they have become swami and teaching some yoga system--because they do not know that one has to stop this first of all. Brahmacaryena. So this bluffing is going on all over the world, and we are speaking just against them. Murkhayopadeso hi prakopaya na santaye. If you give instruction to the rascals, he will simply be angry. He will not take advantage of it. This is our position. All the so-called professors, philosophers, they are all in the pravrtti-marga. Therefore they are bringing somebody, "Our interpretation is like this." Pravrtti-marga. Because if they can find out some support from the sastra, then they think, "We are secure." This is going on. Pravrttim ca nivrttim jana na vidur asurah. The whole world is full of asuras, descendant of Hiranyakasipu, and it is very difficult. But if we give them chance to chant Hare Krsna mantra, gradually they will understand. (pause) Our difficulty: the so-called swamis, priests, popes, they are also in the pravrtti-marga. All these, priests, and they have illicit sex. Pravrtti-marga. So they are passing, "Yes, you can have homosex with man." They are getting man-to-man marriage. You know? They are performing the marriage ceremony between man to man in the open church. What class of men they are? And they are priest. Just see. Such degraded persons, drinking... They have got hospital for curing their drinking disease. Five thousand patients in a hospital in America, all drunkards, and they are priest. Just see. Simply by dressing long, what is called, overcoat?
Srutakirti: Cloak.
Amogha: Habit?
Prabhupada: Cloak and cross, they have become. In India also, simply having a thread, a brahmana. Two-paisa thread. That's all.
Paramahamsa: Even the coolies at the train station.
Prabhupada: And by simply one danda, one is sannyasi. This is all over the world. Mussulman, having a long beard, he is Mussulman. Mussuleh iman.(?) Musseleh means complete, and iman means honest. That is the meaning of Mussulman. Completely honest, completely devoted. Mussuleh iman. (long pause) We are not saying just "No sex." We don't say that. We simply say, "No illicit sex," and they do not like it. We don't say "No sex," but simply by saying, "No illicit sex," they don't like. Why? There is a Bengali song, "cakse yadi lage bhala kena dadimali" (?) "If I want to see something beautiful, why shall I not see?" That is pravrtti. "I want to do it. I like to do it. Why should you say, 'No'?" This is the position. "I like to do it. I must do it." This is called pravrtti (long pause) "I like to interpret Bhagavad-gita in this way. Why should you say no?" This is going on. (break) The school students, college students, "I like to copy. Why shall I repress(?) ?" This is education. Here also they copy?
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