When ultimate concerns are mundane, that is called idolatry
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2018
What a relief to come to Facebook and find NO notifications.
2015
तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो
भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम्
हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते
जिवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दाय-भाक्
My dear Lord, one who goes through life in the constant expectation of receiving Your causeless mercy, patiently undergoing the reactions to his past deeds, all the while offering You obeisances with his heart, words, and body, is ready to inherit a place amongst the liberated.(10.14.8)
All you need to know really is that you are inseparable from God.
2012
2011
When he says this, what does he mean by "God"? His "ultimate concerns" of a particular kind of society and nation state -- with economic, social, and political views -- are being symbolized by the word "God". But since these concerns are crassly based in bodily consciousness and identifications, they are idolatrous.
"Mundane" may not be the best word, perhaps "worldly" or "based on bodily consciousness" or "ego-based" would be better. Even better "relative truth": "When ultimate concerns are relative truths, that is called idolatry."
2015
You are where you are because you were meant to be there.
Your situation reveals your dharma.
The only way to freedom is to take shelter
Your situation reveals your dharma.
The only way to freedom is to take shelter
of God's love in the form of his name.
Take the path of love, whatever the vicissitudes of Destiny.
Wherever you are, there is the Name, there is the Love of God.
Take the path of love, whatever the vicissitudes of Destiny.
Wherever you are, there is the Name, there is the Love of God.
तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो
भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम्
हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते
जिवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दाय-भाक्
My dear Lord, one who goes through life in the constant expectation of receiving Your causeless mercy, patiently undergoing the reactions to his past deeds, all the while offering You obeisances with his heart, words, and body, is ready to inherit a place amongst the liberated.(10.14.8)
All you need to know really is that you are inseparable from God.
2012
Sankirtan is shared samadhi in the plural.
Since shared samadhi has the basic feature of being together in silence, meditation in groups is also sankirtan. Nama sankirtan exists on both sides of the river of silence.
2011
When ultimate concerns are mundane, that is called idolatry.
An American politician said on July 4, "But there are folks that want to destroy us from inside, the progressives and the socialists, who want to make this nation a nation that's no longer under you, under God, but a nation that's ruled by man."
An American politician said on July 4, "But there are folks that want to destroy us from inside, the progressives and the socialists, who want to make this nation a nation that's no longer under you, under God, but a nation that's ruled by man."
When he says this, what does he mean by "God"? His "ultimate concerns" of a particular kind of society and nation state -- with economic, social, and political views -- are being symbolized by the word "God". But since these concerns are crassly based in bodily consciousness and identifications, they are idolatrous.
"Mundane" may not be the best word, perhaps "worldly" or "based on bodily consciousness" or "ego-based" would be better. Even better "relative truth": "When ultimate concerns are relative truths, that is called idolatry."
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ममाद्यामङ्गलं नष्टं फलवांश् चैव मे भवः ।
यन् नमस्ये भगवतो योगि-ध्येयाङ्घ्रि-पङ्कजम् ॥३.२.७९॥
tatra sambhrama-prītiḥ, yathā śrī-daśame (10.38.6) —
mamādyāmaṅgalaṃ naṣṭaṃ phalavāṃś caiva me bhavaḥ |
yan namasye bhagavato yogi-dhyeyāṅghri-paṅkajam ||3.2.79||
यथा वा —
कलिन्द-नन्दिनी-कुल-कदम्ब-वन-वल्लभम् ।
कदा नमस्करिषामि गोप-रूपं तम् ईश्वरम् ॥३.२.८०॥
yathā vā —
kalinda-nandinī-kula-kadamba-vana-vallabham |
kadā namaskariṣāmi gopa-rūpaṃ tam īśvaram ||3.2.80||
Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)