Jagat

I am afraid that I am going to have to revise the way I do this project. Babaji is starting to pressure me to go more quickly, and it is true that at this rate it will take forever. So I will have to cut back on the manana a bit more and get more pages done. Anuccheda 8: External Bhagavat-sākṣātkāra Is Superior To Internal īdṛśe’pi bhagavat-sākṣāt-kāre bahiḥ-sākṣātkārasyotkarṣam āha— Although Bhagavān realization is such (internal and external) yet Mārkaṇḍeya spoke of the superiority of the external realization to Nara Nārāyaṇa sages: gṛhītvājādayo yasya śrīmat-pādābja-darśanam | manasā yoga-pakvena sa bhavān me’kṣi-gocaraḥ ||  Bhagavān, obtaining the vision of whose lotus feet in their mind, matured through the practice of yoga, conditioned beings can attain the post of Brahmā, has become the object of my eyes. (SB 12.9.5) ṭīkā ca— yasya tava śrīmat-pādābja-darśanaṁ manasāpi gṛhītvā prāpya prākṛtā apy ajādayo bhavanti sa bhavān me’kṣi-gocaro jāto’sti kim ataḥ paraṁ var...

7.11 Only Pure Souls Can Have a Direct Vision of Bhagavān: That is Called Mukti tasmāt svaccha-cittānām eva sākṣātkāraḥ, sa eva ca mukti-saṁjña iti sthitam | tasya brahma-sākṣātkārād apy utkarṣas tu bhagavat-sandarbhe sanakādi-vaikuṇṭha-darśana-prastāve śrī-nārada-vyāsa-saṁvādādi-maya-brahma-bhagavat-tāratamya-prakaraṇe ca darśita eva | yatra tasyāravinda-nayanasya [bhā.pu. 3.15.43] ity ādikaṁ, jijñāsitam adhītaṁ ca [bhā.pu. 1.5.4] ity ādikaṁ ca vacana-jātaṁ prabalatamam | Therefore only pure-hearted people see Bhagavān and that alone is to be called mukti. Its superiority over Brahman realization has been shown in Bhagavat Sandarbha (Anu. 79) in the description of the visit of the Kumaras to Vaikuṇṭha, and also in the section comparing Brahman and Bhagavān based on the dialogue between Śrī Nārada and Vyāsa, etc. (Anu. 81). In these sections [of Bhagavat Sandarbha] verses 3.15.43 and 1.5.4 are the most powerful. tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda- kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makarand...

Had a really great rainstorm last night, power and internet were down pretty much since last night. So that is why this took so long to load. I have been slowly building my daily schedule around this evening class. This slowly is moving towards a first night schedule, where I am most active in the late evening. I still got up early this morning, but it was the first time in several days. Anyway, the day is basically spent preparing for the class which I will now give at night. So hopefully I can get into an infallible rhythm at least for the duration of this work. Actually I am really quite excited by going a little more public with these videos. I know that there are two or three bhaktas now who are following regularly, so I appreciate that there are some out there who go for the esoteric bhakti philosophy of Jiva Goswami. This new section is primarily about bhagavat-sākśāṭkāra, which has now been equated to mukti. And so there is some vicāra to be done on the subject. You see ...