GURU 9 - Deer 93 Deer – In 4.29.53, Narada Muni likens the oblivious human being to a deer grazing with his mate happily in the forest. The stag is absorbed in the taste of the sweet grass and enchanted by the humming of the bees. He does not know that in front of him a tiger is crouching, preparing to spring, and that behind him a hunter stalks with drawn bow. THE LESSON LEARNT BY THE AVADHUTA BRAHMANA A devotee should never listen to songs or music promoting material enjoyment. Rather, he should carefully study the example of the deer, who is bewildered by the sweet music of the hunter’s horn and is thus captured and killed. PURPORT If one becomes attached to the sense gratification of materialistic music and songs, one will develop all the features of material entanglement. One should hear Bhagavad- gétä, or the song sung by the Supreme Lord. SB 11.8.18 The instruction from the deer is that just as he becomes confused upon hearing the song of the hunter’s flute and loses his life, so also does any person who becomes attracted to mundane music and song uselessly wastes his life. The Theme – Film songs – enticing, but harmful SLOKA RECITATION Let us learn a sloka from the Srimad Bhagavatam which teaches us something about the above theme. Before teaching the present verse, the teacher should begin the class by chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. Chant the 9th verse of the 24 Gurus again. Tell the children we will learn the twenty-fourth verse and also understand it. Learn the 9th verse. (The teacher recites the sloka line by line and makes the children repeat and memorize the sloka) kñudraà caraà sumanasäà çaraëe mithitvä raktaà ñaòaìghri-gaëa-sämasu lubdha-karëam agre våkän asu-tåpo ‘vigaëayya yäntaà påñöhe mågaà mågaya lubdhaka-bäëa-bhinnam 1/2 60 mins 120 mins ` GURU 9 - Deer
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Deer – In 4.29.53, Narada Muni likens the oblivious human being to a deer grazing with his mate happily in the forest. The stag is absorbed in the taste of the sweet grass and enchanted by the humming of the bees. He does not know that in front of him a tiger is crouching, preparing to spring, and that behind him a hunter stalks with drawn bow.
THE LESSON LEARNT BY THE AVADHUTA BRAHMANA
A devotee should never listen to songs or music promoting material enjoyment. Rather, he should carefully study the example of the deer, who is bewildered by the sweet music of the hunter’s horn and is thus captured and killed.
PURPORTIf one becomes attached to the sense gratification of materialistic music and songs, one will develop all the features of material entanglement. One should hear Bhagavad-gétä, or the song sung by the Supreme Lord. SB 11.8.18
The instruction from the deer is that just as he becomes confused upon hearing the song of the hunter’s flute and loses his life, so also does any person who becomes attracted to mundane music and song uselessly wastes his life.
The Theme – Film songs – enticing, but harmful
SLOKA RECITATION Let us learn a sloka from the Srimad Bhagavatam which teaches us something about the above theme. Before teaching the present verse, the teacher should begin the class by chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. Chant the 9th verse of the 24 Gurus again. Tell the children we will learn the twenty-fourth verse and also understand it. Learn the 9th verse. (The teacher recites the sloka line by line and makes the children repeat and memorize the sloka)
Let us learn a sloka from the Srimad Bhagavatam which teaches us something about the above theme. Before teaching the present verse, the teacher should begin the class by chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. Chant the 9th verse of the 24 Gurus again. Tell the children we will learn the
Learn the 9th verse. (The teacher recites the sloka line by line and makes the
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GURU 9 - DeerSYNONYMSkñudram—on grass; caram—grazing; sumanasäm—of a beautiful flower garden; çaraëe—under the protection; mithitvä—being united with a woman; raktam—attached; ñaö-aìghri—of bumblebees; gaëa—of groups; sämasu—to the singing; lubdha-karëam—whose ear is attracted; agre—in front; våkän—tigers; asu-tåpaù—who live at the cost of another’s life; avigaëayya—neglecting; yäntam—moving; påñöhe—behind; mågam—the deer; mågaya—search out; lubdhaka—of a hunter; bäëa—by the arrows; bhinnam—liable to be pierced.
TRANSLATIONMy dear King, please search out that deer who is engaged in eating grass in a very nice flower garden along with his wife. That deer is very much attached to his business, and he is enjoying the sweet singing of the bumblebees in his garden. Just try to understand his position. He is unaware that before him is a tiger, which is accustomed to living at the cost of another’s flesh. Behind the deer is a hunter, who is threatening to pierce him with sharp arrows. Thus the deer’s death is imminent.
LESSONS FROM GURU - CET - GD
1. Music means Culture
2. Spiritual music is Eternal and lasting for centuries – mundane music has to be newer and newer
3. Music may be a Trap of maya to take you away from Krsna
4. Music as a tool to Grow personally
5. Devotionally applying music to our lives
The teacher can explain to the children, the lessons that this deer guru teaches us. The abbreviation “CET-GD” makes it convenient for us to remember what the guru wants to teach us. The teacher can write down on the board the below abbreviation and ask the children to note it down and learn it. In this session, after explaining the meaning of CET - GD, the teacher will be able to narrate a maximum of four stories. The remaining stories can be continued in the next class.
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GURU 9 - DeerFacts about the Power of Music
“There is music in everyone,” says Aaron Copland, “otherwise why should our hearts beat faster when listening to music, our temperature rise, our toes start tapping and our minds start racing after the music we hear?” Music is a universal language that can be understood by everyone. It has a great transforming influence on the character of the listener. No art is more closely associated with the inner life of man than music, and that is why it has the power to help one discover one ’s innermost sanctuary. Music has a soothing effect on human nerve and the power to offset the tensions of life. It is a balm for the human spirit.
Music means culture All the aspects of spirituality we learn are through music. Every scripture is basically composed of slokas, which are to be sung in a particular meter or tune. For example the Ramayana, Srimad Bhagavatam (Song of God), Srimad Bhagvatam and all the acarya’s songs are nothing but music. All ways to speak to God through prayers is music. All the prayers that we can chant for example the samsara prayers, the narasinga prayers, etc are all performed through music.
Did you know? - From birth to death you are manipulated by music.- A lullaby puts you to sleep when you are a child.- Programmed music in departmental stores encourages you to buy more.- In restaurants it makes you eat faster and get out.- In banks, it gives you a feeling of cheerfulness and confidence.- In factories, it makes you produce more.- In hospitals, it makes you well faster.- In sports meets, it inspires you to try harder.- At study and work, it stimulates you for better results.- In advertisements, it creates in you unnecessary wants.
- In banks, it gives you a feeling of cheerfulness and confidence.
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This Välméki Muni was a dacoit, a plunderer. He used to plunder innocent men on the road, kill them and take everything. That was his business. But by chance, he was associated with Närada Muni, and he rectified him. How did Narada Muni rectify him? He was given this mantra, “Räma.” He could not chant it. Then he was advised to chant just the opposite,
mära. Mära means dead body. So mära mära mära. Three mära means one “Räma” is there. So in this way he was initiated and he became a great sage. For sixty thousands of years he meditated simply on “Räma,
Räma, Räma, Räma, Räma, Räma.” And when he was liberated, he wrote this Rämäyaëa. The names of the Lord are so musical to the ear.
STORY 1 - VALMIKI
plunderer. He used to plunder innocent men on the road, kill them and take everything. That was his business. But by chance, he was associated with Närada Muni, and
clean. Seeing this Lord Rama declared the ragi to be the king of the grains. Therefore from Raghava the ragi was derived. Of course Rama did not neglect the rice, for coronation of a king you need to perform abhisheka with rice, since rice has the place of making things auspicious. This pastime is actually composed in the form of a beautiful song by Purandara das. As soon as he heard this pastime he naturally composed the song depicting this pastime. So the culture was full of music.
Ragi and rice had an argument. Rice was saying he was better since he is used by the opulent and rich people. Ragi being
the food of the poor is never preferred in opulent places.The complaint went eventually to Lord Rama, Rama asked both of them to be arrested. He said we will wait till six months to find out who is superior.Both grains were kept underneath the ground, after six months when they removed the grains, they saw the rice was rotten, but ragi remained fresh, and
STORY 3 - RAGI AND RICE
das. As soon as he heard this pastime
STORY 2 - VALMIKI
Valmiki one day while in the forest watches a hunter, shooting an arrow at the croncha bird. When the arrow
pierces the body of the bird, Valmiki is agonized and out of his lamentation, he spells out a curse, which comes out in the form of a sloka or a verse. Thus we see that such was the power of vedic culture where even a curse is spoken in
the form of a verse and when he starts lamenting Narada Muni appears and tells him that he need not lament for this incident as it was ordained by the Lord. Now that the verse has been spoken which was so poetic it would form the basis of his writing the epic Ramayana as a similar poetic composition.
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Tukaram Abhangas
Why he sang certain abhangas – tell the situation, which made him compose it.
Hari katha bhojana paravadi vistara karoni prakara sevu ruci 5…Tuka mhane hoya manasi samvad ! apulaci vada apanasi 6.
The different types of trees and creepers, the animals in the forests, the birds singing sweetly are my relatives. By the bliss of this atmosphere seclusion has become very dear to us. There is no credit to fault that comes our way here. The sky is the roof and the earth the seat (asana) to sit on. Thus wherever our mind finds pleasure we will allow it to play there. The paraphernalia to protect our body is the blanket and the kamandalu and to know the time we take help of the breeze. At this place, our meal is Hari katha and sitting in a row we will have dialogue with our own mind and thus we discuss with ourselves.
This abhanga was composed by Tukaram maharaj when he was chastised by his wife for not working to earn so that he could feed his children. At that time he decided to look for a job. So a landlord who had a farm, which was being cultivated, and crops were bearing fruits but he needed someone who would sit there and prevent the animals and birds from destroying the harvest. This job he entrusted to Tukaram. He used to sit there and sing this song there much to the delight of all the workers.
This is his vision to see everything in the nature related to him as spirit souls serving Krishna in their own capacities.
Abhanga 2
Sada majhe dola jado tujhi murti. Rakhumaichya pati soyriya..1..Goda tujhe rup god tujhe nam. Dei maj prem sarva kal..2..
Vitho mauliye hachi var dei. Sanchroni rahi hradayamaji..3..Tuka mhane kahi na mage aanik. Tujhe payi sukh sarva aahe..4..
O dear Lord, husband of Srimati Rukmini devi, please let my eyes be always fixed on your beautiful form. Your name and form are very sweet and I pray that let there be love for them in my heart. O Lord Vitthala ! O Mother ! Please benedict me that you may eternally remain within my heart. Tukaram Maharaj says, “ I do not wish
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GURU 9 - Deerfor any other benediction, for all happiness lies at your lotus feet.”
This is his prayers that let me be absorbed in thoughts of you.
Abhanga 3
Vitthala giti gava vitthala citti dhyavaVitthala ubha pahava vitevari
Lagali Samadhi vitthalanameVitthalace nama gheta jhale sukha
Godavale mukha tuka mhane Sing the glories of Lord Vitthala in your songs. Meditate on Lord Vitthala in your heart see with your own eyes the beautiful form of Lord vitthala standing on a brick. Lord Vitthala is the shelter of all orphan (conditioned) souls in this world and He is an ocean of mercy. He is the one who can break the cycle of repeated birth and death and that of Yamaraj. He awards liberation to those who take shelter of his lotus feet and is always found in the association of saintly devotees. Lord Vitthala is the treasure of all wonderful qualities and He is the real perfection to be achieved. I have achieved complete absorption in His holy name. Tukaram Maharaj says “I am feeling great ecstacy in chanting His holy name and by doing so my mouth experiences a sweet taste”.
Spiritual music is eternal and lasting for centuries – mundane music has to be newer and newer
Mundane music, the characteristics is that as time goes by different music replaces the older ones. And it seems stale to sing the old ones. So there is always need for remixing of old songs with new music.
Debate: Which is better film songs or devotional songs? Divide the class into two groups and each group should present their argument and the other group counters the previous groups argument and also presents a new argument of their own.
DEVOTIONAL SONGS
DEVOTIONAL SONGS
FILM SONGS
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SLOKA RECITATION The teacher should begin the class by chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. Chant the 9th verse of the 24 Gurus again.
SYNONYMSkñudram—on grass; caram—grazing; sumanasäm—of a beautiful flower garden; çaraëe—under the protection; mithitvä—being united with a woman; raktam—attached; ñaö-aìghri—of bumblebees; gaëa—of groups; sämasu—to the singing; lubdha-karëam—whose ear is attracted; agre—in front; våkän—tigers; asu-tåpaù—who live at the cost of another’s life; avigaëayya—neglecting; yäntam—moving; påñöhe—behind; mågam—the deer; mågaya—search out; lubdhaka—of a hunter; bäëa—by the arrows; bhinnam—liable to be pierced.
TRANSLATIONMy dear King, please search out that deer who is engaged in eating grass in a very nice flower garden along with his wife. That deer is very much attached to his business, and he is enjoying the sweet singing of the bumblebees in his garden. Just try to understand his position. He is unaware that before him is a tiger, which is accustomed to living at the cost of another’s flesh. Behind the deer is a hunter, who is threatening to pierce him with sharp arrows. Thus the deer’s death is imminent.
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The teacher should begin the class by chanting all the verses of the 24 Gurus with the children all together. Chant the 9th verse of the 24 Gurus again.
Research in the last 5 decades, how many film songs have been made in the Hindi film industry? How many of those film songs and how many people actually are ready to sing those songs every day first thing in the morning and actually experience joy?
Analysis:Devotees sing “Samsara dava …” everyday in the morning and derive the same satisfaction, if not more. And also sing the Hare Krsna maha mantra – for centuries.
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GURU 9 - DeerMORE LESSONS FROM GURU
Music may be a trap of maya to take you away from Krsna Mundane music, the characteristics is that as time goes by different music replaces the older ones. And it seems stale to sing the old ones. So there is always need for remixing of old songs with new music.
Becoming attracted to the worldly singing, dancing and musical entertainment of beautiful women, even the great sage Åñyaçåìga, the son of Mågé, fell totally under
their control, just like a pet animal.Åñyaçåìga, the young son of the sage Mågé, was intentionally brought up by his father in an atmosphere of complete innocence. Mågé Åñi thought that if his son was never exposed to the sight of women he would always remain a perfect brahmacäré. But by chance the inhabitants of the neighboring kingdom, who were suffering from a long-term drought, received divine advice that rain
would return to their kingdom only after the brähmaëa named Åñyaçåìga stepped foot in it. Therefore they sent beautiful women to the hermitage of Mågé to entice Åñyaçåìga and bring him back with them. Since Åñyaçåìga had never even heard about women, he easily fell for their trap.The name Åñyaçåìga indicates that the young sage was born with a deerlike horn growing out of his forehead. If like the deer a saint becomes attracted to sweet musical sounds promising sense gratification, then like the deer he is quickly vanquished. A thoughtful person should humbly take instruction from the deer, who is doomed by attraction to musical sense gratification.
STORY 5 - STORY OF RSYASRNGA (STRICT RESTRICTION/SUPPRESSION CANNOT PROTECT FROM TRAP)
STORY 6Although Viçvämitra Muni was engaged in practicing mystic yoga with closed eyes, his transcendental meditation was broken when he heard the tinkling of
bangles on the hands of Menakä. In this way, Viçvämitra Muni became a victim of Menakä and fathered a child who is universally
celebrated as Çakuntalä.
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and services, and the Apsaräs and Gandharvas were dancing and singing with very sweet musical instruments. Over Indra’s head was a white umbrella as effulgent as the full moon. Fanned by
yak-tail whisks and served with all the paraphernalia of a great king, Indra was sitting with his wife, Çacédevé, who occupied half the throne, when the great sage Båhaspati appeared in that assembly. Båhaspati, the best of the sages, was the spiritual
master of Indra and the demigods and was respected by the demigods and demons alike. Nevertheless, although Indra saw his spiritual master before him, he did not rise from his own seat or offer a seat to his spiritual master, nor did Indra offer him a respectful swelcome. Indra did nothing to show him respect.
Indra hearing mundane film music led him to disrespect Brhaspati and
thus due to disrespect he was cursed (Material enjoyment blinds one’s
spiritual vision.)
Once upon a time, the King of heaven, Indra, being extremely proud because of his great opulence of the three worlds, transgressed the law of Vedic etiquette. Seated on his throne, he was surrounded by the Maruts, Vasus, Rudras, Ädityas, Åbhus, Viçvadevas, Sädhyas, Açviné-kumäras, Siddhas, Cäraëas and Gandharvas and by great saintly persons. Also surrounding him were the Vidyädharas, Apsaräs, Kinnaras, Patagas [birds] and Uragas [snakes]. All of them were offering Indra their respects
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Elvis Presley was a big musician of his time. He would drive people mad with his singing. When people would hear him, they would literally faint. He was literally worshipped as a demigod. This madness to hearing mundane music made people insane.
When he would come on stage people would go mad. Such was the madness that he would actually pass urine on the audience and people would faint on receiving
a drop of it. People lost sanity to differentiate what is good and bad.
STORY 8 - ELVIS PRESLEY
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If this kind of music is detested by even wild boars, what kind of human being would be attracted to this?
Once a westerner went to a village in Bihar. In the middle of the night, he was walking in a field and suddenly he heard a loud blasting music being played in some part of the field. He quickly walked to that place to find out if there is a party going on in the middle of the village. But to his surprise there was no one except a farmer who was sitting on a stack of hay to guard the field and he was playing the music loudly. The westerner asked, full of surprise, that why he in the middle of the field was playing rock music. The farmer answered that, “This music is good, because hearing this blasting music, wild boars don’t come to this area. That’s why we play this music.”
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Music as a tool to grow personally take you away from Krsna (a) Refineness in sound – Refineness indicates subtlety. It indicates cultural presence.
(b) Taste for meaning and not just sound – Music is not meant to hear some sound created in a pleasing manner. But it should be meaningful sound created in a pleasing manner. Music without meaning is practically like the sound made by animals. And it can be used to drive away animals.
(c) Music that satisfies the soul and not the ears –
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New
York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches.
To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight. He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play. By now, the audience is used to this ritual.
STORY 10 - LAME MAN PLAYING VIOLIN
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They sit quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs. They wait until he is ready to play. But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap - it went off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage - to either find another violin or else find another string for this one. But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again. The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity, as they had never heard before. Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulating, changing, re-composing the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was de-tuning the strings to get new sounds from them that they had never made before. When he finished, there was an
awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium. We were all on our feet, screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to show how much we appreciated what he had done. He smiled, wiped the sweat
from this brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said - not boastfully, but in a quiet, pensive, reverent tone - “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s
task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life - not just for artists but for all of us. Here is a man who has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, finds himself with only three strings; so he makes music with three strings, and the music he made that night with just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any that he had ever made before, when he had four strings. So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.
(d) Music is tool to motivate and inspire people – E.g. Malls music – play a kind of music to encourage people to buy. Freedom fighters hear a kind of music that keeps them inspired to surrender their lives to their country. Plant which have soothing music kept near it – grows nicely
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GURU 9 - Deer(e) Music is a nice alternative to other distractions like TV which are actually harmful to the individual. One should be trained in musical instruments rather than seeing TV. One gets the opportunity to use hands and act instead of becoming couch potatoes.
Devotionally applying music to our lives Dovetailing propensity in Krishna Consciousness
of his feathers and with tears of love in his eyes offered his prostrated obeisance to Krsna and said this is the only thing we have. We are just peacocks. The only thing we have of any value to give you is our peacock feather. What is a peacock feather worth in the market place. The demigods are offering Krsna the most beautiful jewels, diamonds, gold, emaralds, lapis lazuli, all these jewels that don’t even exist in this world. What all the peacocks could offer, was just simple feather. But because it was offered with intimate spontaneous love, Krsna took that peacock feather and placed it on top of his head on top of his little crown and kept it there forever. He is taking the love of the peacock and putting on top of his head - the highest place of his body. In a certain way He is taking the feet of the peacock and keeping always on his head to show his subordination to the love of His devotee. The peacock feather represents so many things but that is one of the things it represents. How Krsna is subordinate to the love of His devotee. How he keeps the offering of His love on top of His head and He is under that subordinate to that.
Once some peacocks in Vrindavan were dancing only for the purpose of Krsna’s pleasure. They were opening their tails and their plumes and manifesting such brilliant colors. What was Krsna’s response? He is not saying, “I am pleased.” He wants to serve them and he begins to dance only for the pleasure of the peacocks. He was dancing like the peacocks. They were thinking, “Krsna is one of us.” And they began singing and dancing and dancing and dancing. And while dancing he is holding his flute in his hands. His flute who is the servant of the servant, his own diving energy, and he is pleased to see the peacocks in such ecstasy. He
just couldn’t control himself and the flute started playing by himself. Beautiful sweet melodies are emanating
from the flute in Krsna’s hands. Krsna is looking at the flute amazed. And soon the other animals, the deers and everyone else from Govardhan Hill began to join the dance to the sweet sound of Krsna’s flute, which spontaneously began playing in his hand. And then the king of the peacocks took the best
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pleasure. They were opening their tails
He is taking the love of the peacock
head - the highest place of
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Exmaple 1Origin of creation – 7th note of Krsna’s flute Krsna taught the Vedic hymns to Brahma by just playing the seventh note of his flute. Just by playing the seventh note, Brahma got all knowledge of creation. One note on Krsna’s flute has all the knowledge needed to create this entire creation. This is the actual sastric reference for the Big Bang Theory. The whole creation started from that hole which is Krsna’s flute.
Swaroop Damodar would sing the exact melodies to the Lord depending on the mood in which the Lord was. Find out which songs were sung by Swaroop Damodar or Ramananda Raya or Mukunda Dutta in the following moods and following times of the day and also which raga to sing that song: [if this is tough – may be the teacher can mention the mood and the song to be sung for that mood and if time permits sing one or 2 songs]
1. Prayerful mood2. Esctatic mood3. Mood of separation4. Mood of sadness 5. While eating 6. While resting7. While bhoga is being offered 8. Going to meet His beloved
Conclusion A brief recap of the guru.
HOW IS IT RELEVANT IN MY LIFE?
Sound vibration is a powerful medium in the material world. Big world wars have been created just by the powerful sound vibration of certain people. For example, Hitler just by his powerful speeches could get the support of the entire German nation. Therefore we should be careful in differentiating what we are listening to. We should not think that what if I hear some good film song for some time. I am not breaking regulative principles. I am just giving some pleasure to my ears. What is wrong? No actually what happens is that when sound vibrations enter the ear, they cause a
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GURU 9 - Deerdeep impression in our minds and lives a lasting impression. Therefore we should be careful which vibrations enter our ears. That is why it is said in the scriptures that we should not even hear the blaspheme of a vaishnava. Because there is a danger that our mind might actually start believing it and we will offend the devotee.
Field ActivityVisit to a recording studio for seeing how audio recording is done.
