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L - Liberty is not "the freedom for", but "the freedom from"
O – Opportunity to love the eternal is rare
V - Variety expresses Krishna's accessibility
E - Experience is the ultimate harmonizer & verifier
LOVE is the ultimate reality
The American Paradox
Since 1960, The divorce rate has doubled. The teen suicide rate has tripled. The recorded violent crime rate has
quadrupled. The prison population has quintupled. The percentage of babies born outside
marriage has sextupled. Depression has soared - to ten times the
pre - World War II level.
Casualties in the Century of Science
“The twentieth century was the most violent century in known human history. Indeed, three times more people died in wars of the twentieth century than in the entire history of warfare between A.D. 1 and 1899.” - Ending Violent Conflict, Worldwatch Institute (Washington D.C.)
Casualties in the Century of Science - I
First World War (1914–18): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 millionRussian Civil War (1917–22): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 millionSoviet Union, Stalin’s regime (1924–53): . . . . . . . . . 20 millionSecond World War (1937–45): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 millionChinese Civil War (1945–49): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 millionPeople’s Republic of China, Mao Zedong’sregime (1949–75): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 millionCongo Free State (1886–1908): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 millionMexico (1910–20): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 millionTurkish massacres of Armenians (1915–23): . . . . . 1.5 millionChina, Nationalist era (1928–37): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 millionKorean War (1950–53): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 million
Casualties in the Century of Science - II
North Korea (1948 et seq.): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 millionRwanda and Burundi (1959–95): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.35 millionSecond Indochina War (1960–75): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 millionNigeria (1966–70): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 millionBangladesh (1971): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25 millionCambodia, Khmer Rouge (1975–78): . . . . . . . . . . . 1.65 millionMozambique (1975–92): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 millionAfghanistan (1979–2001): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 millionIran–Iraq War (1980–88): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 millionSudan (1983 et seq.): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.9 millionKinshasa, Congo (1998 et seq.): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 million
What we need to
discover is not the god
particle in the atom, but the godly particle in the heart
L - Liberty is not "the freedom for", but "the freedom from"
O – Opportunity to love the eternal is rare
V - Variety expresses Krishna's accessibility
E - Experience is the ultimate harmonizer & verifier
LOVE is the ultimate reality
Let’s Make Our Intelligence FIT and choose to love the eternal
F:FUTILITY
I:INSUBSTANTIALITY
T:TEMPORALITY
Spirituality, a Higher Dimensional Science
Science
Theory
Experiment
Spirituality
Religion
Philosophy
Srila Prabhupada - “Philosophy without religion is just mental speculation”
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
Srila Prabhupada - “Religion without philosophy is at best sentimentalism and at
worst fanaticism.”
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The world’s great religions are facilities for us to redirect our
love from the temporary to the eternal
eg University, Hospital
L - Liberty is not "the freedom for", but "the freedom from"
O – Opportunity to love the eternal is rare
V - Variety expresses Krishna's accessibility
E - Experience is the ultimate harmonizer & verifier
LOVE is the ultimate reality
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Krishna is a God who doesn’t just welcome us back, but also strives multifariously to get us back. One such extraordinary effort of his is the system of demigod worship
Story Object
of Servic
e
Real Object
of Servic
e
Motive
Level
Some other Land Lord
Semi-god (Say-me
God)
Wealth Materialism
Minister of King
Demi-god Wealth Karma Kanda
King Krishna Wealth Sakama Bhakti
King Krishna Love Suddha Bhakti
Why so many gods?
1. kämais tais tair håta-jïänäù prapadyante 'nya-devatäù taà taà niyamam ästhäya
prakåtyä niyatäù svayä
2. yo yo yäà yäà tanuà bhaktaù çraddhayärcitum icchati
tasya tasyäcaläà çraddhäà täm eva vidadhämy aham
(Bhagavad Gita 7.20-21)
Why so many gods?
3. sa tayä çraddhayä yuktas tasyärädhanam éhate labhate ca tataù kämän mayaiva vihitän hi tän
4. antavat tu phalaà teñäà tad bhavaty alpa-medhasäm
devän deva-yajo yänti mad-bhaktä yänti mäm api
(Bhagavad Gita 7.22-23)
The compassionate logic of demigod worship
Is 60% score good or bad?
For one capable of scoring 40%, it is excellent
For one capable of scoring 80%, it is undesirable
Is demigod worship good or bad?
For atheists and materialists, it is recommended
For serious spiritual seekers, it is discouraged
Vallabhacharya
Keshav Kashmiri
The Vedic system of multi-level worship bears testimony to:
1. A unique concern for the individuality of the worshipper and
2. An unparalleled flexibility of the worshipable
in making himself accessible
L - Liberty is not "the freedom for", but "the freedom from"
O – Opportunity to love the eternal is rare
V - Variety expresses Krishna's accessibility
E - Experience is the ultimate harmonizer & verifier
LOVE is the ultimate reality
Material science is experimental,
Spiritual Science is experiential
Science of devotional service
Adhav Shraddha
Sadhu Sangh
Bhajana Kriya
Anartha Nivritti
Nishtha
Ruchi Asakti
Bhava
Prema
Hero – Krishna Director – Yoga-MayaScript-Writer – Krishna
Hero – Krishna Director – Yoga-MayaScript-Writer – Krishna
Questions?
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