Transcript Ses3_Who_Is_God.ppt

Who is God?
LORD SRI KRISHNA
The Supreme Personality
of Godhead
• No one
equal to or
above Him
In BG 7.7
Mattah parataram nanyat
kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam
sutre mani-gana iva
“O conqueror of wealth,
there is no truth superior
to Me. Everything rests
upon Me, as pearls are
strung on a thread.”
• Source of everything.
BG 10.8
aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah
I am the source of all spiritual and
material worlds. Everything
emanates from Me. The wise who
perfectly know this engage in My
devotional service and worship Me
with all their hearts.
•
He is Bhagvan - all opulent.
SB 1.3.28
Krishna is the original
ete camsah-kalah pumsah
supreme personality of
krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
Godhead
•
Krishna possess all the 6 opulences in full.
Aishwarya - Wealth
virya - strength
yash - fame
sriya - beauty
jnana - Knowledge
vairagya - renunciation
•
Supreme proprietor, controller, enjoyer
and well-wisher.
BG 5.29
bhoktaram yajna-tapasam
sarva-loka-mahesvaram
suhrdam sarva-bhutanam
jnatva mam santim rcchati
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me
to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and
demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of
all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of
material miseries.
Is God personal or impersonal?
God is realized in three aspects:
1) Brahman – the impersonal Brahmajyoti
2) Paramatma – the localized aspect of God
3) Bhagavan - the personal feature of the Absolute Truth
1
Nirguna (without qualities)
Saguna (with form, qualities, etc)
2
Inconceivable
Possesses inconceivable potencies
3
All pervading
All pervading by
energies and as Supersoul
4
Unchanging, fixed and immovable
Unchanging, fixed and
immovable
5
Cannot perceive any opulence because
of lack of activity
Possessor of six opulences in full
6
Risk of not realizing
Absolute Truth at the end
Success is guaranteed
as nothing is lost
7
May realize the eternal and
knowledgeable aspects of his original
nature (Partial realization)
Realizes eternity, knowledge and bliss
(includes Brahman and
Paramatma realization)
Evidences of Krsna’s Supremacy
•
Krsna: Source of Everything:
aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam budha bhava samanvitah
“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything
emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My
devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.” (BG. 10.8)
etad yonini bhutani sarvanity upadharaya
aham krtsnasya jagatah prabhavah pralayas tatha
“Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for
certain that I am both its origin and dissolution.” (BG 7.6)
Evidences of Krsna’s Supremacy
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Krsna: Source of all qualities:
buddhir jnanam asammohah ksama satyam damah samah
sukham duhkham bhavo ‘bhavo bhayam cabhayam eva ca
ahimsa samata tustis tapo danam yaso ‘yasah
bhavanti bhava bhutanam matta eva prthag-vidhah
‘Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion,
forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and
pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, equanimity,
satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by
Me alone’. (BG 10.4-5)
Evidences of Krsna’s Supremacy
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Krsna: Father of all beings:
pitaham asya jagato mata dhata pitamahah (BG9.17)
“I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support, and
the grandsire”
sarva-yonisu kaunteya murtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir aham bija pradah pita
“It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti,
are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am
the seed-giving father.” (BG 14.4)
mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya
mayi sarvam idam protam sutre mani-gana iva (BG 7.7)
‘O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me.
Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread’.
Arjuna said: “You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the
supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal
Divine Person. You are the primal God, transcendental and
original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty.”
•
Krishna is a person.
Impersonal brahmajyoti is
His bodily effulgence.
BG 14.27
brahmano hi pratishaham
amrtasyavyayasya ca
sasvatasya ca dharmasya
sukhasyaikantikasya ca
BG 9.11
avajananti mam mudha
And I am the basis of the
impersonal Brahman, which
is immortal, imperishable
and eternal and is the
constitutional position of
ultimate happiness.
Fools deride Me when I
descend in the human form.
manusim tanum asritam
They do not know My
param bhavam ajananto
transcendental nature as
mama bhuta mahesvaram the Supreme Lord of all that
be
•
Krishna can never be immoral
•
Krishna and the demigods.
Neither the hosts of
demigods nor the great
ne me viduh sura-ganah
sages know My origin or
prabhavam na maharsayah opulences, for, in every
aham adir hi devanam
respect, I am the source
maharsinam ca sarvasah
of the demigods and
sages
BG 10.2
In charge of the various
necessities of life, the
istan bhogan hi vo deva
demigods, being satisfied
by the performance of
dasyante yajna-bhavitah
yajna [sacrifice], will
tair dattan apradayaibhyo
yo bhunkte stena eva sah supply all necessities to
you. But he who enjoys
such gifts without offering
them to the demigods in
return is certainly a thief
BG 3.12
Demigods
God
Many
One
Parts and parcel
Supreme Whole
Always worship the
supreme as obedient
servant
Supreme worshipable
Created by the supreme
Supreme creator
Exist within material
creation
Delegated with various
grades of power to
manage the affairs of
the material creation
Beyond material
creation
Supreme controller
Demigods
Subordinate to the will
of Supreme
God
Supremely
independent
Have material bodies,
hence subjected to
birth, old age, disease
&death
Completely spiritual
body, no birth, no old
age, no disease and
no death.
Come under the
influence of the three
material modes to
different extents
Come under the
influence of the three
material modes to
different extents
Temporary posts
Eternally the same
Supreme Lord
Worship of Demigods/GOD
Less intelligent
BG 7.23
antavat tu phalam tesam
Broad intelligence
SB
Akamah sarva kamova
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam Moksha kamah udardhih
devan deva-yajo yanti
Tivrena bhakti yogena
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
Yajeta purusah param
Benefits are material
and temporary
Benefits are eternal
antavat tu phalam tesam
BG 2.40
nehabhikrama-naso 'sti
pratyavayo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trayate mahato bhayat
Worship of Demigods/GOD
Cannot award
benediction without
the sanction of the lord
All benedictions are
bestowed by him alone
BG 7.22
Endowed with such a faith,
sa taya sraddhaya yuktas
he endeavors to worship a
tasyaradhanam ihate
particular demigod and
labhate ca tatah kaman
obtains his desires. But in
mayaiva vihitan hi tan
actuality these benefits are
bestowed by Me alone
Worship of Demigods/GOD
Destination - planets
of the demigods.
Destination -The spiritual
world
BG 9.25
BG 8.21
yanti deva-vrata devan
avyakto 'ksara ity uktas
pitrn yanti pitr-vratah
tam ahuh paramam gatim
bhutani yanti bhutejya
yam prapya na nivartante
yanti mad-yajino ‘pi mam
tad dhama paramam mama
Those who worship the
demigods will take birth
among the demigods; those
who worship the ancestors
go to the ancestors; those
who worship ghosts and
spirits will take birth among
such beings; and those who
worship Me will live with Me
That which the Vedantists
describe as unmanifest and
infallible, that which is
known as the supreme
destination, that place from
which, having attained it,
one never returns -- that is
My supreme abode
Worship of Demigods/GOD
Improper way
BG 9.23
Proper Way
BG 18.66
ye’py anya-devata-bhakta sarva-dharman parityajya
yajante sraddhayanvitah
mam ekam saranam vraja
te ‘pi mam eva kaunteya
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
yajanty avidhi-purvakam
moksayisyami ma sucah
Those who are devotees of
Abandon all varieties of
other gods and who worship
religion and just surrender
them with faith actually
unto Me. I shall deliver you
worship only Me, O son of
Kunti, but they do so in a
wrong way
from all sinful reactions. Do
not fear
Worship of Demigods/GOD
Mostly taken up by
demons (asuras)
Mostly taken up by
devotees (suras)
Cannot award
Supreme liberation
Awards true liberation
Gives one what he
wants
Gives one what he
needs
Material
Devotional service to
the Supreme is
completely spiritual.
Living entities
GOD
Part and
parcel of GOD
Complete
whole
Many
One
Subordinate
controllers
Supreme
controller
Dependent
on the Lord
Supremely
independent