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There are so many reasons one may fall down. Actually, the reason is maya. To take to Krsna consciousness means it is a fight against maya

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"There are so many reasons one may fall down. Not only . . . actually, the reason is māyā" |"To take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness means it is a fight against māyā"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Nārada Muni says that, "Even a person joins Kṛṣṇa consciousness, giving up all other occupational duties and, without being mature, falls down, some . . ." There are so many reasons one may fall down. Not only . . . actually, the reason is māyā. Māyā . . . māyā, it is a fight. To take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness means it is a fight against māyā. Māyā is trying to keep you captivated within this material world. But if anyone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he . . . māyā has to give him up. Māyā cannot control anymore. That is not the jurisdiction of māyā.

Nārada says that, "Giving up all other engagements . . ." Just like it is instructed in the Bhagavad-gītā that, "Give up all other engagement. Simply surrender unto Me." So if somebody, out of sentiment, without understanding, out of sentiment surrenders, comes to Kṛṣṇa . . . here he had many duties to perform—his family life, his duty to the country, so many duties. Everyone has got so many duties. But one gives up all other duties, simply comes to Kṛṣṇa. Then what happens to him?

This is very important version of Nārada Muni. He says sva-dharma, "Everyone has got some occupational duty. So he gives it up according to the instruction of Kṛṣṇa," and caraṇāmbujaṁ hareḥ, ". . . and begins devotional service, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then, after some time . . ." Just like many . . .

When I came, in the beginning, there were many , not many, a few, say within five or six, they were working with me, but now they are not working. So that is possibility. Because one may come by sentiment, then, after staying for some time, he may find it, "Oh, what is this Kṛṣṇa consciousness? Let me do something else." Or "Let me join in my previous occupation."

So Nārada Muni says that, "Even a person joins Kṛṣṇa consciousness, giving up all other occupational duties and, without being mature, falls down, some . . ." There are so many reasons one may fall down. Not only . . . actually, the reason is māyā. Māyā . . . māyā, it is a fight. To take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness means it is a fight against māyā. Māyā is trying to keep you captivated within this material world. But if anyone takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he . . . māyā has to give him up. Māyā cannot control anymore. That is not the jurisdiction of māyā.

Because you have read in the Bhagavad-gītā that Kṛṣṇa says, daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14) "It is very, very, very difficult to get out of the grip of the strong māyā." It is not . . . but mām eva ye prapadyante: "If anyone comes to Me or surrenders unto Me," māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14), "he immediately becomes out of the jurisdiction of māyā."

So māyā is strong always. Just like I was explaining this morning what is māyā. Māyā is already there, side by side, Kṛṣṇa and māyā. Just like this light: this side is light; this side is darkness. Take this example. This light, the one side is very bright; another side is dark. So this darkness and this light is always side by side. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa and māyā . . . because māyā is one of the energy of Kṛṣṇa. When Vyāsadeva, by bhakti-yoga meditation, experienced the whole thing, what did he see? He saw Kṛṣṇa. Apaśyat puruṣaṁ pūrṇam (SB 1.7.4) "He saw the Supreme Person." Māyāṁ ca tad-apāśrayam: "And he saw also māyā on the back side." Just like when you, if you stand the light side, your shadow is not on the light side. The light . . . the shadow is on the back side.

So in our back side the māyā is there, although you are in front of Kṛṣṇa. So as soon as you become little slack in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, immediately māyā is ready to capture. Māyā is always going side by side. As Kṛṣṇa is all-pervading, the māyā is also all-pervading. As soon as there is lack of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, there is immediately māyā.

Page Title:There are so many reasons one may fall down. Actually, the reason is maya. To take to Krsna consciousness means it is a fight against maya
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-30, 14:31:39
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1