O copo cheio e o Śrī Upadeśāmṛta !!!
O Śrī Upadeśāmṛta de Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī tem 4 comentários (por ordem cronológica):
1 - Upadeśa-prakāśikā-ṭīkā (Comentário acerca das informações do Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) de Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī.
2 - Pīyūṣa-varṣiṇī-vṛtti (Comentário que irriga o néctar condensado) de Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.
3 - Anuvṛtti (Comentário que segue com respeito) de Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
4 - O Néctar da Instrucção de Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda.
O Śrī Upadeśāmṛta é um livro maravilhoso. E vale a pena estudar e analisar cuidadosamente os seus comentários.
O Śrī Upadeśāmṛta recomenda a tolerância das demandas do corpo e mente. Explica as actividades desfavoráveis e favoráveis ao serviço devocional. Mostra como relacionar-se com os devotos e a importância de cantar Hare Kṛṣṇa e de absorver-se nos passatempos de Vraja.
O livro continua a explicar que ao fazer isto o praticante é levado a enveredar no caminho de Rāga no humor de Mādhurya-rasa por servir e adorar o Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa.
E, exatamente em que momento o praticante envereda por este caminho de Rāga?
Ele envereda pelo caminho de Rāga quando pelo menos metade dos seus desejos são espirituais.
Imaginem um copo sempre cheio a 100% !!!
Assim são nossos desejos. Nós sempre temos 100% de desejos ... mas, estes desejos podem estar misturados. Podem, por exemplo, ser 60% de desejos materiais e 40% de desejos espirituais.
Mas o copo está sempre cheio !!!
Quando o copo está 50% - 50%, começa Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti (embora até possa ser antes).
"Quando 75% das coisas sujas são purificadas, então a nossa fé em Deus torna-se fixa.
Então Nasta-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityam bhagavata-sevayā (SB 1.2.18). Nem tudo limpo, mas Praya, digamos, setenta e cinco por cento purificado. Neste momento você se torna fixo em serviço devocional, Naiṣṭhikī.
Existem diferentes fases do serviço devocional. Como já expliquei várias vezes. Primeiro de tudo, śraddhā, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriyā, anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat. Quando anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat, todas as coisas indesejáveis terminam, neste momento, Nistha, fé firme. Então bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī.
Assim, enquanto houverem coisas sujas, nossa fé e devoção em Krsna não será muito fixa, por vezes, nos desviamos, vamos embora. Mas, em seguida, Nasta-prāyeṣu, quando setenta e cinco por cento das coisas sujas são purificadas, então a nossa fé em Deus torna-se fixa. Bhagavaty uttama-śloke.
Se todas as coisas indesejáveis são vencidas, então você vai ter uma fé firme. Bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī. Nityam bhagavata-sevayā, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... Nasta [SB 1.2.18].
NÃO É QUE EU estarei completamente livre de todas as actividades pecaminosas, mas Prāyeṣu, digamos, cinqüenta por cento, sessenta por cento da sujidade foi-se.
Neste momento, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... Como isto ocorreu? Nityam bhagavata-sevayā."
(Śrīla Prabhupāda - Palestra SB 1.2.18, 1.2.12 - 21/08/72)
Em outras palavras, com 25% ou mesmo 50% de "sujeira" pode-se começar a praticar Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti. Ou seja, ainda temos desejos materiais.
Esta é uma das coisas mais absurdas que às vezes ouço. Que para praticar Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti é preciso ser completamente puro.
Então teríamos que tirar a palavra Sādhana que está entre Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti.
Ora Sādhana ... é Sādhana. É algo que se pratica na fase c-o-n-d-i-c-i-o-n-a-d-a.
Então, não é correcto para devotos, que vêm praticando Consciência de Kṛṣṇa por tantas décadas nesta vida e, talvez, em outras vidas, fazer falsas alegações de que é preciso ser completamente puro e livre de Anarthas para começar a cultivar Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti.
Aqueles que, muitas vezes até inadvertidamente defendem tal absurdo, bloqueiam o fluxo natural de suas práticas devocionais, bem como a de muitos outros praticantes desavisados.
The Full Cup and Śrī Upadeśāmṛta !!!
The Śrī Upadeśāmṛta of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has 4 comments (in chronological order):
1 - Upadeśa-prakāśikā-ṭīkā (Commentary on the information of Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) by Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī.
2 - Pīyūṣa-varṣiṇī-vṛtti (Commentary watering the condensed nectar) of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.
3 - Anuvṛtti (Comment that follows with respect) of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
4 - The Nectar of the Instruction of Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda.
Śrī Upadeśāmṛta is a wonderful book. And it's worth studying and reviewing its comments carefully.
Śrī Upadeśāmṛta recommends the tolerance of the demands of body and mind. Explain the unfavorable and favorable activities for devotional service. It shows how to relate to the devotees and the importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and of absorbing into the pastimes of Vraja.
The book goes on to explain that in doing so the practitioner is led to embark on Rāga's path in the mood of Mādhurya-rasa for serving and worshiping Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa.
And, exactly at what moment does the practitioner embark on this path of Rāga?
He embarks the path of Rāga when at least half of his desires are spiritual.
Imagine a glass always full at 100% !!!
Such are our desires. We always have 100% desires ... but, these desires may be mixed. They may, for example, be 60% of material desires and 40% of spiritual desires.
But the glass is always full !!!
When the cup is 50% - 50%, Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti begins (though it may even be before, in Bhajana-kriyā, for those with the good fortune of having the association of an elevated Rasika Vaiṣṇava).
"When 75% of the dirty things are purified, then our faith in God becomes fixed.
Then Nasta-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityam bhagavata-sevayā (SB 1.2.18). Not all clean, but Praya, say, seventy-five percent purified. At this moment you become fixed in devotional service, Naiṣṭhikī.
There are different phases of devotional service. As I explained several times. First of all, śraddhā, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriyā, anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat. When anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat, all undesirable things end, at this moment, Nistha, firm faith. Then bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī.
So, as long as there are dirty things, our faith and devotion in Krsna will not be very fixed, sometimes we deviate, we leave. But then Nasta-prāyeṣu, when seventy-five percent of the dirty things are purified, then our faith in God becomes fixed. Bhagavaty uttama-śloke.
If all undesirable things are overcome, then you will have a firm faith. Bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī. Nityam bhagavata-sevayā, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... Nasta [SB 1.2.18].
IT IS NOT THAT I will be completely free from all sinful activities, but Prāyeṣu, say, fifty percent, sixty percent of the dirt was gone.
At this time, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... How did this happen? Nityam bhagavata-sevayā."
(Śrīla Prabhupāda - Lecture SB 1.2.18, 1.2.12 - 08/21/72)
In other words, with 25% or even 50% "dirt" one can begin to practice Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti. That is, we still have material desires.
This is one of the most absurd things I sometimes hear. That to practice Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti one must be completely pure.
Then we would have to take away the word Sādhana that is between Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti.
Now Sādhana ... is Sādhana. It is something that is practiced in the c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-e-d phase.
So it is not right for devotees, who have been practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness for so many decades in this life and perhaps in other lives, to make false claims that one must be completely pure and free of Anarthas to begin cultivating Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti .
Those who often even inadvertently espouse such absurdity block the natural flow of their devotional practices as well as that of many other unsuspecting practitioners.
The Full Cup and Śrī Upadeśāmṛta !!!
The Śrī Upadeśāmṛta of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has 4 comments (in chronological order):
1 - Upadeśa-prakāśikā-ṭīkā (Commentary on the information of Śrī Upadeśāmṛta) by Śrī Rādhā-ramaṇa Dāsa Gosvāmī.
2 - Pīyūṣa-varṣiṇī-vṛtti (Commentary watering the condensed nectar) of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura.
3 - Anuvṛtti (Comment that follows with respect) of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
4 - The Nectar of the Instruction of Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedānta Svāmī Prabhupāda.
Śrī Upadeśāmṛta is a wonderful book. And it's worth studying and reviewing its comments carefully.
Śrī Upadeśāmṛta recommends the tolerance of the demands of body and mind. Explain the unfavorable and favorable activities for devotional service. It shows how to relate to the devotees and the importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and of absorbing into the pastimes of Vraja.
The book goes on to explain that in doing so the practitioner is led to embark on Rāga's path in the mood of Mādhurya-rasa for serving and worshiping Śrī Rādhā Kuṇḍa.
And, exactly at what moment does the practitioner embark on this path of Rāga?
He embarks the path of Rāga when at least half of his desires are spiritual.
Imagine a glass always full at 100% !!!
Such are our desires. We always have 100% desires ... but, these desires may be mixed. They may, for example, be 60% of material desires and 40% of spiritual desires.
But the glass is always full !!!
When the cup is 50% - 50%, Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti begins (though it may even be before, in Bhajana-kriyā, for those with the good fortune of having the association of an elevated Rasika Vaiṣṇava).
"When 75% of the dirty things are purified, then our faith in God becomes fixed.
Then Nasta-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityam bhagavata-sevayā (SB 1.2.18). Not all clean, but Praya, say, seventy-five percent purified. At this moment you become fixed in devotional service, Naiṣṭhikī.
There are different phases of devotional service. As I explained several times. First of all, śraddhā, sadhu-sanga, bhajana-kriyā, anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat. When anartha-nivṛttiḥ syat, all undesirable things end, at this moment, Nistha, firm faith. Then bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī.
So, as long as there are dirty things, our faith and devotion in Krsna will not be very fixed, sometimes we deviate, we leave. But then Nasta-prāyeṣu, when seventy-five percent of the dirty things are purified, then our faith in God becomes fixed. Bhagavaty uttama-śloke.
If all undesirable things are overcome, then you will have a firm faith. Bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī. Nityam bhagavata-sevayā, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... Nasta [SB 1.2.18].
IT IS NOT THAT I will be completely free from all sinful activities, but Prāyeṣu, say, fifty percent, sixty percent of the dirt was gone.
At this time, Nasta-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu ... How did this happen? Nityam bhagavata-sevayā."
(Śrīla Prabhupāda - Lecture SB 1.2.18, 1.2.12 - 08/21/72)
In other words, with 25% or even 50% "dirt" one can begin to practice Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti. That is, we still have material desires.
This is one of the most absurd things I sometimes hear. That to practice Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti one must be completely pure.
Then we would have to take away the word Sādhana that is between Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti.
Now Sādhana ... is Sādhana. It is something that is practiced in the c-o-n-d-i-t-i-o-n-e-d phase.
So it is not right for devotees, who have been practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness for so many decades in this life and perhaps in other lives, to make false claims that one must be completely pure and free of Anarthas to begin cultivating Rāgānugā-sādhana-bhakti .
Those who often even inadvertently espouse such absurdity block the natural flow of their devotional practices as well as that of many other unsuspecting practitioners.
