Iskcon hubli president lecture
Meaning of freedom- no matter what type of cage u r , u r still in cage. An animal might be in iron cage u r in golden cage but a cage is a cage so we should realize it. Like this body is a cage for soul and more we develop spiritual consciousness, more we will become free. Like narada muni, if we utilize our choice (free will) in proper way not breaking law of nature then our freedom will expand more and more and just see narada muni his whole body has become spiritualized and he can travel material, spiritual planets everywhere because he is actually free from the stringents law of nature. So, we should also realize that this option is available only in human form of life. Animal cannot be free from their inherent nature but we can by using our choice well in krishna consciousness like coming to temple, associating with devotees, reading books. These are the steps which will increase our freedom more and more.
So following the 4 regulative principles in not a restriction from enjoyment but it makes us free. For example, one disciple of prabhupada left and wants to do sleeping and he is sleeping anywhere thinkjng that way he is free. Like in railway station he is today sleeping , but prabhupada said to him so suppose today a policeman came and then you have to leave forcefully and go to another station
So this is not a freedom only under illusion we think that it is freedom. Just like a person is drowning in an ocean gets out of water for some moment and started thinking ohh this life is so nice but again he started drowning. Similarly the miseries from material nature and its lawa are continously giving us so many miseries but we think that we are free. But nobody is free, even a poor man , a rich man everyone is troubled from anxiety so how can one think he is free. Like we as a living entity suffer so much in the womb of our mother thus we pray to free us and promise that we will become your devotee lord and thus we cry when we come out continously for many days but after pampering from our relatives we forget this pains and again this death, disease and old age give so much trouble from which we are not free. But a devotee who externally also undergoes same process of birth, death ,old age and disease but consciouswise he is free from all these because lord is there to protect him. How?
Just like example of cat carrying his kitten similarly without any anxiety devotee leaves his body because he know that krishna has come in form of death to take him to spiritual kingdom where he will enjoy actual freedom there in association with lord but for a nondevotee the situation is more like cat carrying a rat , always full of anxiety. Not only death actually even living here in this material worlda devotee is free from laws of nature, he is free from anxiety or bodily pains and pleasures. Because he knows that as long as he is in this material body he has to go through all this thus he tolerates everything. Even a materialistic person can train his mind to tolerate pain like one person who wanted to see how doctor operates did not took the anesthesia (lala lajpat rai) so a devotee can actually tolerate to an imaginable capacity because of his devotional activity and thus the knowledge revealed in his heart.
Meaning of freedom- no matter what type of cage u r , u r still in cage. An animal might be in iron cage u r in golden cage but a cage is a cage so we should realize it. Like this body is a cage for soul and more we develop spiritual consciousness, more we will become free. Like narada muni, if we utilize our choice (free will) in proper way not breaking law of nature then our freedom will expand more and more and just see narada muni his whole body has become spiritualized and he can travel material, spiritual planets everywhere because he is actually free from the stringents law of nature. So, we should also realize that this option is available only in human form of life. Animal cannot be free from their inherent nature but we can by using our choice well in krishna consciousness like coming to temple, associating with devotees, reading books. These are the steps which will increase our freedom more and more.
So following the 4 regulative principles in not a restriction from enjoyment but it makes us free. For example, one disciple of prabhupada left and wants to do sleeping and he is sleeping anywhere thinkjng that way he is free. Like in railway station he is today sleeping , but prabhupada said to him so suppose today a policeman came and then you have to leave forcefully and go to another station
So this is not a freedom only under illusion we think that it is freedom. Just like a person is drowning in an ocean gets out of water for some moment and started thinking ohh this life is so nice but again he started drowning. Similarly the miseries from material nature and its lawa are continously giving us so many miseries but we think that we are free. But nobody is free, even a poor man , a rich man everyone is troubled from anxiety so how can one think he is free. Like we as a living entity suffer so much in the womb of our mother thus we pray to free us and promise that we will become your devotee lord and thus we cry when we come out continously for many days but after pampering from our relatives we forget this pains and again this death, disease and old age give so much trouble from which we are not free. But a devotee who externally also undergoes same process of birth, death ,old age and disease but consciouswise he is free from all these because lord is there to protect him. How?
Just like example of cat carrying his kitten similarly without any anxiety devotee leaves his body because he know that krishna has come in form of death to take him to spiritual kingdom where he will enjoy actual freedom there in association with lord but for a nondevotee the situation is more like cat carrying a rat , always full of anxiety. Not only death actually even living here in this material worlda devotee is free from laws of nature, he is free from anxiety or bodily pains and pleasures. Because he knows that as long as he is in this material body he has to go through all this thus he tolerates everything. Even a materialistic person can train his mind to tolerate pain like one person who wanted to see how doctor operates did not took the anesthesia (lala lajpat rai) so a devotee can actually tolerate to an imaginable capacity because of his devotional activity and thus the knowledge revealed in his heart.
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