The Nectar of �Instruction

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ÇRÉ UPADEÇÄMÅTA TEXT 1

TEXT 1: CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES�

This verse elaborates on the prerequisite for spiritual life as described in the 3^rd main point of the preface: the necessity of controlling the mind and senses. A person who has mastered this prerequisite is fit to be a guru.

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väco vegaà manasaù krodha-vegaà

jihvä-vegam udaropastha-vegam

etän vegän yo viñaheta dhéraù

sarväm apémäà påthivéà sa çiñyät

NOI TEXT 1 CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES

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SP quotes four examples for this point :

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• Parékñit compares atonement �with elephant’s bathing (SB 6.1.9-10)

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• Thief steals even after punishment�

4 levels of intelligence

• First class – Learns the lesson by hearing only
• Second class – Learns by seeing others
• Third class – Learns by experiencing oneself
• Fourth class – Experiences oneself � but still not learns

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• Christian’s confession in church

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• Chanting hare Krsna and at the same time �performing many forbidden things

Disparity in this world

Beautiful

Ugly

Disparity in this world

Rich

Poor

Disparity in this world

Strong

Weak

Disparity in this world

Healthy

Diseased

Sinful Reactions

Pious Reactions

Sin –First Cause of Suffering

• Sinful Actions produce two Reactions :
• Aprarabda (unmanifest)
• Prarabdha (manifest)
• Eg. Disease

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SHOULD I STEAL THIS MONEY?

I WILL STEAL THIS MONEY

ON 1/1/2000.

SINFUL TENDENCY (Kutam)

SINFUL DESIRES (Bijam)

UNMANIFEST REACTION

(Aprarabdha)

MANIFEST REACTION

(Prarabdha)

STEALING

MANIFEST REACTION

(Prarabdha)

SHOULD I ENJOY THIS LADY?

I WILL ENJOY WITH THIS LADY IN NEXT MONTH’s DRINKING PARTY

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D

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ILLICIT

SEX

ILLICIT

SEX

SINFUL TENDENCY (Kutam)

SINFUL DESIRES (Bijam)

UNMANIFEST REACTION

(Aprarabdha)

MANIFEST REACTION

(Prarabdha)

Päpam

Päpam

� Aprärabdha

Unmanifest reaction

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Küöaà

Sinful propensity

Béjaà

Sinful desire Prärabdha

Manifest reaction

(Phalonmukham)

Our sinful reactions gradually manifest like the development of a seed into sprout and subsequently a full-fledged plant eventually producing fruits of suffering.

How to stop the Cycle of Sin?

• Tolerate the Sinful Desire
• Do not try to satisfy the sinful urges

Three causes of Suffering

(a) Papam, Sin (Dis-obedience to God & Scriptures)

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(b) Bijam - Material desire

(c) Avidya, Ignorance – Root Cause

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Tree of Sinful Reactions �- Can be destroyed by karma, jnana, yoga processes

ROOTS OF AVIDYA & BIJA MATERIAL DESIRES - Can be destroyed ONLY by Devotional Service

Which process can �clean up our Karma bandhana?

Real atonement is awakening of dormant KC �because devotional service is superior activity

it removes sinful activities from the heart

it causes attachment to serving Krsna, param drstva higher taste

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Regulative Principles of K.C (p4)

Engagement in d.s. under the guidance of a bona fide guru, Methodical training in K.c. in the association of devotees, Following the 4 regulative principles.

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Regulative Principles of Yoga: (p4)

Austerity, Celibacy, Mind & Sense Control, Renunciation, Truthfulness, Cleanliness, Yoga-asanas

REAL ATONEMENT

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STANDARD PROCESS (p3)

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A sinful activity cannot be counteracted by a pious activity. Thus real prayascitta, atonement, is the awakening of our dormant Krsna consciousness. Real atonement involves coming to real knowledge, and for this there is a

TEXT 1 CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES

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• Definition of Tapasya
• SP: A methodical training according to certain regulative principles to revive original knowledge

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• BSST: To practice resisting the six demands or urges is called tapasya and such a person is called tapasvé

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Traditional process of tapasya (SB 6.1.13-14)

• Benefits – Gradually elevate one to real knowledge, KC

tapasä brahmacaryeëa çamena ca damena ca

tyägena satya-çaucäbhyäà yamena niyamena vä

 deha-väg-buddhijaà dhérä dharmajïäù çraddhayänvitäù

kñipanty aghaà mahad api veëu-gulmam ivänalaù

TEXT 1 CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES

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Details of the traditional process of Jnanis & Yogis

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• Practicing austerity
• Celibacy
• Controlling the mind
• Controlling the senses
• Giving one’s possessions in the charity
• Being avowedly truthful
• Keeping clean
• Practicing yoga-äsanas
• The wise destroy even great sin arising from the body, words and intelligence
• Just like fire destroys a clump of bamboos.

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It burns bamboos, not bamboo roots

TEXT 1 CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES

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Rüpa Gosvämé’s recommended path of BHAKTI YOGA

• Benefits: One easily surpasses

all other practices

• Practices involve :
• Association of pure devotee
• Regulative principles of �Kåñëa Consciousness (4 basic)
• Engaging in the service of �Supreme lord
• Conclusion: KC is the best solution to control six urges

KC destroys sinful reactions, burns desire seeds,

Counteracts sinful proclivities and uproots Ignorance

What is wrong with having �Material Desires?

Bhukti, Mukti, Siddhi 🡪 Restlessness

Generally there are three classes �of living entities afflicted with �selfish desire. These are the :�

• Bhukti-kämé �– desire money, Earthly &� heavenly enjoyments

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• Mukti-kämé �- desire liberation from suffering

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• Siddhi-kami

- desire Mystic Powers to show off

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Bhogi

Bhakta

Tyagi�

Krishna bhakta 🡪 peaceful & happy

If one has any personal �selfish desire, whether it be material, philosophical or mystic, he will be açänta, or ultimately frustrated, because he will see himself as the central object of satisfaction.

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On the other hand, kåñëa-bhakta niñkäma, ataeva 'çänta': [Cc. Madhya 19.149] a devotee of Lord Kåñëa is niñkäma; he has no personal desire. His only desire is to please Kåñëa. [SB 11.2.43]

kåñëa-bhakta—niñkäma, �ataeva ’çänta’

bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kämé—sakali ’açänta’

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TRANSLATION

“Because a devotee of Lord Kåñëa is desireless, he is peaceful.

• Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment,
• jïänés desire liberation, and
• yogés desire material opulence; therefore they are all lusty and cannot be peaceful.

� [CC Madhya 19.149]

Vaco vegam: urge to speak

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The conclusion is that only when we talk about devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead can we refrain from useless nonsensical talk. We should always endeavor to use our speaking power solely for the purpose of realizing Krsna consciousness. [Text One purport, p9]

A toad in a field speaks by croaking, and similarly everyone who has a tongue wants to speak, even if all he has to say is nonsense. The croaking of the toad, however, simply invites the snake: “Please come here and eat me.” Nevertheless, although it is inviting death, the toad goes on croaking. The talking of materialistic men and impersonalist Māyāvādī philosophers may be compared to the croaking of frogs. They are always speaking nonsense and thus inviting death to catch them. [NOI Verse 1]

Croaking frog invites death

(Mayavadi’s) Mauna, self imposed silence is not the answer. �Temporarily appears helpful,but ultimately proves a failure.

(Rupa Gosvami) Krsna-Katha, engaging the speaking process in glorifying the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna.�The preacher of Krsna Katha is always beyond the clutches of death, liberation.

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präyeëa deva munayaù sva-vimukti-kämä

maunaà caranti vijane na parärtha-niñöhäù

naitän vihäya kåpaëän vimumukña eko

nänyaà tvad asya çaraëaà bhramato 'nupaçye

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord Nåsiàhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himalayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kåñëa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet. [SB 7.9.44]

na yad vacaç citra-padaà harer yaço

jagat-pavitraà pragåëéta karhicit

tad väyasaà tértham uçanti mänasä

na yatra haàsä niramanty uçik-kñayäù

TRANSLATION

Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there. [SB 1.5.10]

TEXT 1 CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES

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• Anuvåtti commentary of Upadeçämåta by Çréla BSST
• Material identification creates three kinds of urges
• Urge to speak
• Urge or demands of the mind – Attachment and anger
• Urge or demands of the body – Tongue, belly & genitals

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• Effect of succumbing to these three urges – Life becomes inauspicious.
• Tapasya – Practices meant to resist these demands is called Tapasya; such a person is called tapasvi (SB 5.5.1)
• Result: one can overcome victimization by material energy
• tapo divyaà putrakä yena sattvaà çuddhyed yasmäd…

Control mind

Problem of the mind: �Restlessness / fickle

Cannot negate thoughts and �create vacuum;

Idle mind attracts anarthas (unwanted desires)

Yogic process to negate mind of all thoughts- to create a vacuum in the mind is artificial, it will not remain.

If one always thinks of Krsna and how to serve Krsna best, the mind will automatically be controlled

Manasah vegam: mind’s demands

Manasah vegam: mind’s demands

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However, if one always thinks of Krsna and how to serve Krsna best, one's mind will naturally be controlled. [Text One purport, p5]

Control mind�

The restlessness or fickleness of the mind is controlled when one can fix his mind on the lotus feet of Krsna.

krsna surya sama, if Krsna is present in the mind there is no possibility of being agitated by maya’s influence.

Hare Krishna.

Thank you.

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Nectar Of Instruction

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Session 3