Can oil and water be mixed?
Water and oil can never be mixed, similarly cinmoye attma can never be mixed with matter but still due to māyā (Illusion) it seems the attma in the trap of māyā, but in fact it is not the case. One example is more than sufficient to clarify the point. Like we can find a shadow of a coconut tree in the water of a lake, and when the water of the lake shaking due to strong wind blow, in that case we can discover that the shadow of the coconut tree is also shaking, but in fact the coconut tree can be found stand still at the bank of the lake. Similarly, attma can never feel any reaction of material being, but in bonded condition gross body and fine body both are bound to be influenced by matter, because they are also matter. So, matter can mix with matter. From Bhagavad-gītā we can find the following śloka instructed by the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ
khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca
ahaṅkāra itīyaṁ me
bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā (Bg. 7.4)
Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego – all together these are the eight constitute of My separated material energies.
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Only in the background of Anantadeva, the Supreme Lord can get suitable accommodation
Our heart is as small as like a crab, but we will have to extend our heart up to infinity, so that we can come in contact with Anantadeva. Because only in the background of Anantadeva, the Supreme Lord can get suitable accommodation. Why we can discover Universal love inside the heart of a great paramahaṁsa-vaiṣṇava-sādhu, because they are always in contact with Bhagavan Ananta Deva, to realize the advaya-jñāna-tattva from heart. They can see each and everything or each and everybody in relation to the Supreme Lord. But those who are in māyā, they have their limitation of darśana, that is why the question of “Me“and “Mine” arise. We must discuss the following śloka from Upaniṣad—
yasmin sarvāṇi bhūtāni ātmaivābhūd vijānataḥ |
tatra ko mohaḥ kaḥ śoka ekatvamanupaśyataḥ || (Īśopaniṣad 7)
He in whom the whole creation is felt like existing in himself, in that case were from the question of infatuation and discrimination can arise, because he can feel the oneness in diversity.
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𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐢 smṛti 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabupda used to say that—“Hari-smṛti is the most important factor in our life”. How we can expect bhagavat-smṛti in our life, because we are always busy with material things. The first thing is that we must have tremendous love and attraction for hari–kīrtana–hari-katha. Nonstop hari-katha-kīrtana is a must. If we can hear hari-katha, and we can digest it properly and follow (acharan) in that case we can also sing the glories of Bhagavan. If we are not hearing from right source or not digest properly then in that case, we cannot sing the glories of Bhagavan.
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Lack of śravaṇa–kīrtana is the root cause of all problems
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvat Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda used to suggest us that śravaṇa–kīrtana should be the most vital point in our life. Because if śravaṇa-kīrtana is very powerful and uninterrupted, then all our anarthas can disappear from our heart, and finally we can reach our eternal goal—kṛṣṇa-prema. According to our past activities (karmaphal), for infinite period we are having enjoying mood, but actually human body is not meant for material enjoyment. Just like a dog cannot digest ghee, similarly a jivattma cannot digest material enjoyment. Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavan is the absolute enjoyer, but our material enjoyment can through us into hell. Prabhupāda very often used to say that we have only one and a single duty– that is kṛṣṇa-sevā. That is why we have to maintain a continuous flow of śravaṇa–kīrtana, then in that case material darśana cannot stand.
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Try to develop your seva murti
We all Gauḍīya Devotees have only one and a single goal. What is that goal? The Lotus Feet of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmīpad is our ultimate goal. Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that— “The day we can see the beauty of the Lotus Feet of Rūpa Mañjarī (Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmīpad) then and only then we can discover how ugly we are looking.” We must try our best under the guidance of –śrī–rūpānuga guru-varga to develop such a beautiful sevā-mūrti so that aprākṛta Kamadeva– Śrī Nanda Nandan Krsna became very interested to see us and enjoy us. We must sacrifice each and everything for the complete satisfaction of aprākṛta Kāmadeva.
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The actual meaning of “nāmāha shabda”
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that—To leave false ego, to leave personal desire, to leave personal liberty and to surrender unto the Lotus Feet of Guru-Vaiṣṇava is the actual meaning of “nāmāha shabda”. This is called the actual surrender unto the Lotus Feet of Sad Guru.