SBen221025 Aprakrita Vraja mandala parikrama 20: Without understanding Guru-Tattva & Atma-Tattva Vri
Channel: BhaktiSiddhanta.org
Date: 2022-10-26

Without understanding Guru-Tattva & Atma-Tattva Vrindavan Darshan is useless
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The consequence of enjoyment. Who can receive Atma-Tattva-jnana? Why Lakshmi Devi rides an owl? Naciketa and Yamaraj. The secrecy of Agni. The mystery of atma. Vedanta about the soul. Without understanding Guru-Tattva & Atma-Tattva Vrindavan Darshan is useless. Only if Atma-Tattva accepts us, can we realise it. Bhuteshvar Mahadev. Adi Keshava Mandir. Putara Kunda. Dwarakadish. White & Black Varahadev.
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bhidyate hṛdaya-granthiś
chidyante sarva-saṁśayāḥ
kṣīyante cāsya karmāṇi
mayi dṛṣṭe ’khilātmani
(dṛṣṭam evā 'tmaniśvari)

[The knot in the heart is pierced, all misgivings are cut to pieces and the chain of fruitive actions is terminated when I am seen as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.]

ŚB 11.20.30

The consequence of enjoyment. Those who took shelter in Gaudiya Math can never be destroyed. The position of Devatas–they have less chance to do bhajan. Atma-Tattva. Atma-Tattva-vid is rare, but even more rare is the one who can receive Atma-Tattva-jnana. Why does Lakshimi Devi ride an owl? It is impossible to do Hari-bhajan with false ego. Yamaraj or Vidurji Maharaj. Naciketa and Yamaraj. The importance of a guest in Vedic Culture. The secrecy of Agni. The mystery of atma. The indication about the atma in Vedanta–atma is like a light particle (not light particle).

nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo
na medhayā na bahunā śrutena
yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas
tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṁ svām

[The Supreme Lord is not obtained by expert explanations, by vast intelligence, nor even by much hearing. He is obtained only by one whom He Himself chooses. To such a person He manifests His own form.]

Kaṭha Upaniṣad (1.2.23)

Only if Atma-Tattva accepts us, can we realise it. The size of atma. Atma is cin-maya and being inside the material body, animates it; but the body of Krishna and His Paraphernalia is fully “made” of that cin-maya substance. Without understanding Guru-Tattva & Atma-Tattva Vrindavan Darshan is useless.
Mathura. Before starting Braja Parikram it’s a must to ask permission from Bhuteshvar Mahadev. The official birth place of Krishna and the real one (near Adi Keshava Mandir–the deity from Dwapara Yuga). Putara Kunda. The place from where Kamsa was watching the battle between Krishna-Balaram and Chanur-Mushtik+Kuvalayapida elephant. Dwarakadish. White & Black Varahadev: they were two different Avatars, although Vyasadeva spoke about Varahadeva only once, without making a distinction, describing the pastimes of both of Them. Black Varaha was brought here from Sri Lanka by Shatrughna, the brother of Ramachandra. 

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