Corporal, mental, intellectual and spiritual, by Haripada dasa
I share these beautiful verses of The Bhagavad Gita, 3, 43 and 44, there it is said that the senses of work are superior to gross matter; the mind is higher than the senses; the intelligence is even higher than the mind; and she [the soul] is even higher than intelligence. Consequently, knowing that one is transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, oh, Arjuna, the one with the powerful arms, the mind must be stabilized by a deliberate spiritual intelligence [the process of Krishna consciousness], and so, by spiritual force, conquer that insatiable enemy known as lust. Srila Prabhupada taught us that there are people who live on the body platform, these people work very hard to earn money and spend it on their sense gratification, they think that life is alive to the bun and dead to the pit, they are lower than the animals, the animals follow their evolution, but these people degrade and are born in lower species of life, then there are those who live on the mental platform, these people speculate so much that they smoke out of the brain, then there are the intellectuals, It says in the Srimad Bhagavatam that the symptom that a person is intelligent is that he will always be chanting, the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (H it is read as J de jota), and will be happy in Krishna consciousness. And the person who lives on the spiritual platform has these qualities that are described in chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, from verses 14 to 20. It says that he who is not envious but rather is a good friend of all living entities, who does not believe himself to be the owner of anything and who is free from false ego, who maintains equanimity in both happiness and affliction, who is tolerant, who is always satisfied, who is self-controlled, and who is dedicated to devotional service with determination, with fixed mind and intelligence in Me, that kind of devotee of Mine is very dear to Me. He for whom no one is put in difficulties and who is not disturbed by anyone, who maintains balance in happiness and affliction, in fear and in anxiety, is very dear to Me. That devotee of Mine who does not depend on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, who is expert, who has no worries, who is free from all suffering and who does not crave for a result, is very dear to Me. He who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and renounces both favorable and unfavorable things, a devotee of that class is very dear to Me. He who is equal with friends and enemies, who maintains equanimity in the midst of honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and affliction, fame and infamy, which is always free from polluting relationships, which is always silent and satisfied with anything, who does not care about any residence, which is fixed in the plane of knowledge and is dedicated to devotional service, that kind of person is very dear to Me. Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who, with faith, dedicate themselves entirely to Him, having Me as the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.
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I share these beautiful verses of The Bhagavad Gita, 3, 43 and 44, there it is said that the senses of work are superior to gross matter; the mind is higher than the senses; the intelligence is even higher than the mind; and she [the soul] is even higher than intelligence. Consequently, knowing that one is transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, oh, Arjuna, the one with the powerful arms, the mind must be stabilized by a deliberate spiritual intelligence [the process of Krishna consciousness], and so, by spiritual force, conquer that insatiable enemy known as lust. Srila Prabhupada taught us that there are people who live on the body platform, these people work very hard to earn money and spend it on their sense gratification, they think that life is alive to the bun and dead to the pit, they are lower than the animals, the animals follow their evolution, but these people degrade and are born in lower species of life, then there are those who live on the mental platform, these people speculate so much that they smoke out of the brain, then there are the intellectuals, It says in the Srimad Bhagavatam that the symptom that a person is intelligent is that he will always be chanting, the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (H it is read as J de jota), and will be happy in Krishna consciousness. And the person who lives on the spiritual platform has these qualities that are described in chapter 12 of the Bhagavad Gita, from verses 14 to 20. It says that he who is not envious but rather is a good friend of all living entities, who does not believe himself to be the owner of anything and who is free from false ego, who maintains equanimity in both happiness and affliction, who is tolerant, who is always satisfied, who is self-controlled, and who is dedicated to devotional service with determination, with fixed mind and intelligence in Me, that kind of devotee of Mine is very dear to Me. He for whom no one is put in difficulties and who is not disturbed by anyone, who maintains balance in happiness and affliction, in fear and in anxiety, is very dear to Me. That devotee of Mine who does not depend on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, who is expert, who has no worries, who is free from all suffering and who does not crave for a result, is very dear to Me. He who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and renounces both favorable and unfavorable things, a devotee of that class is very dear to Me. He who is equal with friends and enemies, who maintains equanimity in the midst of honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and affliction, fame and infamy, which is always free from polluting relationships, which is always silent and satisfied with anything, who does not care about any residence, which is fixed in the plane of knowledge and is dedicated to devotional service, that kind of person is very dear to Me. Those who follow this imperishable path of devotional service and who, with faith, dedicate themselves entirely to Him, having Me as the supreme goal, are very, very dear to Me.
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