369KrishnaPrabhupada

The Eternal & Constitutional

 Function of the Jiva/Soul

Division 1

 The Fundamentals of Nityā- and Naimittiká-dharma

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By Upendranatha Dasa

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In addition you will ssee photos of a Historic Nature in Srila Prabhupada’s Movement of 1966 to 1978. One of a Kind and Original 

The Origin of the Jiva Controversy in Vrindavana 1963-1996

By Kundali & Satyanarayana dasa

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By Upendranatha Dasa

Please understand that these Videos, some where tests, and other, where interviews, but you will see myself on how I work in my office. A very specific  one is in production, and will be posted, sometime in 2025; on the other hand, for the time being these pags  will serve it’s  purpose, of a  personal nature, introduce myself to you who have come across this website, or those who I have met on Face Book for the first time.. Jai Sri Nam ….Never forget that Sri-Nam is Identical in all respects, and aspects with Sri Krishna, there is no difference whats sso ever.

In addition you will ssee photos of a Historic Nature in Srila Prabhupada’s Movement of 1966 to 1978. One of a Kind and Original 

The Origin of the Jiva Controversy in Vrindavana 1963-1996

By Kundali & Satyanarayana dasa

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 Segment 001:   “The Definition of Dharma”.

Segment 002:   “What is it That is Called Vastu, and What is the Meaning of True Nature?”  Part 1

Segment 003:  “What is it That is Called Vastu, and What is the Meaning of True Nature?” Part 2

Segment 004:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 1

Segment 005:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World” Part 2

Segment 006:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World” Part 3

Segment 007: “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 4

Segment 008: “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 5

Segment 009:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World” Part 6

Segment 010:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 7

Segment 011:   “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 8

Segment 012:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 9

Segment 013:  “How and When Did the Jiva Makes a Choice to be in This Material World”  Part 10

Segment 014:  Summary..

 

Segment 015: “If the Jiva is Infinitesimal, How Can his Eternal Dharma be Full and Pure?  And if the Natural Function of the Jiva is Formed at the Time it is Constituted, How Can That Function be Eternal?  And What is the Nitya-Dharma, or Eternal, Constitutional Function of the Jiva?”

Segment 016: “Who Was Sankaracarya?  In the Caitanya-Caritamrta, One Will Witness the Super-excellence of the Spotless Vaisnava-Dharma, Which Sri Caitanya has Revealed.  At That Time, Around 500 Years Ago, Sankaracarya’s Monistic Doctrine Flooded India and Became Very Prominent.  This Doctrine has a Contemptible Nature.  The Intense Emotions, Which Were Displayed by Sri Caitanya, is the Highest State of Concentrated Prema.  Is it Different From the Attainment of the Perfection of Absolute Oneness That Was Taught by Sankaracarya?”   

Segment 017: What is Prema?  Part 1

Segment 018: What is Prema? Part 2 

Segment 019: “Dharma Scriptures, State That the Brahmana Caste is the Highest Caste.  According to These Scriptures, Religious Rites Such as the Chanting of Vedic Mantras, Such as at Dawn, Noon, and Sunset, are Considered Nitya-karma (Eternal Duties) for the Brahmanas.  If These Activities Are Obligatory, Why is Vaisnava Behavior Opposed to Them?”

Segment 020: “Now, How Will They Attain Good Fortune?  By What Means Can Remembrance of Krishna be Aroused in the Hearts of the Jivas Who Are Enthralled by Maya?”

Segment 021:  “What Does It Mean to Adopt the Path of Karma” Part 1

Segment 022:  “What Does It Mean to Adopt the Path of Karma” Part 2

Segment 023: “From the Point of View of the Essential Nature of Things, the Nitya-dharma of the Jivas is Unalloyed Spiritual Practice, and all Other Types of Dharma are Naimittika”.

Segment 024: “Accepting Vows” 

Segment 025:  “What is Vaisnava-Dharma?”

Segment 026: “If the Mind is Agitated by Such Fears, How Will one be Able to Fix it Upon Sri Krishna?”

Segment 027: “So far, it Appears That There is a Close Connection Between Nitya-Dharma and Vaisnava-Dharma.  Are These Two-Dharma s Identical?” Part 1

Segment 028: “So far, it Appears That There is a Close Connection Between Nitya-Dharma and Vaisnava-Dharma.  Are These Two-Dharma s Identical?” Part 2

Segment 029: “Some Claim That One is a Real Vaisnava Only if He Experiences the Path of Devotion Through Bhava (Emotions), so There is no Need for Knowledge.  How Much Truth is There in This Statement?”

Segment 030: “Bhagavan Has a Form.  Since Form is Limited by Spatial Considerations, How can Bhagavan be the Resting Place of the Limitless and All-pervading Brahman?  How Can Sri Krishna’s Form be Eternal, Since He Takes Birth, Performs Activities, and Gives up His Body?”

Segment 031: “When One Meditates on the Form of Sri Krishna, the Conception That Arises in the Heart is Limited by Time and Space.  How Can One Transcend Such Limitations and Meditate on Krishna’s Actual Form?  When Can One Receive the Mercy of the Lord and be Granted Such Spiritual Realization?  What is Spiritual Experience?”

Segment 032: “What is the Eternal Relationship That Exists Between Maya, the Jivas, and Krishna?  If Knowledge is Obtained by Academic Study, Must One be a Scholar to Become a Vaisnava?  What Should One do After Receiving Diksa and Siksa?”

Segment 033: “How Does One Perform Bhagavad-Bhajana?  What Are the Different Types of Sadhana, and How Are They Performed?”

Segment 034: “How is Adhikara (Eligibility) Determined, in Regard to Sadhana-Bhakti?  How is Eligibility Recognized?  How Does One Determine Their Own Eligibility?  Is Bhajana Not Feasible Without Adhering to the Tenets of Scripture.?”

Segment 035: “What is Prayojana-Tattva?”.

Segment 036: “Is Sandhya-Vandana not Hari-Bhajana?  Do the divisions of Hari-Bhajana have some secondary results?  Is There any difference between Sandhya-Vandana and the practices that constitute Vaidhi-bhakti (Bhakti that is performed by rule, law, religious injunction or regulation), such as  Sandhya–vandana?”

Segment 037: “Then Why Do the Scriptures praise the virtues of the secondary results?”

Segment 038: “If that is the case, how should one know which directives of the Scripture to have Faith in? Moreover, how many of those of lower adhikara (eligibility), attain a higher destination?”

Segment 039: “The activities of the Vaisnavas consist of Sravanam, Kirtanam, Smaranam, Pada-sevanam, Arcanam, Vandanam, Dasyam, Sakhyam, and Atma-nivedanam, and they are significantly connected with mtter; so, why are not they also referred to as temporary, Naimittika?  It appears that there is some partiality in these activities, such as the service of the Deity, easting, and worship with material ingredients, which are all connected with gross matter; so, how can they be Eternal?”

Segment 040: “If one worships the Sri-vigraha (Deity) of Bhagavan, but does not accept that Vigraha as Eternal, Then it is not worship of an Eternal Object; it is the Worship of a Temporary Forms?  But Sri-vigraha that is worshiped is fashioned by a human being; so, how Can it be Eternal?” 

Segment 041: “According to the ideology, of those who follow the tenets found in the Qur’an and the many books of the Sufis; what is meant by mukti?  What is the primary teaching of the Qur’an?  Does the Qur’an accept that the Lord has a transcendental form?  What is the Opinion of the Sufis in this regard?” 

Segment 042:

Question 1: “Is caste, eternally invariable?  Is it constant, rigid, set, unchanging, inflexible, and consistent?  Are the Vaisnavas and Hindus not become fallen by associating with Christians, Muslims, and Jew? 

Question 2: However, does that mean that there is no caste distinction between Vaisnavas, Christians, Muslims, and Jew?  Is there no difference in terms of birth? 

Question 3: On the other hand, does the difference between Vaisnavas & Hindus or Muslims & Christians & Jews, consist of nothing more than the difference in clothing and other such things? 

Question 4: Then how can Muslims/Christians/Jews be Vaisnavas, and how can respectable Vaisnavas associate with them?”

 

Segment 043: “According to this progression, one cannot become a Vaisnava without first completing one’s eligibility for Karma.  Muslims/Christians/Jews are not eligible even to perform the prescribed Karma within the Varna system, because they are outcastes, so how can they become eligible for Bhakti?”

Segment 044: “How can the defect of degraded birth be removed?  Can a defect relating to one’s birth be removed without taking another birth?” 

Segment 045:

Question 1: “What is the cause of eligibility for Karma, and what is the cause of eligibility for Bhakti? 

Question 2: What is meant by ‘nature, birth, and other practical causes’ that make one suitable for a particular type of work; are these sources of eligibility?”

 

Segment 046: “What is meant by faith in the Absolute Truth?  What if some people have developed faith in the Scriptures; although their natures are not elevated?  Are such people also eligible for Bhakti?”

Segment 047: ,” What if one does not accept the authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam?” Part 1.”

Segment 048:  “What if one does not accept the authority of Srimad-Bhagavatam?” Part 2.”

Segment 049:  “How does Sraddha (Faith) develop?  Muslims/Jews/Christians, do not perform Sat-Karma, so how can they be eligible for Bhakti?

Segment 050: Please explain clearly what you mean by Bhakta-sanga (association with devotees), and Bhakti-kriya-sanga (contact with acts of devotion).  From what type of Sukrti do these arise?

Segment 051:

Question 1: Does this mean that Nitya-sukrti comes about by chance?

Question 2: What is the circumstance by which the Jiva first entered the cycle of Karma?

 

Segment 052: Chapter 6, Is There no difference between an Aryan and a Yavana?

+Segment 53: What is meant by a Vyavaharika difference between Aryans and Yavanas?

Segment 054: “hen how can there possibly be no difference between Aryans and Yavanas from the Absolute point of view?

Segment 055: How can Rrice, Bbeans, Fruit, Milk, Nuts, & Vegetables be Spiritual?

Segment 056: What is the proper behavior’s between the Yavanas and Vaisnavas?

Segment 057: Can You Eat Food, Drink Water, & other such activities with a Yavana who Has truly become a Vaisnava?

Segment 058: Then why is it that Yavana Vaisnavas are not permitted to worship & werve the Deities in the Vainava Temples”

Segment 059: Sudras are not eligible to study the Vedas, so can a Sudra study the Vedas when he becomes a Vaisnava?

Segment 060: Then do you people conclude that the Vedas that promote tattva teach only vaisnava-dharma and no other religion?

Segment 061:

  1. Question: “My humble prayer is that you will be merciful to me, and clearly explain what is this material existence?”
  2. Question: “The conceptions of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ are active in the conditioned state, but do they also exist in the liberated state?”
  3. Question: “Then what is the defect in the different conceptions of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ that exist in the conditioned state?”
  4. Question: “Is this deceptive material existence false?”
  5. Question: “Why have we fallen into this illusory relationship?”
  6. Question: “Why is it that our true identity does not become manifest despite significant endeavor?”
  7. Question: “There are two types of endeavor: “appropriate and inappropriate. Appropriate endeavors will certainly dissipate false egoism, but how can inappropriate endeavors do so?”
  8. Question: “What are inappropriate endeavors?”
  9. Question: “Why are these endeavors inappropriate?”
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Segment 062:

  1. Question: “What are appropriate endeavors?”
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Segment 063:

  1. Question:  “The sadhus who are present in this world, and whom they are also oppressed by the miseries of material existence, so how is it that they can deliver other jivas?”
  2. Question: “The Bhagavatam slokas which you just quoted refer to four categories of people who possess spiritual insight. Out of these four, which type of association is considered sadhu-sanga?”
  3. Question: “You have explained that bhaktas live in two conditions. Kindly explain this clearly so that people like myself, who have limited intelligence, may understand easily?”
  4. Questions: “Please describe the nature of the grhastha-bhaktas’ relationship with this world?”
 

Segment 065:

  1. Question: “Grhastha Vaisnavas are obliged to remain under the jurisdiction of smarta-brahmanas, otherwise they will have to suffer much harassment in society. Under such circumstances, how can they practice suddha-bhakti?”
  2. Question: “If grhastha-bhaktas are so highly respected and dear to everyone, why do some of them renounce household life?”
  3. Question: “Kindly explain how one becomes eligible to renounce household life?”
  4. Question: “What are the symptoms of a bhakta who is eligible to give up household life?”
 

Segment 066:

    1. Question: “These days, young men often renounce household life and adopt the dress of the renounced order. They establish a place for sadhus to congregate, and begin to worship the Deity of the Lord. After some time, they fall into association with women again, but do not give up chanting hari-nama. They maintain their hermitage by collecting alms from many places. Are such men tyagis or grhastha-bhaktas?”
Segment 069:
  1. Question: “I understand that vaisnava-dharma is eternal religion, and I would like to know in detail how one who has taken shelter of vaisnava-dharma should behave with others?”     
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Segment 070:

  1. Question: “What is a Vaisnava and what are the symptoms by which he can be recognized?”
  2. Question: “The philosophical outlook lodged in the heart of Mayavadis and proponents of other similar doctrines is that Bhagavan has no form and that the Deity which is worshiped is simply an imaginary icon.  Under such circumstances, how can there be any faith in the Deity?
  3. Question: “How should suddha-bhaktas behave towards such inimical people?”
  4. Question: “Some members of one’s own family may acquire a malicious nature as a result of their sinful activities from a previous life.  Should one abandon such people?”
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Segment 071:

  1. Question: “What is the behavior of uttama-bhaktas?”
  2. Question: “What are the Vedas, or sruti?”                                       
  3. Question: “To which category of Vaisnavas do you think I belong? Am I a kanistha or a madhyama Vaisnava? I am certainly not an uttama Vaisnava. I sincerely want to know my actual position.
  4. Question: “To which class of Vaisnava do I belong, and how should I behave?”
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Segment 072:

  1. Question: “What are the primary and secondary characteristics of a kanistha-bhakta in regard to bhakti?”
  2. Question: “How can the kanistha Vaisnava be called a bhakta when he is contaminated with the faults of karma and jnana, and his heart is filled with desires for things other than bhakti?”
  3. Question: “When will he obtain bhakti?”    20
  4. Question: “Suddha-bhakti appears along with sambandha-jnana.  When is that knowledge awakened by which one becomes eligible for suddha-bhakti?”
  5. Question: “How long does that take?”
  6. Question: “What is the first result attained by past sukrti?”
  7. Question: “What is the progression that evolves from sadhu-sanga?”
  8. Question: “How does one attain sadhu-sanga”
  9. Question: “What are the stages of progress for a kanisthabhakta?”
  10. Question: “Why is it that many kanistha-bhaktas do not progress?”       
  11. Question: “When does that happen?”       
  12. Question: “Under what circumstances can his advancement be assured?”
  13. Question: “What is the nature of the kanistha-adhikari’s inclination towards sinful and pious activities?”
  14. Question: I have understood the situation of kanistha-adhikaris.  Now kindly describe the primary symptoms of the madhyama-adhikari bhaktas
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Segment 073:

 
  1. Question: “What are the secondary symptoms of the madhyama-bhakta?”
  2. Question “Can he still commit sins or offenses?”
  3. Question: “Does the madhyama-bhakta have any trace of karma, jnana, or extraneous desires?”
  4. Question: “Do such bhaktas even desire to live, and if so, why?”
  5. Question: “However, why don’t they long for death?”       24
  6. Question: “What happiness can come from remaining in this gross material body?”
  7. Question: “When they die, will they not obtain their spiritual forms and identities by Krishna’s mercy?”
  8. Question: “I have understood the symptoms of the madhyama-adhikari.  Now, please tell me about the secondary symptoms of the uttama-adhikari.”          
  9. Question: “Is it possible that some uttama-adhikaris will live as householders?”
  10. Question: “If an uttama-adhikari bhakta is a grhastha, and a madhyama-adhikari bhakta is in the renounced order, how should they behave towards each other?
  11. Question:  “Should one bring many Vaisnavas together and hold festivals for distributing bhagavat-prasada?”
  12. Question: “A new caste has emerged in Baragachi consisting of people who refer to themselves as descendants of Vaisnavas.  Kanistha-adhikari householders invite them and feed them in the name of Vaisnava seva.  How is this to be viewed?”  
  13. Question: “Babaji: Have these descendants of Vaisnavas taken up suddhabhakti?”      
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Segment 074:

  1. Question: “Do the descendants of Vaisnavas deserve any special regard?”
  2. Question: “What if the descendant of a Vaisnava is only a worldly man?”
  3. Question: “How can one be free from pride?”
  4. Question: “It seems from this that one cannot be a Vaisnava without humility and compassion.”
  5. Question: “Then does Bhakti-devi depend on humility and compassion?”
  6. Question: “When I am so wretched and insignificant myself, how can I inflict punishment upon others?”
  7. Question: “How should a Vaisnava behave towards the followers of other religions?”
  8. Question: “Is it our duty to preach Vaisnava dharma or not?”

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