Captured by maya
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Now if we surrender, Kṛṣṇa says,
- sarva-dharmān parityajya
- mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
- ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
- mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
- [Bg. 18.66]
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
- kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāñchā kare
- pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare
- kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vāvchā kare
- pasate māyāra tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare
As soon as you forget Kṛṣṇa and you want to act independently, then immediately you are captured by māyā and you are punished.
So when you come to this senses, that "I am punished by māyā on account of my forgetting Kṛṣṇa consciousness; therefore my duty is to come back again to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be saved from the punishment of the material nature," that is human duty. You cannot say that "I don't want Kṛṣṇa consciousness." If you don't want, then you must suffer. If you want to save yourself from suffering, then you must take to Kṛṣṇa. It is a question of "must." It is not your option.Conversations and Morning Walks
1972 Conversations and Morning Walks
1974 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: "Good morning" means... Because it is English word... In England every morning is bad morning, because it is cloud. When they see one day that cloud is clear, they say, "Good morning." (japa) [break] ...similarly, a good soul means when there is no māyā, then he's good soul.
Bali-mardana: Or cloud.
Prabhupāda: Huh? Cloud. māyā is cloud. So what is that cloud?
Sudāmā: Forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: That cloud is when a soul desires to become the master. That is cloud. (japa) kṛṣṇa bhūlīya jīva bhoga-vañchā kare pasate māyā tare japaṭiya dhare
As soon as a soul desires to be enjoyer, then he is immediately captured by māyā.Page Title: | Captured by maya |
Compiler: | Madhavananda, Laksmipriya |
Created: | 08 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=6, Con=2, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 10 |