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One who has got the eyes to see, he does not see that, "Here is a learned brahmin, and here is a dog." He sees both the learned brahmin and the dog in equal vision

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"One who has got the eyes to see, he does not see that, "Here is a learned brāhmin, and here is a dog." He sees both the learned brāhmin and the dog in equal vision"

Lectures

Nectar of Devotion Lectures

One who has got the eyes to see, he does not see that, "Here is a learned brāhmin, and here is a dog." He sees both the learned brāhmin and the dog in equal vision, because he does not see the dress—he sees the spirit soul within the brāhmin and within the dog. That is called brahma-darśana. Samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu. Mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām (BG 18.54). When one has got that vision, transcendental vision, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhakti, then the devotional service begins. Not that with blunt eyes and senses one can serve God, devotional service.

Whatever you are seeing, this is all illusion. You are not seeing, or we are not seeing, because our senses are blunt to see things as they are. Therefore in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said that:

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
(BG 5.18)

One who has got the eyes to see, he does not see that, "Here is a learned brāhmin, and here is a dog." He sees both the learned brāhmin and the dog in equal vision, because he does not see the dress—he sees the spirit soul within the brāhmin and within the dog. That is called brahma-darśana. Samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu. Mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām (BG 18.54). When one has got that vision, transcendental vision, samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhakti, then the devotional service begins. Not that with blunt eyes and senses one can serve God, devotional service.

ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi
na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvādau
svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
(CC Madhya 17.136)

This is the process.

So when our senses are engaged in the service of the Lord, sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam (CC Madhya 19.170), when our senses become purified, hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate, at that time the hṛṣīka, the senses, are engaged in the service of the Lord. Because Kṛṣṇa is spirit, the Supersoul. He cannot be served by matter. He has to be served with spirit.

Page Title:One who has got the eyes to see, he does not see that, "Here is a learned brahmin, and here is a dog." He sees both the learned brahmin and the dog in equal vision
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-05, 18:41:06
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1