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Unless we have got enlightenment, what is our real constitutional position, that we can learn only by the association of mahat, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh. That is the Vedic process, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet. We must take shelter

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"Unless we have got enlightenment, what is our real constitutional position, that we can learn only by the association of mahat, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ. That is the Vedic process, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). We must take shelter"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Every one of us, we are thinking as puruṣa, enjoyer. That is the fight between, going on. Just like in Western countries, the prakṛtis, the woman, they're also fighting: "We must have equal rights with the man." So this is going on. So this is all conditional life, the so-called puruṣa life, or so-called prakṛti life. Unless we have got enlightenment, what is our real constitutional position, that we can learn only by the association of mahat, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ. That is the Vedic process, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). We must take shelter.

The living entity's prakṛti. He is not puruṣa. Constitutionally, prakṛti means the things which are enjoyed. That is called prakṛti. And the enjoyer is called puruṣa. So nobody of us, either men or women, we are not puruṣa. We are all prakṛti constitutionally. That is called hitvānyathā rūpaṁ sva-rūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ. When you live as prakṛti, not as puruṣa, that is called mukti. This is the definition of mukti. Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ (SB 5.5.2). Every one of us, we are thinking as puruṣa, enjoyer. That is the fight between, going on. Just like in Western countries, the prakṛtis, the woman, they're also fighting: "We must have equal rights with the man." So this is going on.

So this is all conditional life, the so-called puruṣa life, or so-called prakṛti life. Unless we have got enlightenment, what is our real constitutional position, that we can learn only by the association of mahat, mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ. That is the Vedic process, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12). We must take shelter. Kṛṣṇa also says that,

tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti tad jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ
(BG 4.34)
Page Title:Unless we have got enlightenment, what is our real constitutional position, that we can learn only by the association of mahat, mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh. That is the Vedic process, tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet. We must take shelter
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-06-12, 10:49:11
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1