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What Is Manan and Why It Is Required
What Is Manan and Why It Is Required
PARIVARTAN
Then how I can expedite the process? – CHANGE OF HEART
U have to change - The way you talk, the way you see, the way you smell, eat,
behave with others, sadhana, holy name, bhagavat, guru, dham, giriraja
U have to change the thinking wherever it needs to be corrected – if u want to
progress
SB.11.13.13
TEXT 3
dharmo rajas tamo hanyät
sattva-våddhir anuttamaù
äçu naçyati tan-mülo
hy adharma ubhaye hate
WORD-FOR-WORD MEANINGS
dharmaù—religious principles based on devotional service; rajaù—the mode of
passion; tamaù—the mode of ignorance; hanyät—destroy; sattva—of goodness;
våddhiù—by the increase; anuttamaù—the greatest; äçu—quickly; naçyati—is
destroyed; tat—of passion and ignorance; mülaù—the root; hi—certainly;
adharmaù—irreligion; ubhaye hate—when both are destroyed.
TRANSLATION
Religious principles, strengthened by the mode of goodness, destroy the
influence of passion and ignorance. When passion and ignorance are overcome,
their original cause, irreligion, is quickly vanquished.
One who is situated in pure goodness, will be enthusiastic to follow all the rules
and regulations of religious principles
D. MENTAL GAPS
GAPS – mental misconceptions
1. Understanding gap – wrong conception – progress will happen automatically
2. Knowledge gap
3. Timing gap – postponing – time nahi hai, mood nahi hai
4. Mistake gap – fear that mistake may happen
5. Perfection gap – when I will get everything perfect – then only I will start
6. Comparison gap – others are too advanced – that’s not my level
7. Expectation gap – I thought very easy in the beginning – but now seems to be
very difficult
SCRIPTURAL
PARIKSHIT
AJAMILA
BHARAT
YAYATI
DHUNDHUKARI
From Bhagavat Mahatmaya – Dhundhukari and Gokarna section –
shravansya vibhedena phala-bhedo’ tra samsthita
shravanam tu krutam sarvair na tatha mananam krutam
phalabhedastato jato bhajanadapi maanada
GAYATRI TANTRA
mananat papatas trati mananat svargam asnute
mananat moksham apnoti chatur vargo mayo bhavet
EDUCATION LEVELS
1. Shravan – guru se sunana
2. Manan – buddhi se janana
3. Nidhidhyasan – deep meditation – us vishaya me Samadhi lagna, manan ke
baad
PREACHING
SANKALPA TO APPLY
PRAYERS
APPLICATION
PREACHING
REALISATION
Education – comes from latin word ‘educary’ – bahar lana aura age badhana
Bhakti shastri is level one education
Should not go back to maya – baharo phul barsao… - forward and backward
Mananam praman
"You mention you like to speak now very often but the first business should be
to preach to the devotees. It is better to maintain a devotee than try to convince
others to become devotees. It is the duty of the GBC to maintain the devotees,
keep them in the highest standard of Krsna consciousness, and give them all
good instruction, and let them go out and preach for making more devotees.
Your first job should be to make sure that every one of the devotees in your
zone of management is reading regularly our literature and discussing the
subject matter seriously from different angles of seeing, and if they are
somehow or other absorbing the knowledge of Krsna consciousness philosophy.
If they are fully educated in our philosophy and if they can get all of the
knowledge and study it from every viewpoint, then very easily they will
perform tapasya (renunciation), and that will be their advancement in Krsna
consciousness." (SPL to Satsvarupa dasa, 16th June, 1972)
SB.1.1.6
To hear and explain them is more important than reading them. One can
assimilate the knowledge of the revealed scriptures only by hearing and
explaining. Hearing is called çravaëa, and explaining is called kértana. The two
processes of çravaëa and kértana are of primary importance to progressive
spiritual life. Only one who has properly grasped the transcendental knowledge
from the right source by submissive hearing can properly explain the subject.
PQPA, 8
Therefore I advise you to read our books daily as far as possible and try to
understand the subject matter from different angles of vision by discussing it
frequently with the devotees at the New York temple. In this way you will
gradually become convinced, and by your sincere attitude and devotional
service you will make progress.
A sincere devotee should be ready to hear all the shastras like upanisad,
Vedanta and goswamis literatures, for one’s own progress
Without hearing and following those instructions, bhakti will just remain a show
and will create havoc in society
Apaçyatäm ätma-tattvam: "Those who are fools and rascals without any self-
realization knowledge. For them." Apaçyatäm. Apaçyatäm means blind, cannot
see. They have got their eyes, but they have no introspection, what is the value
of life. Therefore he says, apaçyatäm. Simply they have eyes like the peacock
feather. (laughter) They have no introspection. Eyes means introspection.
Therefore Vedic culture says, eyes... Çästra-cakñus: "You should see through
çästra. Don't try to see by these eyes." These are, what is the value of this eye?
They are conditioned in so many ways. You don't believe the eyes. See through
the çästra, through the spiritual master, through the çästra. Try to see through
this. That is perfect seeing.
A real educated man does not look over the fleshy tabernacle of a living being
but he introspects the spirit within the body. A sane man does not see the dress
of a man but the man who puts on the dress. The dress has no value if there was
not a man within and similarly, the gentle Brahmin, the cow, the elephant, the
dog or the chandala are but different dresses encaging the spirit soul within
them. Unless therefore men are educated sufficiently to see within the dress, the
duel frenzy of love and hatred will continue to work. 'Humane World' is
possible when we are really human being as distinguished from ordinary
animals. The lower animal has no introspection of the soul within because it is
incapable of being sufficiently educated. The distinction between a lower
animal beast and a higher animal man lies in the capacity of this introspection of
the soul within. A man devoid of this power of introspection is no better than a
beast.
VIDHI
HOW, WHEN, WHERE, OF WHAT
HOW MUCH
e.g. SNS – Everyday hearing SB class – like jewels, diamond points – even if
you can collect one diamond point daily – then at the end on one year you will
have 365 diamonds
Understand one point – Try to apply
STEPS OF MANANAM
1. RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE – by hearing and reading
lots of questions – for understanding the subject
What I want to achieve by reading and hearing?
How? Why? What?
Personal manan – 2 lectures of every subject – like first subject ‘shraddha’ –
and then 1 hour manan
Without knowledge manan is not possible – e.g. how to fly aeroplane
2. COMPREHENSION - UNDERSTANDING
E.g. repeating like parrot – chanting ‘hare’
Not repeat like parrot
Meaning in own words and examples and explain
U have to take out some time - If u just go from one page to second page – then
u will never understand
3. APPLY
He has said this right thing – if I will do how I will be benefitted – if not then
how I will be the looser
E.g. japa – granthi paddhati – contemplation after 4 rounds
4. CHECK TO SOLVE PROBLEMS
What we have learned should be applied to solve our problem/weakness –
whether getting benefitted or not
5. PREACHING
If benefitted – then teach to others – preach – one’s own understanding becomes
more deep – polished
6. LEARN – COMMIT – SANKALPA
E.g. nirjala ekadasi, e.g. premananda pr – kaccha sabji
7. THEN DO WITH DETERMINATION
Nidhidhyasan – deep meditation
8. PRARTHANA
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