Shemad Bhagavatam 4.23-29 Maitreya Vatsa, Seva Tishba Ravastha Ishu, Patilokam Gita Bhadru, Yama Atma Vidan Duryodhana, Vainyaprapti Bhutasaya.

The great sage Maitreya continued speaking.

My dear Madhura, when the wise of the denizens of heaven were thus talking amongst themselves, Queen Archi leased the planet which her husband Maharaj Prithu, the topmost delight soul, had attained.

Therefore, according to Vedic scriptures, a woman who dies with her husband or enters into a fire in which her husband is burning also enters the same planet her husband attains.

In this material world there is a planet known as Patiloka.

It says that there is a planet named Pitriloka.

But in this verse, the word Patiloka does not refer to any planet within this material world.

The Prithamaharaja being topmost among self-realized souls certainly returned home, back to Gaya and attained 1 of the Vaikuntha planets.

Queen Archi also entered Patiloka, but this planet was not in the material universe.

She actually entered the planet which her husband attained.

In this material world also when a woman dies with her husband, she again unites with him at the next birth.

Similarly Maharaja Prithvi and Queen Archaea united in the Vaikuntha planets.

In the Vaikuntha planets there are husbands and wives.

There is no question of their giving birth to children or having sex life.

In the Vaikuntha planets both husband and wife are extraordinarily beautiful.

They are attractive to 1 another but they do not enjoy sex life.

Indeed they consider sex to not be very relishable because both husband and wife are always absorbed in Krishna consciousness and in glorifying and chanting the glories of the Lord.

According to Bhagavad-gita also husband and wife can turn the home into a place of goodness by kundal, even while in this material world being absorbed in Krishna consciousness, even in this world, husband and wife can live in Vaikuntha simile by installing the deity of the Lord in the home and serving the deity according to the directions of the Shastra.

In this way they will never feel the sex urge.

That is the test of advancement in devotional service.

1 who has advanced in devotional service is never attracted by sex life and as soon as 1 becomes detached from sex life and proportionally detached from the service of the Lord, he actually experiences living in the Vaikuntha planet.

In this ultimate sense, there is actually no material world, but then 1 forgets the service of the Lord, engages himself in the service of his senses, he is steadily living in the material world.

Vandeham sri-guru-siddhatapadakamanam sri-gurum vaisnavams ca sri-rupam sa-gacchatam sa-jana-rag-nitam-vitam tam sac-cid-dhaya-tamam-sava-dhutam parijana-sahitam krishna-caitanya-devam sri-bhagavad-gita-sri-visakam-vitam-sa-nama-on-Visnu-Pada-Param-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-Sri-S eva sadaivam savadutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya devam sri-lokam krsna-pravam sahagam avadhita-sri-viswakantam sthah namo nrma om vishnu-padaya krsna-prasadaya bhutale shri-mathe bhakti-vedanta-svamana-nithyanamana namaste sarasvate deve go-ravani-pachaline nir-vishe-sushum yavadi-pashmiti-desha - the obvious question is whether they don't die together.

Are you and I in the spiritual world or not?

There was a strong quote I tried to find the other day where Papa mentioned how she was waiting for him, he was waiting for you in the spiritual world that I couldn't find to confirm.

So we don't really know if they don't die together.

If they really are united or not because it's not stated in this purpose.

Actually we're all united in the spiritual world.

The guru and disciple, all the Prabhupada and nougas, we're all united.

But so it's an interesting question, the husband and wife, well they certainly recognize each other.

Oh yes, you were my husband, you were my wife, remember we got married, now we're in the spiritual world, they certainly recognize each other.

Then they've seen enough, they're extraordinarily beautiful, but they don't have any sex desire more beautiful than here But no sex desire So the point is if we can be free from sex desire here, and we're living in Vaisnavism even here, that's an interesting point.

Prabhupada says, 1 is advanced in devotional service, is never attracted by sex life, and since 1 can be attached to sex life, is proportionally attached to the service of the Lord, he actually explains it in the Vinca Complement.

So the point is we have to be so absorbed in Krishna consciousness that sex is not even an issue.

It's like something out there, a material world, a Karma Eastern.

And if there's a thought of sex life, spit at it, it's like the Munich Arya Upanishad.

The materialists, if they have a thought of sex life, they drool over it, oh yeah, they drool over it, oh yeah.

But the devotee, if it's not thought come, spit at it, spit at it.

So this is a very important thing to become detached from sex life.

It's a commodated, shoot to the arrow, boom, boom, boom, and you're out.

So 1 has to have a commodate proof heart.

He shoots the arrow and they just bounce off.

Especially those who came out of the hippie culture.

Well, v'yisheah v'nivartante, nirahara shideh inna, rasha rishan prayokrash, da'a pralambas v'nivartate.

He embodies so, maybe restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste of sense objects remains, but ceasing such engagements by what?

have a higher taste also in the form of prashadam.

was a kid The big thing was Thanksgiving, the turkey dinner.

We show God how much we appreciate eating a turkey.

You give a turkey your next birth and they eat you also.

And there's this 1 boy, Gary, here in Austin.

Krishna Swami gave him, simply wonderful.

So, it's a matter of getting a higher taste really.

Krishna consciousness is better than any taste of the material world.

So what if you're a neophyte devotee and you're still attracted to material things, still be at the urge, the attraction, to material sense gratification.

How do you get, the point is, how do you get free from the taste of sense gratification?

Well, I can tell you this, my dear listeners.

If we have nama-parad, then we're still going to be attracted to this gratification.

So we have to become free from those nama-parad.

We were speaking about 1 of them yesterday, that the demigods and Krishna be on the same level.

In the discussion we had, in India it's very common, all the gods are 1, isn't it?

If all the gods are 1, that means there is no supreme being.

So when you say all the gods are 1, you're actually an atheist.

You see, it means there's a supreme being.

If all the gods are 1, there is no supreme being.

You say, well, they're all the supreme being.

Supreme means above all the others, that's supreme.

If 1 is supreme, that means there's no 1 equal to him.

So we have to see how we can become pure chanters of the name, whatever extent we have purified our chanting.

So you have to become enchanted by the name.

The more you become enchanted by the name, the less you're enchanted by maya.

You see, we're all going to be enchanted.

We are in we are nature is to be enchanted So you're not enchanted by Krishna.

You'd be enchanted by Maya simple my buddy say deny all of the tax and deny all enchantment But it doesn't work Our nature is to be enchanted We're in cheated by a shanty with the material nature of the spiritual nature So we have to increase our enchantment with Krishna consciousness.

Be enchanted by the holy name, enchanted by the deities, enchanted by the prashadam, enchanted by the Vaishnava association, enchanted by the Guru Sangha, enchanted by Vrindavan, by Maya, all these things, Sauti Devi, and I've been enchanted by every aspect of Krishna, Karna, Guru, Puja, or I become enchanted.

Just like when I was a kid, the enchantment was the Beatles.

The youth was so enchanted by the Beatles.

It was called the Ed Sullivan TV show, the most popular show.

And on Sunday night the Beatles are going to appear on Ed Sullivan.

We had a Sunday night youth group meeting in the church.

1 girl brought a TV to the church so we could see the Beatles on TV during that church meeting.

They even had a saying, the Beatles, they used to say the British are coming during the Revolutionary War.

Now they had the Beatles are coming, play on words, oh the Beatles are coming.

Millions and millions of people watched that appearance on TV of the Beatles.

So that the youth were completely enchanted by the Beatles.

It's like the devotees are coming, Janmashtami is coming, the spiritual master is coming, Guru Maharaj is coming, everything.

Then I become very excited and enchanted by all these different things.

But they become very, very enchanted by all these things.

Now it's time to fast all the way to midnight.

So We become enchanted by all these things.

Otherwise we are not enchanted by these things.

As I said in my memoir, illusion and confusion and profusion.

Right now we are suffering from illusion and confusion and profusion.

I want to have Krishna bhakti and nothing else.

I want to be a lover of God and not a lover of dog.

God is spelled G-O-D and dog is spelled D-O-G.

But who is the actual best friend, is it the dog?

say, I am the most well-wishing friend of all living beings.

So who is a better friend, Krishna or the dog?

Why is Krishna a better friend than the dog?

Well, the dog is actually wanting to serve him.

I see in the neighborhood the dog wants to go for a walk, the master has to take him.

The dog is urging, master come on, take me for a walk, take me for a walk.

The dog is begging for the walk, the master has to serve the dog.

So we have to then wake up and realize I can either be a servant of God or I can be a servant of God, which is more beneficial for me.

Krishna consciousness means use your intelligence, use your brain, analyze things very clearly and succinctly.

It's like when you're shopping, where's the best money?

Where's the best bargain for my money, isn't it?

You go shopping, you want to see where's the best deal, Where do I get the most for my money?

So there is another deal we have to look for, that is called your time.

So where do I get the best deal for my time spent?

We have to see where I get the best bargain, you see, for my time spent.

By doing devotional service or engaging in sense gratification.

I was having a nice lecture by Prabha this morning as they were walking around the blocks and Prabha was saying that prema only exists in the spiritual world.

Prema only exists in the spiritual world, not in the material world.

They even say, I love you, I love you, I love you, but they're thinking, how can I gratify my senses?

As soon as they get tired of gratifying the senses of that person, they forget it's going to somebody else.

They say love but it's not I love you honey.

So we have to understand how to come to the position of prema.

How to come to the position of pre-man And that is taught by the 1 of my spiritual master she the Baba teaches us how to come to the frame of platform Rishi Kesha Rishi Kena say vanam by gaining the senses in the service of the master of the senses, you come to the position of a primate.

Actually we're in a diseased state right now because we actually rebelled against the supremacy of the Lord and Christians said, okay, I have a special place for all the rebels

This is a prison house for all those who rebelled against the authority of the supreme.

Nobody is forced to stay in the spiritual world.

We have a nice prison for you in the cycle of birth and death.

We rebelled against the supremacy of Krishna.

Krishna says, well, you want to be a rebel?

I got a place where you can actually think that you're God.

You know where your first birth was in the material world?

The very first birth of living being when he entered the material world is Brahma.

You had a whole universe under your control.

You weren't happy being in a whole universe.

So you try this and this, you know, all the way from Indra to what?

He went from being Indra to King Brahma to become a germ, trying every 1.

Yeah, there's a nice story in that connection.

There's 1 little mouse and he was in great anxiety because when he came out of his mouth hole there was a cat wanting to eat him.

There was a sage nearby who had very powerful blessings.

So when the cat was taking a nap, the little mouse man snuck out and said, my dear guru, my dear sadhu, I have 1 problem.

Whenever I come out of my mouth, the cat's trying to eat me.

But then he had another problem, the dog.

So the dog was taking a nap, he went back to the sage, my dear sage, can you make me a dog?

Then he had another problem, there was a tiger coming out of the jungle wanting a nice dog to eat.

And the tiger went to the other forest, he said, my dear sage, can you make me a tiger?

Whenever he goes to eat, his meal runs away as fast as it can.

But here was a nice juicy looking sage sitting right in front of him.

A cat, a dog, a tiger, we tried so many ways to be happy with this.

But you know what, now you have a very special benediction by your listeners now you have a very very special benediction Tato Brahma Vyakarta now you get the human form utilize this for self realization Don't utilize it to be a more polished animal They make human life these karmis make human life of being a more polished animal that's a Human life to them is polished animalism.

The dog is running on 4 wheels but I'm not driving in my Mercedes-Benz.

4 wheels but I'm not driving in my Mercedes-Benz.

I mean the dog is running on 4 legs but I'm running in my four-tire Mercedes-Benz.

So don't let your listeners do not you be polished animals.

You must become a Tathagraha Brahma Jagat that utilizes human life for what it's actually meant for, utilize it to become self-realized.

Otherwise you're wasting your human form.

After going through 8 million, 3,000 species again and again and again and again, now you've got a human form.

Use your human form for what it's meant for.

Now you become awakened, spiritually awakened by taking a shot of Guru and Krishna.

You take a shot of Guru and Krishna, a miracle happens and you actually wake up.

Jiv Jago, Jiv Jago, Gaurachandra Bhavane.

Lord Krishna is calling, wake up you living entities.

Jiv Jago, Jiv Jago, wake up you living entities.

Your little toy won't save you at the time of death.

But when you hear from Krishna and Guru, then you become awakened.

So you can still play with the toy when you grow up.

I want to turn these undevotees into devotees.

They give their toys to the whole material world.

It says that after going through thousands and thousands of births, 1 actually realizes in the eternal servant of Krishna you deliver all the worlds So it's a very powerful thing to become awakened.

When you actually become awakened in Krishna consciousness you have the power to deliver all living entities in this all material existence.

That's the great power of becoming awakened in Krishna consciousness.

So now we have to wake up so we can actually deliver these golden messages.

It's like a doctor has to deliver the sick people and make them healthy.

Our duty is to deliver all the fallen souls and material world back to God.

if we have any questions or comments or criticisms coming in.

Terune, Hare Krishna Shiva Gurdeit, please explain the instant that a percentage of cause depends on effect, both cause and effect, but all of this is temporary illusion.

Make it more clear I don't understand your question.

Sheila, please enlighten what senses are being satisfied while struggling to wake up at 4 a.m.

Your spirit soul, you're beyond your senses.

The senses are fences that block you from your true identity if you engage them improperly.

That liberates you from misidentification with your material senses.

So the senses, when you become Krishna conscious, all your senses are satisfied.

Your eyes, every sense becomes very enlivened.

When you engage your senses and sit in the service of the master of the senses, your senses become enlivened.

I get the tongue to relish Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama The eyes get to relish the form of the deity My ears get to relish the feeling of the temple room floor The ears get to relish all your senses become ecstatic when you actually wake up with enthusiasm to engage in Krishna service.

To ruin, percentage of fire depends on something that's turning into ashes.

Actually you can have a bright fire without anything burning.

It's like the sunshine is burning very brightly and lighting up the whole world but nothing is burning.

Krishna grants it's burning but it's not turning brown.

Now burning is not, for something turning into ashes is not necessary.

But if you awaken to the fire of Krishna consciousness burning within you, it turns to ashes.

All your material desires, all my, Papa wrote me a letter that all material desires, 0.

Zahil Zalay, by your cause of mercy I'm engaged in book distribution, seyvot, what can I do which I can distribute wholeheartedly just spread gallons of litter and blood?

can I distribute more books, is that the question?

Well you have to keep, by practice, makes perfect.

The more you distribute books, the more you become an expert at distributing books.

Just keep practicing the art again and again.

Any skill, if you practice it, you become it.

They're just saying practice makes perfect.

So you can become more and more expert in book distribution without doing it again and again and again.

So really we were helping understand the point that Prabhupada mentioned that there is no love in the material world.

Is there any difference between affection versus attachment?

1 can have some kind of affection but not being attached.

If 1 is actually associating the bodies, that's a frame that's not common Krishna consciousness beyond the material world, if 1 is actually Krishna consciousness, he's not living in the material world, he is in the spiritual world.

Can you tell me the difference between them?

Like being attached to someone but not being...

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