Goodness, greatness, gracefulness 3 realizations from the Mahakumbh bath

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Last question. Yesterday, I had the great fortune to take a bath in the Mahakumbha.
So, from that incident, I would like to tell three things here. Goodness, greatness and gracefulness. Goodness.
When I came here, there was a lot of crowd. But still, there was an atmosphere of peace and divinity. There was a sense of service in everyone.
These kinds of festivals, they help humans to express their goodness, goodness, they provide facilities, they give an opportunity. So, in reality, the meaning of culture in this world is not just about what kind of clothes we wear, or what kind of food we eat, or what kind of media we watch, that’s all there is. But the purpose of culture is to create good values within us and to increase the good things within us.
So, this culture, the ancient Sanatana culture, it has many such festivals, in which, apart from yajna, donation, penance and karma, through many methods, the goodness of humanity is given an opportunity to bring it out. Still, there are some people who are selfish, who misuse such festivals for their selfishness. But most of the people, the feeling of service, the feeling of donation, the feeling of goodness, it is seen that everyone was here, in the amount of thousands.
But everyone was helping each other, so that everyone gets a good experience. So, these festivals, not only show the goodness, they give an opportunity to bring it out, to increase it, but along with that, they also remind us of the greatness. When we are going into our daily lives, this is a problem, we have to face this person, our mind gets stuck in all these things, and our whole life, there are many truths greater than us, through them only, our life is possible, we forget this.
So, when we come in front of nature, like I was sitting in a boat, going towards Triveni, then only, the huge river, the huge sky, when we come near nature, the truth greater than us, we remember that, but what are the truths greater than us, its analysis is told in our scriptures, and it is told that, at the level of divinity, beyond our human beings, there are many such personalities, and in them, there are many people, and they too, the memories of truth greater than them, are reminded in between, like, God and demons, both are more powerful than humans, but if such a problem arises, such a need arises, then neither all the gods were sufficient alone, nor all the demons were sufficient alone, so both, forgetting their differences, then together, they had to do Amrit Manthan, so today, our world, in many fights, in many wars, in many issues, is stuck in conflict, but, if we remember nature, we remember that, we are all on this earth, and the environment of our earth, is in great danger, and there are many dangers of the same kind, so the bigger problem than us, when it comes in our consciousness, then, we together, like, God and demons, had become one, so all of us, forgetting our differences, can become one, and those who are greater than us, according to them, can live our lives, so the reminder of greatness, of realities beyond us, that brings humility, and, this is very important, because because of our ego, we keep fighting a lot, for greatness and gratefulness, so when I, was taking a dip at the place of Triveni, so, for some time, when I went into the water, I could not breathe, so in those few moments, I remember, how our existence, is dependent on such grace, for which we do nothing, we do not even realize it, for some moments, when we cannot breathe, then, we remember, how important this air is, so at that time, I became physically breathless, but also spiritually breathless, because, when I was taking a dip, a feeling of gratitude, awakened in me, I remembered how, in my childhood, when my parents, were getting me treated for polio, they took me to a holy river, to give me a dip there, and they had a feeling, that, by taking a bath like this, and especially, by immersing the whole body in it, maybe, the leg will be cured, so, in Triveni, when we take a bath, all the sins are washed away, but, at that time, how will I go ahead in life, but, by the grace of God, not only, I have got the purpose of life, by the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita, but, that purpose, to make others understand, so that, their quality of life can be better, and their life can be meaningful, I have got this opportunity, so, taking a bath with the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita, is a great blessing, when we take a bath with the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita, and immerse ourselves in the feelings of devotion, so, in reality, not only the fruits of sins will be lost, but the effort to commit sins will also be lost, so, I prayed, that, I have got a chance to take a bath, in Ganga Jamuna Saraswati’s Triveni Sangam, on this day, I am very grateful for that, but, I am getting such an opportunity daily, that the message of Bhagavad Gita, which has come from God, to take a bath in that, to immerse in that, and for others, to come in the flow of that knowledge, is an opportunity, so, I am very grateful, that from ignorance, towards knowledge, God has brought me, and, now, I have to acquire a lot of knowledge, but, I have got the opportunity to give others, as much as I have acquired, so, this Triveni Sangam, Mahakumbh, was a very divine event, in which, it was showcased to the whole world, that, what is the culture of India, people came from all over the world, not only from India, but, the legacy of India, this Mahakumbh, comes once in many years, but, the message of Bhagavad Gita, is always with us, so, Prabhupada ji, has spread this message of Bhagavad Gita, all over the world, so, that, the message of Bhagavad Gita, should be accepted, and spread, so, this gracefulness, through which, the flow of God’s grace, that, in the form of a nectar, for some time, comes at some place, but, it is always, at every place, is present in the form of Gita, Shankaracharya has said that, once we bathe in the nectar of Gita, then, all the sins get washed away, this is the supreme grace of God, and, this is what we all worship.