Bhagavatam-daily 221 – 11.11.27 – To take the bhakti treatment seriously, boost your faith in Krishnas healing expertise

Thank you Etanne Purusha Adhyaksha so please tell this to me and while that has been Uddhava’s request, he is asking a question and this verse is primarily he focuses on glorifying Krishna and urging Krishna to share this knowledge so he says Purusha Adhyaksha he says that Purusha can refer to even the Purushavataras Purusha Adhyaksha the controller of those who are the controllers of the world the controller of universal controllers Adhyaksha Loka Adhyaksha that means one who is the who is connected with the one who is the lord of all the planets including the spiritual world the spiritual world is often called as the kingdom of God so now the kingdom of God is indeed a kingdom but at the same time it’s not just a kingdom in the sense that there is much more than things, there are people over there and there is intense reciprocal love and all that reciprocal love is centered on the all attractive supreme person who is the Sainujya of all eyes who is the essence of all the practice of bhakti who is the greatest of those who can offer redemption, who can offer liberation who can offer the topmost benediction just as when a patient goes to a doctor especially when the patient has a difficult disease then the doctor needs to have the patient needs to have faith in the doctor and the doctor also needs to have the faith that actually this patient is going to be committed actually this patient is going to try to practice or trying to is going to cooperate with the treatment and do the part that is expected of the patient diligently so that is not something which is very easily done normally so often because we have experience of people who even people in the medical profession who may fleece and mislead because of that experience we often feel skeptical if not cynical about going to a doctor and taking some treatment especially the treatment involves doing a lot of demanding things which anyway are not very easy to do so if we have faith this doctor is really expert this doctor is really benevolent and actually wants to cure me so then that faith goes a long way in inspiring us to commit ourselves to the treatment and to be willing to take part in the treatment whatever be the no matter what be the difficulty level in taking part in the treatment similarly if we go to Krishna and there are two aspects to it first is that actually even before a doctor prescribes the treatment even before a patient starts taking the treatment there is one important stage before that and that stage is the stage of diagnosis if a patient if a patient is very suspicious then actually speaking the doctor cannot even the patient may not even believe the doctor’s diagnosis because the patient just feels that this doctor has one’s own agenda that’s why the doctor is trying to tell me to do this or do that the doctor is not expert so the patient is asking ok I have got these problems these are my symptoms can you please tell me what is wrong with me exactly and what is the treatment for it so now the doctor may give some answers but the patient has to have the patience to hear the answers open mindedly and then further to have faith to know that the doctor is making the right judgement is taking the right call clearly in our practice of bhakti when we approach Krishna we can surrender to him to the extent we have faith in his competence and his character surrendering to Krishna is like surrendering to a doctor because the doctor offers treatment Krishna offers doctor offers treatment for the body Krishna offers treatment for the soul curing our sick desires to enjoy matter to seek lasting happiness in the fleeting that is a blunder and that causes us great misery so we can counter and cure it cure our infatuation with temporary things by taking the direction of Krishna and following the process of bhakti yoga in accordance with his direction however when we are trying to practice bhakti at that time we need to know that we are entrusting ourselves in the supremely trustworthy person’s hands in Krishna’s hands and because Krishna is our greatest well-wisher because Krishna is not just our supreme benefactor but he is also supremely competent he knows how to cure us and therefore both because of his competence and his character he is eminently worthy of our trust often when we find ourselves not being able to focus on Krishna not being able to continue steadily in our bhakti practices we may just berate ourselves, how lazy I am how fallen I am or we may just demean bhakti this person doesn’t give me any taste why should I practice it but instead of doing self-condemnation or bhakti condemnation we can try to instead focus on increasing our faith in Krishna by studying his message by understanding his glories by overall reminding ourselves and reinforcing our conviction that Krishna is so loving so caring, so competent and by doing this background work we will be able to do the foreground activities of devotional service with greater conviction and greater commitment so often we tend to think that oh I just need to chant better, I just need to pray more all that is fine, that is important but you know we can’t chant better or pray more or connect with our Krishna at a deeper level unless we are powered by our conviction in Krishna’s greatness, in Krishna’s sweetness, Krishna’s kindness Krishna’s love and that comes by studying Shastra so here Uddhava is expressing his unflinching faith in Krishna Krishna you are Lokadhyaksha, you are the lord of the world, so he is using various epithets to glorify Krishna and thereby he is telling us that Krishna is eminently competent to guide us to enlighten us and therefore seeking enlightenment and guidance from him is the most intelligent course of action for all of us Thank you

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Shri Nibhagavatam 11.27 एतन्मे पुरुषाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष जगत् प्रभो प्रानताया नारुत अनुरक्ताया प्रणताया नुरक्ताया प्रपण्नायच कथ्यताम् एतन्मे पुरुषाध्यक्ष पुरुषाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक अध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष लोकाध्यक्ष to be committed. Actually this patient is going to try to practice or trying to is going to cooperate with the treatment and do the part that is expected of the patient diligently. So that is not something which is very easily done normally.

So often because we have experience of people who, even people in the medical profession who may fleece and mislead because of that experience, we often feel skeptical if not cynical about going to a doctor and taking some treatment. Especially the treatment involves doing a lot of demanding things, which anyway are not very easy to do. So if we have faith this doctor is really expert, this doctor is really benevolent and actually wants to cure me.

So then that faith goes a long way in inspiring us to commit ourselves to the treatment and to be willing to take part in the treatment, whatever be the, no matter what be the difficulty level in taking part in the treatment. Similarly, if we go to Krishna and there are two aspects to it. First is that actually even before a doctor prescribes the treatment, even before a patient starts taking the treatment, there is one important stage before that and that stage is the stage of diagnosis.

If a doctor, if a patient is very suspicious, then actually speaking the doctor cannot even, the patient may not even believe doctor's diagnosis because the patient just feels that this doctor has one's own agenda and that's why the doctor is trying to tell me to do this or do that. Maybe the doctor is not expert. So the patient is asking, okay, I have got these, these, these problems.

So these are my symptoms. Can you please tell me what is wrong with me exactly and what is the treatment for it? So now the doctor may give some answers, but the patient has to have the patience to hear the answers open-mindedly and then further to have faith to know that the doctor is making the right judgment, is taking the right call. Similarly, in our practice of bhakti, when we approach Krishna, we can surrender to him to the extent we have faith in his competence and his character.

Surrendering to Krishna is like surrendering to a doctor because this is a doctor offers treatment, Krishna offers, doctor offers treatment for the body, Krishna offers treatment for the soul, curing our sick desires to enjoy matter, to seek lasting happiness in the fleeting. That is a blunder and that causes us great misery. So we can counter and cure it.

Cure our infatuation with temporary things by taking the direction of Krishna and following the process of bhakti yoga in accordance with his direction. However, when we are trying to practice bhakti, at that time, we need to know that we are entrusting ourselves in the supremely trustworthy person's hands, in Krishna's hands. And because Krishna is our greatest well-wisher, because Krishna is not just our supreme benefactor, but he is also supremely competent, he knows how to cure us.

And therefore, both because of his competence and his character, he is eminently worthy of our trust. Often, when we find ourselves not being able to focus on Krishna, not being able to continue steadily in our bhakti practices, we may just berate ourselves, how lazy I am, how follum I am, or we may just demean bhakti also. This process doesn't give me any taste.

Why should I practice it? But instead of doing self-condemnation or bhakti condemnation, we can try to instead focus on increasing our faith in Krishna by studying his message, by understanding his glories, by overall reminding ourselves and reinforcing our conviction that Krishna is so loving, so caring, so competent. And by doing this background work, we will be able to do the foreground activities of devotional service with greater conviction and greater commitment. So often we tend to think that, oh, I just need to chant better, I just need to pray more.

All that is fine, that is important. But, you know, we can't chant better or pray more or connect with Krishna at a deeper level unless we are powered by our conviction in Krishna's greatness, in Krishna's sweetness, Krishna's kindness, Krishna's love. And that comes by studying Shastra.

So here Uddhava is expressing his unflinching faith in Krishna, saying that Krishna, you are Lokadheksha, you are the lord of the world. So he's using various epithets to glorify Krishna and thereby he's telling us that Krishna is eminently competent to guide us, to enlighten us and therefore seeking enlightenment guidance from him is the most intelligent course of action for all of us. Thank you.