Bhagavatam-daily 300 – 11.13.33 – Faith in Krishna is similar to and different from other kinds of faith

And distresses of this world chanting chanting chanting chanting chanting Krishna is not aware that the illusions that are created by the mind the illusions that we are subjected to because of the mind’s deceptiveness and that illusion takes us to these three states of consciousness which we have discussed in the previous verse the states of Jagruti, Swapna and Sushakti Kshatriya Vastha these three states one understands them to be actually the products of illusion so once one understands this truth then once we understand this then by becoming fixed in the devotional service of the Lord we can transcend Samshayadhi Samshayadhi means the foundation the base, the source the base of all illusion is the false ego so now how do we overcome the false ego Jnanasi and the sword of knowledge and the sword of knowledge that we acquire from sculpture then by logic and sadhukti by the two arguments Sadhukti is argument Sadhik sadhik is true the true argument is and thus we cut off illusion and become situated in reality that means worship me become devoted to me so let’s focus on this theme of that with the sword of knowledge sharpened by logic and the arguments given by the ego and two arguments that is the point here is that Krishna is not just making a call based on faith over there or a call on faith and the illusion is the urge is to that you have to believe in God believe in this person, believe in that person this person is the saviour and if you believe in this saviour then we will be able to break free then we will get freedom otherwise we will suffer Krishna the call for belief is often intellectually alienating because naturally the question comes up why should we believe now in this Gita we see profound philosophical analysis underlying the call for devotion there is a similar approach in the Bhagavad Gita also when Krishna says that in 18.63 he states that deliberate deeply and then decide what you want to do such deep deliberation enables us to recognize that Vasudeva has said already that Krishna is everything that there is no truth beyond Krishna and it is that realization that is the necessary understanding to make the call for faith intellectually fulfilling not intellectually alienating that means when somebody tells us to do something we may ask naturally why should I do it but if that person takes it and basically if you do this, this will happen and therefore you should do this then we will be more inclined to do that because we will deny it this is the best for me so here we discussed how the contemplation on the on how the experiencer continues to exist even amidst the the identity of the experiencer remains the same amidst the variety of the experiences so whether it is the Jagruti, Sapna, Sushupti there is a sense of I-ness which continues and that sense of I-ness is what renews is what enables us to rise above temptation that sense of I-ness now I-ness itself is not ego is not itself bad, it is ego but there is true ego and there is false ego but that I-ness by contemplating that I-ness we see we understand that this I is different from the states of consciousness then we will be able to get over the forces then we will be able to use that understanding that I am different from the states of consciousness so let me let me not get caught in these states of consciousness thus it will be a true ego that will be active the false ego is that which identifies between experiences and the vehicles for those experiences the experiences means maybe you get caught in the experiences of sense gratification or we identify with the body that it is a tool the vehicle for our sense gratification but with jnanasmi with the sword of knowledge Krishna appears in the scheme of knowledge as a sword in 4.42 in the Bhagavad Gita the smaran gyan sabhootam this time gyanaseenatmanam chitvenam samishayam yogam atishtho tishtha bhavritam therefore Arjuna with the sword of knowledge cut off the doubt that has come in your heart and fight it similar thing Krishna is studying over here use the sword of knowledge and the thing that he adds we can use our own intelligence Hanuman does it always have a negative connotation Hanuman can also be an educated inference a thoughtful inference which is derived from serious contemplation on the subject so that is helpful and now when we strive to purify ourselves and that is a devotional effort of cleansing the heart but using proper logic we can also clear our head using our own logical faculties using also the arguments that are given by the sages that the argument itself is not based directly on the scripture but if they reinforce the conclusion of scripture then we can use them to boost our conviction that is like sharpening the sword of knowledge with the gyanamasi we can cut off the illusion and march towards illumination towards enlightenment by increased and steady absorption in devotional service to Krishna Thank you