Gita 14.27 – To maximize happiness, seek it in Krishna
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is 14.27 bhagavad-gītā brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham brahmaṇ is founded on me the foundation, the pratiṣṭhā of brahmaṇa is me amṛtasya gayaśyam amṛtasya gayaśyam this is immortal and imperishable śāśvatasya dharmasya the nature of eternity sukhasya ikānti kasya ca and it is the platform of the ultimate happiness so here kṛṣṇa is talking about how the highest happiness is attained at the spiritual level sukhasya ikānti kasya ca now actually all of us are looking for happiness and we don’t just want superficial delights actually what we long for is lasting fulfilling happiness that’s why even when we watch movies or watch sports where we know what we get will be just short-lived happiness still even therein we try to maximize our happiness and that’s why we browse from one movie to another one sports match to another sports match hoping that somewhere there will be greater excitement and there will be greater stimulation so instead of watching a cricket match sometimes people watch the highlights of a cricket match it’s not just because they have less time it’s also because much of the cricket match may not be exciting the highlights are supposed to be exciting so the idea is that we always try to maximize our happiness and try to do activities in such a way that the happiness output of those activities can be maximized but still even the maximum pleasure in material sense gratificatory activities falls far short of even our minimum longing for happiness that means that actually we want happiness that lasts we want happiness that fulfills and at the material level of reality nothing lasts and nothing truly fulfills because matter is external, peripheral, superficial to us as souls and that’s why the pleasure that comes from contact of one material object with another material object that cannot satisfy us it can at best titillate us a little bit and that too for a very short while so that’s why Bhagavad Gita urges us to come to the Brahmohipatishta to come to the spiritual level and therein Krishna says that actually the spiritual level of reality rests so near the foundation and on that level of reality we can find we can find the ultimate happiness so Krishna is all-attractive so contact with Krishna brings constant fulfilling constant happiness, everlasting happiness because Krishna is eternal and because He is our Lord eternally He is innately intrinsically, intimately connected with us as our eternal Lord at spiritual level therefore the connection with Him is also supremely fulfilling in this way because a connection with Krishna is so lasting and fulfilling it becomes a source of the supreme happiness and it is this connection that we have the opportunity to establish each time we remember Krishna we call out His holy name we invoke His presence through our loving call and loving remembrance and by that we truly maximize our happiness because we connect with the person who is the source of the maximum happiness not just the maximum the supreme happiness the source of all happiness and connection with Him we experience the highest happiness and can’t be questioned