Isnt it that all the miseries can ultimately be put as Adhi-daivika rather than differentiating them into separate categories.

From: Puri Ashishkumar

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Question from Puri Ashish Kumar Isn’t it that all miseries can be ultimately put as Adhidaivik rather than differentiating them into separate categories? Answer Yes Why do we need to stop at Adhidaivik? Ultimately if we want to go to the root we can say all miseries originate only in one cause that is forgetfulness of Krishna so the scriptures do talk about things at that level that because we have forgotten Krishna we have come to the realm of matter and we are seeking enjoyment over here and we are suffering but while we are in this world for us to understand our situation better we don’t just look at ultimate causes we look at immediate causes also, intermediate causes also so the soul is encased in multiple coverings for example the soul is firstly in his own body-mind complex and that body-mind complex gives certain sufferings which are called as Adhyatmik and the soul is also placed in a social circle and that social circle causes certain sufferings and those are called as Adhibhautik and then the soul is placed in an environment and that environment causes certain suffering there may be too much heat, too much cold, too much rains there may be floods and famines and these are said to be Adhidaivik now for argument’s sake one can say that even the demigods the demigods who give these sufferings are controlling the body also so the body and mental suffering that we get are also coming from demigods so we can call them Adhidaivik similarly we could say that all the other people whatever way they behave that behavior is also controlled by the demigods and so it’s at least shaped by the demigods not entirely controlled, even our bodily behavior the demigods give us actions according to impel us to behave or allow us to behave according to our own karmic destiny so we could say that even the people also somehow to some extent at least their behavior is coming from the demigods and so you could call it Adhidaivik but then the important principle to recognize in this classification is that there are these three kinds of coverings in this holy suffering and we need to get out of all three so as I said if we can go beyond Adhidaivik why are the demigods giving us suffering? the demigods are not malevolent they are not sadistic that they they don’t hate us and they don’t delight in seeing us suffering actually they are simply instruments for our own karma coming to us so ultimately we can point the cause to ourselves it is I who am the cause of my greatest suffering so when the Trividhata is talked about it is not talking about the ultimate issues it is talking about immediate issues and in those immediate issues it is certainly true that certain sufferings come from the body certain come from the people around us people and other living entities around us and certain come from higher forces which act through the medium of nature and so this classification is indicative for us to understand how our different encasements or how the soul’s placement in different situations different circles causes its suffering so there is no need to go into a hair-splitting zone to analyze specifically which suffering falls in which category but we have to recognize the underlying principle that we are all suffering and therefore we need to cultivate Krishna Consciousness and take the soul out of all these three circles and back to the spiritual circle of loving relationship with Krishna that is the solution to all sufferings thank you