SB 11.07.24 – Learn to see in the world what is taught in scripture

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So, here Shreemad Bhagavatam 11.7.24 So, in this connection I will give an example Lord Krishna is telling Uddhava of an ancient history the conversation with Avadhuta the word Avadhuta is often used to refer to Lord Ityananda in general it refers to a person who is beyond rules and regulations because of being in a very advanced transcendental stage. So, that Avadhuta had a conversation with Yadur Amitatejas between the king Yadu whose Tejasa, whose strength was unlimited. So, it’s interesting we will see later in the conversation that it is the Avadhuta who is the teacher and the king is the student, the king is the enquirer and yet while referring to it Krishna glorifies Yadu he doesn’t talk about the Avadhuta over here who has unlimited, who has as having unlimited intelligence but instead he glorifies Yadu saying that he has Amitatejas his knowledge is unlimited why is that? because he recognizes that this Amitatejas that generally people can’t appreciate that which is it seems materially not very attractive because most people are in material consciousness so for them to be able to appreciate that which is not materially appreciable the way generally is through appreciating the connections of that thing with that which is materially appreciable it says people may not appreciate God but they may appreciate a big temple where and they come to see the temple if it’s an architectural marvel if it’s a tourist attraction then they come to see the temple and then they see Krishna also so Avadhuta’s value cannot be understood from the material perspective but a king is materially respectable and especially if the king is extremely powerful Amitatejas as we discussed about Yadu with power unlimited then naturally the question comes up that is the king has power unlimited obviously the king has intelligence to be able to have that power to be able to maintain that kind of power then what was this king doing learning from somebody if we come to know that say the president of America has gone to some spiritual teacher to learn something from that spiritual teacher naturally you will have the question okay who is that teacher and what does that spiritual teacher want to share that the president of America wants to learn from him so like that the Amitatejas and another point here is Itihasa Puratanam so Krishna is demonstrating an ancient history through demonstrating the timeless principle through an ancient history so for a serious spiritual seeker history can be learned not only from or rather truth can be learned not only from scripture but also confirmed from nature that means scripture is not just an isolated truth that we sit in front of some sadhu and learn from yes that is one aspect of it but scripture talks about truths about how how things are and those things are demonstrated in nature so what scripture teaches that nature demonstrates so the law is going to give a narrative about experiential not in terms of one’s own experience but someone else’s experience a demonstration of the principle of how one can use one’s intelligence to learn spiritual truths in all situations whatever be those situations so we will see this who observes and infers so Krishna is emphasizing that in human form of life all of us have the responsibility to observe and to infer and to thereby learn and learn scriptures scriptural truth by studying scripture and confirm scriptural truth by observing nature carefully and see how nature demonstrates what scripture teaches so if we absorb if we develop this learning attitude then even our meditation will become a profound learning experience because it will not just be the utterance of some sound vibration but it will be an experience of Krishna and that experience of Krishna will be enormously enriching and fulfilling so what scripture teaches about the glory of meditation if we meditate attentively we will experience that as reality through our experiences in meditation and that will make our convictions deeper and our attraction to Krishna stronger and in this way it can lead us to the ultimate perfection of life thank you