Why do we need to get rid of good reactions in addition to bad reactions?
My question is:Why do we need to get rid of reactions to our good deeds?Surely we wish to get rid of sinful reactions to end our suffering.But how can one suffer due to his pious deeds?Don’t pious deeds serve as stepping stones in our Krishna consciousness advancement?How pious reactions are detrimental for going back to Godhead?
Your humble servant,
Sushant.
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the need for mindfulness. Stepping stones in our Krishna conscious advancement. How are pious reactions detrimental for going back to Godhead? Answer Pious reactions are also material.
They provide us materially good things and those materially good things can create or perpetuate the illusion that we can be happy in this world separate from Krishna. So, materially good things provide the result of provide the result of situating a person in comfort and Kunti Maharani prays that that when one has got good birth birth in a good family wealth, learning, beauty all these make a person inflated that I am comfortable, I don’t need God and one cannot call out to God wholeheartedly. Krishna also describes in the Bhagavad Gita that the mode of goodness creates bondage to through the feeling of superiority over others in terms of knowledge and satisfaction.
So, we need to get rid of our good reactions also because those good reactions because they produce good conditions those good conditions can create an illusion that we can be happy here. Of course, it’s not necessary if a devotee has the serious intent to practice spiritual life then materially comfortable situations can be a congenial platform by which to make spiritual advancement steadily but they in and of themselves are not stepping stones. Actually, we go back to spiritual world and we go closer to Krishna by our desire to love and serve Krishna.
So, even the materially good results, results in goodness which come from pious deeds are also at the material plane. So, they are progressions not stepping stones exactly. The difference is that coming to goodness is like coming to the airport from which the airplane will take off.
So, the airplane is the process of pure devotional service. Now, if somebody comes to the airport and thinks, oh, this is a comfortable place I’ll stay here itself. Then, that coming to the airplane can become an obstacle.
Coming to the airport can become an obstacle. So, that’s why if we ultimately want to go close to Krishna we want to go back to Krishna we have to become free from both bad and good reactions because even to get the good reactions we’ll have to take birth again and enjoy those good reactions. But, Krishna describes that actually one who understands that good and bad both being material are temporary and are distracting such a person will be able to conquer our material existence.
5.19 it talks about and there he’s talking about conquering through analysis here Krishna is talking in 9.28 about conquering illusion through conquering the illusion of duality that this is bad and this is good. From the material point of view definitely the difference is there but from the transcendental point of view as long as we stay forgetful of Krishna both bad and good are bad because they keep us away from Krishna. So, here Krishna is talking that by the power of bhakti one will go beyond both the good and the bad and advance steadily towards Krishna and attain Krishna.
Thank you.