19820905 Sunday Feast

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The following is a Sunday Feast lecture given by His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami Mahārāja on September 5, 1982 – in Toronto, Canada.

Being india, a deity that taught to the devotee that was worshiping and performed various activities which not everyone could see, but two or three people were able to understand that the Kirchheugi at is a very ancient temple india, thousands and thousands of years old. The deity that all those stone did so many activities. So this, of course, it’s something that devotees gradually realize. The devotees, they don’t think that they’re idol worshipers because it’s not that they imagine something who put up a golden camp instead of worshipping. This is done. It’s a system of worshipping a strong deity of the Lord. And the deity is accepted as Kṛṣṇa himself. That if you, for instance, drop something on Kṛṣṇa’s foot while you’re worshipping, you.

Would consider that is as bad.

As just that you just dropped something in Kṛṣṇa’s foot. And then immediately you would somehow repent and pray forgiveness for that mistake. Be very careful in everything you do. This trains.

It’s a tight.

It’s one of the practices. There’s nine different practices of devotion. So one of them is this deity worship. To worship the deity of Kṛṣṇa, it’s called paddle sevana, worshipping the lotus feet. Another system is just chanting and hearing. We don’t worship deities because deity worship is a horrible thing. One of them is just meditating.

So I mean, one of them is often fast.

But he’s like sect. No different practices.

It’s different.

An individual might do one of these practices. I mean, sex within. Sex within the. You can do all night. In other words, you could even do all night. It’s not that some people do. It’s a different type of service. Some do what’s according to their nature. A more active person may just go out the whole day and preach to people and sell books or do some kind of public work. A person who is just very clean and very meditative. And that way he may stay in the temple and just do this deity worship the whole day and it’s the whole meditation. And I couldn’t possibly explain the thing to you. And it takes years to learn it. Or one person, he may work in the office and do secretarial work or something else for Kṛṣṇa. And that’s just general service.

Dāsya, personal serving the deity is one practice. And doing a general service is another practice. Preaching or chanting, that’s another hearing. When we’re in class, want to speak. Everyone else is hearing.

That’s another practice.

If you just hear properly, you can become liberated anywhere. You can absorb your mind in the transcendental vibration and the transcendental activity. Then as long as you’re absorbing your.

Mind, at that point, you’re free from.

Karma, you’re free from the material loss.

And if you can sustain that, then.

Intensely enough or long enough, then you become completely liberated once and for all. Because the time of death, that can happen on the.

Yes, even in this body you can achieve that, but it’s rare. Generally what happens is that at the time of death, whatever you’re thinking of, whatever your consciousness is at that time, when you leave the body, that takes.

You to your next body.

So at that time, if your consciousness.

Is in this type of a state.

Then you don’t take birth again. But it’s possible that if you intensely.

Enough practice it, then you can achieve even in this body.

Śrīla Prabhupāda Achieve that state in this body. Are there any. I hate to sound foolish. Say for instance, something. A simple notification. No, but just like.

Just like. We have a number of achieves of the TM program.

You have seen something to say invisible.

The point is that there’s eight type of mystic powers.

Levitation or moving yourself.

Just one of them. There’s eight type of mystic power in broad categories.

So we have meditation for one.

Is being able to go anywhere you want. I am just levitating right through this. We got a lab for too many people. They were able to levitate. And the prayer, they understand it. Where do you go from there? The praying, that’s full year. You’re in a material consciousness. He disregarded Zion for a fish to catch. This world he considers a mystic power is just another material desire. Because you a jet. You want to go somewhere Rail.

Ra.

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Being india, Aditya talked to a devotee that was worshiping and performed various activities which not everyone could see. But two or three people were able to understand that the Kirichugana is a very ancient temple india, thousands and thousands of years old. The deity that all those stone did so many activities. So this, of course, it’s something that devotees gradually realize. The devotees, they don’t think that they’re idol worships because it’s not that they imagine something and just, you know, we put up a golden camp and start worshiping. This is done. It’s a system of worshipping a strong deity of the Lord and the deity is accepted as Kṛṣṇa himself.

That if you, for instance, drop something on Kṛṣṇa’s foot while you’re worshiping, you would consider that is as bad as just, you know, that you just drop something in Kṛṣṇa’s foot and then immediately you somehow repent and pray forgiveness for that mistake. Be very careful in everything you do. This trains. It’s a type, it’s one of the practices. There’s nine different practices of devotion. So one of them is this deity worship. To worship the deity of Kṛṣṇa, it’s called pada sevana, worshipping the lotus feet. Another system is just chanting it. Here we don’t worship deity because deity worship is a horrible thing. One of them is just meditating, one of them is offering prayers or he’s like sex. No, different practices. It’s different. An individual might do one of these practices. I mean, sex within. You can do all night.

In other words, you could even do all night. It’s not that some people do. It’s a different type of service. So some do what’s according to their nature. A more active person may just go out the whole day and preach to people and sell books or do some kind of public work. A person who is just very clean and very meditative and that way he may stay in the temple and just do this deity worship the whole day and it’s the whole meditation. And I couldn’t possibly explain the thing to you. And it takes years to learn it. And then, or one person, he may work in the office and do secretarial work or something else for Kṛṣṇa. And that’s just general service. Say the dāsya personal serving the deity is one practice. And doing a general service is another practice.

Preaching or chanting, that’s another hearing. When we’re in class, want to speak, everyone else is hearing. That’s another practice. If you just hear properly, you can become liberated anywhere. You can Absorb your mind in the transcendental vibration and the transcendental activity. Then as long as you’re absorbing your mind, you’re at that point you’re free from karma, you’re free from the material laws. And if you can sustain that then intensely enough for long enough, then you become completely liberated once and for all. If at the time of death that can happen on the physical. Yes, even in this body you can achieve that, but it’s rare. Generally what happens is that at the time of death, whatever you’re thinking of, whatever your consciousness is at that time when you leave the body, that takes you to your next body.

So at that time, if your consciousness is in this type of a state, then you don’t take birth again. But it’s possible that if you intensely enough practice it, then you can achieve even in this body chila purpand you achieve that state of this body. Are there any? I hate to sound foolish, but I am thinking of say for instance, something as simple as I know it’s getting. That’s kind of pokey. I mean really. No, but just like we had a number of our charities at the TDM program. When you have seen something to stay invisible. The point is that there’s eight types of mystic powers. Levitation or moving yourself is one of them. There’s eight type of mystic power in broad categories. So we don’t have levitation. So one is being able to go anywhere you want.

I mean just levitating right through it is kind of like any finality. We have a RA too. Young people there assembled $1,000 and the brain is big. Understanding where do you go from there? The prayer can still you’re going to material consciousness. This is another material desire. For a Kṛṣṇa conscious yogī. He considers a mystic power is just another material desire. Because you ride a jet, you want to go somewhere and you have a little driver and drink a many of the rockets cry but good night. Sar, it’s Sam.