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Enter – Rainy Season

CHAPTER 20

DESCRIPTION OF

AUTUMN

Light of theBhagavata

Scorching Heatof

Summer

Relief through

Rain

AutumnSarad

WinterSisira

SummerGreeshma

SpringVasantha

clouds in sky covering sun and moon

Why study seasons?

The Vedic ApproachArohaPantha

AvarohaPantha

Mother NatureMachine

Father?Operator?

Prakrti Purusha

Upanishadic Account

Brahman & Elephant

BHAGAVAD GITA 7:8

raso 'ham apsu kaunteyaprabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayohpranavah sarva-vedesu

śabdah khe paurusam nrsu

O son of Kuntī, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable om in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

BHAGAVAD GITA 15:13

gām āviśya ca bhūtānidhārayāmy aham ojasā

pusnāmi causadhīh sarvāhsomo bhūtvā rasātmakah

I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in orbit. I become the moon and thereby supply the juice of life to all vegetables.

5 koshas or coverings

AnnamayaFood-related

PrAnamayaEnergy-related

ManomayaPsycho-emotional

VijnAnamayaIntellectual

AnandamayaSpiritual Bliss

Logic & Analogy

ardha kukkuti

vrschika tanduli

donkey & carrot

women carrying waterpot

VEDIC TEXTS APPLY SO MANY METHODS

Nature & Behaviour of

Living Entities

Parrots

Human History

ItihAsa &

PurAna

Human History

ItihAsa &

PurAna

ShAstra chakshus

Seeing through the eyes of scripture …

Rain

Agriculture

Lighting&

Thunder

Rainy Season & Clouds

ParamAtma & JivAtma

living entities covered by 3 gunas

Sattva – goodnessRajas – passion

Tamas – ignorance

Dimensions of spiritual and material worlds

mamaivāmśo jīva-lokejīva-bhūtah sanātanah

manah-sasthānīndriyāniprakrti-sthāni karsati

The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.

BHAGAVAD GITA 15:7

Strong winds &Cloud movement

Water distribution

Necessity of water in the summer

A rich & generous man

Showers of charity

Oceanic

Sun RaysBrahman – Effulgence

Sun Globe Paramatma – Supersoul

Sun God Bhagavan – Supreme Person

yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-kotisv aśesa-vasudhādi vibhūti-bhinnam

tad brahma niskalam anantam aśesa-bhūtamgovindam ādi-purusam tam aham bhajāmi

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose effulgence is the source of the

nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the Upanisads, being differentiated from the

infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears as the indivisible, infinite, limitless,

truth. (Sri Bramha Samhita 5.40)

THE VEDIC ECONOMY

brahmanabrahmana

vaishya

kshatriya

shudra

RAMAYANA

Dasaratha’sChivalry

& Charity

Clouds’ downpour does not

discriminate

That gift which is given out of duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness. (BG 17:20)

But charity performed with the expectation of some return, or with a desire for fruitive results, or in a grudging mood, is said to be charityin the mode of passion. (BG 17:21)

And charity performed at an improper place and time and given to unworthy persons without respect and with contempt is charity in the mode of ignorance.(BG 17:22)

CHARITY MODES

Clouds

accumulatewater

from land

through 8 months of sunshine

(evaporation)

converted into clouds which then pour rain

GOVERNMENT

TAXATION

&

WELFARE

Before rainfall

Globe’s surface

lean and depleted of energies

After rainfall

Globe’s surface

Healthy, strong and green

Austerity &

fulfillment of those desires

UndesirableGovernmentSubjugation

Gaining of Control by Persons &

Parties

Penance and

Struggle

Politics

GenerousSalaries

Materially motivated Austerity

Spiritual Austerity

Glitter of Glow worms on Tree Tops

Brighter luminaries not visible

Kaliyuga – atheists, miscreants are very prominent. Saintly persons steeped in Vedic knowledge are obscured.Kaliyuga – atheists, miscreants are very prominent. Saintly persons steeped in Vedic knowledge are obscured.

Kaliyuga

Atheists & Miscreants are very prominent

Falsehood clouds Reality

Saintly persons with Vedic knowledge are obscured

But even in Kali, real luminaries do become visible at times and provide

benefit

10, 000 golden period within 432,000 years

kirtanAd eva krishnasya mukta sanga param vrajet

Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Movement provides a clear direction

After 1st rainfall, thundering

sound of clouds

Frogs begin to croak

Students suddenly engaged In their studies

Students rise early for studies

but not usuallyby themselves

Bell does this in gurukula or

temple or cultural

institution

Guru orders to rise

Study VedaChant Mantra

utthiSTa jAgrata prApyavarAnnibOdhata

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