Pingala Realizations - Chaitanya Charan Pr

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Pingala realizations flow

30-34: Repentance

35-36: Determination

37-40: Good fortune

41-42: Final realizations


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30-34: Repentance

30. I am so foolish

31. I gave up the eternal internal for the

insignificant external

32. I sought pleasure and wealth from those

who are themselves craving for pleasure and

wealth

33. I sought enjoyment in a body that is giving

out foul substances

34. I gave up the infallible for the temporary


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Diff bet dev and materialist

Materialist is frustrated Why didnt my

enjoyment work out?

Devotee is frustrated Why did I try to enjoy?


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35-36: Determination

35. I will surrender and enjoy only

with the divine lover

36. How much pleasure can the

mundane lovers give?


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37-40: Good fortune

37: Detachment is due to Krishnas mercy

38: If suffering brings detachment,

freedom from bondage and peace, howcan it be misfortune?

39: I shall gratefully take shelter of the Lord

40: Material contentment, spiritual

enjoyment


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37: Detachment is due

to Krishnas mercy

Response to frustration:

Mi: Intoxication & Violence

Mp: Greater attachment

Mg: Detachment

Tran: Devotion


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37: Detachment is due

to Krishnas mercy

The bridge from frustration to renunciation

is built by Krishnas mercy

Frust: I didnt get the enjoymentRen: I dont want the enjoyment


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39:

Faith is passive; surrender is active

Surrender is the expression of faith

Satisfaction is an expression of

surrenderFaith -> Surrender -> Satisfaction


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Satisfaction

Whatever results Krishna gives,

devotee continues in his devotional

service.Our seva is not dependent on the

phala

Patience is for the phala, Enthusiasm is

for the seva


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Externally jnana guru-sadhu-sastra

Internally:

I desire to enjoy, Krishna gives me

apohanam

I desire to serve, Krishna gives mesmriti


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41-42: Final realizations

41: Who but the Lord can rescue me?

42: When can I become my own

protector?


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Pingala realizations flow

30-34: Repentance

30. I am so foolish

31. I gave up the eternal internal for theinsignificant external

32. I sought pleasure and wealth from

those who are themselves craving for

pleasure and wealth

33. I sought enjoyment in a body that is


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What is the basis of the

continuity of our sense of identity?

Is it biological? No, body cells change

IS it neurological? No, neurons also

change Is it psychological? No, what about

amensia?


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What is the basis of the

continuity of our sense of identity?

Renunciation is not absence of ambition,

but it is presence of super-ambition


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Scopes of meaning

Universe: This particular universe

Creation: that part of existence which is

created (millions of universes) Existence: Totality of everything that

exists material and spiritual worlds

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