Honoring Prasadam of Hari one can control sense
Bhukta Bhoginam Sidhanta
Bhakta Bhoganam Prasadam
Tad Prapti Hridayam Shanti
Tad Bhogena Mat Prapti
To them who are material enjoyer, enjoyment means eating. But to devotees of Lord offering to Lord and accepting as Prasadam is real enjoyment. One gets real enjoyments in heart when one sees enjoyment of prasadam is equal to enjoyment with Lord Himself
PURPORT:
If we practice we can achieve it. That is the old way of teaching. What we learn that we practice. So our practice depends on what we learn. But where can we learn? We can learn from our societies, from our parents, from our teachers, from our friends, from our spiritual masters etc. Though we learn many things but we don’t practice. That’s why real practice comes from our inner self that is from our soul. Our soul is our teacher. Our soul is our spiritual master. Until we realized that this needs to be practice in our everyday life that we can not continue in our practice of life. That’s why the best way to practice is to learn from our inner soul. Since soul is the controller of senses, that’s why we have to feed our own soul as much as it wants. But how can we feed our soul? Everybody has only one soul and that is jiva soul. Jiva soul is only one spiritual spark compare to super soul who is Lord Hari. So even though we can feed our own jiva soul but still we can not control our jiva soul that is controlled by super soul of Lord. That’s why we must feed super soul first. If super soul is happy and eaten properly then jiva soul automatically ate. That lesson we can learn from Mahabharata when Doupradi offered one grain of rice to Krsna and all sages were completely filled in their stomach. That is real and truth. If Lord has eaten then all jiva souls are also completely filled in stomach. That is prasadam. In the same way if Lord’s sense is gratified then all senses of jiva souls are also gratified. In that sense we can see in Purana that Lord sent part of His consort Sraswathi to Brahma, another part of His consort Ganga to Lord Shiva. Here part of Lord means part of Lord's super soul. That is the Prasadam. Even two supreme Demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva who even worshipped by many through out this universe honored Prasadam of Hari as thier respective consort because to fulfil the curse between Ganga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. To one ignorant jiva soul enjoyment means feed to own self but for devotees enjoyment means acceptance of Prasadam of Lord Hari. Even Lord Brahma and Shiva accepted Prasadam of Lord Hari as His mercy and gave that Prasadam to highest honor as their respected consort. In that sense Prasadam of Lord Hari is real enjoyment and way of controlling sense. Lord Shiva who practices austerities many many thousands of years but accepting only Prasadam of Lord Hari could control senses completely. Even Lord Brahma also though He is creator Himself by accepting Prasadam of Lord Hari as His consort could control His senses completely. In that sense, Prabhupada said, “Anything can be done by practice. So if we take Krishna-prasadam, the tongue is restricted, locked to some limited... Then our all other senses become controlled”. All glory to Lord Hari! All glory to Prabhupada! All glory to Mohaprabhu! All glory to Pancha Tattva! All glory to Narahari Narashima Dev! All glory to associates devotees and Vaisnavas! Hare Krsna! Haribol!
Bhakta Bhoganam Prasadam
Tad Prapti Hridayam Shanti
Tad Bhogena Mat Prapti
To them who are material enjoyer, enjoyment means eating. But to devotees of Lord offering to Lord and accepting as Prasadam is real enjoyment. One gets real enjoyments in heart when one sees enjoyment of prasadam is equal to enjoyment with Lord Himself
PURPORT:
If we practice we can achieve it. That is the old way of teaching. What we learn that we practice. So our practice depends on what we learn. But where can we learn? We can learn from our societies, from our parents, from our teachers, from our friends, from our spiritual masters etc. Though we learn many things but we don’t practice. That’s why real practice comes from our inner self that is from our soul. Our soul is our teacher. Our soul is our spiritual master. Until we realized that this needs to be practice in our everyday life that we can not continue in our practice of life. That’s why the best way to practice is to learn from our inner soul. Since soul is the controller of senses, that’s why we have to feed our own soul as much as it wants. But how can we feed our soul? Everybody has only one soul and that is jiva soul. Jiva soul is only one spiritual spark compare to super soul who is Lord Hari. So even though we can feed our own jiva soul but still we can not control our jiva soul that is controlled by super soul of Lord. That’s why we must feed super soul first. If super soul is happy and eaten properly then jiva soul automatically ate. That lesson we can learn from Mahabharata when Doupradi offered one grain of rice to Krsna and all sages were completely filled in their stomach. That is real and truth. If Lord has eaten then all jiva souls are also completely filled in stomach. That is prasadam. In the same way if Lord’s sense is gratified then all senses of jiva souls are also gratified. In that sense we can see in Purana that Lord sent part of His consort Sraswathi to Brahma, another part of His consort Ganga to Lord Shiva. Here part of Lord means part of Lord's super soul. That is the Prasadam. Even two supreme Demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva who even worshipped by many through out this universe honored Prasadam of Hari as thier respective consort because to fulfil the curse between Ganga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. To one ignorant jiva soul enjoyment means feed to own self but for devotees enjoyment means acceptance of Prasadam of Lord Hari. Even Lord Brahma and Shiva accepted Prasadam of Lord Hari as His mercy and gave that Prasadam to highest honor as their respected consort. In that sense Prasadam of Lord Hari is real enjoyment and way of controlling sense. Lord Shiva who practices austerities many many thousands of years but accepting only Prasadam of Lord Hari could control senses completely. Even Lord Brahma also though He is creator Himself by accepting Prasadam of Lord Hari as His consort could control His senses completely. In that sense, Prabhupada said, “Anything can be done by practice. So if we take Krishna-prasadam, the tongue is restricted, locked to some limited... Then our all other senses become controlled”. All glory to Lord Hari! All glory to Prabhupada! All glory to Mohaprabhu! All glory to Pancha Tattva! All glory to Narahari Narashima Dev! All glory to associates devotees and Vaisnavas! Hare Krsna! Haribol!
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