Amarendra Dasa: #§öùł~Føôđ# Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.16

Sunday, 2 October 2016

#§öùł~Føôđ# Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.16

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Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.16
October 2 2016 Sunday

1. What is the start of spiritual life?
- Know the self

2. Why?
- Know the I then the Mine,
Acting thus, all will be Fine

3. What is the most auspicious path of a jiva?
- The path leading us to God

4. What is the biggest hurdle on this path?
- Not knowing the goal, Not knowing the way

5. What is the goal?
- Pure Love for God and Pure Compassion for others

6. What is the way to achieve it?
- Selfless service to the lord and his devotee as described in the scriptures

7. Why are we not selfless?
- Because we are SELF-less(without knowing the self!)

8. We think we are this body and keeping us happy means keeping this body happy. This is illusion, right?
- Right

9. What is the Do and what is the don't on the path of Bhakti?
- Serve Lot, Envy Not

10. What are some concluding points?
- Overcome Greed, get freed
- Snub Anger, avoid D-anger
- Clean the dust, ignore Lust

-Amarendra Dasa

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His Grace Amarendra Dasa is a diksha disciple of His Holiness Radha Govinda Dasa Goswami Maharaj, who is a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, very well known world over for his Classes on the Srimad Bhagavatam. As a disciple, Amarendra Dasa aspires to practice and preach the message of the scriptures far and wide as much as possible and in this endeavour has travelled to many cities around the world spreading Krsna consciousness in Universities, temple Congregations and social platforms such as Youtube, Whatsapp and Facebook. As part of his student preaching endeavours, he has also been part of many student conferences and has contributed in areas such as Interfaith harmony and Science & spiritual synthesis. Academically, Amarendra Dasa is a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and spiritually holds a Bhakti Shastri degree from Mayapur. With a sincere heart, he expresses his heartfelt gratitude to His Holiness Bhakti Swarup Damodar Swami for being a very strong pillar in his life motivating and guiding him as a well wisher, to his family for selflessly sacrificing their personal interests for making him a devotee of the Lord and to all the devotees worldover who have lovingly nourished and nurtured him with their priceless care, intense prayers and sincere blessings. Amarendra Dasa can be contacted at amarendradasa.rgs@gmail.com for scheduling lectures and seminars.