Vaishnava siddhanta.blogspot.com

                                   Questions and Answers All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada Q,What is paramartha or highest knowledge and what is contamination also what is the basis of religon A.Praamartha here means the highest goal of life. Those of mediocre thinking identifying themselves with the gross body and mind usually follow the desires of their  mind hence resort to ordinary   scriptures to help fulfill their mundane desires. Whatever that is written in the Smrti scriptures if followed to the letter are able to provide the necessary desired fruits .It  is for this reason many aspirants leave the higher path and follow the path of the ritualistic workers (smarta)to engage in fruitive work. On the reverse there are those who consider such work not befitting to  t...

                                    Understanding spiritual knowledge All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promede Puri Goswami  Maharaja All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada  Q. Where is Devi Dham located?   A. DeviDhama is in the region where there is the influence of the illusory energy on the living entities. The  endeavoring materialistic worker who is striving to go the higher planets as Bhu,Bhvar,Sva ,Maha ,Jana ,Tapa or fall to the lower planets as Tal,Atal,Vital ,Sutal.Patal,Talatal,Rasatal is called  likewise as a worker seeking fruits of his labour. Their mood is if one worships the higher demigods and amass pious activities then they can be promoted to those heavenly planets where they will be able to enjoy with beautiful heavenly girls while their  bad activities can lead them  to the lower planets where they will be punis...

                                              Jiva and Brahma  All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Mahjaraj All Glories  to HDG Srila BhaktiSiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada There are many different opinions on the nature of the living entity (jiva)The reason is that individuals are usually influenced by different proportions of the three modes as goodness ,passion and ignorance and hence their different outlooks. In the material world, there are the mixtures of these three modes which can be classified into  five namely modes of ignorance, mixture of ignorance and passion, passion ,mixture of passion and goodness and lastly ,goodness itself. Every living entity exhibits their own nature consisting of these  material modes. Those in the mode of ignorance do not accept anything after death nor any after life. As these individuals...

                                                Greed All glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Mhj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada     Greed is one of the six enemies of the mind also known as the  second type of  absorption. The living entity  being befuddled by the hallucination of the material energy becomes under the influence of lust. Just as when lust becomes thwarted it leads anger, in the same way as on lust on arising ,this greed too naturally  is awakened. The natural impetus of the senses is the tendency to run after the sense objects in spite of the difficulties to obtain any enjoyment. This  attempt is due to the natural attraction of the mind to the objects of the senses. Just as anger is an obstruction, so greed too is a thorn in the pursuit of spiritual knowledge...

                                    Yamaraj  Decree in terms of sins or pious activities All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Mahara j All Glories to HDG  Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Goswami Prabhupada We know from our childhood that the by performing sinful activities, one has  to suffer in the hellish planets and that the messengers of Yama will forcefully take these sinful souls to the abode of hell where they will be exacted with the proper punishment according to their sinful activities. In contrast ,those who have performed pious activities in the same way will be sent to the heavenly planets where they will be rewarded as par their pious credit. However, these very people have to come back to the material world after their stock of pious activities is depleted to take birth in different wombs accordingly(by previous work) to again engage in works. The sense enjoyers...