Canto 1 Chapter 6 Flashcards
- Explain the process of sad-dharma-påcchä (2)
The desire to inquire from the spiritual master is an essential factor to the progressive path
List Vyasadev questions to Narada [3-4]
1.What did you do after the departure of the Bhaktivedantis who instructed you?
2.How did you pass your life after initiation.
3.And how did you attain this body?
Identify the import of Narada mother being bitten by a serpent 6-10
It was the Lord special mercy, who always desires benediction for His devotees
What is the duty of a parivrajakacarya mendicant?
It is the duty of a mendicant (parivrājakācārya) to experience all varieties of God’s creation by traveling alone through all forests, hills, towns, villages, etc., to gain faith in God and strength of mind as well as to enlighten the inhabitants with the message of God
- Describe Närada’s experience during meditation (16-17)
As soon as he started to meditate on the Lord lotus feet his mind transformed in transcendental love, tears rolled down my eyes and the Lord Sri Krsna appeared into his heart.
He become overpowered by feeling of happiness, every part of his body became separately enlivened. Being absorbed in an ocean of ecstasy I could not see both myself and the Lord.
What general principles can be drawn from Närada’s experience of unsuccessful endeavors to see the form of the Lord a second time? (18-20)
There is no mechanical process to see the form of the Lord. It completely depends on the causeless mercy of the Lord. We cannot demand the Lord to be present before our vision, just as we cannot demand the sun to rise whenever we like
What was Narada material taint?
Narada material taint was he was in the mode of goodness as he wanted to search for God into the forest. One must be completely free from all material attachment and be situated in the plane of transcendence that alone can get a devotee be in personal touch with the Lord.
Why did the Lord withdraw Himself from the vision of Narada?
The Lord wanted Narada to increase his desire for the Lord. The more one hankers for Me, the more he will be freed from material desires.
Describe the life of a sincere devotee of the Lord as exemplified by Narada. [26]
It is described by Narada muni personal life example. After his initiation by the Lord or His bona fide representative, takes very seriously chanting of the glories of the Lord and traveling all over the world so that others may also hear the glories of the Lord. Such devotees have no desire for material gain. They are conducted by one single desire: to go back to Godhead. This awaits them in due course on quitting the material body. Because they have the highest aim of life, going back to Godhead, they are never envious of anyone, nor are they proud of being eligible to go back to Godhead.
Describe Narada’s transcendental body and activities (27-33, 38)
This transcendental body is free from material affinity and invested with three primary transcendental qualities, namely eternity, freedom from material modes, and freedom from reactions of fruitive activities. The material body is always afflicted with the lack of these three qualities. A devotee’s body becomes at once surcharged with the transcendental qualities as soon as he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. It acts like the magnetic influence of a touchstone upon iron. The influence of transcendental devotional service is like that. Therefore change of the body means stoppage of the reaction of three qualitative modes of material nature upon the pure devotee.
Activities
Śrī Nārada Muni plays on his instrument to glorify the transcendental activities of the Lord and to give relief to all miserable living entities of the universe.
What is the effect of hearing from such an authority as Narada?
By hearing such an authority one can have some idea of the results of devotional life, which are hardly delineated even in the original texts of the Vedas.
