The Impossible Becomes Possible
I am often asked for help by aspiring devotees who are having difficulty bringing their minds under control. One of the key points to remember when it comes to subduing the wild mind is that by our own strength it is not possible to conquer it. This is confirmed as follows by Arjuna in the Bhagavad-gita:
cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa
pramāthi balavad dṛḍham
tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye
vāyor iva su-duṣkaram
"For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind."--Bhagavad-gita 6.34
If we cannot control the wind, how can we expect the control the mind, which is even more difficult to control than the wind? The reality is that we cannot by own strength conquer over the mind and senses. But if we will take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, by his grace we become empowered to conquer over the otherwise unconquerable mind and senses. This is confirmed in the Vedic wisdom as follows:
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
śrī guruṁ dina-tāraṇam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers, and enables the lame to cross mountains."
In other words by the grace of the bona fide spiritual master even that which is impossible becomes possible.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Please accept my humble & respectful obeisances,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada.
Upon death how does the spirit soul enter into a spiritual body or how does he get a spiritual body? After attaining the spiritual world will the spirit soul able to remember all his past lifetime's activities while he was in the material world?
Your humble servant,
Sanat Kumar das
Regarding the soul who goes back to Godhead remembering his activities that were conducted while he was in the material world, Srila Prabhupada has written in a letter to one of his disciples:
"You asked if we will remember the earth, when in Vrindavan, and the answer is, 'Certainly.' When Narada Muni was talking to Vyasadeva, as you may have read in first volume of our Srimad-Bhagavatam, he was in a spiritual body, but he remembered his previous life and explained it to Vyasadeva. In material life there is forgetfulness, but in spiritual life there is no forgetfulness."
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa
pramāthi balavad dṛḍham
tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye
vāyor iva su-duṣkaram
"For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind."--Bhagavad-gita 6.34
If we cannot control the wind, how can we expect the control the mind, which is even more difficult to control than the wind? The reality is that we cannot by own strength conquer over the mind and senses. But if we will take shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, by his grace we become empowered to conquer over the otherwise unconquerable mind and senses. This is confirmed in the Vedic wisdom as follows:
mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ
paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim
yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande
śrī guruṁ dina-tāraṇam
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers, and enables the lame to cross mountains."
In other words by the grace of the bona fide spiritual master even that which is impossible becomes possible.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
Question: How the Soul Gets a Spiritual Body?
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble & respectful obeisances,
All Glories To Srila Prabhupada.
Upon death how does the spirit soul enter into a spiritual body or how does he get a spiritual body? After attaining the spiritual world will the spirit soul able to remember all his past lifetime's activities while he was in the material world?
Your humble servant,
Sanat Kumar das
Answer: He Already is the Spiritual Body
The soul does not have to get a spiritual body because he already is the spiritual body. In conditioned life that spiritual body is not manifested because it is covered by the gross and subtle material bodies. When the conditioned soul becomes liberated and goes back to Godhead, he simply abandons the gross and subtle coverings and fully remanifests himself in his eternally youthful, deathless spiritual body. There is nothing more glorious than this.Regarding the soul who goes back to Godhead remembering his activities that were conducted while he was in the material world, Srila Prabhupada has written in a letter to one of his disciples:
"You asked if we will remember the earth, when in Vrindavan, and the answer is, 'Certainly.' When Narada Muni was talking to Vyasadeva, as you may have read in first volume of our Srimad-Bhagavatam, he was in a spiritual body, but he remembered his previous life and explained it to Vyasadeva. In material life there is forgetfulness, but in spiritual life there is no forgetfulness."
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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