{"id":106580,"date":"2023-02-28T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=106580"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:36:51","slug":"amnesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=106580","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FXnc1CK.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Samapriya devi dasi<\/p>\n<p>There comes a time when human kind<br \/>\ndescends to most degraded.<br \/>\nWhen basic need is fixed on greed<br \/>\nand honesty\u2019s dissuaded.<\/p>\n<p>A fallen age of selfishness<br \/>\nwhen no one trusts another,<br \/>\nAnd a life within the womb,<br \/>\nis aborted by the mother.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lord who loves us all,<br \/>\nhearing Sri Advaita\u2019s call,<br \/>\ndevised a plan to counter-act,<br \/>\nthe brutal ways of Maya\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the state of affairs,<br \/>\nin a place where no one cares,<br \/>\nwith interest in oneself alone,<br \/>\nand hearts become as hard as stone,<br \/>\nA process with a guarantee<br \/>\nthat when followed would set you free,<br \/>\ndescended by the Lord\u2019s decree,<br \/>\nWhen He Proclaimed An Amnesty!<\/p>\n<p>Conditioned souls please gather here<br \/>\nin opened hearts will soon appear,<br \/>\nA sound that changes dark to light<br \/>\nmaking clear your inner sight.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord announces clemency<br \/>\nand breaks our chains to set us free.<br \/>\nBut first we must now clearly see,<br \/>\nwe\u2019ve been enslaved eternally.<\/p>\n<p>What we profess that gives us joy<br \/>\nis nothing more than Maya\u2019s toy.<br \/>\nShe\u2019ll make you think it\u2019s all you need<br \/>\nas you are strangled in your greed.<\/p>\n<p>But now the Lord has come again<br \/>\ngiving hope to all good men,<br \/>\nwho set aside the misconceptions<br \/>\nsteeped in illusion and deceptions.<\/p>\n<p>A benediction with new hope,<br \/>\na process with which we can cope.<br \/>\nFor in this age the mind\u2019s distracted,<br \/>\nto wicked deeds becomes attracted.<\/p>\n<p>What makes one worthy of such a gift?<br \/>\nWhen once received there is a shift.<br \/>\nAnd sinful yearnings thus depart,<br \/>\nas the Holy Name enters the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Caitanya comes to give<br \/>\nthe greatest benediction.<br \/>\nNo one is excluded,<br \/>\nand there is no restriction.<br \/>\nThe Lord has now appeared in sound,<br \/>\nLet the world proclaim!<br \/>\nThere is not a trace of difference,<br \/>\nbetween Krsna and His Name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c &#8216;The holy name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a&#8217;s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself. Since K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a&#8217;s name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with m\u0101y\u0101. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a&#8217;s name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself are identical.\u2019 \u201c (CC Madhya 17.133 from Padma Purana)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FXnc1CK.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/>By Samapriya devi dasi There comes a time when human kind descends to most degraded. When basic need is fixed on greed and honesty\u2019s dissuaded. A fallen age of selfishness when no one trusts another, And a life within the womb, is aborted by the mother. But the Lord who loves us all, hearing Sri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106581,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106580\/revisions\/106581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}