{"id":65054,"date":"2022-01-04T11:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T10:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/176654061431"},"modified":"2022-01-04T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T10:07:37","slug":"im-here-to-make-a-sacrificequestion-you-gave-an-example-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=65054","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m here to make a sacrifice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI\u2019m here to make a sacrifice\u201d
\nQuestion: You gave an example of Vyasadeva, who compiled the Vedic literatures and Narada Muni said it was all useless because it didn\u2019t have a connection to the Supreme Lord, so is there any use of propagating Ayurveda, Yoga and things like that, to attract people or better we should represent pure devotional service?
\nHis Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami: We should always represent pure devotional service. There\u2019s no question about that. We\u2019re not here to teach people how to make money. We\u2019re not here just to teach people how to be healthy. We\u2019re not here to teach people how to become fertile and have more children. We\u2019re here to teach people how to become devotees of Krishna.
\nYou see, but there are some aspects of Vedic culture which people do find attractive. So therefore will show those to people in order to attract them.
\nIt\u2019s just like in Gita Krishna tells Arjuna, He says \u201cIn the beginning of the creation I sent forth the generations of demigods and sacrifices to be performed.
\nHe said \u201cBe thou happy by the performance of sacrifice\u201d
\nBut this is not necessarily what Krishna wants us to do that we would perform Vedic sacrifice. Ultimately what does Krishna wants us to do? Can anyone remember the verse from the Bhagavad-Gita that will read last night?
\nKrishna wants full surrender, exactly.
\nKrishna doesn\u2019t want that we just do some yajna so that we could go to material heaven. Krishna wants full surrender, so that we can come into a relationship with him.
\nLike we see the examples of Krishna\u2019s great devotees. We see the standard of sacrifice they are willing to perform. The sacrifices that they perform that\u2019s illuminated in the shastra. So we should understand that a high level of sacrifice is required if we wish to enter into a relationship with God.
\nLike the sacrifice of the happiness of family or material society, or material friends, or material wealth and all those different things. So a very high level of sacrifice is required.
\nBut still Krishna says then you should do some yajna and by the performance of the yajna you will be happy. What is the psychology attached to that? That if you perform yajna you will associate with the learned people or Brahmans. And even though you are performing some ritual – the Brahmans will give you a higher instruction.
\nSo we can give some instruction in yoga, we can teach people about ayurveda, because it is the natural way by which people can heal themselves, but we will always try to get people to chant the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, taking Srila Prabhupada\u2019s books.
\nSee we have to remain focused on that, otherwise it just becomes mundane. Unless we are focused on preaching and giving Krishna Consciousness – it becomes mundane. And then we see that we become materialistic, devotees just become progressively more and more materialistic and they forget the process that \u201cI\u2019m here to make a sacrifice\u201d.
\nAnything we can use in Krishna\u2019s service, but we will use these things to attract people and engage people in the Lord\u2019s pure devotional service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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“I’m here to make a sacrifice”
\nQuestion: You gave an example of Vyasadeva, who compiled the Vedic literatures and Narada Muni said it was all useless because it didn’t have a connection to the Supreme Lord, so is there any use of propagating Ayurveda, Yoga and things like that, to attract people or better we should represent pure devotional service?
\nHis Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami: We should always represent pure devotional service. There’s no question about that. We’re not here to teach people how to make money. We’re not here just to teach people how to be healthy. We’re not here to teach people how to become fertile and have more children. We’re here to teach people how to become devotees of Krishna.
\nYou see, but there are some aspects of Vedic culture which people do find attractive. So therefore will show those to people in order to attract them.
\nIt’s just like in Gita Krishna tells Arjuna, He says “In the beginning of the creation I sent forth the generations of demigods and sacrifices to be performed.
\nHe said “Be thou happy by the performance of sacrifice”
\nBut this is not necessarily what Krishna wants us to do that we would perform Vedic sacrifice. Ultimately what does Krishna wants us to do? Can anyone remember the verse from the Bhagavad-Gita that will read last night?
\nKrishna wants full surrender, exactly.
\nKrishna doesn’t want that we just do some yajna so that we could go to material heaven. Krishna wants full surrender, so that we can come into a relationship with him.
\nLike we see the examples of Krishna’s great devotees. We see the standard of sacrifice they are willing to perform. The sacrifices that they perform that’s illuminated in the shastra. So we should understand that a high level of sacrifice is required if we wish to enter into a relationship with God.
\nLike the sacrifice of the happiness of family or material society, or material friends, or material wealth and all those different things. So a very high level of sacrifice is required.
\nBut still Krishna says then you should do some yajna and by the performance of the yajna you will be happy. What is the psychology attached to that? That if you perform yajna you will associate with the learned people or Brahmans. And even though you are performing some ritual – the Brahmans will give you a higher instruction.
\nSo we can give some instruction in yoga, we can teach people about ayurveda, because it is the natural way by which people can heal themselves, but we will always try to get people to chant the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, taking Srila Prabhupada’s books.
\nSee we have to remain focused on that, otherwise it just becomes mundane. Unless we are focused on preaching and giving Krishna Consciousness – it becomes mundane. And then we see that we become materialistic, devotees just become progressively more and more materialistic and they forget the process that “I’m here to make a sacrifice”.
\nAnything we can use in Krishna’s service, but we will use these things to attract people and engage people in the Lord’s pure devotional service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-65054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65054","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\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96609,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65054\/revisions\/96609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}