Çré Éçopaniñad Course

Çré Éçopaniñad

What are the benefits to studying Çré Éçopaniñad? Unlocks the secret to satisfaction and fulfillment Unlocks the secret to satisfaction and fulfillment Defines good and evil Defines good and evil Reveals the Lord Reveals the Lord Invokes His mercy Invokes His mercy

Overview Importance of Vedic knowledge, Introduction Importance of Vedic knowledge, Introduction The perfect relationship between the Lord, the living entities and His creation—Invocation to mantra 3 The perfect relationship between the Lord, the living entities and His creation—Invocation to mantra 3 The inconceivable Lord can only be known by the maha-bhagavata—mantras 4-8 The inconceivable Lord can only be known by the maha-bhagavata—mantras 4-8 Comparing the cultivation of knowledge and nescience—mantras 9-11 Comparing the cultivation of knowledge and nescience—mantras 9-11 Comparing worship of the relative and the Absolute—mantras Comparing worship of the relative and the Absolute—mantras Prayers for revelation of the Lord’s spiritual form—mantras Prayers for revelation of the Lord’s spiritual form—mantras 15-18

Overview of Invocation-Mantra 3 Invocation establishes the principle of completeness Invocation establishes the principle of completeness Mantra one tells us how to practice that completeness Mantra one tells us how to practice that completeness Mantra two explains the positive result of such practice Mantra two explains the positive result of such practice Mantra three describes the negative result of not doing such practice Mantra three describes the negative result of not doing such practice

Invocation Of the Lord’s Features There are Three But as a Person He is Most Complete

Struggle to become “complete” Connection, understanding, love, communication Connection, understanding, love, communication Autonomy Autonomy choice freedom independence spontaneity Authenticity & integrity Authenticity & integrity Fun, play, recreation, celebration Fun, play, recreation, celebration Peace, beauty, harmony Peace, beauty, harmony Meaning, significance Meaning, significance

Trying to be “complete” separate from Krishna is… Exploitive and selfish Exploitive and selfish Never ending—the vacuum is Krishna- shaped and He is unlimited (never satisfied and burns like fire) Never ending—the vacuum is Krishna- shaped and He is unlimited (never satisfied and burns like fire) Condemning us to material suffering and re-birth Condemning us to material suffering and re-birth

So long we are attached to Kåñëa.. “The hand of a body is a complete unit only as long as it is attached to the complete body. When the hand is severed from the body, it may appear like a hand, but it actually has none of the potencies of a hand. Similarly, living beings are part and parcel of the Complete Whole, and if they are severed from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness cannot fully satisfy them.” Iso Invocation purport

So long we are attached to Kåñëa.. “Just like a big machine, and there is a small screw. The completeness of that small screw, is to fit in the particular place. Then it has got value. And if it is out of touch of the machine it has no value. So we are complete units so long we are attached to Kåñëa. Otherwise useless..” Invocation, Lecture L A, April 27, 1970 So we are complete units so long we are attached to Kåñëa. Otherwise useless..” Invocation, Lecture L A, April 27, 1970

oà pürëam adaù pürëam idaà pürëät pürëam udacyate pürëasya pürëam ädäya pürëam evävaçiñyate oà pürëam adaù pürëam idaà pürëät pürëam udacyate pürëasya pürëam ädäya pürëam evävaçiñyate

Oà pürëam adaù… Oàthe Complete Whole pürëamperfectly complete adaùthat That Complete Whole, is perfectly complete…

Complete Whole must contain everything..… If He were formless, or if He were less than His creation in any other way, He could not be complete. The Complete Whole must contain everything both within and beyond our experience; otherwise He cannot be complete… Çré Éçopaniñad, Invocation

Oà pürëam adaù… Pürëam idaà

pürëam—perfectly complete idam—this phenomenal world …all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as complete wholes. Pürëät pürëam udacyate Whatever is produced of the Complete Wholeis also complete in itself….

Draw examples from nature of the completeness of this world…

Everything is Complete.. Pürëam idaà.. Although the ocean water’s so much, when there is scarcity of water, you have take help of Kåñëa. He’ll evaporate the water, He’ll make it cloud. Then when it falls down, then it becomes sweet. Otherwise you cannot touch…Everything is complete.. Çrémad-Bhägavatam April 13, 1973

Nature's arrangement.. As soon as the child is born, immediately there is profuse milk in the breast of the mother. That is the nature's arrangement. Before birth, the food, the child immediately require, the mother's breast, there is milk supply immediately... Çrémad-Bhägavatam October 23, 1972

Thus this phenomenal world is also complete in itself. The twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation are arranged to produce everything necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of this universe.

No other unit in the universe need make an extraneous effort to try to maintain the universe. Çré Éçopaniñad, Invocation

The human form of life is a complete manifestation of the consciousness of the living being, and it is obtained after evolving through 8,400,000 species of life in the cycle of birth and death. The human form of life is a complete manifestation of the consciousness of the living being, and it is obtained after evolving through 8,400,000 species of life in the cycle of birth and death. Çré Éçopaniñad, Invocation

pürëasya pürëam ädäya even though so many complete units emanate from Him pürëam evävaçiñyate He remains the complete balance.

What kind of God is only zero? In the spiritual world the one is pürëa and if you take the whole one it is still one. That they cannot understand, the poor brain. They think materially. If the one is complete and if one is taken away then it becomes zero...

What kind of God is only zero? What kind of God is only zero? Upaniñad say pürëasya pürëam ädäya pürëam evävaçiñyate. If from the complete you take the complete, the complete remains. Conversation with Professor Hopkins, July 13, 1975, Philadelphia

Kåñëa expands million times, still, He’s Kåñëa Pürëam evävaçiñyate… Kåñëa is so full that even Kåñëa expands million times, still, He’s the same thing, Kåñëa. Çrémad-Bhägavatam , New Vrindaban, 22/6/ 1969

He will eat everything, but keep everything.. Just like here, something being offered to Kåñëa, to God, He will eat it, but He will leave everything for you as prasädam. How? Pürëasya pürëam ädäya pürëam eva avaçiñyate. This is God’s power. He will eat everything, but He will keep everything for you as prasädam….. Initiation, June 30, 1972

Illusory representation of completeness... We make efforts to utilize the resources of nature to create a so- called complete life of sense enjoyment….…illusory representation of completeness cannot fully satisfy us. Çré Éçopaniñad, Invocation

Incompleteness.. Reflect on experiences of incompleteness in your life…

How can the Invocation of Çré Éçopaniñad help us make our lives complete? help us make our lives complete?

There are three ways in which the Absolute Truth is complete 1) Brahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan. Many religions or philosphies only know immanence or only know transcendence. All three must be there, with the philosophy of acintya bedabeda tattva for a complete understanding.

2. He has created this material world to also be complete. We get complete material facility for our sense gratification when we cooperate with the will of Krishna. We get complete material facility for our sense gratification when we cooperate with the will of Krishna. Also the statement “can only enjoy our senses when dovetailed with Krishna” can mean that the only true sense enjoyment is spiritual, to please the Lord. Also the statement “can only enjoy our senses when dovetailed with Krishna” can mean that the only true sense enjoyment is spiritual, to please the Lord. We cannot enjoy independently — example given of the hand's relationship with the body We cannot enjoy independently — example given of the hand's relationship with the body

3. Full facilities for everyone to come to Krishna. Srila Prabhupada said in a lecture on the Invocation: "So if you want to get out of this entanglement, there is complete arrangement, facility, complete facility.” Srila Prabhupada said in a lecture on the Invocation: "So if you want to get out of this entanglement, there is complete arrangement, facility, complete facility.” Which verses in Bhagavad-gita? (10.10, 10.11, 9.22) Which verses in Bhagavad-gita? (10.10, 10.11, 9.22) Why are there obstacles? Why are there obstacles?

Preaching Application Objectives Effectively presented: The principle of the existence of Supreme Personality of Godhead on the basis of the statement oà pürëam adaù. The principle of the existence of Supreme Personality of Godhead on the basis of the statement oà pürëam adaù. The nature of the spiritual potencies of the Supreme Person with reference to pürëam evävaçiñyate. The nature of the spiritual potencies of the Supreme Person with reference to pürëam evävaçiñyate.

Çästra-cakñusä Objectives Discussed the complete nature of this phenomenal world, with examples, with reference to pürëam idaà. Discussed the complete nature of this phenomenal world, with examples, with reference to pürëam idaà. Reflected on experiences of feeling incomplete in our own lives. Reflected on experiences of feeling incomplete in our own lives.

Personal Application Objectives Discussed what we can draw from the Invocation of Çré Éçopaniñad which could help us to make our lives complete. Discussed what we can draw from the Invocation of Çré Éçopaniñad which could help us to make our lives complete. Take a need, and describe how people try to meet this need in a material way to feel complete. Explain the problems. Describe how the need is ultimately spiritual and how it can be fully met with Krishna. Take a need, and describe how people try to meet this need in a material way to feel complete. Explain the problems. Describe how the need is ultimately spiritual and how it can be fully met with Krishna.

Completeness.. “All services in this world—whether social, political, communal, international or even interplanetary—will remain incomplete until they are dovetailed with the Complete Whole.” Çré Éçopaniñad, Invocation