(3/4) Eternal Oblivion

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Tarakeshwar area, 10 February 2021 (noon), part 3

Where is hell and where is heaven? We sleep comfortably using a mosquito net or plugging in an All-Out (mosquito repellant) at night, but so many cows live without any protection and get bitten by mosquitos all the time. Snakes roam the streets – they catch and eat frogs. Every living entity is dependent on other living entities for their survival. For example, in Nagaland, people swirl dogs by the tail until the dogs vomit and then they eat that vomit – we were such people before, too…

We have got this human birth now, but have we got it only to eat, sleep, breed and defend ourselves? Everyone does these four – cows, goats, sheep, cats, pigs, dogs – everyone eats, everyone sleeps, everyone fears, and everyone is busy producing children. Nobody prohibits you to do this, you can have a family, but do not become an animal. Animals do not lack anything – they eat and sleep like us, only we are more civilised, so we wear some clothes, although there are some countries where people do not wear any clothes.

[Noise in the audience.] Do not disturb; you are making an offence. The Lord does not like those who disturb Hari-katha. The Lord Himself says that He is present where His Hari-katha is being spoken. So, if you disturb Hari-katha, the Lord will not look at you with a pleased eye. The Lord says that He is pleased when devotees speak about Him. You may or may not listen to it, but if you disturb Hari-katha, it is not good at all.

It is very important that we have got this human birth, but what should we do in this birth? We only sleep, eat, enjoy and fear – we forget that when we were in our mothers’ wombs, we made a promise to serve the Lord!

ভজিব বলিয়া এসে সংসার ভিতরে ।
ভুলিয়া রহিলে তুমি অবিদ্যার ভরে ॥

bhajiba baliya ese samsara bhitare
bhuliya rahile tumi avidyara bhare

‘Forgetting that you came to this world saying, “I will serve You,” you carried on living in ignorance.’

(Sri Gitavali, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

কৃষ্ণ ভুলি' সেই জীব অনাদি-বহির্ম্মুখ ।
অতএব মায়া তারে দেয় সংসারাদি-দুঃখ ॥

krsna bhuli’ sei jiva—anadi bahirmukha
ataeva maya tare deya samsara-duhkha

‘Forgetting Krishna, the soul turned towards the external illusory world in primeval times. As the result, illusion (Maya) gives such a soul various material miseries.’

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 2.20.117)

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