Цитаты: связь всего с Кришной (Шрила Прабхупада)
Бг. 7.8
расо ’хам апсу каунтейа
прабха̄сми ш́аш́и-сӯрйайох̣
пран̣авах̣ сарва-ведешу
ш́абдах̣ кхе паурушам̇ нр̣шу
О сын Кунти, Я вкус воды, свет солнца и луны, и Я слог ом в ведическихмантрах. Я звук в эфире и талант в человеке.
Из этого стиха мы узнаём, как Господь пронизывает все сущее Своей многообразной духовной и материальной энергией. На начальном этапе духовного пути Верховного Господа познают в образе Его многообразной энергии, то есть в Его безличном аспекте. Подобно тому как присутствие бога Солнца, который является личностью, можно ощутить через его вездесущую энергию — солнечный свет, присутствие Господа, пребывающего в Его вечной обители, можно ощутить через Его энергию, которая пронизывает все творение.
Вкус — неотъемлемое свойство воды. Нам не нравится пить морскую воду, потому что в ней к чистому вкусу воды примешан вкус соли. Нас больше привлекает вода, имеющая чистый вкус, и этот вкус — энергия Верховного Господа. Имперсоналист и персоналист оба ощущают присутствие Господа в воде через ее вкус, но персоналист при этом прославляет Господа за то, что Он, милостиво дав человеку эту вкусную воду, позволил ему утолять жажду. Так оба они ощущают присутствие Господа. В сущности, философии персонализма и имперсонализма не противоречат друг другу. Тот, кто постиг Бога, знает, что Его личностный и безличный аспекты одновременно присутствуют во всем сущем и что в этом нет никакого противоречия. Основываясь на этом понимании, Господь Чайтанья дал людям возвышенную философию ачинтья-бхеда- и абхеда-таттвы, одновременного единства и различия.
Bg. 7.8
O son of Kuntī, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable oṁ in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.
This verse explains how the Lord is all-pervasive by His diverse material and spiritual energies. The Supreme Lord can be preliminarily perceived by His different energies, and in this way He is realized impersonally. As the demigod in the sun is a person and is perceived by his all-pervading energy, the sunshine, so the Lord, although in His eternal abode, is perceived by His all-pervading diffusive energies. The taste of water is the active principle of water. No one likes to drink sea water, because the pure taste of water is mixed with salt. Attraction for water depends on the purity of the taste, and this pure taste is one of the energies of the Lord. The impersonalist perceives the presence of the Lord in water by its taste, and the personalist also glorifies the Lord for His kindly supplying tasty water to quench man’s thirst. That is the way of perceiving the Supreme. Practically speaking, there is no conflict between personalism and impersonalism. One who knows God knows that the impersonal conception and personal conception are simultaneously present in everything and that there is no contradiction. Therefore Lord Caitanya established His sublime doctrine: acintya bheda- and abheda-tattva – simultaneous oneness and difference.
Know from the sastras that "This is Krsna"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,
Adi-lila 7.108
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February 18, 1967, San Francisco
Go above the maya; then you see. You are seeing already, but it is not full-fledged experience. Everything we are seeing. We have experienced God's power, God's energy. But because we are in ignorance, therefore we cannot conceive perfectly. And as soon as you are above the maya... Mayam etam taranti te [Bg 7.14].
That maya you can, I mean to say, surpass simply by Krsna consciousness. As you become full-fledged Krsna conscious, oh, then you see always brahma-jyoti and Brahman and Krsna and everything. And so far your present condition is, you are seeing also just now. Because without Brahman, there cannot be any existence.
So one has to learn. In the flower you can see. In the tree you can see. In the taste you can see. In the water you can see. In the sound you can see. That is all stated in the Bhagavad-gita. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya [Bg 7.8]:
"I am the taste of the water." Water is so popular, so tasteful to every living entity. Man, beast, birds -- anyone -- water requires. Why? There is a nice taste, quench our thirst. And Krsna says, raso 'ham apsu: "That taste in water, I am." So if you are Krsna conscious, if you know from the sastras that "This taste is Krsna," then at once you become Krsna conscious while drinking water. "I am sound in the sky."
So as soon as there is some sound, "Oh, here is Krsna." In this way, you study Krsna, you'll see. In the taste of water you will find Krsna. In the sound vibration you will find Krsna. If there is somebody very powerful, you will find Him Krsna. These description are there in the Bhagavad-gita. This is Krsna consciousness.
Animals
Sri Brahma-samhita 5.35
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July 31, 1971, New York
Just like Krsna says, "Try to understand Me. Try to under... Try to see Me everywhere." How? Now, first of all He says, raso 'ham apsu kaunteya, "I am the taste of the water." So when you are thirsty, you require a glass of water, drink it, and when you feel happy, you understand that this quenching power of this water is Krsna. That is Krsna realization. Raso 'ham apsu kaunteya prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh [Bg 7.8]. So as soon as there is sunrise, you see Krsna. Krsna says, "I am the sunshine. I am the moonshine."
So why don't you try to see Krsna? In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, there is a big list. Just like Krsna says, "I am the lion amongst the animals." Because He took the shape of a lion, Hiranyakasipu, eternal shape. "I am the banyan tree," so many things Krsna has described in the Bhagavad-gita. So in the beginning, if one is not fortunate enough to see Krsna, although He is sitting in this temple, let him see Krsna in this way. If he's not fortunate to come here and to see Krsna, take prasadam and dance in ecstasy, then let his unfortunate condition be diminished by seeing Krsna in water, in sunshine, in moonshine, in this and that.
Krsna is visible, but Krsna is visible to the devotees. Naham prakasah sarvasya yoga-maya-samavrtah [Bg 7.25], "I am not exposed to everyone," yoga-maya-samavrtah, "covered by the curtain of yoga-maya." But those who have developed love of Krsna, for them, premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti [Bs 5.38]. One who has developed love of Krsna, he can see Krsna within his heart twenty-four hours.
So it is very nice proposition, Krsna consciousness. Please take to it. We are canvassing. We are sending our devotees to the street, begging, "Please come to our temple, be Krsna conscious." That is our business. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted it. Go door to door, even at the risk of life, and ask these rascals to come to Krsna consciousness. Maya-sukhaya. Because they're, they're thinking, "Oh, we are very happy." Illusion. The happiness will be finished within a second. As soon as death will come, finished.
Death is God
The Nectar of Devotion
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October 19, 1972, Vrndavana
Krsna says, "I am this." Krsna has described Himself in so many ways. "Amongst the trees, I am this. Amongst the aquatics, I am this. Amongst the nonmovable, I am this." So why not see God in that way? The atheist class of men, they say, "Can you show me God?" So why don't you see God? Why you close your eyes? If you have got eyes to see, you can see God everywhere.
Those who are saintly devotees, they are seeing God, Krsna, in every moment. Premanjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti [Bs 5.38]. If you become saintly person by your austerities, penances, then you can see God in every step. Otherwise, if you think that "I cannot become saintly person," yes, nobody can become saintly immediately. It requires time. But so long you are material person you can see God also in the water. You drink water; you can see God. You can see sunshine; God is there. Prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh. So who has not seen the sunshine? Who has not seen the moonshine? So therefore if you have seen moonshine, if you have seen sunshine, you have seen God.
But especially those who are impersonalists, they can see God in that way. Sabdah khe paurusam nrsu [Bg 7.8]. There are descriptions in the Seventh Chapter, how you can see God in your common dealings. Still, if you do not see God, then you can see..., you must see one day God at the time of your death. Mrtyuh sarva-haras caham [Bg 10.34].
Death is God. So the atheist class men, just like Hiranyakasipu, who always challenges God, in spite of so many things wherein we can see God, they deny to see God; therefore God comes before them as death. So everyone has to meet death. So God is there. And you are seeing. But because we are atheist class of men, we are denying, "There is not God."
So Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu says that "After all, you have to meet with God at the time of death. So before death, why don't you see God in so many ways?" That is Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, the science of devotional service which is giving you indication how to see God always and everywhere.
1. Вода (Апах): Вкус и поддержание жизни
- Вкус воды: В Бхагавад-гите (7.8) Кришна говорит: raso 'ham apsu kaunteya — «Я — вкус воды» . Шрила Прабхупада подчеркивал: утоляя жажду, человек чувствует особый освежающий вкус . Этот активный принцип и утоляющая сила воды — Сам Кришна .
- Практика: Каждый раз, когда преданный пьёт воду или любую другую жидкость, он сразу вспоминает о Кришне, благодаря за дарованную жизнь, и тем самым погружается в духовную медитацию .
- Океаны и резервуары: Огромные объемы воды на Земле и в космосе являются проявлением безграничной энергии Господа .
2. Огонь (Аналах / Агни): Свет, тепло и сияние
- Свет и тепло: В Бхагавад-гите (7.9) Господь говорит: tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau — «Я — лучистое тепло и свет огня» .
- Солнце и луна: Сияние солнца, луны и электричества — это отражение духовного сияния Кришны (брахмаджьоти) . Прабхупада объяснял, что, увидев утром солнечный свет или ночью лунный свет, преданный видит энергию Кришны и помнит о Нём .
- Жизненное тепло: Огонь пищеварения (вайшванара) и тепло человеческого тела также поддерживаются Господом .
3. Воздух (Ваюх): Осязание и жизненная сила
- Качество осязания (спарша): Воздух не видим глазом, но воспринимается через осязание . Свежий ветер, прикосновение прохлады — всё это проявление присутствия Кришны .
- Жизненное дыхание (Прана): Движение воздуха, атмосфера и жизненное дыхание (прана), поддерживающее тело, действуют по повелению и под управлением Верховного Lorda .
4. Эфир / Пространство (Кхам / Акаша): Звук и вместилище
- Качество звука (Śabdaḥ khe): Пространство (эфир) проявляется через звук . Шрила Прабхупада подчёркивал, что Кришна говорит: śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu — «Я — звук в эфире» .
- Священный звук: Звуковая вибрация — это первопричина материального творения, а изначальный трансцендентный звук Омкар (praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu) и воспевание маха-мантры Харе Кришна — прямые проявления Кришны в эфире .
- Вместилище: Пространство даёт место (авакаша) для существования всех форм и объектов .
5. Земля (Бхуми / Притхиви): Естественный аромат и формы
- Чистый аромат (Puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca): Чистый, естественный запах почвы, благоухание цветов (розы, лотоса) и разнообразные вкусы плодов, произрастающих из земли, изначально заложены в землю Кришной .
- Основа и Формы: Земля содержит в себе все остальные элементы и служит местом поддержания всех живых существ . Именно из материалов земли (глина, камень, металл, дерево) создаются авторитетные формы Девяти/Арча-виграхи для поклонения Господу .
