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Notes:SB 1.7.10 (the Atmarama verse):SB 10.2.32:All different varieties of atmaramas (those who take pleasure in atma,or spirit self), especially those established on the path of selfrealization,though freed from all kinds of material bondage, desire torender unalloyed devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead.This means that the Lord possesses transcendental qualities andtherefore can attract everyone, including liberated souls.O lotus-eyed Lord, although nondevotees who accept severe austeritiesand penances to achieve the highest position may think themselvesliberated, their intelligence is impure. They fall down from theirposition of imagined superiority because they have no regard for yourlotus feet.Focus on Bg 10.10 purportBuddhi means intelligence, and yoga means mystic activities or |mystic elevation.Notes:1. Sri Krsna, as Paramatma in the heart of all beings, is the source of buddhi.Becoming conscious of Him is the goal of yoga.Quotation from the Purport of Bg 2.39:This buddhi-yoga is clearly explained in Chapter Ten, verse ten, asbeing direct communion with the Lord, who is sitting as Paramatma ineveryone's heart.2. According to Renunciation Through Wisdom, page 15, the essence of buddhi-yogais given in Bhagavad-gita Chapter 2, texts 39-40. That essence may be expressed injust one sentence from text 39: "O son of Prtha, when you act in such knowledge youcan free yourself from the bondage of works." Hence, buddhi-yoga is action inknowledge of Krsna--knowledge that is revealed within the heart by Paramatma.3. Such action in knowledge of Krsna may be executed in three ways under Vedicinjunction. The Bhagavad-gita consists of Krsna's explanations of these three ways ofbuddhi-yoga.Quotation from Renunciation Through Wisdom, page 16:At the same time the Gita points out how to execute buddhi-yogathrough jnana, or analytical study, and karma, or fruitive action. Whenbuddhi-yoga is executed in conjunction with fruitive activity, it isknown as karma-yoga. Similarly, when it is executed in conjunction
with analytical study, then it is called jnana-yoga. And when buddhiyoga,or devotional service, transcends both karma-yoga and jnanayogaand becomes completely unalloyed, that devotion is called purebhakti-yoga, or loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord.The ultimate goal of progress is Krsna. People do not know this; therefore theassociation of devotees and a bona fide spiritual master are important. Oneshould know that the goal is Krsna, and when the goal is assigned, then the pathis slowly but progressively traversed, and the ultimate goal is achieved.Notes:1. <strong>In</strong> Vaisnava-siddhanta-mala ("A Garland of Vaisnava Truths"), Srila BhaktivinodaThakura explains that there are two kinds of knowledge: self-evident knowledge(svatah-siddha-jnana), and knowledge that depends on the senses (indriya-paratantrajnana).Quotations from Vaisnava-siddhanta-mala:Self-evident knowledge is the natural truth that is inherently a featureof the pure spirit soul's original form.The Veda is present in every pure spirit soul's existence in the form ofsvatah-siddha-jnana. According to the different levels of differentsouls in the materially conditioned state, this Veda will spontaneouslymanifest itself to someone, or it may remain veiled to someone else.Therefore, to help rewaken the forgetful conditioned souls to theeternally self-evident truths, the Veda has also incarnated in the formof written books which may be heard, recited and studied.That which is called svatah-siddha-jnana is another name for bhakti.When speaking of topics relating to the supreme truth (para-tattva),some call it jnana and some call it bhakti.The types of jnana that are condemned in the bhakti-sastras areindriya-paratantra-jnana (knowledge based on sense-perception) andnirvisesa-jnana (impersonal non-distinct knowledge), the latter ofwhich is merely the absence of the former.2. Direct perception of Sri Krsna through self-evident knowledge is the goal of theVedas. Progress along the Vedic path means the cleansing of indriya-paratantrajnana(also called visesa- jnana, knowledge of material distinctions) and nirvisesajnanafrom our consciousness so that the svatah-siddha-jnana may shine forth fromwithin the heart. Thus, whether one executes the karma, jnana or bhakti yogasystems, Krsna must be understood as the goal. Attaining that goal, one attains purebhakti.Quotation from Vaisnava-siddhanta-mala:
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Page 26 and 27: Godhead, who by His omniscience per
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