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In the Gītā it is stated that the living entity is never born and he never dies. He is eternal and indestructible, and he continues to live after the destruction of his temporary material body.
Dharma refers to
that which is constantly existing with a particular object.
But in all circumstances the change of religious faith does not affect the eternal occupation of rendering service to others.
The rendering of service is sanātana-dharma.
In the Bhagavad-gītā, worship of different demigods or rendering service to them is not approved.
“Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.”
But Lord Kṛṣṇa even discouraged His father Nanda Mahārāja from worshiping the demigod Indra, because He wanted to establish the fact that people need not worship any demigod. They need only worship the Supreme Lord, because their ultimate goal is to return to His abode.
“That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never return to this material world.”
One who can approach that spiritual sky is not required to descend again to the material sky.
As long as we are attached to these designations, we are attached to the body, because designations belong to the body.
But we are not these bodies, and realizing this is the first stage in spiritual realization.
Designations and attachments are due to our lust and desire, our wanting to lord it over the material nature.
As long as we do not give up this propensity of lording it over material nature, there is no possibility of returning to the kingdom of the Supreme,
According to our activities in this life, we either rise or sink. This life is a preparation for the next life. If we can prepare, therefore, in this life to get promotion to the kingdom of God, then surely, after quitting this material body, we
will attain a spiritual body just like the Lord’s.
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his present body, in his next life he will attain to that state without fail.” Now, first we must understand that material nature
is a display of one of the energies of the Supreme Lord.
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his present body, in his next life he will attain to that state without fail.”
The Lord therefore tells Arjuna that he need not give up his occupation, but while he is engaged in his occupation he should remember Kṛṣṇa
Therefore we have to practice remembering the Lord always, twenty-four hours a day, by chanting His names and molding our life’s activities
in such a way that we can remember Him always.
If we have a strong sense of love for the Supreme Lord, then we can discharge our duty and at the same time remember Him. But we have to develop that sense of love.
If the mind is engaged in Kṛṣṇa’s service, then the senses are automatically engaged in His service. This is the art, and this is also
the secret of Bhagavad-gītā: total absorption in the thought
of Śrī ...
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“If one reads Bhagavad-gītā very sincerely and with all seriousness, then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him.” ( Gītā-māhātmya 2) The Lord says very loudly in the last portion of Bhagavad-gītā (18.66):
“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.” Thus the Lord takes all responsibility for one who surrenders unto Him, and He indemnifies such a person against all reactions of sins.
One who takes shelter of the Supreme Lord has nothing to fear, even in the midst of the greatest calamity.
Although He had accepted the position of a charioteer for His devotee, His supreme position was not challenged.
The relationship between the Lord and His servitor is very sweet and transcendental. The servitor is always ready to render service to the Lord, and, similarly, the Lord is always seeking an opportunity to render some service to the devotee.
