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Re: Bhagavad-gita, 7.19-23
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Bhagavad-gita, 7.19-23
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From: Raymond Crawford <dasa@ozemail.com.au>
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Date: 8 Jul 1995 13:21:21 GMT
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From root@oznet03.ozemail.com.au Sat Jul 8 09: 09:48 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Aumkara Productions
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References: <3smuhu$67d@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
mpt@mail.utexas.edu (michael tandy) wrote:
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> "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge
> surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes
> and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare. 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. I am in everyone's heart
> as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship some demigod,
> I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to that
> particular deity. Endowed with such a faith, he endeavors to
> worship a particular demigod and obtains his desires. But in
> actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone. Men of small
> intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited
> and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets
> of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme
> planet."
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> -m
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> (c) Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; used by kind permission.
7:19 At the end of many births the wise man takes refuge in Me - "Vasudeva is
all." Such a great soul is difficult to find.
7:20 Men who have desires for "these and those" are bereft of knowledge and
they worship the devas. Controlled by their own nature they resort to the
worship of "This or That."
7:21 Whoever, or in whatever form, the bhakta desires to worship with faith,
I bestow that steady faith upon him.
7:22 He who is endowed with faith seeks to worship this god and his desires
are fulfilled. This I have decreed.
7:23 But, for those who have little intelligence, these fruits are temporary.
Those who worship the devas attain the devas, but My bhakta surely attains Me.
(c) Aumkara Productions 1988
R
