Conception of Geeta Nagari on the Principles of Gandhi

Chapter 1: Conception of Geeta Nagari on the Principles of Gandhi

2. Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta and the transcendental knowledge thereof has also descended in the above process of aural reception from Vaivaswata Manu but when the chain of desciplic succession was broken at the beginning of the Kali yuga by the influence of the external energy of the Personality of Godhead (Maya), it was again reincarnated by the Supreme Authority of Shri Krishna Himself at the Battlefield of Kuruksetra in the presence of the most beloved friend and devotees of Shri Arjuna. The Lord summarized the full text of the Vedas and Upanishads in the techniques of the Bhagwat Geeta in order to give facility to the people of the present age, who are mostly affected by the influence of the age of quarrel (Kali yuga) and disagreement.
3. The summum bonum teachings of the Bhagwat Geeta is that RELIGION means the art and science of learning the transcendental process of surrendering unto the Lotus Feet of the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Shri Krishna. The purity of such religious knowledge becomes polluted when conditioned souls become too much influenced by the external material energy of the Lord and thus they forget the eternal relation with Him (Shri Krishna). The result is that such forgotten souls become too much adicted to the material process of sense gratification which is the lowest form of crude human civilisation. When such irreligious life of the people in general flourished, the world at large suffers terribly in all directions in the way of challenging the very existence of God.
4. The Personality of Godhead and His transcendental utterances as sounded in the Bhagwat Geeta are identical. Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta is therefore eternally the Personality of Godhead Himself with full potency of His Lordship. The sanctity is maintained by keeping intact the Parampara system i.e. when the message is received just in the way as it was done by Shri Arjuna the first listener of the Bhagwat Geeta. If we strictly follow the foot prints of Shri Arjuna we can also undoubtedly become equally enlightened as Shri Arjuna was by the presence of the Lord Himself. The Lord is omnipresent and He reserves the right of not being exposed to the non-devotee class of men who do not follow the principles of Shri Arjuna.
When the law-abiding devotees of the Lord become embarassed by the unlawful activities of the Ashuras i.e. those who are averse to acknowledge the Supreme Authority of the Lord, at that critical moment either the Personality of Godhead or His counterpart form of Sound Transcendental appears in the mortal world in order to save the people who are faithful and annihilate the unbelievers. As such Bhagwat Geeta descended directly from the utterances of the Personality of Godhead in order to save the faithful and annihilate the unbelievers at the juncture of the Lord's disappearance just after the battlefield activities at Kuruksetra. The Battle of Kuruksetra was fought between the two rival political parties namely the Kurus and the Pandavas.
At the present moment the same fight between two rival political parties without any guidance of the transcendental direction of the Personality of Godhead, is merrily going on, at the expense of the innocent poor people of the world and therefore Shri Krishna has descended again
in the Shape of Geeta Nagari with the same purposes of saving the faithful and annihilating the unbelievers as He did in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra.
5. THE GEETA-NAGARI WILL BE THEREFORE THE MAIN PREACHING CENTER of the SUPREME AUTHORITY of Shri Krishna the Personality of Godhead. It shall be proclaimed from that place that Shri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Enjoyer of all benefits derived from all kinds of works, sacrifice, cultivation of knowledge, that He is the Absolute Proprietor of all the material and spiritual worlds, that He is unalloyed friend and philosopher of all living entities namely the gods or the rulers, the general people, the beast and the birds, the reptiles, plants and trees and all other animals residing in every nook and corner of the great universes. When such knowledge will be fostered from the vantage of the Geeta Nagari, at that time only real peace and prosperity will usher in the world so anxiously awaited by the people of the world. Unfortunately the present trend of civilization is conducted just on the opposite direction of the above standard view. The human being has declared himself to be the Lord or the Supreme enjoyer of everything and he poses himself as the proprietor of the world. He has declared himself as the friend and philosopher of the people in general enamoured by material power and wealth, which is bringing in ruination for himself and his followers also. Every human being is imagining himself as I God (?) and foolishly trying to guide the activities of his so-called followers without knowing the art and science of such leadership business. Such leadership for the actual benefit of the people in general can effectively be conducted when the leaders themselves will know the art and science of surrendering unto the lotus feet of the Shri Krishna and will be able to convince their followers that God alone has the absolute prerogative in the abovementioned three functions.
On the other hand the native of India only has the prerogative to understand this position of Godhead from the pages of the Bhagwat Geeta and he is alone able to preach this truth throughout the whole world. It is therefore desired that the authorities who shall guide the activities of the Geeta Nagari may make such organised effort as will help this MISSION of THE GEETA NAGARI on a permanent basis.
The pangs of the demoralized type of civilization designated by the demoniac principled diplomats, are being keenly felt by the people in general and to save them from the untold miseries of life, is to take shelter of the transcendental message of the Bhagwat Geeta.
A vivid picture of the demoniac principled leaders is given in the text of the Bhagwat Geeta in the Sixteenth Chapter as follows:-
We can know the real heart of an Ashura in the statement of the Bhagwat Geeta. At the present moment practically every man is infected with a false sense of prestige, pride, anger, vanity, cruelty and similar other qualities born of poor fund of knowledge. There are always two classes of men of which one is known as the Devas or the gods and the other is known as the Ashuras or the demons. The Ashuras unable to realise what should be done and what should not be done in the human form of life. Those who are generally endowed with godly qualities do perform charities, possess the power of controlling the sense organs, perform sacrifices, practice penance, non-violence, love, truth, learn tolerance, remains peaceful, refrain from speaking ill of others, become kindly in behaviour with others, eradicate lust and hankerings, practice patience and purity of habits. These are some of the many godly qualities of men equal with God. But unfortunately these godly qualities are rarely experienced in the character of the present generation and in most cases the qualities of the demons are vividly demonstrated because the demoniac men are unclean in habits. Such unclean men do not believe in the existence of God and they think without any reason that desire or necessity of life is the ultimate cause of all creations without knowing that disposal is more important cause than desire. The demoniac observation is always defective both in fact and practice.
People addicted to demoniac principles, devoid of transcendental knowledge, imperfectly educated and inventors of violent works leading to miseries and destruction of the world have greatly developed in this age.
Although these people indirectly realize that their mode of activities had already diminished the duration of life of the people in general, yet they consider the advancement of material knowledge as progress of life, dictated by a strong sense of vanity under the cover of unclean habits. The effects of this pernicious type of material civilization is that people have already forgotten the question of life after death, and thus they have taken to an irresponsible way of life leading to untold miseries and distress of material existence. The demoniac way of thinking has covered their unsatiated desire for work and sense enjoyment till the end of material existence. These people are embarassed with thousands and one desires enlarging the circle of exploiting habits in greater and greater circumference. They have now become mad so to say for such enlarged activities of material civilisation. Such people think unrestrictedly and at all times like this "I have accumulated so much wealth just now and in the next I am going to accumulate more wealth. I am god(?) and nobody is equal to my position.
"I have killed this enemy, and I am arranging to kill the other one. I am god and I am the enjoyer of everything. I am happy and I am perfect. I do not think any body else richer than me. I can perform all kinds of sacrifices and by doing so I can purchase all virtues." The Ashuras therefore exhibit a feat of their unalloyed foolishness by such contemplation as above mentioned.
Saintly politicians of the modern age like Mahatma Gandhi and others inspired by the teachings of the Bhagwat Geeta, although imperfectly, have tried to lead such politicians of demoniac principle, as they may be influenced by the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta. Mahatma Gandhi's movement in the political field such as non-violence, peaceful non-cooperation, truthfulness, sacrifice, etc., are some of the brilliant examples for subduing the demoniac tendency of the people in general. Such examples in the life of Mahatma Gandhi made him well-recognized all over the world inspite of their being temporary measures and it may safely be concluded that Mahatma Gandhi's success in such movements was solely and wholely dependant on the inspiration of the Bhagwat Geeta, leaving aside his all other activities in the political field, the following four principles which he adopted sincerely in his mature old age, are in essence derived from the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta for practical application in the matter of social and spiritual upliftment of the present order of things. They are as follows:-
A. Leaders and politicians may take lessons from the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who was undoubtedly a great and busy politician, in respect of his daily evening prayer meeting and regular recitation of the text of Bhagwat Geeta. He followed this principle of life most faithfully even up to the last moment of his lamented life. People in general and the leaders in particular may follow the foot prints of Mahatma Gandhi if they at all do want to do some good to their followers. Such regular habit of reciting the reading of the Bhagwat Geeta makes one able to get rid of the demoniac way of life and gradually rising up to the plane of pure devotional life of the gods. When such devotional life is enriched by recitation of the Bhagwat Geeta, all the good qualities of gods automatically overcome the reciter without any extraneous effort on his part. And a person however qualified he may be in the mundane sense of the term, if he is devoid of the principles of devotional life as abovementioned, he shall surely hover in the mental plane of uncertainty and as such will always fail to enter into the nouminon existence of life. Those who have developed such nouminon existence of life generally known as spiritual life, are called Mahatmas in the language of the Bhagwat Geeta. The definition of real mahatmas is given in the book.
B. The temple entry movement of Mahatma Gandhi is another attempt to deliver people in general from spiritual degradation and by such movement the mass of people can be saved from gliding down to the lowest status of demoniac life. Even when he was at Noakhali (Pakistan) during the dark hours of the partition days, he never hesitated to reinstall the deities of Radha and Krishna there and by such examples he had done immense good for the people in general. Leaders and politicians may take lessons from this particular incidence of his life. It may be said in this connection that there are thousands and thousands of Visnu temples all over India. And these temples were originally meant for enlightening
the mass of people in spiritual values so that they can live in peace and harmony with higher aim of life. At the present moment in most cases—these centres of spiritual educational have been rendered into rendezvous of demoniac dance for want of the culture of Bhagwat Geeta. They have become on the contrary so many plague spots for preaching atheism and advancement of demoniac principles for want of regular propagation of spiritual education under able leadership. The mission of Geeta Nagari must have its aim amongst others to rectify the anomalies that have entered in to the life of these centres of spiritual education and regenerate them to the sense of spiritual education through the exemplary life of devotees that may be created from the practical life of the members of the Geeta Nagari. The Bhagwat Geeta [9.25] encourages us in such spiritual culture as follows:-
JANTI DEVA-BRATA DEVAN PITRIN JANTI PITRIBRATAH
BHUTEYA JANTI BHUTANI JANTI MADYAJINO API MAM,
C. Mahatma Gandhi started the Harijan movement in order to raise the status of the fallen people either by social injustice or otherwise. But such pious movement may not be restricted only amongst the Bhangis and Chamars who are proclaimed as such for their unclean habits or in some cases by social injustice. But such movement may be extended amongst those also who are passing in the society as Brahmins and Kshatriyas etc., but in practice their mentality is more degraded than the lowest of the Bhangis and Chamars. HARIJAN MEANS THE ASSOCIATE OF GOD HIMSELF. Chamars and Bhangis or for the matter of that, people who are of the mentality of the chamars and Bhangis both in habit and dealings,—can never be promoted to the position of Harijans, unless and until such persons are helped to go up to the place of the Harijans by the approved method of rules made by actual Harijans, such as Arjun, Prahlad, Dhruva, Yamaraj, Bhisma, Janaka, Narada, etc. There is no bar for any one to rise up to the position of Harijan and this is confirmed in the Bhagwat Geeta [9.32].
MAM HI PARTHA VYAPASHRITYA JE API SYU PAPAYONAYA
STHIYO VAISHYA TATHA SUDRAS TE API JANTI PARAM GATI
Mahatma Gandhi did not approve of the system of birthright castes as is prevailing in India and there is ample support for this movement of casteless society in the Bhagwat Geeta in its own way. Casteless society does not mean that there will be no section or sub-section of social division. Without such division of social order no living society can be conceived but there may not be any such section or subsection simply for the matter of birth right accidence. A Brahmins son has the right to become a Brahmin provided he has the rightful qualifications of a Brahmin otherwise he cannot be placed in the exhalted position of a Brahmin. That is the verdict of all revealed scriptures.
D. There are three modes of nature working all over the universe and they are called the mode of goodness, the mode of passion, and the mode of ignorance. Every man or every animal is under the influence of either of the above modes of nature. As such, it is wrong to calculate that the modes of nature is working only within the boundaries of partitioned India(?). On the contrary the fact is that nature is working all over the universe and therefore in other parts of the world also. In the human society undoubtedly there are men of different modes of nature as above mentioned. Persons who are under the influence of the modes of goodness, may be classified as Brahmins, similarly those who are under the influence of the modes of passion may be called as the Kshatiryas and so on as they are described in the approved Shastras. The modes of ignorance as it goes down by degrees it produces men of such lower and lower qualities and they are designated as Yavanas, Mlecchas, Kiratas, Huns, Andhras, Pulindas, Pulkasas, Aviras, Sumbhas, Khasadayas etc and there are four lakhs of men of different qualities all over the universe influenced by the above mentioned modes of nature. From the Geeta Nagari this universal truth must be propagated systematically, so that REAL HUMAN SOCIETY may be established for the benefit of all, dividing the categories of men according to natural modes of nature. Such social order on the basis of the Bhagwat Geeta all over the world may be called the institution of natural caste system or the casteless society. In that institution of natural caste system
all divisions of men will be engaged in one transcendental business of spiritual community with equal status of life and with equal importance of co-operative value as much as the different parts of the one whole body have different functions only but qualitatively they are one and the same. In that institution of spiritual social order every one will have equal right to promote himself to the higher status of life without any malicious competition and as such education and culture will be open door for all concerned as much as the varsity of all state is open for all with equal status of educational right. Casteless society will, of course, never allow to place on the same category of a high-court judge and the labourer unless such society will have gone in to madness of culture. On the contrary by establishment of such casteless society as it is stated in the Bhagwat Geeta no body will be grudging if any one is recognized as the qualified Brahmin on the value of merit only and not on the basis of birthright claim. Such casteless society is reasonable and acceptable by one and all in the world.
E. On the basis of the abovementioned four principles of Gandhi and approved by the tenets of the Bhagwat Geeta, the Geeta Nagari will properly utilise the huge resources of Mahatma Gandhi memorial fund, in the manner as will satisfy both Gandhi and the public. Gandhi's memory can be well preserved by his exemplary activities and not by simply constructions of huge buildings or deadstone statues as we see the general tendency. Mahatma Gandhi was saintly reformer and his memorial fund may be utilized for the purpose of converting degraded persons into saintly order. Mahatma Gandhi strictly followed the four primary principles necessary for the public leader, Brahmin King and the transcendentalist and they are as follows:-
*1. Not to associate illegitimately with women.
2. Refrain from animal slaughter.
3. Refrain from intoxication including drinking of tea and smoking of Bidi.
4. To act not on speculative and gambling enterprises.
Unfortunately many of the so-called followers of Mahatma Gandhi are positively adicted to all the abovementioned four principles of immoral habits and still they are passing as the disciples of Mahatma Gandhi. In the Bhagwat Geeta it is clearly mentioned that exemplary acts by the leaders are followed by the common man. If the leaders are themselves fallen in the matter of standard morality how one can expect the common man to be virtuous and moral? It will therefore be the duty of the Geeta Nagari to produce leaders of exemplary character to guide the people in general both in this as well as the next life for actual peace and prosperity.
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(indistinct) by such movement the mass of people can be saved from gliding down to the lowest status of demoniac life. Even when he was at Noakhali during the dark hours of the partition days, he never hesitated to reinstal the deities of Sree Sree Radha Govinda Sreemurties there and by such examples he had done emmense good for the people in general. Leaders and politicians may take lessons from this particular incidence of his life. It may be said in this connection that there are thousands and thousands of Vishnu temples or other temples all over India. And these temples were originally the centres of spiritual enlightenment which help subduing the demoniac way of life of the people in general and thereby they would live in peace and prosperity. At the present moment in most cases those spiritual educational centres have been rendered into rendezvous of demoniac dance for want of culture of Bhagwat Geeta. They have become on the contrary so many places for preaching atheism and advancement of demoniac principles for want of proper and regular spiritual propaganda under able leadership. The mission of Geeta Nagari must have its aim amongst others to rectify the anomalies that have entered in to the life of these centres of spiritual education and regenerate them to the sense of spiritual life through the exemplary life of devotees that may be created from the practical life of Sree Geeta Nagari. The Bhagwat Geeta encourages us in such spiritual cultural life as follows:-
3. Mahatma Gandhi started the Harijan movement in order to raise the status of the fallen people either by social injustice or otherwise. But such movement may not be restricted only amongst the Bhangis and Chamars who are proclaimed as such by social injustice but such movement may be extended amongst those also who are passing in the society as Brahmins and Kshatriyas but in practice their mentality is more degraded than the lowest of the Bhangis and Chamars. Harijan means the associate of God himself. Chamars and Bhangis or for the matter of that people of the mentality of the Chamars and Bhangis can never be promoted to the position of Harijans unless and until such persons are helped to go up to the place of the Harijan by methods approved by the Harijans, (indistinct) such Arjuna, Prahlad, Dhrubamoharaj, Yamaraj, Bhisma, Janaka, Narada Vysa, etc. There (indistinct) no bar for any one to rise up to the position of Harijana as it is stated in (indistinct) Bhagwat Geeta in the following lines.—
I have killed this enemy and I am arranging to kill the other one. I am god and I am the enjoyer of everything, I am happy and I am perfect. I do not think any body else richer than me. I can perform all sorts of sacrifices and by doing so I can purchase all virtues." The Ashuras therefore exhibit a feat of their unalloyed foolishness by such contemplations as above mentioned.
Saintly politicians of the modern age like Mahatma Gandhi and others, inspired by the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta, although imperfectly, have tried to lead such demoniac politicians of demoniac principles as they may be influenced by the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta. Mahatma Gandhi's movement in the political field such as non-violence, peaceful non-cooperation, truthfulness, sacrifice etc are some brilliant examples for subduing the demoniac tendency of the people in general. Such example in the life of Mahatma Gandhi made him well recognized all over the world, inspite of their being temporary measures and it may be safely concluded that Mahatma Gandhi's success in such movements was solely and wholely dependant on the inspiration of Bhagwat Geeta. Leaving aside his all other activities in the political field, the four following principles which he adopted sincerely in his mature old age, are in essence derived from the teaching of Bhagwat Geeta for practical application for social and spiritual upliftment in the present order of things. They are as follows:-
1. Leaders and politicians may take lessons from the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who was undoubtedly a great and busy politician in respect of his daily evening prayer meeting and regular recitation of Bhagwat Geeta. He followed this principle of life most faithfully, even up to the last moment of his lamented life. People in general and the leaders in particular may follow this foot prints of Mahatma Gandhi if they at all want to do some good to their followers. Such regular habit of reciting the readings of Bhagwat Geeta makes one able to get rid of the demoniac way of life and gradually rise up to the plane of pure devotional life of the gods. When such devotional life is enriched by recitation of the readings of Bhagwat Geeta, all the good qualities of the saints and gods automatically overcome the reciter without any extraneous effort on his part. And a person however qualified he may be in the mundane sense of the term, if he is devoid of the principles of devotional life as abovementioned, shall surely hover in the mental plane of uncertainty and, as such will always fail to enter into the nouminon existence of life. Those who have developed such nouminon existence of life generally known as spiritual life are called Mahatmas in the language of Bhagwat Geeta. The definition of real Mahatmas is given below from the reading of Bhagwat Geeta.
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4. Mahatma Gandhi did not approve of the present system of caste system as is prevailing in India and there is ample support of this movement of casteless society (in) the Bhagwat Geeta in its own way. Casteless society does not mean that there will (be) no section or subsection of social division because without that, no society can (exist) but there may not be any caste simply for the sake of birthright accidence. Bhagwat (Geeta) approves of the caste system in terms of mundane quality acquired but not in terms of accidence of birth. It is said there as follows:-
There are three modes of Nature working all over the world and they are called the mode of goodness, the mode of passion, and the mode of ignorance. And every man or every animal is under the influence of either of the above mentioned modes of Nature. As such it is mistake to calculate and the modes of Nature is working within the boundaries of India only but it is quite reasonable that such natural laws are working in other parts of the world too. There in the human society there are undoubtedly men of such different qualities namely men under the influence of the mode of goodness called the qualified Brahmins, those who are under the mode of passion called the Kshatriyas, those under the influence of passion cum ignorance are called the Vaisyas and last of all the men under the influence of the mode of ignorance are called the Sudras. The mode of ignorance as it goes down by degrees it produces men of such qualities as are called Javanam Mlecchas, Kirats, Hun, Andhras, Pulindas, Pukksas, Aviras, Sumbhas, Khasadyas etc and there are four lakh kinds of men all over the universe. From Geeta Nagari, this universal Truth must be propagated systematically so that real human society may be restablished for the benefit of all dividing men according natural mode by such approved processes as are called practical psychology or anything else. Such social order all over the world will be know as the Institution of quality caste system and every human being will have the right to qualify himself by education and culture to enter into the higher status of life in the same manner as the varsity of different (line indistinct…………)
(indistinct) course to place on same category a High court judge and a labourer of the mill unless such society has gone into madness. On the contrary by establishment of such casteless society as it is said in the Bhagwat Geeta, no body will be grudging if any one is recognised as qualified Brahmin on his merit only as one is recognised a graduate by his merit only. Such casteless society is reasonable and acceptable.
The Geeta Nagari may properly utilise the huge fund collected to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi in the manner as abovementioned in four principle heads because Gandhi's memory can only be preserved by his exemplary activities and not by simply erecting some big buildings or statues as we see the general tendency is. The Bhagwat Geeta asks every big man to perfect his life with the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta and then set himself as an example for the benefit of the people in general. It is said there
It is foolish to follow the proverbial principle of putting a cart before a horse or putting old wine into a new bottle. It shall be the duty of Geeta Nagari to agitate against the Gandhi Memorial Fund being utilised otherwise than in the manner befitting the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta, approved by Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi fought with the adamant British Imperialism by his indegenous method with touch of spiritual strength and after obtaining our independence by such method if we simply imitate the mode of western civilization certainly it will be difficult for us to preserve such independence by some foolish plans made in London. If we want to preserve our independence at all we must give up the London made ideas so scrupulously adhered by our political leaders. If we eat fire we must be rendt to pass cinders. The mode of western civilisation is sure to produce such social upheaval as Bolshevism or Communism and if India wants to set an example social peace and prosperity she must be ready to accept the philosophy of the Bhagwat Geeta. The specialty of Mahatma Gandhi's movement was that beginning from Charkha up to the end of his life singing Ramdhun by chanting Raghupati Raghava Raja Rama all were indigenous methods and none of them were borrowed from the western philosophers. Even if when he had attended the Round Table Conference in London he was present there in his indigenous dress without monkeying the Europeans as others do and for this behaviour of his he was never disrespected but on the contrary he was welcomed there as an independent king would have been. As such if we open some big hospitals to accommodate the diseased persons in greater number and thereby encourage the process of infecting diseases or erect some marble statues as the place of sitting for the crows to leave their stools, then certainly we shall be doing disservice to Mahatma Gandhi who was cent per cent Indian in thought and action.
Mahatma Gandhi wanted to cure the disease of the heart. He always pleaded for change of heart for the Ashuras and that is the root disease that is sought to be cured by the method of Bhagwat Geeta. Such disease is caused by the process of forgetfulness of our eternal relation with the Personality of Godhead Sree Krishna. And the seed of such disease germinate in different stages within the heart called the potential state, undeveloped state and developed state or in other words in the subconscious state, conscious state and then in manifested state. The Indians must set examples to open hospitals to cure diseases of the heart in different stages and the mode of treatment shall be conducted in the Geeta Nagari according to the plan of Bhagwat Geeta. Unless one has purified one's heart no amount of antiseptic methods can save him from destruction. One must be purified both externally and internally. Externally means physiologically and internally means psychologically. Physiological treatment will never help is to remain free from all diseases because all diseases sprouts at the beginning psychologically. It is said in the Bhagwat Geeta as follows:-
Earth, water, fire, air and the sky are the five principle elements of the physical world and the mind, intelligence and false ego are the finer elements of the psychological world. Therefore all sciences and arts including the science of morality, religion or theology all belong to the External Energy of the Personality of Godhead. We should not therefore make an end of philosophical search here only but we must have to enter into the realm of Internal Energy of the Personality of Godhead the particles of which are manifested in the shape of living beings. The living entities are never the product of the elements of the physical or psychological elements but it is made of a different ingredient produced from the Internal Energy of Godhead. Such eternal potency is the target of Bhagwat Geeta and if any treatment has to be done for the diseases of the human being it has to be done from the very inception namely from the Internal Potency. Such treatment only will make every living being hale and hearty. As such the Geeta Nagari has to minister the treatment of diseased persons both externally and internally as abovementioned. There is practically no hospital for the treatment of the internal potency and Geeta Nagari must be very much alive to this point of view. For such internal treatment of the human being Bhagwat Geeta will always help us.
(Page 10.) Whatever we may attempt to do in this world there are some guiding authoritative books in that region. To do such things in an ordered manner or in standardised method we have to consult such a book of knowledge. Without consulting such book of knowledge if we simply follow our whims and caprices, it is not possible for us to be happy in life neither is it possible to be successful either in this or the next life. As such IT SHALL BE THE FOREMOST BUSINESS OF GEETA NAGARI TO CHALK OUT ITS PLAN OF ACTION STRICTLY ON THE TEACHINGS OF BHAGWAT GEETA AND NOTHING MORE OR NOTHING LESS. Bhagwat Geeta is acknowledged to be the condensed form of the milk of all knowledge and it is said that this pure milk is obtained from the knowledge cow of all Vedas and Upanishads milked by Lord Sree Krishna Himself in the presence of Arjuna who is compared with a calf of Upanishds. This milk of all Upanishads has to be distributed throughout the world by those who are actually devotees of Lord Krishna. There is hardly a second authoritative book like this in any other part of the world.
We should note very particularly how we have become degraded due to our gross ignorance for want of proper knowledge in discerning what shall be done by us and what we shall not do. Our foolishness has entangled us in a chain of absurd work and its reactions. If we want at all to become from such entanglement it is our duty to look towards Bhagwat Geeta and to propagate such pure transcendental knowledge shall be main business of Geeta Nagari.
Simply to move hands and legs is no work. There must be a brain behind such movements of limbs and that will be considered as proper work. We must make an analysis of real work, unreal work as also that of foolish work. It is not easy to give direction for any of the abovementioned works without any reference to Bhagwat Geeta. When we are able to discharge the prescribed duties of the book of knowledge it is called real work; when we do work without any reference to the book of knowledge it is called unreal work and when do things foollishly it has no vlue whatsoever. Those have no knowledge of their prescribed duties are undoubtedly foolish worker entangled in the reactions of their foolishness and those who have tasted the bitterness of such foolish entanglement are so called renouncer of work altogether dressed in many colourful dresses for earning the maintenance of body and soul together. There are others who are material scientists or in finer way the mystics who may be called a different grade of workers of the same category. But the transcendental worker who shall work under the plan of Bhagwat Geeta shall only be able to live a happy life of peace and prosperity by dedicating all the results of their activities unto the lotus feet of Sree Krishna the Absolute Personality of Godhead.
(Page 11) Under such cooling shade of peace and tranquility the people in general will be able to follow the footprints of the Mahatmas and thus being influenced by the Internal Energy of Godhead they shall be able to combine themselves for a higher mission of life. Mahatmas who are already under the influence of Internal Energy of Godhead do possess themselves immense strength for the deliverance of the fallen people of the world but although they possess such power they exercise such strength in a corporate body—inorder to give chance to the less powerful souls who intend to serve God. Sree Bajranga jee Hanuman, although He was Himself competently able to combat with Ravana yet He took help from a little spiral [spider] in the matter of constructing a bridge over the gulf of ceylon, in order to give such a little being a chance of service in the service of sree Ramchandra. What to speak of Sree Hanumanajee even Sree Ramchandra Who is Personality of Godhead Himself possessing all the power to create maintain or to annihilate the whole universe, played the part of a man and took the help of His Monkey Devotees inorder to deliver Seeta Devi from the clutches of Ravana. In the battlefield of Kuruksetra, all the men who assembled there could have been killed within a twinkling of an eye by a mere symbolic sign of Sree Krishna, were requisitioned to fight with Bhima and Arjuna inorder to give credit to His (Krishnas) most beloved friend and devotee. Therefore if the inhabitants of Geeta Nagari wants to establish perfect Kingdom of Heaven (Rama Rajya) they can endevour to do so combinaly in the service of the Personality of Godhead. The inhabitants of the Geeta Nagari shall therefore engage their everything namely their life, their wealth, their intelligence, and their words in the service of the Lord. That is the practical way of living a life of Bhagwat Geeta.
Those who are simultaneously valiant warrior, worker without a desire for the fruitive result, erudite scholar for knowing God as He is and pure devotee of the Personality of Godhead, such personalities only can serve the purposes of Bhagwat Geeta for the benefit of all concerned. Such heroes of transcendental fame are very very dear to the Personality of Godhead. And for them only it is said in the last portion of the teachings of Bhagwat Geeta that one should only carry out the order of Godhead and nothing else and if in doing so any one is subjected to tribulations for nonperformance of other duties, He (Sree Krishna) will always save him for which he may ret assured. The Personality of Godhead is the only Original Friend and Philosopher of every one and He is the Father of all living being. The Bhagwat Geeta is His transcendental word and it is identical therefore with Godhead in full potency. Great Mahatmas do try to know this ultimate Truth themselves and try to preach to others this sublime Truth.
(Page 12.) The ultimate truth is that God, the world and the living entities are co-related with one another as a complete Whole. Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Brahman, Nature is the Infinite Brahman and the living entities are infinitesimal Brahmans. In that spirit only we can know that everything that be is Brahman and nothing but Brahman. Bhagwat Geeta is the synthesis of the Ultimate Truth in the fact that Sree Krishna the Personality of Godhead is the begetting Father of everything, Nature is the Supreme Mother to impregnated with that seeds of living beings and the living entities in multiple forms of different species of life (84 lacs varieties) are the children of such Father and Mother as above mentioned.
We can know from this fact that there is a sweet transcendental interrelation between all living entities irrespective of not only caste creed and colour between man and man but between man and beast, man to birds, man to reptiles, man to plants etc and so also between man and God and between God and others and so on. The Bhagwat Geeta can most scientifically raise this standard of life of sweet relation between one thing woth other and as such the Geeta Nagari shall be centre for such supreme culture of knowledge. The Geeta Nagari shall set example that neither God nor the living being nor the nature is in any way antagonistic to one another but that all of them exist in harmony as a complete whole unit. When Geeta Nagari will attempt to harmonise such sweet relation between man to God, Man to world and world to God at such an auspicious time only the united nations effort to establish peace in the world will be successful or the dream of a casteless society all over the world will be realised in practice. There is no other practical solution of the scientific basis of universal brotherhood or of universal religion without understanding this simple truth of the fatherhood of Godhead, motherhood of Nature and childhood of all living entities. But the living entities in a spirit misusing their infinitesimal independence and forgetfulness of their relation with Godhead as eternal servitor and the served or in other words when the living entity forgets his begetting father and thinks himself as the son or product of the material nature only or to be more simple when the living entity becomes a mother's son only at that the mother Nature, inorder to set right her son to be come a obedient son, chastises the living entity in a destructive mood as Mahakali. Mahamaya Durga is the Primeval Form of all external energies of Godhead. She is described as Dasabhuja with different kinds of weapons in her hand to punish Mohishasura is also Her son as every living entity is. Mohishasura is attacked by the Mother's serpent of time on the head and the ion of passion on the body. Moreover Mohishasura is attacked with Her (Page 13.) trident pierced on the chest and thus the representative demon Mohisasura is embarrassed in a manner from which he is unable to get out. When the demon is thus set right and surrenders to Her will, the Mahamaya then manifests Her real entity in the Form MahaLaxmi engaged in the eternal service of Sree Narayana and at that time She gives Her son all facilities for the service of the Father assisted with all opulence, all power, all fame, all beauties, all knowledge and all renunciation. The example of Ravana and that of Sree Hanumanjee may be given here. Both of them are the sons of the potency of Godhead. One of them tried to snatch Sree Sita Devi from the service of Sree Rama while Sree Hanumanjee tried to rescue Sree Sita Devi from the clutches of Ravana. By such different treatment of two different sons, Ravana was announced as the Asura or Raksa while Sree Hanumanjee is famous as the foremost devotee of Sree Ramchandra. From these examples we can conclude that our ideal shall be Sree Hanumanjee and not Ravana who was vanquished in spite of his possessing all material facilities of wealth, followers, knowledge, beauties, fame, etc. Such material acquisitions are unable to protect any Ravana whatever he may be from destruction.
In a state of forgetfulness only the living entities consider themselves as the product of the material world or as the son of material Nature without any connection of the Father and in such mistaken mood of existence they think of themselves as belonging to some particular nation country class family sect and many other material designations. The transcendental processes of Bhagwat Geeta which aim at the deliverance of the living entities from the above mentioned many kinds of material designations are known as different Yogas. When one is attached too much to material work he is delivered by the process of Karma Yoga, when one is attached too much with the speculative way knowledge, he is delivered by the process of Jnana Yoga, when one is attached too much in the mystic way of realising God, he is delivered by the process of Hatha Yog, but one accepts the Personality of Godhead as the primeval cause of all causes he is elevated by the process of Bhakti Yoga. As such Bhagwat Geeta is undoubtedly the book of knowledge for all never mind in whatever position one may be according to his different inborn tendency. Bhagwat Geeta can deliver any one and every one from any position by a systematic treatment in the above ways of Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga or Bhakti Yoga. We may discuss herewith shortly the different ways for different persons.
Those who are too much addicted to enjoying the results of their material work, are treated in the following manner according to Bhagwat Geeta namely:—
(Page 14.) A person who struggles for existence with full knowledge of his relation with God, the world and the living entities is in a spirit of self-surrender unto the Supreme Will of God and refrains from his own way of thinking doubts and laziness is called a Karma Yogi or devotee under the influence of material work. Such Karma Yogi do every thing for the satisfaction of God only as his master and nobody else and for this act of self-denial he does not grudge the Personality of Godhead. The general tendency of all worker is that he wants to enjoy the fruit of his own labour and it is unthinkable for such materialists to sacrifice all fruits of his labour for the sake of Godhead. Such materialists are bound up by the results of his work either good or bad. But the Karma Yogi who always works for the satisfaction of Godhead, is not at all bound up by any reaction such material work. That is the secret of doing work according to the plan of God. Those who therefore envy the Personality of Godhead and do not sacrifice the results for the sake of Godhead must be considered as lost men devoid of all knowledge.
A person addicted to the speculative mood for knowing the ultimate Truth known as the empiric philosopher are advised to follow the principles of Bhagwat Geeta as stated below,-
The empiric philosophers by their speculative process of knowing the Absolute Truth attain to the plane of spiritual cognisance and becomes free from the attachment of material consciousness. Such liberated soul is never affected by any sort of material hankering for things which he does not possess neither does he lament for things which he might have lost. He is equipoised in every circumstances and as he is fixed up in that position he is blessed with the engagement of transcendental loving service of Godhead. And by the gradual process of development of such transcendental loving service of Godhead the liberated soul can know in fact what is actually the eternal Form, Pastime, Quality, paraphernalia and entourage of Godhead Who is the Supreme Personality. The last word of liberation is to know Godhead as He is.
The mystics generally known as the Yogis are advised to follow the undermentioned principles of Bhagwat Geeta:—
(Page 15.) Mystics who have attained to Samadhi (a state of bodily realisation of the Spirit Soul) can realise Godhead within himself and everything in Godhead. Therefore a self realised mystic realises Godhead everywhere and sees everything in Sree Krishna. He identifies himself as belonging to Sree Krishna and accepts Sree Krishna as his own. Establishment of this neutral relation with Godhead is the beginning of spiritual mellows. Such contemplative mystics do not fall down and Sree Krishna saves them in all respects. Such Yogis gradually rise up to the state of transcendental loving service to Godhead. In the primary stages, the Yogins submerged in spiritual equilibrium, experience the localised aspect of Godhead with four hands within themselves but in the secondary stage they realise that Chaturbhuja Narayana is non different from Sree Krishna. When the Yogins concentrate their meditation on the Form of Sree Krishna Who is transcendental to mundane time and space can without any separate effort realise the impersonal Brahman as a matter of course.
Bhagwat Geeta advises everyone to become such Yogins because the Yogins are greater than the ordinary mundane workers, the empiric philosophers or even those who undergo penances and austerities for higher perfection of life. And amongst all such Yogins, those who meditate upon Sree Krishna externally and internally with devotion and love are considered to be the highest of all Yogins. Those who work ordinarily with such Yoga (meditating upon Sree Krishna) are called Karma Yogi, those who cultivate knowledge with such Yoga are called Jnanayogi and those who have abandoned all work and speculative way of empiric knowledge but have taken to pure devotional work and knowledge transcendentally engaging all their wealth, attention, intelligence and words in the service of Godhead are called Bhakta Yogi. The highest perfection of life is to attain to such stage of Bhakta Yogins. The personality of Godhead has advised in the Bhagwat Geeta about those Bhakta Yogins in the following words.
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(page 16.) dualities of the relative world do render unalloyed loving service to Sree Krishna only. In such stage of devotional life, the devotee offers to Sree Krishna every thing that he eats, that he sacrifices, what he gives in charity or what he meditates upon. He does so because he becomes well convinced in the knowledge that the Personality of Godhead is the original and primeval cause of all causes Govinda. From Him only everything emanates on Him only everything exists, unto Him only everything enters into after annihilation. After such realisation no body can worship anyone except Sree Krishna. At that time all attention, all intelligence and all life of the devotee become absorbed in the transcendental service of Godhead and such transcendental service becomes manifested in nine different devotional functions (Nabadha Bhakti) of hearing, chanting, recollecting, serving, worshipping, glorifying, adoring, fraternising and surrendering of the Name, Quality, Pastimes, Paraphernalia, and entourage of Sree Krishna. The Personality of Godhead, also being satisfied with the transcendental loving services of such devotees constantly engaged in Him, enlightens such devotees from within themselves in such a way as they may be able to enter into the manifested Pastimes of Sree Krishna as He does at all times. The Personality of Godhead Sree Krishna enlightens the hearts of those devotees with transcendental knowledge even at the time of their remaining in the material world and although such devotees may be illiterate in terms of material calculation. The MAIN FUNCTION OF SREE GITA-NAGARI SHALL BE TO INCREASE THE (indistinct) OF SUCH DEVOTEES ONLY, amongst other engagement.
After discussing the above-mentioned activities of Geeta Nagari we can summarize the conclusion in the following way.
a. Sree Krishna the Personality of Godhead is The Powerful Whole and the living entities and natural phenomena are His energies.
b. Energy of a person gives introduction of a powerful man and as such the energies of Godhead namely the living entities and the material nature combined glorify the emmense energy of Godhead. Energies are parts and parcel of Godhead but they cannot be Godhead themselves.
c. God's External Energy is engaged in the matter of chastising the revolting entities whereas His Internal Energy is engaged in protecting the devotee and the faithful.
d. The living entities are controlled by the External Energy of Godhead, when they (the living entities) make it their main business of satisfying the material senses. The objects of sense gratification are composed of twenty four elements created by the External Energy. The material science can deal with those twenty four elements by chemical or physical combination and such products appear before us like the mirage in the desert created by such material combination. Increasing the number of such mirages by advancement of material science, will never bring real happiness to the living entities because such steps will drag the living entities farther and farther from God.
e. The living entity although it has become entangled in the material cages of gross body and subtle mind some how or other, it can liberate itself from such bondage by developing the quality of goodness to begin with and gradually rising to the plane of transcendence when seeds of bondage in different stages of sub-consciousness, consciousness and manifested stage shall be burnt and the living entity will be liberated. It is stated in the Bhagwat Geeta as follows:-
The highest service that can be rendered to humanity therefore is to raise him from his down trodden state of bondage. Indian saints have specifically treated over this important subject of social service and people in other country lags behind in that science. People in other country have advanced far above expectation in the advancement of binding the living entity in material bondage they have very little culture in this transcendental science. Such advancement material science has created so much entanglement of the human society that every one is now anxious to get back peace and happiness by the formation of such associations as the U N O and others. It is not however possible to attain peace without being educated in the spiritual science as has been dealt with in the Bhagwat Geeta.
The mode treatment as to how one can be raised from the lowest status of ignorance to the highest status of illumination of full knowledge is elaborately discussed in the Bhagwat Geeta. The medicine and the diet both have been thoroughly dealt with there. More than eighty percent of the general population is more or less of the demoniac type. The demoniac tendency has increased so much that no body is even able to understand that there is absolute need for us to cultivate the science of Internal Potency of Godhead as much as we are doing in the field of the External Potency of Godhead. As a matter of fact they are now not only foolish and sinful but also their knowledge is covered by their sinful acts.
If we want therefore to take all these Asuras to the highest stage of life not only for their benefit but also for our benefit too because the Suras and the Asuras are so to say bound up together for relative activities. If we really want to do them some good it is our duty then to distribute the remnants of foodstuff offered to Godhead to such Asuras so that they can rise up gradually to the transcendental plane.
The Geeta Nagari has to arrange for such distribution of Prasadam in order to and distributing the remnants of….
The Ashuras are always hungry and distressed and if arrangement for distributing Prasadam is made for them no body will object to accept such Prasadam. Mahatma Gandhi began Ramdhun chanting at every evening Prayer meeting and this practice would be utilised as medicine for the Asuras while distribution of Prasadam will act as diet for them.
In order to treat the heart diseases of the Ashuras transcendental hospitals have to be opened at Geeta Nagari apart from the ordinary hospitals that are run on everywhere. These hospitals shall treat the Asuric patients with respect to their education initiation knowledge atc science transcendental eating enjoying and treatment of diseases altogether. That will be the special function of the Geeta Nagari. If work is begun with an aim to serve the Internal Potency of Godhead, there will not be any check in the progressive work of the external Potency of Godhead but such work will have a change in the Internal Potency of Godhead. The function of Iron stops when it is hot in association with fire and at that time the iron works as fire with all its potency in the same way when work is begun in the realm of Internal Potency of Godhead, the external potency stops functioning. We have already discussed the different potencies of Godhead namely Internal and External.
It is therefore concluded that the energy of Godhead works differently in response to our service or revolt to the plan of Godhead.
The particular type of persons who are able to take charge of the propaganda work of the Geeta Nagari are also mentioned in the Bhagwat Geeta. It is said about those who had worked for the sake of Godhead as Yogins in the previous births that they can be searched out in the families of the Suchis and the Sreematis. It is said there as follows:-
Those who are born in the family of pure devotees or faithful Brahmins or in the family of rich merchants having devotional activities in the family—due to their virtuous work in the past life, can take interest in the activities of the Geeta Nagari as they are accustomed to do it from the previous birth. It is therefore necessary that such virtuous persons only who have taken their births in the family of Suchis and Sreemats must be assembled together in order to give effect to the program.
Inorder to give effect to the programme of the Geeta Nagari it is necessary that at least twelve gentlemen picked from the family of such Suchis and Sreematas should form into an association. And with the help of these gentlemen arrangement has to done to provide the fund of Geeta Nagari with an income of lx 10,000/- per month for the expenses of the Geeta Nagari. By the Grace of God those who are born in the family of the Srimatas they are sufficiently favoured by Luxmi Devi. As such the Srimatas can make use of their wealth in the service of the Internal Potency of Godhead instead of wasting the same for the service of External Potency of Godhead. If wealth which is considered to be the servitor of Narayana is not engaged in His service surely the same wealth will bring havoc and calamities upon the world and for this the possessors of wealth will surely responsible and the reaction is already in vogue in the shape of many contending political isms of the day.
The crisis that we are now confronted with are the outcome of wealth of the world has been engaged in the service of the External Potency of Godhead. The Geeta Nagari therefore will be able to set a noble example for the benefit of the world as it will show how wealth can be engaged in the service of the Internal Potency of Godhead and thereby bring in peace and prosperity on the world.
Such twelve gentlemen when they have assembled in an organised form shall chalk out the programme of the Geeta Nagari and to guide the principles of such activities Bhagwat Geeta will be the book of knowledge or medium of information.
It is incumbent that such governing bodies of the Geeta Nagari must have the following preliminary qualifications namely:
1. That hey must not have illegitimate connection with women.
2. They must be completely vegetarian.
3. They must refrain from all sorts of intoxicating habits.
4. They must refrain from all sorts of gambling or speculative habits.
Unless and untill the governing gentlemen are free from the above four primary principles it will not be possible for them to go farther and farther above. When one has acquired the above preliminary qualifications and also engaged in the service of Godhead at that time only one is promoted to the stage of a Mahatma. And to conduct the activities of the Geeta Nagari the services of the Mahatmas are requisitioned such activities are not meant for ordinary men having no control over the senses neither have sort of relation with the transcendental service of Godhead. Those who are pure in action can conduct such activities.
One Mahatma can do immense good to others just like one moon can illuminate the firmament and not innumerable star can do anything.
The Proprietor and Deity of the Geeta Nagari will be Sree Krishna Himself. The temple of Sree Krishna which shall be situated in the centre of the Geeta Nagari shall contain the Vigraha of Sree Krishna placed on the Chariot of Sree Arjuna seated along with Sree Krishna. The Vigraha shall be known as Partha Sarathi. The Sree Murti of Sree Partha Sarathi shall proclaim thought the world as to how much the Personality of Godhead can merciful for His devotees. Godhead can be made driver of the Chariot of His devotee is one of the many examples when the Supreme God can meet His in the most simplest way as between friend and friend.
The Powerful God with His Eternal Energy as Arjuna shall be worshipped in the Geeta Nagari according to the rites of the scriptures.
The inhabitants of the Geeta Nagari shall dwell in that transcendental city as the denizens of the Kingdom of God and as associates of the Personality of Godhead. They shall become the actual Harijan as it is described in the Scriptures. The only proprietor of Geeta Nagari shall be the Personality of Godhead and all the inhabitants there shall live there as His servitors.
It is said in the Bhagwat Geeta that Sree Krishna behaves equally with persons according to their reciprocal behavior. (Devanāgarī) Those who will be too much attached to Godhead, the Personality of Godhead will be equally attached to him. Ordinarily the living entities are guided by the mode of Nature and at that no body is dearer or object of derision for Godhead. The Personality of Godhead is known as the Devotee of His devotee and as such only His devotees can purchase Him and no body else.
Great personalities like Maharaja Ambarisa and others have shown the perfect way of worshiping the Personality of Godhead. But in the recent time Sree Sanatan Goswami who was one of the confidential associate of Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and was also the Prime minister of Nawab Hussain Shah of Bengal, showed us the way how one can serve Godhead. He used spend one half of his income for and God's sake. That is a vivid example for the governors of the Geeta Nagari. Sree Sanatan Goswami spent only one fourth of his income for his relations and the balance one fourth was set aside for his personal use. Exemplary householders can take lessons from the behaviour of Sree Rupa and Sanatan Goswamis for their future guidance.
Everything that exists is the property of Godhead. The living entities as sons of Godhead inherit the property not as owner but as gifts from the father to sons and as such they must engage the interest of such properties in the service of Godhead as the primary beneficiary. If they are not prepared to do so they must be ready for sorts troubles in that way offered by the External Potency of Godhead. The process of civilization as designed by the gross materialist is to enjoy the property of (Page 21.) Godhead represented by the External Energy of Godhead, to the utmost capacity until the day of annihilation. They think that the property of Godhead represented by His External Potency is an enjoyable thing by them, their sons and grand sons, their countrymen, their kinsmen etc. which the External Potency of Godhead rejects summarally and therefore the foolish materialists when they are baffled in their attempt to enjoy Mother Nature (External Potency of Godhead) they say that "Nature is unkind." The materialist does not know that in the transcendental service of Godhead all the services towards others as above mentioned are accommodated. The Geeta Nagari shall be the ideal place to set this example to the people of the world.
It is sort of a disease of the Asuras that they have learned to accumulate wealth unlawfully. The conditioned souls under the influence of the External Potency of Godhead are always bewildered in their intelligence like the insane persons are always bewildered in ordinary dealings. As such the governing body of the Geeta Nagari has to be very kind to those bewildered conditioned souls and to make some intelligent plan so that the Asuras may be engaged in the service of Sree Partha Sarathi with all their accumulated unlawful wealth. If they are at all able to make such plan surely they will be able to render valuable service to the people of the world than any number of political parties or organisations are able to do.
Godhead is perfect in all respects and He is the proprietor of every thing as everything is produced originally by His Energy only (External or Internal). As such everything that exists is properly served at the time of transcendental service of Godhead as the branches and the leaves of a tree is watered when the water is poured down upon the root of the tree or the different limbs of the body of a living being is served when foodstuff is given within the stomach. The plan of God is made like that and intelligent persons can understand this simple plan of Godhead everywhere. As by watering one leaf or one branch of the tree, the other leaf or branch of the tree is not served or by supplying foodstuff to one limb of the body no other limb of the body is served similarly by serving one section of God's potency the section is not served. Therefore full service means the service of the Original Cause of everything namely the Personality of Godhead.
After the construction of the Temple of Sree Parthasarathi at Geeta Nagari the next programme of work in the Geeta Nagari will be to start one academic educational institution under the name of Geeta School or Geeta Pathshala. This educational institution shall be conducted as a Brahmacharya Ashram of the Gurukul system. In this institution children not exceeding seven years of age shall be admitted and they shall be educated up to the age of 20 years equipping them with sound body and sound mind so that they may be ideal householders in the latter part of their life which will bring real peace and prosperity to the human society.
(lang)uage for the medium of instruction in this educational centre will be Sanskrit and English preferably unless the governors of the Geeta Nagari think otherwise. The children of the inhabitants of Geeta Nagari shall get free education with facility of free boarding and free lodging in this institution.
By a test of practical psychology and by examination of the birth horoscope of the child with special reference to his birthright sect and class arrangement, a student from the very beginning shall be education of a Brahmin, of Kshatriya, of a Vaisya or of a Sudra as the case may according to his quality and destined work. It is however possible to make a change of this general rule under special cases. The educational institution at Geeta Nagari will as a matter of fact try to create greater number students having the necessary qualification of a Brahmin by developing such culture in him, because in this age of Kaliyuga, there is a big scarcity of the Brahmin class. Mahatma Gandhi in the recent time although born in a Vaisya family, developed the qualities of Brahmin by culturing non-violence, equality, restrain, toleration, forgiveness, charity etc. Therefore the Geeta Nagari by its cultural propaganda and otherwise can create any number of Brahmins provided the candidates are available. The Geeta Nagari however will not encourage the system of renounced order of life (Sanyas) as in this age it is not possible to maintain such order of life under difficult circumstances.
Students during their unmarried Brahmacarya life and house holders who have taken leave of family responsibilities in old age shall be entrusted with such work as worship of the Deity, educational, preaching, editing and other similar engagements in the Geeta Nagari. The Geeta Nagari shall undertake to maintain such students and Vanaprasthas free of all charges. The householders who shall live in the Geeta Nagari with their family members shall be responsible for carrying on different civic activities such as manipulating business, trade, industry, agriculture, cow keeping, social service, police work etc.
Development of civic activities which shall be undertaken in the Geeta Nagari shall be so done on account and risk of Sree Partha Sarathi Who shall remain eternally the proprietor and enjoyer of the results out of such activities. As such the workers in those institutions or establishments shall be given free boarding and lodging as Prasadam of the Deity. It shall however always be remembered that the medicine for our material diseases is to be engaged in the transcendental service of Godhead and the diet thereof is to partake the Prasadam of the Deity. The inhabitants of the Geeta Nagari will have full facility for such medicine and diet for curing their material diseases.
The medicine will be distributed to all the patients of the Geeta Nagari in the shape of lectures, recitations, chanting, singing etc. from the page of Bhagwat Geeta or allied scriptures daily at the fixed time of prayers or lecture classes in different establishments of the Geeta Nagari. In that connection finer arts in the estimation of the people in general such as theatrical performances, cinematographic shows or similar entertainments can be employed in the service of Godhead and for the cure of the material diseases of the patients. This thing however will not be encouraged beyond the sphere of the Geeta Nagari because out of the sphere of the Geeta Nagari those very finer arts and cultures shall lead one to the path of hell as we are actually experiencing presently.
The qualified and empowered preachers of the Geeta Nagari will go out of the town to preach the mission of Geeta Nagari not only in India but also in other parts of the world as the situation will permit. According to the rules of the governing body such preachers will be able to collect on account and risk of Geeta Nagari for its development and carrying out various activities.
All facilities that can be available for the preaching work of the Geeta Nagari shall be accepted favourably without damaging the very principles of Geeta Nagari and among such facilities the following can be accepted immediately:
1. To answer all the enquiries from all parts of the world in all languages.
2. Publication propaganda in different languages of the world.
3. Utilising radio vans and other publicity facilities by cinematographic shows etc.
In the Geeta Nagari birth day anniversaries of Lord Krishna, Sree Ramacandra, Lord Caitanya, Sree Nrsimha Caturdasi and similar other functions shall be properly celebrated and observance of Ekadashi shall be strictly performed.
Every one irrespective caste creed and colour who shall abide by the rules and regulations of the Geeta Nagari shall admitted as inhabitants of the town. The governing body shall remain vigilant on the point that no body can enter into the town with some ulterior motive outside the service of Partha Sarathi. All facilities however shall be offered to real inquisitive and sincere souls who shall endevour to profit by such facilities for transcendental life.
Material science has offered unique facilities for travelling all over the world within short time and the authorities shall take advantage of these facilities for preaching work of the Geeta Nagari in every respect. By such transcendental mode of work the Geeta Nagari can do immense service to humanity in the true sense of the term.
Bhagwat Geeta advises to give up all kinds of religios that is going on in the world and take up the principles of Bhagwat Geeta meaning thereby that all other (…..) humanity the much wanted peace of the world and
(Page 24.) and this is only possible efective with the principle of the Bhagwat Geeta. Communal strife that has come out of different religious faiths is due to the lack of understanding the real nature of religious faiths and as such the real nature of Godhead or without serving the Internal Potency of Godhead. The philosophy of Bhagwat Geeta is applicable to everyone's practical life and therefore the principles of Bhagwat Geeta are really meant for an universal type of religious faith to be accepted after all reasonings of human society. As such all intelligent persons all over the world must now combine together to preach the universal religion of Bhagwat Geeta. It is above all types of communalism.
Countries like Russia in Europe have taken atheistic turn for want of false preaching of religion without any philosophical basis and religion with philosophy is either communalism or sentimentalism. The religion of Bhagwat Geeta is different from all such sentimental or speculative type of religions. America is on the foot hold of Russian thought and in Asia they are naturally following such atheistic principles of life. In such a condition of the people in general who will save the world from devastation with the religion of Bhagwat Geeta? One should read and learn Bhagwat Geeta as it is. The Personality of Godhead has most mercifully explained Himself as easily as it is possible for Him so that He may be known by us and unauthorised person simply muddle the matter by various interpretations of Bhagwat Geeta in order to preach the vanity of mundane learning. Bhagwat Geeta is not a subject for such speculative mundaners. It is spoken by Godhead and it is understood by the devotees of Godhead and no body else. Those who will try to go above Godhead by their poor fund of knowledge, will surely go away from Godhead and the Geeta Nagari will try its utmost to save people from such degradation.
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Save the World from devastation by preaching the Reel interpretation of Bhagwat Geeta.
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