My Musings – 6: SUICIDE IS A FALLOUT OF ONE’S INABILITY TO TOLERATE ADVERSE SITUATIONS

By Niraj Bidawatka

Yesterday a top cop of Mumbai committed suicide because he was suffering from cancer. This shows that those who are too sensually attached, their tolerance level is very less. A few years ago this person was the Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Mumbai and he was regularly seen prominently on Page 3 of the Bombay Times despite being a policeman. Generally one finds film stars and socialites on “Page 3.” To find a police officer regularly on page 3 shows that he was too sensual and his committing suicide, conclusively proves it.

The first teaching of Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita is that everyone should learn to tolerate the dualities of life. But modern civilization is such, that there is no tolerance and there is no education about rebirth. One is simply taught how to earn money and how to enjoy. If things go wrong, then these so-called educated “high-fliers” cannot handle the situation and end up committing suicide.

My Musings – 5: AM I REALLY SO GREAT, AS I THINK MYSELF TO BE?

By Niraj Bidawatka

One day (12 hours) of Lord Brahmā is equal to 4.32 billion years. One full day and night (24 hours) of Brahmā is 8.64 billion years. Brahmā lives for 100 years. Thus the total life span of Brahmā is 8.64 (billion years) x 30 (days) x 12 (months) x 100 years. The resultant figure is 311 trillion and 40 million earth years. This is the life span of Brahmā.

This huge life span is equivalent to one exhalation of Mahā-Vishnu. As long as Mahā-Vishnu exhales, Brahmā lives, and when He inhales, Brahmā is annihilated. And this great Mahā-Vishnu is just a portion of Krishna’s expansion.

Brahma worships Lord Krishna

Therefore, just imagine how great Krishna is and how insignificant we are!!!

But still we have such high opinion about ourselves. This is called māyā, the illusory energy of Krishna.

My Musings – 4: IF I AM GOD, THEN I MUST BE OMNISCIENT, OMNIPOTENT AND OMNIPRESENT

By Niraj Bidawatka

Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead being worshiped by Lord Brahma, the demigod who creates the universe.

The Mayavadis say that everyone is God. But this is a faulty theory.

If I am God, then I should be omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, which are the inherent qualities of God. I should be able to deduce the thoughts, which are going on in your mind. I should be able to remain in my office as well as in my home at the same time. But, when I’m in my office, l cannot remain simultaneously at my home. So how can I be God? Thus, I’m neither omnipresent nor omniscient. I’m also not omnipotent, which is another quality of God. I am always fearful that some strong person may come and attack me.

When I bring this to the notice of the Mayavadis, they propose that if I meditate, then I shall acquire all these qualities and then I’ll become God.

But I have heard from Srila Prabhupada, that God is always God. He never becomes God. When Krishna was barely a newborn baby, He killed Putana, the gigantic demoness. So, God never becomes God by meditation. He is always God. Hence, I reject their theory that we can become God by meditation.

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada with His Disciples

Now, the Mayavadis put forward another fallacious theory. They say that

My Musings – 3: How do I control my mind?

By Niraj Bidawatka

Lord Chaitanya has descended with the medicine of the Holy Name to cure our disease of material attachment

mana eva manusyanam karanam bandha moksayoh

bandhaya visay asango muktyai nirvisayam manah

The above verse from the smrtis, states that the mind is the sole cause of a human being’s bondage and liberation.

The mind, which is engaged in sense enjoyment, becomes the cause of bondage, whereas the mind, which is not attached to sense objects, leads us to liberation.

Thus, in order to control the mind, we need a mantra. Manah trayate it mantra.

Mantra means that, which delivers (trayate) the mind (mana). The mantra, which is especially prescribed for this age, is the Hare Krishna mahamantra. This is the verdict of the Kalisantaran Upanishad.

Therefore, if we want to go back to Godhead, we must chant Hare Krishna at all times (kirtaniya sada hari).

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says that, “I have descended with the sole purpose of taking you back to Godhead. So please accept this medicine of the Hare Krishna mahamantra, which I am distributing to one and all.”

So, at least for Lord Chaitanya’s sake, Who has very benevolently appeared to take us back, we should at once start chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra.

My Musings – 2: I am a thief because I claim ownership on Krishna’s money

By Niraj Bidawatka

My money is very dear to me. I have worked so hard to accumulate it. I did not even consider what is wrong or right, while accumulating it. I did not care that I was acting sinfully while accumulating it. I must admit that I have a huge bank balance and most of that is accumulated sinfully.

Had I acted uprightly and honestly, it wouldn’t have been possible for me to amass so much money. It is a fact that in today’s world, it is not possible to earn a fortune without acting sinfully.

The Hare Krishna devotees tell me that I am a thief because I am claiming Krishna’s money as my own. Although they ask me to return the money back to Krishna by giving a donation to the temple, I am reluctant to do so.

I do realize deep down the heart, that it is Krishna’s money and if I don’t give it back to Krishna, I will have to spend it on hospital bills, litigation expenses, etc. Or some thief may steal it or the government may confiscate it. But nonetheless, I am ready to undergo such sufferings. But I will not give any money to the devotees of Krishna. I think that the devotees want to fleece money out from me.

However, Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (10.34) that “I steal everything in the form of death.” 

My Musings – 1: God is always more Clever than us

By Niraj Bidawatka

If I am a powerful prime minister or a big business magnate in this life, I consider myself very intelligent and clever.

But if I become a dog or a hog in my next life, where is my intelligence?

It is a big failure.

I shall not be awarded this valuable human form in my next life because I did not use it for cultivating God consciousness. I misused it for sense gratification and for making a false show of mundane religiosity.

I made a false show of  religiosity because that helps me garner popularity and respect in my political and business circles.