Real Life…

Are Human Beings superior to

Animals ?……

If so, HOW?...
Activities common to both
Human and Animals
Eating

Sleeping

Mating

Defending
Reasoning Power…..

Do you think that animals don’t

have reasoning power?..

No… Animals too have

reasoning power
 4 Defects in Human Life

Bhrama - To be illusioned

Vipralipsa - Cheating Propensity

Pramada - To commit mistakes

Karanapatava - Imperfect sense

3 Ways of Gaining Knowledge
Pratyaksha Praman(Perception)

Anumana Praman (Inference)

Sabda Praman (Verbal Testimony)

 Bhagavad Gita As It Is
Chapter 4. Transcendental Knowledge
TEXT 34
tad viddhi pranipatena
pariprasnena sevaya
upadeksyanti te jnanam
jnaninas tattva-darsinah
TRANSLATION

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a

spiritual master. Inquire from him
submissively and render service unto him. The
self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto
you because he has seen the truth.
 Knowledge Triangle

Guru

Sadhu Sastra
 Who we are?...
Mr.X - Name

Manager - Designation

Male / Female - Gender

Indian - Nationality
 Who we are?...
Difference between a living entity
and a dead body – The consciousness

The consciousness - SOUL

Birthless,
Eternal,
Imperishable and timeless
Never terminated even when the
body is terminated.
 Bhagavad Gita As It Is
Chapter 2. Contents of the Gita Summarized
TEXT 13
dehino 'smin yatha dehe
kaumaram yauvanam jara
tatha dehantara-praptir
dhiras tatra na muhyati
TRANSLATION

As the embodied soul continuously passes, in

this body, from boyhood to youth to old age,
the soul similarly passes into another body at
death. A self-realized soul is not bewildered by
such a change.
 What is our duty?...
SERVING – duty of the soul

The rendering of service to GOD is

sanatana-dharma
 Major Problems in LIFE

BIRTH

DEATH Need – PEACE &

Happiness !!!
OLD AGE
Solution - Religion
DISEASE
“Religion” - Connecting oneself to GOD

Sambandha - Relationship between God and

Soul
Abidheya - means to achieve the ultimate goal
Prayojana - Attaining pure love of God
Name : Abhay Charan

Achievement : Srila Prabhupada’s books

are being used as textbooks
by numerous major
universities in America,
Europe and Asia.
Review :
When the late Prime Minister, Lal Bhadur
Shastri saw the first three volumes of A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami’s Shrimad
Bhagavatam, he said that every school,
college, and government office in India
should read these books.
"I am most impressed with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada's scholarly and authoritative edition of
Bhagavad-gita. It is a most valuable work for the
scholar as well as the layman and is of great utility as a
reference book as well as a textbook. I promptly
recommend this edition to my students. It is a
beautifully done book."
Dr. Samuel D. Atkins
Professor of Sanskrit, Princeton University
"...For those who have no access to the Sanskrit
language, these books convey, in superb manner, the
message of the Bhagavatam. In addition to being a
scholarly work, it directly reflects the spiritual
aspirations of a religious community which has gained
considerable popularity in modern America."
Dr. Alaka Hejib
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard
University
Thank You…