Test#CNV001
A. Ginsberg --
Freedom Is Frustration
Answers
i)
True: Nobody is free from service
because we are constitutionally the servant
ii)
False: Sound, sabda,
is also a material attachment.
(No, sabda is spiritual. Originally just like in Bible there is,
"Let there be creation." This sound, this spiritual
sound. Creation. Creation was not there. The
sound produced the creation. Therefore, sound is originally spiritual and
through the sound; sound -- from sound, sky develops; from sky, air develop;
from air, fire develop; fire, water develop; from water, land develop)
iii)
True: Sound Krsna
and Krsna is non-different.
iv)
False: Because I do not remember my last
birth, therefore I did not have previous birth.
(Just because we don’t
remember our childhood or being in the womb of the mother does not mean that I did
not exist at that time. We have to believe the authority in such cases.).
a) We have to test everything from
three positions: the spiritual master, scripture,
and holy man.
b) Scripture means, it fully contains
the instruction of sadhu, holy man, or spiritual master.
c) In the Kali-yuga
salvation is very easy. That is the version of Srimad-Bhagavatam
also, but that process is this kirtana, not LSD because LSD is also a material attachment,
whereas name of Lord is spiritual.
What can a devotee learn from this lecture?
a) One must come to the point of complete surrender unto Krsna
b) We have to test everything from three positions: sadhu,
sastra and guru.
c) Name of the Lord is non-different from the Lord Himself,
hence by taking the name of the Lord one comes in contact with Krsna.
What is Krishna Consciousness as
defined in this lecture?
a)
Simply surrender to Krsna.
b) Take LSD in order to get salvation.
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