"Abandoning all worldly (established) dharmas, cling to the Dharma which teaches Truth as Love or Love as Truth. Abandoning lust and desires, serve holy, saintly people (male or female). Do not pay attention to others' faults, rather abandon that evil habit of looking at others' faults, and serve yourself with love and joy by listening constantly to the stories of the Lord and saints; constantly drink the nectar of Truth."
The Upanishads, Shreemad Bhagavat Gita and Shreemati Bhagavati Mira teach us that without abandoning rituals and the worldly ways of lust, anger and greed, there is no true joy. We may, however, perform our genuine self invited duties with a disinterested heart, that is, without any expectations of rewards.
Purification is absolutely necessary for most of us and it can be done in several ways. The Gita recommends yagya (sacrifice), tap (discipline), and dan (charity), with no expectation of any kind of return. A sincere seeker of Love will find proper guidance from the Guru of gurus, the Lord Herself.
We must set out on the journey. Never mind wrong exits or roads. It will all be to our advantage if we don't give up, however weak we may be. Sincerity and a singular purpose of seeking true freedom is all that is required of a worldly minded person for whom alone all scriptures are directed. Only the sick who wish to get well seek a doctor's help; the healthy need not go to a doctor. So it is in Spirituality. All can and will reach the goal of joyous eternal life. It may be a matter of time because the intensity with which we strive is a significant factor.
--Swami Radhanandaji
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Preface
After the Upanishads and the Bhagavadgita, the Srimad Bhagavatam is the most authoritative of the Indian Scriptures. By means of stories from the lives of Avataras, sages, devotees, and kings, it popularizes the truths contained in the Vedas. At this moment more than two hundred million Hindus find in it their most cherished expressions of religious faith and their dearest exemplars. To study it is the best of all ways to become acquainted.
Its peculiar excellence is that it reconciles the heart with the head, devotion with learning. "It is fried in the butter of Knowledge," says Sri Ramakrisna, latest of Indian prophets, "and steeped in the huney of Love."
Only the more generally interesting portions of the more generally interesting portions of the work-amounting to somewhat less than half of the whole-are included in the present version. Of this version, again, about half is summary and paraphrase rather than translation; the remainder, however, consisting of the teachings of Sri Krisna to his disciple Uddhava (Book XI), has been rendered without omission and with approximate literalness. Everywhere the primary object has been to interpret in English the inner spirit of the Sanskrit text.
In no form hitherto, so far as I am aware, has the Bhagavatam been readily available to the English-speaking public.
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