Meditations on Transcendence

  Venunāda Vinōda, Gāna Vinōda, Mukunda There are two kinds of vinōda in Śrī Kṛṣṇa. One is Venunāda Vinōda . The Lord delights in His own flute sound. The other is Gāna Vinōda . He delights not only in rāga, but in bhāva-filled lyrics , sung with devotion. The flute of Gopāla Kṛṣṇa is not ordinary sound. Venu-nāda eva Omkāra-svarūpaḥ . From that transcendental vibration arises remembrance of the soul’s forgotten relationship with Mukunda. Therefore He is called Mukunda , the giver of mukti . Liberation does not descend by dry renunciation; it flows through sound saturated with devotion. The Bhāgavata declares: “Venuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣam…” (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.21.5) When Kṛṣṇa plays the flute, even trees, rivers, birds and cows become motionless, absorbed in transcendental ecstasy. This is not sentiment. This is the scientific process of liberation through śabda-brahma . If someone asks, “Vinōda-dalli mukti sādhya-vē?” How can liberation arise from delight? The answer...

The word Taxi is  coined from Medieval Latin  taxa  "tax, charge." Like a paid service. Service that is paid is not true service True service uplifts the self What is root word for service? *stā- , Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing." As seen above it is 'Sta' which means that which is standing firm Dharma also means that which sustains a thing or make a thing stand So if we dont want to be washed away by the waves of time (kaalera saagare dhaaya), then we have to serve the satya or truth Service means that which makes one stand for ever, that which sustains one for ever and that is devotional service to Absolute truth Sri Krishna By offering ones swadharma in service to absolute, one enters eternity and finds a permanent position there The concept of tax in vedas is called rna (debt) Unpaid tax becomes a debt as time elapses. We become indebted to paybac...