01 BS Book of Quotes 1,

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VAISHNAVA

TRAINING &

EDUCATION

Course Material

BOOK OF QUOTES

for Module One

of the Bhakti ®astri Course

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Founder-Acarya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The VTE Bhakti Sastri Course Materials

CD Version, First Edition (published December 2000)

Hard copies of these materials can be printed by the purchaser for personal use and may not be passed on or sold without permission.

Teachers formally facilitating the VTE Bhakti Sastri Course are permitted to copy the “Student’s Handbook” and the “Student Worksheets Book”, for distribution solely to students sitting the course.

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These materials include:

The Teachers’ Handbook

The Students’ Handbook

Student Worksheets Book

Syllabus One (Module One)

Syllabus Two (Module Two)

Syllabus Three (Module Three)

Syllabus Four (Module Four)

Book of Quotes One (Module One)

Book of Quotes Two (Module Two)

Book of Quotes Three (Module Three)

Instruction Manual (CD version only)

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(First edition)

CONTENTS

Book of Quotes One

Page Introduction 4 Chapter 1 5 Chapter 2 11 Chapter 3 26 Chapter 4 31 Chapter 5 39 Chapter 6 44 Chapter 7 52 Chapter 8 56 Chapter 9 59 Abbreviations Used in this Book 69 Bibliography 70 Introduction

Welcome to your Book of Quotes for Module One of the VTE Bhakti Sastri Course. We recommend that you use it in conjunction with the corresponding Lesson Outlines in which these quotes are cross-referenced by the symbol ‘QT’ (refer to Section 3 of the Syllabus). In this book, quotes are categorised according to chapter and, within each chapter, are numbered according to the corresponding verse. This means that several consecutive quotes may bear the same number – this is not an error, but indicates that more than one quote is relevant to that single verse.

For course teachers, this booklet will be particularly useful as you prepare your Lesson Plans. Reading through the quotes may help you identify your “Focuses of Learning” (i.e. Aims related to the specific content). You may also select suitable quotes to read out loud during the lesson, or for use in other classroom exercises.

Do keep in mind that on your CD this book and the corresponding Lesson Outlines are available as Microsoft Word files. This enables you to cut and paste selected passages in preparing your own course material, especially your personal Lesson Plans. Further details on how to use this book and the other Bhakti Sastri materials are found in Chapter 5 of the Teachers’ Handbook (page 52).

This Book of Quotes will also be essential if you are engaged in self-study or are enrolled on a Bhakti Sastri distance-learning course. Regular Bhakti Sastri students will also find it helpful during their studies.

The VTE is eager to constantly improve its service. If you identify further reference materials which could be included in future editions, then we’d be most grateful to hear from you. (You’ll find our details on page 2 of this booklet.) Many thanks!

Finally, we sincerely hope you get much pleasure from using this book.

Chapter 1

1. Why is he asking the question, kim akurvata: “What did they do”? He was very anxious about whether they had changed their decision. Otherwise there was no question of asking, kim akurvata. Just like if you are given food, if I ask somebody “Such and such gentleman was served with nice dishes. Then what did he do?” This is foolish question. He would eat. That’s all. Lec BG 1.1 London 73

3. So Dron€crya knew that “Drupada Mah€r€ja has got his son. In the future he will kill me.” Still, when he offered to become his disciple, to learn military art, he accepted, “Yes.” That means the br€hmanas were so liberal: “When he is my disciple, never mind if he kills me in the future. That doesn’t matter. But I must teach him.” ... Duty is duty. After all, everyone will die. So nobody should be afraid of death. This is Vedic civilisation. Death is inevitable. “As sure as death.” Who can avoid death? So being afraid of death, we should not deviate from our duties, real duty. Lec BG 1.2–3 London 73

4. Duryodhana was afraid of Bhima's fiery temperament and expertise in fighting. Before the battle, Bhima took three vows:

1. He vowed to kill each of Dhrtarastra's one hundred sons.

2. He vowed to break Duryodhana's thigh which he had uncovered before Draupadi.

3. He vowed to tear open Duhsasana's chest and drink his blood. SUM

5–6. So people may ask “By mentioning these great fighters, what spiritual progress do we make? We are meant for chanting the Hare KŠa mah€-mantra, so by chanting the names of these great fighters, what do we gain?” But the thing is that nirbandhaƒ KŠa-sambandhe, whenever there is connection with KŠa, that also becomes KŠa ... KŠa wanted to gather all the demoniac powers on that Battlefield of Kuruksetra and kill them. That was His plan ... The fight was who would be the king, Mah€r€ja Yudhisthira or Duryodhana. So KŠa decided, “Duryodhana is unfit. Mah€r€ja Yudhisthira is fit.” This was KŠa’s desire. Therefore the fight. Kuruksetra. KŠa wanted to wipe out all unwanted demons from the face of the world and enthrone Mah€r€ja Yudhisthira because he was the exact representative of KŠa ... Anyone who was killed, who died in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, in the presence of KŠa, they all attained their original, constitutional position, spiritual form. They all went back to home, back to Godhead, everyone. Therefore KŠa is Absolute. Either He’s killing or He’s protecting, it is all the same. Lec BG 1.4 London 73

7–8. Duryodhana first of all pointed out the military strength of the opposite side. This is intelligence. One should calculate the opposing elements. In fighting the first thing is to estimate the enemy’s side, how strong they are, how they are arranged. Then one should calculate how to counteract, how to fight with them, this is intelligence ... A prajna, an intelligent man, not only thinks of the bright side of a business, or anything ... There is a darker side also. We should always think, “If there is a thief, if there is some rogue, if they cheat us, what precaution am I going to take?” Lec BG 1.6–7 London 73

7-8. Somebody was criticising me that “Swamiji, you are introducing this Hare KŠa movement. People are becoming cowardly. They simply chant Hare KŠa.” So I replied that “You will see the power of the Hare KŠa movement in due course of time.” Because there were two battles in India: the battle between R€vana and R€ma, R€ma-R€vana, the battle of R€m€yana; and another battle was the Battle of Kuruksetra. And in these two battles the hero was a Vaisnava and ViŠu ... So Vaisnavas do not simply chant Hare KŠa. If there is a need, they can fight under the guidance of ViŠu and b...

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