Thursday, August 2, 2012

Lord Balarama

On the evening of August 1, 2012 we witnessed a spectacular full moon. The day was celebrated as the appearance day of Lord Balarama. Lord Balarama the brother of Sri Krsna assisted him in the Gokula Vraja leela (pastimes)on planet Bhoomi (earth\bharat varsa) 5000 years ago.

The root of all jivas (individual souls), the cause of all jivas, is Lord Balarama. In Goloka Vraja, the jivas have manifested from the original Balarama and are recognized as Nitya Siddha.. They have never come to this world. They have always served Radha and Krsna in madhurya rasa or sakya rasa. From Balarama comes Mula Sankarsana in Dvaraka. Asanka, innumerable, jivas come from Balarama in His form as Mula Sankarsana, and they serve Dvarkadhisa and Mathuresa Krsna in so many ways. From Mula Sankarsana comes Maha Sankarsana in Vaikuntha. He manifests the mukta-jivas there, and they eternally serve Rama, Nrsmha, Kalki, Vamana, Narayana and all other svamsa incarnations. From Maha Sankarsana comes Karanodakasayi Visnu in the tatastha region, and He manifests the tatastha-jivas. Among them, some become free from maya and some become baddha jivas, conditioned souls. In this way, we see that all kinds of jivas have come from Lord Balarama. It is told like this in the scriptures, but actually there is no birth of the jivas. They are all eternal like Lord Balarama Himself. This is only said to convince the sadharana, ordinary, jivas, or conditioned souls. There are so many things that sastra has told us, whereas in reality, in Goloka Vrndavana dhama, these things will be seen in another way.