2. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 1 What is the Goal of ‘Your’ Life ?…

3. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 2 I was born,… I was dead…. I was ….. *Every day 353,015 babies are born. *Only 146,357 people die every day. *Average Life Expectancy is only 67 Years. * World Statistics from 2009-Estimated China 1,338,612,968 India 1,166,079,217 United States 307,212,123 Indonesia 240,271,522 Brazil 198,739,269 Top 5 countries in population

4. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 3 It is said that… God created everything! But why?

5. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 4 Adam and Eve could be so peaceful …. No crowd at all… !

6. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 5 But today…. People, people, people everywhere.

7. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 6 We think we are the most intelligent…

8. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 7 But we do not know that we are always pulled by powerful Maya

9. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 8 Wow! I Love These Technologies!

10. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 9 But … What is YOUR Goal?

11. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 10 Become a Billionaire?

12. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 11 Become a Sports Star?

13. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 12 Become a Cheer Lead?

14. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 13 Become a Sports car driver?

15. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 14 Become a Pilot?

16. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 15 Become a Mountain Climber?

17. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 16 Become a Sky Diver?

18. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 17

19. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 18 Become a Doctor?

20. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 19 Become an Engineer?

21. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 20 Or, you hate Computers?

22. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 21 Want to be a popular political leader?

23. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 22 Or, want to become a CEO?

24. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 23 Or, want to make stunts?

25. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 24 20-30 million in spending every year? 300 - 400 millions in debts? Could not sleep without drugs and pain killers Or, want to be a king of POP singers?

26. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 25 Michael Jackson wanted to live for ever! Even Slept in Special Oxygen Chamber.. But, he could not sleep anywhere! Lived on sleeping pills and pain killers every day! Now, he died at 50 years itself!

27. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 26 Sleeping Pills – A big business! 27 % Americans have anxieties from personal finance In 2008, 56 million Americans needed sleeping pills to sleep One company spent $11.8 million a week to advertise on sleeping pills

28. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 27 Who is the richest man in the world? One who can sleep without any worry at all ! Who could be that?

29. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 28 But, these devotees sleep.. anywhere! Do bhajan …. go to sleep !

30. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 29 They can sleep even in most crooked place!

31. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 30 What worry? (Of course this scene can be seen only in India!)

32. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 31 No worries! Sleep anywhere! On the floor, on the arm, It does not matter!…

33. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 32 One needs very little sleep! Srila Prabhupad slept just 3 hrs a day. Srila Rupa Goswami would sleep just 1 or 1.5 hour a day! Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu and associates hardly slept! The law gets reverse in devotional life When living a devotional life …. Why?

34. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 33

35. Four Miseries of Jiva Disease Death Birth Old Age

36. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 35 Without you even know, you will become old! But, your enjoying desire will never stop! Age: 105 Place: Death Bed

37. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 36 Qn 1. What do you put in a toaster? Say “silk” 5 times. Now spell “silk” Qn 2. What do cows drink? Are you old already? Let us test …

38. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 37 If a red house is made from red bricks.. And a blue house is made from blue bricks.. And a pink house is made from pink bricks.. And a black house is made from black bricks.. What is a green house made from? Question-3

39. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 38 Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 15 people get on the bus. In Redfox, 5 people get off and 10 people get on. In Swindon, 5 people get off and 5 get on. In Cardiff, 10 people get off and 15 people get on. In Swans, 5 people get off and 10 people get on. In Carmathen, 10 people get off and 5 get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven… Question-4

40. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 39 Now the Question is.. What was the name of the bus driver?

41. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies40 But, what is the real goal of YOUR Life? We get older every day!.. And we cannot avoid death… We do not know our fate after death.. Even Pandavas had to see a glimpse of hell and had to go through heaven!

42. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies41 Our REALGoal should be … To get Krishna Prema! But, How Can We Get ?

43. 42 1. Meat Eating 2. Intoxication 3. Gambling 4. … etc Four basic sins to avoid…

44. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 43 Story of Pandavas reaching heaven…

45. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 44 In the heaven …. Duryodhana was there too..

46. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 45 Yudhisthira met his brothers and Draupati in the hell?

47. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 46 Later, Lord Krishna was there to welcome Pandavas! Why did Krishna come there in heaven? Why didn’t Pandavas go to Vaikunta directly?

48. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 47 Karma Yoga Jnana Yoga Bhakti Yoga Mahabharata, Ramayana Vedas & Upanishads Srimad Bhagavatam

49. www.gokulbhajan.com Gokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies 48 For Bhakti, We should approach pure devotees…

50. Which one can get you out of this Cycle ? Karma Yoga ? Jnana Yoga ? Bhakti Yoga ?

51. Svargino ‘py etam icchanti Lokam nirayiņas tathā Sādhakam jñāna-bhaktibhyām Ubhayam tad-asādhakam – Uddhava Gita 14.12 www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies50 “Inhabitants of hellish & heavenly planets pray to be born in the human form on earth, which helps for spiritual progress. The hell and heaven do not provide such facility.” Problem with Fruitive Karma Yoga

52. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies51 Always Enjoyment… Always Suffering… Heaven Hell

53. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies52 What about Nirvana Liberation? (Jnana Yoga) Here also danger of falling is there!

54. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies53 How can we be happy forever ?

55. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies54 By devotional service to the divine couple! The goal of life should be …. To develop Krishna Prema !

56. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies55 Sādhu sange krishna nāma Ei mātra cāi Samsāra jinite āra Kauna vastu nāi Other than the association with devotees and chanting the names of Lord Krishna, nothing else is essential in this world. How can we achieve that goal?

57. www.gokulbhajan.comGokul Bhajan & Vedic Studies56 Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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