1. Srila Prabhupada’s Journey

2. ISKCON 50

3. Welcome

4. Welcome

5. “Make Mind Your Friend: Gain the Highest Happiness” Based on the Teachings of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam

6. ISKCON Founder Acharya

7. Teachings based on BG & SB (Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya)
“Ripened Fruit of Vedic Tree”
“Essence of Vedas”

8. Yoga, Soul, Karma, Destinations, SPG

9. Who am I ?

10. What are we (Spiritual or Material beings)?
Super soul
Soul
Material – subtle (body)*
Ego
Intelligence
Mind
Material – gross/physical*
Senses
Body
Body
Senses
Intelligence
Ego
Mind
Soul
(we are a sprit soul, live in a body)
* Can be spiritualised

11. We identify ourselves with…
Nationality
Race
Religion
Appearance
Names
Profession/job title
Political Parties
Education
Wealth
Property
Family
Choice
Values
Phones

12. Identify Crisis

13. BG C15: The Yoga of the Supreme Person
mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah manah-sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.

14. Sat-Cit-Ananda – eternal, conscious, and blissful
Like Krishna, we are also sct-cit-ananda beings
We are qualitatively same, but minute in quantity
By recognizing our identity and redefining our activity, we revolutionize our destiny.
Gold particle
GOLD

15. Living entities Struggle (senses and mind)

16. Mind is like a spoiled child (holds your happiness hostage and demands that its desires be fulfilled)

17. 16 Basic Desires Power Wealth/Saving Honor Status Romance Independence
Curiosity
Acceptance
Order
Wealth/Saving
Honor
Idealism
Social Contact
Family
Status
Vengeance
Romance
Eating
Physical Activity
Tranquility

18. Needs Fulfiled in 3 Different Modes of Material Nature
Goodness
Passion
Ignorance

19. Mind Desires are like Waves (Endless,…. Uncontrolled)
Tsunami

20. Hiranyakashipu: Ruler of 3 lokas with uncontrolled mind

21. Mind is Friend or Enemy ?
A chariot with uncontrolled horses, Safe?
Mind is enemy if it is driven by unwanted desires of senses.

22. How to go beyond Modes of Material Nature
"Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform."

23. Regulated Mind is Friend
Bg 6: Sankhya/Dhyna-yoga > Bg 6.6
For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.

24. Attaining Highest Happiness
Dhyna-yoga > BG 6.27
The yogī whose mind is fixed on Me verily attains the highest happiness. By virtue of his identity with Brahman, he is liberated; his mind is peaceful, his passions are quieted, and he is freed from sin.

25. Spiritualise mind AUM (Omkara): material->spiritual absorption

26. Focus on Divine/Krishna Focus on Wealth, Power, Glamour..
Focus and Destination
Death
Focus on Divine/Krishna
Focus on Wealth, Power, Glamour..

27. Making our activities spirtual

28. Destination for Worshipers of Demigods
BG 9.25, Most Confidential Knowledge:
“man-mana bhava mad-bhakt…”
“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.”

29. Pathway for Migration to Spiritual World
Understand:
Body, Soul?
Supreme Person?
Relationship?
Kill demons, KKL…
Need a Brahmastra?
Practice: ABC of KC
Association, Books, Chanting of Holyname
Add T+HO HOT
Home+Office+Temple

30. To Conclude: Consciousness decides the next destination

31. References / Inspirations…
Srila Prabhupada, “Bagavat Gita As It Is”, Bkaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT Pres).
Ajith Govinda Das, “Values of Life: Based on the Knowledge of Holy Scriptures”, ISKCON Delhi.
Srila Prabhupada, “Srimad Bhagavatam”, BBT Press.
Chaitanya Charan, Gita Daily, gitadaily.com ..

32. Pathway for Migration to Spiritual World
Qualifications?
Same as migration to Australia, Europe, USA!

33. Qualification for Migration to Spiritual World
Lord Krishna said (BG 8.5, Ultimate Goal of Life): “Whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt”.