When the telephone companies show you your actual position...
We call someone on the phone and if they are busy, the phone company says:
"Jis Upa-Bhokta" ko aap call kar rahe hai, wo abhi vyast hai.."
So the word they use to refer to you or me is : Upa-Bhoktha
And not Bhoktha.
The Bhagavad-gita (05.29) states that those who understand Krishna to be the enjoyer of everything attain supreme peace.
Srila Prabhupad says:
He is the supreme enjoyer of everything that be, and thus none of us, however great we may be, can be the enjoyer of the universe and its paraphernalia.
Since our position is subordinate to that of the almighty Viṣṇu, the Supreme Godhead (Īśvara, the supreme controller), we can enjoy only what comes from Him as a token of His kindness.
We must not enjoy anything that is not offered by Him.
We should not make any extra effort to obtain anything which belongs to Him or others. That is the spirit of Vaiṣṇavism.
We call someone on the phone and if they are busy, the phone company says:
"Jis Upa-Bhokta" ko aap call kar rahe hai, wo abhi vyast hai.."So the word they use to refer to you or me is : Upa-Bhoktha
And not Bhoktha.
The Bhagavad-gita (05.29) states that those who understand Krishna to be the enjoyer of everything attain supreme peace.
Srila Prabhupad says:
He is the supreme enjoyer of everything that be, and thus none of us, however great we may be, can be the enjoyer of the universe and its paraphernalia.
Since our position is subordinate to that of the almighty Viṣṇu, the Supreme Godhead (Īśvara, the supreme controller), we can enjoy only what comes from Him as a token of His kindness.
We must not enjoy anything that is not offered by Him.
We should not make any extra effort to obtain anything which belongs to Him or others. That is the spirit of Vaiṣṇavism.
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