Today in the class i got a realisation what does it mean to be a cheating religion !!
Dhruva Maharaj when he saw the Lord Bhagavatam 4.9.3
tad-darśanenāgata-sādhvasaḥ kṣitāv
avandatāńgaḿ vinamayya daṇḍavat
dṛgbhyāḿ prapaśyan prapibann ivārbhakaś
cumbann ivāsyena bhujair ivāśliṣan
TRANSLATION
When Dhruva Mahārāja saw his Lord just in front of him, he was greatly agitated and offered Him obeisances and respect. He fell flat before Him like a rod and became absorbed in love of Godhead. Dhruva Mahārāja, in ecstasy, looked upon the Lord as if he were drinking the Lord with his eyes, kissing the lotus feet of the Lord with his mouth, and embracing the Lord with his arms.
He went into ecstacy.The Lord face to face brought him such great happiness that he lamented for the material desire for which he worswhipped Lord .(He wanted a kingdom greater than his father).
Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.31
aho bata mamānātmyaḿ
manda-bhāgyasya paśyata
bhava-cchidaḥ pāda-mūlaḿ
gatvā yāce yad antavat
TRANSLATION
Alas, just look at me! I am so unfortunate. I approached the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can immediately cut the chain of the repetition of birth and death, but still, out of my foolishness, I prayed for things which are perishable.
he was lamenting for the material desire that he had .This was his prayer.
Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.9
nūnaḿ vimuṣṭa-matayas tava māyayā te
ye tvāḿ bhavāpyaya-vimokṣaṇam anya-hetoḥ
arcanti kalpaka-taruḿ kuṇapopabhogyam
icchanti yat sparśajaḿ niraye 'pi nṝṇām
TRANSLATION
Persons who worship You simply for the sense gratification of this bag of skin are certainly influenced by Your illusory energy. In spite of having You, who are like a desire tree and are the cause of liberation from birth and death, foolish persons, such as me, desire benedictions from You for sense gratification, which is available even for those who live in hellish conditions.
He experienced The personal presence of Lord to be much much greater than sense-gratification or any material possession.
I for the first time understood the example which Prabhupad always gives of
"The lost son of a millionaire"
one may give the lost son any kind of benefit or keep him at his home & feed him he is not doing ANY good for the lost son.
The best is to return him back to his Father where he can live completely happy.
Similarly varous religions give teach to pray & worship for any material benefit & try to be happy within the 14 worlds is not doing any good for the LOST Soul.
These religion are simply cheating the LOST souls from his real destination.
This is confirmed by Dhruva Maharaj who became so happy in the personal presence of the Lord that he felt his material desire is simply pieces of Glass.
Thus any religion who is not teaching to go back home back to Godhead is a CHEATING religion.
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