4 Regulative Principles

Four Regulative Principles of Freedom

   We keep changing our bodies in this material world. Sometimes we take birth in a lower species and slowly evolve through our way upwards.

   There is a spectrum of 8,400,000 species ranging from plants, insects, reptiles, animals, birds and human beings. The more we evolve the more we are free… we get better facilities to enjoy our senses.

  As a human being, we know, we are much evolved than all the other lower species. But think…

   Are we applying our intelligence in right direction? Do we know that we can aim for absolute freedom and all that we need to do is to take guidance from the scriptures?

 Are we not just getting lost in enjoying the facilities of sense gratification?

  It is only an illusion that we are experiencing a better freedom. We are servants of our senses.

  The senses dictate us and we act accordingly. And we think that we are free to do what we want.

  Real freedom is to become free from such control exercised on us by the senses.

  The scriptures prescribe four principles and we call it the regulative principles of freedom. Yes… they regulate us… and they make us free. 

What are they? Simple…

DO NOT EAT MEAT

    Don’t you think that even the animals and birds have their right to live? They are also living beings. And Krishna says all living entities are his sons and daughters. If we kill them, it means we are killing our brothers and sisters.

NO INTOXICATION

  You agree and everyone agrees. Even the manufacturers of intoxicants agree. You see the statutory warning everywhere. Smoking kills. Tobacco causes mouth cancer… Drinking is injurious to health. We see such warnings everywhere. Can’t we avoid it?

DO NOT GAMBLE

   Even King Yudhishtira and Nala Maharaja suffered due to this. They lost everything and lived incognito… all due to gambling. Scriptures warn us. Do not engage in gambling.

You know that the results are uncertain. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

NO ILLICIT SEX

What is illicit? If a person marries according to the procedure outlined in scriptures and engages in sex with his wife for begetting nice children, it is legal and religious. Any other means adopted to satisfy one’s demands for sexual gratification is considered illicit.

Tough indeed… but one has to follow such rules to achieve absolute freedom. Otherwise we will keep moving from one cage to another.

Joy can only be experienced when we offer our love to Krishna.

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Gurudeva ...
All glories to Srila Prabhupada ...

Always think of the Lotus Feet of Lord Krishna and you will find no difficulties in executing the tasks allotted to you by Krishna.

The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is non different from God Himself

Chant these names with love and you will feel the ecstasy:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare 
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare ...

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे || हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

Hare Krishna ... Jay Jagannath ...

~~ Bhakta Sanjay.

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