cut off affection

So here Kuntidevi says that "Please help me in cutting my affection with my family." Sneha-pasam imam chindhi: "Please cut off. Please help me cutting this family connection." Then Kunti says that tvayi me ananya-visaya matir madhu-pate asakrt. So this Krsna consciousness movement means to cut off family connection and enter into Krsna's family. Not void. We are not impersonalists or voidists. The Mayavadi philosopher, they are impersonalist. They think, "Krsna is person. Krsna's activities are all personal. So this is also maya." Because they are Nirvisesavadi, their ultimate goal is nirvisesa-brahman. So anything personal, they cannot accept it. And the Buddhist philosophy is to zero, sūnyavadi. Nirvisesa-sūnyavadi. The whole world is now corrupted with these two kinds of philosophies: nirvisesa-sūnyavada, impersonalism and voidism. But Vaisnava philosophy is not voidism, not impersonalism. Vaisnava philosophy means to know the Absolute Truth as person. Impersonal realization of the Absolute Truth is partial knowledge. It is not complete, because the Absolute Truth is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha [Bs 5.1]. Vigraha means form. Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Absolute Truth is described, tattva:    (More...)

So we should not remain mūḍha. At least, we must come to the stage of jnani. Karmi, jnani, yogi, then bhakta. Step by step. So this mūḍha person... Kuntidevi said, "Kindly help me in cutting this mūḍha relationship. And then give me attachment for You." Tvayi ananya-manasaḥ. Tvayi me ananya-visaya matir bhava tu. So this is bhakti, that we have to give up the illusory attachment. Here the attachment is illusory. It will not stay. We want to live in family-husband, wife, children, father, mother-but it is not possible to live here permanently. That is not possible. Mrtyuḥ sarva-haras caham [Bg 10.34]. Krsna says that "You may think that you are very happy in family relationship, but I'll not allow you to stay here. I will take everything from you as death." Mrtyuḥ sarva-haras ca aham.    (More...)