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OUT OF FEAR
There are two types of persons one who believe in god and others who do
not (theist and atheist)
So these persons are better than atheists; one who doesnt believe in God
Majority of religious worship is on platform of fear
In it consider Lord as
All powerful
Grave chastiser of wrongdoer
Supreme judge
(Humor) Local saying in UP:- Jhoot bolna paap hai, nadi kinare saanp hai,
kali mata aaegi, ganna kaat ke le jaaegi
(examples) out of fear
People give donations
Fear if they dont worship something bad will happen to them
They have to go to hell
Everything spoil at have
Check local traditions at Haryana
Kuldevi ki worship
Q: if fear good motivation for practicing religion?
A: Good: better than atheist; e.g. we study in childhood bcoz of parents fear
Bad: - definitely not
4. Son every morning giving thanks to mother for daily providing the food
Imagine how mother will feel?
She will lack of motherly feeling.
5. A boy to girl that I will come to meet you every Monday 5-6 am
Imagine how long the friendship will go?
So what is missing in it?
Lack of affection is missing
Thus, in this level the person doesnt have selfish interests and difficulty
acknowledge the presence but lot of affection is missing.
OUT OF LOVE
Characteristics
When one worship God only out of Love
God not to be an order supplier rather offers unmotivated and uninterrupted
Love
This type of worship is characterized by SELFLESSNESS
Examples
1. Prahlad Maharaj
Lord Nrsimhadev told him to ask benediction
PM I am not doing business with u. I just want to serve you and Love u
2. Hanuman
-- Exile Mother Sita was kidnapped by Ravana
-- All the services done by Hanuman
# Bridge made
# Searched for Mother Sita
# Brought Sanjivani
-- But in Ayodhya every service was distributed but Hanuman didnt get any
service. Recession Time Unemployed without job
Then Hanuman told and Mother Sita understood the heart of Hanuman
3. Gopis
-- Lord enacted a pastime in Dwarka having headache
-- Queens applied Balm, pressed head, medicines, Vaidya, everything
-- Then called for Narada Muni
-- Lord said him the solution Dust from the lotus feet of my devotee when
put on my head, my headache will go
-- Narada Muni approached
# Queen husband
# Sages (mantra) Hell, offensive
# Gopis made a hill of dust
4. Lord Caitanya
na dhanam na janam .
opputunity to serve you with love and devotion life after life
5. Srila Praphupad (Personification of this mood)