# Kishor Kishori #7

<p class="callout info">Syllabus</p>

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**<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);">Learning Objectives</span>**

- Understand what **“equal vision” (sama-darśinaḥ)** means in bhakti-yoga.
- Discuss how **knowledge + humility** changes how we see others.
- Apply the teaching to **real-life school, family, and social situations**.

<p class="callout success">Shloka</p>

**Icebreaker Question**

Before verse, ask:  
👉 *“If you had to sit at a dinner table with five people — a rich businessman, a beggar, a cow, a sweeper, and your best friend — who would you treat best?”*  
This hooks them immediately and sets up the debate later.

Bg. 5.18

विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।  
श‍ुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिता: समदर्शिन: ॥ १८ ॥

**The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater \[outcaste\].**

Ask: *“What do you think ‘equal vision’ means?”* – let students guess freely.

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<p class="callout success">A. Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Equal Vision</p>

- When **Prabhupāda went to America**, he didn’t go only to universities or temples.
- He sat under a tree in Tompkins Square Park and sang Hare Krishna.
- Who came? Hippies, drug addicts, businessmen, professors, children.
- He gave Krishna to *all*, without asking for money, caste, or qualification.
- Key line for children: *“For Prabhupāda, a hippie on the street and a big professor were both souls needing Krishna’s love.”*

<p class="callout success">B. Gaura–Nitai’s Equal Mercy</p>

- Tell short **Jagāi–Mādhāi story**: Two drunkards who insulted devotees. Everyone avoided them.
- But Nityānanda still approached them. Even when hit, He begged Mahāprabhu to forgive them.
- Finally, both were delivered and became devotees.
- Key line: *“Even those everyone else rejected were accepted by Gaura–Nitai.”*

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<p class="callout success">Song - Parama Karuna</p>

*Teacher : “Prabhupāda gave Krishna to hippies and professors. Gaura–Nitai gave Krishna to drunkards like Jagāi–Mādhāi. This song — Parama Karuṇā — celebrates that mercy given to all without discrimination.”*

This makes the song feel like a natural continuation, not a separate block.

[https://kksongs.org/songs/p/paramakaruna.html](https://kksongs.org/songs/p/paramakaruna.html)

parama karuṇa, pahū dui jana  
nitāi gauracandra  
saba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇi  
kevala ānanda-kanda

**LYRICS:**

(1)

<span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE">parama</span></span> <span class="SpellE">karuṇa</span>–supremely merciful; <span class="SpellE">pah</span> dui <span class="SpellE">jana</span>–the two Lords; <span class="SpellE">nitāi</span> <span class="SpellE">gauracandra</span>–Lord <span class="SpellE">Nityānanda</span> and Lord <span class="SpellE">Gauracandra</span>; <span class="SpellE">saba</span> <span class="SpellE">avatāra</span>–of all incarnations; <span class="SpellE">sāra</span>–They are the essence; <span class="SpellE">śiromaṇi</span>–and the crest jewels; <span class="SpellE">kevala</span> <span class="SpellE">ānanda-kanda</span>–exclusive fountains of bliss.

1\) The two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful.

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<p class="callout success">Debate Activity – “Who Deserves Respect?”</p>

- Split class into two groups.
- Give them a scenario:
    
    
    - A school principal, a sweeper, a rich businessman, a beggar, and a cow - you see them all near your home/school.
- Group A argues **why some deserve more respect**.
- Group B argues **why all should be respected equally**.
- After debate, teacher sums up: In material society respect is unequal, but **spiritual vision is equal** because everyone is part of Krishna.

<p class="callout success">Game – “Soul Glasses” (10 min)</p>

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Material Needed</span>

Soul glasses (make from paper or bring a buy a plastic one)

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Start</span>

- Give one student “soul glasses” (can be a paper frame).
- Others act out roles: doctor, beggar, dog, cow, friend, enemy.
- The student with the glasses must greet each one as **“You are a soul, part of Krishna.”**
- Rotate students.  
    👉 Reinforces that vision changes when we see through knowledge.

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<p class="callout success">Practical application in real life</p>

<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Discussion prompts</span>

- How do we treat classmates who are poor, weak in studies, or of different background?
- Do we sometimes treat people differently based on money, power, or looks?
- What can we do to change that in our school and home?

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<p class="callout success">Closing &amp; Take-Home Challenge (5 min)</p>

- Key takeaway: **True knowledge + humility = equal vision**.
- Challenge: *“This week, practice treating one person you normally ignore with respect and note what happens.”*
- End with chanting one round. As we chant, let’s remember we are not just chanting for ourselves. We chant for every soul — classmates, parents, animals, even those we don’t like — because everyone belongs to Krishna.
- *“Let me see every soul as Krishna’s child.”*