The resistance comes from material attachments. To maintain material attachments even after receiving so many instructions in this subject matter. That’s what it is this resistance.
And how to overcome?-by being brave. We have to be brave in Krishna consciousness.Brave to choose for Krishna. We cannot just be ordinary devotees. We cannot just be a common, you know, and just let our spiritual life come along. No.We have to be brave to do something special for Krishna. That’s what is required!Let’s try and be en exception. Let’s not just try and be just of the average standard and say: “Well, we are devotees, everybody is doing it like this and you cannot expect anything more from us.” No.
Let’s be brave. Let’s do something brave for Krishna and Prabhupada. Than we will conquer that.And we see in the Scriptures the descriptions of those who conquered. And those who conquered- they all made a special endeavor, than they conquered that resistance, that tendency of being dominated by the material tendencies.
So let us try something extraordinary in our own way, according to our own inspiration and our own… whatever it may be. But in our own field let us do something extraordinary for Krishna. Let us not just look to the left, look to the right and say: “What are they doing? Well, I am not going to do anything more than they.”No.
It is between us and Krishna.
We have to do something special, and that is what we see in all the descriptions of the Bhagavatam; all these pastimes, all these personalities- they all did something special- all of them-and they all got a special mercy. And it is by mercy… it is by mercy that we are going to be purified.
We cannot purify ourselves, it is by mercy. We must attract mercy. Sadhana bhakti is a process that is for us very difficult to follow. Kripa- we need mercy of the devotees of the sadhus, of real saintly people, and we need mercy of Krishna.
Now, saintly people, they are merciful but they are not getting too much involved with people who are too materially entangled- a little bit to give mercy but than they withdraw from association. So the more one is endeavoring however to be Krishna conscious, the saintly people will notice that. “This person is very conditioned but in the same time endeavoring very much. This one I will give the mercy. This one I will give.” So the saintly people want to give their mercy so they are looking for devotees who are making special endeavor, and they will give if they see that.
And we can equally attract the mercy of Krishna, by special endeavor.
This is the only way. There is no other way- You have to be brave.
Brave means trust Krishna.
Parts of the lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami SB 1.5.11 6.May 2002
And how to overcome?-by being brave. We have to be brave in Krishna consciousness.Brave to choose for Krishna. We cannot just be ordinary devotees. We cannot just be a common, you know, and just let our spiritual life come along. No.We have to be brave to do something special for Krishna. That’s what is required!Let’s try and be en exception. Let’s not just try and be just of the average standard and say: “Well, we are devotees, everybody is doing it like this and you cannot expect anything more from us.” No.
Let’s be brave. Let’s do something brave for Krishna and Prabhupada. Than we will conquer that.And we see in the Scriptures the descriptions of those who conquered. And those who conquered- they all made a special endeavor, than they conquered that resistance, that tendency of being dominated by the material tendencies.
So let us try something extraordinary in our own way, according to our own inspiration and our own… whatever it may be. But in our own field let us do something extraordinary for Krishna. Let us not just look to the left, look to the right and say: “What are they doing? Well, I am not going to do anything more than they.”No.
It is between us and Krishna.
We have to do something special, and that is what we see in all the descriptions of the Bhagavatam; all these pastimes, all these personalities- they all did something special- all of them-and they all got a special mercy. And it is by mercy… it is by mercy that we are going to be purified.
We cannot purify ourselves, it is by mercy. We must attract mercy. Sadhana bhakti is a process that is for us very difficult to follow. Kripa- we need mercy of the devotees of the sadhus, of real saintly people, and we need mercy of Krishna.
Now, saintly people, they are merciful but they are not getting too much involved with people who are too materially entangled- a little bit to give mercy but than they withdraw from association. So the more one is endeavoring however to be Krishna conscious, the saintly people will notice that. “This person is very conditioned but in the same time endeavoring very much. This one I will give the mercy. This one I will give.” So the saintly people want to give their mercy so they are looking for devotees who are making special endeavor, and they will give if they see that.
And we can equally attract the mercy of Krishna, by special endeavor.
This is the only way. There is no other way- You have to be brave.
Brave means trust Krishna.
Parts of the lecture given by HH Kadamba Kanana Swami SB 1.5.11 6.May 2002
