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| Posted: 22 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT (HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Melbourne, Australia, October 2011) (Transcribed by Smita Krishna Devi Dasi) 'bahūnāṁ janmanām ante It is said, that mostly the living entities are busy with the material energy and they are trying to milk the material energy in various ways and get some benefit from the material energy and that is really what every one is doing in the world. Some are doing it in pious ways, by following the direction of the scriptures. Others are doing it in an impious way, but mostly people are hoping for material happiness therefore 'bahūnāṁ',its very rare that someone comes to this point to understand that Krishna is the real goal of life and actually everything is meant for Krishna. It's logical because everything was created by Krishna, He is Isvara-parama Krishna. He is the origin of everything and therefore naturally, we are returning to Him what belongs to Him, just like sometimes we take bath in the Ganga and we scoop up some water from there and offer it back to Ganga because the Ganga is pure. So we want to make pure offering, and therefore we are offering Gangajal to Ganga. Like this, we are offering to Krishna what belongs to Him already! Everything, even our bodies are also Krishna's energy, yes – everything in this world belongs to Krishna – including our very bodies, including our children, our house, including all our possessions! Therefore, everything is meant to be used for Krishna. We ourselves, of course, need to live. we need residence for the shelter, we need to eat and so on, but we are doing that all on behalf of Krishna. One should eat only remnants of what is offered to the Lord only that which is left over from yagna, no other things a devotee will take. It says because otherwise one gets involve in sinful reactions because whatever is the consciousness of the cook, will affect whatever is eaten and subsequently, it will effect our consciousness and thus, new material desires will be born. Therefore we are careful in our eating, we are careful that our house is Krishna's house and that we are in that house and only doing things that are favourable to Krishna. So that is what it means!  Rating: 0.0/7 (0 votes cast) |
| The spiritual master is perfect! Posted: 22 Apr 2012 02:20 PM PDT (H H Kadamba Kanana Swami, 31st March 2012, Cape Town, South Africa) Lecture: SB. 7.15.26
The spiritual master sees himself as a fallen soul and as: 'I am somehow or other trying to be a good instrument and I am falling short in so many ways.' But others don't see it like that! They don't confirm it: 'You know that is right. You are falling short in many ways, but anyway you are trying.' No, that would be an attitude of seeing him as an ordinary human being, because he is an empowered human being. Yes still a human being of course! Still having the limitations of human existence. Limited in strength – how many kilos can one lift? It's not that the spiritual master can lift Govardhana Hill! He cannot, even a suitcase maybe too much for him. Like that the spiritual master is limited in strength like any human being. The spiritual master maybe limited in age; limited in health. He looks vulnerable and frail. The spiritual master has senses like everything else and the senses are described as basically being faulty. The senses as we know are not perfect instrument. Then we see things and mistake it for something else…Everyone has that all of the time. But the spiritual master is perfect and he doesn't make mistakes! Rating: 0.0/7 (0 votes cast) |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2012 09:56 AM PDT
When Krsna gives us austerity by taking things away, it is Krsna's arrangement to make us stronger. So Krsna tests us to give us the strength. The suffering in this world is in the design. Why is there suffering in the world? It is exactly for that purpose- to force us to become stronger and we can grow. When Krsna takes things away, we should not think that, 'oh, now He is punishing me! Oh, now I'm being tested! Oh, why do I have to go through all these difficulties?' No, we should think that Krsna wants me to grow and He's forcing me to go through these difficulties but it would make me stronger. So actually the struggle in this world is Krsna's blessing upon us. If there was no suffering in this world, imagine what it would be like…it would just be a little empty. No suffering but just a little empty because there would be no spiritual ecstasy. Maybe we would feel comfortable but then we will feel bored and empty and we wouldn't feel so motivated. But when we suffer, then we have to do something about it. So the suffering is an impetus to give us strength and as we are working on a solution, we gain strength and with that strength we come up. That is what Krsna wants from us; Krsna doesn't want us cheaply but Krsna wants us with quality. And therefore Krsna gives us tests so that we can grow. So that's His blessing…  Rating: 7.0/7 (2 votes cast) |
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