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| Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:37 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133
The more we are trying to make offerings for the pleasure of Krishna then the more the atmosphere becomes surcharged with ecstasy! One cannot order an ecstatic kirtan. Sometimes the devotees would be asked to perform on television, and then the producers wanted ecstasy. They tried to force them to dance in ecstasy, but ecstasy is not something one can force, or one can act out. Rather, it comes when Krishna is very nicely taken care of! When we are serving, then Krishna is pleased. The devotees are going out of their way by trying to make an offering to Krishna. So Ratha Yatra is that, since it is a huge offering for the pleasure of Lord Jagannath and everyone is partaking in that, and all our contributions are for that purpose!  Rating: 0.0/7 (0 votes cast) |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban South Africa, 4th April 2012) Lecture: Cc Madhya-lila 12-133
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| Posted: 25 Apr 2012 08:07 AM PDT
In all spiritual traditions, including our own, guilt is something we have to look at. Devotees are failing actually, to be up to their desired standard that they wish to be, 'I know I should be doing this, I know I…I wish I was…I want to…but I just can't.' The spiritual goals are sometimes very high and we struggle to get to this level. So there the element of practice is what helps. By daily and regularly practicing, one builds up a good, regular practice. Then once that is there then one can build further on that. So in this way, spiritual life must be regular. That is one first principle. Just like Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught, sankhy-purvaka nama-gana-natibhih, that one should chant the holy name of the Lord regularly on beads. Not just on inspiration, but it should be regular because by this regularity we are building up the good habits. Once a good habit is in place and we are nicely practicing it then we can take on another aspect and another. Then in this way one's spiritual life can progress. Otherwise spiritual life becomes something like New Years Eve, where we take all the big vows, 'and this year I will…' and you know, January 1st comes and if we make it through January 1st we are lucky. So for many also, spiritual is like that, like New Years wishes that somehow or other in everyday reality disappear that, 'it was too high for me.' But spiritually, it's not that certain things are too high for us, it's just that we cannot take the step to the level all at once. There are smaller steps in between that we are taking. And then, when regular practice comes in there then we build something up. So regulation is very important in spiritual life and that takes a certain discipline.  Rating: 7.0/7 (1 vote cast) |
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