From: Jyoti Pahuja
You write to say that simply you want to surrender, but according to the
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And it is then that
there is no question of weakness. Our spiritual strength lies in steadfastly
following the regulative principles also, and once stopped, then immediately
there is falldown and all that has been accomplished becomes choked up. So
to keep ourselves fit in spiritual life, we must strictly follow the
principles, and chant at least 16 attentive rounds of beads daily and
without fail. Otherwise, everything else loses its potency. At first there
may be some inconveniences, and they may appear like poison, but we must
tolerate them and Krishna, seeing our sincerity, will surely help us. This
material world is such a miserable place that if we were not tolerant, we
couldn't stay here for a moment. So simply continue this process diligently
and my full blessings are there.
Ref. VedaBase => Srila Prabhupada letter to: Jitendriya, 22 February, 1971
--
The only way to counteract the effects of this age of Kali is chanting
the Holy Names of Lord Krsna. There is no other way. There is no other
way. There is no other way. (Brhan Naradiya Purana)
Chant and be happy - "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare/
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"
You write to say that simply you want to surrender, but according to the
preface of T.L.C. you'll find that surrender means (1) to Act favorably to
develop Krishna Consciousness; (2) to reject everything unfavorable; (3) to
have full faith in Krishna that He will give protection to His pure devotee;
(4) to keep oneself as one of the dependent devotees of the Lord; (5) to
have no separate interest besides the interest of the Lord; (6) to always
feel meek and humble. These six things are surrender, And it is then that
there is no question of weakness. Our spiritual strength lies in steadfastly
following the regulative principles also, and once stopped, then immediately
there is falldown and all that has been accomplished becomes choked up. So
to keep ourselves fit in spiritual life, we must strictly follow the
principles, and chant at least 16 attentive rounds of beads daily and
without fail. Otherwise, everything else loses its potency. At first there
may be some inconveniences, and they may appear like poison, but we must
tolerate them and Krishna, seeing our sincerity, will surely help us. This
material world is such a miserable place that if we were not tolerant, we
couldn't stay here for a moment. So simply continue this process diligently
and my full blessings are there.
Ref. VedaBase => Srila Prabhupada letter to: Jitendriya, 22 February, 1971
--
The only way to counteract the effects of this age of Kali is chanting
the Holy Names of Lord Krsna. There is no other way. There is no other
way. There is no other way. (Brhan Naradiya Purana)
Chant and be happy - "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare/
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare"
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