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By HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

(Excerpt from the lecture on Prthu Maharaj cooperating by not performing the 100th Aswamedha Sacrifice).

In the conditioned state of consciousness we have these competitive envious tendencies, which create so much dissatisfaction in our own hearts and creates unpalatable dealings among people, even devotees. And to the degree we are willing to make the sacrifice to humble ourselves for the overall mission of the spiritual master and Krishna, to that degree, Krishna is pleased and Krishna bestows His blessings and those blessings are what make our lives and our temple attractive for other people. We're not trying to attract people to see the beauty of how there are beautiful paintings on the wall or there are carvings on the walls. We're trying to make this place a wonderful abode where the people can receive blessings of the Lord.

There are so many beautiful buildings. We must make the temple as beautiful as we can, because it is for Krishna's satisfaction. The capitol building in DC is a masterpiece. The white house is a fantastic building. But the Hare Krishna temple is a little place. But people come to our temples, because they experience the beauty of God's blessings. And God's blessings manifests to the degree that the devotees are in the spirit of loving and trusting and serving one another. Because that is what pleases Krishna. That is our goal. We want to help to spread the movement of Lord Caitanya and Prabhupada all over the world.

We must be pure in our own lives. Strictly follow the regulative principles. No illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, no meat-eating. We must understand the philosophy correctly, by reading Prabhupada's books. We must purify our hearts by chanting the holy names according to his instructions and with the purification that comes through hearing and chanting and living moral lives, we must exert all of our energy in trying to be the humble servant of the servant of the servants and work together. And working together means, I must sacrifice my egoistic ideas for the purpose of co-operation. The eyes of the devotees and the eyes of the world may not see that I can do what I can do, if I co-operate like this. But Krishna can see and Guru will see that I am trying to be a humble servant and that is the goal of life. And not cheap adoration.

Because the nature of cheap adoration we've seen so many times. We can reach the top and everyone will be praising. But because you displease Krishna, you fall down to the bottom and everyone starts blaming you. Name and fame does not last in this world. Caitanya Mahaprabhu asked Ramananda Roy, what is the real glory? What is the real name and fame? Ramananda Roy, replied, `the greatest fame is to be known as a humble devotee'. Not as the greatest this or that. Because if you displease Krsna, it will not last. So many empires have come and gone. So many sadhus have become great and famous. But if they trampled on others and offended Vaisnavas to get to that point, they get the name and fame for sometime and they fall down from their position and everyone says, `who are you'? They don't remember. Once you fall, they don't remember what you've done. They only remember what you are. So what's the use?

Should we take the risk of offending a Vaisnava for any of our own temporary feelings and prestige? It's not worth it. We'll get it. But ultimately we lose it all. This is co-operation. Never to offend devotees. Or to create a difficult tense atmosphere, simply for our own recognition. Because it is temporary. What the spiritual masters, the previous Acaryas and all the Vaisanva world and Krishna will see is your humility, your sincerity; to do the very best you possibly can in the spirit of cooperation and service. And if we develop this wonderful consciousness amongst us, the temple will be an effulgent place. That will change and transform the hearts of so many people. Thousands of people would want to come here. Raise their arms and chant the holy name.

GIVING UP ENVY IN DEVOTIONAL LIFE

Nityo Nityanam

You are vibhu, and I am anu. You are great, and I am small. I like it that way. I am under Your protection, like a just-born elephant with his mama and tusked papa. I am anu and You are vibhu, like Hercules and his just-born offspring, protected from all raksasas and enemies. These are awkward metaphors. You protect me even from death personified by our bond of eternity.

nityo nityanam
cetanas cetananam
eko bahunam
yo vidadhati kaman

We are Your parts and parcels, eternal and blissful like You. But You are the One, and I am one of the countless, tiny many. I wish to be intimate with you and act as Your menial servant.

You are the greatest, but You like to be loved as a close friend or child in Goloka Vrndavana. You prefer rolling in the dust of Vrajaraja rather than riding in a palanquin or chariot bedecked with jewels. I want to play with You in the Vrajaraja and get dirty and have fun. I'd like to sit at the dinnertable with You in Nanda Babu's hall and share a feast and pick out special preparations of spinach and samosa and sweets for Your special sampling. I'd like to see You teasing the gopis and deliver a note to a manjari on Your behalf about where You want to tryst with Radha in the evening.

I'd like to do whatever You'd ask me to do and do it enthusiastically, even if it was a laborious task.

As long as I am a more distant, struggling sadhaka practicing devotional service in this mateiral world, I want to rise early in the morning and chant vigorous japa of Your holy names. I want to associate with Your devotees, treating them as my dearmost friends, and go on preaching adventures with them. I want to have a desire to give lectures on Krishna conscious siddhanta and answer peoples' questions about how to apply the philosophy. I want to desire to travel to a place where devotees are gathered and speak to them from Srimad-Bhagavatam and share kirtana with them. I want to counsel individuals and help them with their problems. I want to write a daily journal with poems and make prayers. I want to reach readers. I want to overcome difficulties in a good mood and be a happy, willing servant.

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami Sdgonline: Nityo Nityanam-Must read!

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami's Notes

Dealing With...

Dealing with the people in my life,
some are naughty and some are nice.

I'm dealing with the aches in the head,
they come several times a day.

I'm dealing with my japa beads,
fingering them through my hand and
keeping my mind and lips
fixed to pronunciation. Yeah,
dealing with the japa every day in the
early hours, sixteen rounds before
breakfast.

I'm dealing with mental stresses that
come from some people who stress me
with their stresses. Dealing with the
stresses.

I am dealing with my writing of poems.
Each day I do two and try to make them
do. Make them do their thing in a
Krishna conscious way.

I'm dealing with the world of ISKCON.
I live in it, and it leaves me alone,
and I make my contribution on the Web.

I'm dealing with disciples through
the mail, answering their queries and
sometimes problems I have to deal with.
Dealing with disciples.

Dealing with the cards that life
has dealt me. Now I'm seventy, and
I don't know how many more I'll get,
but I'm dealing with my duration in
a cool-headed way, aware that Krishna
comes at the end, and you should
think of Him. Dealing with my
duration.

Dealing with my medicine. I don't
take too much, but when pain comes,
there's a variety. Dealing with my meds
and doctors and prescriptions.

Dealing with my celibacy.
It's all over now. No trouble, no sex
desire is left. I'm glad for that.
Nothing left to deal with in the
world of sex. That's all over now.

Dealing with the blues when they come.
I get down when someone speaks sharply
to me or I'm too much alone. Dealing
with the blues.

Dealing with exercise and overweight.
You should not get fat. You should walk
every day and ride the stationary bike.
Deal with sedentary blues.

Dealing with my faith, with my patience
and waiting for raganuga to arrive.
Dealing with the soul and
the relationship with Krishna.

Dealing with Radha and Krishna, may
they become real and true to me. May
I meet Them in the proper way befitting
my realization. Dealing with
Radhe-Syama!

Dealing with the dealing. You have to
mix it up with all the dealings in your
life. Get things organized and nice.
dealing with the dealing. Dealing with
the deal. Radha and Krishna are real,
and I better deal with that in a
realistic way, taking it
according to my actual realization.

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami's Notes-Inspiring!

... Euro-EnglishThe European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as ... See More'Euro-English'. In the first year, 's' will replace the soft 'c'. Sertainly, this will make the! sivil servants jump with joy. The hard 'c' will be dropped in favour of 'k'. This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome 'ph' will be replaced with 'f'. This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always bena deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent 'e' in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to step! s such as replasing 'th' with 'z' and 'w' with 'v'. During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary 'o' kan be dropd from vords kontaining 'ou' and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensi bl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas. If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.Author Unknown

English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German