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Better to die than to run away from fighting

Krishna Prasadam - Sabhudana, Avacado milk shake

Material or spiritual - what makes the difference ?

Krishna Prasadam - Rice, Arbi Gravy and Tapioca based fryums

The purpose of food is to increase the duration of life, purify the mind and aid bodily strength.

Strictness Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Digest 421, October 29th, 2013. Answers by His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaja You are invited to send your questions to His Holiness Romapada Swami at inquiries@romapadaswami.com with the word "Question" included in the subject line  or  submit your question at http://www.romapadaswami.com/?q=feedback/Question. Strictness ``````````````````` 805) I am a very sinful soul, I cannot follow very strict laws as other devotees always do. All I can do is share some simple information with other interested people. Otherwise I am the worst among devotees. I know that assocication with sadhus is the cure for my depleted condition, but I feel intimidated by their strictness. What to do? Ans: I would like to respond to your question in two parts. 1. The Strictness of a Sadhu You have the impression that a sadhu is a strict personality, perhaps so strict that their presence is intimidating. Please carefully consider the following. As a follower of Srila Prabhupada, and particularly one who serves His Divine Grace as a sannyasi or guru, one MUST be a "strict follower". This specific quality was expressed by Srila Prabhupada as one of the primary qualifications of a guru: one must be a strict follower of his spiritual master. Some scriptural references express this mandate. SB 3.28.20 "A sadhu is a strict follower of devotional service." Gopal Tapani Upanisad "By remembering Me, one who follows no vows becomes a strict follower of vows."     ___ Just as a genuine sannyasi or guru is one who follows the footsteps of Srila Prabhupada, please carefully consider HOW LENIENT WAS SRILA PRABHUPADA - in his interactions with guests, with new devotees, as well as his own disciples, who were pushing forward his mission with great effort and getting results! In the course of my years of devotional service, I have learned the essential lesson of being super lenient and totally non-judgmental with others, while remaining personally very strict with my own standards and behaviors. Here is a nice scriptural reference which supports that realization: Bhakti-rasamTta-sindhu (1.2.200): laukiki vaidiki vapi ya kriya kriyate mune hari-sevanukrlaiva sa karya bhaktim icchata "A devotee may act as an ordinary human being or as a strict follower of Vedic injunctions. In either case, everything he does is favorable for the advancement of devotional service because he is in KTnŠa consciousness." Conclusion: Please do not feel judged when associating with a sadhu, simply due to the fact that the sadhu is personally strict with themselves. A compassionate sadhu will not carry a stick, a rod to chastize others who are not prepared to make the same sacrifices they make. Doing that might have a reverse effect on some individuals. Here is an expression used by Srila Prabhupada, which conveys the same message: "Bees are attracted by honey, not by vinegar." A sadhu can detect who is a bee-like devotee. When detecting the sincerity of such a person, honey-like appreciation and recognition for the gifts Krishna has given that soul is extended, encouraging their talents and energy to be utilized in Krsna's service -- while gradually and gently extending efforts to uplift that soul's character.    ___ 2. * A devotee's strengths, and a devotee's weaknesses * Until one becomes a perfected soul, one will have strengths and weaknesses. I have learned an axiom in devotional service which I would like to share with you. To improve from whatever position one is situated in, along the path of one's spiritual journey - a. Do those things very nicely, regularly, with maximum attention, which give one spiritual strength! b. From the strength gained from these activities, BORROW STRENGTH from there, and apply it to the areas where there may be spiritual weakness. In this way, one can progress spiritually from any position. I encourage you to consider how the above axiom might apply to you, in your ongoing Krishna conscious life. ************************* Previous questions and answers are available with subject classification at http://www.romapadaswami.com/inquiries Digests 1-242 are included as a PDF file at: http://www.romapadaswami.com/Inquiries/IITA_full.pdf Lectures: http://www.romapadaswami.com/audio Brief biography of His Holiness Romapada Swami: http://www.romapadaswami.com/HHRPS_bio ************************** Subscribe to our mailing list. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences

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Strictness, Inquiries Into the Absolute, Digest 421

One should do the prescribed duties until one gets the desire to constantly hear the pastimes of Me. When purified by the desires through prescribed duties which are performed as a matter of duty, you will attain the desire to surrender to Me completely - Lord Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita chapter 18.

Yours
Dinesh

Do the prescribed duties as a matter of duty without attachment

Breakfast Prasadam

Krishna Prasadam - Rice, Dhal, Cabbage Sabji

Krishna Prasadam - Vegetable Long grain rice, Potato Sabji

You don't need a horoscope or a microscope to see the mess that you're in

It's fire all over, not the time to gossip but to evacuate

Krishna Prasadam - Rice, Curd/Yoghurt and Channa Sabji

Krishna Prasadam - Puri and Panneer Mutter Sabji

Krishna Prasadam - Coconut Rice, Brocolli, Steamed tapioca roots

Arjuna: Do I incur sin by killing my own kinsmen? Is there anyone in the past who attained perfectin by this process?

Krishna: King such as Janaka attained perfection solely by performing prescribed duties. Prescribed duties should not be given up for the sake of bodily discomfort.

Never consider yourself the cause of the result of your actions and never be attached to not doing your duty. One who acts as he is obligated without false ego shall not incur any reactions for his actions.

Yours
Dinesh

Never consider yourself the cause of the result of your actions and never be attached to not doing your duty

Who is my beloved except for You?

If we think we are independent beings, sorry we are mistaken. We are interdependent beings. To continue living, We need the bare minimum support from material nature which is being operated by the higher beings who control the air, water, fire. The individual soul has nothing to do with these material elements with which he is identifying the self. Just like a man bound by chains has to drag them around wherever he moves, the living beings(souls) have to drag their mind and body wherever they move around in the material manifestation. This is the punishment for souls like us who are defying the authority of the Lord.

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Yours

Dinesh

Bhakti Yogi @ http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

We are interdependent beings

Krishna Prasadam- Vegetable Pulav, Panneer Sabji

Krishna Prasadam - my only shelter - Rice, Black eyed peas&yam gravy, Pappad

 

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

This is in continuation of the transcription of the nectarean class given by our beloved spiritual master, H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj on Srimad Bhagavatam verse 5.5.13 on August 2nd, 1998 in Singapore. In the previous offerings we heard from Maharaj about the importance of austerity and how austere Rshabhadeva and His parents were. Maharaj also explained the meaning of verse 5.5.10 and 11 of Srimad Bhagavatam. Let us continue to hear more nectar about the next verse from Maharaj.

adhyaatama-yogena vivikta sevayaa

praanendriyaatmaabhijayena sadhryak

sac chraddhayaa brahmacaryena shashvad

asampramaadena yamena vaacaam

"Practice reading the revealed scriptures. Live in a secluded place and practice the process by which you can completely control your life air, mind and senses. Have full faith in the revealed scriptures, the Vedic literatures, and always observe celibacy. Perform your prescribed duties and avoid unnecessary talks."

In this verse the word vivikta sevayaa is very important. vivikta sevayaa means living in a solitary place. Those who perform austerity, they love solitary places because there is less disturbances. They love to go away from the modern metropolis. Modern metropolis is all sense gratification. And our way is completely opposite to this. And that is why always Prabhupada insisted that we are swimming against the current. River is flowing in one direction and we want to go against the current. And if we want to go against the current, then continuous endeavour is required. As soon as you stop, you glide down. This is Rshabadev. Why vivikta sevayaa? Why? To study the revealed scriptures - adhyaatma yogena. This is the main thing and there is no end to study. Nobody can claim that, 'I have studied everything'. We may study very hard and at the end of the day we will feel that, 'Ah, I didn't know anything really'. 

It is like examination. You study very hard for the examination. You work very hard. But when you go to the examination hall, whatever you studied completely vanishes from the mind and you think, "What am I going to write?" Somehow or the other Krishna comes to your help and He dictates you, when you write the answer paper. Otherwise, we don't have any capacity. Therein also we have to be very austere. So many austerity is required to learn everything. And when you go to the examination hall, you forget everything. And somehow or the other by Krishna's mercy as if everything is cribbing up, from unconscious thing, we write everything and to our surprise we may get through. This is how, please try to understand these things. And this is adhyaatmic study. It is much more powerful than the ordinary studies. Then Rshabhadeva insists on praanendriyaatmaabhijayena sadhryak - controlling life-air, mind and senses. sac chraddhayaa brahmacaryena shashvad - approaching the scriptures with faith and observing celibacy. Then in the last line He says asampramaadena yamena vaacaam - control your vaaca - This is the main thing.

Krishna willing we will continue to hear more nectar from Maharaj in the subsequent offerings.

Thank you very much.

Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva,

Sudarshana devi dasi.

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[granthraj] Instructions of Rshabhadeva - Part 13

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Yours

Dinesh

Bhakti Yogi @ http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com

Sridham Mayapur Darshan of Sri Radha Madhava