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The Temporary Illusory Pleasures

Transcribed by Hina

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Cranberra March 2011)

There are many stories about Birbal and Akbar. Birbal who was Akbar's minister was very famous. Once Akbar asked Birbal:

"How long is it that a man in his life is actually being plagued with lusty desires?"

Birbal said:

"Your majesty, it will go on till the very end!"

"Come on…come on Birbal! A really old man with a stick. It can't be! No!"

One day Birbal suddenly called Akbar:

"Come… come right now! Oh and bring your daughter".

Akbar brought his young beautiful princess daughter. They came into a room of a 90 year old dying man and immediately the eyes of the old man were on the daughter!

Akbar saw this and he said:

"Yes! You are right!"

So this is ignorance. Ignorance that we are going for the illusion. It's an illusion – he is 90 years old – he is dying and in total illusion – he's looking at that princess – it's just foolishness.

There are more serious things to do at that time, but somehow or other his mind is being drawn into the temporary illusory pleasures.

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To Be Fully Free From Thoughts of Maya!

Transcribed by Hina

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Vrindavan)

'The Sri Caitanya Caritamrta fills our mind with wonder about the amazing qualities, pastimes and mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and pushes aside – all the nasty thoughts of mundane entanglement to the background of our consciousness'.

So, at this stage we may not be able to be fully free from thoughts of maya – from some attraction of sinful activity. These things are still manifesting itself in our consciousness, but by simply pouring a lot of nectar in the consciousness all of the time, then the force of that nectar just pushes away all these sinful and nasty things to somewhere over the horizon of our consciousness, and maybe one day, it will fall off, just like the flat earth. It will just get rid of these impurities – one day they will just dissolve!

Now these nasty thoughts may appear like little clouds on the horizon. So this is how we fill our mind – always with remembering the pastimes and the descriptions of the Supreme Lord, and we just remain in this mood of remaining full – keep on drinking it in!

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Actual Juice!

Transcribed by Hina
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Vrindavan)

If we think that there is more juice in one thing than another, then we are not yet accessing the actual juice! The actual juice is by being a servant! If we are thinking that one type is better than another – if we think that:
"Well preaching is austere than Vrindavan – being in the Holy Dham is all nectar" – that means that we are still in the spirit of enjoyers and not in the spirit of servants, because otherwise we wouldn't make that distinction!

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Relationship with the devotees is precious!

Transcribed by Yamuna Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, South Africa 2010)

Family of Vaisnavas is somehow or other our support and Srila Prabhupad made this movement and it is a very personal movement.
In the beginning we overlook the fact of how important relationships are, because we are not use to it.
In material world when the relationship doesn't work you just cut it off and try the other one and then the other one…
So many friends came – so many friends went in our material life – but spiritual relationships are very different because devotees are very rare, therefore devotees are very precious and the relationship with the devotees is precious.
Once the relationship is broken it's difficult to repair. Like a broken pot… So, relationship also…
Therefore with devotees we can't just afford mentality:
"Well, if doesn't work get rid of this one and get the other one." – Because the day will come that we will need all the devotees. The day will come that we will very much depend of Vaisnavas.
The Vaisnavas are sustaining us in our spiritual life, without them it becomes so difficult and the day will come when all artificial behavior in our relationships will have to go.
It will have to go, because that can not sustain us. Time will test us.
They say:" it all comes out in a wash." It means that sooner or later it has to be real.
We need genuine relationship with devotees, therefore we must be careful to make sure that we avoid unpleasant exchanges between devotees. Even in sake of service one must be careful with unpleasant relationships.
Friendship between Vaisnavas.

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