Holding anything back ?

Krsna is quite demanding.
He is merciful but demanding at same time. Sometimes Krsna does gives some extraordinary mercy just like that - but in the end He is demanding, because Krsna is not looking just what you do - sometimes it is said that Krsna is looking at what you are holding back.

Not that Krsna has no appreciation for what we are doing-He does.
It's said He is Acutya. Never fails to appreciate a tiniest little bit of service done. But especially when we become little bit more serious about spiritual life then Krsna starts to work on what we are holding back.

Transcribed by Yamuna Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Feb 2011 Prague)

 

 

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grab the most valuable thing

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta ,He was doing a program quite close to the Ganga – and there was an earthquake on that particular day. This earthquake suddenly created a flash flood.
From one moment to the next, the whole area become flooded by the water of the Ganga. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta become inspired with that and starts to speak of Maha Pralaya- the great destruction of the Universe by the big flood.
He said "When the Maha Pralaya comes then you can quickly grab the most valuable thing that you can grab and then try run for your life."
He then said: "You can take Bhagavad-Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta." …"But, if it get's too much to carry then you can let Bhagavad-Gita go - and you keep on running with the Bhagavatam and Caitanya Caritamrta.
But if that also becomes too much to carry then you let Bhagavatam go and keep Caitanya Caritamrta, because from that everything can be restored."
So, this is the principle of reading one book. We are living in a modern age, it is called the information age, and everything is in our finger tips. We live in this age and to some extent we may take some advantage of it.
But our program is one book. Go deep in one book. Austerity in this age is that one must limit himself, because the world offer us unlimited varieties.
If we can just limit ourselves and just take shelter of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita and Caitanya Caritamrta then everything will come automatically.

Transcribed by Yamuna Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Feb 2011 Prague)

 

 

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We have to endeavour again and again

 

 

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Projecting our desires to cover reality!

When the mode of passion is afflicting us then the intelligence becomes distorted by our desires and we cover reality because we 'wanted it to be so beautiful.' Therefore Puranjan wanted Puranjani to be so extremely beautiful so he made her even more beautiful than she even was and therefore was saying;
'My Dear Goddess of fortune, Where is your lotus flower?
My Dear Laxmi Devi you must have dropped it somewhere'
and of course in doing so Puranjan was also fruitive - so at the same time he was flattering her by comparing her to Laxmi which made her feel kind of really special.
It is like friend of mine - we were walking in the forest - this was in the karmi days - a beautiful girl was sitting near a pond with water lilies and my friend just walked into the pond took a water lily and put it at her feet and she melted on the spot!!!
And I couldn't believe it - she melted on the spot!
So, it works like that, that's called "romantic,"
a little flattery and everything is done!
So, both of them were actually investing in their desires.
The hope for happiness is covering the material energy and it is making it even better that it actually is - and that is called the mode of passion and that is the inevitable need in the material world because the desire for happiness is so deep and grave that we just don't get it and we are looking for it and it's not here - it's not there….. and finally there is an opportunity – it has some defects but we just edit it out with the photo shop!
Everything looks good in photo shop and it was not invented on the computer - it was for a long time in our mind! So many things and details we took out to make it just a little better. - but unfortunately after a little while we come down to reality and one becomes aware of the limitations of the material energy.

Transcribed by Madhumati Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sydney 2010)

 

 

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No Limits

Everything simply should be offered to Krishna; and in that way we are a member of this movement.
Some people didn't realise, what they were becoming part of.
They liked the enthusiasm of this movement, but they didn't realise the level of commitment, that Srila Prabhupada came to ask for.

"Well, isn't that a bit too much?"
No, it's not much! It's not enough. We can do still more.

And if we do, then there is no limit - no limit to what we can experience in Bhakti. No limit!

(HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sydney, Australia, March 2011)

 

 

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