Austerity is an integral part of our life

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Collecting woods from the forest to assist the spiritual master in performing yagya is not an easy job. The disciple has to go through a lot of difficulties during his collection of wood inside the forest for days. Spiritual or material activity, nothing is possible to attain without sacrifice and austerity.

The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Himself did this menial service of collecting woods to His spiritual master by going into the forest. On one occasion some firewood was needed, but since it was so late in the day, with dark clouds overhead, no-one was willing to venture into the forest. When the situation came to the attention of Krsna and Balarama, they at once left to perform the task without being requested. Having penetrated deep into the forest, they lost their way, and were thus obliged to spend the night there, stranded by a heavy storm.

O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next? - BG#4.31

The house holders sacrifice the sense objects into the fire of senses according to religious principles.

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Dinesh

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Srila Prabhupada in cowherd boy mood

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From: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

One day, while Prabhupada was sitting in his room receiving his massage, he
began talking and laughing. As he sat on the floor with one leg tucked under
his body and one leg outstretched before him, he told the two or three
devotees present how Krsna, carrying the lunch His mother had packed for
Him, would go to the forest with His cowherd boyfriends, who were also
carrying lunches from home. Krsna and His friends would all sit together
sharing their lunch, and Krsna always had the best laddus and kachauris.
Prabhupada's eyes flashed, and he rubbed his hands together, smiling. "I
simply want to go to Krsnaloka, so I can have some of Krsna's laddu and
kachauris. I do not have any great diversion from this. I simply want to go
there so that I can enjoy eating laddus and kachauris with Krsna and the
cowherd boys." Opening his eyes widely, he glanced at Devananda, who was
massaging him, and at the others in the room. "Oh," he said to them, "if you
will give me laddus and kachauris, then I will bless you."

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SPL 7-2: Opening a Temple in Los Angeles, 1968

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This is the person we have been competing with for millions of lives

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Krishna says He is the enjoyer, Bhoktaram yagya tapasam, but we are not able to digest that. He says He is the friend of all living entities, but we say we have such and such and such friends. He says he is the proprietor of all the planetary systems and the whole cosmic manifestation, we say I am the owner of this and that and that and this.

This is the competition that's going on from time immemorial.

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Dinesh

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The blue boy looks innocent even though knowing everything

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Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?

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Song Name: Ei Baro Karuna Koro

Official Name: Vaisnave Vijnapati Song 2

Author: Narottama Dasa Thakura

Book Name: Prarthana

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)
ei-bāro karuṇā koro vaiṣṇava gosāi
patita-pāvana tomā bine keho nāi

(2)
jāhāra nikaṭe gele pāpa dūre jāy
emona doyāla prabhu kebā kothā pāy

(3)
gańgāra paraśa hoile paścate pāvan
darśane pavitra koro-ei tomāra guṇ

(4)
hari-sthāne aparādhe tāre hari-nām
tomā sthāne aparādhe nāhi paritrāṇ

(5)
tomāra hṛdoye sadā govinda-viśrām
govinda kohena-mora vaiṣṇava parāṇ

(6)
prati-janme kori āśā caraṇera dhūli
narottame koro doyā āpanāra boli'

TRANSLATION

1) O Vaisnava Gosvami, please be merciful to me now. There is no one except you who can purify the fallen souls.

2) Where does anyone find such a merciful personality by whose mere audience all sins go far away?

3) After bathing in the waters of the sacred Ganges many times, one becomes purified, but just by the sight of you, the fallen souls are purified. This is your great power.

4) The holy name delivers one who has committed an offense to Lord Hari, but if one commits an offense to you, there is no means of deliverance.

5) Your heart is always the resting place of Lord Govinda, and Lord Govinda says, "The Vaisavas are in My heart."

6) I desire the dust of your holy feet in every birth I may take. Please consider Narottama yours, and be kind upon him.

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