How Important are Memories of The Temporary

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/17/11

How important are memories? Some people are controlled by their memories for their whole life. It's like here, I met somebody of 40 years who was just still remembering that he had a bad time in school, and I go:

"Okay, that's bad. That's really bad, I feel for you. I do, I do, but how old are you?!"
"Forty."
"Okay, Forty, Right?
"Yeah."
"And when was school? Are you sure you can still remember?"
It's like ... well, I didn't have that much fun in school either, but at the age 57, it doesn't exactly… I don't feel much connection with school at this stage - I can hardly remember. A few grey memories of my school days, and it was maybe not so much fun. I remember that. I remember, it was not so much fun. Fun was not allowed in school, that I remember. So I didn't like school that much. But it's behind us. So much is behind us.

So memories, why make so much of memories?
"I have such beautiful memories…"
You have such beautiful soap bubbles!
"Beautiful... My beautiful memories, I will never forget." Okay, but it's finished now. It's over. Gone! And they'll never come back. Sorry! So why make so much of it? That's material life. At the end, there's just some memories left. If you're lucky! You may remember that I told about the man with the t-shirt, "Seen it all, heard it all, done it all, but can't remember it all!" I congratulated him!
I met him on an airport and congratulated him and — I said:

"Wow, that's a great t-shirt!"
He said, "You like it?"
I said "Yes!"
He said, "I made it myself."
I said, "Deep! Deep… Very deep!"

Right? It's a fact! So let's see how much we can still remember at the end. So we're speaking about the temporary. Why invest so much in that? It's so obvious that when we begin to invest in Krishna consciousness then it gets very nice, because there's eternal spiritual benefit in whatever we do, and whether the temporary part is okay or not, that is secondary.Like here, whether the program is boring or whether the program is exciting, right? That is secondary. You can say: "Ah, it was a great program! It was just so dynamic and so exciting and so interesting and everything and then the prasadam, it tasted so nice!" But how long will you remember that? What is really important is the eternal benefit even if it was a terrible program!

One of those programs that were like, everything went wrong - "Kirtan was terrible"
"The lecture was *yaaawn*'", and then
"The prasadam... the rice wasn't cooked!"
"Too much salt in the dahl!"
"The subji… It was hard."
"Oh God… And the sweet rice was burnt."
"It was a great program!…" "Yeah, it was a really great program"

Well, at least the eternal side was okay. At least the eternal side was still alright. So that's there, we always have these two elements. The eternal side and the temporary material side. And of the two, the eternal benefit, that's the most important.

Transcribed by Bhakta Frederick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sweden 2010)

How Important are Memories of The Temporary

Isn't it a Pity, George Harrison

”Even if it's cheap, I'm not buying.”

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/13/11

This particular age of Kali is already going on for 5000 years, we can appreciate that we may have had one or more births, many births before, in this age of Kali.

So most likely, we have during those births engaged in so many sinful activities - and if some of them were human, we are responsible - because the human birth is the one birth where one is held responsible. That we have to understand.

Therefore we cannot expect that things will be smooth, that we will not be attacked by possibly strong material desires. …

We cannot expect that we will not be attacked by some very powerful material desires since the aprarabda-karma is not good in the age of Kali. The unmanifest karma stored in the heart is not good. Therefore it will happen to us! It will happen to us, that we will be attacked by strong, strong desires where we develop the inclination to act against our better knowledge.

Then we should remember, "Now I am a victim of external forces! This is not me! I am simply a playball! A playball on the waves of karma! I'm simply being controlled by external forces. This is not me!"

One has to understand that karma works in this way. We become controlled by simply previous impressions. In this way one must be detached - even detached of what may come in the future.

One has to have a detached attitude, "When material desire comes, I will not take it serious."

In this way we have to prepare. We have to prepare a mentality of being ready.
When material desire knocks on my door.

Knock!
"Sorry! Not home."
"No thank you."
"Not interested."
"No, no."
"Even if it's cheap, I'm not buying."
"No!"
Like that, one has to fix himself.

That is only possible for one who fixes himself while chanting the Holy Name. If we try sincerely to conquer the mind while chanting the Holy Name - to fix our mind on hearing the chanting, and if we simply do that, then we can get the strength to be fixed.

Transcribed by Bhakta Fredrick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Chowpatty 2010)

”Even if it's cheap, I'm not buying.”

Let’s add to the pleasure.

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/13/11

We are just tiny little sparks of Krishna's energy, but we can also add to that unlimited reservoir of pleasure, and that's what Krishna wants from us. Let's add to the pleasure.

Transcribed by Bhakta Fredrick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Stockholm 2010)

Let’s add to the pleasure.

1.RealDeath?
Forgetfulness of d real self as Soul&Eternal ServantOfGod
2.RealLife?
SelfRealisation,SelfConsciousness
3.RealSins?
Weakness,Fear, Cowardice,Selfishness
4.RealAssets?
Self-confidence,self-reliance,self-respect
5.RealEnemies?
LustfulSenses,Passions
6.RealFriends?
Energy,Enthusiasm,Perseverence

--
Yours
Dinesh

Thought of d day

O Lord of d Lords,v r drowning in d ocean of material world,which is
filled wid WavesOf illusion whipped up by d WindsOfLust,wid
whirlpoolsOfWives/husbands&wid vast no of sharks&sea monsters who r
our sons&bros.O GiverOfBenedictions,pls grant me a place
On d BoatOfDevotion which is Ur lotus feet-MMStotra

--
Yours
Dinesh

Refuge in d Boat of Devotion4d souls drowning in d ocean of material world

Kirtan -the Yoga Bliss tour-2010 with Amala Kirtan das

Surrender

it is your desire and not mine

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/8/11

A devotee has to practise to take distance from his feelings. We have to become an observer of our own feelings and judge them from a distance and we practise this. Not just, every time some impulse comes up, then we have to do it - No, we just have to look at it from a distance.
"Look at this, what this mind is doing now"
as if you are a spectator and see what this mind wants from us today. It is amazing what the mind comes up with.
Like that one must be able to observe his own thinking, willing and feeling, the functions of the mind.
So, as a matter of practice, that's what it means that we are not this body, we start becoming a observer of the body, we can start to think that's not me.
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur wrote an article:
'The real and the apparent self ' - and there is a section where he says that he is no longer going to entertain the body and the mind, only as much as it requires to keep the body and the soul together and for the rest he is not going to listen to it he is not going to take it seriously.
He says "For so long I have taken whatever you have presented as my own interest , but no longer I will accept whatever you dictate as I my own, I will clearly see that:
'it is your desire and not mine'"

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

it is your desire and not mine

Stay Strong - Official Music Video

This world is a temple of miseries&all things here r temporary.Yet
there's another world(Spiritual) where there's life full of
bliss,everexisting&full knowledge-LordKrsna.D creator Himself says
it's miserable here but some fools adjust2bcome happy by
ArtOfLiving.Krsna says learn d ArtOf Dying2Live forever

--
Yours
Dinesh

Art of Living or Dying? Which is worthy?

Intelligence

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/7/11

Srila Prabhupada's definition of intelligence is not the same as the definition of intelligence that is generally employed in various intelligence tests and IQ tests and so on.
Srila Prabhupada would say intelligence means that one acts intelligent. If you don't act intelligent, that proves that you're not intelligent. As simple as that. No matter what kind of capacity you have in terms of understanding things theoretically, if you don't act properly, that means you're not intelligent. As simple as that. That is Prabhupada's philosophy.
When philosophy is not practical, then it has no meaning. Philosophy is after all supposed to be, an understanding of reality. So if philosophy no longer has any bearing on reality, then it's just a waste of time.
So Srila Prabhupada would give us this definition of intelligence: One must act intelligently, and Krishna, "dadami buddhi-yogam tam." He gives us intelligence, because all intelligence comes in relationship with Krishna, because after all, nothing exists outside of the relationship with Krishna. And therefore – and the whole purpose of existence is to always be engaged in service to Krishna, therefore the more one becomes aware of this, the more intelligent one is.

Transcribed by Bhakta Frederick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sweden 2010)

Intelligence

When1pebble is thrown in2a standstill pond,d ripples r calm&equally
moving.When many pebbles r thrown,d ripples collide&is agitated.Same
way,here every1claims proprietorship on d natural resources&d
situation is so disturbing.Knowledge of SupremeLord as d proprietor of
all creation,only brings peace4all

--
Yours
Dinesh

Exploiting the matter allured by d marketing of maya,brings only further distress...

Wat is d value of our talk? V talk abt politics,corruption,improper
leaders&spare our valuable human life uselessly.Wat is d
Value of our opinion? If d politicians or celebrities breathe,dats a
news.But wat use is our talk on their acts.None is
benefitted.Better2Talk sense! Talk4d welfare of d self&all. Talk abt
our real values. Who we are? Why we are? What we are? How we are? Not
like assuming we are what we are...this is demonic..:@

--
Yours
Dinesh

Talk Sense not Non-Sense!

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Illicit Sex

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/3/11

Transcribed by Madhumati Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami 2005)

"You will see women as lust objects, you will not care to look after them. How can you look after them, you will not protect them, you will use them as though they are not human beings as if they don't deserve a man to support and protect them through out their life… You don't care, you just care to get them in bed and when they are pregnant you line up in an abortion and go for the next and another one, and then another one and in this way you become more and more selfish and you become less interested in the well-being of all those women with whom you are having sex with - May be you get bored with women and try men for a while or maybe you will try something else!"....



THE WHOLE TRANSCRIPT

Devotees: One of the regulative principles is no illicit sex, but isn't sex a natural desire? So anything which is natural cannot be banned?

Maharaja: Yes Yes so many things are natural, you know.

Devotee: Something which comes from within…

Maharaja: Yes Yes I know, I know where it is coming from and I know where it is going to, believe me.
I will give you a simple example:
When one man gets in the traffic, even the most peaceful person gets agitated and every driver would like to have a button that if some idiot gets in front of his wheels, that he could just throw a big flame to burn him to ashes. This feeling comes from within, this feeling to burn a fool who cannot drive who isin front of you - If you would have a button on your dash board you might push it sometimes …No, but the intelligence pushes in and says:
"How could I do that? I cannot burn people to ashes. That would not be a good thing."
So, just as anger comes from within and in anger we want to do so many things, we use our brains and say: "No, we will not do it."
In anger we say: "I will kill you"
and then say "I didn't mean it I was just saying it."
But it can be so hard, that somewhere the intelligence comes in and says: "No I will not do it, I am just saying it."
So in the same way with sex, also the desire comes and then the intelligence kicks in and says:
"Is this sex beneficial for me?"
So, illicit sex is not beneficial because illicit sex will bind us to lust, it will never satisfy us.
Again and again, more and more and still not happy and then another one and another one and in the end we only live for lust.
So to live for lust is not very helpful, because you want more and more and more and you are still not satisfied.
Devotee: That's not only with sex, it is with everything in life, for example food…
Maharaja: Fine, same thing with food. Same thing with everything, therefore the restrictions must be there in different areas not only with the food or sex but all things. There must be moderation and control….

Devotee: but what is wrong with sex?

Maharaja: But sex is one of the fundamental drives in men as we know from physiology - maybe you have heard about Froid ….So, sex is recognised as the driving force in men, therefore it cannot be compared to all other drives. For all drives we need some sense control.
Some people everything they see, they have to buy it - at one point you have to lock them up, you have to control them. If you are married to someone like that, you will find out, that there is some need for control. So, control is required in many areas, but in regards to sex, illicit sex will bind us more and more in lust.
Each time when we engage in illicit sex the lusty desires will increase and we will want more and more and more. So, it is like a rock rolling down the hill and gets more and more momentum. So it will pull us down and it will become a total obsession.
So, the more you get into illicit sex, the more obsessed you become by it, until your whole life will be devoured by it. Therefore that's not beneficial!
Well, you might say:
"At least I enjoyed in my life"
But you became a very selfish person. Remember in the lecture how we spoke about the girl and how we gave the example of making sacrifice and how that is higher but the more you engage in illicit sex the less you will be interested in sacrifice. You will see woman as a lust objects, you will not care to look after them. How can you look after them, you will not protect them, you will use them as though they are not human beings as if they don't deserve a man to support and protect them through out their life… You don't care, you just care to get them in bed and when they are pregnant you line up in an abortion and go for the next and another one, and then another one and in this way you become more and more selfish and you become less interested in the well-being of all those woman with whom you are having sex with - May be you get bored with women and try men for a while or maybe you will try something else!

Devotee: Probably you are talking of an extreme situation. There are people who have indulged in illicit sex and view the woman as a woman and not as an object.

Maharaja: So you are talking of a more moderate form, only a wife or may be a girlfriend as well

Devotee: okay suppose a girlfriend as well….

Maharaja: what if she gets pregnant? ...The girlfriend gets pregnant and you already have a wife what will you do now?
Have the child or have the abortion?
It's very cheap, it's advertised all over Bombay.
It is dirt cheap. How much is it? What is the average price of abortion in Bombay?

Devotee: Probably 1000 rupees I guess so… I have no clue.

Maharaja: So the temptation to become involved in sinful activity is very great. You may not choose for that because you have a noble heart, I accept that, you may be a man of character and says no, even if it would happen, I would maintain that other child also and would be very sorry also.
Although that other child may not get a very good start in life because his father is married to someone else, that child would get a very bad start in life, but you would be responsible for it. But you would not have been so nasty that you would go for an abortion.
Obviously since there are so much advertisements and since it's only 1000 rupees or so it's good business and there are lots of abortions going on. So this is all due to illicit sex.
And still even if you look after that child, that child gets a bad chance for its up-bringing and what will that child become, what will his character be, what will he contribute to the society.
So, in this way what will your illicit sex ultimately do for the well-fare of the society and mankind at large? How will you become a better person? How will your wife become a better person? Your children become a better person?
Therefore better, marry, take responsibility, take care of some lady, take care of a family and try to help your wife to become a better person, become a better person yourself and do something good in the world and bring your children up to do something good. Isn't that better.
…..before marriage this girlfriend and that girlfriend and oops!!! Accident, and then you have so many girlfriends and you know the AIDS figures are rising very rapidly in Bombay. Oh! Boy, Oh Boy, you just get the wrong girlfriend and suddenly get tested and HIV positive but you didn't find out in time and You already had sex with ten other girls after that and they are also all HIV positive - it happens.

Devotee: it could happen even with one girl that you have sex with, with your wife it can happen.

Maharaja: no, why if you just have followed the principles of living with your spouse, you are protected from these things. It will not happen. Illicit sex leads to all these things and all kinds of sexually generated diseases are part of illicit sex, they go hand in hand.

Devotee: so by indulging in illicit sex you get caught up in lust?

Maharaja: I say that you get caught up in the whole network of reactions and a whole network of entanglement and I have just painted a few details for everyone here to show that it's not just a beautiful picture but that there is lots of ugliness there.

Devotee: is there a problem with everything that gives momentary pleasure or it's just….

Maharaja: yes, temporary pleasure is alright but it is not so important, but we make too much out of it. We make it too big. But it is gone.
Temporary pleasure is not so important, think about it deeply. Temporary wealth, I give you a 10000 dollars and you can keep it for ten minutes, feels great. How did it feel? Ya! It felt good for ten minutes but it was only temporary.
If you can keep it -then it is more exciting.
So, temporary is not so satisfying. It's not so important. Thank you.

Transcribed by Madhumati Devi Dasi
(Kadamba Kanana Swami 2005)

Illicit Sex

"I am Totally Unique!"

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (aatish) on 2/5/11

In this way the tendency to think that we are exceptions, the tendency to think that our situation is different is there in all of us. After all, we are unique! Well... Not that unique, you know?
We're actually not so unique at all if you really look at it, we pretty much have the same, the very same feelings as everybody else, as people have had for so many, for thousands and millions of years.
They had the same feelings as we are having now, and we're just like… Going through it all, and they went through it all… and it is just like that!
But we are having this strong feeling that, "No! I am unique! I am totally unique! Never before was there someone like me, on this planet Earth!"
Well… "No, but not exactly like me!" Well, you know… Okay:
maybe a little bit of Socrates, a little bit of Plato, and a pinch of Bach, and a pinch of Gandhi, and a pinch of… Right? But at best we are a cocktail! Just some sort of mix.

A mix of a few prototypes, and that's us. Not so unique at all and therefore we're quite predictable.

Transcribed by Bhakta Frederick
(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Sweden 2010)

"I am Totally Unique!"

Taj Mahal: Was it a Vedic Temple?

The Photographic Evidence

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm

Other interesting articles of archeology

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/recent_archeological_finds_confirming_Vedic_history.htm

Taj Mahal: Was it a Vedic Temple?

When a soldier kills som1 out of his own idea,he'll be put behind d
bars.Whereas when he kills som1 in d war as per d order of
commander,he'll b rewarded.Likewise,when v act as per d will of God(as
given in vedic lit.) v'll not b bound by it's reactions but when v act
against d will of God,v'll b punished

--
Yours
Dinesh

Killing some one,rewards or punishes?

None in this world is our real well-wisher.It's more of mutual
give&take.When1party stops giving or d other1 is unable2give,then d
relationship breaks.It's d case with even d most intimate so-called
lovers.D SupremeLord seated within d heart of every1 is our ultimate
well-wisher,tho v only take from Him!

--
Yours
Dinesh

The ultimate well-wisher in us

In d beginning there may b some failures which is quite natural.Just a
child is trying2stand,he may fall down but dat doesnt mean he shud
give up d idea.There'll come a time wen v'll become perfect in serving
d Supreme which is our real position.So v shud try2serve d Supreme
Lord immaterial of d failures.

Failure in the beginning is quite natural.

Surrendering to Krsna

via KKS Blog by noreply@blogger.com (Hina) on 1/25/11

Surrendering to Krishna means that Krishna has given many directions. Surrendering to Krishna doesn't just mean: thinking of Krishna, remembering Krishna…. Krishna…. Krishna. Seeing someone with a flute and a peacock feather – and you think - Krishna. No it means Krishna in total - Krishna with the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna with the instructions, Krishna who tells you what to do and what not to do – that's the problem with Krishna – He's not only sweet and playing the flute, but He tells you what to do and what not to do. That's why people rather have an impersonal God, which would be much easier because he doesn't give any instructions – but Krishna He tells you;

"Do this and don't do that. You can offer this to me, but you cannot offer that to me!"

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, January 2011)

Surrendering to Krsna

In d Battle of Kurukshetra,d Lord wanted2teach people in general dat
violence is also necessary in a situation where good arguments
fail.There were many attempts2avoid d war by d Lord Himself yet d
opposite party was determined2fight.It was necessary4d Lord2establish
religious principles,which was lost.

--
Yours
Dinesh

Violence is also necessary,at times!

A father doesnt allow a smart child2kill an ignorant/foolish
child.Likewise,d poor animals r also children of God.Animal killing is
also terrorism.Some1may b talking abt stopping terrorism while eating
chicken.Killing them4their ignorance&our taste wont please God.Acting
against d will of God is a sin.

--
Yours
Dinesh

Killing brother is a sin&a punishable offence.

Surrender to Krishna is individual

In class this morning, Prabhupada emphasized that no one can become Krsna conscious except by their own choice. "It is all individual; I have to surrender to Krsna individually. Just like when you go to the sky on airplane, it is all individual. If one airplane is in danger, other airplane cannot save him. That is not possible. Similarly, it is all individual. It is all paratah svato va. One has to take it seriously, personally, that 'Krsna wants, so I'll surrender. Krsna said, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja, so I'll do it.' Not that 'When my father will do, then I shall do,' or 'My husband will do, then I shall do,' or 'My wife will do.' No, it is all individual. And there is no restraint, ahaituky apratihata. If you want to surrender to Krsna, nobody can check you. Collectively, if it is done, it is good; but it has to be done individually."

He said the problem is that we want everything except Krsna. Like a small child who doesn't know what he actually needs, we don't know that our actual want is Krsna. To illustrate this, he narrated a story from chapter six of the Ninth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam which he is currently translating. "Even an animal, a small insect, everyone is interested in sense enjoyment. This morning I was reading in the Bhagavatam, one Saubhari Muni, he was a great yogi, and within the water he was executing the yoga, mystic, and he saw that the two fishes are enjoying sex. So he became sexually inclined-old man, yogi. So he went to Mandhata King, that 'You give me one daughter, your daughter.' So he was within the water, old man, and old man's bodily feature is not very good. The king knew that 'This is a useless person, but he is a yogi. He has come to ask me for a daughter.' So he said, 'Yes, you are welcome. I have got my fifty daughters. So any one will like you. You can accept. I have no objection.'

"So Saubhari Muni understood that 'The king has tactfully avoided to give his daughter.' So he was a yogi. So he made himself very beautiful young man. That yogi can do that. They can change. Because we are not this body, so body is old, it can be younger; younger body can be older. Nowadays in medical science, they are also doing. A man is woman, woman is man. So body can be changed. There is no difficulty if you know the process. So he changed to be a very nice, beautiful young man. So all the fifty daughters, they became attracted. They began to fight, 'Oh, he is for me. He is not for you.' So anyway, he accepted all the fifty daughters. In this way he became very elevated householder. But at some time he began to think, 'What is my, this enjoyment? Simply by seeing the sex affairs of the fish ... I was a yogi, I was a tapasvi, I've lost everything. Now I am a householder and pet husband of these women.' So he came to his senses. Again he went to the forest for tapasya."

Prabhupada concluded that material life, however opulent it may be, has no value. He contrasted this with spiritual life. "In the material conditioned life your aim is how to satisfy your senses. And Krsna consciousness means you have to work in the same spirit, same vigor, but you have to satisfy Krsna. That is spiritual life. Not that to become lazy fellow. Kama means when one desires to satisfy his own senses. Prema means when you engage yourself for satisfying Krsna's senses. Why gopis are exalted? Because their only endeavor was to satisfy Krsna's senses. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu recommended, ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita [There is no better mode of worship than that which was conceived by the vraja-vadhus, the damsels of Vrndavana]. They had no other business. Those who are in Vrndavana, if they actually want to live in Vrndavana, their business should be how to satisfy the senses of Krsna. That is Vrndavana. Not that 'I am living in Vrndavana and trying to satisfy my senses.' That is not vrndavana-vasi. That kind of living, there are so many monkeys, dogs and hogs also; they are in Vrndavana. Do you mean to say that they are living in Vrndavana? No. Anyone who wants to satisfy senses in Vrndavana, their next life is dogs, hogs, and monkeys; you must know that. So one should not try to sense gratify in Vrndavana. That is a great sin. Simply try to satisfy Krsna's senses. That is bhakti. Hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam.

"So in order to teach this lesson to us, the conditioned souls, jiva-loka, Krsna, vidhatse svena viryena, by His own potency ... Own potency means, if you surrender to Krsna, He has got such potency He can deliver you from this conditioned life, jiva-loka. He can make you purified. That is called mukti. When you are free from this conditioned stage, this bodily conception of life, then you become free -- simply by understanding Krsna. After giving up this body, he does not get any more this material body. Then what happens to him? Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti. Krsna comes to call you back. So he comes back. If you take Krsna's instruction, you go back to Krsna. And again you become happy. Otherwise, maya-mohita-cetasah. You'll have to suffer life after life."

- From "A Transcendental Diary Vol 4" by HG Hari Sauri Prabhu

Surrender to Krishna is individual

Dealings of a devotee

via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 1/27/11

 

 

1.Treat each person with the bhakti and care as if the success or failure of your own spiritual life depends on this. Do not take into concern how they treat you.The manner in which you treat people is the same way you treat Guru and Krishna.

 

2.Anytime that there is a problem in a relationship, you should first see it as your own fault. Even if others are to blame, you will only add to the problem by considering them to be at fault.

 

3.You should treat every person with whom you come in contact with the same care as the person you love the most.

 

4.As we associate with others in our spiritiual communities, we should do so in a mood that these are the people that I am living with and they will probably also be the people that I will leave this body with.

 

- His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaj

Dealings of a devotee

Symptom of love

via Jyoti Pahuja's Facebook Notes by Jyoti Pahuja on 1/29/11

What is the symptom of love? The symptom, the prime symptom, most important symptom of love is that the devotee wants to see that his Lord's name, fame,etc. become widespread. He wants to see that "My Lord's name be known everywhere." This is love. If I love somebody, I want to see that hisglories are spread all over the world. And Krsna also says in the Bhagavad-gita, na ca tasmat manusyesu kascit me priya-krttamah, anyone who preaches His glory, nobody is dearer to Him than that person.

 

Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.6 -- New Vrindaban, September 5,1972

 

Symptom of love