Bhakti Yoga-Devotional Service to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna
Gopis performing Devotional Service to the Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna
Digest 362: November 28th, 2011. Answers by His Holiness Romapada Swami
Maharaja
Receiving Mercy
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738)As I meditate on the process of receiving mercy from the disciplic
succession and receiving the Holy Name, I realize that I am not certain
what it means to receive. May I please request your explanation for the
same?
What does it mean to receive the love Guru and Krishna are giving? How do I
know if I am receiving it, and the mood in which I am doing? What does it
mean to receive the Pure Holy name?
Answer: Krishna is equal to everyone (samo 'ham sarva bhutesu) - just like
a cloud which pours water all over, regardless of whether it is rock or
land or sea. In turn, a fertile land becomes nourished, whereas some other
places remain barren. The difference is due to the quality or capacity of
the receptacle. In the same way, those who keep their heart fertile by
cultivating proper submission, service attitude etc are able to receive
mercy and benefit from it. Mercy is effective in such a fertile heart.
Although the Holy Name is freely available to everyone, one can receive the
Holy Name by a humble, prayerful or petitioning/begging mood only. Although
the Lord is equal to all, the relationship is reciprocal. The more a living
entity anticipates and reciprocates with the Lord's mercy, the more one
receives of the mercy.
Another example: The sun rays are open to everyone, and sometimes even
stones become valuable by utilizing it, but some prefer to remain in
darkness. Similarly even if one lacks good qualities, if somehow or other
one places oneself before Krishna with a favorable attitude, one is sure to
benefit sooner or later.
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Yours
Dinesh
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Without good qualifications, one cannot be a pure devotee - Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.12.19]
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is | Part [BG.12.19]
TEXTS 18-19:
samah satrau ca mitre ca
tatha manapamanayoh
sitoshna-sukha-duhkheshu
samah sanga-vivarjitah
tulya-ninda-stutir mauni
santushto yena kenacit
aniketah sthira-matir
bhaktiman me priyo narah
TRANSLATION:
One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contaminating association, always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service—such a person is very dear to Me.
PURPORT:
A devotee is always free from all bad association. Sometimes one is praised and sometimes one is defamed; that is the nature of human society. But a devotee is always transcendental to artificial fame and infamy, distress or happiness. He is very patient. He does not speak of anything but the topics about Krishna; therefore he is called silent. Silent does not mean that one should not speak; silent means that one should not speak nonsense. One should speak only of essentials, and the most essential speech for the devotee is to speak for the sake of the Supreme Lord. A devotee is happy in all conditions; sometimes he may get very palatable foodstuffs, sometimes not, but he is satisfied. Nor does he care for any residential facility. He may sometimes live underneath a tree, and he may sometimes live in a very palatial building; he is attracted to neither. He is called fixed because he is fixed in his determination and knowledge. We may find some repetition in the descriptions of the qualifications of a devotee, but this is just to emphasize the fact that a devotee must acquire all these qualifications. Without good qualifications, one cannot be a pure devotee. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-gunah: one who is not a devotee has no good qualification. One who wants to be recognized as a devotee should develop the good qualifications. Of course he does not extraneously endeavor to acquire these qualifications, but engagement in Krishna consciousness and devotional service automatically helps him develop them.
Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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Yours
Dinesh
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via GLORIOUS KRISHNA by Jyoti & Vidya on 11/26/11
Krishna is extremely beautiful. It is a kind of beauty that reflects this purity. Generally speaking, beauty suggests purity. Even in the story of Putana who was a witch. Putana disguised herself as an extremely beautiful….almost like a goddess, and she just could do anything! She was so beautiful that everyone said:
"Oh, she must be a great personality!"
So even in this world, we associate beauty with a noble character. Of course, we see that Dasaratha got a little bit disillusioned with his beautiful Kaikeyi. Although she was beautiful on the outside, but she showed some envy in her character, that he was not expecting and it broke his heart.
So in the material world beauty is not always representing purity! But in the spiritual world it does, and therefore the beauty of the spiritual world is of another nature. So when we see Krishna's whole appearance, it is extremely beautiful and at the same time it is reflecting His noble character. It's different then the cold beauty of some sort of professional blonde who is being paid for endless photos and posing with different smiles and it looks like, she's seen it all, done it all, and heard it all and knows it all…..and lost her innocence.
So in Krishna there is innocence and there is purity, because there is no hidden agenda in Krishna's character. Krishna is a pure well wisher of all living beings, and His only interest is the wellbeing of all!
Anyone who is below the platform of the love of God is kind of living a ghostly existence…..a reduced existence. An existence of being a shadow of one's true self. When we come to the material world then gradually we become covered over, and the finer, deeper spiritual sentence of selfless love is disappearing! And all that we display in this world is the dim reflection of the original spiritual love, and here the love is very selfish:
"What am I getting in this relationship of love?"
Whereas in the spiritual world we are seeing complete selflessness, and we see complete dedication for the welfare of other! We see that all the devotees are just giving everything, and sacrificing everything for the pleasure of Krishna! So the spiritual world has many wonderful qualities and therefore is very attractive!
HH Kadamba Kanana Swami, Radhadesh, Belgium, 2011Lecture – BG.15.3-4
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