Pride of being eternal servant of Lord
"अस अभिमान जाइ जनि भोरे। मैं सेवक रघुपति पति मोरे॥
सुनि मुनि बचन राम मन भाए। बहुरि हरषि मुनिबर उर लाए "
भावार्थ: ऐसा अभिमान भूलकर भी न छूटे कि मैं सेवक हूँ और रघुनाथ मेरे स्वामी हैं। मुनि के वचन सुनकर राम मन में बहुत प्रसन्न हुए। तब उन्होंने हर्षित होकर श्रेष्ठ मुनि को हृदय से लगा लिया
Such pride should be there : "Pride of being eternal servant of Lord"
TRANSLATION
DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES. THEREFORE IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS EITHER TO PRAISE THEM OR TO BLASPHEME THEM. I ONLY DESIRE THEIR WELFARE, HOPING THAT THEY WILL AGREE TO BECOME ONE WITH THE SUPERSOUL, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, KRSHNA.
PURPORT
AS SOON AS ONE COMES TO THE PLATFORM OF BHAKTI-YOGA, ONE UNDERSTANDS FULLY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, VASUDEVA, IS THE GOAL OF LIFE (vasudevam sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabham).
This is the instruction of all the Vedic literature (vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam, sarva dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja).
THERE IS NO USE IN PRAISING SOMEONE FOR MATERIAL QUALIFICATIONS OR BLASPHEMING HIM FOR MATERIAL DISQUALIFICATIONS.
IN THE MATERIAL WORLD, GOOD AND BAD HAVE NO MEANING BECAUSE IF ONE IS GOOD HE MAY BE ELEVATED TO A HIGHER PLANETARY SYSTEM AND IF ONE IS BAD HE MAY BE DEGRADED TO THE LOWER PLANETARY SYSTEMS.
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT MENTALITIES ARE SOMETIMES ELEVATED AND SOMETIMES DEGRADED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE GOAL OF LIFE.
RATHER, THE GOAL OF LIFE IS TO BECOME FREE FROM ELEVATION AND DEGRADATION AND TAKE TO KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.
THEREFORE A SAINTLY PERSON DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THAT WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY GOOD AND SUPPOSEDLY BAD; RATHER, HE DESIRES FOR EVERYONE TO BE HAPPY IN KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE.
We are mere dust at His Lotus feet
"मैं क्या था तूने क्या बना दिया
मैं तो खाक सा था ज़र्रा और मेरी क्या थी हस्ती
यूं ठोकरे खा रहा था, तूफ़ान में जैसे कश्ती
मेरा कौन आसरा था, तेरी बन्दगी से पहले
मुझे कौन पूछता था तेरी बन्दगी से पहले
मुझे कौन जानता था, तेरी बंदगी से पहले
मैं बुझा हुआ दिया था, तेरी बंदगी से पहले
कृपा की बयार बहती है और तिनका बयार के बस होता है
बयार=air, तिनका=straw
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“मैं आ तो गया हूं मगर जानता हूं तेरे दर पे आने के काबिल नहीं हूं
तेरी मेहरबानी का है बोझ इतना
सिवा दिल के टुकड़ों के ना कुछ पास मेरे
मैं कुछ भी चढ़ाने के काबिल नहीं हूं
यह माना कि मालिक हो तुम दो जहां के
झोली मैं फिर भी कैसे फैलाऊं आगे
जो पहले दिया है वही कम नहीं है
उसी को निभाने के काबिल नहीं हूं”
(याचक संकोची भी हो, संतोषी भी हो)
याचक = seeker, संकोची= hesitant, संतोषी=satisfied
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TRANSLATION
THOSE IN HUMAN SOCIETY WHO ARE INTELLIGENT SHOULD GIVE UP THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF LAMENTATION, ILLUSION, FEAR, ANGER, ATTACHMENT, POVERTY AND UNNECESSARY LABOR. THE ORIGINAL CAUSE OF ALL OF THESE IS THE DESIRE FOR UNNECESSARY PRESTIGE AND MONEY.
PURPORT
Here is the difference between Vedic civilization and the modern demoniac civilization. Vedic civilization concerned itself with how to achieve self-realization, and for this purpose one was recommended to have a small income to maintain body and soul together.
The society was divided into brahmanas, kshatriyas, vaisyas and shüdras, and the members of this society would limit their endeavors to meeting their minimum demands. The brahmanas, in particular, would have no material desires. Because the kshatriyas had to rule the people, it was necessary for them to have money and prestige.
But the vaisyas were satisfied with agricultural produce and milk from the cow, and if by chance there were excess, trade was allowed. The shüdras were also happy, for they would get food and shelter from the three higher classes. IN THE DEMONIAC CIVILIZATION OF THE PRESENT DAY, HOWEVER, THERE IS NO QUESTION OF BRAHMANAS OR KSHATRIYAS; THERE ARE ONLY SO-CALLED WORKERS AND A FLOURISHING MERCANTILE CLASS WHO HAVE NO GOAL IN LIFE.
According to Vedic civilization, the ultimate perfection of life is to take sannyasa, but at the present moment people do not know why sannyasa is accepted. Because of misunderstanding, they think that one accepts sannyasa to escape social responsibilities. But one does not accept sannyasa to escape from responsibility to society. Generally one accepts sannyasa at the fourth stage of spiritual life.
One begins as a brahmachari then becomes a grhastha, a vanaprastha and finally a sannyasi to take advantage of the duration of one's life by engaging oneself fully in self-realization. Sannyasa does not mean begging from door to door to accumulate money for sense gratification. However, because in Kali-yuga people are more or less prone to sense gratification, immature sannyasa is not recommended.
Srila Rüpa Gosvami writes in his Nectar of Instruction (2):
"ONE'S DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IS SPOILED WHEN HE BECOMES TOO ENTANGLED IN THE FOLLOWING SIX ACTIVITIES:
(1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required;
(2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain;
(3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters;
(4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically;
(5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Krshna consciousness; and
(6) being greedy for mundane achievements."
A sannyasi should have an institution meant to preach Krshna consciousness; he need not accumulate money for himself. We recommend that as soon as money accumulates in our Krshna consciousness movement, fifty per cent of it should be invested in printing books, and fifty per cent for expenditures, especially in establishing centers all over the world.
The managers of the Krshna consciousness movement should be extremely cautious in regard to this point. Otherwise money will be the cause of lamentation, illusion, fear, anger, material attachment, material poverty, and unnecessary hard work.
When I was alone in Vrndavana, I never attempted to construct mathas or temples; rather, I was fully satisfied with the small amount of money I could gather by selling Back to Godhead, and thus I would provide for myself and also print the literature. When I went to foreign countries, I lived according to the same principle, but when Europeans and Americans began to give money profusely, I started temples and Deity worship.
The same principle should still be followed. Whatever money is collected should be spent for Krshna, and not a farthing for sense gratification. This is the Bhagavata principle.