Hare Krishna, pranam dandavat AGTSP!
Untill unless one is surrendered soul, he/she can never be liberated and can never attain to the kingdom of the Supreme. This makes me think of people like mother teresa. She was so kind and humble. I never believe her deeds should led her to heaven. I mean she was so selfless, she believed serving humanity was serving God. He was a christan though, she believed in jesus christ. She said the fruit of faith is love and the fruit of love is service. I know she will not attain Godhead, but will people like her not be KC in their next life atleast? I know due to great fortune a person comes to know Krishna, but I always ponder such things and feel their next life should me KC. Pls share your opinion.
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Your servant
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Hare Krishna dear Priya Mataji, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In Bhagavad Gita Krishna says that one gets the seed of bhakti from Devotees. It might happen that a pious person while doing his humanitarian service once serve to a Devotee of Krishna and being pleased that Devotee prays for him or her. And that is the agyata sukriti to the lotus feet of Krishna. From that moment the seed will grow.
And after some time he or she will cultivate overwhelming desire to achieve, to know about the personality of Godhead. In this way such like people become Devotees. By the mercy of Devotees.
For example, there was going on a three day opulent marriage of a very handsome man with his bride. The third day on their marriage they were going on the road riding in the chariot suddenly Narotdam Das Thakur who was sitting on the door step for a moment glanced to a face of a boy. He saw how beautiful he was.
And turning his glance away to continue his bhajan he thought "how it would be nice if that boy become a Devotee and glorify Krishna with his beauty!" he thought only like that for a few seconds.
The next day, young couple approached him and paid to Narottam obeisances. And they were that handsome boy and his wife. They begged Narottam to accept them as his disciples and boy showed his intense desire to serve to Krishna...
(If i did not do a mistake it was Narottam das Thakur...)
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In this way it might be Mother Teresa pleased sometime a Devotee or just meet a Devotee then she will surely become a Devotee.
Your servant,
Hk,
Even HHRNSM glorifies Mother Teresa for her service attitude and quotes her words in few of his lectures. As he personally met Mother Teresa..One striking point Maharaj tells which Mother Teresa told him - "People in this world are suffering from Huunger...not the hunger of the belly, but the hunger of the Heart"
Ys,
Deepak
Hare krishna to all devotees! Humble obeisances
Thankyou Maral mataji for your reply with a wonderful example and deepak prabhu thank you for making me remember that Maharaj met her. Now for sure her next life can be spiritual as she got a pure devotees association. She have always been inspiring me. Thanks once again. Haribol!
Your servant