What to do when we are bound to suffer due to others? How to deal with such a situation?
I request to all the devotees, please give your opinions on this topic.
Jai Shree Krishna............
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Hare Krishna dear Devotees, please accept my humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Whatever suffering we get from others it is our own actions from our previous lives. If many people trouble us it means we troubled others in our previous lives in the same way.
Because of that usually our enemies take birth as our children. And whole life get their debts back.
In those situations we have to pray to those people who trouble us. No matter how much difficulty they give to us. We have just forgive them and pray for their well being. Only doing that we can wash our bad karma. If we on the contrary get angry then our bad karma will remain unwashed and will repeat again.
And beg forgiveness from Krishna for our bad deeds.
Your servant,
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Kriti remember people who may trouble you or make you uncomfortable you should understand it is their thought pattern that they have accumulated,their view on life ,everyone has their own philosophy though everyone deny being philosophical you should know that the Soul given by Krishna was the same for all ,pray to RadheKrishna to gain strength ,being supersoul they will automatically change the attitude of people who may trouble you ,be full of strength you know who your Real Parents are Radha Rani Krishna :)Be Happy Spread Love ,A little change in your perspective makes all the difference
Hare Krsna,
His divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has given several explanations on the topic of suffering in several books, especially the Srimad Bhagavatam and Teachings of Queen Kunti.
From the Srimad Bhagavatam, First Canto:
"The energy of the living entities is technically called ksetrajna energy. This ksetrajna-sakti, although equal in quality with the Lord, becomes overpowered by material energy out of ignorance and thus suffers all sorts of material miseries. In other words, the living entities are located in the marginal energy between the superior (spiritual) and
inferior (material) energies, and in proportion to the living being's contact with either the material or spiritual energies, the living entity is situated in proportionately higher and lower levels of existence.
The threefold miseries are (1) those miseries which arise from the mind and body, (2) those miseries inflicted by other living beings, and (3) those miseries arising from natural catastrophes over which one has no control. But as soon as one comes to know his real position as transcendental servant, he at once becomes free from all miseries. As
long as the living entity is trying to master material nature, there is no possibility of his becoming servant of the Supreme. Service to the Lord is rendered in pure consciousness of one's spiritual identity; by service one is immediately freed from material encumbrances.
The people of this age are also very lazy, not only materially but in the matter of self-realization. The human life is especially meant for self-realization. That is to say, man should come to know what he is, what the world is, and what the supreme truth is. Human life is a means by which the living entity can end all the miseries of the hard struggle
for life in material existence and by which he can return to Godhead, his eternal home. But, due to a bad system of education, men have no desire for self-realization. Even if they come to know about it, they unfortunately become victims of misguided teachers.
Anyone, therefore, who wishes to get out of this prison house of material existence, which is full of miseries like repetition of birth, death, disease and old age, must please Lord Visnu for such liberation. Lord Visnu is worshiped by devotional service only, and if anyone has to continue prison life in the material world, he may ask for relative facilities for temporary relief from the different demigods like Siva, Brahma, Indra and Varuna. No demigod, however, can release the imprisoned living being from the conditioned life of material existence. This can be done only by Visnu. Therefore, the ultimate benefit may be derived from Visnu, the Personality of Godhead.
Hari Bol,