On this Diwali my mind is worried about how many diwali is spent and how many more i will see. /since all of us know life is finite then why the struggle to take care medical care of our ageing body as it does diwali after diwali.If we have to take care then for the huge medical costs we have to take insurance which means money again hospital exoenses just to get more prolonged life. Is this is not too materialisitic when our chosen purpose is to do only Krishna and vaisnava sewa till our eventual meeting the ultimate truth one has to face in life that is, one's own moment of truth with the LORD-death.If yes we have to earn money to take care of hospital/medical rising cost, we have to be materialisitc then where is the time for devotion more your sick miore u have to spend more and more timeis lost in earning money then you are away from the PathBack to Godhead which is now we are following.and is being preached.please anwer to reassure my chosen path Back to Godhead at least this DIWALI let me free of this thought naging me
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I appreciate the dilemma raised by Govind Prabhu about being materialistic when we spend time and money on taking care of the body's hospital/medical requirements 'just to get more prolonged life'(as prabhu has put it) or rather one choose to do only Krishna and visnava sewa till our eventual meeting the ultimate truth.
Yes as has been very rightly said that the goal of life is to to only Krishna and vaisnava sewa till our last breath.
Now should we spend time and money on taking care of the body's hospital/medical requirements, just to get a more prolonged life ?
One needs the body to do Krishna and Vaishnav sewa.
If one has a fit body he can do sewa nicely. So one needs to be take care of the body he has been awarded by Krsna, to keep it in nicely functioning condition so that one can engage nicely in sewa.
Prolonged life or no prolonged life,.. that should not be one's goal. One's goal of taking care of the body must to be so that one can do sewa properly.
I feel, if done in this consciousness even visiting one's doctor i.e. to take one's body to the doctor to keep it in good health can also be taken to be devotional service.
So it is an earnest request to kindly take the best care of the body as possible and engage in devotional service.
Now as to how much should one contribute towards the mental anxiety towards medical costings and how much should one depend 100% on Krsna for health. The answer is 100% on Krsna for health.
So should we not do anything towards paying medical insurances, and hospital costings or saving for health issues, or saving for children and family health.
Here I wish to quote an incident from the life of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's life which is narrated by him in his book 'The Journey Home'. This is about Maharaj going to visit a baba who stays in a cave on the top of a moutain in Barsana. The place is known to be frequented by a man-eater leopard. So when the night falls and Maharaj enquires from this Baba as to what should they do about the man-eater leopard. To this the baba shows a stick which he has got which he says he has got to keep the leopard away. Here Maharaj says that the baba has shown Krsna that I am dependent on you Krsna, I have done the best what I can do to protect myself (the stick which the baba got).
Similarly we should also do whatever best we can do towards meeting our expenses and costs towards our health and bodily issues. While we must completely show our dependence on Krsna.
Now the question of how much medical expenses money and expenditures should one set aside. If we are Grahasti's we should definitely set aside the needed amount of medical insurance for our family and kids. This is devotional service. This will purify us. (One may feel the need to customise these things sitting with some senior Vaishnav.)
So lets pray at the lotus feet of Sri Guru and Gaurango that we be free from the thought of dualities and be engaged always in loving pure devotional service of the Lord.
Please forgive my offenses and please give me your blessings.
hare krishna , my dear friend when our Lord give us all these resources to use then we should not disturb him always that
plz listen my problems. as we know that this Srishti is run by his assistence Sri Yogmaya n he is always busy in his golok dham leela. so use resources given by him
As much as i'm still a new student of KC, I do see my doctor due to my condition. Even though i chant the mantra and pray to krishna,, I think that we all need to seek medical attention when we're sick....
No matter how hard the duties are no one can abandon them.Duties can be material in nature.But the purpose is to increase love of Krishna.If we don't do our duty in the name of devotion we are only creating confusion and prolonging our path towards devotion.Detachment is cultivated through mind even while doing material duties.Mahamantra Japa brings in that freedom of mind.This is possible even while performing material duties. Taking care of one's health is important. It is easier for a healthier person to live a devotional life in sadhana stage.We can't abandon or escape our spiritual and material duties in sadhana stage.When there is Krishna Prema of course the whole scenario changes. Then material turns into spiritual also.
Until then we must be involved with our prope sadhana including material duties also.
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Dandavat pranams.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I appreciate the dilemma raised by Govind Prabhu about being materialistic when we spend time and money on taking care of the body's hospital/medical requirements 'just to get more prolonged life'(as prabhu has put it) or rather one choose to do only Krishna and visnava sewa till our eventual meeting the ultimate truth.
Yes as has been very rightly said that the goal of life is to to only Krishna and vaisnava sewa till our last breath.
Now should we spend time and money on taking care of the body's hospital/medical requirements, just to get a more prolonged life ?
One needs the body to do Krishna and Vaishnav sewa.
If one has a fit body he can do sewa nicely. So one needs to be take care of the body he has been awarded by Krsna, to keep it in nicely functioning condition so that one can engage nicely in sewa.
Prolonged life or no prolonged life,.. that should not be one's goal. One's goal of taking care of the body must to be so that one can do sewa properly.
I feel, if done in this consciousness even visiting one's doctor i.e. to take one's body to the doctor to keep it in good health can also be taken to be devotional service.
So it is an earnest request to kindly take the best care of the body as possible and engage in devotional service.
Now as to how much should one contribute towards the mental anxiety towards medical costings and how much should one depend 100% on Krsna for health. The answer is 100% on Krsna for health.
So should we not do anything towards paying medical insurances, and hospital costings or saving for health issues, or saving for children and family health.
Here I wish to quote an incident from the life of HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj's life which is narrated by him in his book 'The Journey Home'. This is about Maharaj going to visit a baba who stays in a cave on the top of a moutain in Barsana. The place is known to be frequented by a man-eater leopard. So when the night falls and Maharaj enquires from this Baba as to what should they do about the man-eater leopard. To this the baba shows a stick which he has got which he says he has got to keep the leopard away. Here Maharaj says that the baba has shown Krsna that I am dependent on you Krsna, I have done the best what I can do to protect myself (the stick which the baba got).
Similarly we should also do whatever best we can do towards meeting our expenses and costs towards our health and bodily issues. While we must completely show our dependence on Krsna.
Now the question of how much medical expenses money and expenditures should one set aside. If we are Grahasti's we should definitely set aside the needed amount of medical insurance for our family and kids. This is devotional service. This will purify us. (One may feel the need to customise these things sitting with some senior Vaishnav.)
So lets pray at the lotus feet of Sri Guru and Gaurango that we be free from the thought of dualities and be engaged always in loving pure devotional service of the Lord.
Please forgive my offenses and please give me your blessings.
Hare Krsna.
plz listen my problems. as we know that this Srishti is run by his assistence Sri Yogmaya n he is always busy in his golok dham leela. so use resources given by him
Until then we must be involved with our prope sadhana including material duties also.