Hare Krishna!
Please forgive my foolishness,
Can someone ignore his parents and love Lord Krsna? If this is the case that, He just ignores and does not misbehave with his parents, then what will be the case?
just servant!
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The beautiful story of the devotee Pundalika illustrates how srI krishnA appreciates, respects and admires ones' devotion to parents. In the pastime by Lord PAndurangA ,when srI krIshna, comes with His eternal consort srI Rukmini dEvi, at the door of PundalIka to give His darshan, PundalIka was yet to complete his service to his parents. Therefore, he doesn't even turn to look back when krishnA says He has come. Instead, he asks krishna to wait in a brick placed near the entrance of the home so that he can come to attend krishnA once he completes his seva to his parents. srI krIshna respects this dharma of His devotee and stands on the brick given by His devotee to Him and waits for the devotee to see Him. Such is the beautiul loving gesture of srI krishnA to His devotees and thus emphasizing the importance He gives for the seva to parents than seva to Himself.
In the grihastashrama, one's duty is to serve the family(and through the family, the society) according to dharma with the goal of pleasing krishnA. Nothing makes krishnA happy than perorming dharmA, He established, in the 'nishkAmya karmA' mode and not avoiding duties.
in loving service to srI krishnA and His bhakthAs,
Suresh
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The parent, after his death, cannot help his child. A father may leave some estate for his children's immediate help, but he should not be overly absorbed in thoughts of how his family will survive after his death. This is the disease of the conditioned soul. Not only does he commit sinful activities for his own sense gratification, but he accumulates great wealth to leave behind so that his children may also gorgeously arrange for sense gratification.
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----4:28:22-----purport).
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura compares one's family to high mountains. Becoming happy in their association is like a hungry man's endeavoring to climb a mountain full of thorns. Almost 99.9 percent of the population is unhappy in family life, despite all the attempts being made to satisfy the family members. In the Western countries, due to the dissatisfaction of the family members, there is actually no family life. There are many cases of divorce, and out of dissatisfaction, the children leave the protection of their parents. Especially in this age of Kali, family life is being reduced. Everyone is becoming self-centered because that is the law of nature. Even if one has sufficient money to maintain a family, the situation is such that no one is happy in family life.
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----5:13:8-----purport).
This animosity between parents and the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has existed since time immemorial. Even Nārada Muni was condemned, not to speak of others. Nevertheless, Nārada Muni never gives up his mission. To deliver as many fallen souls as possible, he continues playing his musical instrument and vibrating the transcendental sound Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----6:5:23-----purport).
The real fact is that if the Supreme Personality of Godhead protects one, even though one be motherless and fatherless, one can be maintained by the good will of the Lord. Otherwise, if the Supreme Lord does not give one protection, one must suffer in spite of the presence of his father and mother. Another example is that sometimes a patient dies in spite of a good physician and good medicine. Thus without the protection of the Lord one cannot live, with or without parents.
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----7:2:55-----purport).
Despite the presence of a father and mother, a child cannot be protected from accidental death, disease and various other miseries. No one can help, including theparents. Ultimately the shelter is the Lord, and one who takes shelter of the Lord is protected. This is guaranteed.
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----7:9:19-----purport).
Generally it is understood that the protectors for a child are his parents, but this is not actually the fact. The real protector is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
taptasya tat-pratividhir ya ihāñjaseṣṭas
tāvad vibho tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad-upekṣitānām
(S.B.7:9:19)
If neglected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a child, despite the presence of his parents, will suffer, and a diseased person, despite all medical help, will die. In this material world, where there is a struggle for existence, men have invented many means for protection, but these are useless if the Supreme Personality of Godhead rejects them. Therefore the demigods purposefully say, satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ: "Real protection can be obtained from You, O Lord, and therefore we surrender unto You."
(Srimad Bhagavatam-----10:2:26-----purport).
"One who cannot deliver his dependent from the path of birth and death should never become a spiritual master, a relative, a father or mother, or a worshipable demigod, nor should such a person become a husband." Everyone naturally gets a father and mother at the time of birth, but the real father and mother are those who can release their offspring from the clutches of imminent death. This is possible only for parents advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore any parents who cannot enlighten their offspring in Kṛṣṇa consciousness cannot be accepted as a real father and mother. The following verse from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.200) confirms the uselessness of serving ordinary parents:
laukikī vaidikī vāpi yā kriyā kriyate mune
hari-sevānukūlaiva sa kāryā bhaktim icchatā
"One should perform only those activities—either worldly or prescribed by Vedic rules and regulations—which are favorable for the cultivation of Kṛṣṇa consciousness."
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta-----3:13:113-----purport).
REAL PARENTS ARE ONLY DEVOTEES. IF PARENTS ARE OBSTACLES TO PATH OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, ONE SHOULD NOT FOLLOW THEM BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN TO TAKE REVENGE ON BASIS OF FALSE EGO.
JAI RADHE SHYAM
HARI BOL
PRABHU JI!
Hare Krishna Prabhuji!,
No prabhuji, I love my parents a lot and keep them with utmost care. But I raised this question, because in the vicinity of my area I saw many people who do not care so much of their parents, but deliver so much Bhakti towards God?
Thank you prabhujis, for all of your reponses about the degree of love that we should give to our parents.
Success & Peace -- Parents Influences to Our Success in Life
Dear Rajdip Prabhuji,
Loving Krishna does not mean that you should ignore your parents. This is not a good justification to not care for parents.
Shrimad Bhagvat dasham skandh says that, after killing Kansa, Lord Krishna freed his parents Devaki and Vasudev from the prison. Krishna then bowed His head respectfully and said, “Dear father, because of Us, your two sons, you and Mother Devaki were always in anxiety and could not enjoy Our childhood and boyhood. It is with one’s body that a person can achieve all of life’s goals, and it is the parents who give the body birth and sustenance. Therefore, no one can repay his debt to his parents, even if he serves them for a full lifetime of 100 years. A son who is able to do so, but fails to provide his parents with the fruits of his labour, is forced to eat his own flesh after death. Dear Father and Mother, please forgive Us for not serving you.”
Thus, children of this age should bear the above words very carefully and serve their parents till their last breath like Shravan kumar.
Hare Krishna...
HARI BOL
YES AND NO.
No, you should not ignore. Even sannyasis devotees who leave home first surrender to Supreme Lord(SB 11.5.41) and give the care of mother and relatives to Lord.
We are not surrendered. We are just sadhakas. We should serve our parents by slowly making them devotees or atleast humans.
This might help you.
http://www.iskcondesiretree.net/forum/topics/parents-are-crossing-t...
We are suppose to love and care for our parents according to the scriptures. I took care of my mother at home for 8 years. She had alzheimers. I did the right thing and have no regrets. What kind of problems are you having with your parents?