Hare Krishna!
plz accept my humble obeisances.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I always read that devotee say himself "your servant" in any discussion. so this is in that context, in which ,teachings of all senior guru maharaj said that we shud think ourself lower than a worm of stool ,or secondly we are servant of the servant of the servant of Krishna..
and after one accept that he/she is servant , what is his/her duties, mood, behaviour..?
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personally i take it as servant in all nature always in service.. thats y do not use this word "your servant" .. coz i do think i m ready for follow any orders of that person whom i m claiming to be his/her servant.
I am very conditioned soul..
want to b servant of servant of krishna..
hari bol.
A fallen soul
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Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Dandvats to you for asking this question. It shows your humble mood, which is indeed reflected in all your answers also.
To answer your question here, I will refer to a recent lecture I heard where in it was mentioned that once Prabhupada was walking up the stairs in one of the temples in USA (when it was newly founded) and some devotees' mother came looking for Prabhupada. She saw him walking up, walked upto him and asked him - are you the owner of this place? Prabhupada replied that - I am the servant of this place. His mood was "I am the servant of all my disciples. I am serving them by being their spiritual master and guiding them back to God". He also sighed - its so difficult to be a servant.
That is the mood of servant. The more we think of ourselves as insignificant, the more we will be in service mood. We want to serve the servants of servants of devotees, so that by their mercy, we can become devotees ourselves. In a nutshell, as servants of the servants of God, our mood and duty is to direct people back to Godhead. We have to do activities and help people in such a manner that they can return back to God.
I hope I have been able to answer your questions somewhat.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Rashmi
Hare Krishna mata ji..
Dandwat.
Thanx for answering my question, and thanx for taking this as my humble mood. however my question in ignorance mood.
you mean we are not servant at all bt in a way ,that goes to service of krishhna only..
we are servant of each other to give service to elevate each other on spiritual path.
Am I right mataji?
Hari bol
your servant
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
I am not clear about what you have said. We have to serve all the devotees around us yes - because we dont know which level who is - that only Krsna knows. As you know, if our sadhana is incomplete in this birth, then we will take birth again and will be given a chance to complete our sadhana in the next birth. Therefore, it is possible that someone has come to the parampara after us, but he may be a much exalted devotee of earlier birth. We have no way of knowing it. Therefore, we are always in the mood to serve, so that devotees of Krsna and Radharani are pleased with our service and recommend us to Their lordships.
When we are serving the devotees of the lord, thinking of ourselves as insignificant, then the devotees notice us, their masters notice us and by this process, the lord notices us. Through the mercy of the devotee, we get more devotion as a reward. Then we can gradually progress and become a pure devotee - an uttama adhikari.
Haribol,
Your servant.
hare krishna mataji...
I want to say, being a servant we shud in mood of servant to all or only towards devotees...
suppose i present myself as a servant to one who is asking me regarding krishna consciousness. and by replying i m giving service. if the same person says (in ignorance) "u claim urself u r my servant , now, do a service for me, follow my order, buy me a bollywood cd, or meat "etc..
in case of devotee, surely, devotee will never indulge a devotee in abominable works but a ignorant can.
so i m asking we are servant in only krishna conscious way, not in all material services??
as i m ur servant Rashmi mata ji, and ready to serve u, follow ur order. kindly forgive me i m taking ur time.
But i do not find all other as krishna devotee. however each soul is devotee.. but i afraid to say non-krishna conscious devotee that i m ur servant coz i m always fearfull of abominable orders from my master.
can a servant decide how he want to serve. ??
again i m sorry that i m engaging u in this discussion.. but i want to know.. when and which condition one shud announce oneself servant , is it depend on master also or just in a mood of being servant
Hari bol
your servant
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
Your questions humble me. It shows the sincerity in your heart.
You have to be servant only of devotees or aspiring devotees, not of everyone you meet. That is not appropriate. Even Nityanand Prabhu sang - Bhaja Gauranga, Kaho Gauranga, Laho Gauranger Naam Re..... the one who takes Gauranga's name, I am servant of that person. The pre condition is that the person has to be an aspiring devotee.
Yes, you can absolutely refuse any service which is against the 4 regulative principles. You are trying to serve a servant of Krsna. If the person is a servant of Maya, then he is at best a future devotee. Let that future come first, you dont cross the bridge before you come to it.
YOu are not taking up my time at all. My time is for your service only. Its a pleasure to answer such sincere and honest questions.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Rashmi
Hare Krishna mataji
Thanx a ton..
i hope now i m cleared.. now again telling u what i get..
each and every person, creature of this universe is devotee of Krishna ... and we are servant of all devotee who even utter krishna's name in any form. and being a servant we must b aware of code of conducts of vaishnav culture strictly that we do not offend regulative principles..
now am i right mata ji?
hari bol
your servant
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
If everyone is already a devotee of Krsna, then what everyone is doing in this jail called material world? We are conditioned souls - all of us. We are trying to rid our conditioning and revive our latent devotion to Krsna.
In that journey, it helps if we serve devotees. Devotees will never ask you to break the reugulative principles. You serve the senior devotees in your temple, you will get the drift. You have to use your head and serve DEVOTEES.
Real humility is to understand that we are part and parcel of God, and that we have to serve God by serving His servants. Thats all.
Haribol,
Your servant.
Hare Krishna mataji..
thanx again for ur krishna conscious reply!
dont know when this knowledge of stating ownself "your servant" in this forum, where sometimes a devotee say this to a so called non-devotee , come in me ..
although in serving senior devotees in temple is fine with me as much as a 3rd class devotee can do.
Subject matter u explained to me theoretically, is clear in me.. just need blessing of krishna and His devotees like u.
hari bol..
your servant
a fallen conditioned soul.