Hare Krishna
I long to get darshan of Hari. If He gives me happiness I remember Him and in sadness also I remember Him. If someone can make me meet Him then I would gladly sell myself to such a person.
Hari Bol
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Hare Krishna,
A guru is the one who makes us meet our beloved that is Sri Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada is one who made us know who is Sri Krishna through His writings.
I guess you are gadly selling yourself to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories Srila Prabhupada ji.
Hare Krishna Mataji
Actually one can never payback the spiritual master. Even to attempt to do so is ludicrous.
"Great personalities of the material world are very eager to render welfare service to human society, but actually no one can render better service than one who distributes knowledge of spiritual realization in relation with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such knowledge is the perfect benediction for humanity.
Knowledge of Krsna is such a great gift that it is impossible to repay the benefactor. The word vinoda-paatram can be divided into two words, vina and uda-paatram, or can be understood as one word, vinoda-paatram, which means "joker". A joker's activities simply arouse laughter, and a person who tries to repay the spiritual master or teacher of the transcendental message of Krsna becomes a laughingstock just like a joker because it is not possible to repay such a debt. The best friend and benefactor of all people is one who awakens humanity to its original Krsna consciousness."
The Srimad Bhagavatam 4.22.47 Purport
Hari Bol
When we cannot offer anything as there is nothing equivalent with us to trade in.
We offer our self.
Offering self is highest thing where you are giving control of urself to someone else's hand and saying I am done. I am your ab tum hi mere owner ho.
I am lost Mai haar gaya. I am totally giving unto you as I have nothing to offer for that which you gave to me.
Yes Mataji
Perhaps that is only what we call the final limb of bhakti. Atma-nivedanam. Thanks for your wonderful words.
Personally, I am eternally sold out to the mission of Sriman Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread Krishna consciousness throughout every street in the world. The mission has already produced such a great general as Srila Prabhupada who has done all the home work and presented the matter in simple English. All we need to do is understand it and push it forward in action according to our particular nature if not by the great standard of ISKCON which is ideal as it has been setup by Srila Prabhupada himself.
Hari Bol
Hare Krishna Prabhu
Yes, I will gladly sell myself to Srimati Radharani to do as She pleases and that will also please Lord Sri Krsna more than anything else. 🙏
Hari Bol
Why?
Please read my question.
If I had quoted from the scriptures then I would have provided proper reference.
Hare Krsna Prabhu
It is just a metaphorical way of saying I offer myself in your service. To sell oneself means that only here!
Actually it is not a business concept because buying and selling of humans is forbidden in modern society. Perhaps, in medieval ages there used to be slave trade. However, as correctly pointed out by Srila Prabhupada we can never repay the spiritual master no matter what we do. Gayatri mataji has replied well in saying that is the best we can do. Offer ourselves to the spiritual master. Everything depends upon the satisfaction of the Spiritual Master.
yasya prasaadaad bhagavata prasaado
yasya prasaadaan na gatih ku toh api
Karmany evadhikaraste .... verse means you have a right to do your duty but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the result of your activities and never be attached to not doing your duty. This is the nishkaama method of doing ordinary karma such as your job or household duties. If you act by this verse then you will not incur karmic reaction for your activities. In other words it leads to liberation on the material platform.
What we are discussing is on the level of Prema. The object of love is Lord Sri Krsna and Srimati Radharani is the most exalted in Krsna Prema. It behooves us to seek Her mercy in order to enter the loving pastimes of Lord Krsna.
Lord Krsna says ye yatha maam prapadyente taams tathaiva bhajamy aham..
As all surrender unto Me I reward them accordingly, everyone follows my path in all respects.
To give up the fruitive results of one's activities is great but to offer oneself completely to the divine will is acting like a puppet in the hands of the puppet master. Your highest objective becomes to dance as He makes you dance. That can only happen if one comes directly under the control of daivi-prakrti and not maha-maya. As long as one is not so situated one needs to work as per his or her respective nature. Surrendering the fruits of one's work can elevate one to the transcendental stage where upon one may surrender Everything including one's self to the Lord.
It's like different stages on a ladder. At the lower rung of the ladder one is advised to work and at the highest rung of the ladder cessation of all work is recommended.
It all depends upon your level of purification.
Hari Bol