“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
Devotees will not demand.......................Nectarean Mellows
We could come and see the Deity any time, because it’s so easily accessible, they are so easily accessible. But the tendency is to not to really approach the Deity with heartfelt prayers. The tendency is not to be really grateful at every moment, “I am standing before the Lord; I am being blessed causelessly”. And then the Vaishnavas, to see Vaishnavas as ordinary...…I know devotees who did some mistakes or whatever and they are in prison or due to some occupational requirement, they are sent to some place where there are no devotees. Such people are starving for the association, looking for the association of devotees and dying without the association of devotees. And here, we see them everywhere and we just walk by them as if we didn’t care, we take it for granted. Here Srila Prabhupada warns us, that a real devotee never demands from others. This consciousness of demanding from others is the mentality of ungratefulness. Devotees will not demand from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they will not demand from the Guru, they will not demand from another Vaishnava; because as long as we have this demanding mentality, it is impossible to make any spiritual progress. It’s simply completely materialistic, it’s not Krishna Consciousness.
Jivera swarupa hoi krishnera nitya das...we are servants, that is our eternal position. Devotional service means we want to give, we want to see the Lord. We may want the Lord to favor us in certain ways, but if we demand, the Lord will go away from us, we lose the mercy. We serve and it’s the Lord’s sweet will - how the Lord gives us His sweet mercy.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä
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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.
To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran
It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.
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