“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"
Love is selfless.......................Nectarean Mellows
The Bhagavatam declares that the supreme occupation for all humanity is to act in the loving service of the Supreme. Such service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self. To the degree our actions are selfish, which means egoistic, it cannot satisfy the heart. A selfless act is that in which we are truly giving ourselves for the object of our love. We give the example of the gopis. When Krishna had a headache, He asked, “I need the dust of the feet of My devotees to cure My headache”. So His devotee went to many sages in the Himalayas, to great pandits in various academic institutions and requested, “Please, Krishna is requesting dust from your feet to put in His head to cure His headache”. They said, “No, no. If we put our feet on God’s head we will go to Hell. Isn’t that true?” He said, “It probably is”. “We are not giving dust from our feet to God’s head”. Then he went to the gopis. Immediately the gopis collected all the dust they could get from their feet and put it in little packages and said, “Bring it to Krishna, immediately!” And he said, “Don’t you know what the result of this will be? Putting the dust of your feet on God’s head?” And they said, “Of course, we will go to hell forever.” “You don’t mind?” They said, “No, of course not, if my going to hell forever, gives Krishna relief for even one second, that will be the greatest joy of our life”. That is love. Love is selfless.
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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