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Dear Prabhujis and Matajis,

Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

 

Our spiritual master shared some simple but powerful realizations in one of his Bhagavatam classes on 1st Oct 2009 in Rajkot. I would like to share with you some of the salient points that I had noted down from that class.

 

1. Shantakar is Krishna's quality. Somehow we should learn to be in shantakar. Being in reality will give us shantakar. Then we can be with Krishna.

 

2. If something really belongs to us, then we will take it with us wherever we go. For eg., House does not belong to us, that is why we do not carry with us everywhere. This body also does not belong to us, that's why we are not taking it with us at the time of death.

 

3. We may be happy if we search in place where happiness is available. But we are searching in all the places where there is no happiness, that is why we are not happy.

 

4. Krishna is highly active principle. If we are running after the highly active principle, how can we be lazy?

 

5. If we want to be spiritual, we must be very expert in material life. niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyaayo hy akarmanah. We should love the work. Those who work, they have safe employment. Somebody will recognize our sincerity some day.

 

6. We don't like to stay in a semi-finished building. Only a finished building gives us happiness. Similarly, only finished work will give us happiness.

 

7. If we are in Krishna consciousness, our money will go a long way, because we lead a simple life. But we are not ready to be simple.

 

8. Our clothes also must be handled like living entity. The more careful we are with our clothes, the more care they will show for us.

 

9. Our consciousness must be inward, not outward.

 

10. Real 'ease' is an offshoot of santosh. Those who are satisfied, they can face the reverses easily. We should be convinced that whatever Krishna has given us is the best.

 

11. Be mature and magnanimous. In a living entity's wrong time, we should never criticize. We have to behave good, particularly to those who are antagonistic to us.

 

12. Sincerity will give us permanence in this impermanent world.

 

Thank you very much.

Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva,

Kalacakra Krsna das