We want nectar, by Haripada dasa
Here I share a beautiful verse from the Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya lila, 1, 120: "" I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘kṛiṣ-ṇa 'have produced. When chanted, the holy name of Kṛiṣhṇa seems to dance in the mouth. So we want many, many mouths. When that name enters the earholes, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind and, due to this, all the senses remain inert. ”»
We all understand and accept that the truth will set us free, it will always be better to pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna for others than to criticize, to avoid criticism we must obey the instruction of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada who says that others do what they want, to I do not care, I already have enough work singing Hare Krishna to purify my damned mind, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that if you see a defect in others, it is not that the person has that defect, but that you have it and you reflect it on the other person, the only way to eliminate evil on a personal and collective level, is through kindness, he who does not live to serve, does not live to live and peace and good.
Nectar means obeying all the instructions that Srila Prabhupada and all the guru parampara have given us, regarding the association of the devotees, Baktivinoda Thakura in the Bhakti Sudhodaya tells us that the devotees should relate to the most advanced, affective and having devotees the same temperament, and Visvanatha Chakravarti instructs us and says that if in the devotees association we see people with a very harsh character, that we respect them in the mind but that we do not associate with them, and I have done very well. break the relationship with anyone that I feel wants to control me.
I am very clear that my best friends in the spiritual life are those people who transmit me to Srila Prabhupada. The Bhakti plant or devotion to Krishna feeds on nectar, not rare stories, gossip, envy, etc.
We have very defined spiritual ideals, trying to follow all the instructions given in Srila Prabhupada's books, and helping each other to do the same. By doing this we live with Srila Prabhupada and acquire his qualities. Our love and service is for Srila Prabhupada, and we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the authorized person who is going to take us back home, back to Krishna. The amara jivana song by Bhaktivinoda Thakura has helped me a lot, in this song he with all his humility puts himself in the role of an ordinary person so that we know the mentality of people in general, there he says three times that I only make people suffer. the others and when that happens I feel great happiness.
The worst thing that can happen to a person in the spiritual life is thinking that I know everything, in this connection Srila Prabhupada told a story, there was a violin teacher, there were two people there, the teacher asked them, do you know how to play something? the violin, one answered that I don't know anything, and the other said that I already know how to play the violin, the teacher told them that for the one who doesn't know I will charge 20 euros a month, and for the one who already knows 40 euros a month, and the one who said he knew protested why he does this to me, charge me double, and the teacher told him that with you first I have to teach you all the things that you think you know, but that you don't really know, and teach you everything again, so it's double work.
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Here I share a beautiful verse from the Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya lila, 1, 120: "" I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘kṛiṣ-ṇa 'have produced. When chanted, the holy name of Kṛiṣhṇa seems to dance in the mouth. So we want many, many mouths. When that name enters the earholes, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind and, due to this, all the senses remain inert. ”»
We all understand and accept that the truth will set us free, it will always be better to pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna for others than to criticize, to avoid criticism we must obey the instruction of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada who says that others do what they want, to I do not care, I already have enough work singing Hare Krishna to purify my damned mind, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that if you see a defect in others, it is not that the person has that defect, but that you have it and you reflect it on the other person, the only way to eliminate evil on a personal and collective level, is through kindness, he who does not live to serve, does not live to live and peace and good.
Nectar means obeying all the instructions that Srila Prabhupada and all the guru parampara have given us, regarding the association of the devotees, Baktivinoda Thakura in the Bhakti Sudhodaya tells us that the devotees should relate to the most advanced, affective and having devotees the same temperament, and Visvanatha Chakravarti instructs us and says that if in the devotees association we see people with a very harsh character, that we respect them in the mind but that we do not associate with them, and I have done very well. break the relationship with anyone that I feel wants to control me.
I am very clear that my best friends in the spiritual life are those people who transmit me to Srila Prabhupada. The Bhakti plant or devotion to Krishna feeds on nectar, not rare stories, gossip, envy, etc.
We have very defined spiritual ideals, trying to follow all the instructions given in Srila Prabhupada's books, and helping each other to do the same. By doing this we live with Srila Prabhupada and acquire his qualities. Our love and service is for Srila Prabhupada, and we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the authorized person who is going to take us back home, back to Krishna. The amara jivana song by Bhaktivinoda Thakura has helped me a lot, in this song he with all his humility puts himself in the role of an ordinary person so that we know the mentality of people in general, there he says three times that I only make people suffer. the others and when that happens I feel great happiness.
The worst thing that can happen to a person in the spiritual life is thinking that I know everything, in this connection Srila Prabhupada told a story, there was a violin teacher, there were two people there, the teacher asked them, do you know how to play something? the violin, one answered that I don't know anything, and the other said that I already know how to play the violin, the teacher told them that for the one who doesn't know I will charge 20 euros a month, and for the one who already knows 40 euros a month, and the one who said he knew protested why he does this to me, charge me double, and the teacher told him that with you first I have to teach you all the things that you think you know, but that you don't really know, and teach you everything again, so it's double work.
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