Aspiring to live in a solitary place - Wherever materialistic people are coming together it is like an assembly of crows. Devotees like to be in the presence of swans or saragrahis. People who have understood the essence of everything - Solitary place means simply to stay away from non-devotees or not to take their association.Example - Bharat maharaj, got attached to a deer, had he been in the association of devotees he wouldn't have gone through what he went through. We just need to be associated with devotees of Krsna ex - Gaura Kishore babaji maharaj, he didn't want to associate with non devotees so he went to the latrine and chant Hare Krsna. We should discuss the BG very scruitinizingly - all the concepts of Gita should be discussed. We should focus our time in understanding these topics - what is soul, what is Super Soul, how and why and what is Bhakti Yoga. Bhakti or dev. ser. is eternal. Service of the individual soul to the Supersoul is eternal or nityam. Knowledge - that's why SP says:
"Beginning from practicing humility up to the point of realization of the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, this process is just like a staircase beginning from the ground floor and going up to the top floor. Now on this staircase there are so many people who have reached the first floor, the second or the third floor, etc., but unless one reaches the top floor, which is the understanding of Kṛṣṇa, he is at a lower stage of knowledge. If anyone wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual knowledge, he will be frustrated. It is clearly stated that without humility, understanding is not truly possible. To think oneself God is most puffed up. Although the living entity is always being kicked by the stringent laws of material nature, he still thinks, “I am God” because of ignorance."
Sometimes we need to talk to non-devotees and we need to be very alert because maya devi might enter there. Vaisnava etiquette is hence very important and our sadhana. These will protect us. When interacting with non-devotees just do the needful and not more than that, if more than that then just giving them Krsna. When going to work we are actually entering the war zone of maya and hence we need to be very very alert. If we don't chant our round sincerely, we are guaranteed to fall victim to maya that day. Hence chant properly so it's our shield for the day.
"Beginning from practicing humility up to the point of realization of the Supreme Truth, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, this process is just like a staircase beginning from the ground floor and going up to the top floor. Now on this staircase there are so many people who have reached the first floor, the second or the third floor, etc., but unless one reaches the top floor, which is the understanding of Kṛṣṇa, he is at a lower stage of knowledge. If anyone wants to compete with God and at the same time make advancement in spiritual knowledge, he will be frustrated. It is clearly stated that without humility, understanding is not truly possible. To think oneself God is most puffed up. Although the living entity is always being kicked by the stringent laws of material nature, he still thinks, “I am God” because of ignorance."
Sometimes we need to talk to non-devotees and we need to be very alert because maya devi might enter there. Vaisnava etiquette is hence very important and our sadhana. These will protect us. When interacting with non-devotees just do the needful and not more than that, if more than that then just giving them Krsna. When going to work we are actually entering the war zone of maya and hence we need to be very very alert. If we don't chant our round sincerely, we are guaranteed to fall victim to maya that day. Hence chant properly so it's our shield for the day.
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