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Krsna doesn't like his devotees having pride in their heart. For example he crushed the pride of Indra, Brahma, Gopis, Radha rani everybody. Hence, we need to be always humble with no pride. When we feel that we are great and don't consider ourselves in relationship with Krsna we feel pride. Hence, when we become KC we become so sensitive that we don't want to cause pain to anybody.
Mahaprabhu also says we need to be more tolerant that the tree. There will be lots of impediments in our path to devotion, hence we need to tolerate and keep going on without any pride and being humble. Either in happiness or in distress we should be very tolerant, without any pride keep going on. When good things happen we say it our karma Krsna is very merciful but in distress our mood should be that it is because of our doing. Hence one must tolerate everything that is coming to us. We can fake humbleness but tolerance is something which can't be faked. We need to cultivate this aspect of tolerance. How is the tree so tolerant - no matter what people do to that tree the tree tolerates. It still keeps giving - shade, wood for paper, fire etc. Tolerance is hence very very important. If we don't have tolerance then if someone says something we will be very easily swayed. Simplicity is without any diplomacy. Hence, we should surrender to our Spiritual master, simple life no duplicity - simple living high thinking. Surrender to the lotus feet of Spiritual master and cleanliness is very important to go ahead in spiritual life. Also only by tolerance can we gain knowledge which will help to destroy the nescience. Cleanliness is very important - external shower and internal by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra.
Steadiness is very important - we need to always be steady in our practice in spiritual consciousness. It is very difficult but it is the sign of sincerity. Week after week, month after month if we are steady in our KC practice only then can we grown in our KC journey. You need to keep hitting at the same spot again and again to break it and same way we need to keep hitting on the same path with the Hare Krsna mantra to break our false ego and one day all our anarthas will be cleaned up.
Indra is a great personality and he is chosen by Krsna to show us how a pure devotee needs to behave. He is only playing a part in the pasttimes, but he is a great personality. Similarly, Arjuna was put under the Yogamaya so he could be spoken to by Krsna about the Bhagavad Gita.
How do we transcend all these material modes - only by pure devotional service so we can remove these anarthas from our heart so then we can have the mercy of Krsna on us.
When someone has a lot of knowledge they become very humble. For example a tree full with fruits they automatically bow down. How do we get this knowledge by regular reading of SB, BG and chanting our rounds very very seriously. BG brings light and automatically all the misgivings are gone. Pridelessness is very very important. Lot of big devotees have fallen to this - because Pride can come at any time into our heart and hence we should meditate on this point that we are absolutely insignificant and nothing can happen by Krsna's mercy. This verse and chapter 13 is very very important as they form the foundation of our spiritual life.
Krsna doesn't like his devotees having pride in their heart. For example he crushed the pride of Indra, Brahma, Gopis, Radha rani everybody. Hence, we need to be always humble with no pride. When we feel that we are great and don't consider ourselves in relationship with Krsna we feel pride. Hence, when we become KC we become so sensitive that we don't want to cause pain to anybody.
Mahaprabhu also says we need to be more tolerant that the tree. There will be lots of impediments in our path to devotion, hence we need to tolerate and keep going on without any pride and being humble. Either in happiness or in distress we should be very tolerant, without any pride keep going on. When good things happen we say it our karma Krsna is very merciful but in distress our mood should be that it is because of our doing. Hence one must tolerate everything that is coming to us. We can fake humbleness but tolerance is something which can't be faked. We need to cultivate this aspect of tolerance. How is the tree so tolerant - no matter what people do to that tree the tree tolerates. It still keeps giving - shade, wood for paper, fire etc. Tolerance is hence very very important. If we don't have tolerance then if someone says something we will be very easily swayed. Simplicity is without any diplomacy. Hence, we should surrender to our Spiritual master, simple life no duplicity - simple living high thinking. Surrender to the lotus feet of Spiritual master and cleanliness is very important to go ahead in spiritual life. Also only by tolerance can we gain knowledge which will help to destroy the nescience. Cleanliness is very important - external shower and internal by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra.
Steadiness is very important - we need to always be steady in our practice in spiritual consciousness. It is very difficult but it is the sign of sincerity. Week after week, month after month if we are steady in our KC practice only then can we grown in our KC journey. You need to keep hitting at the same spot again and again to break it and same way we need to keep hitting on the same path with the Hare Krsna mantra to break our false ego and one day all our anarthas will be cleaned up.
Indra is a great personality and he is chosen by Krsna to show us how a pure devotee needs to behave. He is only playing a part in the pasttimes, but he is a great personality. Similarly, Arjuna was put under the Yogamaya so he could be spoken to by Krsna about the Bhagavad Gita.
How do we transcend all these material modes - only by pure devotional service so we can remove these anarthas from our heart so then we can have the mercy of Krsna on us.
When someone has a lot of knowledge they become very humble. For example a tree full with fruits they automatically bow down. How do we get this knowledge by regular reading of SB, BG and chanting our rounds very very seriously. BG brings light and automatically all the misgivings are gone. Pridelessness is very very important. Lot of big devotees have fallen to this - because Pride can come at any time into our heart and hence we should meditate on this point that we are absolutely insignificant and nothing can happen by Krsna's mercy. This verse and chapter 13 is very very important as they form the foundation of our spiritual life.
