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Cautionary words about various dogmas and corrupt practices 鈥� Calamity affords us the opportunity to take full shelter of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 鈥� Special instructions for a 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻 of madhura-rasa

啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶椸�佮ぐ啷�-啶椸�屶ぐ啶距�權�嵿�椸�� 啶溹く啶む��

艣r墨 艣r墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣�

艢谤墨 Dev膩nanda Gau岣嵞珁a 惭补峁环补 Tegharipara, 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补 (Nadia) 11/7/1976

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�

M膩 Um膩! Even if you have nothing鈥搉o wealth, no education, or intelligence鈥搄ust having your mind and life will suffice. 厂别惫腻-惫峁泃迟颈 (the inclination to serve) does not depend on the exchange of any material object. It is perfect in itself, independent. You cannot use any material object as currency to gain the inclination for bhakti. Mind, intelligence, and ego鈥揺ach have their 惫颈诲惫补迟-谤奴岣峢墨-惫颈肠腻谤补^[1]. However, it is seen that even an imitation of the eight external symptoms of transcendental ecstasy (补峁ａ弓补-蝉腻迟迟惫颈办补-惫颈办腻谤补) includes trembling, horripilation, tears, and so on. Considering all this, the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 or 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻 must tread the path of bhajana with great caution. We must be cautious to not become condoners of 辫谤腻办峁泃补-蝉补丑补箩颈测腻-惫腻诲补^[2], karma-箩补岣峚-蝉尘腻谤迟补-惫腻诲补^[3], or cid-箩补岣峚-samanvaya-惫腻诲补^[4] and thus end up secretly idealizing various mentalities that are antagonistic to bhakti.

How shall I define a state of liberation from the bondage of mundane existence? It is in the midst of worldly calamity that the souls have the greatest opportunity to accept 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 holy name, and so forth. 

And only in such a state does their one-pointed focus, anxiety, and desperation manifest. In this world, whatever situation people find themselves in, they have to strive for the welfare of their souls: 

啶�啷囙�� 啶曕�囙え啶距お啷嵿く啷� 啶夃お啶距く啷囙え 啶�啶ㄠ�� 啶曕�冟し啷嵿�� 啶ㄠた啶掂�囙ざ啶�啷囙い啷�

yena ken膩py up膩yena mana岣� k峁涐梗峁嘺 nive艣ayet^[5]  

鈥淥ne way or another, by any means, absorb your mind in 碍峁涐梗峁嘺.鈥�

Feigning being a sinner and a fallen person will not make you a worthy recipient of mercy. If really, truly genuine humility comes, you will receive causeless mercy, or compassion. 

That is what 艢谤墨man 惭补丑腻辫谤补产丑耻 has expressed in the verse鈥�

啶� 啶�啷� 啶�啷嵿ぐ啷囙�� 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啷嬧�權じ啷嵿い啶�

na me prema gandho鈥檚ti

鈥淚 do not have even a scent of prema in Me.鈥�

It would be a mistake to include something that is simply an over-sentimental predisposition to be among the eight transcendental ecstatic symptoms. That sort of thing ultimately reveals itself to be nothing more than vanity.

As long as the mind remains absorbed in contemplating mundane sense gratification in the form of man or woman, where is the possibility that transcendental love will arise? Then again, there are those who externally carry on obeying worldly customs and regulations even after attaining a state in which they are fully overwhelmed by transcendental 产丑腻惫补. If you study the third section of Jaiva-dharma and if you also study 艢谤墨 Caitanya-肠补谤颈迟腻尘峁泃补 thoroughly, you will be able understand all these topics. It is just a matter of realization and experience.

If you keep getting sent there to improve your health, you ought to pay more attention to doing so. Your mother is devoted to bhajana and wants what is best for you. If, unintentionally, you are at fault or make some mistakes in dealing with her, she will certainly forgive you. Therefore, it would have been fine even if you had not accepted your self-imposed punishment to leave home. Then again, having to accept any punishment your seniors give you to improve yourself can only result in auspiciousness, not inauspiciousness.

Even from afar, by mind and mood, you should string together floral ornaments for 惭补丑腻辫谤补产丑耻 and send them to Him. He will accept them. Once the Gu峁囜笉ic膩 of the heart is thoroughly cleansed, 艢谤墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补 碍峁涐梗峁嘺candra happily finds a place to settle there. 惭腻诲丑耻谤测补-谤补蝉补 maintains its superiority to that of 补颈艣惫补谤测补, as 艢谤墨 闯补驳补苍苍腻迟丑补-deva journeys to 艢谤墨 痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补 from 顿惫腻谤补办腻 or 碍耻谤耻办峁�e迟谤补. 

This is the purport of 搁补迟丑补-测腻迟谤腻.

啶掂ぐ啶�-啶掂た啶�啶苦え啷� 啶膏�栢��-啶膏ぞ啶�, 啶膏�囙さ啶� 啶曕ぐ啶�啷�, 啶班ぞ啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶�

Varaja-vipine sakhi-s膩tha, sevana karabu, r膩dh膩n膩tha; kusume g膩虄thabhu h膩ra, tulas墨-ma峁噄-ma帽jar墨 t膩ra^[6]

鈥泪苍 the forests of Vraja, I will serve with my girlfriends, O Lord of 搁腻诲丑腻. I will string flowers together to make a garland, with 迟耻濒补蝉墨-尘补帽箩补谤墨蝉 for gems.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

As long as the heart is not raised to this transcendental state, one will not catch a glimpse of all these things. Carry on, day in and day out, maintaining your service and vows. This will satisfy 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and He will shower profuse blessings upon you. Try to be content with whatever situation He has put you in. What more can I say? Know that you have my affectionate blessings. Iti鈥�

Your eternal well-wisher,
艢谤墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

Ru岣峢墨means 鈥渄irect, primary鈥� and vidvat (learned) qualifies this term to mean 鈥渢he esoteric direct meaning鈥�.

[2]:

The various 蝉补丑补箩颈测腻 cults, which originated largely in medieval Bengal, draw on Buddhist, 鈥�痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补鈥� and Islamic mysticism, or tantra, to ritualize sex as a means of enlightenment, recklessly blurring necessary distinctions between the divine and the mundane, reality and fantasy, and ultimately, pure love and mundane exploitation, thereby causing havoc in civilized society.

[3]:

The ideology of 蝉尘腻谤迟补-产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 ritualists who subscribe to Advaita 痴别诲腻苍迟补 impersonalism, yet worship five main Hindu deities, ritualistically and for material gain, claiming non-sectarianism.

[4]:

A doctrine rampant in many new so-called religions that lack solid philosophical foundation and seek to homogenize spirit and matter.

[5]:

See 艢谤墨mad-Bh膩gavatam (7.1.32)

[6]:

艢补谤补峁嚹乬补迟颈^, 颁丑辞岣峚迟辞 笔耻谤耻峁�a-补产丑颈尘腻苍补 (2鈥�3) by 艢谤墨la Bhaktivinoda 峁琱腻办耻谤补