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Fulfilling our duties in life depends on an unseen power 鈥� Birth and death are as insubstantial as a dream for those keen on performing hari-bhajana 鈥� The customary contamination period following a death in the family does not apply to initiated devotees 鈥� The bhakta never becomes distressed by worldly losses 鈥� The character of resilient 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻蝉

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r墨 Goloka-驳补帽箩补 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 P.O. Golakganj (Goyalpara) Assam 14/9/1979

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�

M膩鈥斺��! I duly received your letters, which were dated 28/4/79 and 6/8/79, and became aware of the details. Later, the printed invitation card to the 辫颈迟峁�-艣谤腻诲诲丑补 (ancestral oblations) also came into my hands. If you do not send three or four letters, I do not have the chance to write even one and that too only after much effort. Nevertheless, you write letters and do not become deterred by these tests of your patience. This is your special virtue.

This time, on the 1^st of 痴补颈艣腻办丑补 (at your place), what happened was like a sudden 鈥渢wist of a cat鈥檚 fate鈥� [meaning 鈥渁n unexpected success鈥漖. I too had never anticipated that fate would bring me there and that I would have the opportunity to partake of such wondrous 辫谤补蝉腻诲补. The pull of affection is most fearsome. Your anxiousness and desperation alone have maintained this connection; of that, there is no doubt. If someone prays for something from their heart, it surely comes true.

In material existence, guardians have and always will have feelings of concern. Those who accept responsibility are our mothers, fathers, and caretakers. In this material existence, however, is anyone capable of taking real responsibility and fulfilling their obligations to another person? Sons bid farewell to the world before their fathers do, and daughters before mothers. With situations like that, a person does not even get a chance to fulfil his or her responsibilities. Hence (in 蝉补峁僺腻谤补), all we do is haul the burden of our duties on our shoulders. The opportunity to fulfil them, however, rests on an unseen power. 鈥�

I found your two letters to be very painful and heart-breaking. Surely you were all prepared for your father鈥檚 final moments for quite some time. The fact that a calamity occurred is undoubtedly heartrending.

In this world, no one can endure forever.

啶嗋�溹�� 啶掂ぞ 啶多い啷囙�� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啷� 啶呧さ啶多�嵿�� 啶�啶班��, 啶ㄠた啶多�嵿�氞た啶ㄠ�嵿�� 啶ㄠぞ 啶ムぞ啶曕�� 啶�啶距��

膧ji v膩 艣ateka var峁�e ava艣ya mara峁嘺, ni艣cinta n膩 th膩ko bh膩i

鈥淭oday or in a hundred days, death is certain, so do not live carefree, O brother.鈥� 

This is the harsh reality and the ultimate lesson of this world. Though man knows this, he does not understand. Though he sees it, he does not see. At this time, you must certainly maintain your composure. In this material world, there is only one tradition and we have to carry on with that. Birth and death are our companions, our comrades, but for those keen on performing hari-bhajana, birth and death are temporary and as insubstantial as a dream. The soul has no death鈥搕his is the constant truth. Your father was religious, and he left his body fully conscious, so know he has attained a good destination. Thinking of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 at the final moment is the cause of an exalted destination. This is the sublime fruit of performing 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-产丑补箩补苍补 all of one鈥檚 life. 鈥�顿辞峁�a 辫腻辞测腻 鈥搃ncurring contamination鈥� [in the household when a family member dies] is

a lesser conception, one belonging to 办补谤尘补-办腻峁囜笉补. In the case of devotees, in the case of those who are 诲墨办峁�i迟补 (initiated), no such conception exists. I am delighted to know that 产谤补丑尘补肠腻谤墨蝉 from the 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补 尘补峁环补 came and conveyed their respects to your father more or less according to 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补 蝉尘峁泃颈, by bringing mah膩-辫谤补蝉腻诲补. You are to go on, always maintaining your composure. If you become upset, there will be inconvenience and adversity in 蝉补峁僺腻谤补.

The bhakta, or 蝉腻诲丑补办补, never makes worldly losses part of his spiritual life. 厂腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana is a separate affair, something built independently on one鈥檚 own dignity. The bhakta never becomes distressed by worldly losses, nor does his strength of mind diminish. 

A weak person is unworthy of gaining 艢r墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 mercy. 

啶ㄠぞ啶�啶�啷� 啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶�啶�-啶灌��啶ㄠ�囙�� 啶侧き啷嵿く啶�

N膩yam 膩tm膩 bala-h墨nena labhya岣�^[1]

鈥淭he soul (the Supersoul, or Supreme Lord) is not obtained by one bereft of strength.鈥�

Earthly love and affection immerse the living entity in oceans of sorrow. Bhagavat-辫谤墨迟颈 (love of God) is the cause and means of a higher destination.

Life is already painful, and a woman鈥檚 life perhaps has more suffering. This is because, due to social restrictions and attitudes, they must lead a very restrained life outwardly. 

However, 

啶椸�嬥ぐ啶距ぐ啷� 啶嗋�氞ぞ啶�, 啶椸�嬥ぐ啶距ぐ啷� 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶� 啶侧�堗げ啷� 啶�啶� 啶�啶侧��

gor膩r 膩c膩ra, gor膩r vic膩ra laile phala phale^[2]  

鈥淚f one adopts Gaura鈥檚 conduct and Gaura鈥檚 conceptions, the fruit fructifies.鈥�

This is the chief teaching. If a human being is conscientious and proceeds with purity of thought and intelligence, then his spiritual welfare is inevitable. The world is moulded from scarcity and grievance. To be grounded in one鈥檚 nature amidst all of that is very difficult. Those who dwell in material existence and who can lead a life that is indifferent and free from attachments are resilient 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻蝉. One must keep before oneself the prescribed ideal and advance along the path of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补. Patience and enthusiasm are the main components. 鈥�

Take my affectionate blessings. Iti鈥�

Your eternal well-wisher,
艢r墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

惭耻峁囜笉补办补 鲍辫补苍颈峁�a诲 (3.1.4)

[2]:

Prema-vivarta