A True Servant鈥擜 True Master
by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja | 2021 | 174,865 words
This page relates 鈥楻esolve and conviction in Sadhana,...鈥� of book鈥�"A True Servant, A True Master" which offers a collection of 128 handwritten letters by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja鈥攁 revered figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. This book showcases the profound spiritual insights and practical guidance on executing devotional service and addresses both Sadhakas (male practitioners) and Sadhikas (female practitioners) with equal respect.
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Letter 71 - Resolve and conviction in S膩dhana,...
Resolve and conviction in 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 are our only aids in attaining our goal 鈥� On the liberated platform, everything is practical 鈥� 厂别惫腻 is eternal, everlasting, and dynamic 鈥� Guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 are omniscient and test us directly and indirectly
啶多啶班 啶多啶班 啶椸啶班-啶椸啶班ぞ啶權啶椸 啶溹く啶む
艣r墨 艣r墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣�
鈥�Santosh Ashram鈥� 艢r墨 B膩l膩nanda 膧艣谤补尘补 P.O. Ashram Karanibara B. Deoghar (S.P.) Bihar, 13/8/1984
厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�
M膩鈥斺��! Your letters dated 27/5/84, 5/6/84, and 5/7/84 arrived in a timely fashion at the Kolkata 尘补峁环补.
There is no question of throwing you aside or abandoning spiritual responsibility for you. If the connection between guru and disciple is eternal, then these worries have no basis. Even if you are unworthy, then granting worthiness to the unworthy is a token of causeless compassion.
啶啶椸啶い啶� 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班, 啶曕た啶涏 啶ㄠぞ啶灌た 啶, 啶む啶ぞ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷佮ぃ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶�
Yogyat膩 vic膩re, kichu n膩hi pai, tom膩ra karu峁嚹� s膩ra[1]
鈥淚n considering my qualifications, I find nothing. Your mercy is essential.鈥�
This is the anguished prayer of the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻 at the feet of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. Should the tendency to cheat remain in bhajana-蝉腻诲丑补苍补, the main purpose is disrupted. To be cautious upon seeing the examples of others is the symptom of intelligence. Resolve and conviction in 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 are the only aids one has in the fulfilment of one鈥檚 ambition. If you proceed with patience, enthusiasm, and tolerance, there is no fear of any sort of inauspiciousness.
Through their omniscience, guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 are aware of all matters. Nevertheless, we have to sit the examination. The examination is necessary so that feeling and realization become real. Actual [spiritual] realization or experience is only possible for liberated souls. The experience or mental speculation of conditioned souls cannot be taken to be actual realization or the experience of 尘补丑腻箩补苍补蝉. On the liberated platform, everything is practical; material assumption has no place there. It is Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 who are omniscient: 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补 or 补苍迟补谤测腻尘墨; of that, there is no doubt.
Go forward on the path of bhajana without any duplicity and you will certainly attain qualification for service. You will never be deprived of your spiritual guide鈥檚 blessings. This is my affectionate blessing. Simplicity and honesty are the main provisions on the path of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补. With these, as soon as one meets with the mercy of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, service commences. 厂别惫腻 is eternal, everlasting, and dynamic. Everything is easily attainable through the tendency to serve, or bhakti. The real 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻 want nothing aside from bhakti.
Guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 understand everything, yet they pretend to be speechless. There are many examples of this. They implement many types of tests directly and indirectly. If the conditioned soul鈥檚 natural inclinations do not become spiritual, then anarthas come and devour him. On the pretext of developing an environment that is favourable for bhajana, he often just invites worldly materialism. This is the ultimate calamity. Know you and your family have my affectionate blessings. Iti鈥�
Your eternal well-wisher,
艢r墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补