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艢膩str墨ya 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 makes the heart resolute 鈥� Akrura鈥檚 longing to see 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 鈥� The merit of prayer 鈥� It is impossible to control the mind without taking shelter of a guru 鈥� The characteristics of 蝉腻诲丑耻 according to 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 鈥� The glory of guru-tattva

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��

艣谤墨 艣谤墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣�

艢谤墨 Goloka-驳补帽箩补 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 P.O. Golakganj (Dhubri), Assam 6/6/1972

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�

M膩鈥斺��! Quite a long time ago, I received a letter from you containing several questions. Due to the pressure of numerous other tasks, I could not give a prompt response to your letter, so please do not be disturbed. Please forgive me for this unintentional error. Meanwhile, I have tried twice to send 艢谤墨 Caitanya-产丑腻驳补惫补迟补 to you, but I could not communicate properly with you. I thus have sufficient proof on my end that I have been thinking of you. When you demand said proof, I will produce it.

I hope that you are studying and discussing 艢谤墨 Patrik膩 and other sacred literatures on a regular basis. It is by the power of 蝉耻办峁泃颈 accumulated in previous births that one obtains good association and thereby the awakening of 迟补迟迟惫补-箩帽腻苍补 and the attainment of bhagavad-bhakti. The instruction that one should take advantage of 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 in the form of sacred granthas is given for when obstacles are created in hearing and reciting 丑补谤颈-办补迟丑腻 in direct 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补. If one does not take advantage of it, one will be compelled to be deprived of this sort of opportunity. By doing so, one鈥檚 heart becomes resolute, and as one-pointed conviction arises, the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 or 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻鈥檚 longing to perform bhagavad-bhajana greatly increases. To have this sort of conviction in the service of their beloved and supremely worshipful 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is the cherished ambition of each and every 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻. By hearing, chanting, and remembering the name, form, pastimes, etc. of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, one鈥檚 attachment to Him increases exponentially. That is why there is the instruction of performing 补苍耻办奴濒补-办峁涐梗峁嚹乶耻艣墨濒补苍补 (favourably cultivating love for 碍峁涐梗峁嘺).

In 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 (10.38), we find the topic of 艢谤墨 Akrura鈥檚 hopeful meditations upon 碍峁涐梗峁嘺. Longing for 诲补谤艣补苍补 of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, he says, 

鈥淪hortly, I will surely be able to behold in tangible form the guru and refuge of all saintly persons, the supremely charming and greatly delightful 艢谤墨 Hari, the origin of Lak峁�m墨pati 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺. As soon as I see Him, I will prostrate myself at His beautiful lotus feet, which are the abode of freedom from sorrow, fear, and death, and before the cowherd boys alongside Him. Then, upon my head, which will be laid at His feet, 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 will offer those lotus hands of His which grant fearlessness to all mankind. Indra and Balir膩ja gained authority over the three worlds by offering arghya (scented water) into these lotus hands. That all-seeing Supersoul, the Supreme Lord, will cast His merciful glance upon me and, in that moment, I too will be freed of all sins and become sanctified.鈥�

If one does not offer such moods of devotion unto 笔耻谤耻峁�o迟迟补尘补 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, one鈥檚 birth is fruitless and meaningless. 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 does not have favourites, friends, enemies, people He does not like, or people He neglects; nevertheless, whatever you pray for from a 办补濒辫补-惫峁沰峁�a tree is what you will get.

In 艢谤墨 骋墨迟腻 [9.29, 4.11], 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 has conveyed this by saying: 

啶膏ぎ啷�

samo 鈥�ha峁� sarva-bh奴te峁�u, na me dve峁�yo 鈥�sti na priya岣�

鈥淚 am equal to all living beings; I do not have enemies or favourites鈥� 

And, 

啶�啷� 啶�啶ム�� 啶�啶距�� 啶�啷嵿ぐ啶︵�嵿く啶ㄠ�嵿い啷�, 啶むぞ啶傕じ啷� 啶むぅ啷堗さ 啶�啶溹ぞ啶�啷嵿く啷� 啶呧す啶�啷�

ye yath膩 m膩峁� pradyante, t膩峁僺 tathaiva bhaj膩my aham

鈥淎s all take shelter of Me, I reciprocate accordingly.鈥� 

These sorts of hopes and longings of the premika-bhakta who has attained 补苍耻谤腻驳补 for 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 transport him to the highest levels of bhajana.

Of the various qualities of the devotee who wishes to ascend the levels of prema, the topic of 尘腻苍补-艣耻苍测补迟腻 (freedom from pride) and 蝉补尘耻迟办补峁囜弓丑腻 (intense eagerness) has been described. 艢谤墨 Akrura says: 鈥淲hat austerities have I performed, what pious works have I undertaken, and what charity have I given to which exalted recipient that has enabled me to attain the 诲补谤艣补苍补 of 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 today. Just as the recitation of the Vedas is impossible for those deluded by sensual pleasures, for 艣奴诲谤补蝉 and fallen 产谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉, it is a highly unlikely prospect for me to come face-to-face with 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺. Then again, though I am fallen, it is not impossible for me to obtain 碍峁涐梗峁嘺鈥檚 诲补谤艣补苍补. Just as sometimes one of many blades of grass caught in the current of a river can come upon its banks, sometimes one of the living entities being swept along by time as per the dictates of karma can cross over the ocean of material existence. Today all my inauspiciousness has been destroyed and my birth has become a success, because I have attained the opportunity to bow at the lotus feet of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, which are contemplated by exalted 测辞驳墨蝉.鈥�

And so, it is with this sort of hope and burning aspiration that one must maintain one鈥檚 steadfastness in performing bhajana-蝉腻诲丑补苍补 of 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺candra, the Lord of life itself. It has been taught that one take shelter of a bona fide guru to perform this sort of 补苍耻艣墨濒补苍补 and 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana. 

The necessity of accepting a guru is made explicit in these words:

啶嗋ざ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶侧�堗く啶� 啶�啶溹��, 啶むぞ啶班�� 啶曕�冟し啷嵿�� 啶ㄠぞ啶灌た 啶む�嵿く啶溹��, 啶嗋ぐ 啶膏が 啶�啶班�� 啶呧�曕ぞ啶班��

膩艣raya laiy膩 bhaje, t膩re k峁涐梗峁嘺 n膩hi tyaje, 膩ra saba mare ak膩ra峁嘺^[1]  

鈥湴�峁涐梗峁嘺 does not abandon those who take shelter of the 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 and worship Him; all others perish for no reason.鈥�

Those who attempt to subdue the horse of the mind, which is difficult to tame even for the immortals and those who have conquered their senses, without the shelter of the feet of a guru, are ignorant to the means of their own spiritual development. They are suffering and afflicted by hundreds and hundreds of obstacles. Thus, they reap only sorrow in this ocean of material existence, like a merchant at sea without a captain. If the refuge of all, the supremely blissful and omniscient guru, is present as one鈥檚 protector, then there is no purpose in having relatives, a body, wealth, home, land, vehicles, etc. Human beings who are unacquainted with these transcendental matters and absorbed in the pleasures of 尘腻测腻 cannot, by nature, contribute bliss to the ever-perishable and inessential world of material existence. Those prideless saints who are known as the destroyers of all sins because they hold 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 beautiful lotus feet in their hearts serve the Earth鈥檚 many holy places and 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补. Because they absorb their heart in the eternal blissful 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, they do not serve the blind well of family life, which robs one of discernment, steadiness, tolerance, peace, and other positive tendencies. Persons whose hearts are absorbed in 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 do not probe the virtues and flaws of their sinful and pious activities. Because their bodily identification and false ego are wholly absent, they are even above all injunctions and prohibitions. It is because such persons are constantly singing the pastimes of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 that individuals who do not know anything of the Truth can grasp said recitations of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 qualities and ultimately attain the shelter of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, who embodies their own truest welfare. By imparting this sort of instruction on the subject of 腻迟尘补-迟补迟迟惫补 (the truths of the soul) and conferring unto 狈腻谤补诲补 峁氠梗颈 腻迟尘补-箩帽腻苍补 (knowledge of the soul), 艢谤墨 狈腻谤腻测补峁嘺 峁氠梗颈 revealed the esoteric truth of all the Vedas and 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 and illustrated the necessity of accepting a guru (艢谤墨mad-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 10.87).

One who adopts the instructions of 艣谤墨 guru is illuminated by divine knowledge, following the instructions of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 in the form of guru is the only means to cross over the ocean of material existence, and it is serving guru that satisfies 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, to which end one is to offer one鈥檚 whole heart and soul. 

On the topic of attaining all perfection and real peace by pleasing guru, it has been stated (艢谤墨mad-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 10.80):

鈥淭he mother and father from whom one takes human birth in this realm are one鈥檚 first gurus of the worldly sort. Thereafter, one who gives this person the sacred thread and instructs him in the Vedic scriptures is the second guru. And one who grants those in all 腻艣谤补尘补蝉 knowledge in the form of 诲墨办峁Ｄ� into the 惫颈峁ａ箛耻-尘补苍迟谤补 is the topmost guru; he is said to be bhagavat-蝉惫补谤奴辫补, the form of God Himself.鈥�

In this realm of men, those among the followers of 惫补谤峁嚹伵况补尘补 who adopt the instructions of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 in the form of guru happily cross over the ocean of material existence. As the Supersoul situated within all living beings, 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 does not gain from the observance of 驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补 or 产谤补丑尘补肠腻谤墨 vows the kind of satisfaction He derives from a person鈥檚 dedicated service to guru. Disciples offer their bodies, minds, and words in every respect with devotion for the sake of gurudeva, thereby offering the whole of their hearts to said bona fide guru and proving their full-fledged surrender. If that bona fide guru is satisfied, all the disciples鈥� ambitions reach perfection and, by his gracious blessings, knowledge of the Vedas manifests in their hearts. Many topics remain to be discussed in relation to guru-tattva. Take my hearty blessings.

Write and send me your questions once again. Iti鈥�

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

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[1]:

笔谤腻谤迟丑补苍腻, 峁琱腻办耻谤补 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补-pada(1) by 艢谤墨la Narottama 诲腻蝉补 峁琱腻办耻谤补