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How 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 tests the devotee 鈥� Making one鈥檚 life a success 鈥� Seeing through hearing is better than seeing directly 鈥� The roles of guru and disciple 鈥� The definition of bhakti

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 碍别艣补惫补 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 Shaktigarh, P.O. Siliguri 13/1/1974

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�

M膩鈥斺��! I have received your letter, which was dated 25/12/73, on this past date of 11/1/74. At present, I am fully healthy. You all ought not to worry for me in the slightest. By your love and good wishes, I was able to regain my health very quickly.

It is natural to shed tears in the absence of a loved one, but no one can stay with anyone in direct physical presence forever. It is through crying that human beings find the joy and peace of seeing and meeting. This crying shows them the path to composure and peace. The in-dwelling Supersoul surely fulfils the devotee鈥檚 selfless prayers for exclusive service and devotion to 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍. Keep the faith that 艣谤墨 guru and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 are 惫腻帽肠丑腻-kalpa-taru (wish-fulfilling trees) and bhakta-vatsala (affectionate to the devotees). There is nothing they cannot give. 

When 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is finished testing the devotee, He shows him His undeceiving grace. Prior to that, the devotee must remain under examination. 

啶曕�冟し啷嵿�� 啶溹う啶� 啶涏�佮�熰�� 啶�啶曕�嵿い啷� 啶�啷佮�曕�嵿い啶�-啶�啷佮�曕�嵿い啶� 啶︵た啶�啶�

碍峁涐梗峁嘺 jadi chu峁璭 bhakte bhukti-mukti diy膩, kabhu bhakti-dhana n膩 den r膩khen luk膩iy膩^[1]  

鈥�碍峁涐梗峁嘺 can leave the devotee with material enjoyment or liberation. Sometimes He does not give the wealth of devotion and keeps it hidden.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

This is the test. [碍峁涐梗峁嘺 says]鈥�

啶嗋ぎ啶� 啶掂た啶溹�嵿�� 啶膏�囙�� 啶�啷傕ぐ啷嵿�栢�� 啶掂た啶粪く 啶曕�囙え啷� 啶︵た啶�啷�? 啶膏�嵿��-啶氞ぐ啶｀ぞ啶�啷冟�� 啶︵た啶�啶� 啶掂た啶粪く 啶�啷佮げ啶距�囙が啷�

膩mi vij帽a sei m奴rkhe vi峁�aya kene dibo? sva-cara峁嚹乵峁泃a diy膩 vi峁�aya bhul膩ibo^[2].

鈥淚 know better. Why would I give that fool sense enjoyment? I will give him the nectar of My feet and have him forget the objects of the senses

This is the causeless mercy shown towards the devotee who has passed that test. Whatever aspirations you have will surely be fulfilled in due time. Why would you have to cry your whole life? The instruction is given in scripture to serve 艢谤墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 with faith, conviction, devotion, love, and attachment. This is why the devotee, or servant, empties his heart to render service.

Parabrahma and 艣补产诲补-产谤补丑尘补 are synonymous; 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补 and 苍腻尘墨 are identical. That 艣补产诲补-brahma, or Absolute Sound, dances in the worshipful mouths of the eternally perfected great souls, the 产丑腻驳补惫补迟补-辫补谤补尘补丑补峁僺补蝉. That is why that sound is like nectar and captivating to the heart. 

This is why 艢谤墨mad-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 has manifested the verse鈥�

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bhidyate h峁沝aya-granth墨 chidyante sarva-蝉补峁兣沘测腻岣�^[3]

鈥�(Transcendental sound vibration) pierces the knot of the heart and severs all doubts.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

As 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补 is identical to 苍腻尘墨, the Vedas describe that sac-cid-腻苍补苍诲补 entity as 鈥�raso vai sa岣�鈥�. Hence, that N膩ma Prabhu delights infinite universes. If one can go on hearing, chanting, and remembering 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 name, form, and qualities, and the narrations of His pastimes, then this rare human birth is worthwhile. 厂腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 (associating with saintly personalities), 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补-办墨谤迟补苍补 (chanting the holy name), 艣腻蝉迟谤补-艣谤补惫补峁嘺 (hearing the scriptures), 诲丑腻尘补-惫腻蝉补 (living in the Lord鈥檚 holy abode), and 艣谤墨 尘奴谤迟颈-辫奴箩腻谤肠补苍腻 (worshipping the Lord鈥檚 deity form)鈥搕hese are referred to as the five greatest limbs of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补. If a human being can, over the course of his life, spend his memorable days in this cultivation, then he knows his life was a success. There is no greater recreation than this, nor can there be. In a world of materialists, the criticism of spiritualists will go on forever. One will have to not lend an ear to that and instead proceed along the path of one鈥檚 own 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana. When you are considered undesirable by the people of the world, then and only then should you know that 鈥渟ome convenient advantage has come for performing hari-bhajana,鈥� and you should hold on to that. This notion has been displayed in the 鈥�y膩 ni艣膩 sarva-bh奴t膩n膩m鈥� verse of the 骋墨迟腻 [2.69]. You should study this well.

When there is a lack of direct 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补, then the provision of 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 in the form of granthas has been made available. You will have to keep that all-worshipful Absolute Truth on the path of your memory at all times. It is essential to have this sort of attitude in order to progress along life鈥檚 path. One has to perform 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 of one indivisible Supreme Truth via moment-to-moment 补苍耻艣墨濒补苍补 (devotional cultivation), or 补产丑测腻蝉补-yoga. Then you will find bliss and peace in every condition鈥揳nd no one can snatch away that bliss, that profound peace.

I have understood in my heart the cause and reason you sent your friend to 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补 at the time of Dola. I understood that because you cannot personally be present in 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补, you are trying to make up for the lack of 诲补谤艣补苍补 through hearing. Also, the reality is that separation, or the mood of vipralambha, is full of more sweetness than meeting. Seeing through hearing is better than seeing directly. In seeing directly, often mundane notions come and cause errors and oversights [in one鈥檚 perception]. There are no divisions of mundane time in the transcendental realm. That transcendental world is beyond time and space. In that place, there is no time but the eternal present.

Therefore, 濒墨濒腻 has been accepted as eternal.

啶呧う啷嵿く啶距お啶苦す 啶膏�� 啶侧��啶侧ぞ 啶曕ぐ啷� 啶椸�屶��-啶班ぞ啶�, 啶曕�嬥�� 啶曕�嬥�� 啶�啶距�椸�嵿く啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ�� 啶︵�囙�栢た啶�啶距ぐ啷� 啶�啶距��

Ady膩piha se 濒墨濒腻 kare gaura-r膩ya, kona kona bh膩gyav膩n dekhib膩re p膩ya^[4]

鈥淓ven today, Gaura 搁腻测补 performs those pastimes. Some fortunate souls are able to see them.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

This is the speciality of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 incomparable pastimes. And so there surely remains the possibility that you will gain some peace from hearing about 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补 and various 诲补谤艣补苍补s from your friend鈥檚 mouth.

You have made much progress on the path of spiritual life. Your job is to present the field of your heart, while the bona fide 驳耻谤耻鈥檚 job is to sow the seed of the 驳腻测补迟谤墨-mantras. By watering it with the water of hearing and chanting, the seed of the vine of bhakti will grow, become a huge tree, and reach its destination: Goloka-痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补. The 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻 become blessed upon obtaining instructions on how to perform 艣谤补惫补峁嘺 and 办墨谤迟补苍补 from a bona fide guru. In this matter, the mercy of guru is imperative. What you wrote is true: there is a huge difference between those who are sheltered and those who are not. However, I have full responsibility for you spiritually and you have my limitless affectionate blessings.

May you have the kind of conviction and exclusive dedication to 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺candra that 艢谤墨 Hanum膩nj墨 has for 艢谤墨 搁腻尘补肠补苍诲谤补. I bless you thus, so that you can say from your heart, 

啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距お啶� 啶�啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏�嵿さ啶� 啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶曕�冟し啷嵿ぃ啶� 啶多�嵿く啶距ぎ啶膏�佮え啷嵿う啶班��

tatr膩pi mama sarvasva岣� 艣谤墨 k峁涐梗峁嘺岣� 艣y膩masundara岣�鈥�

鈥淣evertheless, my all-in-all is 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, 艢测腻尘补蝉耻苍诲补谤补.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

The word bhakti signifies service to 贬峁涐梗墨办别艣补 艢谤墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, the master of one鈥檚 transcendental senses, via one鈥檚 senses which are inclined to serve. This tendency of bhakti is beyond the functions of body and mind. Bhakti is that easy and simple inclination of the heart that is devoid of the filth of karma, 箩帽腻苍补, etc. [One who has] a mind that has been conquered and that follows the guidance of the soul is eligible to attain bhakti. The Soul of the soul is 笔补谤补尘腻迟尘腻, and only if the soul can attain 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, who is the fullest manifestation of that 笔补谤补尘腻迟尘腻, does it attain its true destination. That is only possible by service. If one is an anarchist, there is greater chance that one will be interned. 鈥�

Give your full attention to your studies. You will have to pass with good marks. Take 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]:

艢谤墨 Caitanya-carit膩m峁泃a (膧di-濒墨濒腻8.18)

[2]:

艢谤墨 Caitanya-carit膩m峁泃a (Madhya-濒墨濒腻22.39)

[3]:

艢谤墨mad-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 (11.20.30)

[4]:

Bhakti-谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (1.57)