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As pursuing a career and education takes time away from hari-bhajana, safeguarding one鈥檚 hari-bhajana should be prioritized 鈥� The perils of selfishness and opportunism 鈥� Guardians must maintain a balance between affection and discipline 鈥� There is no difference between a renounced sevaka and an exemplary 驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补 if both are devoted to the dharma of serving 艢谤墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 鈥� The special service of collecting rare granthas 鈥� Performing 辫补谤颈办谤补尘腻 by mind

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 艢测腻尘补蝉耻苍诲补谤补 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 Milanpalli, Siliguri Darjeeling 2/9/1992

碍补濒测腻峁嚹珁腻蝉耻鈥�

Dear鈥斺��! I hope that by 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 grace you are well. 鈥� The idea that those who are endeavouring to perform hari-bhajana will have to earn some qualification before living in the 尘补峁环补-mandira should not be heeded. This is because, in trying to gather this sort of qualification, there ends up being a lack of time for 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-产丑补箩补苍补. That is never desirable for the 尘补峁环补-dwelling sevakas who have relinquished their homes. It is very difficult to preserve the kind of intelligence that is inclined towards hari-bhajana once a sevaka has lived and studied somewhere else. The 蝉别惫补办补鈥檚 personal train of thought often brings moods only unfavourable for his bhajana. That leads to things getting completely destroyed in all directions. Therefore, safeguarding your hari-bhajana and then making arrangements for studies would be most beneficial. Raising sevakas to become [functional] human beings looms as a huge dilemma these days. Today, in the name of granting the facility of service, personal selfishness and opportunism are coming into view everywhere. To protect what is good, much renunciation and difficulty must be accepted in life, otherwise there is no possibility of gaining good results.

From a lawful, rule-abiding perspective, there is honour for virtue and the virtuous, but man blinded by selfishness forgets that and neglects the common benefit. Nothing is gained from that other than one鈥檚 own detriment and that of others. Know that the sevaka only achieves auspiciousness in all respects if he heeds the good instructions and directions of the guardian. Many sevakas have finished their school and college studies while residing in the 尘补峁环补, and then taken their Sanskrit degree/diploma and left the 尘补峁环补, giving up hari-bhajana. There is no shortage of this precedent. No one was benefited by that, neither the sevakas individually nor the 尘补峁环补-mission as a whole. Digesting the pride of high birth, opulence, and erudition ends up being impossible for many individuals. In most of these cases, enmity, violence, envy, and the hankering for profit, worship, and prestige impair the 蝉腻诲丑补办补, and love and attachment, faith and belief can no longer have a hold on him. There is no alternative but to consider this sort of situation from the neutral perspective of time and place.

Those who are guardians, who maintain and nurture their children with love and affection, must carry in their hearts an understanding of both affection and discipline. If their approach becomes one-sided, it becomes flawed. Blind affection and excessive discipline are both subject to critique. Hence, one must adopt the middle path in the matter of nurturing and raising.

From a spiritual perspective, there is no difference between a sevaka who has left his home and an exemplary 驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补 if both are devoted to the dharma of serving 艢谤墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. Should the renunciate and householder be compelled by mundane ego to establish the superiority of their [respective] mundane efforts, they commit the ultimate blunder.

Both will deviate far from the path of spiritual objectives. 

啶溹�囙�� 啶�啶溹��, 啶膏�囙�� 啶�啶�, 啶呧き啶曕�嵿��

Jei bhaje, sei ba岣峚, abhakta鈥�h墨na ch膩ra, k峁涐梗峁嘺 bhajane n膩hi j膩ti-kul膩di vic膩ra^[1] 

鈥淥ne who is absorbed in devotion is superior. The non-devotee is destitute and detestable. There is no consideration of race and family in the worship of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

We must always remember this supreme truth. 

啶︵��啶ㄠ�囙ぐ啷� 啶呧ぇ啶苦�� 啶︵く啶� 啶曕ぐ啷囙え啷� 啶�啶椸さ啶距え啷�, 啶曕�佮げ啷�啶�, 啶�啶｀�嵿ぁ啶苦い, 啶оえ啷�啶班�� 啶�啶∴�� 啶呧き啶苦ぎ啶距え

D墨nere adhika 诲补测腻 karen bhagav膩n, kul墨na, pa峁囜笉ita, dhan墨r ba岣峚i abhim膩na^[2] 

鈥淕od has more mercy for the fallen than for scholars, aristocrats, and the rich, who are too arrogant.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;

We should also have a proper grasp of these anvaya and vyatireka (direct and indirect) aspects of 诲补测腻 (mercy) and 惫补帽肠补苍腻 (cheating).

Chanting a fixed number of 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补 every day, studying the bhakti scriptures, and serving and worshipping the deity facilitates the supreme welfare of a person who thirsts for hari-bhajana.

Right from when I was very young, my supremely worshipful master, my 艣谤墨la guru-p膩dapadma, gave me a certain inspiration to collect scriptural texts, and he taught me the diligence needed for the task. As per the instructions he gave, an enthusiasm and effort to collect ancient, rare texts from various places is thriving in my heart till this day. Those who collect such granthas for personal interests are given the title 办峁沺补峁嘺 (miser) or 补苍耻诲腻谤补 (non-generous) by the authors of scripture. However, those who are preoccupied with collecting rare and out-of-print granthas with the desire of increasing the volume of the 尘补峁环补-mission鈥檚 libraries for the benefit of all are surely the special recipients of the blessings of the 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨 guru-varga and 谤奴辫腻苍耻驳补 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. In the midst of many types of service, they establish the speciality of this sort of service, and therein lies spiritual welfare.

You will all, without obstacle, have 诲补谤艣补苍补 of all the places and deities in 艢谤墨 惭补迟丑耻谤腻 and 痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补 under the guidance of exalted personalities and strive to gain the success of life by hearing and singing the glories of the 诲丑腻尘补. By hearing your descriptions of 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补鈥檚 诲补谤艣补苍补s and 辫补谤颈办谤补尘腻, I will internally make the meagre effort to serve 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补 by mind and thus become blessed. For those who do not have the opportunity or advantage of taking direct 诲补谤艣补苍补, there is no other way but to do so indirectly, through the performance of 办墨谤迟补苍补 and 蝉尘补谤补峁嘺. All of you, do take my affectionate blessings. Iti鈥�

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

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[1]:

艢谤墨 Caitanya^- carit膩m峁泃a (Antya- l墨l膩4.67)

[2]:

艢谤墨 Caitanya^- carit膩m峁泃a (Antya- l墨l膩4.68)