Saturday, May 12, 2007

Mercy of Guru and Gauranga !!!

Prabhupada: So if you don’t follow the spiritual master, then how you can get his mercy? Mercy is always there, but if you don’t take it, then what spiritual master or his father will do? You have to take it. That is seriousness. Therefore Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura said that “The order of my spiritual master is my life. I do not know whether I get liberation or not. That is not my business. My business is to carry out the order of my spiritual master.” Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura said. (Ratha yatra lecture, July 1, 1971)

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"Prabhu, I need mercy", is something we often say and hear in our lives. Everyone needs mercy, without which we cannot progress in our spiritual lives. So, even a little bit of mercy from a kind vaisnava could make a very big difference in our lives. If our lives have changed at least to this extent today, its because of the mercy of some vaisnava. Someone was merciful enough to take us to a program !!! That, I feel, is the essence of spreading this Krishna Consciousness movement. Now that we have received the mercy, we know what its like to be blissful. Whether we are really blissful - thats another discussion altogether. But in ISKCON, we are taught and shown the way - how to become blissful. The process in itself is very simple and straightforward. We just have to practice it correctly and we can become totally blissful. Of that, there is no doubt.

Coming back to mercy - we have received it, so now its our turn to ensure that others receive it also. This is the way to spread Mahaprabhu's sankirtan movement. If we are convinced of the nectarian mellows of Krishna Consciousness, then we should share it with others, because good things get better when its shared. So, lets share it !!!

The mercy of Guru and Krishna is flowing incessantly. It comes to us through the Guru - meaning Guru Parampara. So, if we act in a way that will please our spiritual master, Krishna gets pleased automatically and we receive the grace of the Lord. Its actually that simple !!! If only we would learn to do the simple things perfectly....

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