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My Guru Maharaja used to say, if somebody takes the salagrama and breaks peanuts, there is no devotion

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"if somebody takes that and breaks peanuts, so there is no devotion"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1972 Conversations and Morning Walks

My Guru Maharaja used to say śālagrām bir badam hoy. Just like you have seen śālagrāma. So if somebody takes that and breaks peanuts, so there is no devotion. It is a show during, attracting the visitors, it is nicely decorated, but in their absence, take it and you will have stone.


Room Conversation Including Discussion on SB 1.5.11 -- January 19, 1972, Jaipur:

Caitanya Mahāprabhu speaking, āpani ācari prabhu jīvere śikhāya: He behaves Himself perfectly, and then teaches how to become a devotee. He is mad after Kṛṣṇa; He is falling down in the sea. You see? So that is wanted. And the Bhāgavata also says, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir . . . (SB 1.2.6), how one has increased his devotion and love for Kṛṣṇa, that is the test of it. Not these formalities.

Another place Kṛṣṇa says, api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk (BG 9.30). Even sudurācāraḥ, even not well behaved, but unflinching faith in Kṛṣṇa, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ, he is sādhu. Don't consider about his misbehaviors. That is not consideration. That will be corrected. Because he has taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, gradually those things, those defects will be corrected. Kṣipraṁ bhavati dharmātmā śaśvac-chāntiṁ nigacchati (BG 9.31): he will become very soon a great religious soul because he has taken to Kṛṣṇa.

So in the beginning if there is some defect, we should not consider that. We have to see how much his love for Kṛṣṇa has increased. That is the test. Not the formalities. That is the test: how much he has sacrificed for Kṛṣṇa, how much he is prepared to sacrifice for Kṛṣṇa. If one takes Kṛṣṇa for making business, that is different thing. That is not devotion. Śālagrāma . . .

My Guru Maharaja used to say, śālagrām diye badam bhanga. Just like you have seen śālagrāma. So if somebody takes that and breaks peanuts, so there is no devotion. It is a show. During . . . attracting the visitors, it is nicely decorated, but in their absence, take it and you will have stone.

So all this, mostly the temple show is going on like that. They have made it a show of business. The devotees will come and pay something, and I may have devotion or not devotion, it doesn't . . . one should be bahyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ (Garuḍa Purāṇa), inside and outside perfect.

Page Title:My Guru Maharaja used to say, if somebody takes the salagrama and breaks peanuts, there is no devotion
Compiler:Labangalatika
Created:24 of Nov, 2010
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1