Category:Teachings of Queen Kunti Chapter 10 - The Property of the Impoverished
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- A sadhu, a saintly person, never approves of killing, not even the killing of an animal, but Prahlada Maharaja said, modeta sadhur api vrscika-sarpa-hatya: (SB 7.9.14) - Even a saintly person is pleased when a scorpion or a snake is killed
- A scorpion or a snake is also a living entity, and a sadhu is never satisfied when he sees another living entity killed, but Prahlada Maharaja said, - Even a sadhu is pleased when a snake or a scorpion is killed
- A sick man may have very good medicine and a qualified physician, but if we ask the physician, "Can you guarantee the life of this patient?" the doctor will always say, - No, I cannot do so. I try my best. That's all
- Accepting Krsna in this way (He is the only possesion), one attains transcendental position of the Absolute. Atmaramaya - At that time, one becomes happy with You. Krsna, You are happy with Yourself, & one who surrenders to You becomes happy, as You are
- According to material conceptions this (cowherd girls dancing with Krsna) is immoral, but from the spiritual point of view this is in accord with the greatest morality
- After Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted the renounced order of life, He very strictly avoided association with women. Even in His family life, He never played any jokes with women. He was very humorous, but only with men, not with women
- After He accepted sannyasa, the renounced order, no woman could even come near Him to offer obeisances; rather, they would offer obeisances from a distant place
- After his father was killed, Prahlada said to Nrsimha-deva, - My dear Lord, now that my father has been killed, everyone is happy. Now please withdraw Your angry mood
- Although the quantity of salt in a drop of seawater is not comparable to the quantity of salt in the ocean, the chemical composition of both the drop and the ocean is the same
- Although they are approaching God for material prosperity - "Give me this, give me that" - they are also considered pious because they approach God, unlike the atheists, who never approach Him
- An intelligent doctor knows, - The ultimate sanction is in the hand of God. I am simply an instrument. If God does not want the patient to live, then all my medicines and all my scientific medical knowledge will fail
- Any activities that are spiritual are all-good, and any activities that are material are all-bad. This is the difference between spiritual and material
- As mentioned before, Krsna says, - One who tries to approach Me to become Krsna conscious but at the same time wants to become materially happy is not very intelligent. He is wasting his time
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- Because the Lord is situated in everyone's heart, He knows everything. Therefore, knowing that we still want something material, He will give us another material body - Yes, take it
- Because we are materially contaminated, our stealing is abominable, whereas on the spiritual, absolute platform the same stealing is so nice that it is enjoyable
- Because we are part and parcel of Krsna, who has full freedom, we too have full freedom, although the quantity of that freedom is quite minute
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- Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "There is no conception of worship better than that which was conceived by the damsels of Vrndavana." What was their conception? They wanted to love Krsna, at any risk. And this is never immoral
- Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ramya kacid upasana vraja-vadhu-vargena ya kalpita - Oh, there is no better mode of worship than that which was conceived by the vraja-vadhus, the damsels of Vrndavana
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- Eko bahunam yo vidadhati kaman: Krsna is maintaining everything, and we are being maintained. Therefore Krsna is the real predominator, and we should be willing to be predominated. That is our natural constitutional position
- Expressing this understanding (Krsna becomes one's only riches, when one has nothing to possess), Narottama dasa Thakura says - Krsna, but for You I have nothing to claim. I have no possessions. You are my only possession, so please don't neglect me
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- I am self, but I possess a material body. But when we actually become dependent on Krsna, who is completely self-satisfied, we can also be self-satisfied with Krsna
- I had good opportunities to become a very rich businessman. An astrologer even told me that I should have become as rich as the wealthiest man in India. There were very good chances
- I have actual experience in this connection (Krsna takes away all sources of income and place one into great difficulty). I do not wish to narrate this whole story, but it is a fact that I received Krsna's special favor in this way
- I was the manager of a big chemical factory. I started my own factory, and the business was very successful. But eventually everything collapsed, and in this way I was forced into the position of carrying out the orders of my Guru Maharaja
- If one's father is being attacked and one cannot protect him, one must protest and cry for help. But because Prahlada Maharaja's father was killed by Krsna in the form of Lord Nrsimha-deva, Prahlada Maharaja prepared a garland for the killer
- If we falsely want to become predominators in this material world, we are in illusion. We must give up this illusion and always try to be predominated by Krsna. Then our life will be successful
- If we simply agree to abide by the orders of Krsna and have no disagreement with Him, we are situated in actual oneness
- In His (Caitanya's) whole life these (when Sacimata, was searching for something, Caitanya jokingly said, "Maybe your daughter-in-law has taken it.") are the only joking words we find in relation to women (with His wife). He was very strict
- It is a fact that without the sanction of God, nothing can be achieved. Tavat tanur idam tanupeksitanam. We have discovered many methods by which to counteract distress, but when freedom from such distress is not sanctioned by God, these methods will fail
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- Kaivalya-pataye namah. The Mayavadi philosophers, the monists, want to become one with the Supreme. The Supreme is self-satisfied, and they also want to be self-satisfied by becoming one with the Supreme
- Krsna is addressed as akincana-vitta. - When one becomes materially impoverished, You are the only wealth
- Krsna is akincana-vitta, the only solace for one who has lost everything material. In the Caitanya-caritamrta, Lord Krsna says, - If someone wants Me but at the same time wants material prosperity, he is a fool
- Krsna is so kind that if one wants material prosperity but at the same time wants to become a devotee, Krsna makes him a failure in material life
- Krsna replied, yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad-dhanam sanaih: "Yes, that is My first business. If I especially favor someone, then I take away all his sources of income and place him into great difficulty." In this way, Krsna is very dangerous
- Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita, - My dear Arjuna, you should know that you, I, and all the persons assembled on this battlefield were individuals in the past, we are individuals at present, and in the future we shall continue to remain individuals
- Krsna says, ami-vijna, ei murkhe 'visaya' kena diba - A rascal may ask some material prosperity from Me in exchange for discharging devotional service. But why shall I give him material prosperity? Rather, whatever he has I shall take away
- Krsna wants us to have full experience through which to understand that by material gain we shall never be happy. This is Krsna's desire
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- Mother Yasoda therefore enjoys Krsna's activities of stealing. This is the difference between material and spiritual
- My (Prahlada) father was just like a snake or a scorpion, & therefore now that he has been killed, everyone is happy. - Hiranyakasipu was a very dangerous demon who gave trouble to devotees, & when such a demon is killed even saintly persons are satisfied
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- Namo 'kincana-vittaya nivrtta-guna-vrttaye (SB 1.8.27). - When one takes You as one's only possession, one immediately becomes free from the activities of the material nature
- Nature is so kind that according to the way we want to enjoy this material world, she will give us a suitable body, under the direction of the Lord
- Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha Upanisad 2.2.13). Krsna is the supreme nitya, the supreme living force, among the innumerable living forces
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- On the other hand, a devotee knows, "With whatever intelligence I have I may try to become happy, but without Krsna's sanction I shall never be happy." This is the distinction between a devotee and a nondevotee
- Once He spoke some joking words with His wife, Visnupriya. When Sacimata, Lord Caitanya's mother, was searching for something, He jokingly said, - Maybe your daughter-in-law has taken it
- One leader may have many followers. Similarly, Krsna, the supreme living entity, is the supreme leader, and we are subordinate, dependent living entities
- One who thinks "For my own prosperity I shall depend on my own strength and my own knowledge" is a duskrti, a most sinful person, but one who thinks "My prosperity depends on the mercy of God" is pious
- Ordinarily they (saintly persons) never want anyone killed. Therefore, although it may appear that Lord Krsna or Prahlada Maharaja acted immorally, in fact they acted in accord with the highest morality
- Our main business is to become Krsna conscious. That is the main business of human life. If we waste our time striving for material improvement and forget to chant Hare Krsna, that will be a great loss
- Our philosophy of Krsna consciousness is the same, but instead of becoming one with Krsna, we depend on Krsna. That is actual oneness
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- People are very much afraid of coming to Krsna consciousness. "Oh," they think, - my material prosperity will be finished
- Prahlada Maharaja even made a garland to place upon the neck of the killer. "My dear Lord Killer," he said, "please take this garland. You have killed my father, and You are very good." This must be understood spiritually
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- That we are dependent is not very difficult to understand. If Krsna does not supply us food, we shall starve, because independently we cannot produce anything
- That which is in relationship to Krsna can never be immoral. To give another example, Lord Krsna in His incarnation as Nrsimha-deva killed Hiranyakasipu, the father of Prahlada Maharaja, while he stood nearby without protesting. Now, is this moral
- The Mayavadi philosophers think, "Why shall I keep my individual, separate existence? I shall merge into the Supreme." But that is not possible. From the very beginning, we are separated parts of Krsna
- The so-called morality and goodness of this material world is all bad, but in the spiritual world even so-called immorality is good. This we must understand
- The ultimate sanction, therefore, is Krsna. Those who are foolish do not know this, and therefore they are called mudha, rascals
- The word akincana means "one who has lost all material possessions." As long as we have even the slightest tinge of an idea of becoming happy materially in some way or other, we shall have to accept a material body
- There is no difference between Krsna's body and Krsna Himself. He is entirely self, entirely spirit. We, on the other hand, have a body that is different from ourselves
- They do not know that although whatever they are doing may be very good, if it is not ultimately sanctioned by God, by Krsna, it will all be a failure
- This position is very nice. When one does not depend on anything material but simply depends on Krsna, one has attained the first-class position of Krsna consciousness
- To be materially impoverished is the first qualification of a devotee. One who does not possess anything in this material world but simply possesses Krsna is called akincana
- To dance with the wives of others at the dead of night is immoral, at least according to the Vedic civilization. Even today in India, a young woman will never be allowed to go to a young man at the dead of night to dance with him
- To lose material opulences for Krsna's sake is not a loss. Rather, it is the greatest gain. When one becomes akincana, having nothing to possess, Krsna becomes one's only riches
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- We living entities (jiva) are innumerable (ananta); there is no counting how many we are. Similarly, Krsna is also a living entity, but He is the chief, the supreme living entity. That is the difference
- We shall find in Srimad-Bhagavatam that as soon as all the gopis, the young cowherd girls of Vrndavana, heard Krsna's flute, they immediately came to dance with Him
- Whatever we have in a minute quantity is present in its fullness in Krsna (janmady asya yatah (SB 1.1.1)). For example, we have a propensity to steal, to take things that belong to others. Why? Because Krsna has the same propensity
- When all my material assets were taken away, then I approached Krsna, saying, "You are the only shelter." Therefore Krsna is akincana-vitta, the property of the materially impoverished
- When I was twenty-five years old, my Guru Maharaja, my spiritual master, ordered me to go preach. But I thought, - First of all I shall become a rich man, and then I shall use my money to finance the preaching work
- When one is bereft of all material opulences, then one turns to Krsna. And now I am realizing that I have not lost but gained
- When our material assets are taken away, we become very morose. But that is the test. That was stated by Krsna Himself to Yudhisthira Maharaja
- Who would like to see his own father being killed? Who would just stand there and not protest? No one would approve of such behavior and say that it is moral. Nonetheless, this actually happened
- Why shall I approach God? - the atheist says. - I shall create my own wealth, and by advancement of science I shall be happy