Fwd: Absolute faith in Krishna, vital for divine grace

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, Jayamma <jayamma69>

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Pranam to all Vaishnavas, Absolute faith in Krishna, vital for

divine grace

It is not possible to assess the depth of a person's devotion and

gauge whether he has attained the maturity to experience Lord

Krishna . Divine grace plays an important role in a person's

spiritual progress and hence a devotee must repose faith in Krishna

and await His grace to be blessed with the experience. Scriptures

give a clue to the mystery of the working of divine grace.

 

According to the Bhagavata Purana even great sages who had realised

Him by dint of knowledge (Jnana) revelled in listening to the glory

of Krishna in His incarnations, especially the infantile sports of

Lord Krishna, which shows that devotion holds the key to accentuating

the unique relationship between the Lord and His devotee. The cases

of the Gopis, the simple cowherd maidens, and His foster-mother

Yashoda, who were singled out for His grace, have become the nucleus

of a vibrant spiritual tradition which continues to inspire countless

spiritual seekers by reliving the experiences of the Gopis by

listening to the exposition of His divine sports.

 

The cowherd community of Gokul did not have a moment's rest after the

Lord came to their midst. Just by beholding His bewitching form the

Gopis forgot and forgave Him for all the troubles they had to face

because of Him. Those who came to complain to Yashoda about Him were

compelled to silence when they confronted the picture of innocence

Krishna presented.

 

The Gopis had legitimate reasons to complain to Yashoda thus,

``Untethering the calves before the cows could be milked, your

darling swallows our tasteful curds and milk stolen through thieving

devices contrived by Him. He deals them out in order to feed the

monkeys ; and if a monkey drinks no more, He smashes the jar. Where

the milk is kept hanging beyond the reach of His hands, He contrives

plans to get at it.''

 

``Possessed of insight into the contents of the pots and expert in

making holes, He strikes holes into the pots. He does all these at a

time when the cowherd women have their minds fully engrossed in their

duties. He commits nuisance in our tidy houses and does other such

mischievous acts. And having accomplished His work through pilfering

devices, He sits by your side as a very innocent boy.''

 

By denying them a moment's respite Krishna made them forget all their

worldly preoccupations by making them engage their minds on Him with

undivided attention by His irresistible charm and pranks. This is the

ultimate goal of spiritual practices - to develop one-pointedness of

mind which can then experience Krishna.

 

The mystic saints, Azhwars, when they refer to people engrossed in

worldly life, bemoan that they concern themselves only with the

preoccupations of food, clothing and shelter and hardly about the one

who provides all these to mankind. Those who become worthy of divine

grace understand that they owe everything they enjoy in life to Lord

Krishna.

 

The different incarnations were undertaken by Krishna with a specific

purpose every time but in general it has been to redeem those who

were wedded to righteousness and reposed faith in His saving grace.

Among them, His manifestations in the human form as Rama and Krishna

are very important to human beings from the standpoint of their

liberation. For, it was in these incarnations that He taught the path

of surrender to Him (Saranagati) as the means to liberation that can

be adopted by one and all.

 

The Bhagavatam had come to be hailed as a scripture expounding the

nuances of the doctrine of surrender to Krishna as means to

liberation. The actual reason for Lord Krishna's manifestation

was

to liberate all those who sought refuge in Him and hence it was to

teach the esoterics of this method that He assumed the human form and

underwent all the trials and tribulations of human life to show them

the way. This method to liberation is one of the 32 prescribed in the

scriptures.

 

The conviction that one does not possess any of the requisites for

working out one's salvation and surrendering to Krishna beseeching

Him to undertake that responsibility forms the basis of adopting self-

surrender to Krishna as a means to liberation. The burden of

delivering such a person from bondage then vests with the Lord after

the performance of surrender, but, what is essential is that there

should be absolute faith in Krishna.

 

The sages knew that the Lord would manifest to deliver them from

bondage and this was the reason they awaited Krishna's arrival with

great expectation. Moreover, the celestials had also surrendered to

Krishna to manifest on the Earth and rid it of the burden of the

demons.

 

BHAGAVAD GITA, Chapter 9, Verse 34

 

man-mana bhava mad-bhakto / mad-yaji mam namaskuru

mam evaisyasi yuktvaivam / atmanam mat-parayanah

 

( Always absorb your mind in Me, become My devotee, worship Me and

offer obeisances unto Me. In this way, with mind and body fully

surrendered in My service, you will certainly achieve Me. )

 

 

 

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE VASUDEVAYA!!!

 

 

 

Krishna's Dasi, Jayamma

 

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