Guest guest Posted November 24, 2001 Report Share Posted November 24, 2001 Srimad-Bhagavatam, 9.15.40: "The duty of a brahmana is to culture the quality of forgiveness, which is illuminating like the sun. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is pleased with those who are forgiving." Purport "Different personalities become beautiful by possessing different qualities. Canakya Pandita says that the cuckoo bird, although very black, is beautiful because of its sweet voice. Similarly, a woman becomes beautiful by her chastity and faithfulness to her husband, and an ugly person becomes beautiful when he becomes a learned scholar. In the same way, brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras become beautiful by their qualities. Brahmanas are beautiful when they are forgiving, ksatriyas when they are heroic and never retreat from fighting, vaisyas when they enrich cultural activities and protect cows, and sudras when they are faithful in the discharge of duties pleasing to their masters. Thus everyone becomes beautiful by his special qualities. And the special quality of the brahmana, as described here, is forgiveness." MDd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2001 Report Share Posted November 24, 2001 On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, M. Tandy wrote: > Srimad-Bhagavatam, 9.15.40: > "The duty of a brahmana is to culture the quality of forgiveness, > which is illuminating like the sun. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, > Hari, is pleased with those who are forgiving." Kshanti (forgiveness) is the first of the nine anubhavas (preliminary characteristics of love of God) listed by Srila Rupa Gosvami in his Bhaktirasamrta-sindhu, as quoted by Srila Prabhupada in Cc. Madhya-lila, 23.18-19. MDd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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