Srila Prabhupada -- No enthusiasm? Rest and chant...

[Guest guest]

Prabhupada: Yes. That is everywhere. Even in, in our society, Krsna

conscious society, if there is no mutual cooperation, then it will fall down

immediately.

 

So as Rupa Gosvami advises, the first thing is enthusiasm, utsahan. Utsahan

dhairyat tat-tat-karma-pravartanat... Tat-tat-karma- pravartanat, sato

vrtteh sadhu-sanga sadbhir bhaktih prasidhyati. If you want actually to make

progress in our devotional life, the utsahan, enthusiasm, is the first

thing.

 

If you are lacking enthusiasm, then you should rest, instead of making too

much agitation within the mind. The... If you cannot find out... Some,

something has dropped in the water, in the river, you cannot see the things

dropped within the water by agitating the water. Just stand still for

sometimes. As soon as the water is settled up, you'll see the things as they

are.

 

So as soon as our enthusiasm is agitated, it is better to sit down in any

temple suitable and chant Hare Krsna. There is no question of being

disappointed. After all, we commit so many mistakes. That is human nature.

To err is human. That is not fault. But try to rectify with cool head. That

is required.

 

The Nectar of Devotion

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Calcutta, January 27, 1973