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Bhaktivedanta Leadership Newsletter

 

Saints and Sages

 

But foolish men want to make a permanent settlement of the perishable body

and think that their estate, children, society, country, etc., will give

them protection. With such foolish ideas, they become overtaken by such

temporary engagements and forget altogether that they must give up this

temporary body and take a new one, again to arrange for another term of

society, friendship and love, again to perish ultimately. They forget their

permanent identity and become foolishly active for impermanent occupations,

forgetting altogether their prime duty. Saints and sages like Vidura

approach such foolish men to awaken them to the real situation, but they

take such sadhus and saints as parasites of society, and almost all of them

refuse to hear the words of such sadhus and saints, although they welcome

show-bottle sadhus and so-called saints who can satisfy their senses. Vidura

was not a sadhu to satisfy the ill-gotten sentiment of Dhrtarastra. He was

correctly pointing out the real situation of life, and how one can save

oneself from such catastrophies.

SB 1.13.22 Purport

 

Editor's Note

 

If you are a leader, are there sadhus whom you allow to help you see the

real situation of your life? In the Srimad Bhagavatam, Vidura is asking

Dhrtarastra to get out of his comfort zone. What is your comfort zone? What

you need to accept and what you need to give up in order to be a more

effective servant leader? Is there anyone whom you trust so much that you

can speak to, openly and sincerely, about your strengths and improvement

areas? If you would have such a person, would it be helpful for the succes

of your leadership service? Think about it, who could that person be for you

here and now.