Guest guest Posted April 12, 2006 Report Share Posted April 12, 2006 Our Humble Obeisances We don`t like to mention the lecturer before I found(if I found) that particular lecture, but senior devotee sended us this quote from Srila Prabhupada as evidence that Krishna tries to convince the jiva not to leave the spiritual world. Devotee: "In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, it says that Krsna did not want us to come to this material world. If Krsna did not want us to come, why are we here?" Srila Prabhupada: "Yes. You forced Krsna to allow you to come. Just like sometimes a child forces his father. Father says, 'My dear son, do not do this. Do not go there.' But he insists. 'Oh, I must go. I must go.' 'All right, you go at your risk. That's all. And you suffer. What can be done?' Because you are son of God--God has got independence, full independence, almighty-- therefore you have acquired the quality of your father. You have got little independence. So God does not interfere with your little independence. If you persist that 'I must go and enjoy independently,' so God says, 'All right, you can go.' This is the position. You have to take sanction. That is a fact. But when you persist, God sanctions. And you come and enjoy" (Collected Lectures on Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Vol. III, pp. 112-113). ys muniraja dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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