Bhakti-sarangas

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On 27 Feb 2000, Pancha Tattva Dasa wrote:

> We should

> become expert in engaging everyone in Krishna's service, and we should

> appreciate and honor their service.

 

Thank for your typically positive comments, prabhu. here's something

I came across in the Bhagavatam (3.15.18), which probably relates to this too:

Text 18

"When the king of bees hums in a high pitch, singing the glories of the

Lord, there is a temporary lull in the noise of the pigeon, the cuckoo, the

crane, the cakraväka, the swan, the parrot, the partridge and the peacock.

Such transcendental birds stop their own singing simply to hear the glories of

the Lord."

Purport

"This verse reveals the absolute nature of VaikuNTha. There is no

difference between the birds there and the human residents. The situation in

the spiritual sky is that everything is spiritual and variegated. Spiritual

variegatedness means that everything is animate. There is nothing inanimate.

Even the trees, the ground, the plants, the flowers, the birds and the beasts

are all on the level of KRSNa consciousness. The special feature of

VaikuNThaloka is that there is no question of sense gratification, In the

material world even an ass enjoys his sound vibration, but in the VaikuNThas

such nice birds as the peacock, the cakravAka and the cuckoo prefer to hear

the vibration of the glories of the Lord from the bees. The principles of

devotional service, beginning with hearing and chanting, are very prominent in

the VaikuNTha world."

 

MDd