Sit down anywhere

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Bhagavad-g…t€ 5.24

 

yo ’ntaƒ-sukho ’ntar-€r€mas

tath€ntar-jyotir eva yaƒ

sa yog… brahma-nirv€Šaˆ

brahma-bh™to ’dhigacchati

 

One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within,

and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is

liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme.

 

PURPORT

 

Unless one is able to relish happiness from within, how can one

retire from the external engagements meant for deriving

superficial happiness? A liberated person enjoys happiness by

factual experience. He can, therefore, sit silently at any place

and enjoy the activities of life from within. Such a liberated

person no longer desires external material happiness. This state

is called brahma-bh™ta, attaining which one is assured of going

back to Godhead, back to home.

 

 

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"[...] He can, therefore, sit silently at any place...

 

 

[...] From your letter, I can understand you are confused in your

mind, because you do not want this, you do not want that, you

might like another, like that. That position of confusion is not

very much desirable, so you are a Vaisnava, now rid yourself of

such misunderstanding of things. Vaisnava means one who is able

to sit down anywhere, under any conditions, and be happy. He

wants only a place to lay down, a little prasadam, and if there's

a little service he can do, gladly let me do it for Krishna,

that's all. [...]

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, letter to Bhagavatananda, New York, 8

July, 1972

 

 

VaiŠava means for himself he has no problem, but he is very,

very, I mean, morose, by seeing others in distressed condition

without KŠa consciousness. This is VaiŠava. A VaiŠava has no

problem. He can sit down anywhere and chant Hare KŠa.

Everything will be supplied to him.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, lecture on ®r…mad-Bh€gavatam 1.2.2, Rome,

May 26, 1974

 

 

In the parampar€ system from N€rada Muni, I have also been

cursed. Although I have many centers that would be suitable

places of residence, I cannot stay anywhere, for I have been

cursed by the parents of my young disciples. Since the KŠa

consciousness movement was started, I have traveled all over the

world two or three times a year, and although I am provided

comfortable places to stay wherever I go, I cannot stay anywhere

for more than three days or a week. I do not mind this curse by

the parents of my disciples, but now it is necessary that I stay

in one place to finish another task—this translation of

®r…mad-Bh€gavatam. If my young disciples, especially those who

have taken sannyäsa, take charge of traveling all over the world,

it may be possible for me to transfer the curse of the parents to

these young preachers. Then I may sit down conveniently in one

place for the work of translation.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, ®r…mad-Bh€gavatam 6.5.44, purport

 

 

"Do you have a home?" Prabhup€da smiled: "I have 102 houses, but

nowhere am I allowed to live. That is the difficulty."

 

----- Kurma das, The Great Transcendental Adventure, 'The

Southernmost Part of this Globe---Part II, p. 619.

 

 

We can sit down anywhere on the grass here, and whatever

available we make our food. This is the idea. Life will be

sublime. Man-man€ bhava mad-bhakto mad-y€j… m€m. That is real

business.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, Room Conversation, August 3, 1976, Paris

 

 

We invite people all over the world, “Please come and join with

this chanting, Hare KŠa.” Actually, whatever development has

been made, it is only by this process. We don’t impose any, I

mean to say, regulation in the beginning. No. “Please come and

sit down and hear about KŠa.” ®ravaŠam.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, lecture on Bhagavad-g…t€ 4.23, Bombay,

April 12, 1974

 

 

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"[...] and enjoy the activities of life from within."

 

 

That is real knowledge. Jñ€na-vair€gya-yuktay€ munayaƒ payanty

€tma... For him, it is not difficult to find out where is God. He

can immediately find out God sitting within his heart.

Immediately. Prem€ñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaƒ sadaiva

hdayeu vilokayanti. Anywhere he can sit down and he can talk

with God, he can see God, he can take direction from God.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, lecture on ®r…mad-Bh€gavatam 1.2.12,

Vnd€vana, October 23, 1972

 

 

He [KŠa] is trying to help you. And when you are actually

taking the advantage of that help, and if you are engaged with

love and affection in the transcendental service of the Lord,

then you can talk with God from within. God is within you. You

haven’t got to find out God in so many places. Anywhere you can

sit down.

 

----- ®r…la Prabhup€da, Initiation of ®r…-Caitanya d€sa and

Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhat…, Columbus, May 14, 1969

 

 

 

Hare KŠa

Your humble servant, bhakta Rogier.