Words from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

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Words from Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

 

 

1. We are put to test and trial in this world. Only those who

attend the kirtana of the devotees can succeed.

2. Every spot on earth where discourses on God are held is a

place of pilgrimage.

3. Possession of objects not related to Krishna is our main

malady.

4. Let me not desire anything but the highest good for my worst

enemies.

5. As dalliance with the body in luxury increases, so wanes the

spirit of service of the Lord.

6. Those favored by God find their paths set by thorns.

7. There is no peace or happiness in our worldly life.

Circumstances create turmoil and annoyance.

8. Chant the mahamantra loudly and with attachment. This will

drive away inertia, worldly evils and pests.

9. Be indifferent to bazaar gossips, stick firmly to your

cherished goals, no lack or impediments of the world will ever stand

in your way.

10. Pay due respects to the extroverts of the world, but do not be

appreciative of their manners and conduct. They are to be shaken off

from your mind.

11. A devotee feels the presence of God everywhere, but one averse

to the Lord denies His existence anywhere.

12. You cannot appreciate transcendental matters with the

reasoning of the world. It is sheer nonsense to decry them with the

measuring stick of your intellect.

13. To recite the name of Sri Krishna is bhakti.

14. Life is for the glorification of topics on Hari. If that is

stopped, then what need is there to carry on life.

15. Physical illness with Hari-bhajana is preferred to physical

fitness without Hari-bhajana.

16. Our span of life on earth is short. Our life will be crowned

with success if the body wears out with constant discourses on Hari.

17. We are here on earth not to work as artisans for making big

buildings with wood and stone but to work only as messengers for the

teachings of Sri Caitanya Deva.

18. A sycophant is neither a guru or a preacher.

19. To transform the adverse desires of the jivas is the supreme

duty of the most merciful. To rescue one person from the stronghold

of Mahamaya is an act of superb benevolence, far superior to opening

innumerable hospitals.

20. Unless we are devoted to God, secularism shall not leave us.

21. Look within. Amend yourself, rather than pry into the

frailties of others.

22. In this world of Maya, averse to the Lord, full of trials and

tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our

friends for Hari-bhajana.

23. The Lord, Gaurasundara, puts His devotees in various

difficulties and associations to test their patience and strength of

mind. Success depends on their good fortune.

24. When faults in others misguide and delude you - have patience,

introspect, find faults in yourself. Know that others cannot harm you

unless you harm yourself.

25. I wish that every selfless, tender-hearted person of Gaudiya

Math will be prepared to shed two hundred gallons of blood for the

nourishment of the spiritual corpus of every individual of this world.