A karmic network -- taking shelter of Krsna

[Guest guest]

>What, precisely, is "taking shelter of Krsna"?

 

Some may say that taking shelter of Krsna is to chant 16 rounds and then

chant some more while doing the dishes or something and then read a page or

two from the Krsna Book.

All that is fine, of course. No doubt about it.

The question still remains, though: why be content with just that? Wouldn't

that be kanistha?

 

Isn't taking shelter of Krsna to actually trust Krsna and be bold enough to

venture outside one's own familiar bubble?

How about using one's actions, mind, words, using all the skills and

potentials that Krsna ever gave you, to address the issues on hand in a

coherent, significant, effective manner?

 

By effective I mean not merely re-actively but also pro-actively as well as

according to time, place, actors, institutional culture, spiritual

realizations, etc.

By coherent I mean not a hit-and-run approach, not in isolation, etc.

By significant I mean, among other things, founded on a clear understanding

of the (individual and collective) spiritual and karmic factors involved,

aimed at the right spiritual and karmic goals, etc.

 

That's one idea, perhaps...

 

your servant,

Kunti-Devi dasi

[Guest guest]

>What, precisely, is "taking shelter of Krsna"?

 

Some may say that taking shelter of Krsna is to chant 16 rounds and then

chant some more while doing the dishes or something and then read a page or

two from the Krsna Book.

All that is fine, of course. No doubt about it.

The question still remains, though: why be content with just that? Wouldn't

that be kanistha?

 

Isn't taking shelter of Krsna to actually trust Krsna and be bold enough to

venture outside one's own familiar bubble?

How about using one's actions, mind, words, using all the skills and

potentials that Krsna ever gave you, to address the issues on hand in a

coherent, significant, effective manner?

 

By effective I mean not merely re-actively but also pro-actively as well as

according to time, place, actors, institutional culture, spiritual

realizations, etc.

By coherent I mean not a hit-and-run approach, not in isolation, etc.

By significant I mean, among other things, founded on a clear understanding

of the (individual and collective) spiritual and karmic factors involved,

aimed at the right spiritual and karmic goals, etc.

 

That's one idea, perhaps...

 

your servant,

Kunti-Devi dasi