Sannyasa

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sorry I forgot to mention, "Guru Maharaj" is HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami

 

 

Your servant,

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> Sannyasa

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> (Excerpts from upcoming books of Srila Guru Maharaj)

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> For a devotee without a strong service mood,who

> prefers being served to serving others,taking

> sannyasa will act like a poison.

>

> Sannyasa is not meant for accepting service, but for

> becoming the servant of everybody.

>

> Sannyasa is meant for the preaching and the

> unencumbered cultivation of Krishna consciousness.

>

> Sannyasis should therefore concentrate on hearing and

> chanting about Krishna without diversion into other

> endeavors less intensely Krishna conscious, such as

> astrology, mundane academics, politics, social affairs

> and even temple management.

>

> A Sannyasi is ready to perform any service, he should

> rather give guidance to others in performing various

> services. There is little point to his having taken

> sannyasa, if he remains absorbed in activities

> others could do that.

>

> Because a sannyasi is free from all personal cares and

> worries, he is able simply by his personal presence,

> to uplift those overwhelmed by the inevitable

> difficulties of the material world. A sannyasi

> reinforces the confidence of struggling sadhakas that

> Krishna consciousness is alive, real and attainable.To

> give such hope, a sannyasi must have a strongly

> positive attitude,that is sustained even amidst great

> difficulties.

>

> A sannyasi must be beyond the lamentation and moping

> of ordinary persons, otherwise he cannot inspire them.

>

> “Taking Sannyasa does not mean that you will be free

> from sex desire, but that you cannot act on it.”

> (At a sannyasa initiation lecture; told by HH Danavir

> Dasa Goswami)

>

> Those who cannot live up to the ideal of sannyasa

> should not aspire to take it. A sannyasi who is

> whimsical, frivolous, talks prajalpa, gluttonous,

> lazy, sleeps excessively, foppish, attached to women

> or luxury, cannot give a coherent lecture.

> Philosophically unsound or unclean or highly eccentric

> is more of an embarrassment than an asset to the

> institution he is supposed to be ideally representing.

>

> Regular traveling means inevitable delays unexpected

> changes of plan, irregulation, tiredness, things going

> missing or being left behind, and things going wrong.

> The traveling sannyasi is sometimes welcomed,

> sometimes neglected, and sometimes insulted. He may be

> lodged in a palace one night and in the hut, the next,

> and sometimes not find any place to rest his head.

>

> Although others may carefully choose their

> association, a sannyasi has to be strong enough to be

> open to all. A sannyasi accepts the challenges of

> traveling just to bring Krishna consciousness to

> others. He learns to remain calm, detached and fixed

> in purpose despite all the vagaries of itinerant life.

>

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> A vaishnava takes sannyasa not to renounce the world

> but to serve everyone in it. He renounces all material

> relationships for the purpose of developing spiritual

> relationships.

>

> A sannyasi has to be in the mood of giving, not

> taking. Otherwise the donations, respect and service

> offered to him will cause his bondage.

>

> Your servant,

> Cittaharidasa

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