Please explain?

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SB 6.1.13-14 Lecture Honolulu

 

Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to say... He was sannyasi. He said that "Even if I

see a doll made of wood, a beautiful woman, My mind becomes agitated." So

what to speak of us? So this is the example. Caitanya Mahaprabhu giving

some... To be agitated in the mind, that is not unnatural, but if you

practice, then you'll not be agitated anymore. If you practice by your

knowledge, then you'll not be agitated. That is called dhira. Dhiras tatra

na muhyati. You have to become dhira.

 

Dhira and adhira, there are two classes of men. One is sober. Even there is

cause of agitation, still he remains firm. He is called dhira. And adhira

means as soon as there is cause of agitation, he became a victim. That is

called adhira. So we have to become dhira.

 

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QUESTION

 

Now on one hand, Lord Caitanya was agitated just by seeing a wooden doll of

a women. On the other hand Prabhupada says that one can remain unagitated by

practice. Does that mean Lord Caitanya had no practice or that he was not

dhira or he was not actually agitated? Prabhupada is saying Lord Caitanya is

giving example. What exactly does that mean? Prabhupada says that we should

remain unagitated but if we don't feel agitation like Lord Caitanya, isn't

something wrong? If we are aware of the big danger, we stay away from it.

Isn't it that if one says I don't feel agitated, it is accepted that there

is something wrong? Isn't this kind of agitation healthy which gives us a

red signal to stay away from Maya? Ofcourse if we become a victim of such

agitation then we fall into Maya.

 

I also heard something like this. The more advanced you become in Krsna

consciousness, the more sensitive your senses become and the tests of Maya

become more severe. Like a neophyte may not feel disturbed by seeing a

wooden doll but Lord Caitanya feels like that. How do we reconcile?

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana Dasa