Guest guest Posted August 20, 2000 Report Share Posted August 20, 2000 Here's a query that was sent to me that I'm turning over to this conference, so as to churn the ocean of transcendental realizations. > The Song of the Avanti Brahmana states that the mind is the cause of the > living entity's happiness and distress in this world. So it should follow > that if we just train the mind properly then we should not feel material > distress. > > Yet we see that even paramahamsas can be affected by material > circumstances (although their power to tolerate them is unlimited). An > example of this would be Srila Prabhupada's statement that "When I hear a > door slam, it makes cracks in my heart." > > So is it possible to avoid such suffering (i.e. my neighbors making noise > or doors slamming) through analysis of it as unreal, or engaging the mind > in service--or is it that mental disturbances will remain as long as we > are in the material world, even up to the point of self-realization? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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