Thread 4: A prayer.

[Guest guest]

> Of course, one must try one's best and that's what

> may be lacking in some of our present leaders. Hare Krishna.

 

The problem is that it seems that some have been accepting responsibilities

for things they are not able to be responsible for. And that is

irresponsible. One should not accept more duties than one is able to handle.

 

It is as if someone was elected as president of America and then when

somehow people start to complain that he is not doing his job properly it

was found out that he was working 8 hours a week as a marriage counseler, 10

hours a week as a teacher, 4 hours a week as a writer, 7 hours a week as an

musician, 6 hours a week as an gardener, 5 hours a week as an businessman

and in his free time he had many hobbies lika painting, playing futball etc.

 

In short he was not doing his job properly because he had so many other jobs

and duties on the side. He thought he could be the president of the state as

a side job to his other interests but he didn't realize that if you want to

be the president of the state you have to give up all the other duties and

fix yourself on that duty alone otherwise you will not be president for

long.

 

This business of doing everything and nothing is not appreciated by Krsna.

Krsna likes when one is acting according to one's nature. That is why Krsna

wanted Arjuna to give up his ideas about going to the forest. Krsna knew

that Arjuna will sooner or later anyway end up fighting with someone so

better he just does his duty according to his nature and be detached to the

result.

 

But one should not whimsically do everything and nothing and be detached to

the result. That is not what Krsna wants. That is not philosophy.

 

Y.s.

Svarupa das

[Guest guest]

"Bhadra Balaram (das) JPS (Mayapur - IN)" wrote:

 

> >

> > For non Vaishnava communities benchmark is results. For Vaishnava

> > communities the benchmark is efforts.

>

> ...and attitude.

 

This may be true on some very elevated platform, but it is one of the more

abused and misused facets of the philosophy.