the wealth of Bhaktivinoda

[Guest guest]

My dear mind, you are falling into the illusory mistakes of the insensitive

world of matter, and so your own real self has been transformed into an

entirely different, false personality. Now just heed my advice, dear friend,

and don't cheat your own soul any longer. From now on, please keep yourself

in the company of the devotees of the Lord.

 

By the power of the Vaisnava's compassion, all your doubts will be long

gone, and your soul will become yours once again. You will attain the

transcendental abode of Vrndavana, and there you will wait upon Radha-Syama

in your eternal spiritual body, shivering in ecstasy and shedding torrents

of joyful tears. Thus the real wealth of Bhaktivinoda is to keep continuous,

intense absorption in the beautiful lotus feet of Sri Radha-Krsna.

 

from Bhaktivinoda Thakura's Kalyana-kalpataru (Upadesa, Texts 5–6)