State of Self-Surrender to Lord Krishna

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The state of self-surrender to Lord Krishna has many symptoms, of

which the most prominent symptom is humble acceptance of anything

related to Krishna. For example, if a self-surrendered soul sees an

animal in pain, he/she considers first that the Supreme Lord is

seated in the Heart of all beings, and thus remembering Krishna, the

person tries to help the animal in pain. This service may extend to

any other being in pain. A Vaishnava's true quality is the ability to

see the pain of others, and to feel it so closely that he/she does

everything possible to help.This attitude of service to Krishna

indirectly by serving the beings in pain, is a very good attitude,

and is not necessarily limited to Vaishnavas, but is most often found

in Vaishnavas. A vaishnava who doesn't feel the pain of another being

is pretending to be a Vaishnava. The life of a true Vaishnava is very

hard in the beginning. He/She has to put up with lots of materialistic people's

idiosyncracies, often to the point of accepting pain upon himself/herself. By

accepting pain for the sake of others, a Vaishnava elevates himself further in

Bhakti.No pain no gain!

Bhakta Prahlad Maharaj faced tortures and tests for his Bhakti, yet

he did not develop hatred for his demoniac father, so eventually it

was the Lord himself in the form of Narasimha Deva, who came to help

Bhakta Prahlad. Vaishnavas like Bhakta Prahlad are not easy to find.

 

Srila Prabhupada has himself suffered so much and that too at such an

old age. He travelled with a suitcase of books across the oceans,and

for two months he faced two heart attacks, without even having proper

medical facilities and qualified heart doctors to attend to him. His

is the life and sign of a true devotee. All Glories to Srila

Prabhupada.

 

 

 

Speaking of demigods,there are Bhaktas of other powerful beings like

demigods etc, but a Vaishnava is all encompassing in his mercy,and

sees Krishna in all beings, and thus does not get entangled in

illusory energy created by various demigods. Sometimes even demigods

have had to learn lessons from pure Vaishnavas.

 

Brahma, the creator, once had to surrender his ego at the Lotus Feet

of Lord Siva, the Param Vaishnava, who tested Lord Brahma and Lord

Vishnu at Arunachala, by appearing in the form of a column of fire

which had no end. This test was so severe, it proved beyond doubt

that Lord Vishnu was most sincere, while Lord Brahma was still

entangled in false imagination and speculation and ego, because he could not

answer the question regarding theend of that column of fire, and assumed an

answer by speculation.

Thereafter, at the end of the test,Lord Siva resumed his normal form and said

" Let there be as many temples of Lord Vishnu, as there are temples of Lord Siva,

but let there be only one temple of Lord Brahma. This truth is verified even

today. Thus a Param Vaishnava humbled the great demigod Lord brahma. If one has

the fortune of seeing Lord Siva ( who has been fully authorised by Lord Krishna

to impart Bhakti as well as Shakthi), one must ask him for the boon of Bhakti to

Lord Krishna.

This pleases Lord Siva the most. When I once personally went around

Arunachala as a 21 yr old youngster, I was tempted a lot to ask for mystical

powers, but I asked for Bhakti only. Doubtlessly, this was granted, for since

then I have never regretted asking for Bhakti. One must not ask for material

gains, mystical powers etc, as these divert one away from truth, from Krishna,

from Bhakti.

 

So where there is Lord Krishna, there will be Lord Siva also, this

cannot be changed by anyone. Thus, some spiritual aspirants who

surrender to Lord Siva automatically get the chance to surrender to

Lord Krishna, by the grace of Lord Siva.

 

And furthermore, Lord Siva is an expansion of Sankarsana, the Eternal

Servant of Lord Vishnu, Sesha Naga, the thousand headed serpent, who

in the form of Lord Balarama is always associating with Lord Krishna,

and in the form of Prabhu Nityananda, he is always associating with

Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

 

Conclusion:-Thus simply surrender to Lord Krishna and chant Harinaam!

 

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