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We should always keep Krishna within our minds, for Krishna is like the sun.

Krishna is just like the brilliant sun, and maya, ignorance, is just like

darkness. When the sun is present, there cannot be darkness. So if we keep

ourselves in Krishna consciousness always, we cannot be influenced by the

darkness of ignorance; rather, we shall always walk very freely in the bright

sunshine of Krishna.

- Teachings of Queen Kunti

Lalu & Kalu

A grocer had two sons - Lalu and Kalu. He wanted them to learn basic

measurements on a weighing scale and as such, he entrusted his boys to a tutor.

The boys were so unruly and naughty that a number of tutors proved themselves

unable to impart this minimum instruction to them.

Finally, the grocer had to declare that he would give away a half of his grocery

business to anyone who could educate his two sons in numbers up to one hundred

at least.

Those two boys were, however, full of so many vices that they became addicted to

smoking even though they were still infants.

A poor old brahmana, being allured by the lucrative offer, undertook the job of

teaching them. Their father made a very stringent arrangement so that the boys

would always stay with their tutor.

One day, Lalu and Kalu went out for a stroll along with their tutor. As they

were walking, they came across a cow and the tutor asked Lalu, “Could you say

how many legs this cow has?â€

Lalu started counting the cow’s legs – “One, two, three...†All of a

sudden, Kalu stopped his brother by closing his brother’s mouth with his hand,

saying, “O brother! Don’t count - he will try to cleverly teach you

numbers.†Lalu therefore stopped counting as he could realize the crafty

teaching method of his tutor.

Another day, Lalu and Kalu were taking rest in one room, along with their tutor.

Both of them started snoring as if they were in deep sleep, so that the tutor

may take them to be in deep slumber.

Their tutor, noting that his pupils were asleep, decided that he would also take

rest. After a while, Lalu and Kalu began trying to ascertain if the tutor was

asleep and being assured, they got up, and went outside to smoke to their

heart’s content. After finishing their cigarettes, they returned to the room

and pretended to be sleeping again.

After a while, when the tutor woke up, he smelt a strong odour of smoke inside

the room. Immediately he roused the boys from their sleep and started inquiring

about the smell. His suspicions were confirmed when he smelt their hands.

Lalu and Kalu continued to defend themselves, crying, “O sir, we fell asleep

before you, we are just waking up now. How could we be smoking, sir? But it’s

possible that some rascal was smoking with the help of our hands without our

knowledge while we were fast asleep.â€

PURPORT

Those who are determined to accept no advice or instruction for their

self-development, are reflected in the mode of character as revealed in these

two cunning boys, Lalu and Kalu. Quite often, many of us do not like to pay any

heed to the messages and injunctions in our daily activities, only because of

our apprehension that they might lead us to a domain of peace and welfare.

Just like Lalu and Kalu, the majority of common people never accept the way to

real welfare and happiness - they would prefer a pretension of keeping the

association of saintly persons while continuing their activities of sense

gratification in wealth, women, and wine.

It is because we are unable to give up our hypocrisy and sense of foolish

individualism and independence that saintly persons fail to lead us to real

wisdom. Whenever our spiritual master sees our inclination to such unworthy

activities, we make an attempt to defend ourselves with a false plea that we are

not really interested in such activities and that it is merely that some

unscrupulous religious or social leaders have forced us to become engrossed in

them.

By nature, all mischievous persons act like this and they put all the blame upon

others in order to conceal their faults. They try to project their thirst of

sense gratification onto honest persons.

 

Radhe Shyam,

 

 ~Something to always remember ~

 

" Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives the formula:

harer nama harer nama / harer namaiva kevalam /

 

 

kalau nasty eva nasty eva / nasty eva gatir anyatha

 

 

" Just always chant Hare Krsna. "

 

 

Never mind whether you are in a factory

 

 

or in a hell,

 

 

in a shack

 

 

or in a skyscraper.

 

 

It doesn't matter.

 

 

Just go on chanting

 

 

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare

 

 

Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

 

 

There is no expense,

 

 

there is no impediment,

 

 

there is no caste,

 

 

there is no creed,

 

 

there is no color,

 

 

anyone can do it.

 

 

Just chant and hear ! "

 

 

(Srila Prabhupada teaches us this in Chapter Five of " On the Way to Krsna " )

 

 

 

 

Chant:

 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

 

And be happy!