• English
  • Русский

October 30

The more we become conscious of Krishna, the more detached we will become toward all other duties. We must perform our duties, but we should do so in a spirit of detachment.  Don’t renounce your duties artificially, however. Artificial renunciation is in the mode of passion and will not help us. Performing duties in the spirit of detachment does not mean renouncing them nor indifference toward the responsibilities we bear. Detachment means knowing that the ultimate goal of our various duties is to achieve taste for chanting Krishna’s holy name. Our duties and our chanting are intimately connected. Since we do not yet have pure attachment for the holy name, we have to perform our duties. If we had pure, exclusive attachment to the holy name of the Lord, there would be nothing else for us to do; we would be completely satisfied. A person who is fully satisfied has no duties.
(LFD, Vol2, Chanting Purely, Pg 106 and Pg 107) "