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Niranjana Swami's Quote Of The Day

July 13

If we think we can overcome our anarthas alone, we are wrong. We will give up long before the job is finished. If we can associate with devotees who can help us understand where to start to improve, nothing is more important. By association I mean that we should associate with those who are more advanced than we are and who understand our hearts. These devotees will not be interested simply in pointing out our defects but in sharing their enthusiasm and determination in chanting. We will be able to draw strength from them in the process of purification. 
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 12

Aside from the fact that faultfinding proves an envious mentality, we should know that envy is the root cause not only of faultfinding, but of our entire existence in this world. If we can simply overturn that envy and transform it into love of Krishna, then we would become pure lovers of God. Again, it’s helpful to understand the various ways in which envy manifests so that we can overcome them one by one. One of the most common is the tendency to find fault.
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 11

We should try to chant continuously, and, in the meantime, increase our knowledge about the nature of our offenses so that we can gradually free ourselves from them. With knowledge comes choice. Do we want to give up the aparadhas? Choice means taking responsibility for our own progress. How can we make progress in our chanting? It is our responsibility to find that out. 
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 10

One of the primary characteristics of a devotee is krsnaika-sarana, that he is surrendered to Krishna. Surrender includes seeing everything as both connected to Krishna and meant for His pleasure; a surrendered devotee does not try to enjoy matter him or herself. Therefore, it is said that one who suffers from hrdaya-daurbalyam, weaknesses of heart in executing bhakti, is attached to things that have no direct relationship with Krishna. How can something not have a direct relationship with Krishna? Whenever we see the particular object as meant for our own pleasure. If we are seeing something as meant to please our senses, we will find it impossible to simultaneously see it as meant for Krishna’s pleasure. That includes ourselves. We are meant for Krishna’s pleasure too.
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 9

By endeavoring to overcome anarthas, we can approach the platform of namabhasa. Even though we may still commit some offenses, we can work to gradually overcome all of them by continuously chanting the holy name. When we chant namabhasa, we accumulate stockpiles of pious credits. By accumulating those pious credits, we get bhakti-mukti-sukriti, which blesses us with the association of those who are serving the holy name. And association with advanced devotees is essential to our progress in chanting.
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 8

One of the very first weaknesses of heart is attachment to things that have no relationship with Krishna. We may say that everything has a relationship with Krishna and we would be correct, but that doesn’t mean just any attachment is conducive to the development of love of God. Actually, if we were to truly see the relationship between Krishna and matter, we would find it impossible to be attached to anything but Krishna. We say we’re attached to matter because of its relationship with Krishna, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for most of us. If we understand matter and spirit properly, we will know that everything exists only for Krishna’s pleasure, and we will not feel ownership toward anything.
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 7

Devotees know that Krishna’s name is complete. If it is complete, it means that it is the source of all transcendental mellows. As Krishna is the reservoir of transcendental mellows, so His name is the reservoir of all mellows. Krishna’s name is never contaminated by material qualities. There is no question of Krishna’s name ever being in contact with maya. Krishna’s name is forever eternal and always free from matter.
(Sri Siksastaka-bhasya, Moscow 5.2.2001)

July 6

We each must learn how to work. To work properly, we have to change our consciousness. Work is not meant simply to maintain the material body but as an offering to Krishna. Through work, we learn to place Krishna in the center of our lives. If we want to place Krishna in the center of our lives, then we must hear and chant regularly. If we don’t, we will forget why we are working. We will think that we are working only to maintain the body and its extension—family, society, and nation. We will not remember that the goal of all work is to give pleasure to Krishna and by working in this consciousness, we increase our attachment to Krishna.
(BG 13.26 Nikolaev, June 1996)

July 5

Srila Prabhupada started the Sunday Love Feast just to show those who were being introduced to Krishna consciousness what it is to relish the association of devotees. All the devotees should participate in the Sunday Feast, and they should encourage others to participate as well.
(Sunday Feast Announcement Moscow, May 1995)

July 4

We experience true love when Krishna is placed in the center of a relationship. If everyone keeps themselves as the center, they will feel an overwhelming degree of impersonalism. They will have their orbit and they will not want anyone to penetrate it. Then there is no love, only tension, as each of us thinks that we have what we need to maintain ourselves and our families, and if anything comes to disrupt that security, we will push it out of our way. How is that love? It’s impersonalism. Loving relationships develop when there is an effort to do something collectively to please Krishna. The catalyst for such unified action is hearing. The more we hear, the more we will understand the Lord’s messages and the more we will realize how important it is for us to make a personal sacrifice to achieve His goals. Therefore, love begins when the devotees hear and chant together. Love is not based on sentimentality. Loving relationships are formed when we place Krishna in the center—not sentimentally, but with intelligence.

(Istaghosti Boston, April 1995)

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