Guest guest Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Humble Pranams at the Divine lotus feet of our ever Present lord bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba! ACTING FOR KRSNA: THE ESSENCE OF BHAKTHI Those who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity.Such activity can be performed with the bodyor with the mind.Thinking,feeling and willing are all activiites of the mind,and when we will to do something,the activity comes to be manifest by the gross bodily senses.Thus, in our mentalactivities we should always try to think of Krsna and try to plan how to please Him,following in the footsteps of the great acharyas and the personal spiritual master.There are activities of the body,activities of the mind,and activities of speech.A krsna conscious person engagenhis words in preaching the glories of the Lord.This is called Kirtana.And by his mind a Krsna conscious person always thinks of the activities of the Lord- as He is speaking on the Battlefield of kurukshetra or engaging in His various pasttimes in Vrndavana with His devotees.In this way one can always think of the activities and pasttimes of the Lord.This is the mental culture of Krsna consciousness. Similarly ,we can offer many services with our bodily activities.but all such activities must be in relationship with Krsna.This relationship is etablished by connecting oneslef with the bonafide spiritual master,who is the direct representative of Krsna in disciplic suucession.Therefore,the execution of Krsna conscious actitvities with the body should be directed by the spiritual master and then performed with faith.The connection with the spiritual master is called initation.From the date of initiation by the spiritual master ,the connection between Krsna and a person cultivating Krsna consciousness is established.Without initiation by a bonafide spiritual master,the actual connection with krsna consciousness is never performed. To be contd... Jai Sai Ram! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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