Pankaja_Dasa 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Srila BR Sridhara Maharaja: That depends on the stages of realization of the disciple. Exclusive devotion must come from the disciple towards the guru. It is said in the Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.23): yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah. "The key to success in spiritual life is unflinching devotion to both the spiritual master and Krsna. To those great souls who have full faith in both Krsna and the spiritual master, the inner meaning of the scriptures is fully revealed." The guru is Krsna's representative. We are in search of divinity, and so, we must try to concentrate all our energy wherever we find a real connection with divinity. That is the key to success, because Krsna is all-conscious. So, the response to our devotional efforts will come from Krsna according to our attentiveness to Him. He is everywhere. In the conception of infinite, everywhere there is center, nowhere is there circumference. In every point there may be the center. Prahlada Maharaja saw the center present everywhere. Hiranyakasipu asked him, "Is your God in this pillar?" Prahlada replied, "Yes. He is there." And when Hiranyakasipu demolished the pillar, Lord Nrsmhadeva came out. ----------- extracted from Guru and His Grace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpuri 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2004 And I would ask: Is God your pillar? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpuri 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2004 Thanks Pankaja, very nice! I would ask this general question of everyone: Is God your pillar? Because if he is then we're in his consciousness constantly, in his bliss, serving him.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpuri 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2004 I thought my first reply to this post was lost, which is why I did it again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pankaja_Dasa 1 Report post Posted October 14, 2004 This may sound bad, but sometimes I like Krishna sometimes I don't, but its not in a bad way. Let me think of verse in Gita which describes it. Bg2.14 O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. -- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted October 15, 2004 There is a crumbling pillar in the desert they say. It's called the Crumbling Pillar of God Realization. It's crumbling day by day at least 5 inch. Someday people will say: "Where the hell did that awful pillar go?" Some will answer: "Well, God was inside and now he's gone." Truly they will say so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
