Causeless mercy

The causeless mercy of Lord Vishnu is unparalleled, and such mercy is 
perceived by the devotees only by the grace of the Lord.

   A devotee does not live on the material plane-he lives in Kṛṣṇa. The holy name of the Lord and the Lord are nondifferent; therefore when a devotee chants Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa and His internal potency are dancing on the tongue of the devotee. When he offers Kṛṣṇa food, Kṛṣṇa directly accepts these eatables, and the devotee becomes Kṛṣṇa-ized by eating the remnants. 

    One who does not engage in such service cannot understand how this is so, although this is a process recommended in the Gītā and in other Vedic literatures.

    Life is a journey. This metaphor is often used to explain various facets of life, including spiritual progress: we embark on a devotional journey towards Krishna from the miserable material world to the ecstatic spiritual world. 
    Like all material examples used to illustrate spiritual truths, the journey metaphor has its limitations. It may bring inordinate focus on the destination, implying that the essence of spiritual advancement is attaining a particular destination. 

    However, the essence is the development of our loving attraction for Krishna. He is the source of all happiness – happiness that can be accessed by cultivating his loving remembrance. The more we love him, the more our consciousness spontaneously connects with him, that is, the more we naturally remember him, thereby relishing the happiness of remembering him. 

    This devotional remembrance is akin to sporting in an ocean of happiness – an ocean that the bhakti literatures aptly refer to as the ocean of devotion. This ocean is shoreless and fathomless because Krishna being infinite his sweet glories are unlimited. Due to this divine inexhaustibility, we can keep increasing our love for him forever and thereby keep progressing deeper and deeper into spiritual happiness by ever-increasing absorption in him. And this can happen even without attaining the spiritual world. 

   The Bhagavad-gita (12.08) underscores that those whose mind and intelligence are absorbed in Krishna already live in him. This implies that we don’t have to stay bereaved of spiritual happiness just because we aren’t in the spiritual world. Nothing can deprive us of spiritual happiness except we ourselves – our distraction in remembering Krishna. By the disciplined practice of devotional service, we can replace distraction with absorption. Then we can dive deeply and drink fully from that ocean of happiness from this moment onwards for all of eternity. 

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 Text 08

mayy eva mana ādhatsva
mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya
nivasiṣyasi mayy eva
ata ūrdhvaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

mayi—unto Me; eva—certainly; manaḥ—mind; ādhatsva—fix; mayi—upon Me; buddhim—intelligence; niveśaya—apply; nivasiṣyasi—you lead; mayi—unto Me; eva—certainly; ataḥ—therefore; ūrdhvam—up; na—never; saṁśayaḥ—doubt.

Lord Krishna Said: “Just fix your mind upon Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and engage all your intelligence in Me.Thus you will live in Me always, without a doubt.” 

    One who is engaged in Lord Kṛṣṇa's devotional service lives in a direct relationship with the Supreme Lord, so there is no doubt that his position is transcendental from the very beginning. 

Joy can only be experienced when we offer our love to Krishna.

  A devotee is very forgiving and tolerant of others but is very strict and determined with himself guarding against Maya.

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Gurudeva ...
All glories to Srila Prabhupada ...

Always think of the Lotus Feet of Lord Krishna and you will find no difficulties in executing the tasks allotted to you by Krishna.

Chant these names with love and you will feel the ecstasy:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare 
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare ...

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे || हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

Hare Krishna ... Jay Jagannath ...

~~ Bhakta Sanjay.


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