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Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)

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Subject: [granthraj] Pleasing Krishna through Pure Bhakti
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Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Matajis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.

Often we come across personalities whom we aspire to associate with. One gets attracted to such personality either because of his fame, beauty, intelligence or wealth. Then how much should we be attracted towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna, who is the creator of spiritual and material worlds. How much should we try to please Him day and night? How much should we long for His association and more than that how much should we long to have a glimpse of Him? There is no limit to the actions that should be performed to please the all attractive, Supreme Personality of Godhead. As God is unlimited, so are His pastimes and so are the actions to please Him. Everything is unlimited (aseemita) when it comes to Lord. Then why our endeavors to please the Lord should be limited? Incessant flow of devotional service with whatever capacity of ours certainly pleases Lord. In Srimad Bhagavatam verse 7.9.9 Prahlada Maharaj says:

manye dhanaabhijana-rupa-tapah-shrutaujas
tejah-prabhaava-bala-paurusha-buddhi-yogaah
naaraadhanaaya hi bhavanti parasya pumso
bhaktyaa tutosha bhagavaan gaja-yutha-paaya

"One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family, beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise, luster, influence, physical strength, diligence, intelligence and mystic yogic power, but I think that even by all these qualifications one cannot satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, one can satisfy the Lord simply by devotional service. Gajendra did this, and thus the Lord was satisfied with him."

One might be wealthiest man in the whole world, one might be the most beautiful person on the planet, one might be very famous personality or most intelligent of all species, but we know one thing that he/she cannot take even a single breath without the permission of Supreme Personality of Godhead, let alone the accomplishments. Such is the divine power. And we see people proud of their money, beauty, family, education. Lord has nothing to do with our material qualification. He has nothing to do with our stature in the society. All He understands is our real “bhaava” towards Him. And He understands it perfectly as He resides in our heart as Paramatma. He listens to every thought that comes in our mind. All He wants is undeviated loving devotional service unto Him. Our beloved spiritual master H H Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj says, "If Krishna doesn't give it, then we don't want it". It is so nicely said by Prahlad Maharaj that if Krishna doesn’t want our wealth, beauty, fame, and intelligence then why should we want it or hanker for it. There is nothing wrong in having it but hankering for more and more is certainly rejected by Lord. Lord is pleased with us when we use whatever He has bestowed us in His service - be it house, land, lakshmi or abilitiy to do various kinds of services to Him.

Srila Rupa Goswami was so intelligent that he compiled Vaishnav literatures by pleasing Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His heart was so cleansed by devotional service that the Kadamba tree under which he used to sit for compiling the literature, had become Krishna conscious. Whenever Rupa Goswami compiled Radha Krishna milan lila, the tree blossomed with fresh leaves and flowers whereas whenever he compiled the viraha lila of Radha Krishna, the leafs of Kadamba tree shed. Such was the consciousness Srila Rupa Goswamiji propagated. Srila Haridas Thakur who constantly chanted Holy Names of Lord at least 3 lakh times a day, worshiped Lord with his capacity to chant. Both the Acharyas had no wealth with them, yet Lord was pleased. King Prataprudra was wealthiest of all in West Bengal during the Caitanya Mahaprabhu era. But Mahaprabhu was pleased with him because he swept the road in front of Jagannath cart during Jagannath Ratha yatra. Lord gets pleased only and only by pure devotional service and that is why Mahaprabhu says in Sikshaashtakam:

na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitaam vaa jagdisha kaamaye
mama janmani janmanishvare
bhavataad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth."

This is it. Only thing we need to aspire is to perform pure unmotivated devotional service to satisfy the lord. The ultimate aim of our existence is to make Krishna Happy. To bring a smile on his face and satisfy him. That’s all.

I pray at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev that all I aspire is to satisfy Lord with whatever little I have.

Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
Vinayasheel Devi Dasi
Dalhousie.

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