Sincerely Submit To The Lord
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Paramhamsa Vani
Jan 22, 2026, 10:29:06 PMJan 22
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Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
Birth, duration of life in this world, and death are controlled by the Supreme Lord. Submission to the will of the Lord is the only way of getting bliss. Conditioned souls have got numerous desires and when their desires are not fulfilled they become unbalanced. I am reminded of the pithy saying of our Most Revered Gurudev Nitya-lila-pravishtha Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj when I met Him in Calcutta, Hazra Road, Gaudiya Math. By the grace of the All-Merciful Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, I came in contact with the Grace-Incarnate Form of Krishna, Gurudev, at Goalpara, Assam at my birth-place. Here I do not want to go in detail about my questions and correspondence with Him. I decided to renounce household life and met Him in Hazra Road, Calcutta Math. I told Him I have become too much indifferent to worldly relations, which are so perishable. I openly expressed my heart to gurudev saying that although I am indifferent to worldly relations I also have the propensity of sense-enjoyment. I asked whether it was proper for me to renounce household life in this condition. Gurudev, in reply to this question, said no conditioned souls of this world could definitely say that they are completely detached from worldly desires. They should sincerely submit to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, Who can rescue them from the clutches of Maya (the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord). Gurudev expressed His strong desire that I should renounce the house and join the institution. After that I decided to join the institution, without seeking permission of the family members.
I also heard gurudev speaking in regard to this from the Gita: Arjuna asked Krishna, chanchalam hi manah krsna--“My mind is too restless. It seems almost impossible for me, a conditioned soul, to control my restless mind as it is impossible to control the air current.” Sri Krishna in reply said, 'I admit that surely it is difficult to control the mind but it is not impossible. You are very powerful. You can control the mind by abhyasa-yoga (repeated practice) and vairagya (detachment). There are two significant aspects of vairagya—(1) practice of detachment to non-eternal things of this world and (2) attachment to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. As much attachment we shall have for Krishna so much actual detachment to non-eternal things we can get automatically.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Birth, duration of life in this world, and death are controlled by the Supreme Lord. Submission to the will of the Lord is the only way of getting bliss. Conditioned souls have got numerous desires and when their desires are not fulfilled they become unbalanced. I am reminded of the pithy saying of our Most Revered Gurudev Nitya-lila-pravishtha Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj when I met Him in Calcutta, Hazra Road, Gaudiya Math. By the grace of the All-Merciful Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, I came in contact with the Grace-Incarnate Form of Krishna, Gurudev, at Goalpara, Assam at my birth-place. Here I do not want to go in detail about my questions and correspondence with Him. I decided to renounce household life and met Him in Hazra Road, Calcutta Math. I told Him I have become too much indifferent to worldly relations, which are so perishable. I openly expressed my heart to gurudev saying that although I am indifferent to worldly relations I also have the propensity of sense-enjoyment. I asked whether it was proper for me to renounce household life in this condition. Gurudev, in reply to this question, said no conditioned souls of this world could definitely say that they are completely detached from worldly desires. They should sincerely submit to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna, Who can rescue them from the clutches of Maya (the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord). Gurudev expressed His strong desire that I should renounce the house and join the institution. After that I decided to join the institution, without seeking permission of the family members.
I also heard gurudev speaking in regard to this from the Gita: Arjuna asked Krishna, chanchalam hi manah krsna--“My mind is too restless. It seems almost impossible for me, a conditioned soul, to control my restless mind as it is impossible to control the air current.” Sri Krishna in reply said, 'I admit that surely it is difficult to control the mind but it is not impossible. You are very powerful. You can control the mind by abhyasa-yoga (repeated practice) and vairagya (detachment). There are two significant aspects of vairagya—(1) practice of detachment to non-eternal things of this world and (2) attachment to the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. As much attachment we shall have for Krishna so much actual detachment to non-eternal things we can get automatically.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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