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Paramhamsa Vani
Feb 19, 2026, 10:32:43 PM (12 days ago) Feb 19
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Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
The mind is very restless. How to quiet it or control it? Lord Sri Krishna advises us to practice abhyasa-yoga and vairagya. Abhyasa-yoga means to try repeatedly. Vairagya has two implications—detachment to worldly non-eternal objects and attachment to eternal Entity Sri Krishna. We should not become disheartened under any circumstance and stop performing bhajan. Worldly thoughts, which are light, will be purged out to the extent we shall imbibe divine thoughts, which are heavy and sublime, to our minds.
We get some sort of temporary pleasure in fulfilling the demands of the senses. That delusion of sense-pleasure drags us forcibly to the sinful acts whose ultimate result is suffering. When we actually realize the harmful result of sense-gratification, we shall refrain ourselves from doing so.
If we pour ghee (purified butter) into the fire, the fire will increase. In the like manner, if we fulfill the desire of lust, the lust-fire will increase; it will not be extinguished. That is not the procedure for getting deliverance from our propensity to fulfill lustful desires. If we can pour a huge quantity of ghee at a time onto the fire, the fire will be extinguished. In the like manner, if we have craving for the Absolute Whole Sri Krishna, that craving will extinguish the fire of worldly desires, sense-gratification desires.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
The mind is very restless. How to quiet it or control it? Lord Sri Krishna advises us to practice abhyasa-yoga and vairagya. Abhyasa-yoga means to try repeatedly. Vairagya has two implications—detachment to worldly non-eternal objects and attachment to eternal Entity Sri Krishna. We should not become disheartened under any circumstance and stop performing bhajan. Worldly thoughts, which are light, will be purged out to the extent we shall imbibe divine thoughts, which are heavy and sublime, to our minds.
We get some sort of temporary pleasure in fulfilling the demands of the senses. That delusion of sense-pleasure drags us forcibly to the sinful acts whose ultimate result is suffering. When we actually realize the harmful result of sense-gratification, we shall refrain ourselves from doing so.
If we pour ghee (purified butter) into the fire, the fire will increase. In the like manner, if we fulfill the desire of lust, the lust-fire will increase; it will not be extinguished. That is not the procedure for getting deliverance from our propensity to fulfill lustful desires. If we can pour a huge quantity of ghee at a time onto the fire, the fire will be extinguished. In the like manner, if we have craving for the Absolute Whole Sri Krishna, that craving will extinguish the fire of worldly desires, sense-gratification desires.
--- Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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