Undoing Our Forgetfulness

[Paramhamsa Vani]

Sree Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!

Unless the root cause of committing sin is eradicated, the aptitude to commit sin cannot be removed. The cause of sin is the desire for committing sin and the cause of desire for committing sin is misconception of self, cause of misconception of self is nescience (ignorance), cause of nescience is aversion to Supreme Lord, Who is All-Existence, All-Knowledge and All-Bliss. Therefore the root cause of sin is aversion to Sree Krishna. So, Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has said, "The conditioned souls of the world, due to forgetfulness of their relation with Supreme Lord are averse to Sree Krishna since time immemorial." Therefore it is advised to cultivate devotional forms, principally, to chant the Holy Name for remembrance of Sree Krishna. We have forgotten Krishna from time immemorial, we are to undo it and for this, we are to take the help of bona fide Shuddha Bhaktas. 'Sadhan bina sadhya vastu keho nahi paya'—without devotional practice nobody can get the objective.

---Jagad-guru His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj