Sunday chat 27th June 2010

Topics of this chat: The majesty of Krishna, Concept of Devil and Maya, God is jealous, Solidarity, Warning against nama-aparadha, Recommendations for chanting.

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Dear Devotees,

a hug from the heart from Mexico Yatra. Each Sunday a meditation. Now I share it with everyone here in Mexico and with everyone on the chat.

The majesty of Krishna, Concept of Devil and Maya

The love for Krsna, doesn't require any type of austerity that is too hard to obtain. But the devotees like to do some effort. Krsna is the hope of our soul and the soul's destiny is to find the Supreme love. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is an important person historically. His mysticism manifested, we experience it and it's authorized by Paramatma who is in our hearts. It's God himself, Bhagavan, the supreme father. Nothing exist in this world that doesn't have an amorous relationship with God. He has one with everyone and that makes up their individual existences. What is the position of God? Does he know you? The Paramatma has an individual relationship with everyone, he accompanies you. God is in every atom, holding the creation with his energies. The incredible aspect of God is that his devotee sees God in everything, nothing exist independently. The art isn't independent of it's artist. Just as we aren't independent of our creator. We are part of the Brahman, the compilation of all the Jivas. It's something very extensive. The faculty to love God. The idea of spiritual life is that we all get happy from being joyful. The point I'm trying to make is that God has time for each and everyone of us. In Krsna Conciousness, we don't pay much attention to the devil. We know the demons, but the figure of the devil is absent. But the Vedas talk about being tempted by Maya, wanting to be independent, more powerful, or enjoyer of all, wanting to be one with God or with his energy, wanting to be the controller of the material world. The material world is always seducing us. The money and the feminine beauty are temptations. If we accept something that goes against God, and become obsessed with that, then we are the devils. If you are obsessed with Maya, you will not understand anything about God. In order to go to the Spiritual World you have to be very decided. Only in that way you will not accept any option of the material world. The temptations come to all everyone whether married or renounced. Marriage is sacred if it is for God.

God is jealous, Solidarity

How do we behave with God? Can we do anything we want? Sometimes we serve him, sometimes we don't, and he never complains. That is not very true, God claims your love and he gets jealous. God is jealous because he loves us very much. But he doesn't want to impose anything. How many tests do you need to understand the importance of God? When marijuana is more important to you than He, He gets really sad. If you smoke it's only ME, ME , ME and then ME. You only love yourself, but you're stupid, because you're harming yourself. How am I going to decline a million dollars for breaking my principles? Is that happiness? Until what level do we have to resist? It could be the drugs, the alcohol, addiction to the TV, sleep, ect. We are very happy to be sharing some time in Mexico. When one wants to be in Maya, one wants to be far away from the devotees. You dont want to hear: "Hey , why arent you getting up?", "whats wrong with you?". The love and Happiness is essential. One of the things that has to be put into thought, is that if you love your Guru, then you have to love the ones who love your Guru. A child can never tell his father, "hey, my brother is an idiot! kick him out from the house". That is not possible. When one devotee is not happy with another it's very important to keep the distance with respect. Only because a brother/sister has done an infraction, you dont have the right to reject him. Promise not to fight with other devotees, or to be partial among devotees. Do not form groups, because the Spiritual Master has only one group. In the home, all the kids fight, but you are not stupid kids. All of you have grown, and now shouldn't fight. We all have to learn solidarity. That is very important. You get happy when your brother/sister is successful. The jews are solidary between themselves, the arabs too. Asia is solidary. That solidarity is what we are missing, it's a human virtue, and we need many people in this world. Europe isn't a solidary union. It's a continent split in small pieces. It's nonsence. Solidarity means that I help you and don't harm you. It's very hard in this world with all the envy and the challenges. In the kingdom of lust, everything is possible. This spirit of solidarity is very needed. In the Spiritual World there is a lot of solidarity. We must be solidary with the vaishnava, and with the ones who believe in God, with the ones that believe in the Spiritual World. In general, this message is for you individually. Be solidary with your neighbor, with your brother/sister, be happy when your brother/sister is successful and be sad when he isn't. Where are we situated? Where is our solidarity? We talk behind our spiritual brother's back? Doubt the Guru? I am bored of all this, but that's life, and we have to tolerate it. To accept a Guru, one accepts to be part of his family, and one should fight for the real purity and for the family of the Guru. I asked you in my last chat to communicate with me. To have an intimate relationship, you have to be solidary with the things that your Guru does, with his efforts. Solidarity means to be part, to participate in everything that you can, in the programs of your Guru. To learn solidarity, love, and service attitude, that will make a very nice mission. Not to minimize the efforts of your brothers/sisters. One who speaks bad of the family, doesn't know the harm it causes.

Warning against nama-aparadha, recommendations for chanting

From the most fallen position we become preachers. We have done many sins,  what to say about past lives. What sins have we not commited? Even so, being sinful, we can dance here. I can't explain this. The holy name is so spectacular that the whole world can chant it. And chant in the line of the masters, of the servants of the holy name. One shouldn't say or think "Incredible, the holy name cleanses all sins! I can sin without feeling bad, because I have the holy name, which is the super cleanser". That is an abuse. Make others suffer, and then clear it out with the holy name. If one exploits the Holy name, this type of mentality will remove one from the Holy name. Don't be surprised if the holy name leaves such a person.

You should not bother others with the Holy name. Some say "If you don't chant Hare Krishna, you will go to Hell". The holy name is to captivate with love, to give care, not to make others feel bad. The Vedas say that if you don't chant the Holy name, you will the recieve the reactions of your actions. But the Holy name isn't to make others feel bad. It's to make others feel happy. One has an important service for the holy name, and that is to chant it! There are many different ways to sing it. For example, I am here glorifying his name, singing his glories. But you also have to chant japa, and sing in the kirtan. It's all a culture to form you, to make service. Minimum, you should chant 4 rounds daily. But not to do it like that very often. Because if a devotee chants less than 16 rounds, the mind will later disturb him/her. Today is a beautiful day, of much meditation, a day of initiation.

My blessings to all

Srila Prabhupada Ki JAY