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The importance of following 贰办腻诲补艣墨 鈥� Instructions on steadily performing 苍腻尘补-产丑补箩补苍补 鈥� Fashioning a life of service to 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 鈥� The pure devotees鈥� dreams are 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈 and eternal truths 鈥� Devotees do not care for public opinion 鈥� Time management is essential for the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻

啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶椸�佮ぐ啷�-啶椸�屶ぐ啶距�權�嵿�椸�� 啶溹く啶む��

艣谤墨 艣谤墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣�

艢谤墨 狈墨濒腻肠补濒补 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 Gourbatsahi, Swargadwar (笔耻谤墨) Orissa 26/6/1975

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲腻蝉耻鈥�

M膩鈥斺��! Many days ago, I received one of your inland letters. After that, I did not receive any other news, so I am worried. Even if you cannot find the time to respond to my letters, do not forget to write. And at the same time, if I cannot respond to your letters, then why do you think that means I am very far from you? Whenever you need a solution, I will be right with you and will settle the problem, or else you yourself will find a solution to this problem. I am always with you and accept meals from you every day. Why can you not see that? If only you would reflect deeply, you would have internal realization and gain 诲补谤艣补苍补. I am very delighted to know that you have left everything up to me and have been able to become free from worry. I am not troubled by accepting responsibility for you in this life and the next, to bear your weight. I will only be extremely happy, however, when you endeavour to follow my love-filled instructions and orders.

I am extremely pleased to know of your acceptance of a renounced lifestyle and to see that you are firm in your determination. Be sure to follow 贰办腻诲补艣墨 and other fasts with utmost conviction. Know that this is a limb of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补.

啶�啶距ぇ啶掂�� 啶むた啶ムた, 啶�啶曕�嵿い啶�-啶溹え啶ㄠ��, 啶�啶むえ啷� 啶�啶距げ啶� 啶曕ぐ啶�

M膩dhav墨 tithi, bhakti-janan墨, yatane p膩lana kari^[1]

鈥�惭腻诲丑补惫补鈥檚 holy day is the mother of devotion; I observe it diligently.鈥�

In the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻鈥檚 bhajana-蝉腻诲丑补苍补, this is the acceptance of favourable conditions and it is indicative of firm conviction. Associating with saintly personalities, performing 办墨谤迟补苍补 of 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补, studying the scriptures, living in 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补, performing 辫奴箩腻谤肠补苍补 of the deity鈥搕hese five 补峁単补蝉 of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补 are topmost. The other 补峁単补蝉 are contained within them and remain inseparable from them. And furthermore, among 艣谤补惫补峁嘺, 办墨谤迟补苍补, and 蝉尘补谤补峁嘺, 办墨谤迟补苍补 is the topmost.

I became very happy to know you are chanting a fixed number of 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补 every day. Try to gradually increase the amount of 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补. In regard to chanting 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补, there is the instruction to become 别办补-濒补办峁�a (one who chants a lakh, one hundred thousand names daily) or eka-苍颈峁ａ弓丑补 (one-pointed in one鈥檚 conviction). Read the sacred text 艢谤墨 Hari苍腻尘补-肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 again and again, with special attention. By doing so, your heart will gain profound peace and bliss. 

Know that if you can gain rapt absorption in 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补, that is total perfection. 

啶ㄠた啶冟ざ啷嵿さ啶距じ啷� 啶� 啶灌た 啶掂た啶多�嵿さ啶距じ啶�

Ni岣ヅ泇膩se na hi vi艣v膩sa岣� 

鈥淭here is no certainty in breath.鈥� 

Time carries on. Using this time properly is imperative. Who said you have not fully surrendered or offered your soul? This 补诲丑颈办腻谤补 comes without the 蝉腻诲丑补办补 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻鈥檚 awareness, and it is beyond their capacity to measure the wealth of their 蝉腻诲丑补苍补. 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, as the in-dwelling Supersoul, rectifies all the faults and errors of His devotee and mercifully dispels all lust, desires, greed, and delusion. This is why it will not do to lose patience. If one does not have profuse enthusiasm, perseverance, and tolerance, a delay occurs in attaining results.

If one follows the instructions and ordinances 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 has installed in the scriptures to the best of one鈥檚 ability and fashions a life in accordance with them, then one鈥檚 attraction to Him increases. He alone is 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, the abode of prema. All the world鈥檚 affection, attachment and love have Him at their centre. If one can keep that prema-maya 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 near oneself at all times, one attains the good fortune of service to Him. The valuation and success of what one does all day long depends on whether it is done for the sake of that Supreme Lord. Know this as your service within 碍峁涐梗峁嘺鈥檚 蝉补峁僺腻谤补 (household). Your karma (actions) are not even slightly different from your sva-dharma (蝉腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana). Keep this in mind. The speciality of the bhakta is to live a life devoted to the service of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and this is what makes him a bhakta. As long as the soul dwells on the foundation of the body, one will have to assist it in a regulated manner in matters of sustenance and rest. Though the 箩墨惫补 soul does not engage in any enjoyment of this sort, it is imperative for him to attend to the gross and subtle bodies so as to orchestrate and preserve them. The 产丑补驳补惫补诲-产丑补办迟补鈥檚 eating, recreation, survival, sleeping, and dressing is solely to serve 艢谤墨 Hari. 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is satisfied by this performance and that is precisely why the devotee desires to maintain his life. If the devotee cannot serve 艢谤墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, he does not even want to live. Every one of his inhalations and exhalations is solely due to a desire to please 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and it is this that is the success of his life.

Dreams are mostly false and illusory. Philosophical texts have therefore used words like svapnopama (resembling a dream), 尘腻测辞辫补尘补 (like an illusion), 补惫颈诲测腻 (ignorance), and 尘腻测腻 (illusion). But in the case of the bhakta, dreams turn into reality. 

You are very fortunate that you have obtained the opportunity to have 诲补谤艣补苍补 of 艢谤墨la 搁奴辫补 and 厂补苍腻迟补苍补 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨p膩das and their places of bhajana, even in your dreams. 

啶膏�嵿さ啶�啷嵿え啷� 啶多�嵿ぐ啷� 啶班ぞ啶оぞ-啶椸�嬥さ啶苦え啷嵿�� 啶︵�囙�栢��

Svapne 艣谤墨 r膩dh膩-govinda dekhe^[2]

鈥淗e sees 艢谤墨 搁腻诲丑腻-Govinda in his dreams.鈥�

This is the wealth of bhajana. In this case, the dream is not false; it has transformed into a reality. Generally speaking, what shows up in dreams are the objects of the senses that the gross and subtle sensory faculties have grasped and processed. However, what the devotee witnesses through the 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈-yoga of dreaming are the names, forms, qualities, and pastimes of 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 that he remembers due to 蝉别惫辞苍尘耻办丑墨-蝉耻办峁泃颈 (spiritual merit accrued as a result of his inclination to serve). One is unreality, the other is an eternal, true affair.

Poets write much poetic literature focused on mundane meeting. But 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍鈥檚 transcendental meeting or union with the devotee is not a matter to be understood by the general public. The soul鈥檚 direct meeting with 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is the soul鈥檚 辫补谤颈峁嘺测补 (marriage). Knowledge of the meeting between consciousness and the supreme consciousness is 蝉补尘产补苍诲丑补-箩帽腻苍补 (knowledge of relationship). Philosophical texts have explained the tattvas of sambandha, abhidheya, and prayojana in this manner. The instructions of 艣谤墨 guru and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 have the same meaning and the same purpose. The main thing is that by trying to preserve one鈥檚 worldly stature, one鈥檚 bhagavad-bhajana does not develop. For that reason, in striving to worship God, the 蝉腻诲丑补办补s and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻s have abandoned the worldly involvement of caring what what people say into the far distance. M墨r膩 B膩i had no such concern for what people thought.

艢谤墨la 狈腻谤补诲补 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨 said:

啶�啶班た啶掂う啶む�� 啶溹え啷� 啶�啶ム�� 啶むぅ啶� 啶掂ぞ, 啶ㄠえ啷� 啶�啷傕�栢ぐ啷� 啶� 啶掂く啶� 啶掂た啶氞ぞ啶班く啶距ぎ啶�

parivadatu jano yath膩 tath膩 v膩, nanu m奴kharo na vaya峁� vic膩ra测腻尘补岣�^[3]

鈥淟et the foolish world say what it wants; I will chant 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补, undergo the eight ecstatic transformations, and always end up rolling on the ground.鈥� 

This is firm conviction, a vow as solid as a thunderbolt, in the matter of chanting 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补.

Gradually, you should strive to perform every activity with conviction. 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 will surely assist you. Time management is a special virtue particular to the devotees; they inhale and exhale to the pace of the ticking clock and practice 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补. In the 补峁ａ弓补-办腻濒墨测补 测腻尘补-蝉别惫腻 (service throughout the eight periods of the day), this has been specially explained. You should gradually learn 辫奴箩腻 and arcana. You will become expert at it if you practise it for some time.

You should take the opportunity to go to 艣谤墨 ma峁環a often to listen to class and 办墨谤迟补苍补. That will be of particular benefit to your 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana. Direct 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 is so much rarer than 蝉腻诲丑耻-蝉补峁単补 in the form of sacred grantha texts, and it gives greater results. If I were to forget you, there would be no saving me and I would have to answer to 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍. Since this responsibility has come to me, I will try to fulfil it to the best of my ability. In the midst of all my work, I consider writing letters a special duty. You have 艢谤墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and you have 艣谤墨 guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. Why are you thinking yourself to be alone?

Try to fulfil the demand of material existence to the best of your ability, while preserving your svadharma [your own 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-bhajana]. 

啶ㄠた啶溹�� 啶�啶咎冟�氞げ啷� 啶�啶距お啷囙ぐ啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶�

Nije b膩虄cale b膩per 苍腻尘补

鈥淚f I save myself, I can be [called] a father.鈥� 

[In other words, self-preservation is the first law of nature.] Therefore, keeping bhajana-蝉腻诲丑补苍补 intact, take care of your family and relatives and maintain them. You are bound to take responsibility for their care and maintenance in a way that is favourable to serving 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍. You have my blessings. Iti鈥�

Your eternal well-wisher,
艢谤墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

艢补谤补峁嚹乬补迟颈^, 艢耻诲诲丑补-bhakata (2) by 艢谤墨la Bhaktivinoda 峁琱腻办耻谤补

[2]:

Koth膩ya Go Prema-may墨 (15) by 艢谤墨la Gaura-办颈艣辞谤补 诲腻蝉补 叠腻产腻箩墨 惭补丑腻谤腻箩补

[3]:

笔补诲测腻惫补濒墨 (73)