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How to deal with prestige in the renounced order of life 鈥� Youth and beauty cannot help you attain 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 鈥� Only 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and His devotees are omniscient, not demigods or human beings 鈥� Hankering for mundane profit, worship, and prestige makes a person subhuman 鈥� Without humility, the heart becomes like a thunderbolt

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r墨 艣r墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣�

艢r墨 Vinoda-bih膩r墨 Gau岣嵞珁a 惭补峁环补 28 Haldar Bagan Lane Kolkata鈥�4 24/5/1984

厂苍别丑腻蝉辫补诲别峁�u鈥�

B膩b膩鈥斺��! I duly received your letter of 16/4/84. There was a delay in responding to your letter. I went to Kanpur via Lucknow with the party this past 27/4/84. Here the 鈥渓辞辞鈥� [hot wind] that causes heatstroke had started. After reaching Kolkata on 5/5/84, I became bedridden. Intense fever, vomiting, headache, lack of appetite, and weakness have combined to create a single unhealthy condition. Even now I cannot eat or move around properly.

Take good care of the watch I sent you. I gifted it to you as per your wishes. If you really do not want to keep it, I will make another arrangement when I go at 闯补苍尘腻峁ａ弓补尘墨 time. If you keep the watch, will your renunciation lessen or will your advancement in 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-产丑补箩补苍补 be hindered? 

Who gets what has already been decided.

啶嗋じ啶曕�嵿い啶�-啶班す啶苦い, 啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ�嵿��-啶膏す啶苦い, 啶掂た啶粪く-啶膏ぎ啷佮す 啶膏�曕げ啶� 啶�啶距ぇ啶�

膧sakti-rahita, sambandha-sahita, vi峁�aya-samuha sakali m膩dhava^[1]

鈥淲hen free from attachment, one sees all objects of enjoyment in connection with 惭腻诲丑补惫补.鈥�

Know that if you proceed with this thought, no inauspiciousness will occur.

I am giving brief responses to your questions: (1) If someone becomes a 蝉腻诲丑耻, it is not proper for him to have something separate called prestige. On the other hand, as long as we take pride in being the remnant-eating servants of Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, whatever honour and respect we get will have a central root. If we are deprived of a connection to guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, then a sense of our self-worth separate from them appears, which drops us into a condition devoid of shelter.

(2) Human beauty and youth cannot facilitate attainment of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍. 

That is why 艢r墨 艢补峁卥补谤补 has said: 

啶�啶� 啶曕�佮ぐ啷� 啶оえ-啶溹え-啶�啷屶さ啶�-啶椸ぐ啷嵿さ啶�啷�, 啶灌ぐ啶むた 啶ㄠた啶�啷囙し啶距い啷� 啶曕ぞ啶侧�� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶�啷�

m膩 kuru dhana-jana-yauvana-garvam, harati nime峁Ｄ乼 k膩la岣� sarvam^[2]

鈥淒o not take pride in wealth, followers, and youth for time steals it all away in the blink of an eye.鈥� 

艢r墨la Bhaktivinoda 峁琱腻办耻谤补 has sung: 

啶む�嵿く啶� 啶溹��啶掂え-啶�啷屶さ啶�-啶班ぞ啶溹�嵿��-啶膏�佮�栢ぎ啷�, 啶� 啶灌た 啶ㄠた啶む�嵿く啶�啷�-啶呧え啷佮�曕�嵿し啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶�-啶�啶班ぎ啷�

tyaja j墨vana-yauvana-r膩jya-sukham, na hi nityam-anuk峁�a峁嘺 n膩艣a-param^[3]

鈥淎bandon life goals, youth, and kingly pleasures. None of it is eternal. It is prone to destruction at every moment.鈥� 

On the path of bhagavat-蝉腻诲丑补苍补, infatuation with birth, opulence, fame, or women is an obstacle. This is mundane ego.

(3) The omniscient 艢r墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and the eternally perfected 尘补丑腻迟尘腻蝉 can know and understand the innermost feelings of human beings. Bh膩vagr膩h墨 闯补苍腻谤诲补苍补 (He who accepts the devotees鈥� sentiments) is capable of understanding everyone鈥檚 feelings.

Guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 can, by their omniscience, be fully acquainted with the living entities鈥� thoughts. Offering the heart鈥檚 natural, simple moods to 艢r墨 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 is 艣谤补诲诲丑腻, or bhakti. That means simplicity, sincerity, and straightforwardness. The demigods or ordinary humans are incapable of understanding everyone鈥檚 inner thoughts, which raises the question: 鈥�诲别惫腻岣� na j膩nanti, kuto 尘补苍耻峁�y补岣�?鈥揑f even the demigods do not know, how can humans?鈥�

(4) If the 尘补峁环补 manager transgresses the 辫谤别蝉颈诲别苍迟鈥檚 directives and instructions, he is not worthy of remaining in his position. If he disregards the 蝉别肠谤别迟补谤测鈥檚 instructions, he cannot cling to his authority. Being able to follow rules and laws constitutes civilized behaviour. This contrary predisposition deserves censure. It is only when the hankering for mundane profit, worship, and prestige become powerful that man engages in uncivilized behaviour. He is then subhuman.

(5) If someone commits an injustice but attempts to pose as a just or good human being, this is an impediment to bhajana that is included in the flaw of vipralipsa (the cheating propensity).

鈥淚 am a perpetrator of dishonesty, of injustice.鈥�

To convey this to guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 and strive to become good is called humility. 艢r墨 Madhus奴dana pulverizes the arrogance of those who display mundane egotism and pride. This is the conclusion of scripture. Those who are aspiring to perform bhajana must be without ego; there is no place for pride in their heart. If a person does not have natural humility in his heart, then it becomes as hard as a thunderbolt and there is no place for the fluid substance that is the propensity for bhakti. Humility is the servant鈥檚, or 蝉腻诲丑补办补鈥檚, ornament鈥揾is decoration. 鈥�

B膩b膩, keep your head cool and do what you have to do. Even if cause for anger and irritation comes, do not lose your composure; do not be prideful. Hari-bhajana is the only thing we want. Always remember this. It is for 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-产丑补箩补苍补 alone that we have accepted renunciation and will continue to do so. Know you have my affectionate blessings. Iti鈥�

Your eternal well-wisher,
艢r墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

顿耻峁ａ弓补 Mana^, Tumi Kisera 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补? (11) by 艢r墨la Bhaktisiddh膩nta 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨 骋辞蝉惫腻尘墨 笔谤补产丑耻辫腻诲补

[2]:

Bhaja 骋辞惫颈苍诲补峁� (11) by 膧di Sa峁卥ar膩c膩rya

[3]:

艢r墨 Godruma^- candra^- bhajanopade艣a岣� (2) by 艢r墨la Bhaktivinoda 峁琱腻办耻谤补