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Worldly prowess is wholly defunct in the realm of spirituality 鈥� How to go through crises with fortitude and faith 鈥� It is never possible to have any conflict of opinion with one who wishes you eternal auspiciousness 鈥� Only the foolish, crazy, absent-minded, and simple find auspiciousness in the company of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 鈥� Love and affection is mutually reciprocated even from thousands of miles away 鈥� 艢r墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 are our greatest friends in this world

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 Bhaktived膩nta Gau岣嵞珁a 惭补峁环补 Sannyas Marg, Kankhal 贬补谤颈诲惫腻谤补 (U.P.) 19/8/1990

碍补濒测腻峁嚹珁腻蝉耻鈥�

Dear鈥斺��! Prior to this, I have received your loving letters dated 24/9/89, 20/10/89, 19/12/89, 1/1/90, 16/1/90, 12/6/90, 11/7/90, 28/7/90 on time. It is my despair that I was not able to give you any response despite receiving all of these letters. If it had been anyone else, they would surely have been offended and stopped writing me letters. I know that would never be possible in your case.

I cannot understand why human beings become puffed up for no reason. A person who cannot understand his own worth meets with endless misfortunes. One who does not accept the help of those who try to help is called ungrateful or unappreciative. An ungrateful person can never find auspiciousness. Worldly prowess is wholly defunct in the realm of spirituality and begets especially poisonous results where there is hatred, violence, and envy.

A person who utilizes his fortitude, unwavering patience, and strategic intelligence to solve whatever difficult problems and crises there are in this world finds that his glory and acclaim are broadcast everywhere. I have no earthly expectations of anyone. I want to stay satisfied with whatever I have. I maintain the faith that by the blessings and best wishes of the guru-varga and the kind-heartedness of close, dear friends, I will surely be able to cross over all precarious situations. Opportunists can take advantage of my simplicity, skills, popularity, generosity, and personal preferences and try to gain prestige, but nothing comes of that. We all have to develop conviction in hari-bhajana by any means necessary.

You can have misunderstandings with your apparently close relatives or companions in this world, but it is never possible to have any conflict of opinion with one who wishes you eternal auspiciousness. There is back-biting only in worldly affairs. Should someone share private information with an equanimous saint, he will never keep record of it like a set of evidential documents. On the other hand, persons like 顿丑峁泃补谤腻峁ａ弓谤补, who did not regard everyone equally, or like Duryodhana, who was like the personification of arrogance, will likely keep such information on record as proof of violence or envy. However, if one mistakenly thinks that 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 are quarrelsome, deceitful, and inconsiderate, there is a risk of inauspiciousness. Hence, it is necessary to adopt caution in this regard.

You should forever be stupid, foolish, immature, and bereft of intelligence. This is all I want. 鈥�Ati c膩l膩ker gal膩y da岣峣 鈥搕oo clever a man has a noose around his neck^[1].鈥� Definitely try to understand this proverb. Only foolish, crazy, absent-minded, simple people find auspiciousness in the company of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. If one tries to be clever like the crow^[2], one ends up cheated. Those who can mingle with equal ease in any and all groups do not find auspiciousness. They are called opportunists. They give priority to their own self-interest. They can be called dishonest or deceitful.

Guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 surely accept whatever you offer with faith. In some cases, their acceptance is experienced or realized indirectly; in other cases, it is experienced directly.

鈥�Bhu峁卥te bhojayate鈥濃�斺�渇eeding 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 and being fed by them鈥� is one of the six types of sat-蝉补峁単补. 

啶︵ぞ啶�-啶�啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶椸�嵿ぐ啶�, 啶�啶苦ぅ啷� (啶�啶班じ啷嵿お啶�) 啶椸�佮お啷嵿��-啶曕ぅ啶�, 啶�啶曕�嵿し啶�, 啶�啷嬥�溹え-啶︵ぞ啶�; 啶膏�權�嵿�椸�囙ぐ 啶侧�曕�嵿し啶�, 啶忇�� 啶涏く 啶灌く, 啶囙す啶距い啷� 啶�啶曕�嵿い啶苦ぐ 啶�啷嵿ぐ啶距��

顿腻苍补-pratigraha, mitho (paraspara) gupta-kath膩, bhak峁�a峁嘺, bhojana-d膩na; sa峁単era lak峁�a峁嘺, ei chaya haya, ih膩te bhaktira pr膩峁嘺^[3]

鈥淕iving and receiving gifts, sharing confidential matters, eating [the 辫谤补蝉腻诲补 given by devotees] and offering them meals [of 辫谤补蝉腻诲补]鈥搕hese are the six aspects of association in which the life force of bhakti 诲飞别濒濒蝉.鈥�

Palm fritters, gotu kola fritters, water spinach, taro, taro stem, dry calabash curry, dry banana flower curry, and calabash and milk pudding鈥搕hese are all mediums, or ingredients, of affection. In this case, there exists the sweet connection of profound introspection between giver and receiver. Even at a distance of thousands of miles, this love and affection is experienced mutually. All of you should give your heart to serving and worshipping the deity. He or They will surely accept that [service] directly. 鈥淚t feels like every moment is passing me by. There is no time. I will be hopeless in the end.鈥� I will definitely give you a resolution to this concern of yours. Try not to walk in error, try to walk in rectification and learning. I accept that without the causeless compassion of the atimartya (immortal) 补颈艣墨-艣补办迟颈 (potency of 莫艣惫补谤补), no one has the capacity to move forward even one step in this context. 

What greater friends are there in this world than 艢r墨 Hari, guru, and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉? 

啶むさ 啶ㄠた啶�-啶溹え, 啶�啶班�� 啶�啶距え啷嵿ぇ啶�, 啶膏�傕じ啶距��-啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶椸ぞ啶班��

Tava nija-jana, parama b膩ndhava, sa峁僺膩ra-k膩r膩g膩re^[4]

鈥淵our associates are our best friends in this jail of material existence.鈥� 

One will certainly have to realize this. If you can weep in anguish, everything on this earth will be there for you. Then the world will give you consolation, take you as its own, cherish each of your whims. Recognizing your love for 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 and for guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, the religious world, the considerate world, will answer all of your requests or pleas and will love and care for you selflessly. Your natural simplicity will firmly establish you in life. Know you have my affection, love, and best wishes. 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]:

Or: 鈥淭oo much cunning overreaches itself.鈥�

[2]:

There are numerous fables in Bengal about the cunning of crows. 艢r墨la 厂补谤补蝉惫补迟墨 峁琱腻办耻谤补鈥檚 Up膩khy膩ne Upade艣a features one such fable wherein a crow inserts discarded peacock feathers into his own tailfeathers and tries to masquerade as a peacock.

[3]:

艢补谤补峁嚹乬补迟颈^, Hari He! 顿腻苍补^- pratigraha (1) by 艢r墨la Bhaktivinoda 峁琱腻办耻谤补

[4]:

Ohe Premera 峁琱腻办耻谤补 骋辞谤腻 (6)