Thursday, September 10, 2009

Krishna's causeless mercy...

Verse 1.10.31-32 (Vidya Mji):
* Here we see that Lord Krishna accepts the arrangement made by Maharaj Yudhistira.
* If required, Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself was sufficient to defend Himself from the attack of others who counted the Lord as their enemy, but still He accepted all the arrangements made by Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira because He could not disobey the King, who was His elder cousin. The Lord plays the part of a subordinate in His transcendental sporting, and thus sometimes He puts Himself in the care of Yaśodāmātā for His protection in His so-called helplessness of childhood. That is the transcendental līlā, or pastime of the Lord.
* Out of His causeless mercy, He takes up this role to give transcendental pleasure to His devotee.
* So Lord Krishna killed so many demons in His childhood, so why is He afraid of Mother Yasoda.
* All that is because of His love for His devotees. He can be controlled by the unconditioned love of His devotees.
* It is tough for us to understand this, because we are too busy with our own material affairs. We keep speculating the KC process all the time. The Lord's feelings cannot be understood by us so easily.
* These spiritual books like SB and BG cannot be understood by us as we do maths and science. They need to be understood only through the mercy of the Spiritual master.
* It is all Krishna's supreme mercy, that He comes down to hold our hand and take us back. So only submissive love, constant attentive chanting and loving service to devotees will help us get there.
* It is upto to us to drink water from the river. The acharya's show us the path and help us, but we have to make the step.
* Whether situations work or not, we should understand that everything is Krishna's work and He is doing things to help us. So then we will be happy otherwise, we are always finding fault with others and are in anxiety.
* Always keep in mind that the ultimate goal is to go back to Godhead. Just based on short time goals, we should not miss out our ultimate goal.
* It's hard to not think that it is all Krishna's plan, but we need to practise it. He comes out of His superior position and comes and helps us in our day to day activities. It is all His mercy.

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