Verse 1.6.23: Actually, we have been serving so many people of the world. Serving cannot be avoided, we have to do it. Either we serve Krishna, or we serve our mind, our senses, our family etc.
Mind is the only cause for liberation and mind is the only cause for bondage. Sometimes it is seen that a dog is a cause of bonding for the whole family. When we do not know who God is, then we serve the dog...
Realizing Krishna's presence in other living entities is not wrong, but thinking dog to be God is unintelligent. That is why we need a spiritual master, who can guide us, answer our questions. And under his guidance, if we serve we will slowly get rid of our contamination, get rid of our misconceptions. Mere bhakti is enough, even if we do not have knowledge. Strong faith is required, Krishna from within will illuminate our heart with the lamplight of knowledge and we will understand and know everything.
With Bhakti, knowledge is already included.
Eg: Krishna sending Uddhava to Vrindavan. Uddhava stayed back for so many months, trying to understand the bhakti of the gopi's.
If we see somebody higher than us, in the neophyte stage we might get envious and want to take their position. But when we understand our true position, we want to become servants of them instead. The antidote to envy is becoming the servant of those who we might envy. If we serve our Guru, then the ignorant layers are removed and we make lot of advancement. Serving Krishna and serving devotees is much higher benediction that we can achieve.
Monday, March 2, 2009
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