Hare Krishna Prabhu ji's and Mata ji's
PAMHO!!!!!
I have few questions.. I will be very much obliged If I can get the answers....
1) does doggies can see yamraj??? because in my life I have experienced it many times when ever a dog cry.... some death definitely happens.. please t ell me what is the reason behind it??
2) As we have no control over lust or attraction.... then in Vaikunth or Golok if we got lusty again.. then again we will fall in Earth..this cycle will never end.....then why Lord Krishna said one who comes to me never goes back....
3) Please tell me is it fine if I gift Bhagwad Gita to my friends but they dont read it.. or should i gift Bhagwad Gita to only those person who are very much interested??
4) My Grandmother is living in her daughter's house and saying that daughters are far better then sons and I wana die in my daughters home only..... she is not a devotee, I tried my level best to help my grand mother but I faild... when I said to my aunt (Bua) that please give her Bhagwad Gita then she shouted at me and said should I let her die.. and said that my mother in law read BG and she died very bad death..should i let the same thing happen with her too....I just kept quite and was not able to answer anyting.
5) People says that parents are god....please answer me how far it is true...
6) In my life it is my dream to be a sucessful CA, remain Bhramachri and with all the money i will earn in my life i will make a beautiful temple of Lord Krishna...I dont wana keep even a single penny for my self.. to do 64 rounds in a day.. and then die.... we have a very short life.. i dont wana spoil it.... this is the motive of my life... kindly guide me...I want your humble counsiling prabhu ji...(my parents want me to get married)
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5.-Living beings are not God, just parts and parcels, no matter whats their positions.
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1) May or May not be what difference it will make?
2) The real love exist in spiritual & In material world that love converted into lust due to carving of material senses.
So there is no fall down due to this unless one turns away from Krishna.
3) You just sow the seed, when the proper rain comes it automatically grow. so even if he is not interested you just give him that copy one day that copy definitely make someone devotee. it may be your friend or someone else.
4) Just keep trying and depend upon lord's mercy
5) In every life you got new parents, parents are like God but not God
6) If you are feeling too much detachment or love for lord then anything else, then you can join Bhramachri otherwise you can continue service with worldly duties.
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
6) See its like this - if you want to remain brahmachari, then you have to join temple as fulltime devotee and wear saffron. If you are at home, taking care of parents and doing your job, then you have to marry. This is the standard we tell everyone. Its natural for your parents to want to see you married. What you can do is marry a devotee girl. She could be from your community also. That way, you both can help each other progress in spiritual life together and marriage will not be a hindrance to your devotional life.
Regarding building a temple, my humble request to you is to support the existing temples of ISKCON to your capacity. TOVP is coming up, you could donate there, or in your local temple.
Even if you build a temple with your 100% earnings, then who will maintain it? How will it run after you are gone? Its easy to make anything, maintaining is the difficult part. Better to support an existing or upcoming temple where there are teams who will ensure its upkeep and standard of worship, isnt it?
YOu could make a budget, a percentage of earning shoudl go towards Krsna COnscious activities - that is highly recommended also. It should not be 100%. Make is a percentage - ideally start from small and gradually increase as and when you are comfortable. I have seen a lot of devotees in ISKCON who start by thinking and doing what you have stated, and then by the time they are 35 - 40, they start feeling the need to marry. Then they need money and start asking from other devotees. Would it not be better to have some savings instead?
This is my humble opinion prabhuji. YOu are free to do what you want.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Hare Krishna mataji..
PAMHO!!
Thank you very much for your humble counseling....I was badly in a need of such counseling from the advance devotee like you .....now I understood...and I will do my best to follow what all u said.
Thank you.
Haribol,
Your Humble servant,
Amit Mehra
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Such a long list of questions!!! I will try to answer one by one:
1) Answered nicely by Dean prabhu. I agree.
2) Kaam, krodha, mad, lobha, moha, matsarya (lust, anger, intoxication, greed, illusion, envy) - these are the maladies of the conditioned soul, thats why the soul is in the material world. Only when one overcomes these and develops love for Godhead, one reaches Vaikuntha or any of the spiritual planets. Once one reaches Vaikuntha or Goloka (spiritual planets), one does not return to the material world unless one desires to. Acharyas have said that we fall from the spiritual world only once. There is no second time falling - because once the soul has tasted what the material world (jail) is, it does not want to return. Therefore, Krsna's words in Gita - yad gatva na nivartante tad dham paramam mama is very much true. The idea is to control the senses through the mind and overcome lust. Attentive chanting goes a long way in contolling lust.
3) Its absolutely ok to gift Gita to friends who wont/dont read it. Your karma is to gift/introduce them to the transcendental knowledge. Reading or not reading is their karma. Even if they dont read and it is simply lying in their house, it is so powerful that it is still beneficial. WHo knows one day they may read it and benefit from it. Your job is to make it accessible to them.
4) It is her karma. Nobody dies a good or bad death because of reading or not reading Gita. It is the lifelong karma of the person as well as maybe prarabdha - karma of past life which will have a bearing on the last moments of a person. If your grandmother and aunt are not receptive, let it be. YOu can only do so much. Its ok if they dont get convinced, you take care of your sadhana, you should not get bewildered.
I really appreciate your efforts in trying to give Krsna Consciousness to your family members. Whether they accept or not is their karma, Krsna is pleased with your efforts. He is effort oriented, not result oriented like us. So your effort itself is pleasing to Krsna. Its better we dont preach to family elders, esp when they are not receptive. Better to concentrate on our sadhana and become so pucca that the same family elders turn to us in any crises and ask us to pray to Krsna for their needs.
5) Parents are respectable and considered as the first gurus. Therefore, as the position of guru is akin to God, the position of parents is also akin to God. In our society, it is considered the son's duty to take care of aged parents. Having said that, it is also the duty of parents to be reasonable. Frequently it is seen that parents expectations are so much, esp from daughter in law, that its not possible to meet. Eventually son has to separate from parents to keep his marraige.
6) This is a long answer. I will answer separetely.
Haribol,
YOur servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Hare Krishna Mata ji's and Prabhu ji,
All these questions were troubling me a lot.. thank you very much for your counselings...
Haribol!
Your humble servant
Amit Mehra
hare krsna........prabhuji...
since krsna is assuring the no doubt of any question.. but ...our material mind does not have faith,....
by practicing krna counciousness all the lusty desires will slowly be removed as forget the past days of less importance.... and doe not give any response to it....... ..
1-Sometimes animals can sense such inauspicious things,
but that doesnt mean they have personal darshan with Sri Yama.
Even those sinful who goes to hell doesnt see him personally.
2-The lust based on material body attraction doesnt exist in Lords abode.
3-If you spread the seeds everywhere, only on some places will come to plant.
The more you spread, the better chance is to fall on good soil and to grow.
Only seed itself can find good soil for growing, therefore all you can do is just spread it everywhere.
4-Chanting and singing Hare Krishna that others hear can be easy.
Books are not for everyone, but holy name vibrations are.
5-The parents are good, but the Lord is the best.
If you satisfy only God, all living beings will be satisfied with you.
6-The association of devotees are essential.