051. Simplicity and fear of being cheated || SSGGSM || BG 9.3 || San Fransisco || 3rd July 1994

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj
Salient points:
@ Those who have no faith in Kṛṣṇa, in science of devotional service instructed by Kṛṣṇa cannot attain Kṛṣṇa.
@ One should have unflinching faith in the words of sādhu, guru and śāstra.
@ If you develop Kṛṣṇa bhakti then all your karmas, duties, work, finished.
@ All say from lips, but inside heart there is no faith. 99.9% have no faith, they say only through lips.
@ Those who have faith come for sādhu sanga, others with no faith don’t come. Only fortunate jīvas who develop faith come for sādhu sanga.
@ There are two types of śraddhā - śāstrīya śraddhā, laukika śraddhā.
@ How to develop śraddhā, is the first requisite. If you do sādhu sanga, and hear from them then you will develop śāstrīya śraddhā.
@ Bhāgavatam is not a mercantile commodity - don’t hear from professional speaker. Hear from a genuine sādhu.
@ Simplicity (saralatā) is vaiṣṇavism. Duplicity, kāpaṭya, crookedness is the great hindrance on the path of bhakti. Be as simple as a child (Story of daughter-in-law and mother-in-law)
@ Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura said it is better to remain in other species but in this rarely achieved human birth don’t allow crookedness to enter into your heart.
@ Who can develop śraddhā - those who are simple in heart.
@ You may come for sādhu sanga but the words will not enter your ears.
@ One thinks if one becomes simple, he will be cheated. By simplicity you will develop bhakti and will get Kṛṣṇa then how will you be cheated?
@ One should have complete faith that Kṛṣṇa is my maintainer and protector. Nobody else || One who has complete faith in the words of Kṛṣṇa will never engage in material work. He always engages in Kṛṣṇa’s service.
@ You will develop prema bhakti, you will get Kṛṣṇa then why will you be cheated? Why do others cheat you? (eg. Jaḍa Bharata)
@ You are always being cheated, that's why you are accepting crookedness not simplicity.
@ Abandon all varieties of dharma and surrender unto lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, which is abhaya caraṇa. This is śaraṇāgati, śraddhā, unflinching faith.
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