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Chapter 6: Becoming Pure
STUDY QUESTIONS
From Book
1. Who is the quality of the disciple mentioned in this chapter?
2. How does a devotee see suffering from material consequences?
3. What is the result of perfected devotee?
From Talk
1. What is the difference between forced and voluntary austerity?
2. How does a madhyam adhikari deals in 4 ways?
3. What should be the vision of preparing and honoring prasadam?
Open Ended
1. “By nature's way we are forced to follow some austerity.” When anyways nature is going to force austerity upon us which might be difficult to tolerate and deal with , why not voluntarily accept simply spiritual disciplines and live a blissful life throughout?
2. What is the Glory of Srila Prabhupada and Genuine Gurus!! They are accepting all our sinful reactions in order to deliver us!! How much cautious should I be in order to follow the vows I have given them?
3. “Yes, he keeps everything in full. But he gives preference to Kṛṣṇa.” What are the things that I am attached to doing which Krsna does not like, and which are those things I plan to follow which Krishna does like!!
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Key Analogies:
1. That is the difference between man and animal. An animal cannot accept austerity voluntarily, but a man can accept it. Suppose there are some nice sweetmeats in the confectioner’s shop. A man wants to eat them, but he sees that he has no money so he restrains himself. But when a cow comes, immediately she pushes her mouth in. You may beat her with a stick, but she will tolerate it. Therefore an animal cannot undergo austerity.But our austerity is very nice. We chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and dance, and then Kṛṣṇa sends very nice food and we eat. That’s all. Why are you not agreeable to such austerity? Chanting, dancing, and eating nicely? And because we are following austerities, Kṛṣṇa sends us nice things. So we are not losers. When you become Kṛṣṇaized, you get more comforts than at the present moment. That’s a fact. I have been living alone for the last twenty years, but I have no difficulties. Before taking sannyāsa I was living in Delhi. And although I was living alone, I had no difficulties.
2. Yes, that is māyā, illusion. That is like the ass. You sit down on the back of the ass and hold a morsel of food in front of its face. The ass is thinking, “Let me go forward a little, and I shall get the grass.” [Bob laughs.] But it is always one foot distant. That is ass-ism. [They all laugh.] Everyone is thinking, “Let me go a little forward, and I’ll get it. I’ll be very happy.”
3. The whole world is not serving Kṛṣṇa. Or, they are serving Kṛṣṇa indirectly, just as disobedient citizens serve the government indirectly. Prisoners come to the prison house on account of their disobedience of the laws of the state. But in the prison house they are forced to obey the laws of the state. Similarly, all the living entities here are godless, either by ignorance or by choice. They do not like to accept the supremacy of God. Demoniac. So we are trying to bring them to their original condition. That is the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
4. No. Or, even if he gets sick, that is very temporary. For instance, this fan is moving. If you disconnect the electric power, the fan will move for a few moments. That movement is not due to the electric current. It is due to - what is it called? Momentum.
5. That idea is also in the Bible. Jesus Christ took all the sinful reactions of the people and sacrificed his life. That is the responsibility of a spiritual master. Because Kṛṣṇa is Kṛṣṇa, He is apāpa-viddha - He cannot be attacked by sinful reactions. But a living entity is sometimes subjected to their influence because he is so small. Big fire, small fire. If you put some big thing in a small fire, the fire itself may be extinguished. But in a big fire, whatever you put in is burned up. The big fire can consume anything.