‘What is My Varṇa?’ Workshop
We are trying to find out what it is that you are interested in and why you are doing it. Because ‘why’ much of the time will establish what actually is the nature.
We are trying to find out what it is that you are interested in and why you are doing it. Because ‘why’ much of the time will establish what actually is the nature.
We see our faults, others see our good qualities. This is how the pious person sees things. A not so pious view is that we see all the good qualities in ourself and all the bad qualities in others.
By the grace of the Lord, by the order of the Lord, by the Lord’s, by the devotees’ desire to please the Lord, all the good fortune will be there for all living entities. So even though they are not looking for it, the devotees will go out to them in every town and village.
There is no solution in this material world. The only way is to get out. That’s it. And so, that means at one point we must detach ourself and not care and turn our back on it.
Pretentious is that the living entity thinks he is God and separate from Kṛṣṇa. Because if we don’t do devotional service, what is left for us? Illusion, staying in the material world, being God. That is more pretentious.
Pure devotee starts from a madhyama. Madhyama is a pure devotee. We will say ‘pure devotee’ and then put it way off in the distance. No, pure devotional service can be performed from niṣṭhā.
Friend means when things are good you are friend and when things are bad you are a friend. If you are only a friend when things are good you are not actually a very good friend.
People that don’t trust, it’s easy, it’s not rocket science, they didn’t have someone there. If someone has authority issues, then it goes back, they didn’t have anyone there.
Question: The junior is doing service, and by doing service they get more realization than the senior person administrating people, and then you run into conflicts…
Whether the person is respected or not, at the end of the day your problems still remain, believe it or not. If another person who is having problems is removed from the scene, still you remain and your problems still remain, it doesn’t actually change anything.