What would Kṛṣṇa be more pleased with? The cook who is thinking, "Okay, I could cook it this way or I could do that, that would be nicer for Kṛṣṇa," or the one who is thinking, "I got to surrender, I hate this cooking, I got to surrender."
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.
The association of devotees is actually our most valuable possession. By that association we become fortunate, by that association we attain perfection.
The whole problem of the Mahabharata is all based on passion, that sets the whole scene for the Mahabharata. So we see that this attachment of the senses, attachment to name, fame, they just make trouble. Whatever trouble we have in our life, it’s because of these things, because of