Embracing the Anxieties of the World

The great Vaisnava acharyas are not aloof from the sufferings of the conditioned souls of this material world.To the contrary, their hearts bleed to see how miserable the conditioned souls are in this one fourth portion of the Lord's creation. Therefore they fully dedicate their lives for awakening the dormant Krishna consciousness in the hearts of all living beings.

In this connection Srila Prabhupada has written wonderfully in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 6, Chapter 1, Verse 6 as follows:

"A Vaisnava is para-duhkha-duhkhi; in other words, he has no personal troubles, but he is very unhappy to see others in trouble. Prahlada Maharaja said, 'My Lord, I have no personal problems, for I have learned how to glorify Your transcendental qualities and thus enter a trance of ecstasy. I do have a problem, however, for I am simply thinking of these rascals and fools who are busy with maya-sukha, temporary happiness, without knowledge of devotional service unto You.' This is the problem faced by a Vaisnava. Because a Vaisnava fully takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he personally has no problems, but because he is compassionate toward the fallen, conditioned souls, he is always thinking of plans to save them from their hellish life in this body and the next."

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Why Sense Control is Said to Be So Hard?

Dear Gurudeva,
Namaste.

I would like to ask the following question:

Why it is said that it may be easier to drink the entire sea, to uproot Meru Mountain, or to swallow red hot fire than to get hold of one's senses?

Yours in Yoga

Janardan Mali

Answer: By Our Own Power We Can't Control Senses

This gives us some idea of how difficult it is to control our senses. Actually, on our own it is impossible to control our voracious senses. Only by the unlimited mercy and power of Krishna can our wild senses be fully brought under control. Even the greatly powerful yogi Visvamrita, who had attained the samadhi stage of astanga yoga, failed to keep his senses under the control when he was approached by the heavenly damsel Menaka. But the stalwart devotee Haridas Thakur, who took complete shelter of Krishna's holy names, did not fall victim to the beautiful naked girl who propositioned him for sex in the dead of night. This is the power of Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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