Don't Cheat Yourself

The worst thing you can possibly do in this human form is to not realize who you are. After transmigrating through 8,400,000 species in the cycle of birth and death you finally now have the opportunity to realize who you actually are and thus become liberated once and for all from all the sufferings of material existence. Therefore to not wholeheartedly take up the path of self realization is the greatest mistake you could ever make. Instead of cheating yourself by not becoming self-realized, you should reward yourself by awakening your divine enlightened consciousness under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

Srila Prabhupada Teaches Self-Realization to the Entire World

Srila Prabhupada Teaches Self-Realization to the Entire World

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Be Indifferent to Success and Failure?

Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Krishna says in the Gita to become indifferent to success and failure. My question is: How do we develop and maintain this mentality?

Your humble servant,
Sushant

Answer: See Them Both as the Mercy of Krishna

If you will see success and failure both as the special mercy of Krishna to help you come back to Him, you will be properly situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge and you will never be overwhelmed by the constantly tossing wavers of the material ocean.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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