The Devotee Always Remain Humble

The devotee always remains humble. He never thinks that he is some of kind of great personality, even if he is glorified as a great personality. Since he always feels himself to be honeycombed with innumerable faults, he is pleased and feels greatly blessed when someone points out his faults.

Devotees Humbly Submit to Srila Prabhupada
ISKCON San Francisco--1967

Devotees Humbly Submit to Srila Prabhupada ISKCON San Francisco--1967

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Accept Authenticity of Krishna's Pastimes?

Dear Gurudeva,

With reference to your daily broadcast Q & A dated 28 Nov 15,

I have heard Krishna's pastimes many times since birth, but I have never felt ecstatic symptoms. So how can I accept their authenticity?

With Respect
Prashant Agrawal
Melbourne, Australia

Answer: Qualify Yourself to Taste the Nectar

A person who is suffering from jaundice will not taste sugar candy as sweet. For him the taste will be bitter. The cure for jaundice is to take sugar candy. So if the jaundice patient regularly takes sugar candy in spite of its bitterness, it will gradually regain its natural sweetness. So if you want to taste the ecstasy of the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, you must become free from your material disease by regularly hearing about them from Krishna's devotees, not materialists. In this way your disease of material consciousness will gradually become cured and you will taste unlimited nectar when you hear Krishna's pastimes. Furthermore by regularly relishing the pastimes of Krishna you will qualify yourself to enter into and be a part of Krishna's pastimes. Then you will know for sure how authentic they are.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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