The Thief Who Saw Krishna
Srila Prabhupada tells a wonderful story about a thief who saw Krishna. Here it is:
One professional reciter was publicly reciting the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and he was describing that Kṛṣṇa is very highly decorated with all kinds of jewels when He goes to tend the cows in the forest. So, there was a thief in that meeting, and he thought, "Why not go to Vṛndāvana and plunder this boy? He's in the forest with so many valuable jewels. I can go there and catch the child and take all the jewels." This was his intention. So he was serious. "I must find that boy," he thought. "Then in one night I shall become a millionaire."
The thief's qualification was his feeling: "I must see Kṛṣṇa! I must see Kṛṣṇa!" That anxiety, that eagerness, made it possible for him to actually see Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. He saw Kṛṣṇa in just the same way as the Bhāgavatam reader had described. Then the thief said, "Oh, You are such a nice boy, Kṛṣṇa." He began to flatter Him; he thought that by flattering Him he would easily take all the jewels. Then he proposed his real business: "May I take some of these ornaments? You are so rich."
"No, no, no," said Kṛṣṇa. "My mother will be angry! I cannot give them away." Kṛṣṇa was playing just like a child.
So the thief became more and more eager for Kṛṣṇa to give Him the jewels, but by Kṛṣṇa's association he was becoming purified. Then at last Kṛṣṇa said, "All right, you can take them." Then the thief became a devotee immediately, because by Kṛṣṇa's association he had been completely purified. So somehow or other you should come in contact with Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be purified.
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We are eternally unlimitedly indebted to Srila Prabhupada for sharing with us this most wonderful illuminating story.
If you have any questions, please write me at: sda@backtohome.com
Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to You.
I want to ask that how can we detach ourself from the most intimate relationship of our family like relationship between mother and son , relationship between husband and wife. I know the answer will be that they are not your eternal family members, they will not be with us eternally and after they will leave this body they'll not remember me. Same will happen with me. And another thing is to think that your family members are the servants of Krishna, they are not our family but Krishna's family. But it is hard to apply this formula in real life. Even if we thinks that the family members are Krishna's servants but after that also there is attachment for them. What is the easy and other way to get out of this illusion of attachment?
Thank you for this opportunity that we can ask question online.
Aspiring to be a devotee,
Monica Sanodiya
My Dear Monica,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The formula is simple. Expand your attachment to all of your family members, i.e. all living entities. In this way your "family members" are not excluded. They are included.
Attachment to all family members means the desire that they all can be rescued from their entanglement in the cycle of birth and death by returning to their original home in the spiritual world.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
One professional reciter was publicly reciting the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and he was describing that Kṛṣṇa is very highly decorated with all kinds of jewels when He goes to tend the cows in the forest. So, there was a thief in that meeting, and he thought, "Why not go to Vṛndāvana and plunder this boy? He's in the forest with so many valuable jewels. I can go there and catch the child and take all the jewels." This was his intention. So he was serious. "I must find that boy," he thought. "Then in one night I shall become a millionaire."
The thief's qualification was his feeling: "I must see Kṛṣṇa! I must see Kṛṣṇa!" That anxiety, that eagerness, made it possible for him to actually see Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. He saw Kṛṣṇa in just the same way as the Bhāgavatam reader had described. Then the thief said, "Oh, You are such a nice boy, Kṛṣṇa." He began to flatter Him; he thought that by flattering Him he would easily take all the jewels. Then he proposed his real business: "May I take some of these ornaments? You are so rich."
"No, no, no," said Kṛṣṇa. "My mother will be angry! I cannot give them away." Kṛṣṇa was playing just like a child.
So the thief became more and more eager for Kṛṣṇa to give Him the jewels, but by Kṛṣṇa's association he was becoming purified. Then at last Kṛṣṇa said, "All right, you can take them." Then the thief became a devotee immediately, because by Kṛṣṇa's association he had been completely purified. So somehow or other you should come in contact with Kṛṣṇa. Then you'll be purified.
------end of quotation from Srila Prabhupada--------
We are eternally unlimitedly indebted to Srila Prabhupada for sharing with us this most wonderful illuminating story.
If you have any questions, please write me at: sda@backtohome.com
Krishna, the Boy in the Vrindavan Forest
Answers According to the Vedic Wisdom
Question: How to Be Detached from Family Members?
Hare Krishna,Please accept my humble obeisance unto your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and All glories to You.
I want to ask that how can we detach ourself from the most intimate relationship of our family like relationship between mother and son , relationship between husband and wife. I know the answer will be that they are not your eternal family members, they will not be with us eternally and after they will leave this body they'll not remember me. Same will happen with me. And another thing is to think that your family members are the servants of Krishna, they are not our family but Krishna's family. But it is hard to apply this formula in real life. Even if we thinks that the family members are Krishna's servants but after that also there is attachment for them. What is the easy and other way to get out of this illusion of attachment?
Thank you for this opportunity that we can ask question online.
Aspiring to be a devotee,
Monica Sanodiya
Answer: Become Attached to All Your Family Membrers
From: ISKCON Austin, Texas USAMy Dear Monica,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The formula is simple. Expand your attachment to all of your family members, i.e. all living entities. In this way your "family members" are not excluded. They are included.
Attachment to all family members means the desire that they all can be rescued from their entanglement in the cycle of birth and death by returning to their original home in the spiritual world.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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