Inspiration..

I don’t feel like studying!! Tell me something new.
Well, I was just inspired to write. For the 100th time or something. But now I hope this inspiration stays. So do I hope for all the wonderful inspirations I get. I guess its more up to me to keep these inspirations alive by actually acting on them. And not just wishing that they stayed. Point. Hey, im a genius :P

I make so many resolves. That from today, or tomorrow, or from this date, I will start doing this, or stop doing this. And depending on whether I am faithful to these resolves, I see myself changing, for the better. I think the most important thing is to take it seriously when it hits you. And even when after sometime it doesn’t sound that appealing, just know that ur mind is just like ur body: it keeps changing. Don’t let the inspiration fade away.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison

That means im no genius :P

äyur harati vai pumsäm
udyann astam ca yann asau
tasyarte yat-ksano nita
uttama-sloka-värtayä

Both by rising and by setting, the sun decreases the duration of life of everyone, except one who utilizes the time by discussing topics of the all-good Personality of Godhead.

(SB 2.3.17)

Dasanudaso bhavitasmi bhuyah?!

aham hare tava padaika-mula
dasanudaso bhavitasmi bhuyah

manah smaretsu-pater gunams te
grnita vak karma karotu kayah

O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, will I again be able to be a servant of Your eternal servants who find shelter only at Your lotus feet? O Lord of my life, may I again become their servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my body always engage in the loving service of Your Lordship?

Intense Greed!

"Pure devotional service in Krsna Consciousness cannot be had even by pious activities in hundreds and thousands of lives. It can be attained only by paying one price...that is, intense greed to obtain it. If it is available somewhere, one must purchase it without delay." - Padyavali 14, CC Madhya 8.70 or as Srila Prabhupada said, we should want to become Krsna conscious at any cost.

rte 'rtham yat pratiyeta

na pratiyeta cätmani

tad vidyäd ätmano mäyäm

yathäbhäso yathä tamah

O Brahmä, whatever appears to be of any value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality. Know it as My illusory energy, that reflection which appears to be in darkness.

Lord Krsna, Srimad Bhagvatam (2.9.34)

More Excerpts from Victory over Death

"One has to keep one's life simple without greed for accumulating more and more, and make Krsna consciousness the top priority in life. Then one can attain 'apavarga', the spiritual world, where there is no hard struggle for existence, no material bondage, fear or death."

Nastyeva! Nastyeva! Nastyeva!

This post has been taken from the Japa Group - http://japagroup.blogspot.com/

Nastyeva! Nastyeva! Nastyeva!

Some time ago I read a very nice book entitled Legacy of Love: A Servant's Quest that speaks about the life of a very wonderful devotee of Lord Krishna named Hladini devi dasi, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada. I found the following letter from her to be really inspirational. And that's her on the picture together with Lord Jagannatha:

"I received your wonderful letter it was so nice to hear from you. But I am going to VERY INFACTICALLY AND LOUDLY PROCLAIM ... NASTYEVA! NASTYEVA! NASTYEVA! There's NOTHING more important than chanting those rounds VERY DEEPLY! So many wonderful devotees became prey to illusion simply because they let down their guard. If you maintain 16 rounds and the regulative principles you are completely protected by Guru and Krishna, but any lack is most dangerous. It's like coming to Africa with no vaccinations! (This place is HEAVY DUTY). All our Enthusiasm, Determination and Patience and Perseverance is in those glorious Names. Don't chant inattentively. The earlier you chant the sweeter it is- no static in the air. It's like tuning a radio, there's one fine point without any static. So we have to practice and search for Krishna in His name. Ultimately it's not a mechanical method. When Krishna is pleased by your struggle and perseverance to contact Him He reveals. This process is SO PERSONAL. Krishna wants to give us everything but we are so slow. That's why association is everything. You must BECOME the association. One small candle can burn down an entire fortress. One enthusiastic devotee can inspire masses. This process is so powerful, so dynamic, but the devotees aren't going deep into it. Then when Maya comes with her army of obstacles and allurements there is no higher taste to combat."

Letter from Hladini to Yamuna, February 23, 1989