Friday, April 1, 2011

Radhanath Swami on Forgetfulness

The definition of a Vaishnava (devotee) is para dukha dukhi, one who is concerned with the spiritual welfare of other living beings, who feels great pain seeing other people suffer. People suffer due to the varieties of reactions to acts of ignorance of their constitutional positions as eternal servitors of the Lord. Due to such ignorance a person repeatedly performs sinful acts even after atoning for the sins performed previously. The analogy of an elephant can be given here. An elephant goes to bath but due to his foolishness comes out and rolls again in the dust. Similarly, even if we atone for our sins, but if the seed of desire for sense gratification is still in the heart, then it is just a matter of time till it impels us again to engage in sinful activities.
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16 comments:

  1. Anil TimbeApril 1, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    How nicely Radhanath Swami is telling about root cause of why person engages in sinful activities.

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  2. Shra1wizApril 1, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    The seed for the sense gratification in our heart, this is so much hard to remove. Only words from pure devotees like Radhanath Swami can help us remove it with the root.

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  3. Abhijit ToleyApril 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM

    It's a shocking revelation to hear that we have forgotten God. And it's obviously true.

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  4. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    The words of a pure devotee like Radhanath Swami are transcendentally uprooting to the kama bija (seeds of selfish enjoyment) we have in our heart since countless lifetimes.

    We very much these inspiration from Radhanath Swami in today's world of turmoil and selfish enjoyment propaganda.

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  5. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    eye opening. Thank You Swamiji.

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  6. Piyush SinghApril 1, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Thank you Radhanath Swami for this wisdom. Indeed forgetfulness is the root cause of all our problems.

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  7. Devakinandan dasApril 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Radhanath swami's point of sinful karmic reactions is one of the main point of the Bhagavad Gita.

    Davinder Kumar

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  8. Shyam Bihari DasApril 1, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    Srila Prabhupada once said that we can make spiritual advancement if we stop all our vikarma as well as karma, but perform our duties in akarma, accruing no good or bad reactions, but dedicating everything to Krishna. HH Radhanath swami has explained this so nicely in such a simple way, as the seed of sense gratification has to be removed.

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  9. gopasanaApril 2, 2011 at 2:47 AM

    this statement from HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj is like a personal reminder to me!

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  10. Sumit SharmaApril 2, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    The seed of sinful desire can't go away unless one yarns for the loving devotional service which is the real constitutional position for every living being. Radhanath Swami has given a very nice message here.

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  11. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Love this example!

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  12. AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    there’s only one thing that can give pleasure to the heart - the sitting place of the self or soul. And that one thing is love - to love and to be loved. Any one can experience this in association of Radhanath swami.Rohininandandas

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  13. Balaram PrasadApril 4, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    It us very unfortunate that Maharjji keep stressing on this message over and over and we are still unable to make progress in getting out of our material attachments.

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  14. Ravi GargApril 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    This article makes us think about our ways of life.....are they correct to take us out the circle of repeated birth & death?

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  15. prakash s .chhabriaApril 20, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    it is just like rowing the boat without removing the anchor.no chance of going ahead. fantastically explained by radhanath swami.

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  16. SHEETAL P. CHHABRIAApril 20, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    any good work done without purification is simply waste of time.thanks for your superb explanation RADHANATH SWAMI.

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