"Those favored by God find their paths set by thorns."
(Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura)
"Sometimes Krsna may put us into some difficulty just to purify us and force us to advance in Krsna consciousness. The devotee should always see his difficulty in this light, that Krsna is so kind upon me for creating this condition of struggling, thus He is relieving me of so many billions of lifetime of sinful reactions by this very insignificant and temporary condition of suffering something."
(Srila Prabhupada letter, Dec. 29, 1972)
"A devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by God’s mercy; although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering. Anyone who accepts this philosophy of God’s mercy in suffering conditions, and still makes progress in Krishna consciousness, it is said that he is sure to go back to home, Back to Godhead."
(Srila Prabhupada letter, February 13, 1968)
"A pure devotee of the Lord accepts tribulation as favours from the Lord. Since the Lord is absolute, there is no mundane difference between the two."
Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.9.17, Purport)
"Personally, I have no hope for any direct service of the coming crores of births in the sojourn of my life, but I am confident that some day or other I shall be delivered from this mire of delusion in which I am at present so deeply sunk. Therefore let me with all my earnestness pray at the lotus feet of my divine master to allow me to suffer the lot for which I am destined due to my past misdoings, but to let me have this power of recollection: that I am nothing but a tiny servant of the Almighty Absolute Godhead, realized through the unflinching mercy of my divine master. Let me therefore bow down at his lotus feet with all the humility at my command."
(Srila Prabhupada Vyasa-puja speech, Bombay, 1935)
.
“When a devotee is put into hellish conditions, he accepts them as Krishna's mercy: tat te 'nukampam susamiksamanah. He does not protest, ‘Oh, I am such a great devotee of Krishna. Why have I been put into this misery?’ Instead he thinks, ‘This is Krishna's mercy.’"
(Srila Prabhupada lecture, July 18, 1973, London)
Jaya Prabhupada!!!
Comments