Pariprashnena — Q&A Archive

... " my dear Lord Sri Krishna,I have been waiting countless millenia for this moment,how may I serve you? "

My dear beautiful Lord what can I do to never leave your company?

Presumptuous by the nature of the question, but I would not be asking him any question... I am quite certain about it. In the same time all questions that I have I get an answer from him in the form of guru, sadhu and sastra and devotees who represent them. Presumptuous but I guess the appropriate question would be, your hair looks very beautiful today, who had made it? In any case it is presumptuous by its nature, since first one needs to have a service to Krishna and only then see Him, not the other way around. When a conditioned soul like me thinks about it, he may come up with a question that will expose personal unsteadiness in devotional service or an absence of service or knowledge about it all together.

One time BSST heard his new disciple explaining the gayatri mantra and how to approach Krishna. He said: It is not easy to get even a glimpse of mercy of Krishna, I had performed so many austerities, but have never got even a glance of it." He, Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, did get darsana or Panca Tattva and special mercy of Radharani, but had not the same from Krishna, Krishna is very hard to approach, so when someone new to the process gets it so easily, we may ask: "Whatever drug you are on, we want it too:)"

[quote][cite] ccd:[/cite]One time BSST heard his new disciple explaining the gayatri mantra and how to approach Krishna. He said: It is not easy to get even a glimpse of mercy of Krishna, I had performed so many austerities, but have never got even a glance of it." He, Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, did get darsana or Panca Tattva and special mercy of Radharani, but had not the same from Krishna, Krishna is very hard to approach, so when someone new to the process gets it so easily, we may ask: "Whatever drug you are on, we want it too:)"[/quote]

If its very difficult to get, its not mercy. You think Krishnas mercy is not available, that He does not want to help us? Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur must have been demonstrating humilty. Im not so humble or refined. When was the last time you at least tried to renounce everything and then spent days and nights continuously putting everything you had into trying to understand Bhagavad-gita? Why should Krishna not respond at such a critical time and say, "Yes, Im here. Youre not ready, but follow My instructions and in due time..."? I should have known you would try to invalidate the core of my faith in Krishna, especially since youve been trying to erode my faith in Srila Prabhupada all along. I thought devotee association was supposed to build our faith in Krishna and His mercy.[br /][br /]

Anyway, perhaps the moral of the story as it relates to this question is that we cant pretend to be more advanced than we are and hide our desires from Krishna. Krishnas energies have been attracting us since time immemorial, and if we have any desires apart from pure devotional service, those desires will be revealed and satisfied before Krishna gives pure devotional service.[br /][br /][br /]

UPDATE: On account of your comment, CCD, I decided to delete my story from here. In the past some devotees have advised me to keep it private because mean, ignorant, and envious people would attack me for it. I did not expect that to happen here, in association with devotees, but unfortunately I was wrong. I havent been chanting Hare Krishna however-many millions of times for the past thirteen years because of some drug. If you dont think Im qualified for Krishnas mercy, then call it Srila Prabhupadas mercy. Hare Krishna.

Please bless me so that I may never stop seeing you and serving you and may not a moment in my life pass by forgetting you or not serving you.
Please tell me how I may achieve this and bless me so I achieve this immediately and never lose this achievement.

I will ask: What question to ask, Krishna? Just kidding.

A surrendered soul has no reason to question Krishna on anything.

A surrendered soul is not bothered if Krishna punishes him or rewards him.

A surrendered soul has nothing but unalloyed love for Krishna; and love can ask no question.