Who likes to hear the glories of Lord Krishna

Those who have given up any hope to be happy by indulging in sense gratification likes to hear the glories of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. An introspective person contemplates that this world is temporary, relationship of this world is flickering and his body with which he is too attached now is also going to get destroyed one day.

So, what is there to be happy here?  He begins to look for a solution which will free him from all material miseries and will help him to attain a destination where life is eternal.

Seeing the eagerness of such a fortunate soul, Krishna directs him to a devotee who is free from all material attachments and has fully dedicated his life to Krishna. He is a bona fide representative of Krishna.

When the suffering soul begins hearing from him the message of Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita, then he experiences great relief. His heart starts dancing in joy and he becomes fully satisfied. The medicine of Krishna Consciousness relives him from all miseries.

To advance in Krishna consciousness, it is important that we hear the glories of Krishna from those who are always absorbed in Krishna and not from anyone else.

These days sometimes people get misled by Bhagavatam reciters who are good orator, who discusses mostly the esoteric pastime of Krishna, but their heart is full of material desires. While speaking Krishna katha, these professional reciters shed tears too, seeing this the audience too starts crying.

Their talk mesmerises the audience. But unfortunately, people’s heart does not get transformed.  Even after hearing Bhagavatam for a week, they remain the same person. They continue indulging in sensual gratification and do not fully surrender to Krishna.

Hear glories of Krishna from sincere devotees

Such people after returning home will switch on their TV to watch some shows or will watch videos on mobile. And while watching some TV serials or movies, they shed tears there too when some emotional scene comes.  There material attachment has not gone away then how will they develop love for Krishna?

When Srila Prabhupada began preaching then there were people indulging in many sinful activities but after hearing from him, they gave up all bad habits. They lost interest in reading newspapers, hearing movie songs, going to cinema and watching sports. 

Instead, they began taking pleasure in chanting the names of Krishna and hearing the glories of Krishna as given in Srimad Bhagavatam.

So, if we want to advance in our spiritual life then we should hear from a realized soul. This is suggested even by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu – (bhāgavata paro diya bhāgavata sthane).

Hearing glories of Krishna from sincere devotees of Krishna is the perfect medicine to get freedom from the repeated cycle of birth and death. It frees our heart from material attachment and sense gratification and gives us taste in chanting and singing the glories of Krishna.

If we are not doing so, then we are wasting this human life which we have got after transmigrating through 8.4 million species.

Such a foolish person is called killer of one’s own self. If we do not perfect our life now then we do not know after how many lifetimes we will again get this human body.

Three Reflections

• An introspective person begins to look for a solution which will free him from all material miseries and will help him to attain a destination where life is eternal.

• If we do not perfect our life now then again, we do not know after how many lifetimes we will again get this human body.

• Hearing glories of Krishna from sincere devotees of Krishna is the perfect medicine to get freedom from the repeated cycle of birth and death.

Ask Yourself

• Are we regularly hearing from Srila Prabhupada or his representative or we are also hearing from those who are not bona fide?

Action Item

• Prefer to listen lectures of Srila Prabhupada and those representing him correctly.

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