20241115 - What is association?

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Hare Krishna Dear devotees, Today we'll be continuing from Sri Chaitanya Shikshamrita of Srila Sachidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Today's topic is what is association? What is association? Yeah, I mentioned that.

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Hare Krishna Dear devotees, so we'll continue reading. It is inappropriate for genuine devotees to associate with these six types of Bahimuk Jan. Those who are averse to Krishna, sitting together in a gathering, crossing a river in in the same boat, bathing at the same ghat bathing place, or buying and selling items at the same marketplace do not constitute association. Association means interacting with a person with sincere brotherly affection.

All these arms of getting contact with someone in a river crossing or sitting in the oven.

So if you come in contact with someone in a gathering or crossing the river, or bathing in the same God, or buying or selling items, do not.

Do not constitute association.

Do not constitute association.

Association.

Association means intimately associating with someone with brotherly love, sisterly love or sisterly love.

So if you're all lit up on your exchanging thoughts thoughts association.

If you open up and if you exchange, exchange your thoughts, that's association. So there may be some so there may be some Bahirmukh people in this short contact situations. That's not association. That's just a contact.

So associations your listeners online, how she speaks thought.

More.

Communication.

So association means you talk to someone. It's all more about communication.

So what you'll talk about.

Says it's inappropriate for genuine devotees. So for genuine devotees to associate with Bahirmukh devotees, Bahir Mukh people, but people. So what it means by association it is actual association when you open up. One should not have such association with the Bahi Muk Jna Attachment number two Attachments are considered forbidden conduct for a Vaidi bhakta. There are four types of attachment. Attachment through disciple. Making an unqualified person as a disciple out of greed for wealth or followers results in significant trouble for the Sampradaya. Therefore, if a worthy recipient is not found, Vaidi bhakta should never accept disciples.

So they're trying to help someone.

So if you're trying to help someone to progress other.

Not on having a harmonized relationship.

If you are having a compromised relationship with Krishna or his devotees with Krishna or his devotees. So it may be better not to accept him as a disciple. 2.1. Okay, 2 point. I wonder how they interview devotees for initiation. How would they test if someone is a sincere disciple? When I got initiated, you interviewed me. 2.2. Attachment through companions Accepting companions who are not devotees leads to many unwanted consequences. It's better not to have companions than to have non devotee companions.

Companion is not interested in Ka consciousness.

If the companion is not interested in Ka consciousness, better to have no companion than having such a companion. 2.3. Attachment through servants it's not auspicious to gather servants who are not devoted to God.

You have servants who are not devoted to the SPG if you are not.

If you are if you have servant. Those who are not devoted to SPG SPG supreme personality of Godhead.

That's.

That'S not auspicious. 2.4. Attachment through friends before forming new friendships, one must first verify their devotion to Lord Vishnu.

Friendly relationship with you.

A friend is someone who you have friendly relationship with.

So we don't want to have friends who are not devoted.

So if we don't so we we don't want to have friends who are not devotees of Lord Vishnu. Efforts in grand Efforts of grand undertakings should be avoided in three situations. First, if the pioneer is financially burdened, they should not engage in such activities. 2. Once life is nearing its end, they should not begin grand tasks. 3. Undertakings that require the assistance of many people but for which obtaining such assistance is not easily feasible should not be pursued as they will only disrupt devotional practices. 4. If it becomes difficult to carry out grand activities like establishing monasteries, religious orders, temples or societies according to these guidelines, one should not make any effort in them. So.

It says here that doing some grand undertaking is not easily attained.

So it seems here that taking up some grand undertaking which are not easily achieved it's mentioned not good.

If the project needs a lot of finance.

If the project needs a lot of finance, one is when one is financially limited sarishlagurmaj burdened, then they shouldn't try for this.

If you're old at the end of.

Your life, if you're old at the end of your life, then starting a grand thing then starting a grand thing is difficult. They should not begin extensive study or debating. Devotees should study devotional scriptures along with related knowledge and karma scriptures. However, they should not read parts of many books superficially and then abandon them due to lack of time. Whatever book they choose to read should be read completely. Otherwise they may become prone to futile debates and ultimately be classified as a mere logician. As mere logicians, some people hear explanations and without understanding their merits and demerits constantly oppose them. This behavior is strictly forbidden for devotees.

It's very important so understand what you're.

Doing so it's very important to understand what you are doing.

There is some book.

If you read some book, you read it thoroughly. We only read Prabhupada Bhagavad, Chaitanya Charitamrita. This should be done very thoroughly. If you. Oh, if you skim over some book, then that would not be very useful. Any book you read, you should read it thoroughly. Misellinous miserliness among devotees is highly reprehensible. There are three types of miserliness. First, miserliness in behavior. Second in wealth. Third, in effort. Devotees should interact with the Vaishnavas by sincere care and standing up. Upon the arrival of Vaishnavas, they should treat the Brahmanas with respect and rewards. They should provide appropriate clothing to those under their care. They should pay for the proper price for others goods. They should support the king with taxes and duties. They should show gratitude to the benefactors, give food to the poor, provide medicine to the afflicted and donate clothes to those suffering from cold. When everyone in the world is deserving a proper treatment, merely treating them well ensures that miserliness does not occur. If nothing else, sweet words are enough to interact with everyone. They should interact with some using sweet words, with others using wealth, with others using effort. Miserliness in behavior is prohibited for devotees.

Some people greet very warmly and.

Treat.

Them nice with your behavior.

So some people, you might greet them warmly and treat them nice with your behavior. Some people will do it sufficiently. They might need cloth or something.

Someone with encouragement or help has been out.

If someone needs encouragement or help, then give your effort. So.

Grihastas have their own.

Wow. So grihastas. What? What was the second part?

Gurmaj. They have their own wealth.

So they can give warm cloth or something.

To help people.

So one should want to help people by giving appropriate things so that you won't be miserly. Number six. Controlled by grief and so on.

Okay.

Being influenced or controlled by major flaw is being influenced. Influenced or controlled is a major flaw. It manifests in four forms. Controlled by sorrow, controlled by habit, controlled by intoxicants and controlled by superstition.

Control thy sorrow, so brother dies.

So if one is controlled by sorrow, if they have their relatives die or.

Something, one has a habit of being sorry.

So if one have the habit of being sorry.

Anything else?

If anything happens, then O oxidants, one is controlled by intoxicants.

Alhamdulillah Struggle her husband always calls taking alcohol.

So I have a disciple whose husband who always falls after taking alcohol. So alcohol puts you in a very controlled state. So someone may be emotionally affected by intoxicants. Controlled by superstition.

Oh, a black cat.

Oh a black cat. So they see something.

This.

So they see something and they get all worked up and they'll say, today I saw something.

He said that someone is too affected by superstition.

So Kautilya, he says that if someone is too affected by superstition, you should shouldn't appoint him as a minister.

These are like great details that Rajan one of us.

So these are details that Shlabaktivana Thakur goes into. Then he explains the four forms. What are the four forms of control?

Here's the detail.

He gives the detail of each of the forms. Control.

You don't understand.

6.1. Controlled by sorrow and so on. In the world, there are countless reasons for living beings to experience sorrow. Anger, fear, greed and delusion. But vaidi bhaktas do not succumb to these emotions even when they arise. Yielding to such emotions weakens the spirit and hinders devotional practice. It's essential to remain ever vigilant in this regard.

World like Israel has a dad. Like Iran, we see in the world, they feel anger and attack. We have a counterattack.

So we see in the world. When Israel was attacked by Iran, they felt anger and they said we'll attack. When they attack, they said that we will counterattack. And then they counterattack.

Iran saying I will attack.

And then they attacked. And Iran says I'm attacked, I'll counter attack. So like this there is no peace.

No peace.

No peace. Sam.

They have to remain vigilant not to fall into this sorrow, anger.

So someone who is practicing Vaidi bhakti should remain vigilant, not to fall into sorrow, anger, fear and all these things. Okay? Okay. Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, we'll end here today. Shri Sri Radha Madhura Sakibrinda Mai Purchandra Ki Dheeraj Maharaj Ki Panchatatvaki Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhunetyanandan Pilad Nsinga Dev Key Shila Prabhupad Key nit.

All glories to the.

Guruji is blessing all of you. Krishna shelter is behind, behind behind the Darshan.

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