How to accept our mistakes as MIND is saying that you are RIGHT? | Śrīla Gopāl Kṛṣṇa Goswāmī #Shorts

1 Feb 2022 · 1 min

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In this short teaching, the speaker answers a question from Prasad Raaval about how to accept one’s mistakes when the mind stubbornly claims one is right. The guidance is to seek help from more advanced practitioners or seniors. The speaker cites Rūpa Gosvāmī’s teaching on the six rāsās among gurus, highlighting the rasa of revealing one’s mind to a more advanced teacher and actually following the instructions given. An analogy is used: one would not visit a doctor and then refuse the prescribed medicine. The core message is that acknowledging mistakes requires both honest disclosure to a qualified guide and a willingness to act on their counsel.

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Prasad Raaval, he's asking, how do we accept our mistakes as the mind is saying that you are right? Take help of those who are more advanced. Take help of seniors. Rūpa Gosvāmī talks about 6 rāsās amongst the gurūs. And one of the rāsā is Reveal your mind to those who are more advanced and take instructions from them. There's no point in revealing the mind if you are not going to take instruction. You don't say, "I'll go to the doctor, but I don't want his medicine." Okay?