Hare Krishna,
A poor man
receives sädhus (a Krishna conscious person) very quickly, offers them
obeisances, and tries to take advantage of their presence, whereas a rich man
keeps a big greyhound dog at his door so that no one can enter his house. He
posts a sign saying "Beware of Dog" and avoids the association of
saintly persons actually he is spiritually poverty stricken. Whereas a
poor man keeps his door open for them and thus benefits by their association
more than a rich man does. Because Närada Muni, in his previous life, was the
poverty-stricken son of a maidservant, he got the association of saintly
persons and later became the exalted Närada Muni.
kåñëa-bahirmukha
haiyä bhoga-väïchä kare
nikaöa-stha
mäyä täre jäpaöiyä dhare
(Prema-vivarta)
Material life
means that one forgets Krishna and that one increases in one's desires for
sense gratification. But if one receives the advantage of instructions from
saintly persons and forgets the importance of material desires, one is automatically
purified.
Ceto-darpaëa-märjanaà
bhava-mahä-dävägni- (Çikñäñöaka1)
.
Unless the core of a materialistic person's heart is
purified, he cannot get rid of the pangs of bhava-mahä-dävägni, the blazing
fire of material existence.
Keeping in touch
with Krishna forever,
Servant of Krishna,
Jagannath
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