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It is confirmed by Srila Prabhupada, that some people call No one wants to be sick. Why do diseases attack us and
themselves god, a pure devotee, a brahmacari, a brahmana, or a give us sufferings? Everything we experience is the act of
Sannyasi, but they do not follow the scriptures and the regulative our past karma.”
Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His brother, Nityananda prabhu, and served them prasadam. After they had taken
were going out to Advaita Acharya prabhu’s house which was in prasadam, the so called sannyasi said “Let’s have some
Shantipur. After Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda traveled happiness!” Lord Chaitanya asked Nityananda prabhu
halfway, the two moonlike brothers sat under a tree. The place “What is the happiness?” Nityananda prabhu said “It is
where they stopped was called Lalitapura. wine.” As soon as the two lords saw wine in the so called
Nearby the tree, there was hut that caught the eye of Lord They both jumped inside Ganga River and swam across
Chaitanya. He asked Nityananda prabhu “Who is living inside this the river to Advita Acharya’s house.
and acts like a sannyasi.” Lord Chaitanya said “Let’s go see that so
called sannyasi’s hut. The bogus sannyasi said “May you be blessed
“Now I have seen direct proof of the common saying- If one tries to
help others they will take it that you are trying to harm them. I am
blessing? If a man is born into this world but does not enjoy the
living in this world? Even a devotee of Lord Vishnu, how can you
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–– and giving Him all comforts at the cost
Lakshman, the beloved younger brother of
of our own. We should be constantly
Rama teaches us many things from His
striving for this goal in our spiritual life
exemplary life, especially through His
while serving guru and Krishna. It is
unparalled devotion, faith and
said that when we water the root of the
determination in serving Lord Rama.
tree all the individual branches and
leaves are automatically satisfied. So,
When the demigods in heaven became by worshipping Krishna or Rama with
impatient for the destruction of Ravana our whole heart we will always be joyful
they incited Manthara, Kaikay’s despite all obstacles and incoveniences.
maidservant to provoke Kaikay into
banishing Rama into the forest. Being in
the forest, Rama would kill all the Demons
who terrorized the universe. Lakshman
followed Lord Rama to the forest even
though He could have stayed in luxurious
Ayodhya. He chose the severe austerities
of the forest over over the royal comforts
of Ayodhya to serve Rama . This
demonstrates His unwavering devotion
and faith in Rama.
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Lakshman an order, “Put Sita in fire to material life.
test Her chastity.” Even though this was
extremely hard for Lakshman, He still
did what Lord Rama ordered. Later, Lakshman is actually an incarnation of
when Rama asked Lakshman to take Ananta Shesha who is an incarnation of
Sitadevi and leave her in the forest, Balarama, the original spiritual master.
Lakshman did it even though it was He teaches us by His own example, how
extremely heartbreaking for Him. This to serve Krishna to the best of our
abilities. On the auspicious occasion of
Ramnavami, and in fact every day or our
life, we can pray to Lord Laxman to award
us a fraction of His devotion, faith and
determination in serving Lord Rama.
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by Nimai Agarwal
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TIME FOR FUN!
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Try to find these words.
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