Friday, April 3, 2009

The Life

After glancing through the Dhanura Veda, I came across these instructions:

"The life of an archer is more precious than that of a bow. An archer, who is overburdened by his bow, never hits the target".


I was immediately reminded of the depth of poetic wisdom possessed by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev Goswami. One day when a group of young and inexperienced devotees approached Sridhar Maharaj, complaining about the injustices they he had faced and the misery they were feeling. Sridhar Maharaj said compassionately, " a bad workman quarrels with his own tools".more