Sunday, January 23, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Ten Symptoms of the Non-Envious
1- He who is fre from envy, by his very nature, never criticizes sadhus (saints)
2- He does not consider Demigods to be independent lords, for his intelligence is absorbed only by Sri Krishna, yet he does not disregard them.
3-He has faith (sraddha) in Sri Guru and all other superior devotees as befits each of them.
4-He offers respect to the bhakti scriptures like Sruti.
5-Abandoning meaningless arguments, he apprehends how the Holy Name is the topmost, meaningful attainment (paramartha), a perception rooted in perfect conviction that the Holy Name (nama) and its owner (nami) are one and the same.
6-He never engages in wickedness while depending on the protection of the Holy Name.
7-He does not conseder the auspiciosness of ordinary piety - such a societal dharma, religios vows (vrata) or renunciation - to be comparable in any way to chanting the Holy Names.
8-He tries to inculcate faith in the faithless, but never grants them the Holy Name until that faith has awakened.
9-He believes completely in the glories of the Holy Name as described in the scriptures.
10-And he is devoid of any sense of "I" and "mine" in relation to mundanity.
Oh readers!, Non-enviousness alone is liberation for the living being, and envy his only bondage. In Sri Caitanya Caritamrta it has therefore been said:
caitanya-carita suna sraddha-bhakti kari
matsarya chadiya mukhe bala hari hari
Sri Caitanya -Caritamrta (Madhya - Lila 9.361)
Endowed with full faith and devotion, listen to the lifework of Sri Caitanya... Cast aside envy and let your mouth sing, Hari, Hari!
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