Hare Krsna, Beloved Gurudeva:
AGTSP, PAMHO
I follow HH Vaisesaka Maharaja on facebook. He always gives thought provoking advices.
I asked Him personally one question about fear and he kindly responded. Due to His answer was so warm hearted I guess that is worthy to share it within your Blog.
HpS - ASA - Our Blog, no?
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Dear Chandramukhi, Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Bhadram te! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
Fear is the normal condition of this material world, because although we are eternal spirit souls, we are inhabiting temporary, material bodies, and we don't know when our time of death will arrive. Even the demigods are fearful. This is powerfully illustrated in the following verse from the teachings of Lord Kapiladeva:
mad-bhayād vāti vāto ’yaṁ
sūryas tapati mad-bhayāt
varṣatīndro dahaty agnir
mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt
It is because of My supremacy that the wind blows, out of fear of Me; the sun shines out of fear of Me, and the lord of the clouds, Indra, sends forth showers out of fear of Me. Fire burns out of fear of Me, and death goes about taking its toll out of fear of Me. (SB 3.25.42)
Here Krishna is speaking as the inescapable time factor. Time is the force that destroys all created beings. However, devotees realize Krishna in His personal form, as the all-merciful and all-powerful Personality of Godhead. Devotees also cultivate faith that Krishna, as the supreme controller, is always protecting them and maintaining them. Nothing can happen without the Lord's sanction. In order to relieve His devotees from all anxiety and fear, Krishna tells Arjuna the peace formula:
bhoktāraṁ yajña-tapasāṁ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
suhṛdaṁ sarva-bhūtānāṁ
jñātvā māṁ śāntim ṛcchati
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries. (BG 5.29)
Devotees who realize the Lord in this way live in Vaikuntha, the realm of no anxiety, even if they are physically still present here in the material world.
By regularly absorbing your attention in the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name, Bhagavad-gita, and Srimad-Bhagavatam, gradually all fear, anger, greed and other unwelcome intruders will be forced out of your mind. After all, as we know from Srimad Bhagavatam (1.1.14), Krishna's holy name is feared even by fear personified!
I hope some of this is helpful for you. It is true, the material world is a frightening place, and ultimately our only recourse is to become fully Krishna conscious. Then we will be fearless, knowing that, as spirit souls, we can never come to any real harm.
With affectionate blessings,
Vaisesika Dasa
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Thanks Gurudeva
Trying to be your disciple
Candramukhi dd
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