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Bhakti Will Come at Once

[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on January 12th, 1998, in Australia, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 23] When anyone will be at the stage of madhyama-adhikara, all anarthas will go. Why? All…

[Spoken by Srila Gurudeva on January 12th, 1998, in Australia, published as part of the Bhakta Bandhav Anthology, Volume 23]

When anyone will be at the stage of madhyama-adhikara, all anarthas will go. Why? All his actions, the fruits of all his actions will go away by his chanting the name of ‘Hari.’ After that, when he comes to the stage of bhava, when bhakti begins to come into his heart, then difficulties and problems will come but he will not care for all these things. He will not be involved in that. There will be no effect from all these things. Then when even a little bit of prema will come, there will be no more obstacles in this world for that devotee. So Narada began to roam throughout the whole world chanting ‘Hare Krsna,’ Krsna’s holy names, and at last, a day came when all his prarabdha-karma, the effects of all his previous bad and good actions, went away. It was burnt in the fire of bhakti. Everything went away. A very beautiful form came out of Narada’s body, very beautiful. Everything was transcendental. In a second he can go to any part of any world. He can cross all the oceans. He can go up to Candra-loka, Svarga-loka, and Vaikuntha-loka. He can go anywhere. If he will tell anyone, “You should die,” at once that person will die. “Oh, you will have bhakti,” at once bhakti will come. He became an uttama maha-bhagavata.

We should try to follow these things and have a very strong faith in Srimad-Bhagavatam and Krsna, Guru and Vaisnavas. They are rare, but if Krsna sees, “Oh, he is honest and true and sincere,” He will manage any very qualified Guru like Narada. Perhaps not like Narada, but in the line of Narada and Rupa Gosvami. I think that the association of Rupa Gosvami is superior to the association of Narada because he is Rupa Manjari. Narada cannot guide us like Rupa Gosvami will guide us. We should have faith like this and see that one day you will have this asa-bandhah samutkantha nama-gane (asa-bandha: steadfast hope that Krsna will bestow His mercy, samutkantha: intense longing to obtain one’s goal, nama-gane sada rucih: spontaneous attraction for always chanting the holy name). You will have this by the mercy of Rupa Gosvami and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Today, I have spoken so much. Tomorrow, I will try to explain Manah-siksa, first sloka. If you will realize this and follow it sincerely, certainly your affection and love for Krsna, in the line of Rupa Gosvami, will be developed. Then very soon we will realize something. So you should very carefully hear and try to develop your Krsna consciousness.

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