Krishna consciousness and….
Dear devotees,
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.
Sometime back I came across a pamphlet about "Marriage in Krishna Consciousness" in an elderly grahastha couple's house who were practicing the same. The contents of the pamphlet goes as follows .
Krishna Conscious marriage is:
serving Krishna together
wanting to serve Krishna together
consistently choosing to hear and chant - year after year
gently and lovingly say what we have to say
assisting each other to be regulated and clean
recognising bad energy between us as poor service
taking up our beads to go to Krishna and work it out
being anxious to say we are sorry and
humbly granting forgiveness as soon as possible
helping to heal each other's wounds
encouraging each other to blossom and reach our goals
caring together whether our various children are happy and loved and growing nicely
caring together that our other loved ones and extended family of devotees are happy and loved and growing nicely
being concerned for our planetary family
focusing on our spiritual advancement
happily serving at our Temple
supporting various devotee enterprises
finding we are truly provided with things we need
not being too attached
respecting each other's service
living to give rather than to get
relishing quite time together
relishing quite time alone
letting a fraction of Divine couple's love be visible in us
sheltering all who come our way
loving to serve devotees
being peace makers
sharing our love of Srila Prabhupada
sharing our mutual fervent longing to go Back to Godhead
being grateful for all the causeless mercy constantly showered on us
deeply cherishing the Holy Names
allowing Super soul to direct each of our lives
coming to understand why we were brought together
wanting to do more service, and do it better
In the purport of verse 3.14.19 in Srimad Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada explains nicely that, ‘Marriage is actually a duty performed in mutual cooperation as directed in the authoritative scriptures for spiritual advancement. Therefore marriage is essential in order to avoid the life of cats and dogs, who are not meant for spiritual enlightenment’.
Out of eight million four hundred thousand types of birth, human life is the only chance where we can realise our original position and endeavour for spiritual development . May we remember this always and use this valuable chance given to us completely in the service of Lord and His devotees.
Thank you very much.
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
Sudarshana devi dasi.
Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev.
Sometime back I came across a pamphlet about "Marriage in Krishna Consciousness" in an elderly grahastha couple's house who were practicing the same. The contents of the pamphlet goes as follows .
Krishna Conscious marriage is:
serving Krishna together
wanting to serve Krishna together
consistently choosing to hear and chant - year after year
gently and lovingly say what we have to say
assisting each other to be regulated and clean
recognising bad energy between us as poor service
taking up our beads to go to Krishna and work it out
being anxious to say we are sorry and
humbly granting forgiveness as soon as possible
helping to heal each other's wounds
encouraging each other to blossom and reach our goals
caring together whether our various children are happy and loved and growing nicely
caring together that our other loved ones and extended family of devotees are happy and loved and growing nicely
being concerned for our planetary family
focusing on our spiritual advancement
happily serving at our Temple
supporting various devotee enterprises
finding we are truly provided with things we need
not being too attached
respecting each other's service
living to give rather than to get
relishing quite time together
relishing quite time alone
letting a fraction of Divine couple's love be visible in us
sheltering all who come our way
loving to serve devotees
being peace makers
sharing our love of Srila Prabhupada
sharing our mutual fervent longing to go Back to Godhead
being grateful for all the causeless mercy constantly showered on us
deeply cherishing the Holy Names
allowing Super soul to direct each of our lives
coming to understand why we were brought together
wanting to do more service, and do it better
In the purport of verse 3.14.19 in Srimad Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada explains nicely that, ‘Marriage is actually a duty performed in mutual cooperation as directed in the authoritative scriptures for spiritual advancement. Therefore marriage is essential in order to avoid the life of cats and dogs, who are not meant for spiritual enlightenment’.
Out of eight million four hundred thousand types of birth, human life is the only chance where we can realise our original position and endeavour for spiritual development . May we remember this always and use this valuable chance given to us completely in the service of Lord and His devotees.
Thank you very much.
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
Sudarshana devi dasi.
