Love Given Freely
Love Given Freely
Seeing the pitiable condition of men in the present day, the compassionate Lord Caitanya, who embodies the Absolute Truth and His internal pleasure potency, freely distributes the means whereby man can be established in Krsna consciousness. He is giving a free and easy access to this consciousness: love of Godhead. But because it is being given freely and because it is so easy, people are reluctant to take it. His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati used to say that if you take langra mangoes, which are the best quality mangoes in India, very costly and very sweet, and go from door to door to distribute them freely, people will ask, "Why has this man brought these mangoes? Why is he giving them away? There must be some motive behind it." In this way they will be suspicious and reluctant to accept them. In the same way Lord Caitanya is distributing https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1678711066560282625?s=20, pure love for Krsna, which is priceless and very sweet. Yet most people's reactions tend to be skeptical. They say, "Oh he's simply chanting Hare Krsna. What's there to that? This must be for the foolish who cannot cogitate or speculate or meditate or hyperventilate. Surely this is meant for the feeble-minded." But in Bhagavad-gita Krsna says, "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth." (Bg.7.3) Therefore the seed of Krsna consciousness is a very precious seed, very rare and very valuable. Out of over eight million species of life, only one species here and there has the spiritual fortune to realize the position of the Absolute. Krsna says, "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency-maya. And so the deluded world knows Me not who am unborn and infallible." (Bg. 7.25)
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