cold, still must take bath

So Caitanya Mahaprabhu has therefore taught us, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna . We must be tolerant like the tree, or more than the tree. The trees, they are standing in the open air, and there are so many disturbances-storms, scorching heat, and somebody is taking the leaf, somebody cutting. It doesn't protest. Tolerance. This is very good example of tolerance. So in order to execute our spiritual consciousness, or Krsna consciousness, we shall learn tolerance. Tolerance, that is advised in Bhagavad-gita, that tams titiksasva bharata [Bg 2.14]: "Don't be disturbed." Just like a brahmana or a sannyasi has to take three times bath. And if it is very chilly cold, it does not mean that he will give up that taking bath three times, early in the morning. He must take. That is called tolerance. This is one of the example of tolerance. There is severe cold, chilly cold, but my duty is to take bath in the morning. So we must tolerate. I must tolerate that chilly cold, and still, I take my bath. This is called tapasya. Not that "It is very chilly cold. I will not take my bath." No, that is not allowed. Then you are lagging behind. You must take. Of course, if it is very serious..., somebody seriously ill, that is different thing. Generally, Krsna advises, tams titiksa... Matra-sparsas tu kaunteya sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah, anityah [Bg 2.14]. Anitya. Anitya means they are not permanent. Agamapayino 'nityah. They are seasonal changes. They will come and they will go. Simply ethereal arrangement only, we must know, external arrangement. It is, rather, illusion.    (More...)