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Even in distressed condition, because Krsna has given me distress, so-called distress, it is not distress. So this is all right. - Because here, distress or happiness, they are simply mental concoction

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"Even in distressed condition, because Kṛṣṇa has given me distress, so-called distress, it is not distress. So this is all right" |"Because here, distress or happiness, they are simply mental concoction"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Kṛṣṇa is best. That's all. And whatever is done for Kṛṣṇa, that is best. That's all. We have got a standard; therefore we are satisfied: "Even in distressed condition, because Kṛṣṇa has given me distress, so-called distress, it is not distress. So this is all right." Because here, distress or happiness, they are simply mental concoction. Dvaite bhadra . . . I am in the material existence—that is my distress. That distress has to be removed, not this temporary distress or happiness.

Prabhupāda: So what is the standard of best and lowest? There is no standard. This is called māyā.

Bali-mardana: Many philosophers have tried to define what is the best.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Bali-mardana: Many philosophers have tried to define what is the best.

Prabhupāda: They cannot.

Bali-mardana: It's not possible.

Prabhupāda: They cannot. It is not possible.

Bali-mardana: They have no Absolute.

Prabhupāda: No. They have no idea. Mental speculators, they are no good. Mental speculator means . . . (indistinct) . . . harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā manorathena (SB 5.18.12). Manorathena, by the mental plane, airship, he's simply hovering. They have no standard.

Bali-mardana: So a devotee does not have to cogitate too much. Whatever satisfies Kṛṣṇa, that is best.

Prabhupāda: That's all. Kṛṣṇa is best. That's all. And whatever is done for Kṛṣṇa, that is best. That's all. We have got a standard; therefore we are satisfied: "Even in distressed condition, because Kṛṣṇa has given me distress, so-called distress, it is not distress. So this is all right." Because here, distress or happiness, they are simply mental concoction. Dvaite bhadra . . . I am in the material existence—that is my distress. That distress has to be removed, not this temporary distress or happiness. (japa)

Page Title:Even in distressed condition, because Krsna has given me distress, so-called distress, it is not distress. So this is all right. - Because here, distress or happiness, they are simply mental concoction
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2023-01-16, 02:23:09
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1