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Have you heard anything about gopis meditating?

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Have you heard anything about gopīs meditating?


Those who are advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they have to work for Kṛṣṇa. Just like child, simply disturbing. The mother says: "My dear child, sit down here." But if he can work nicely, "Oh, yes," mother asks: "My dear boy, you have to do this, you have to do that, you have to do that." So sit down tightly for the nonsense, not for the sensible. For the nonsense, the more he sits down, at least he does not commit any nonsense, that's all. Negation of nonsense. That is not positive. Here is positive activities.

So negation is no life. Positive life is life. "Don't do this" is no life. "Do this," this is life. But in order to do rightly, there are some things "don't." "Don't" is not life, "do" is life. The whole Bhagavad-gītā is "do." "Do fight for Me." There is nothing "don't." Arjuna wanted, "Don't induce me." And Kṛṣṇa did not like that. "You are speaking like non-Āryan." Kutas te kaśmalam idam (BG 2.2).

Anārya-juṣṭam. "It is . . . this kind of words are spoken by the non-Āryans." He was accused of being non-Āryan. Anārya.

So Kṛṣṇa consciousness does not mean sitting idly. No. We have the whole pastimes of Kṛṣṇa is full of activities. When you go to spiritual world, Kṛṣṇa is always dancing. You have to twenty-four hours dance there and eat there. Where is sit down? There is no question of sit down. Have you heard anything about gopīs meditating? Sit down? (laughter) (chuckles) Have you heard? Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu? What is that, dancing, "Hare Kṛṣṇa." You see? You are spirit soul. How you can stop yourself silent? That is not possible.

Page Title:Have you heard anything about gopis meditating?
Compiler:Laksmipriya
Created:2016-03-12, 17:59:19
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1