Friend of the Fallen

The Golden Volcano of Divine Love
Shrila Swami B.R. Sridhar

Although it is the duty of justice to seek qualifications, mercy has no such limits. Divine mercy does not care for any qualifications, but is always ready to compensate the weak and unfit. Only one thing is required: our sincere eagerness to receive mercy. In Chaitanya-caritamrta it is said:

krsna-bhakti-rasa-bhavita matih
kriyatam yadi kuto�pi labhyate
tatra laulyam api mulyam ekalm
janma-koti-sukrtair na labhyate

�Pure devotional service to Krishna cannot be obtained by performing pious activities even for millions of births. It can be purchased only by paying one price: intense eagerness. Wherever it is available, one must purchase it immediately.� No qualifications from one�s previous life will help one to attain Krishna consciousness; only eagerness and faith are important.

And what is the effect of Krishna consciousness?

bhidyate hrdaya-granthis
chidyante sarva-samsayah
ksiyante casya karma�i
mayi drste �khilatmani

�Our inner aspiration for rasa, ecstasy, is buried in the heart and the heart is tied down and sealed. But hearing and chanting the glories of  Krishna breaks the seal of the heart, and the heart awakens and opens to receive Krishna: the reservoir of pleasure, ecstasy Himself (raso vai sah, akhila-rasamata-murtih).�

with repeated respects to the maharajs, swami, and prabhus
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