Applying The Philosophy

We already know how difficult is to apply the philosophy to our lives....like realising we are not these bodies, subdue our minds and acting in our constitutional position of eternal servants of Krsna. Srila Prabhupada says in the Bhagavad Gita As It Is in the introdution that we are meant to serve. We are always trying to serve someone - some people who are alone they serve their dogs, cats, cars, houses etc. We need to serve, cause unless we are not serving the Supreme we need to get our soul engaged in serving. But why we spend our precious time and don't realise our spiritual position. Maybe because Krsna hasn't revealed Himself to us, we haven't got the taste of serving the proprietor of everything, the one who lives in our hearts. We are still covered by all the dust of births and births thinking we can be in Krsna's place. The only way to encourage the position of eternal servant is through serious chanting - engaging the tongue in eating prasadam and chanting the Holy Names. We can see that described in the Nectar of Instruction 5:

"When one fully engages in chanting the Hare Kr��s��n��a mah��-mantra, he gradually realizes his own spiritual identity. Unless one faithfully chants the Hare Kr��s��n��a mantra, Kr��s��n��a does not reveal Himself: sevonmukhe hi jihv��dau svayam eva sphuraty adah��. (Bhakti-ras��mr��ta-sindhu 1.2.234) We cannot realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead by any artificial means. We must engage faithfully in the service of the Lord. Such service begins with the tongue (sevonmukhe hi jihv��dau), which means that we should always chant the holy names of the Lord and accept kr��s��n��a-pras��da. We should not chant or accept anything else. When this process is faithfully followed, the Supreme Lord reveals Himself to the devotee."

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