Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!
Here is a beautiful verse from Brhad-Bhagavatamrta by Sanatana Goswami:
Text 117
Uddhava happily massages the Lord's lotus feet. Uddhava enters the happiness of sleep with the Lord's feet pressed against his chest.
Actually it not so good to get involved in another souls krama.
Meaning if you have to pick the dog up to do his business etc. then the dog must be over weight and needs exercise, as you mentioned the dog is old so you need to feed it less, then the weight would not be a problem.
We all know the story of King Bharat who was attached to a young deer, and took birth in his next life as a deer, so we have to be careful to ideally minimize these kind of attachments.
Dont get involve in another soul karma meaning we become implicated in the reaction good or bad.
Vaisnavas generally don't desire to have pets, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had a puppie but his mother sent it away,
another time one dog followed the devotees to Puri Dhaam Gauranga fed the dog then dog left its body.
Vaisnavas always have a soft heart when they see a soul suffering, but if you read Bhagavad Gita and realize Gita then should not be affected by these things.
We should minimize our attachments in this material world so that we can easily dedicate our life 100% to serve Sri Guru Gauranga.
Alway seeking the mercy of Sri Guru Gauranga and the vaisnavas
lowerthanarat
why do we need a Guru?
Without a guru we cannot understand who is God, who are we, why are suffering etc
To get an education you need a teacher otherwise you will not get you degree.
You can study all the medical books to became a doctor, but unless you have a guru then you will not get your degree.
The bona fide Guru is coming from Lord Sri Krsna Gauranga in the line of bona fide spirtual masters.
Meaning the bona fide Guru is connected to the power house.
Without the bonafide Guru we will have almost no chance to connect to the power house.
And if we do find a bona fide Guru and dont take initiation from him then we take birth again in animal life.
We are so fortunate in this iron age to save ourself from repeated birth and death
by taking to the sankirttan army of Nitai Gauranga.
Always seeking the mercy of Sri Guru Gauranga and the vaisnavas.
lowerthanarat
Nityaananda!!!! Gauranga!!! Hare Krishna!!!! All glories to the Gurus!!!!
I read somewhere that it is possible in this very human life to visit vaikuntha and associate with the lord. My question is, is it true? Can we realy visit vaikuntha by advancing spiritually as human beings. I know we need to have certain qualification. If we attain those qualifications
(which i guess is realy difficult) in this very life, then can we visit the vaikunthas. Kindly answer. --y.s. truthseeker.
i know that as long as i can appreciate and stick to the practice of daily chanting the Most Merciful Holy Names of Nityananda Gauranga, while keeping my self humble and simple, my path back to home, back to Godhead remains secure. That's why i pray with all my heart: Oh merciful spritual master! Oh Lord Nitaai! Please, award me this single benediction, that as long as i live, i may appreciate Your matchless transcendental qualities and consequently keep up chanting the Holy Names of Nityananda Gauranga, come what may.
Matus
Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna.
Dear Swami Gaurangapada and Nava Gauranga dasa,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Thank you both for your uplifting and prayers. Yes, I would in no way euthanize any animal. I will admit that I did do that in the past when a dog was in seriously ill health, but having come to realize that it is so wrong to do so, I would never do that again.
No,there are no such homes for old or sick dogs that I am aware of but that is, indeed a wonderful thing. This old dog is my friend also and I am pleased that you, Nava Gauranga dasa, can appreciate that. He depends on me for all his needs now. I even have to force him to go outside to do his "business" but I understand that he is like many (not all) older persons. Sometimes you have to insist and force them to do what is needed to help them. So be it - I do what is needed.
Yes, he is going to advance when he does leave his body. He hears chanting daily, he has had some prasadam in the past. I also know that I am attached to him as a close friend, and I wish I were not, but I know that when he leaves I can be free of that attachment. It is almost impossible to be totally unattached when he lives with me. Again, I am sure you know how that is, also. Perhaps Krishna is just testing me by letting him stay here so long, but I will do what is needed to take care of him. Certainly, I can not let him suffer if there is a way I can help. I have had this dog since the moment of his birth in that body. I saw him being born from his mother, whom I also had as a pet.
Again, thank you both for your kind input.
Yes, I will visit here more often. I do come to the just about website often, but I do not sign-in and I just read. I realize that it would be good to be more participating here. I will see about that.
Thank you.
Unworthy to be so blessed,
bhakta ron
