Remembering Krishna while working
Remembering Krishna while working
Therefore we have to practice remembering Krishna always, twenty-four hours a day, by chanting His names and moulding our life's activities in such a way that we can remember Him always.
How is this possible? The acharyas give the following example. If a married woman is attached to another man, or if a man has an attachment for a women other than his wife, then the attachment is to be considered very strong. One with such an attachment is always thinking of the loved one. The wife who is thinking of her lover is always thinking of meeting him, even while she is carrying out her household chores. In fact she carries out her household work even more carefully so her husband will not suspect her attachment.
In the same way as the married woman who is attached to another man is remembering her lover constantly but she is still carrying out her duties in her husband's house, we should constantly remember the supreme lover, Sri Krishna, and at the same time perform our material duties very nicely.
A strong sense of love is required here. If we have a strong sense of love for the Supreme Lord then we can discharge our duty and at the same time remember Him. But we have to develop that sense of love for Krishna.
Therefore we have to practice remembering Krishna always, twenty-four hours a day, by chanting His names and moulding our life's activities in such a way that we can remember Him always.
How is this possible? The acharyas give the following example. If a married woman is attached to another man, or if a man has an attachment for a women other than his wife, then the attachment is to be considered very strong. One with such an attachment is always thinking of the loved one. The wife who is thinking of her lover is always thinking of meeting him, even while she is carrying out her household chores. In fact she carries out her household work even more carefully so her husband will not suspect her attachment.
In the same way as the married woman who is attached to another man is remembering her lover constantly but she is still carrying out her duties in her husband's house, we should constantly remember the supreme lover, Sri Krishna, and at the same time perform our material duties very nicely.
A strong sense of love is required here. If we have a strong sense of love for the Supreme Lord then we can discharge our duty and at the same time remember Him. But we have to develop that sense of love for Krishna.
Absolute right sir, thank you for sharing some spiritual aspect of love
ReplyDeleteI would imagine one could do this with any deva, as not everyone follows Krishna as their ishtadevata.
ReplyDeletesorry ananta...I pray acharyas like you give better examples...
ReplyDeleteThe passion/attraction as we know and realize between male-female relations . i agree with Anantji examples he mentioned here. Generally our whole emotions is related it materialistic world or person either male or female or others we strongly attached to this materialistic world and carry all emotions ,we remember only those things whose we love or who love us. when we cross this human boundary and attracted to Bhgavan,if we convert our passion for Bhagvan that is real Bhakti. after that . the chanting is happening easily because of we remember our Bhagwona( lover)every movement .
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