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All You Need is Love…
Posted on March 2, 2013 by radhapriya
I was reading Chapter 14 of Nectar of Devotion today & came across a lovely point I’d like to share. Basically jnana (knowledge) & viragya (renunciation) are not very desirable things. Too much knowledge or renunciation can lead to a hardening of the heart which is counterproductive to developing love for Krishna. Bhakti requires our heart to be very soft, as we are attempting to develop love for the Supreme Person, Krishna. So it is said, simply by focusing on our sadhana & rendering loving service to Krishna all the desirable characteristics of jnana & vairagya are automatically bestowed upon us. Krishna has aptly stated this in Bhagavad Gita 10.10:
“To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.“
In the material world we are very reluctant to have a soft heart. We give our love to someone in hopes of reciprocation but, more times than not, we end up disappointed or heartbroken. So this is a big anartha to get over, to take down the wall & let Krishna in. Thankfully Lord Caitanya, has given us the sledgehammer to bust down the hard wall that surrounds our stone like heart:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
If we simply chant these 32 syllables as much as possible, our heart will be fertile ground for our devotional creeper to grow. Then we can truly experience love in it’s pure form. From what I’ve heard it’s simply wonderful… no more anxieties, ever increasing happiness, makes liberation look pale, brings all auspiciousness & even has the potency to attract Krishna. So when it comes down to it all we need is love.
Hare Krishna
https://strugglingsadhaka.wordpress.com/2013/03/02/all-you-need-is-love/Spiritually adept
Definition - What does Sadhaka mean? Sadhaka is a Sanskrit term which describes someone who follows a certain sadhana, a spiritual practice or way of life, with the aim of achieving a certain goal. The term can be translated as meaning "spiritually adept."
