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(1) No Rain, No Flowers

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Speaking online to devotees in Caracas
27 April 2019, part 1

 

I can see all the devotees. You are struggling so much, suffering in this situation in Venezuela. But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur said, 'Tomara sevaya yata haya duhkha, seo ta' parama sukha (তোমার সেবায় যত হয় দুঃখ, সেও ত' পরম সুখ). Whatever unhappiness comes through Your service is also a source of great happiness for me' (Saranagati). If any sadness comes because of the service of the Lord, that is our happiness.

Many obstacles can come, many problems can come, any kind of situation can come, but we will not forget You, Prabhu, we will not forget Your service, we will not forget Your mercy. We will always pray to Parama-karuna Nitai-Gaurachandra, 'Prabhu, whatever situation comes, whatever problem comes, we will not leave Your service – we will engage ourselves in Your service.' That is our only prayer and hope. That is the main things we must remember.

Any kind of situation can come. In our previous lives, we suffered from so many problem. How much did we suffer when we were in a pig's body, a dog's body, a cat's body or a snake's body? How much did we suffer in our mothers' wombs? That is terrible. We have faced severe suffering before, so this situation will not last too – one day everything will become smooth, everything will become OK. We should not have any problem with this because Krishna controls us – the Lord Himself controls everything. So, we must depend upon Him. What can we do? We can only serve Him, serve His devotees. This is in our power. We can only try our best.

When this situation comes, we must think that Krishna is testing us, is giving us an exam. This material world is an examination place. So, in this situation we can live through sravanam and kirtanam, through good association, we can chant the Holy Name, we can hear Bhagavat-katha, we can glorify the Lord, we can serve Him with what we have. Even if you have nothing – if you have no capacity to give some food to the Lord – then you can give the Lord just one drop of the Ganges water and one Tulasi leaf, that is sufficient for the lord. What else can we do?

Krishna has created this situation and no matter what is happening now, no matter what comes in front of us, everything is very nice. Very nice things are coming in the future, so we must not see it as a problem. Despite the situation, you must not run away from service. You must continue your service, protect your mission, protect Gaura-Nitai's Parama Karuna temple. Many years ago, when a Muslim emperor came to rule over India, he ordered to demolish or break all temples. What did servitors do? They took the Deities and ran away, hiding in a forest, another city or some village. It happened in Vrindavan – Govindaji, Gopinathji, Madan-mohanji were rescued in this way. This kind of situation has not come to Venezuela, so you should not run away from the temple, from the mission. Those who are still doing service will be blessed by Krishna. I have just told you that this is an examination place: if you can pass the exam, you can get a real place where the Lord stays. I have no doubt about that.

 

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