Learn to Rely on the Lord

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Ekachakra Dham, evening class
Sri Varaha Dvadasi, 6 February 2020, part 10
Translated from Bengali

Everybody says, "I will chant Harinam when I grow old," but when you are old, your back will pain, this will pain, that will pain, you will not be able to sit on the ground (your legs will pain). I am also thinking now: now I also understand what it is like. When I came thirty years ago, I had so much zeal, but now my mind is still zealous, but I see that the body becomes tired...

Your health will go away one day. This body is not eternal, and we will have to leave it one day—when you close your eyes, all these great buildings, cars, etc. will stay behind. We keep worrying and lamenting about the body ("What will I eat?", "Where will I sleep?", "I want something nice to eat", "I want something nice to wear"), but this body is every day going towards the cremation ghat!

Yesterday, somebody called me—if you hear what they said, you will be taken aback. The person called me and said, "Maharaj, I will go this time for Gaura Purnima, but I am diabetic... What will I eat in the morning on ekadasi at th temple?" I told them, "Look, that ekadasi is in one month, and you are thinking one month ahead that this day you will have a stomach problem. Have you ever thought that you may not even live to that day? Has it never crossed your mind that you can die any day before that?" Just see the state of the people in this world! They think, "I want to go for the parikrama, but what will happen if I do not get anything to eat in the morning on the ekadasi day? How will I do the parikrama then?" They think about what they will eat in one month, but do they ever think whether they will be actually alive in one month or not? Try to understand what I am saying. What a bad position the jiva souls of this world are in!

They cannot rely and depend on the Lord. They do not understand that the Lord is the protector. I have just told you—as soon as you think, "I have no guardian, no protector," then enemies will attack you from all sides. All the desires for enjoyment, liberation, perfections, all the lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, envy, etc. will attack you and enter your heart. For as long as you think, "I have my Nitai, I have my Gaura Hari, I have my Gurudev," we will have nothing to worry about. You will see—surrender everything to their lotus feet—say just once, "Krishna, I am Yours, and You are mine"; pray to the Lord, "Dear Lord, please become mine, and make it so that I become Yours." And it is not enough to only say this with your mouth, it is necessary to say this from your heart.

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