SB 01.05.07 – Krishna is able and eager to guide us – we just need to express our desire for guidance

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Krishna Bhagavatam 157 Tum paryatanarkayaiva trilokyam antah sharovayurivatma sakshiyam paravare brahmany dharmato vrittaih snatasya me nyanam alambhichakshvam Vyasdeva is continuing his submissive attitude which is expressed through glorification of Narada Muni and he is saying, तों पर्यतनिवा अर्ख इव त्रिलोखिन। Just like the sun, the sunlight goes all over the three worlds, if you travel all over the three worlds, Narada Muni is a transcendental spaceman who has the capacity to go anywhere and everywhere. But he is saying you are much more than the sun.
Why? Because the sun cannot go inside, whereas you are able to penetrate inside also. अन्तश्चरोवायू रिवात्मसाक्षी। So just as you can witness what is happening inside, just as the wind can go inside or there is air inside our body also when we respire, we take in air, so air goes inside the body. So like that you can go within me and you can understand the cause of my dissatisfaction.
परावरे ब्रह्मणी। Brahmani, the transcendental lord, you are as good as him. इवात्मसाक्षी। Just as the lord is the indwelling super soul who is the witness, you are as good as that, as him, and please you can ascertain the cause and effect properly. परावरे वृतयी। धर्मतो वृतयी। You have followed the religious, I have followed the religious vratas, but still, स्नाति सिमे। Although I have done the discipline way, न्यूनमू। What was the deficiency? Deficiency, please let me know.
A patient may be qualified in many ways, a patient may be a triple doctorate in some field, but when the patient goes to the doctor at that time, the patient has to submit, I don’t know, please tell me. So we may have our qualifications and there may be facts also, but when it comes to understanding spiritual truths, we have to understand that those qualifications don’t matter. And the spiritual master’s qualifications, they are of the utmost relevance to diagnosing and treating our inner malady.
So the spiritual master, by being devoted to Krishna, is very close to Krishna and when the sincere disciple inquires submissively and intensely at that time, Krishna guides us through the spiritual master. Actually, Prabhupada was trying to spread Krishna consciousness in pursuance of the instruction of his spiritual master. At that time, a postman said to him, people will throw away magazines, why don’t you write books? And Prabhupada saw that this is Krishna speaking.
So Krishna, when the disciple has sincerity and the way the disciple expresses sincerity is by intense inquiry, intense service, then Krishna guides. So the faith we express in the spiritual master is ultimately the faith we are expressing in Krishna, that Krishna wants to guide us. And if we show him that we want his guidance, he will not withhold it from us.
If we want in our strength, Krishna will give it to us. So we may or may not be able to have intimate association and guidance to the spiritual master. But the essential principle is that the spiritual master is the medium through which Krishna guides us and that Krishna is available to us also as the holy name.
So the holy name is the opportunity, provides us the opportunity to express the sincerity and intensity of our devotion. And to the extent we do that by being attentive and receptive in our chanting, to that extent, Krishna’s guidance will come. That guidance may sometimes come as sudden insights or that guidance may come as a gradual clearing of the inner fog by which overall we are able to think more calmly and act in a more balanced and effective way.
So rather than thinking of chanting in terms of developing pure love for Krishna, which will happen in the long run, what we can focus on is what is in our hands. That let me express my desire to Krishna. Krishna wants to guide me and here is an opportunity for me to express my desire for guidance.
Krishna is inside, Krishna is outside. Krishna knows everything about me. I am a patient before you, Krishna.
Please diagnose me. Please treat me. Please prescribe what I need to do to take the treatment.
With this attitude when we chant, because that is the mood, Krishna, please engage me in your service. That is basically, let me follow your prescription. Let me understand the prescription and let me have the strength for implementing the prescription.
When we pray in this way, we will find that chanting can become very empowering for our spiritual growth and our strength in all aspects of our life.