RĀYA RĀMĀNANDA SAṂVĀDA · 12
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The servant's joy flows from his Master — circumstances do not shake it
kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ"When shall I become Your unalloyed eternal servant" (CC Madhya 8.73)
The servant's joy flows from his Master — circumstances do not shake it
kadāham aikāntika-nitya-kiṅkaraḥ
"When shall I become Your unalloyed eternal servant" (CC Madhya 8.73)
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"An ordinary person may feel happiness or distress depending on the circumstances, but a dāsa always feels jubilation. His joy is not derived from his own comfort — his joy comes from remembering the glories of the object of his service."
"When will I feel great jubilation — for I have such a wonderful Master?" The dāsa's prayer does not begin with anything for himself. Gurudeva then takes that joy apart. Circumstances carry an ordinary person up and down: health holds and there is joy; a plan collapses, someone answers sharply, and the joy is gone as if it had never been. The dāsa stands elsewhere: he remembers what kind of Master he has, and that memory does not depend on what happens to him. Difficulty or ease — the Master is the same. The servant rejoices in his Master, so his jubilation does not go out with the turning of the day.
Ask your joy where it comes from — the day, or the Master.
Source: Rāya Rāmānanda Saṃvāda · part 3
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