Don’t fear, try to jump into the ocean of guru-vaiṣṇava sevā ananda

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Ṭhākura told that — “We are less interested to find pure devotees because we are busy with our personal interest”. Is it possible to learn swimming without jumping into water? If we don’t jump into water, we can never learn swimming, similar way we can never learn how to serve Kṛṣṇa without serving guru-vaiṣṇava. Maybe one is not habituated to be inside water, so it can give some discomfort to him in the beginning, but as soon one gets habituated, then he can feel free. Śrīla Prabhupāda told us one nice example of a boy who wanted to learn swimming without jumping into water. He told that— “There was a boy who wanted to learn swimming without jumping into water, because he was feeling very uncomfortable to be in the water. His mother also never allowed him to learn swimming, because she was very fearful that by chance the boy can drown into water. One day one old lady of the village came to speak that— “If your boy, now in this age, is not learning how to swim, then later, he can face problems. While crossing a river or a lake there can be a big danger for him, because due to an accident he can drown at any moment.” Then the clever boy said, “Is there someone who can teach me how to swim without going into water?” Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted to point out our poor condition because we want to maintain all our personal comforts, and never like to jump into guru-vaiṣṇava-sevā-ananda. Life is very unstable, any moment we can leave this world. So we must do guru-vaiṣṇava-sevā .

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