Francisco Valencia Berrueta, 05th September 2011
Hare Krishna Prabhus
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
All glories to Sri Krishna
A person in the purification process of Krishna Consciousness, I have some material desires such as money, health, so on, I’ve heard about the devotees of Krishna that one must ask to Sri Krishna instead of the demigods other persons or gambling. Is this a correct perspective?
All glories to the devotees of Krishna
your unworthy friend and servant
Francisco
Mahabhagavat Das SDA, 07th September 2011
Dear Francisco Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Gurudeva & Srila Prabhupada.
The desire for money to serve Krishna is not material. The desire for health to serve Krishna is not material.
Yes, just as a child does not have to ask his/her parents to feed him/her, similarly, Krishna is our Supreme Father, we don’t have to ask Him for anything as He already knows what we need.
However, sometimes, when a child is sick, even the most loving parent does not feed the child the favourite food according to the medical needs of the child… in other words, even if child wants some type of food, the parent does not give. But this is only so that the child can be cured very fast. A foolish parent may give the child something against medical advice, but that may make the child even more sick.
Therefore, anyone on the path of devotional service, Krishna is directly sanctioning everything personally, it is the treatment, the perfect cure from material life. So, yes, it is not necessary to ask, because He knows everything already.
But if you do feel like asking, then please ask no one else but Krishna, because even while fulfilling the material desire, Krishna will take away all the material contamination… therefore he is known as Hari – the one who takes away. There are many such examples.
Under ANY circumstances please do not gamble. It is one of the 4 surest ways to remain in material misery, win or lose.
your servant,
Mahabhagavat Das
Krishna khushi priyasi, 07th September 2011
Hare Krishna mahabhagavat prabhuji
your answer is very influential.
hari bol
your servant
khushi
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Very nice question and beautiful reply.I think in this age of kali this question is on the minds of many.
“I envy no one,nor am I partial to anyone.I am equal to all.But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend,is in me,and I am also a friend to him. BG 9:29
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