27 July 2025
Sunday
Gopikas were devotees with equal-mindedness. They had sacred hearts. They had no attachment at all. They had no ego in them. They were practising dharma in daily life, and their lives were ideal for others. Today, we are trying to live like gopikas and the gopalas. Such things can only be experienced, but not described. Our life is full of desires. On the day when the desires disappear, we will have a sacred heart. Jealousy and ego occupy a very important position. So long as we are filled with jealousy and ego, we cannot understand the sacred aspects of Krishna. Today, you must develop such single-minded devotion that you think of God as the only one reality. We should not make an attempt to get the grace of God for purely selfish reasons. We must make an attempt to recognise divinity in all and God’s omnipresence. Our life must be dedicated to recognising divinity in everyone and to earning the grace of the Lord.
From Summer Showers, 1978, chapter 13
Gopikas were devotees with equal-mindedness. They had sacred hearts. They had no attachment at all. They had no ego in them. They were practising dharma in daily life, and their lives were ideal for others. Today, we are trying to live like gopikas and the gopalas. Such things can only be experienced, but not described. Our life is full of desires. On the day when the desires disappear, we will have a sacred heart. Jealousy and ego occupy a very important position. So long as we are filled with jealousy and ego, we cannot understand the sacred aspects of Krishna. Today, you must develop such single-minded devotion that you think of God as the only one reality. We should not make an attempt to get the grace of God for purely selfish reasons. We must make an attempt to recognise divinity in all and God’s omnipresence. Our life must be dedicated to recognising divinity in everyone and to earning the grace of the Lord.