Sometimes we becomes complacent, everything is going very nice, our family life is going nice, our children are becoming nice devotees, all of our economic problems are not problems at all and everyone likes us and we are being very respected, when we come to the temple and our sadhana is very strong. Even when all this is there, Maya is ready to trap you, by making you feel, that everything is all right, that’s giving you a sense of complacency in your own service and in your own position in society. But, to advance in Kåñëa Consciousness, there must be greed and eagerness and anxiety for more and a receptive heart to receive the directions and the blessings by which we can receive that, that must always be there. That’s why it is important to regularly hear Çrémad Bhagvatam. You see, just like in surgery, sometimes you are stabbed, sometimes you are cut, but we don’t want anesthesia, we want to feel the pain, as the knife of the Sadhu’s words go into our heart, because it keeps us awake, it keeps us alive, it keeps us feeling a sense of discontentness, in our present situation so we can strive and hanker and long for more. So at this very time, Närada appeared, it’s wonderful! Närada did not appear until Vedavyäsa was in distress. But, we find this is the case wherever there is a proper transmission of transcendental knowledge. Kåñëa didn’t speak to Arjuna until he was in distress, until he was longing for guidance until he felt himself incapable, then Kåñëa, He waited for that moment, similarly Sukadeva Goswami, he didn’t speak to Maharaj Parikshit until, he was cursed to die in seven days, he was eager, he was anxious as Arjuna was, as Vyasdeva is, so at this time Kåñëa sends Çré Närada Muni
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