In your life, what will you consider as God’s grace? Is it when he fills your home with all riches? Or when you get your desired match? Or when he makes you a famous person? Or when He answers your prayers to make your children successful in their careers?
Devotees glance can infuse spiritual desires in our hearts, it can enthuse us to go on in Krishna Consciousness, and even if due to limitations of material world we are not able to receive their merciful glance, even their darsana can help us advance in bhakti.
Darsana of a devotee is Glorious – Darsane pavitra koro ei tomara guna – Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura says. How should we take darsana of devotees?
Lust impels one to do sinful things. But simply the glance and remembrance of devotees make us free from sin. So, our life must be surrounded by the Vaishnavas by whose grace we can cross over the ocean of material existence.
What is the Ornament of a devotee? Is it the way in which one dances in kirtan, is it the manner in which one places spoons after taking a meal, is it the way in which one externally shows mannerisms in dealing?
Loving Krishna is very easy through loving the most munificent incarnation of Krishna that ever appeared in the form of Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya’s pastimes are like nectar, and one who engages in His service quickly attains the qualification to love Krishna.
Loving Krishna also means to develop affection for the process by which to love Krishna. It also entails desiring to hear about Krishna for long periods of time.
