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The Nectar of Instruction

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1. Real prayascitta, atonement, is the awakening of our dormant Krsna consciousness.

Real atonement involves coming to real knowledge, and for this there is a standard process.Such a methodical life is described as tapasya.

2. One can be gradually elevated to the standard of real knowledge, or Krsna consciousness, by practicing austerity

and celibacy, by controlling the mind, by controlling the senses, by giving up ones possessions in charity, by being

avowedly truthful, by keeping clean and by practicing yoga!asanas.

"owever, if one is fortunate enough to get the association of a pure devotee, he can easily surpass all the

practices for controlling the mind by the mystic yoga process simply by following the regulative principles of Krsna

consciousness and by engaging in the service of the Supreme #ord under the direction of the bona fide spiritual

master.

$. %irst one must control his speaking power.

&he meaning of controlled speech conveyed by Srila Rupa 'osvami advocates the positive process of krsna!

katha, engaging the speaking process in glorifying the Supreme #ord Sri Krsna.

(. &he restlessness or fickleness of the mind)mano!vega* is controlled when one can fi+ his mind on the lotus feet of

Krsna.

f one always thinks of Krsna and how to serve Krsna best, ones mind will naturally be controlled.

-. f we simply become angry with those who blaspheme the #ord or the devotees of the #ord, we control our anger in

Krsna consciousness.

. One should take prasada at scheduled times and should not eat in restaurants or sweetmeat shops simply to satisfy

the whims of the tongue or belly.

f we stick to the principle of taking only prasada, the urges of the belly and tongue can be controlled.

/. &he genitalsshould be used to beget a Krsna conscious child, otherwise they should not be used.

0. hen one is fully practiced in the methods of Krsna conscious control, he can become ualified to be a bona fide

spiritual master.

3nuvrtti commentary by Srila 4haktisiddhata Sarasvati &hakura

1. Our material identification creates three kinds of urges1. the urge tospeak

2. the urge or demands of themind

$. the demands of the body.

2. One who practices resisting these demands or urges is calledtapasvi, or one who practices austerities.

$. hen we refer to the urge to speak, we refer to useless talking, such as that of the impersonal 5ayavadi

philosophers, or of persons engaged in fruitive activities or of materialistic people who simply want to en6oy life

without restriction.

&he conclusion is that only when we talk about devotional service to the Supreme 7ersonality of 'odhead can

we refrain from useless nonsensical talk.

e should always endeavor to use our speaking power solely for the purpose of reali8ing Krsna

consciousness.

2. &he agitations of the flickeringmindare divided into two divisions.1. avirodha-priti, or unrestricted attachment

adherence to the philosophy of the 5ayavadis

belief in the fruitive results of the karma!vadis

belief in plans based on materialistic desires

2. virodha-yukta-krodha, anger arising from frustration.

$. 9emands of the body

1. 9emands of thetongue

f one can restrain the demands of the tongue by limiting its activities to the eating of prasada, the

urges of the belly and the genitals can automatically be controlled.

&here are si+ kinds of rasas )tastes* and if one is agitated by any one of them , he becomes controlled

by the urges of the tongue.

f we can practice accepting only remnants of food offered to Krsna, it is possible to get free from

mayas victimi8ation.2. 9emands of the belly

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f one accepts prasada only because of its palatable taste and thus eats too much, he also falls prey to

trying to satisfy the demands of the tongue.

hen we desire to eat more than necessary we automatically create many inconveniences in life.

"owever, if we observe fasting days like :kadasi and ;anmastami, we can restrain the demands of

the belly

$. 9emands of the genitals

hen one indulges in illicit se+ life, as defined by the sastras, either by thinking, planning, talking

about or actually having se+ual intercourse, or by satisfying the genitals by artificial means, he is caught in theclutches of maya.

&he conclusion

1. &he conclusion is that one who can control these si+ items!!speech, mind, anger, tongue, belly and genitals!!is to be

called a svami, or gosvami.

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