Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to srila prabhupada, guru and gauranga! I found this interesting article from gopaljiu publications.Please read it.
Suppose many people have sat down in rows to accept food. You have also sat down there and others are serving. You want more food because you are a greedy fellow and you have a big belly. You cannot be satisfied with a little food. You are thinking, "Oh, if I take so much food in the presence of other people, what will they think of me?
They will think I am a greedy glutton." So the food is served once, but when it comes around a second time, "No, no, no. I don't want it. I am satisfied." That is crookedness. If you say so, you will remain hungry. Why will you not say, "I need more. Please give me more." One who is very simple says, "Yes, I am in need, I am hungry. Please give me more." But you say, "No, no. I don't want more. This is enough for me. I'm satisfied." This is kapatya, crookedness. You are not a simple-hearted person. You have no simplicity at all.
- Srila Gour Govinda Swami
Suppose a teacher is teaching mathematics to the students. Many students are there in the class and they are not all of the same calibre. Some are well developed, whereas others are more dull-headed. There are different varieties of students. After explaining a topic, the teacher asks, "Have all of you understood? Have you? Have you?" "Oh yes." But the dull-headed student has not understood it. Still, he will never say, "I do not understand." Rather, he thinks, "If I say I have not understood, what will the others think of me?" He is such a dull-headed fellow that he cannot understand even when the teacher explains things nicely. So, out of shyness or whatever it may be, he says, "Yes, yes. I understand." Then what will happen? He cannot make advancement and he cannot get promotion to the higher mathematics class. He will fail the examination. So where is the perfection? That is kapatya, crookedness, and it is a great stumbling block on the path of perfection.
Guru and Gauranga never teach this crookedness. Saralata ei vaisnavata. Simplicity is vaisnavism. Develop simplicity in your heart, and with this mood you will be able to serve guru and Gauranga. If you have developed some crookedness, if kapatya is there in the heart, then you cannot serve guru and Gauranga. Gauranga Mahaprabhu has ordered, "yare dekha, tare kaha krsna-upadesa. To whomever you meet, tell them what Krishna has said. Do not manufacture or concoct anything. Simply say, `Krishna has said this....´ Just repeat it as it is. Amara ajnaya guru haña tara ei desa. So I order you to become guru and deliver the whole world."
chanakya pandit has said " as a snake is very crooked and envious, so is a person like a demon.one can bring a snake under control by some mantras, herbs or drugs but an envious or crooked person cannot be brought under control by any means. In SB 8.9.19, Srila prabhupada writes such a crooked person is more dangerous, more envious and more cruel than a snake.so this crookedness kapatya is a great hinderance on path of devotional service.simplicity is vaisnavism.one who is a real vaisnava is as simple as a child
Excerpt from Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu issue 002.
To read this or other issues of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu, visit Gopal Jiu Publication's website:
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Your aspiring servant,
Nitai chand das
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