SPIRITUAL CONSULTATIONS — 10 JULY 2015 FRIDAY – NAVAMI

THIS EASY PROCESS IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY ŚRĪLA RŪPA GOSVĀMĪ.

First one must control his speaking power. Every one of us has the power of speech; as soon as we get an opportunity we begin to speak. If we do not speak about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we speak about all sorts of nonsense. A toad in a field speaks by croaking, and similarly everyone who has a tongue wants to speak, even if all he has to say is nonsense. The croaking of the toad, however, simply invites the snake: “Please come here and eat me.” Nevertheless, although it is inviting death, the toad goes on croaking. The talking of materialistic men and impersonalist Māyāvādī philosophers may be compared to the croaking of frogs. They are always speaking nonsense and thus inviting death to catch them. Controlling speech, however, does not mean self-imposed silence (the external process of mauna), as Māyāvādī philosophers think. Silence may appear helpful for some time, but ultimately it proves a failure. The meaning of controlled speech conveyed by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advocates the positive process of kṛṣṇa-kathā, engaging the speaking process in glorifying the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The tongue can thus glorify the name, form, qualities and pastimes of the Lord. The preacher of kṛṣṇa-kathā is always beyond the clutches of death. This is the significance of controlling the urge to speak.

ŚRĪLA RŪPA GOSVĀMĪ  PREPORUČUJE OVAJ LAGANI PROCES ZA OVLADAVANJE JEZIKOM I NAGONOM GOVORA, KOJI JE JEDAN OD TRI VRSTE NAGONA, NASTALIH RADI NAŠEG POISTOVJEĆIVANJA S MATERIJOM.

Prije svega treba da ovladamo moći govora. Tu moć ima svako od nas; progovorimo čim nam se ukaže prilika. Ako ne govorimo o svjesnosti Kṛṣṇe sigurno ćemo brbljati o svakakvim glupostima. Kao što žaba na polju krekeće kre-kre-kre, svako ko ima jezik želi da govori, čak i ako je sve što ima da kaže čista budalaština. Kreketanje žabe, međutim, samo priziva zmiju: "Molim te dođi i pojedi me." Iako time priziva smrt, žaba nastavlja da krekeće. Govor materijalista i filozofa māyāvadiya može se uporediti sa kreketanjem žaba. Oni uvijek govore gluposti i samo prizivaju smrt. Međutim, vladati govorom ne znači podvrći se zavjetu tišine ili šutnje [mauna], kao što to misle māyāvadiyi. Tišina nam može pomoći izvjesno vrieme, ali se konačno pokazuje kao čist neuspjeh. Smisao ovladanog govora, koji nam prenosi Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī  ukazuje na pozitivan proces Kṛṣṇa-Katha, tj. da treba govoriti o slavama Svevišnjeg Gospodina Śrī Kṛṣṇe. Na taj način jezik može da slavi ime, oblik, osobine i zabave Gospodina. Čovjek koji propovijeda Kṛṣṇa-Katha uvek je oslobođen kandži smrti. To je značaj vladanja nagonom govora [vāco vegaḿ – nagon govora].

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Nectar of Instruction — Text 1 Purport — His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī Śrīla Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness