Don't be a cheater

From: Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Date: Thu, Jun 10, 2010

So Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu made one condition [when excusing Jagai and Madhai], that "Your life is full of sinful activities. So if you simply promise that 'I shall not do anymore,' then I can accept you." So they said, "Sir, I'll not do. We'll not do anymore." This is required. When you are initiated, you promise "No illicit sex, no intoxication, no meat- eating, no gambling." And if you do privately all these things, then what kind of man you are? Don't be cheater. Be plain. When you promise that "We shall not do these things," don't do it again. Then you remain in goodness. That's all. Nobody can disturb you. And if you pollute yourself silently, then this goodness will go. So this is the warning. Once you are initiated on the promise that you shall not do these all nonsense, then you remain perfectly in goodness. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti. Maya cannot do anything. But if you cheat yourself, cheat your spiritual master, cheat God,  then you will be cheated by maya.

From Srila Prabhupada's lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.26, Los Angeles,
October 1, 1972


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