Niranjana Swami

Niranjana Swami

April 10, 2013 - Kiev - Srimad Bhagavatam 4.9.29 - ”This is What Devotees Do”

A devotee is someone who sees what the obstacles are and always tries to overcome them by increasing his or her dependence on the mercy of the Lord and His devotees. Instead of being obstacles, they become stepping stones for progressing closer to our goal. Therefore, the Lord is very kind, and He knows how to bring His devotee to Him.
 

Srila Prabhupada

Letter to Tamala Krishna and Jayapataka, 2 April, 1972

So far your interview in Times of India, he has caught you on one or two points unable to answer. We should always be patient to answer such newsmen's questions, they are very easy to answer, and so many people will see. For example, for the question about poverty, you should have said that some persons are destined to suffer poverty by their karma. It is said that good parents are no guarantee for good children, medicine is no guarantee for health, a ship is no guarantee for a drowning man - all of these counter-remedies are useless if a man is not protected by Krishna. Therefore, in your country, even they have very rich parents, the children are turning out to be poverty-stricken hippies, so here or there, it doesn't matter, poverty must exist by the laws of nature because people have forgotten Krishna, therefore they must suffer alternate poverty and so-called opulence just like being pushed under the water for some time and then relieved by coming up, then again pushed down, and they are thinking this is life.