Become This Kind of Dog

Posted on April 26, 2009  
Filed under BVKS Sanga

By chance a dog may have a very rich owner, and by chance he may become a
street dog. As the dog of a rich man, he will live very opulently. Sometimes
in Western countries we hear of a master leaving millions of dollars to a
dog in his will. Of course, there are many dogs loitering in the street
without food. Therefore, to liken the conditional existence of the living
entity to that of a dog is very appropriate. An intelligent human being,
however, can understand that if he has to live the life of a dog, he had
best become Krsna’s dog. In the material world a dog is sometimes elevated
and is sometimes on the street, but in the spiritual world, Krsna’s dog is
perpetually, eternally happy. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has therefore sung:
vaisnava thakura tomara kukura baliya janaha more. In this way Bhaktivinoda
Thakura offers to become a Vaisnava’s dog. A dog always keeps himself at his
master’s door and does not allow any person unfavorable to the master to
enter. Similarly, one should engage in the service of a Vaisnava and try to
please him in every respect. Unless one does so, he does not make spiritual
advancement.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 4.29.30-31

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