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244 A BRAHMACÄRÉ READER

MISCELLANEOUS

Once a devotee asked Çréla Prabhupäda, “We have the perfect
philosophy, Kåñëa consciousness, and we have the perfect spiritual
master, Your Divine Grace. Everything about Kåñëa consciousness
is perfect, yet we always seem to have so many problems. Why?”
Çréla Prabhupäda replied, “Because the brahmacärés and
sannyäsés associate too much with women.” (Told by Giriräja
Swami)

There is a story of two holy men who were walking on a road.
They came to a chest deep river, which had no bridge. As they
were about to wade through, a woman came up and asked them to
help her over. One of the monks let her climb on his shoulder,
forded the river, then put her down. The two sädhus continued on
their way in silence. After an hour or two, the monk who had not
carried the woman blurted out “Brother, how is it that you allowed
yourself to be touched by a woman?” Surprised, his companion
turned to him and replied, “I only carried her across the river, but
you have carried her all the way here in your mind.”

näré-stana-bhara-näbhé-deçaà
dåñövä mä gä mohä-veçam
etan mäàsa-vasädi-vikäraà
manasi vicintaya väraà väram
Having seen the supposed beauty of a woman’s heavy breasts
and her thin waist, do not become agitated and illusioned, for
these attractive features are simply transformations of fat, flesh
and various other disgusting ingredients. You should consider this
in your mind again and again. (Çaìkaräcärya)

käçäyan na ca bhojanädi-niyammän no vä vane väsato
vyäkhyänäd athavä muni-vrata-bharäc cittodbhavaù kñéyate
kintu sphéta-kalinda-çaila-tanayä-téreñu vikréòato
govindasya padäravinda-bhajanärambhasya leçäd api