Most of the students choose a careers like Doctor, engineer, lawyer which are ever famous because so many students in past have already chosen this career option, it also gives guaranteed job after finishing the course( At least people still hope so), students don't want to go to the newer fields because not knowing the future involved in that field, they don't want to take a risk. Similarly with businessmen, they will invest their money where they have an experience of huge returns, they will invest where risk is minimal and where maximum people are putting their money. So we find this tendency in human society that a person follows the crowd, he feels if so many people are following this way then it must be right and I don't need to think separately. But following the crowd and general mass is not always right they may be going a wrong path.
Sometimes there is need of daring to do right activities which hardly anyone is performing, by seeing us performing these rare most activities people may think we are mad they will laugh at us. Smoking, gambling, indulging in illicit activities are so common and if you get involved in that it's considered as normal, on the other hand sane and pure activities involving worshipping, going to temple, chanting holy mantras are considered to be abnormal and old fashioned in today's social norms, so one who is practicing good, noble, moral things he also starts feeling I am doing wrong because very few are following these things, and those who are doing immoral activities doing right because so many of them involved in that activity.
The number of pandavas as compared to kauravas was very less but they never thought let us join the irreligious party of kauravas. At last pandavas won the battle because they were always virtuous and always followed Krishna. Number of devotees will always be less but they will always be the victorious. Lord Krishna talks in Bhagavad Gita 7th chapter, "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." He also says hardly anyone(very rare soul) can understand Him in truth. So there won't be many who will be following the process of surrendering to God because as the age of Kali progresses people will become more and more irreligious, atheistic in nature and their interest for following the God will diminish. So we should not feel discouraged and doubt ourself for following the God given path but we must have faith in the words of God that after this material life eternal life is awaiting for us. And on this path there is no risk of failure also as told by lord in 2nd chapter, "even a small endeavor on this path will have a permanent effect", means guaranteed bright future with zero risk.
So let's not waste this rare human form of life in only doing common activities like eating, sleeping, mating, defending but also dare to choose path of Bhakti followed by rare most intelligent people of the world who knew the real purpose of the life. There were many who chose this rare path and became successful, Srimad Bhagavatam talks about their activities.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Sometimes there is need of daring to do right activities which hardly anyone is performing, by seeing us performing these rare most activities people may think we are mad they will laugh at us. Smoking, gambling, indulging in illicit activities are so common and if you get involved in that it's considered as normal, on the other hand sane and pure activities involving worshipping, going to temple, chanting holy mantras are considered to be abnormal and old fashioned in today's social norms, so one who is practicing good, noble, moral things he also starts feeling I am doing wrong because very few are following these things, and those who are doing immoral activities doing right because so many of them involved in that activity.
The number of pandavas as compared to kauravas was very less but they never thought let us join the irreligious party of kauravas. At last pandavas won the battle because they were always virtuous and always followed Krishna. Number of devotees will always be less but they will always be the victorious. Lord Krishna talks in Bhagavad Gita 7th chapter, "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." He also says hardly anyone(very rare soul) can understand Him in truth. So there won't be many who will be following the process of surrendering to God because as the age of Kali progresses people will become more and more irreligious, atheistic in nature and their interest for following the God will diminish. So we should not feel discouraged and doubt ourself for following the God given path but we must have faith in the words of God that after this material life eternal life is awaiting for us. And on this path there is no risk of failure also as told by lord in 2nd chapter, "even a small endeavor on this path will have a permanent effect", means guaranteed bright future with zero risk.
So let's not waste this rare human form of life in only doing common activities like eating, sleeping, mating, defending but also dare to choose path of Bhakti followed by rare most intelligent people of the world who knew the real purpose of the life. There were many who chose this rare path and became successful, Srimad Bhagavatam talks about their activities.
Article by Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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