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Story 44 Yogi burning finger

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PRABHUPĀDA: In the <i>Bhakti-
rasāmṛta-sindhu</i>, there is a story…

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Not story; fact.

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It is described there.

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That one <i>brāhmaṇa</i>: He
was a great devotee.

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He wanted to offer very brilliant
service, <i>arcanā</i>, in the temple worship.

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But he had no money.

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But some day he was sitting in
a <i>Bhāgavata</i> class and he heard

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that Kṛṣṇa can be worshipped
even within the mind.

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So he took this opportunity because
he was thinking since a long time

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how to worship Kṛṣṇa very
gorgeously, but he had no money.

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So he, when he got this point, that one
can be worship Kṛṣṇa within the mind,

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so after taking bath in the Godāvarī
River, he was sitting underneath a tree

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and within his mind he was constructing
very gorgeous <i>siṁhāsana</i>, throne,

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bedecked with jewels and
keeping the Deity on the throne,

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he was bathing the Deity
with water of Ganges,

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Yamunā, Godāvarī,
Narmadā, Kāverī.

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Then he was dressing
the Deity very nicely,

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then offering worship
with flower, garland.

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Then he was cooking very nicely, and
he was cooking <i>paramānna</i>, sweet rice.

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So he wanted to taste it,
whether it was very hot.

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Because <i>paramānna</i> is taken cold.

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<i>Paramānna</i> is not taken very hot.

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So he put his finger on the <i>paramānna</i>
and his finger burned down.

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Then his meditation broken,

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because there was nothing; he was simply
within the mind he was doing everything.

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So… But he saw that
his finger is burned.

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So he was astonished.

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In this way, Nārāyaṇa from
Vaikuṇṭha, He was smiling.

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Lakṣmījī asked, “Why
you are smiling?”

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“And one of My devotee
is worshiping like this.

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So send My men to bring him
immediately to Vaikuṇṭha.”

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So, the <i>bhakti-yoga</i> is so nice,

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that even if you have no means to
offer the Deity gorgeous worship,

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you can do it within the mind.

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That is also possible.

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