Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the great commentator from antiquity says something that’s just so relatable and so enlivening, and it’s included in the first part of the purport that explains the commentaries of the great ācāryas, both Śrīla Sridhara Swami and Śrīla Vishwanatha Cakravartī Thākura. He gives this analogy. He says, "The son of a rich man has a primary duty in life: that is to stay alive. That’s very practical, right? What are you doing? Staying alive. Why? Because he’ll inherit the wealth." Similarly, he says, "The devotee has a singular duty: stay alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness somehow or other." This is also the suggestion of Śrīla Rūpa Goswāmī, who says, "yena tena prakāreṇa manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet," which means "somehow or other." This is from our main ācārya. He says, "somehow or other, you figure it out..." I love how Prabhupāda also says in a purport when he’s talking about how devotees should live in the world—because you have to make a livelihood—he says, "Be inventive. Figure out a way. It’s not that important what you do, just as long as you can survive somehow or other, be inventive." So he says, "somehow or other, stay alive in Kṛṣṇa consciousness."

And if I can consider this, rather than thinking that I have to be stellar in all my activities, the best in everything, and I have to show up in such a way that everyone sees that I’m faultless, if we simply accept this basic principle of staying alive, I personally find it encouraging. What do you think?

So I thought I would just mention a few points about staying alive, the ways that I stay alive or try to -habudubu. Habudubu means—as you well know, (just saying if somebody doesn’t know)—the sound of drowning. Habudubu, everyone say it three times. It’s bubbles on top of everything. Someone says, "You forgot to pay for the insurance, and the car just got hit, and her son ran away." That’s habudubu. Is it practical? How do you stay alive when what you expected didn’t happen, or something that is so disturbing to the mind—somebody criticizes you—that hurts right ? out of nowhere! And suddenly, you’re walking along singing a song, and next thing, you’re like, "Oh my God, maybe I’m doing it all wrong." So first on my list is to...

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