In Nityananda's marketplace, the Name is sold for the price of faith
niṣṭhā · ruci · āsaktithe stages of faith that pay in the marketplace of the Name: steadiness · taste · attachment
In Nityananda's marketplace, the Name is sold for the price of faith
niṣṭhā · ruci · āsakti
the stages of faith that pay in the marketplace of the Name: steadiness · taste · attachment
Listen to Gurudev
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"Oh brother, you can purchase this by the price of your faith. If you come to the marketplace of Nityananda Prabhu with a fake faith, he'll give you a fake name."
You sit down for your rounds thinking the deal is closed once the syllables are voiced. Gurudev shows another marketplace: in Godruma Dvipa Nityananda Prabhu has opened a stall of the Holy Name, and Bhaktivinoda Thakur sweeps the path before it clear of stones and thorns. There is bargaining in that market, but the currency is not money — it is faith. Come with a fake faith, like a fake coin, and you cheat only yourself: Nityananda will hand you back a fake name. But real faith he weighs by stage and sells at its price: for nishtha, the Name with Krishna's form; for ruci, the Name with His qualities; for asakti, the Name full of His pastimes.
Today on your rounds pay with honest faith — that is the coin here.