Question: With a strong ambition to take up responsibility on behalf of the mission of Srila Prabhupada, upon consultation with a spiritual authority I have chosen higher studies as a medium. For the past two years I’ve been trying to make it to a top MBA college and everything is failing in the last round. I’ve picked up myself when I have failed and with hope after hope I’ve been trying.
I’ve been married recently and my husband is very co-operative and encouraging and is himself a wonderful devotee.
With my tiny and impure intelligence I’m unable to understand what is Krsna’s plan. My thwarted ambitions have left me demotivated with deteriorating sadhana. Kindly help.
Answer by Romapada Swami:
Read Srimad Bhagavatam 1.9.12, 16-17. This will help you understand how to conduct your life in your present circumstances.
Your duty is NOT to understand the plan of the Lord, nor is it your capacity; rather, your primary duty is to insure that you are closely following the three principles mentioned below within your life.
“As long as a person is fully in cooperation with the wishes of the Lord, guided by the bona fide brahmanas and Vaisnavas and strictly following religious principles, one has no cause for despondency, however trying the circumstances of life.
