4) DISTRESSFUL SITUATIONS AS MERCY OF THE LORD: “The world is temporary; no one has come to live here eternally. Wherever the Lord keeps one at any point in time, one should cheerfully stay there and accept the reward or punishment from the Lord. All rewards or punishment that come from the Lord are ordained for one’s ultimate benefit. We adore the rewards that come from the Lord’s illusory energy, and his punishment gives us pain in many ways. Knowing that this punishment from the illusory energy is ordained for the purpose of gaining the mercy of the Lord, devotees do not reject it. They accept it cheerfully, and with tolerance, realizing it to be the mercy of the Lord. Those who do not understand that the troubles of this material world are actually the mercy of the Lord search again and again for material happiness and material progress, and ultimately meet with failure.” Letter from Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur
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