TV Channel

Tulsīdharajī offers a very beautiful example for us to learn in life, which I mentioned earlier. We also know from Mahāprabhujī’s bhajans, such as sobha-satsaṅghī, which glorifies the satsaṅgī. In good company, ordinary wood can become like sandalwood, and street water becomes holy when it joins the satsaṅga of the Gaṅgā. Similarly, when milk and water come together, they become one. Who becomes one with the other? We will discuss this later; it is very interesting. It is said that when water becomes one with milk, the price of the water rises. Consider those who sell milk and add a little water—twenty liters of milk with two liters of water—you hardly notice. Yet the price of those two liters of water becomes the same as the price of the milk. In the same way, whoever goes to satsaṅga, whoever is in harmony with unity, sees their spiritual value rise. That is satsaṅga. That is good companionship. Satsaṅga does not mean only a large gathering; it can be with just one or two persons, or even within your own thinking, you can create a satsaṅga. In satsaṅga, you learn only good thoughts and qualities, which will help you. At the same time, Tulsīdāsajī said that instead of adding water to milk, or when milk and water mix and become one, what harmony exists between them! What oneness! But if someone puts something sour into it, what happens? That sour element divides them again. It spoils the milk. The milk becomes spoiled on one side, turning into something like quark or cheese, and separates from the water. The milk even loses its quality. Thus, kusaṅga damages both sides and separates them, even spoiling their quality. It can be just one person. There are people who like to talk. Do you know this? Have you had this experience? Have you heard about it? Someone told me about such a person—how terrible he is. This kind of thinking, or listening to words from others, has destroyed your milk, spoiled your milk. Therefore, it is said: "O Mahāprabhu, listen to my prayer. Please grant me the satsaṅga and keep away from me the kusaṅgas." Then this person is described as so pure and nice, praised like mother's milk—very original, spiritual. Milk is divine. Where there is milk, there is a question of life. Where there is milk, there is mother. Only a mother can give milk. If there is a mother's love, then milk comes. And when you introduce kusaṅgas, the sourness of kusaṅga, it causes division. Otherwise, even water can become one with the milk.