HINDUS ONLY
PADA: Oh oh pilgrims, some Persian (?) looking family came to the ISKCON temple and one of the temple brahmacaris challenged them:
Q: "Are you Hindus"?
A: "Nope we are not."
Q: "Don't you know this place is only for Hindus"?
The children of the family sort of looked bewildered at each other like, "what kind of welcome is this"? Some of the other guests were clearly appalled. This is the state ISKCON is coming to. A bunch of racist "sadhus by birth" bodily identified conditioned souls, posing as saintly. And they are running this ISKCON temple. Don't say we never told you it would come to this because, we told you so!
ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com
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PURGING WESTERNERS
RD: So many of us have been banned. I was thrown out, given 30 min to pack and get out. I'm not welcome in any of my countries temples. The GBC notified all temples and instructed that nobody should assist me, those that do will also be banned. Yet all the rascals are given full respect. I feel your pain. But the way I see it, Krishna saved me from all the bad association.
RMD: Hare Krishna Mataji. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. i was kicked out of the Suva temple by Tamal Krishna. He made announcement in front of 300 devotees that i went to Narayan Maharaj. He had 4 men come to tell me to leave after his lecture while i was sitting for prasadam. i just started crying.
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
RD: So many of us have been banned. I was thrown out, given 30 min to pack and get out. I'm not welcome in any of my countries temples. The GBC notified all temples and instructed that nobody should assist me, those that do will also be banned. Yet all the rascals are given full respect. I feel your pain. But the way I see it, Krishna saved me from all the bad association.
RMD: Hare Krishna Mataji. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. i was kicked out of the Suva temple by Tamal Krishna. He made announcement in front of 300 devotees that i went to Narayan Maharaj. He had 4 men come to tell me to leave after his lecture while i was sitting for prasadam. i just started crying.
Everyone know he was the one who went to Narayan Maharaja and tried to get him situated as the Acharya of ISKCON after Srila Prabhupada. Then those men came back to me and said Tamal said if i renounce Narayan Maharaja i can stay. So i told them i never went to Narayan Maharaja anyway so yeah, i renounce him, and they let me stay. It is certainly very disconcerting to be banned from Srila Prabhupada's Temples. It's almost a badge of honor now as Rasika Rai das mentions. Hope you feel better soon. It appears to me that the real Temples of Sri Krishna are in the hearts of devotees who love Srila Prabhupada and have been banned. I see it over and over. Hare Krishna. ๐Krishna will take care of you both.
DD: Thanks for reply as you gave spoken that no person can ban a devotee from Krishna...and your story is quite believable
..Haribol
RMD: all glories to Srila Prabhupada. Mother Hladini, Aravindra prabhu's wife here in Alachua raised her hand after a class and made a comment about Srila Prabhupada's books. "Such transcendental literatures, even though irregularly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest." As soon as she came out of the Temple room she was banned from going to the Temple.
Another friend was banned for asking that some maha be given to cooks instead of it all going to big doners. Removed from service.
Another friend was being abused by a Temple money maker and she complained expecting that the offender would be told to stop, instead she was banned,
DD: Thanks for reply as you gave spoken that no person can ban a devotee from Krishna...and your story is quite believable
..Haribol
RMD: all glories to Srila Prabhupada. Mother Hladini, Aravindra prabhu's wife here in Alachua raised her hand after a class and made a comment about Srila Prabhupada's books. "Such transcendental literatures, even though irregularly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest." As soon as she came out of the Temple room she was banned from going to the Temple.
Another friend was banned for asking that some maha be given to cooks instead of it all going to big doners. Removed from service.
Another friend was being abused by a Temple money maker and she complained expecting that the offender would be told to stop, instead she was banned,
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CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
AD: Today I floated a civil disobedience protest strategy.... if a member of the GBC comes to your temple and sits down to give class, and you want to publicly signal your disapproval of the GBC's mishandling of child protection matters, wait until the verse and purport is read and then just when the speaker is about to deliver their own thoughts, stand up, offer respects (perhaps while explaining your decision not to hear from someone who is morally confused about child protection) and walk out.
Imagine if this happens every class to every member of the GBC what that experience is going to be like for them, how much explaining they will have to do, the ripple throughout the room, the conversations it will promote.
If you choose to do this - and I am aware that there might be repercussions - and you feel like you want to film it, please send in your clips.
Srila Prabhupada characterised Lord Caitanya's protest against the Chand Kazi as civil disobedience. "Principles of civil disobedience involve a public, nonviolent, conscientious refusal to obey specific unjust laws or policies, aiming to change them while showing respect for the overall rule of law, often by accepting legal penalties to highlight injustice and persuade others, as exemplified by figures like Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.. Key elements include principled action, publicity, and a commitment to nonviolence to preserve moral authority and foster understanding, not hatred."
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KRISHNA DHARMA on Vultures
Our technological progress needs a meaningful aim beyond making us idle and increasing bodily comfort and enjoyment. Our spiritual guide, Srila Prabhupada, once gave an illuminating example. In India, you see many vultures. If you stay still for long enough, especially lying down, they will soon start circling overhead. It happened to me once when I collapsed, exhausted, on the bank of the Ganges after swimming across from the other side.
Imagine if this happens every class to every member of the GBC what that experience is going to be like for them, how much explaining they will have to do, the ripple throughout the room, the conversations it will promote.
If you choose to do this - and I am aware that there might be repercussions - and you feel like you want to film it, please send in your clips.
Srila Prabhupada characterised Lord Caitanya's protest against the Chand Kazi as civil disobedience. "Principles of civil disobedience involve a public, nonviolent, conscientious refusal to obey specific unjust laws or policies, aiming to change them while showing respect for the overall rule of law, often by accepting legal penalties to highlight injustice and persuade others, as exemplified by figures like Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.. Key elements include principled action, publicity, and a commitment to nonviolence to preserve moral authority and foster understanding, not hatred."
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KRISHNA DHARMA on Vultures
Our technological progress needs a meaningful aim beyond making us idle and increasing bodily comfort and enjoyment. Our spiritual guide, Srila Prabhupada, once gave an illuminating example. In India, you see many vultures. If you stay still for long enough, especially lying down, they will soon start circling overhead. It happened to me once when I collapsed, exhausted, on the bank of the Ganges after swimming across from the other side.
Needless to say, I quickly jumped up, and the birds dispersed. I later learned that the vulture has a particular power. It can reach heights of six or seven thousand metres and scan the terrain below with amazing acuity, spotting any corpses in the vicinity, even a rabbit.
Prabhupada compared this to modern society. The vulture soars to a lofty height and exercises a remarkable ability, but for what? To locate dead bodies. In the same way, our society is soaring to great heights of progress, but ultimately, its purpose is little better than the vulture’s. We want to enhance our material experience, which is all about the physical body and mind; in truth, nothing more than a collection of lifeless elements.
PADA: Right, Srila Prabhupada says when a person glares at a Vaishnava, he has to take future birth as a vulture. I have had thousands of vulture glares from thousands of the GBC's guru folks. Unfortunately that means, their future is not bright.
PADA: Right, Srila Prabhupada says when a person glares at a Vaishnava, he has to take future birth as a vulture. I have had thousands of vulture glares from thousands of the GBC's guru folks. Unfortunately that means, their future is not bright.
Especially because, they are glaring at me to defend their worship of a homosexuals and pedophiles guru regime, double and triple times condemned. Yes, simply glaring at the Vaishnavas is very sinful all by itself, and leads to a vulture body, never mind all the orchestrated banning, beating, molesting, suing and killing them.
ys pd
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INDIA CULTURE VS WOMEN
AP DASI:
My earliest memory of being shamed for being educated as a girl was when I was a little over two years old and had visited my ancestral home during school holidays. I was playfully circling around the support post of our thatched roof, singing something, completely lost in fun, not realizing it was dangerous because that post was holding the entire roof.
An elderly woman who was visiting us suddenly said, “Ka bitiya yahai padhatiu sahram?”
(Translation: “Is this the education you’re getting in the city?”)
I didn’t understand why she said that at that time, but I felt a deep, confusing shame—for getting educated, for having something she and others didn’t have there.
I was the first girl in my village and entire kin to get an education and permission to work. That was the beginning. And after that, I have felt deep shame countless times—for being educated as a girl, for having a job, for being intelligent, for being aware, for having knowledge, for being capable of earning, for leaving home for work, for having the capability to take decisions, for being confident, for having moral values and ethics that weren't approved by people around me, for wanting to stand up for what is right when it was not approved by people around me, for having insight that others didn't had around me, and for not blending in and not conforming.
The criticism didn’t always come from outside. A lot of it lived inside my head—from what it meant to be a girl, and later, a woman. It took me more than 40 years to finally feel not ashamed wearing comfortable clothes like pajamas and T-shirts instead of traditional wear.
Even when I wore what I wanted before, I carried deep shame because of the beliefs I had absorbed about how a woman should live… creating a constant cognitive dissonance inside me. I never felt safe as a woman in this world, in this life, or even in my own body with those beliefs. Yet I felt ashamed for secretly not believing them, and pretending to follow them made me feel “morally right,” even though it suffocated me.
The beliefs were:
1. Women should not have equal rights as mentioned; it is “not good” for the family or society.
2. Women should dress traditionally, not according to weather or their own health needs.
3. Women should tolerate everything to keep peace.
4. Women are solely responsible for the children’s well-being.
5. Women must remain beneath men in everything for the will being and honour of family and society.
6. Women must not question wrongdoing, must not prioritise their careers, must not speak too loudly, must not outshine men, and ESPECIALLY they must not choose personal comfort over cultural expectations. ...and many more. These beliefs shaped me, restricted me, and created years of silent conflict inside me.
And yet, despite all of them, I kept moving. I kept learning. I kept growing.
And today, I can finally say—I am trying to reclaim the girl who was shamed at two years old, and the woman who carried that shame for decades.
I am trying to choose myself now.
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INDIA CULTURE VS WOMEN
AP DASI:
My earliest memory of being shamed for being educated as a girl was when I was a little over two years old and had visited my ancestral home during school holidays. I was playfully circling around the support post of our thatched roof, singing something, completely lost in fun, not realizing it was dangerous because that post was holding the entire roof.
An elderly woman who was visiting us suddenly said, “Ka bitiya yahai padhatiu sahram?”
(Translation: “Is this the education you’re getting in the city?”)
I didn’t understand why she said that at that time, but I felt a deep, confusing shame—for getting educated, for having something she and others didn’t have there.
I was the first girl in my village and entire kin to get an education and permission to work. That was the beginning. And after that, I have felt deep shame countless times—for being educated as a girl, for having a job, for being intelligent, for being aware, for having knowledge, for being capable of earning, for leaving home for work, for having the capability to take decisions, for being confident, for having moral values and ethics that weren't approved by people around me, for wanting to stand up for what is right when it was not approved by people around me, for having insight that others didn't had around me, and for not blending in and not conforming.
The criticism didn’t always come from outside. A lot of it lived inside my head—from what it meant to be a girl, and later, a woman. It took me more than 40 years to finally feel not ashamed wearing comfortable clothes like pajamas and T-shirts instead of traditional wear.
Even when I wore what I wanted before, I carried deep shame because of the beliefs I had absorbed about how a woman should live… creating a constant cognitive dissonance inside me. I never felt safe as a woman in this world, in this life, or even in my own body with those beliefs. Yet I felt ashamed for secretly not believing them, and pretending to follow them made me feel “morally right,” even though it suffocated me.
The beliefs were:
1. Women should not have equal rights as mentioned; it is “not good” for the family or society.
2. Women should dress traditionally, not according to weather or their own health needs.
3. Women should tolerate everything to keep peace.
4. Women are solely responsible for the children’s well-being.
5. Women must remain beneath men in everything for the will being and honour of family and society.
6. Women must not question wrongdoing, must not prioritise their careers, must not speak too loudly, must not outshine men, and ESPECIALLY they must not choose personal comfort over cultural expectations. ...and many more. These beliefs shaped me, restricted me, and created years of silent conflict inside me.
And yet, despite all of them, I kept moving. I kept learning. I kept growing.
And today, I can finally say—I am trying to reclaim the girl who was shamed at two years old, and the woman who carried that shame for decades.
I am trying to choose myself now.
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STREAM OF GURU PARAMPARA
๐๐ซ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฉฤ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ— “๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซฤ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข.”
Those who have no link to our Gaudiya guru-paramparฤ, no connection with our previous ฤcฤryas, they can never truly preach. Whatever they may claim in the name of preaching cannot be called bhakti. For many this kind of siddhฤnta-vicฤra is surely shocking, even unbearable, because the majority of people have since long time been fed with diluted versions presented in the name of pure bhakti.
If someone is only habituated to eat junk food all the time, then how he will feel if someone serves them some fresh & healthy green vegetables? He surely will hesitate to eat that healthy food, and instead follow his old habits. That is the painful situation at present—that most of the people cannot digest the absolute truth.
But for that surely we cannot stop to speak about that absolute truth. Prabhupฤda used to say that—
“๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซฤแน ๐ ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.” (Prabhupฤdera Upadeลฤmแนta)
"๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข-๐ฒ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง — ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ฤ๐ญ๐ฆฤ. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ลฤ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ. […] ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก."
Those who have no link to our Gaudiya guru-paramparฤ, no connection with our previous ฤcฤryas, they can never truly preach. Whatever they may claim in the name of preaching cannot be called bhakti. For many this kind of siddhฤnta-vicฤra is surely shocking, even unbearable, because the majority of people have since long time been fed with diluted versions presented in the name of pure bhakti.
If someone is only habituated to eat junk food all the time, then how he will feel if someone serves them some fresh & healthy green vegetables? He surely will hesitate to eat that healthy food, and instead follow his old habits. That is the painful situation at present—that most of the people cannot digest the absolute truth.
But for that surely we cannot stop to speak about that absolute truth. Prabhupฤda used to say that—
“๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซฤแน ๐ ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก. ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ.” (Prabhupฤdera Upadeลฤmแนta)
"๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข-๐ฒ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง — ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ฤ๐ญ๐ฆฤ. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ลฤ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ. […] ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก."
(Letter to Vฤmฤn dฤs, 1958)
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก?
Prabhupada always wanted to give us warning regarding this matter. He used to say that— “Logical interpretation cannot stand in the way of that Absolute truth.” About this subject matter we must be always very alert! The question— “Why people cannot digest that absolute truth?” was put in front of Prabhupada.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก?
Prabhupada always wanted to give us warning regarding this matter. He used to say that— “Logical interpretation cannot stand in the way of that Absolute truth.” About this subject matter we must be always very alert! The question— “Why people cannot digest that absolute truth?” was put in front of Prabhupada.
His reply was like the following— “๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง (๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐). ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ (๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ–๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ). ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐) ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐ (๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ (๐๐๐ฒ๐), ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข, ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐๐ฏ๐—๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ค๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐.”
All those who cannot digest the absolute truth and who constantly try to find faults in guru-vaiแนฃแนava are certainly on the path to hell. As long as their dirty mission of fault-finding continues, and unless they sincerely try to correct their polluted darลana regarding pure guru-vaiแนฃแนava, it will be next to impossible for their consciousness to rise. It is our great misfortune that we never sincerely try to harmonize ourselves with guru-vaiแนฃแนavas in true sense. For this reason, even after receiving dฤซkแนฃฤ from an exalted vaiแนฃแนava, we may remain deprived of genuine divya-jรฑฤna and true seva-bhฤva forever.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ — ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐๐ขแนฃแน๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญแนแนฤ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐กฤ๐ฏ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค ๐ฅฤ๐๐ก๐-๐ฉลซ๐ฃฤ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ขแนฃแนญ๐กฤ (๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐) ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐-๐ฏฤแนฤซ—๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐กฤ๐ง๐ญ๐-๐ฏฤแนฤซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
According to our Gauแธฤซya siddhฤnta-vicฤra, tแนแนฤd api bhฤva means that there should not be even any smell of lฤbha-pลซjฤ-pratiแนฃแนญhฤ inside heart. But foolish people think just the opposite — they believe that those who flatter others by licking their feet and presenting themselves sweeter as a doll made of sugar, that they are actually the true example of humility— “humbler than a blade of grass.”
ลrฤซla Vแนndฤvana dฤsa แนฌhฤkura boldly declares— “I can provide a kick on the head of that foolish society even if after hearing countless glories of Nityฤnanda Prabhu, still if they are unwilling to accept Him.” Ignorant people may think that he had no tแนแนฤd api bhฤva, but the actual siddhฤnta-vicฤra is this that — ลrฤซla Vแนndฤvana dฤsa แนฌhฤkura was an ocean of humility and mercy. In this way by speaking heavily, he wanted to rectify our polluted material heart, by allowing the dust particle from his own lotus feet to pour upon our heads. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐๐ขแนฃแน๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐.
Daแนแธavat-praแนฤm to you all.
Truly yours in the service of Guru-Gaurฤแน ga and Go-Mฤtฤ.
All the honest and sincere followers of The Prabhupฤda—
All the members of ลrฤซ Bhaktisiddhฤnta Vฤแนฤซ Sevฤ Trust
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All those who cannot digest the absolute truth and who constantly try to find faults in guru-vaiแนฃแนava are certainly on the path to hell. As long as their dirty mission of fault-finding continues, and unless they sincerely try to correct their polluted darลana regarding pure guru-vaiแนฃแนava, it will be next to impossible for their consciousness to rise. It is our great misfortune that we never sincerely try to harmonize ourselves with guru-vaiแนฃแนavas in true sense. For this reason, even after receiving dฤซkแนฃฤ from an exalted vaiแนฃแนava, we may remain deprived of genuine divya-jรฑฤna and true seva-bhฤva forever.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ — ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐๐ขแนฃแน๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญแนแนฤ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐กฤ๐ฏ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค ๐ฅฤ๐๐ก๐-๐ฉลซ๐ฃฤ-๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ขแนฃแนญ๐กฤ (๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐) ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐-๐ฏฤแนฤซ—๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐กฤ๐ง๐ญ๐-๐ฏฤแนฤซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
According to our Gauแธฤซya siddhฤnta-vicฤra, tแนแนฤd api bhฤva means that there should not be even any smell of lฤbha-pลซjฤ-pratiแนฃแนญhฤ inside heart. But foolish people think just the opposite — they believe that those who flatter others by licking their feet and presenting themselves sweeter as a doll made of sugar, that they are actually the true example of humility— “humbler than a blade of grass.”
ลrฤซla Vแนndฤvana dฤsa แนฌhฤkura boldly declares— “I can provide a kick on the head of that foolish society even if after hearing countless glories of Nityฤnanda Prabhu, still if they are unwilling to accept Him.” Ignorant people may think that he had no tแนแนฤd api bhฤva, but the actual siddhฤnta-vicฤra is this that — ลrฤซla Vแนndฤvana dฤsa แนฌhฤkura was an ocean of humility and mercy. In this way by speaking heavily, he wanted to rectify our polluted material heart, by allowing the dust particle from his own lotus feet to pour upon our heads. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฎ-๐ฏ๐๐ขแนฃแน๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐.
Daแนแธavat-praแนฤm to you all.
Truly yours in the service of Guru-Gaurฤแน ga and Go-Mฤtฤ.
All the honest and sincere followers of The Prabhupฤda—
All the members of ลrฤซ Bhaktisiddhฤnta Vฤแนฤซ Sevฤ Trust
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THE FOUR-FOLD & APPARENTLY CONTRADICTORY ASPECTS OF KRISHNA'S PERSONALITY:
(Excerpt from Nectar of Devotion Chapter 23)
Kแนแนฃแนa's personality is analyzed as dhฤซrodฤtta, dhฤซra-lalita, dhฤซra-praลฤnta and dhฤซroddhata. If one asks how a personality can be beheld in four quite opposing ways, the answer is that the Lord is the reservoir of all transcendental qualities and activities. Therefore, His different aspects can be analyzed according to the exhibition of His limitless variety of pastimes, and as such there is no contradiction.
A dhฤซrodฤtta is a person who is naturally very grave, gentle, forgiving, merciful, determined, humble, highly qualified, chivalrous and bodily attractive.
In this connection, the following statement given by Indra, the King of heaven, is very significant: "My dear Lord, I admit that I have committed great offenses unto You, but I cannot express my feelings of regret, being bewildered at seeing Your extraordinary chivalrous spirit, Your endeavor to protect Your devotees, Your determination, Your steadiness in lifting the great Hill of Govardhana, Your beautiful bodily features and Your astonishing characteristic of being pleased simply by accepting the prayers of Your devotees and offenders."
In this connection, the following statement given by Indra, the King of heaven, is very significant: "My dear Lord, I admit that I have committed great offenses unto You, but I cannot express my feelings of regret, being bewildered at seeing Your extraordinary chivalrous spirit, Your endeavor to protect Your devotees, Your determination, Your steadiness in lifting the great Hill of Govardhana, Your beautiful bodily features and Your astonishing characteristic of being pleased simply by accepting the prayers of Your devotees and offenders."
The above statement by the King of heaven is an exact corroboration of Kแนแนฃแนa's being dhฤซrodฤtta. Many learned scholars have agreed to also accept Lord Rฤmacandra as dhฤซrodฤtta, but all of Lord Rฤmacandra's qualities are also included in the character of Lord Kแนแนฃแนa.
A person is called dhฤซra-lalita if he is naturally very funny, always in full youthfulness, expert in joking, and free from all anxieties. Such a dhฤซra-lalita personality is generally found to be domesticated and very submissive to his lover. This dhฤซra-lalita trait in the personality of Kแนแนฃแนa is described in ลrฤซmad-Bhฤgavatam where Yajรฑapatnฤซ, the wife of one of the brฤhmaแนas who were performing sacrifices in Vแนndฤvana tells her friends: "One day ลrฤซmatฤซ Rฤdhฤrฤแนฤซ, accompanied by Her associates, was taking rest in Her garden, and at that time Lord ลrฤซ Kแนแนฃแนa arrived in that assembly. After sitting down, He began to narrate very impudently about His previous night's pastimes with Rฤdhฤrฤแนฤซ.
While He was speaking in that way, Rฤdhฤrฤแนฤซ became very embarrassed. She was feeling ashamed and was absorbed in thought, and Kแนแนฃแนa took the opportunity to mark Her breasts with different kinds of tilaka. Kแนแนฃแนa proved Himself to be very expert in that art." In this way Kแนแนฃแนa, as dhฤซra-lalita, was enjoying His youthful proclivities in the company of the gopฤซs.
Generally, those who are expert in writing drama choose to call Cupid the ideal dhฤซra-lalita, but we can more perfectly find in the personality of Kแนแนฃแนa all the characteristics of dhฤซra-lalita.
A person who is very peaceful, forbearing, considerate and obliging is called dhฤซra-praลฤnta. This dhฤซra-praลฤnta trait of Kแนแนฃแนa was exhibited in His dealings with the Pฤแนแธavas. On account of the Pฤแนแธavas' faithful devotion to the Lord, He agreed to become their charioteer, their advisor, their friend, their messenger and sometimes their bodyguard.
Such is an example of the result of devotional service towards Viแนฃแนu. When Kแนแนฃแนa was speaking to Mahฤrฤj Yudhiแนฃแนญhira about religious principles, He demonstrated Himself to be a great learned scholar, but because He accepted the position of younger cousin to Yudhiแนฃแนญhira, He was speaking in a very gentle tone which enhanced His beautiful bodily features. The movements of His eyes and the mode of His speech proved that He was very, very expert in giving moral instruction. Sometimes, Mahฤrฤj Yudhiแนฃแนญhira is also accepted by learned scholars as dhฤซra-praลฤnta.
A person who is very envious, proud, easily angered, restless and complacent is called dhฤซroddhata by learned scholars. Such qualities were visible in the character of Lord Kแนแนฃแนa because, when He was writing a letter to Kฤlayavana, Kแนแนฃแนa addressed him as a sinful frog. In His letter Kแนแนฃแนa advised Kฤlayavana that he should immediately go and find some dark well for his residence, because there was a black snake named Kแนแนฃแนa who was very eager to devour all such sinful frogs. Kแนแนฃแนa reminded Kฤlayavana that He could turn all the universes to ashes simply by looking at them.
The above statement by Kแนแนฃแนa seems apparently to be of an envious nature, but according to different pastimes, places and times this quality is accepted as a great characteristic. Kแนแนฃแนa's dhฤซroddhata qualities have been accepted as great because Kแนแนฃแนa uses them only to protect His devotees. In other words, even undesirable traits may also be used in the exchange of devotional service.
Sometimes Bhฤซma, the second brother of the Pฤแนแธavas, is also described as dhฤซroddhata.
Sometimes Bhฤซma, the second brother of the Pฤแนแธavas, is also described as dhฤซroddhata.
Once, while fighting with a demon who was appearing as a deer, Kแนแนฃแนa challenged him in this way: "I have come before you as a great elephant named Kแนแนฃแนa. You must leave the battlefield, accepting defeat, or else there is death awaiting you." This challenging spirit of Kแนแนฃแนa's is not contradictory to His sublime character because, as the Supreme Being, everything is possible in His character.
There is a nice statement in the Kลซrma Purฤแนa about these contradictory traits of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
There is a nice statement in the Kลซrma Purฤแนa about these contradictory traits of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
It is stated there that the Supreme Person is neither very fat nor very thin; He is always transcendental to material qualities, and yet His bodily luster is blackish. His eyes are reddish, He is all-powerful, and He is equipped with all different kinds of opulences. Contradictory traits in Kแนแนฃแนa's person are not at all surprising: one should not consider the characteristics of Kแนแนฃแนa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be actually contradictory. One should try to understand the traits of Kแนแนฃแนa from authorities and try to understand how these characteristics are employed by the supreme will of the Lord.
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UKRAINE UPDATE
PADA: Oh oh pilgrims! There you have it folks. A very ancient 1908 WWI designed airplane, with a lawnmower motor, and a top speed of 75 mph, is running amok all over Russia and they cannot stop these things.
Yep, even NATO does not have such highly advanced weapons like these! Did I forget to mention, they sound like an old 1908 WWI airplane as well, you can hear them two miles away. The good news is, they first hit an oil depot, then wait for two weeks for Russia to almost complete the repairs, then they hit it again. That is making Russia lose spare repair parts.
The other good news is -- Russia has advanced one football field recently, and only lost 10,000 men to get there, and dogs were eating the bodies. Russia does not even fetch their dead, and lets the dogs have their dead. They are really making great progress there!
I also saw the videos of the Russians attacking on horses, because they ran out of motorcycles, golf carts and stolen civilian's cars. They are really getting very serious when they are finally bringing in the horse attack patrol! Yep, riding into battle on horses is even going back further, to 1708, very advanced tech here! Let's face it, Russia stepped into some major horse manure here, and they just cannot figure out how to extricate themselves from it. So they have the suffer the results in the meantime.
ys pd
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