Chanting the twelve-syllable dvādaśākṣara-mantra
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
oṁ—O my Lord; namaḥ—offering my obeisances; bhagavate—unto the Personality of Godhead; vāsudevāya—unto Vāsudeva (the son of Vasudeva), or Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the primeval Lord;
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
Vāsudevāya means “to Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva.” Since by chanting the name of Kṛṣṇa, Vāsudeva, one can achieve all the good results of charity, austerity and penances, it is to be understood that by the chanting of this mantra, oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya, the author or the speaker or any one of the readers of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is offering respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, the reservoir of all pleasure. This mantra is a viṣṇu-mantra, for by practicing the chanting of this mantra one is elevated to the Viṣṇuloka.
TEXT 54
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
mantreṇānena devasya
kuryād dravyamayīṁ budhaḥ
saparyāṁ vividhair dravyair
deśa-kāla-vibhāgavit
oṁ—O my Lord; namaḥ—I offer my respectful obeisances; bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vāsudevāya—unto the Supreme Lord, Vāsudeva; mantreṇa—by this hymn, or mantra; anena—this; devasya—of the Lord; kuryāt—one should do; dravyamayīm—physical; budhaḥ—one who is learned; saparyām—worship by the prescribed method; vividhaiḥ—with varieties; dravyaiḥ—paraphernalia; deśa—according to country; kāla—time; vibhāga-vit—one who knows the divisions.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. This is the twelve-syllable mantra for worshiping Lord Kṛṣṇa. One should install the physical forms of the Lord, and with the chanting of the mantra one should offer flowers and fruits and other varieties of foodstuffs exactly according to the rules and regulations prescribed by authorities. But this should be done in consideration of place, time, and attendant conveniences and inconveniences.
PURPORT
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya is known as the dvādaśākṣara-mantra. This mantra is chanted by Vaiṣṇava devotees, and it begins with praṇava, or oṁkāra. The prescribed rules, as stated here by Nārada Muni, are that one should accept the mantra through a bona fide spiritual master and hear the mantra in the right ear. Not only should one chant or murmur the mantra, but in front of him he must have the Deity, or physical form of the Lord.
Not only must one receive the mantra from the bona fide spiritual master like Nārada Muni or his representative in the disciplic succession, but one must chant the mantra. And not only must one chant, but he should also offer whatever foodstuff is available in his part of the world, according to time and convenience.
The method of worship—chanting the mantra and preparing the forms of the Lord—is not stereotyped, nor is it exactly the same everywhere. lt is specifically mentioned in this verse that one should take consideration of the time, place and available conveniences. (sb/4/8/54)
TEXT 58
paricaryā bhagavato
yāvatyaḥ pūrva-sevitāḥ
tā mantra-hṛdayenaiva
prayuñjyān mantra-mūrtaye
paricaryāḥ—service; bhagavataḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; yāvatyaḥ—as they are prescribed (as above mentioned); pūrva-sevitāḥ—recommended or done by previous ācāryas; tāḥ—that; mantra—hymns; hṛdayena—within the heart; eva—certainly; prayuñjyāt—one should worship; mantra-mūrtaye—who is nondifferent from the mantra.
One should follow in the footsteps of previous devotees regarding how to worship the Supreme Lord with the prescribed paraphernalia, or one should offer worship within the heart by reciting the mantra to the Personality of Godhead, who is nondifferent from the mantra.
PURPORT
It is recommended here that even if one cannot arrange to worship the forms of the Lord with all recommended paraphernalia, one can simply think about the form of the Lord and mentally offer everything recommended in the śāstras, including flowers, candana pulp, conchshell, umbrella, fan and cāmara. One can meditate upon offering and chant the twelve-syllable-mantra, oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Since the mantra and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are nondifferent, one can worship the form of the Lord with the mantra in the absence of physical paraphernalia. The story of the brāhmaṇa who worshiped the Lord within his mind, as related in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, or The Nectar of Devotion, should be consulted in this connection. If paraphernalia is not present physically, one can think of the items and offer them to the Deity by chanting the mantra. Such are the liberal and potent facilities in the process of devotional service. (sb/4/8/58)
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.1 – PURPORT:
Obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, directly indicate Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the divine son of Vasudeva and Devakī. This fact will be more explicitly explained in the text of this work. Śrī Vyāsadeva asserts herein that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead, and all others are His direct or indirect plenary portions or portions of the portion. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has even more explicitly explained the subject matter in his Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha. And Brahmā, the original living being, has explained the subject of Śrī Kṛṣṇa substantially in his treatise named Brahma-saṁhitā. In the Sāma-veda Upaniṣad, it is also stated that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the divine son of Devakī. Therefore, in this prayer, the first proposition holds that Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the primeval Lord, and if any transcendental nomenclature is to be understood as belonging to the Absolute Personality of Godhead, it must be the name indicated by the word Kṛṣṇa, which means the all-attractive. In Bhagavad-gītā, in many places, the Lord asserts Himself to be the original Personality of Godhead, and this is confirmed by Arjuna, and also by great sages like Nārada, Vyāsa, and many others. In the Padma Purāṇa, it is also stated that out of the innumerable names of the Lord, the name of Kṛṣṇa is the principal one. Vāsudeva indicates the plenary portion of the Personality of Godhead, and all the different forms of the Lord, being identical with Vāsudeva, are indicated in this text. The name Vāsudeva particularly indicates the divine son of Vasudeva and Devakī. Śrī Kṛṣṇa is always meditated upon by the paramahaṁsas, who are the perfected ones among those in the renounced order of life.
Vāsudeva, or Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the cause of all causes. Everything that exists emanates from the Lord. How this is so is explained in later chapters of this work. This work is described by Mahāprabhu Śrī Caitanya as the spotless Purāṇa because it contains the transcendental narration of the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The history of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is also very glorious. It was compiled by Śrī Vyāsadeva after he had attained maturity in transcendental knowledge. He wrote this under the instructions of Śrī Nāradajī, his spiritual master. Vyāsadeva compiled all Vedic literatures, containing the four divisions of the Vedas, the Vedānta-sūtras (or the Brahma-sūtras), the Purāṇas, the Mahābhārata, and so on. But nevertheless he was not satisfied. His dissatisfaction was observed by his spiritual master, and thus Nārada advised him to write on the transcendental activities of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. These transcendental activities are described specifically in the Tenth Canto of this work. But, in order to reach to the very substance, one must proceed gradually by developing knowledge of the categories.
It is natural that a philosophical mind wants to know about the origin of the creation. At night he sees the stars in the sky, and he naturally speculates about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for man because man has a developed consciousness which is higher than that of the animals. The author of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam gives a direct answer to such inquiries. He says that the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all creations. He is not only the creator of the universe, but the destroyer as well. The manifested cosmic nature is created at a certain period by the will of the Lord. It is maintained for some time, and then it is annihilated by His will. Therefore, the supreme will is behind all cosmic activities. Of course, there are atheists of various categories who do not believe in a creator, but that is due to a poor fund of knowledge. The modern scientist, for example, has created space satellites, and by some arrangement or other, these satellites are thrown into outer space to fly for some time at the control of the scientist who is far away. Similarly, all the universes with innumerable stars and planets are controlled by the intelligence of the Personality of Godhead.
In Vedic literatures, it is said that the Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead, is the chief amongst all living personalities. All living beings, beginning from the first created being, Brahmā, down to the smallest ant, are individual living beings. And above Brahmā, there are even other living beings with individual capacities, and the Personality of Godhead is also a similar living being. And He is an individual as are the other living beings. But the Supreme Lord, or the supreme living being, has the greatest intelligence, and He possesses supermost inconceivable energies of all different varieties. If a man’s brain can produce a space satellite, one can very easily imagine how brains higher than man can produce similarly wonderful things which are far superior. The reasonable person will easily accept this argument, but there are stubborn atheists who would never agree. Śrīla Vyāsadeva, however, at once accepts the supreme intelligence as the parameśvara. He offers his respectful obeisances unto the supreme intelligence addressed as the para or the parameśvara or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And that parameśvara is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as admitted in Bhagavad-gītā and other scriptures delivered by Śrī Vyāsadeva and specifically in this Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord says that there is no other para-tattva (summum bonum) than Himself. Therefore, Śrī Vyāsadeva at once worships the para-tattva, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose transcendental activities are described in the Tenth Canto.
Unscrupulous persons go immediately to the Tenth Canto and especially to the five chapters which describe the Lord’s rāsa dance. This portion of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the most confidential part of this great literature. Unless one is thoroughly accomplished in the transcendental knowledge of the Lord, one is sure to misunderstand the Lord’s worshipable transcendental pastimes called rāsa dance and His love affairs with the gopīs. This subject matter is highly spiritual, and only the liberated persons who have gradually attained to the stage of paramahaṁsa can transcendentally relish this rāsa dance. Śrīla Vyāsadeva therefore gives the reader the chance to gradually develop spiritual realization before actually relishing the essence of the pastimes of the Lord. Therefore, he purposely invokes a Gāyatrī mantra, dhīmahi. This Gāyatrī mantra is meant for spiritually advanced people. When one is successful in chanting the Gāyatrī mantra, he can enter into the transcendental position of the Lord. One must therefore acquire brahminical qualities or be perfectly situated in the quality of goodness in order to chant the Gāyatrī mantra successfully and then attain to the stage of transcendentally realizing the Lord, His name, His fame, His qualities and so on.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the narration of the svarūpa of the Lord manifested by His internal potency, and this potency is distinguished from the external potency which has manifested the cosmic world, which is within our experience. Śrīla Vyāsadeva makes a clear distinction between the two in this śloka. Śrī Vyāsadeva says herein that the manifested internal potency is real, whereas the external manifested energy in the form of material existence is only temporary and illusory like the mirage in the desert. In the desert mirage there is no actual water. There is only the appearance of water. Real water is somewhere else. The manifested cosmic creation appears as reality. But reality, of which this is but a shadow, is in the spiritual world. Absolute Truth is in the spiritual sky, not the material sky. In the material sky everything is relative truth. That is to say, one truth depends on something else. This cosmic creation results from interaction of the three modes of nature, and the temporary manifestations are so created as to present an illusion of reality to the bewildered mind of the conditioned soul, who appears in so many species of life, including the higher demigods, like Brahmā, Indra, Candra, and so on. In actuality, there is no reality in the manifested world. There appears to be reality, however, because of the true reality which exists in the spiritual world, where the Personality of Godhead eternally exists with His transcendental paraphernalia.
The chief engineer of a complicated construction does not personally take part in the construction, but he knows every nook and corner because everything is done under his direction. He knows everything about the construction, both directly and indirectly. Similarly, the Personality of Godhead, who is the supreme engineer of this cosmic creation, knows every nook and corner, although affairs are being carried out by demigods. Beginning from Brahmā down to the insignificant ant, no one is independent in the material creation. The hand of the Lord is seen everywhere. All material elements as well as all spiritual sparks emanate from Him only. And whatever is created in this material world is but the interaction of two energies, the material and the spiritual, which emanate from the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. A chemist can manufacture water in the chemical laboratory by mixing hydrogen and oxygen. But, in reality, the living entity works in the laboratory under the direction of the Supreme Lord. And the materials with which he works are also supplied by the Lord. The Lord knows everything directly and indirectly, and He is cognizant of all minute details, and He is fully independent. He is compared to a mine of gold, and the cosmic creations in so many different forms are compared to objects made from the gold, such as gold rings, necklaces and so on. The gold ring and the gold necklace are qualitatively one with the gold in the mine, but quantitatively the gold in the mine is different. Therefore, the Absolute Truth is simultaneously one and different. Nothing is absolutely equal with the Absolute Truth, but at the same time, nothing is independent of the Absolute Truth.
Conditioned souls, beginning from Brahmā, who engineers the entire universe, down to the insignificant ant, are all creating, but none of them are independent of the Supreme Lord. The materialist wrongly thinks that there is no creator other than his own self. This is called māyā, or illusion. Because of his poor fund of knowledge, the materialist cannot see beyond the purview of his imperfect senses, and thus he thinks that matter automatically takes its own shape without the aid of a superior intelligence. This is refuted in this śloka by Śrīla Vyāsadeva: “Since the complete whole or the Absolute Truth is the source of everything, nothing can be independent of the body of the Absolute Truth.” Whatever happens to the body quickly becomes known to the embodied. Similarly, the creation is the body of the absolute whole. Therefore, the Absolute knows everything directly and indirectly that happens in the creation.
In the śruti-mantra, it is also stated that the absolute whole or Brahman is the ultimate source of everything. Everything emanates from Him, and everything is maintained by Him. And at the end, everything enters into Him. That is the law of nature. In the smṛti-mantra, the same is confirmed. It is said that the source from which everything emanates at the beginning of Brahmā’s millennium and the reservoir to which everything ultimately enters, is the Absolute Truth or Brahman. Material scientists take it for granted that the ultimate source of the planetary system is the sun, but they are unable to explain the source of the sun. Herein, the ultimate source is explained. According to the Vedic literatures, Brahmā, who may be compared to the sun, is not the ultimate creator. It is stated in this śloka that Brahmā was taught Vedic knowledge by the Personality of Godhead. One may argue that Brahmā, being the original living being, could not be inspired because there was no other being living at that time. Herein it is stated that the Supreme Lord inspired the secondary creator, Brahmā, in order that Brahmā could carry out his creative functions. So, the supreme intelligence behind all creations is the Absolute Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. In Bhagavad-gītā, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa states that it is He only who superintends the creative energy, prakṛti, which constitutes the totality of matter. Therefore, Śrī Vyāsadeva does not worship Brahmā, but the Supreme Lord, who guides Brahmā in his creative activities. In this śloka, the particular words abhijñaḥ and svarāṭ are significant. These two words distinguish the Supreme Lord from all the other living entities. No other living entity is either abhijñaḥ or svarāṭ. That is, no one is either fully cognizant or fully independent. Even Brahmā has to meditate upon the Supreme Lord in order to create. Then what to speak of great scientists like Einstein! The brains of such a scientist are certainly not the products of any human being. Scientists cannot manufacture such a brain, and what to speak of foolish atheists who defy the authority of the Lord? Even Māyāvādī impersonalists who flatter themselves that they can become one with the Lord are neither abhijñaḥ or svarāṭ. Such impersonalists undergo severe austerities to acquire knowledge to become one with the Lord. But ultimately they become dependent on some rich disciple who supplies them with money to build monasteries and temples. Atheists like Rāvaṇa or Hiraṇyakaśipu had to undergo severe penances before they could flout the authority of the Lord. But ultimately, they were rendered helpless and could not save themselves when the Lord appeared before them as cruel death. This is also the case with the modern atheists who also dare to flout the authority of the Lord. Such atheists will be dealt with similarly, for history repeats itself. Whenever men neglect the authority of the Lord, nature and her laws are there to penalize them. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā in the well-known verse yadā yadā hi dharmasya glāniḥ. “Whenever there is a decline of dharma and a rise of adharma, O Arjuna, then I incarnate Myself.” (Bg. 4.7)
That the Supreme Lord is all-perfect is confirmed in all śruti-mantras. It is said in the śruti-mantras that the all-perfect Lord threw a glance over matter and thus created all living beings. The living beings are parts and parcels of the Lord, and He impregnates the vast material creation with seeds of spiritual sparks, and thus the creative energies are set in motion to enact so many wonderful creations. An atheist may argue that God is no more expert than a watchmaker, but of course God is greater because He can create machines in duplicate male and female forms. The male and female forms of different types of machineries go on producing innumerable similar machines without God’s further attention. If a man could manufacture such a set of machines that could produce other machines without his attention, then he could approach the intelligence of God. But that is not possible, for each machine has to be handled individually. Therefore, no one can create as well as God. Another name for God is asamaurdhva, which means that no one is equal to or greater than Him. Paraṁ satyam, or the Supreme Truth, is He who has no equal or superior. This is confirmed in the śruti-mantras. It is said that before the creation of the material universe there existed the Lord only, who is master of everyone. That Lord instructed Brahmā in Vedic knowledge. That Lord has to be obeyed in all respects. Anyone who wants to get rid of the material entanglement must surrender unto Him. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā.
Unless one surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, it is certain that he will be bewildered. When an intelligent man surrenders unto the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and knows completely that Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, then only can such an intelligent man become a mahātmā, or great soul. But such a great soul is rarely seen. Only the mahātmās can understand that the Supreme Lord is the primeval cause of all creations. He is parama or ultimate truth because all other truths are relative to Him. He is omniscient. For Him, there is no illusion.
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय
oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya
O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
What we see and hear in these clips in this video, is what Lord Chaitanya predicted the world to be like for the next 9500 years. Mother Bhumi bouncing in ecstasy under the weight of the chanting and dancing of the Lord’s devotees. The Holy Name will sweep the world in this most rotten age of Kali.
When will that prediction be fulfilled ?
What Lord Chaitanya started 500 years ago, what the chain of Sampradaya-acaryas worked hard for, has culminated today in Srila Prabhupada’s establishing Krsna consciousness all over the world. At this very moment the Hare Krsna mantra is whispered all over and slowly, slowly by the very slowly increasing numbers of devotees, this whispering will become louder and louder, culminating in a cheering, jubilant celebration of the Holy Name for a long time to come.
What is the difference between the above video and and an MTV video ? In the MTV video the happy people are actors, fake, the sounds are artificial, fake, the show is make belief, fake and the catering service sells crap. That’s why their show is quickly forgotten.
In comparison the happy faces of the devotees in the above video are real, the kirtan is real sound vibration coming from the spiritual world, and the yummy prasadam is never forgotten.
It is said that when the demigods hear the Lord’s Holy Name chanted, they come and join in. The demigods are also ordinary living entities, but due to their faithfullness, their devotional service they have been promoted to such jobs. Imagine, coming from their heavenly realms of supreme, material enjoyment to earth in Kaliyuga for a kirtan. That is how much they value and treasure a kirtan by the devotees. That is how special the Hare Krsna mantra is. That also means when the Hare Krsna mantra is chanted, this transcendental sound penetrates the sky and the demigods can here it far, far away.
“Narada Muni came to our kirtan”
“One night an extraordinary thing happened. Prabhupada led the first kirtan and then gave a lecture. I sat on the floor just to his right with the harmonium, and after the lecture, I began leading the second Hare Krishna kirtan. All of a sudden, Srila Prabhupada’s voice cut through the auditorium with the potency of Lord Nrsimha right in the middle of my chanting. I had never heard Prabhupada do that, nor had I heard the words he chanted.
‘Narada muni bhajay vina radhika-ramana-name,’ he sang. And then again he repeated it.
I looked up, and he looked down at me, signaling me to carry on. So I continued chanting Hare Krishna, and he continued singing his prayer to Narada Muni into his microphone. I closed my eyes and carried on, not knowing what was happening. Then he started leading with me. We could all understand that something inexplicable but amazing was happening. Everyone was literally jumping off the ground, leaping in the air; even little baby Saraswati was two feet off the ground, and the audience was leaping into the air. We jumped off stage and all of us began running around the perimeter of the auditorium with the audience. It was one of those Krishna Magic moments. Just amazing!
The next morning I asked Prabhupada what had happened the previous night. “Didn’t you see?” Srila Prabhupada said. “Narada Muni came to our kirtan.” “No, I didn’t see him,” I answered. “Yes, Narada Muni came.”
– Excerpted from “Yamuna Devi: A Life of Unalloyed Devotion”
Now this is reality. Spiritual, transcendental reality. Never to go away again out of the hearts of whoever hears this transcendental sound vibration. The process of purifying the world outside of India by the Holy Name of the Lord was started over half a century ago by Srila Prabhupada and has by now reached every city on earth, through the distribution of his books. It is a whispering today, hardly noticeable, but slowly and surely it will become louder and louder, when the numbers of devotees are increasing.
This is the power of the Holy Name, it kills the demonic tendencies of the human beings. The asuras fear this transcendental sound of the Lords Holy Name, by an ever increasing number of devotees. That is why they worship Lord Siva with black art mantras, material mantras, material sound vibrations and that is why they started their attacks again. They know that the numbers of devotees are increasing. They know if they wait too long, this chanting by so many devotees from all walks of life, will be so powerfull that they will not be heard anymore, after all it is Kaliyuga, it is their time, they are the servants of Kali. That is why they slammed the doors of the temples, mosques and churches shut. Their move is pure calculation. They have the numbers. Themselves they are many, they are in control of money, gold, sex, alcohol, drugs, meat ( just like the modern day Mafia ). They do not want to loose any of this, because they enjoy these things, they can control other humans with these things and with these infatuations everybody and everything can be corrupted.
(For those who are below standard for vedic purificatory process, Lord Siva gave the Tantra sastras. These have two general classifications, right and left. While the right aspect contains regulations for purification for those who are grossly engaged in meat eating, intoxication and illicit sex, THE LEFT ASPECT CONTAINS LOW CLASS ACTIVITIES LIKE BLACK MAGIC etc.)
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Here Srila Prabhupada gives THE CLUE
10.4.39
The asuric adherents of Kamsa wanted to disrupt the traditional condition of human happiness and thus defeat the devatās, the devotees and demigods. UNLESS THE DEVOTEES AND DEMIGODS PREDOMINATE, THE ASURAS WILL INCREASE and human society will be in a chaotic condition.
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It is obvious to see that the devotees on earth are clearly NOT predominating at this moment. It is more like 99% big and small asuras and 1% of endeavouring devotees. Hm: 8 billion = 100%, 800 Million 10%, 80 million 1% ? We will just have to be patient and continue preaching to ourselves and others in order to increase the numbers of devotees. This will take time, a lot of time. At the speed we can estimate it is going at the moment, maybe how many more years ? Fifty, one hundred years, no. In Ayurvedic-shastra it is said that the human brain is snail-like to learn. It takes ordinarily about 10 lifetimes of trying for perfection, ordinarily.
What does that mean to us ?
Nevertheless, with this in mind, we must continue, patiently and determined, to loudly chant Hare Krsna and purify with this supreme, transcendental sound vibration our own hearts, our families, each other, our homes, our gardens, our cars: in short our surroundings. Eventually the time will come, most probably not in our present life, when all the devotees, in much, much, much bigger numbers ( than asuras ), from all over earth, with all their combined efforts, combined resources, combined knowledge and combined determination will be joined up together by Supreme Providence. At that time, when unlimited numbers of devotees are chanting Hare Krsna under the able guidance of Srila Prabhupadas original books, Lord Caitanyas Sankirtan Movement and the Holy Name of the Lord will be heard, loud and clearly, in every town and village all around the planet as predicted by Lord Caitanya.
The video above shows what is in store for the whole world by following Srila Prabhupada’s instructions: happy people, happy animals, happy plants and trees all joined together in transcendental happiness by chanting the Lords Holy Name on their way back to the eternal, spiritual world and we have all been allowed to experience a transcendental glimpse of this nectarean taste.
We might be there at that time or not, but by Lord Sri Krsna’s and the Sampradaya-acaryas mercy we are rightly situated. Srila Prabhupada said that if only one person becomes a pure devotee he would consider his efforts a success. All we have to do is follow his instructions in his books with all humility and all determination no matter where or what the circumstances are.
Why did Bharata Maharaj fall down to animal life ? He did not consult a spiritual master.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: Canto 5: “The Creative Impetus” 12.14
TRANSLATION
In a previous birth I was known as Mahārāja Bharata. I attained perfection by becoming completely detached from material activities through direct experience, and through indirect experience I received understanding from the Vedas. I was fully engaged in the service of the Lord, but due to my misfortune, I became very affectionate to a small deer, so much so that I neglected my spiritual duties. Due to my deep affection for the deer, in my next life I had to accept the body of a deer.
PURPORT
The incident herein described is very significant. In a previous verse it is stated, vinā mahat-pāda-rajo-’bhiṣekam: one cannot attain perfection without smearing the dust from the lotus feet of an exalted devotee on his head. If one always follows the orders of the spiritual master, there is no question of falling down. As soon as a foolish disciple tries to overtake his spiritual master and becomes ambitious to occupy his post, he immediately falls down. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi **. If the spiritual master is considered an ordinary man, the disciple surely loses his chance to advance further. Despite a very rigid life in devotional service, Bharata Mahārāja DID NOT CONSULT A SPIRITUAL MASTER when he became overly attached to a deer. Consequently he became strongly attached to the deer, and, forgetting his spiritual routine, he fell down.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada !!!
Hare krsna ,who care about om namo bhagavate vasudevaya in this world of kalo sudra sambhavam where Sri krsna is misunderstood by almost everyone,He is Sri mukunda the giver of liberation in this misery and temporary world but who really care about that?people forgot the glories of ONBV by taking Sri krsna for a ordinary person therefore they refuse to serve Him, we are very insignificant but still we get misunderstood in this relative world of misunderstanding,we should not be surprise about that by remembering that just Sri know us better then anyone else to establish our lost eternal and independent relationship with our best friend Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya ki jay ,agtacbsp , ys haribol
Dear Learned Readers,
The following is a conversation of Srila Prabhupada posted by ;
(Yamuna Devi, A Life of Unalloyed Devotion).
Yamuna: Srila Prabhupada, although we are very happy where we are, we are prepared to go wherever you would like to send us in order to have your blessings.
Srila Prabhupada: You westerners are always so restless. Why can’t you stay where you are?
Yamuna: But we have been told that because we don’t have the association of devotees, we cannot make any advancement.
Srila Prabhupada: Association can be two or two hundred. But you must be compatible. If you are two and are compatible, you can go back to Godhead. But if you are two hundred and not compatible [his eyes open widely], then no one will make any advancement.
Yamuna: But Srila Prabhupada, some of the leaders are saying that we have lost your mercy because we left ISKCON and without your mercy there is no meaning to our lives.
Srila Prabhupada: ISKCON is where you are chanting the Holy Names of Krsna. That is ISKCON.
(Yamuna Devi, A Life of Unalloyed Devotion).
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In the above conversation Srila Prabhupada clearly says ; ” Association can be two or two hundred. But you must be compatible. If you are two and are compatible, you can go back to Godhead. But if you are two hundred and not compatible [his eyes open widely], then no one will make any advancement.”
NOTE ; Here Srila Prabhupada says ; ” But you must be compatible”. The Question is COMPATIBLE, with WHAT ? The obvious answer is COMPATIBLE with the Instructions or VANI of Srila Prabhupada. Is it NOT ?
Then Srila Prabhupada says ; ” If you are two and are compatible, you can go back to Godhead. But if you are two hundred and not compatible [his eyes open widely], then no one will make any advancement.”
Dear Readers, Please pay attention to this ; ” The Holy Names of Krsna are being chanted by so many people. For example, the present Iskcon Leaders and their followers, so many different Vaishnava Maths and others i.e. commercial singers and non-commercial singers and so on. ”
Are they Iskcon ?
The Holy Names are Sung by all kinds of people everywhere for example in the Video posted here on this web site…..singing ; ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ” oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ”
And also, here singing by the Canadian Kids ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyXOdzqGsgo
So, my question is ; “What is the difference among all those singing of the Holy Names of the Lord ? ”
Are they considered ” Iskcon ” ?
The Authority of Iskcon, Srila Prabhupada is also singing which can be heard at the following link ;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wQgOLDXeRw
Hope to receive some answers.
OM TAT SAT .
Hare Krishna. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Learned Readers,
” A Person is known by the company he keeps ” , as the saying goes.
Since Srila Prabhupada pointed out to us, that there is a great sinister movement within our Society, we also have to accept the fact, that there are great sinister “devotees” (kali-chelas) acting within our society.
Therefore, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has sung a song indicating these cheaters. He says, ei oto ek kalir cela(?). “Here is a servant of Kali.” What kind of cela? Na te tilal golai mala (?). “He has got a tilaka and golai mala, bas, that’s all.”
Kali Cela may have some contaminated philosophy which may not be compatible with the Vani of the Guru, Sadhus and the Sastras. It is because these Kali Celas have disobeyed the Order of their Guru, and thus they follow contaminated philosophy to justify their action. That is very dangerous. They cheat to mislead innocent people in the dress of a Vaishnava seemingly spreading Krishna Consciousness for their sense gratification. That’s all.
The following is taken from Srimad Bhagavatam 4.8.54 Purport which reads ;
” …….. so, by the bona fide dīkṣā, or initiation method, anyone can become a Vaiṣṇava. One should take initiation from a bona fide spiritual master coming in the disciplic succession, who is authorized by his predecessor spiritual master. This is called dīkṣā-vidhāna. Lord Kṛṣṇa states in Bhagavad-gītā, vyapāśritya: one should accept a spiritual master. By this process the entire world can be converted to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. ”
” oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ”
The above cited Mantra was instructed to Maharaja Dhurva by His Spiritual Master Srila Narada Muni. Thus, Maharaja Durva executed the Devotional Service exactly as per the Instructions of His Guru Maharaja and attained perfection.
SB.4.8.60 Purport ; ” Devotional service is so potent that one who renders devotional service can receive whatever he likes as a benediction from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The conditioned souls are very much attached to the material world, and thus by performing religious rites they want the material benefits known as dharma and artha. ”
S.B. 4.8.61 Purport ; ” ……. Only persons who are completely free from the contamination of sense gratification can execute bhakti-yoga, or the process of devotional service, very purely. The activities on the path of apavarga up to the stages of dharma, artha and kāma are meant for sense gratification, but when one comes to the stage of mokṣa, the impersonalist liberation, the practitioner wants to merge into the existence of the Supreme. But that is also sense gratification. When one goes above the stage of liberation, however, he at once becomes one of the associates of the Lord to render transcendental loving service. That is technically called vimukti. For this specific vimukti liberation, Nārada Muni recommends that one directly engage himself in devotional service. ”
So Kṛṣṇa has given every one of us independence to make our choice. Somebody is doing bad work or somebody is doing good work, and Lord Kṛṣṇa is giving sanction. How is that? That sanction is that when I want to do something and I desire, I pray, “Oh, this thing may be done…” It may be bad or good, that is a different thing. It may be… I am very much anxious. So when he’s bent upon doing so, Kṛṣṇa gives him sanction, “Yes, you do it. You do it.” He gives him facility. But one who has dovetailed himself into Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Kṛṣṇa gives him better counsel, that “You do like this. Then you come to Me.”
So sanction is always there. Sanction is always there. Without sanction, nothing can be done. So one who is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness he knows. He’s tattva-vit. Tattva-vit means one who knows the truth, that “I cannot do anything without Kṛṣṇa’s sanction.” Therefore he does not do anything. Whatever is sanctioned by Kṛṣṇa he does; otherwise not.
So, paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapan śvasan [Bg 5.8]. These are our activities. Paśyan, we act by seeing. We act by hearing. We act by touching. We act by smelling. We act by going. We act by dreaming. We act by breathing. So many our activities are… So in all these, going on. But a tattva-vit, one who is in the perfect knowledge and is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he, although he is doing all these things he knows, “I’m not doing.” This is tattva-vit. Although he’s doing all these things he knows that “I am not doing. Kṛṣṇa is doing. I am simply instrumental. I am simply instrument.” That is the perfection
As we understand from the Sastras described above that the Authorized VANI from the bona fide Spiritual Master, Srila Prabhupada when altered or changed, and presented to the people in any shape, size and a style is considered by all the bona fide Acaryas in the disciplic succession as touching the Milk by poisonous snack becomes poisonous. That is not Srila Prabhupada’s ” Iskcon “. Rather, it is the present fake Iskcon.
However, the Maha Mantra as Powerful as the Sun Rays cleanse all kinds of impurities. The same way, Chanting Maha Mantra with other people should clean the Impurity also. It sounds also good. Isn’t it ?
Although, the example seems appropriate and yet it is not. The reason is the Consciousness of the Chanters and its Chanting without any faulty connection makes all the difference. By the way, here connection refers in relation to the bona fide Spiritual Master of the Chanters chanting the Maha Mantra.
When one chant the Maha Mantra ; ” Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare ” as per the Instructions by the bona fide Spiritual Master His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada which connects the Chanter via offering proper prayers before Chanting the Maha Mantra, one reaps the Spiritual Merit. That is the real meaning of the ” Iskcon. ”
Whereas Chanting with the faulty connection without offering proper prayers to the Bona fide Guru HDG. Srila Prabhupada before Chanting Maha Mantra reaps the Material bondage. This is known as artificially gaining material prestige singing devotional songs for sense gratification and materially adoration i.e. name, fame, status without proper behaviour of devotional service.
That is why, the Krishna Consciousness Practitioners in the authorized disciplic succession do not associate with the other groups of the Chanters of the Maha Mantra.
Hope it helps.
OM TAT SAT.
Hare Krishna. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Dear Mohini Mataji Prabhu.
The kirtan clip with Indradyumna and his ‘Mockingbird Minstrels’ I viewed ‘ad nauseum’ together with a whole bunch of offenders of Srila Prabhupada’s movement too numerous to mention, almost made me want to vomit.
I do sincerely believe that another vid including sincere Prabhupada followers would have been more appropriate as ‘milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects’.
At least when MTV (headquarters Masonic Temple, Toronto Canada) releases a clip you know that it involves Masonic Temple Satanism and Masonic Temple ritual (such as Madonna, Beyonce’, Marilyn Manson etc).
With FISKCON’s ‘Mockingbird Minstrels” however one is POISONED subliminally.
Hare Krsna Sudarsana Prabhu,
Thank you for pointing that out. You were part of Bhavanandas zone which included India, so naturally the australien devotees all spend a lot of time in India, you all know who the fake devotees are and their issues.
Devotees from other parts of the world of course will not know who that nice, friendly, elderly Iskcon devotee is who is so helpful, when one comes to Vrindhavan. Specially young new devotees will not know, how could they, I would not know. Should one than not visit Vrindhavan?
That is the difficulty, cows are kidnapped for slaughter, the beautiful, singing and dancing russian devotee girl is a prostitute, the nice looking gurukul kids during mangal arati are scared to death, that’s why they behave so well and make sure you are back before it gets dark or you might get robbed of your valuables with a shotgun at Keshi Ghat.
The Vrindhavan of the 60s, 70s and 80s is gone, lucky the ones who have seen it than.
As for minute 5.19, I was actually waiting for somebody to point that out. “Grumpy old man” the only one not happy, the booty is getting smaller ( thank you for pointing out his new source of income ) and totally bored for everybody obvious to see, what an inspiration. (maybe they put such an unfavourable picture of him in on purpose?) But than also there are two photos in from Aindra Prabhu..?..
As for the kirtan leader, at least he is not pretending to be a sannyasi. The devotee who made us join the temple also had issues with woman and drugs even though married with two beautiful devotee kids. If not for him at that time, we and two others, one of them, you in Australia know all too well, T……..das, would never have come to Krsna consciousness, so in that sense, Sri Krsna send the “right” person at that right moment to attract us to the devotees and, yes, we got the “mercy” of not just one, but lo and behold, two of the “original eleven”, first Hamsaduta and than Tamal. Any regrets? Nope, just use your brains, count your blessings, pray to Krsna and get on with your life.
All devotees join because they like singing, dancing, feasting and the philosophy. In addition one likes the lifestyle, one gets to see the world and travel, the girls are looking for nice guys, after all, one has a good view from the back of the temple room. In the poorer countries people join with the aspect of getting their teeth fixed, something to eat and having a roof over the head which does not leak. So yes, one joins full of gross and subtle desire, besides trying to become a pure devotees (who even knew than what that was). In return we were cheated to a more or lesser degree by the ELEVEN and today they are cheated by the eleven hundred. Same thing. Not the same thing is that Lord Sri Krsna is the greatest cheater and when he wants a soul to come back to him, he arranges the most impossible circumstances for that fortunate soul to turn towards him, as we can all testify.
There are so many issues and faults one might have, but if somebody is a pretender over short or long the facade must fall, just a matter of time. WHY ? Because it’s fake. Minute 5.19. At least one should be honest enough at some point to admit his mistakes, at least regret them earnestly and if one does not, he will have to pay for it and learn the hard way, there is no free lunch. Nobody is perfect, that’s why we are all locked up here.
y.s. Mohini
My guess is that you are quite young, but as I am a grumpy old man myself, It is not my intention to to find fault unnecessarily though I am full of faults myself! so please forgive me. Of the chanting, smiling young devotees in the vid, only a very small number will come to the realization (through their own sincerity) that ONLY Srila Prabhupada is the source of that mercy. The 11 bogus gooroos that you mention were thieves and rogues AND COULD NOT BESTOW MERCY ON ANYONE. I did know Tamal Krishna (goswami) and had lunch with him many times and this was well before all of the ‘poison issue’ emerged. Kalasamvara das (NZ) recently (on one of the FISKCON sites) said how “inspirational” he was to him but this is because Kalas’ is a fool, a fag and a pretender.
Originally I was “initiated” by Bhavananda (in the early 80s) but rejected him after he got caught ‘doing the homosex’ with a Vrindaban taxi driver. Kalasamvara still had Bhavananda’s picture on his wall 10 years after his “falldown!”. Kalasamvara married another devotees wife who was killed together with TKG in a taxi car accident in India in 2002, in which Kalas’ escaped injury. I was visited by TKG’s ghost
in a vision as I saw him descend down to hell, though I didn’t know what to make of this till someone told me (2 weeks later) that he had died (2 weeks previous) THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING CONVINCED ME THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN CULPRITS IN SRILA PRABHUPADA’S POISONING even though the facts (audio tapes, lab tests etc) were 95% convincing in themselves.
Kalasamvara and TKG must have been ‘discussing’ my case, as the accident unfolded as I left ISKCON not long before that in trying circumstances. Indradyumna and Kalas are great pals also, so for Kalas to state that TKG was a great inspiration to him just goes to show how delusional these FISKCON poisoners and their retarded enablers are! I can still see this vision of TKG, all gaunt and cadaverous, grey dull skin, not saying anything but resigned to his fate…..descending slowly down to hell! So when you mention TKG and Hansadutta (who I never met) “that Lord Krishna sent them to give us the mercy (Hansadutta and TKG)…… this is not possible as TKG was a great demon and poisoner of Srila Prabhupada. Hansadutta although delusional was not as evil as Bhavananda or TKG!
So once again please forgive me as the grumpy old man that I am!……..but know this for a fact that ALL MERCY COMES FROM SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER BONA-FIDE ACHARYAS IN OUR DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION. These other reprobates (the poisoners and their ‘one trick pony’ circus parade of enablers) “HAVE NO POSITION TO BESTOW MERCY ON ANYONE” BEING THEMSELVES CONDEMNED TO HELL!
Always a pleasure to hear your thoughts Mohini Mataji Prabhu and many thanks to you for your articles and comments in the past and looking forward to your future writing also! Hare Krishna!
Sudarsana Das Vanacari : So once again please forgive me as the grumpy old man that I am!……..but know this for a fact that ALL MERCY COMES FROM SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER BONA-FIDE ACHARYAS IN OUR DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION. These other reprobates (the poisoners and their ‘one trick pony’ circus parade of enablers) “HAVE NO POSITION TO BESTOW MERCY ON ANYONE” BEING THEMSELVES CONDEMNED TO HELL!
Mahesh: good point. The actual QUALIFICATION of receiving Srila Prabhupada THE BONAFIDE Guru is TO BE VERY SINCERE. Those who are VERY SINCERE Krsna makes arrangement to convince them to accept Srila Prabhupada as their Diksa Guru:…. ” and as soon as Kṛṣṇa sees that you are very sincere, that you are seeking, He sends a bona fide spiritual master. This combination of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master is the cause of one’s receiving the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
This process is recommended; it is the general process of spiritual advancement. Kṛṣṇa is within you, and as soon as Kṛṣṇa sees that you are very sincere, that you are seeking, He sends a bona fide spiritual master. This combination of Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master is the cause of one’s receiving the seed of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/tys/9
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Note: When one is sincere, then Kṛṣṇa is sitting within everyone. As soon as He sees that “Here is a sincere soul. He’s seeking after Me,” so He manifests Himself out externally as spiritual master.
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Prabhupāda: This is confirming the statement of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, that guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. Two things required, Guru and Kṛṣṇa, to advance in the spiritual realization or Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So here it is, Kṛṣṇa is pleased in the family of the Pāṇḍavas. So Parīkṣit Mahārāja was going to die. Parīkṣit Mahārāja was grandson of Arjuna, and he was also a devotee. So therefore by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, a bona fide spiritual master is sent to Parīkṣit Mahārāja. Guru-Kṛṣṇa. When one is sincere, then Kṛṣṇa is sitting within everyone. As soon as He sees that “Here is a sincere soul. He’s seeking after Me,” so He manifests Himself out externally as spiritual master. The spiritual master is therefore representative of Kṛṣṇa. Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. Two things. Without being representative of Kṛṣṇa, nobody can become spiritual master. Kṛṣṇa-śakti vinā nahe tāra pravartana. Without being empowered by Kṛṣṇa, nobody can preach, nobody can become a spiritual master.
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If Kṛṣṇa sees somebody, that he is sincerely chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra… He is within everyone. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ‘rjuna tiṣṭhati [Bg. 18.61]. So He can understand that “Here is a sincere devotee.” Then He gives chance. He as caitya-guru, the Supersoul, caitya-guru, and this external guru. He gives the chance of meeting external guru also, His representative, so that Kṛṣṇa helps a sincere devotee externally and internally. Internally, He helps, Himself, as Paramātmā. Buddhi-yogaṁ dadāmi tam. Kṛṣṇa says that “I give him intelligence from within.” And without, externally, His representative, the spiritual master, is there. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. Combination of guru and Kṛṣṇa. By the grace of Kṛṣṇa, one gets a bona fide guru, and by the grace of the bona fide guru, one gets Kṛṣṇa.
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If you have not found out a spiritual master, but if you are sincere, then Kṛṣṇa will take you to a bona fide spiritual master. And if you get a bona fide spiritual master, then he will take you to Kṛṣṇa.
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Madhudviṣa: …who are here, they would like to have your association, (laughter) more personal association.
Prabhupāda: I also like. (laughter) Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ‘pi **. This is essential, to be anxious to be associated with the spiritual master. Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja [Cc. Madhya 19.151]. That is the statement of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. By the mercy of Kṛṣṇa one comes in touch with the bona fide spiritual master, and by the mercy of spiritual master, one gets Kṛṣṇa. So Kṛṣṇa is in everyone’s heart. Īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām [Bg. 18.61]. Kṛṣṇa can understand what we want. So when we sincerely want Kṛṣṇa, then Kṛṣṇa sends His representative, guru. Guru is outside representative of Kṛṣṇa. So to the sincere student, Kṛṣṇa teaches from inside and outside. That is the way, so that he becomes quickly fit for going back to home, back to Godhead. So this behavior, to be attached to spiritual master, is a good qualification. Yasya prasādāt, by his mercy, Kṛṣṇa becomes merciful. By Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, one gets spiritual master, and by the spiritual master’s mercy, one gets the mercy of Kṛṣṇa.
So your this behavior, attachment, is very much appreciated both by Kṛṣṇa and devotees. So continue this attitude and follow the instruction. Then it is guaranteed, go back to home, back to Godhead. It is not difficult. For a sincere person to go back to home, back to Godhead is not at all difficult.
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Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Of course, to search out a guru is very nice, but if you want a cheap guru, or if you want to be cheated, then you will find many cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru. Because people want everything very cheaply, they are cheated.
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/ssr/2/what_is_a_guru
Note: the KEY for receiving Srila Prabhupada as one’s Diksa guru is one’s SINCERITY. SINCERITY is the ACTUAL qualification: otherwise they get cheaters.
Wow ……. what a heartfelt writings expressing the TRUTH as realized by Sudarsana Das Vanacari Prabhu in response to Mohini dd. Prabhu.
Mohini dd. mentions ; ” “that Lord Krishna sent them to give us the mercy (Hansadutta and TKG)……”
Sudarsana Das Prabhu replies ; ” … this is not possible as TKG was a great demon and poisoner of Srila Prabhupada. Hansadutta although delusional was not as evil as Bhavananda or TKG! “.
Yes, indeed, the Mercy comes only to the Students of Krishna Consciousness who are Sincere and Serious in searching the TRUTH proportionately to ones’ desire with the time.
As it appears both the Practitioners with a time left the Fiskcon and the goroos. That is why both are here on this site sharing the TRUTH as realized.
The realized TRUTH comes only after knowing once it is revealed. Some takes the revelation and move forward with the TRUTH according to ones’ sincere desire in cultivation of KC. ,and some do not. So, those who don’t, they choose to stay behind and their progress in the advancement of cultivation KC. hampers. ” The Birds of the same feathers flock together “. That is a FACT.
I can cite an example here that Lord Shri Krishna speaks the Bhagavat Gita to His Dear Friend Arjuna who became the first recipient of hearing directly the message of the confidential knowledge in the Spoken words recorded in the Book known as Srimdad Bhagavat Gita. The same message was heard by Srila Vyasdev. By the Saintly mercy of Srila Vyasdev representative of Shri Krishna, he empowered Shri Sanjay, the Secretary of Maharaja Dritrastra, the King of the Kuru Dynesty who also heard the same message from his Secretary.
Unfortunately, the King Dritrastra born blind, did not take the heed from the revealed message he heard from his Secretary to safe guard his family and his nation due to his personal aggrandizement of his family, he lost everything.
In the same manner, Srila Prabhupada’s disciples who was in-charge to run the Krishna Consciousness Society during his absence due to their personal aggrandizement for name, fame and status got themselves blind sided from the Instructions of Srila Prabhupada to fulfill their respective personal agenda to become guru by deliberately ignoring Srila Prabhupada’s Instructions.
So, what is the result ? Maharaja Dritrastra lost everything at the end.
The same way the so called gurus in the present Iskcon disobeying the Order of the Founder – Acaraya, the Guru,HDG. Srila Prabhupada by becoming gurus themselves in His Iskcon through misleading, lies and cheating of all sorts, they are automatically destined towards the HELL as Sudarsana Das Prabhu writes ;
“…..but know this for a fact that ALL MERCY COMES FROM SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER BONA-FIDE ACHARYAS IN OUR DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION. These other reprobates (the poisoners and their ‘one trick pony’ circus parade of enablers) “HAVE NO POSITION TO BESTOW MERCY ON ANYONE” BEING THEMSELVES CONDEMNED TO HELL! ”
Thus, Dear Learned Readers, Practitioners, Devotees of Srila Prabhupada, let us continue to glorify our Eternal Spiritual Master, Jagad Guru His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada who is distributing His Mercy FREELY and indiscriminately upon the conditioned Jivas via His VANI and His Sincere Followers / Devotees world wide.
Hope it helps.
OM TAT SAT.
Hare Krishna. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The above vid should be called the ”Covid Kirtan” as the participants think they are taking the ”cure” but in reality they are poisoning their spiritual lives in the company of demons in disguise. One such enabler (Indradyumna) even posting an article promoting the Clot-Shot to all and sundry a few weeks ago.
So one can only feel pity for his duped followers and young 20 (something) groupies who have been taken in and seduced by this predator (and halfwit) in disguise as they become infatuated by sentimentality and fake religious fanaticism not unlike the condemned, seduced reprobates who worship the Pope.
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Prabhupāda: Yes. Spiritual master means who solves all confusion. That is spiritual master. When one is confused, he goes to a spiritual master, and the spiritual master’s duty is to save him from all confusion. That is the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple. If the spiritual master cannot save him from confusion, then he is not spiritual master. That is the test.
saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-
trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam
prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya
vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam
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This whole world is confusion, just like a blazing fire in the forest. When there is forest fire, all the animals become confused, “Where to go? How to save life?” It is very good example. When there is fire in the forest, all the animals become confused. Similarly, this material world is just like a blazing fire in the forest. Everyone is confused. Now, how the blazing fire in the forest can be extinguished? You cannot take there your man-made fire brigade. That is not possible. Neither bucketful of water. So in this confused state of the human society you cannot manufacture the solution. The only solution is that when there is rain from the cloud on the forest fire, then it is extinguished. That is not in your hand; that is mercy of God. So spiritual master means who has received the mercy of God, and he can deliver to the confused man. Then the solution is there. This is very good verse, saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka-trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam, prāptasya. One who has received mercy of God, he can become spiritual master. He can deliver the mercy of God.
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Note: Prabhupāda: Yes. Spiritual master means who solves ALL confusion. THAT is spiritual master.
Look below, does anyone sane think that these FISKCON bogus rubber stamped “gurus” are Diksa gurus:
Anti Ritviks talk of REFORMING their “gurus”:
FISKCON has had PSYCHOPATH gurus, rapist gurus, murderer gurus, POISON giving gurus, PAEDOPHILE gurus, homo-sex gurus, drug gurus, alcoholic gurus, thug gurus, manipulative con man gurus, embezzler gurus, book changer gurus, mad man gurus, womaniser gurus,sex-yasi gurus, sin-yasi gurus, GBC conditioned soul factory produced rubber-stamped gurus and now – FISKCON’S (FDG) PROSTITUTE “GURUS”.
They want to REPLACE Srila Prabhupada the ACTUAL DIKSA GURU AND HIS RITVIK SYSTEM HE ORDERED AS PER JULY 9TH 1977 with these lot FOR MONEY !!!!!!. Just see! THAT is their WHOLE scheme: IT IS ABOUT MONEY!!!!!!
ONLY MAHA-BHAGAVATA IS DIKSA GURU: Srila Prabhupada is OUR Diksa Guru For As Long as His Books Are On The Planet
Reply to Rocana’s article “A Ritvik Smokescreen”
http://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/news/?p=41422
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDaBAALX9xQ&t=73s
Unbelievable Child | Damodarashtakam That’s called Real Krishna Conscious Child Credit to her Mother
NOTE ; A child is hearing the Mother reciting Damodarashtakam and the Child is filling the blanks in the recitation. That is Bhakti, Krishna Consciousness.