Edited Books and Articles of Srila Maharaja

Śrīman Mahāprabhu Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Deva in course of His giving śikṣā to Sanatan Gosvāmī pad has given the following example of a cruel hunter, about how he was converted into a great Vaiṣṇava by the association (causeless mercy) of Śrī Narad Muni. So it is quite natural that a real sadhu Vaiṣṇava cannot have any jealousy against anybody, then how we can expect that Prabhupāda prestha  Śrīla Kunjabihari Vidyabhusan Prabhu , I mean Śrīla Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Gosvāmī  Mahārāj, the most intimate dear eternal associate of Śrīla Prabhupāda can have any jealousy against his junior affectionate  Godbrother Śrīla Hayagriva Brahmachari, I mean Śrīla Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvāmī  Mahārāj! Śrīla Kunjada and his absolute dedication unto the lotus feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda can never be erased from the heart of Śrīla  Prabhupāda. Śrīla Prabhupāda many times wanted to confirm this point in front of us.

Especially in Śrī Brhad-bhagavatāmṛta it is confirmed by Śrīla Sanatana Gosvāmī pad in the form of some advice coming out from the Lotus mouth of Śrī Naradji Mahārāj to Gopa Kumar that—Time to Time as and when required Bhagavad svarūpa śakti coming in different forms to bestow kripa on us, so they should be given full respect and honour from heart. Also, Śrīman Mahāprabhu never wanted to teach us to ignore or avoid anybody, not even any Demigods like Brahmā, Śiva, Durga, Ganapati etc.

That is why guru-Vaiṣṇavas they always express deep concern about us, though they have no personal anxiety at all. As per Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta we can find that there are basically two categories of jīva: nittya baddha and nittya mukta. Nittya mukta jīvas they have never seen maya, whereas those nittya baddha jīvas they never been out of Māyā. Why Bhagavan doing so? Such question is absurd. We have no right to put such question because the Supreme Lord is always full of sporting mood and He is Himself ānanda moye, līlā moye, icchā moye and full of six opulence’s. He can reserve the right of doing anything and everything. This is not at all His discrimination, rather this can be accepted as the expression of His causeless mercy of His play with all jīvas throughout the infinity worlds. For a game to play need two teams or two parties, but one team must be against the other, and if not so – then the game can never be tasteful. We cannot expect any kind of dissatisfaction demand inside the heart of Bhagavan because He is pūrṇa vastu, but still we should remember that Bhagavan is decorated with infinity diversities — where all countless contra distinction (a distinction made by contrast) must be there.

It is also said that Bhāratavarṣa is the library of the whole world, and just like the sun rises in the east, similarly in the whole world wherever-whatever knowledge regarding jñāna-vijñāna, darśana, mathematics or astrology or technology etc. everything originally came from Bhāratavarṣa.

It is the Land were many came or coming or will come in future to find the complete solution about the actual meaning of life. All most everywhere– in each and every house of those Bhāratavarṣis we can find tulasī, Gaṅgā, śālagrāma, Giriraj, or deities etc. are being worshiped by them three times in a day and also, we can find the recitation of those Holy books like Bhagavad-gītā, Mahābhārat, Ramayan etc. in their house. Surely we must confess that to grow up in such an environment is a great advantage. But the question is that, “Is it really enough to realize God?”

“In such a world which is full of duplicity only duplicitous persons are honoured. Genuine saints (sādhus), who don’t lead the masses along the wrong path, are not respected in this world. In modern times people are simply getting cheated by those who mislead the masses throughout a pretentious form of spiritual discourse has somehow emerged as the religion of the age (yuga-dharma). And because the true saints (sādhus) wish to expose wicked and unholy persons (asādhus) those same unholy cheaters bewilder the masses by condemning the true saints (sādhus) as unholy, duplicitous and thieves themselves in a plot to secure their escape. The illusory potency of the Lord, Māyā, never allows the jīvās to be sincere (niṣkapaṭa) and to that end she has been depriving the jīvās of the association of genuine saints (sādhus).”

Śrīla Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura has given us the most vital instruction by churning the vast ocean of Vedic scriptures. If we can have this kind of patience to be under the guidance of pure guru-Vaiṣṇavas to realize the inner meaning of those authentic śāstras, then we can also come to the same conclusion as shown by Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura who wanted to show us this most vital point out of his causeless mercy, otherwise all our reading of śāstras will be only waste of time. So, in short as the conception of seed these two profound words of Śrīla Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura are the essence of our bhajana life.

Gauḍīya Gosthi Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvati Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagad Guru said that— “Logical interpretation cannot stand in the way of that Absolute Truth”, but we are always full of doubts and suspicion. Only and only śuddha bhakti can remove all our doubts from our heart regarding any contradictory issue like this.

For your kind information the following special letter given — Letter by Śrīla B.B. Bodhayan Maharaj to the GBC of ISKCON, written on 27th day of September 2004, Śrī Gopinath Gauḍīya Maṭha. Śrīdam Mayapur ALL GLORIES TO SRI GURU, SRI SARASWATA GAUDYA VAISNAVAS AND SRI...

Ācārya Kesari Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Pragyan Kesava Gosvāmī Maharaj the disciple of Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagadguru  said that—“With a strong hope to get pratiṣṭhā by exhibiting our personal talent, if we never hesitate to identify our most favourable benefactor (or true well-wisher) previous ācāryas as ignorant and foolish, then in that case our children (our next generations) they also can call us ignorant, foolish or uncivilized (or brute) etc. what strange or surprise can be there in it?”

Gauḍīya-goṣṭhī-patiḥ Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagad-guru said that— “Let me not desire anything but the highest good (paramaṅgala) for my worst enemies.” Actually a Vaiṣṇava never think anyone as his enemy, no smell of jealousy can be there inside the heart of Guru-Vaiṣṇava. This is a matter of great regret that still most of the people accept those pure Guru-Vaiṣṇavas as their enemy, because of their absolute representation of facts and figures. How much sacrifice and dedication they have—this is really beyond our imagination.

You have written in your letter that – “I know Babaji Maharaj’s straightforward attitude and neutrality. So please convey my question to Śrīla Maharaj. Because Babaji Maharaj always tries to remove any confusion in our devotional society regarding pure Kṛṣṇa Consciousness.”

For unstable mind it is really difficult to chant harināma and to pay full attention to hari-kathā. Unmindful harināma can invite more and more nāmāparādha in our life.

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagad Guru said that – “Logical interpretation cannot stand in that way of that Absolute Truth.”