Gaudiya Gosthi Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that—Those exalted, elevated devotees those who trying their best to follow Śrī Caitanya Mahaprabhu in toto, they become a target of attack of common people.” If we can make a compromise with maya then nobody can attack you, everybody will think positive about you. But still by the order of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvami Ṭhākura Prabhupāda we have taken resolution in our live “do or die”. Eighter we can follow Śrī Caitanya in toto or we can die. In between we cannot make any compromise. On the way of śuddha-bhakti we cannot make any compromise with maya.
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To glorify Gaurāṅga is not our credit, it is the credit of Sarasvatī Viṣṇu Priya Devi. She can allow us to sing some glories of Gaurāṅga. If Viṣṇu Priya (vani vigraha) is not there, then how we can speak the glories of Gaurāṅga. Our tongue is material. Only we can pray cravingly at the Lotus Feet of Viṣṇu Priya Devi (Aprākṛta Sarasvatī) to come and sit on our tongue so that we can sing the glories of Bhagavan.
vāg-īśā yasya vadane / lakṣmir yasya ca vakṣasi
yasyāste hṛdaye samvit / taṁ nṛsiṁham ahaṁ bhaje
Śrīdhara Svāmī’s commentary on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.87.1)
In His mouth the goddess Śuddha-Sarasvatī is always present, on His chest Lakṣmī-devī always sports, and within His heart dwells the transcendental potency of spiritual consciousness. I worship that Nṛsiṁhadeva.
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Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Jagad Guru told that there is such attraction in kṛṣṇa prema that any amount of moral standard, honesty, ethical judgment cannot stand in front of kṛṣṇa- prema . Even if whole world criticizing me, by saying that what you are doing is not ethical. But still if I ignore them and I jump into kṛṣṇa seva then that is very good. This kind of testing can come in everybodys life, how much we can give to Kṛṣṇa. By partial exchange of your mind and heart you cannot expect kṛṣṇa bhajana.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu and his associates, they are coming here to deliver us, ok, but Prabhupāda is repeatedly speaking: to get the kṛpā of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, first of all, you will have to leave any kind of asat-saṅga—be it your father, brother, mother, friend—first of all, Prabhupāda is speaking that this is the [prerequisite]. For those who are interested to get the kṛpā of Caitanya Mahāprabhu this life, it’s a must.
They will have to take resolution to avoid asat-saṅga.
Any kind of asat-saṅga!
—in the form of children, son, wife, daughter—[any] asat-saṅga.
They are going to suck the blood of your spiritual body.
Like a bug, you know? …That kind of insect you can find taking blood from your body—they are only sucking blood, but you think they are your near and dear one.
(From the class of Srivasa Pandita, Tirobhava)
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We are crying for so many things, but we are not crying for Guru-Vaiṣṇava. Are we crying? We are not crying.
Why are you not crying? Because there is a lack of sambandha-jñāna. You can cry for your mother, but you cannot cry for me. You don’t develop any relationship with me, but anyway I develop a relationship with you.
If you get lost I can cry.
Gaudiya Bhajan, top to bottom, is the bhajan of vipralambha—the whole day and night you will have to cry.
Vipralambha bhajan means a feeling of separation—but the feeling of separation can never come if we cannot meet with that object or man. Try to understand. If we never meet with the object or the man, then how can the question of separation come?
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If at all I am not going to meet with Guru-Vaiṣṇava, Bhagavān, dhāma, nāma—then there is no question of shedding tears.
(From the class of –Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura is the Vipralambha Vigraha | Gaura-śakti Gadādhara ~ June 29, 2022)