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Bhakti is for those who are Atmically Disordered
We want serious people, who have the true ability to search, to understand and to believe. Initially, all kinds of neurotic characters probably must turn up at your lectures – the faster they drop off the better. Bhakti is for those who are atmically disordered, for those who are in want of knowledge of the atma and the Paramatma, because they cannot serve Bhagavan, for those who understand that all kinds of exploitation are nothing but delusion – not for those who are mentally disordered and people who first should consult a psychiatrist to become decent, normal people, so that they later could long for bhakti. […]
Sri Ray Ramananda
Ramananda Raya then said, jnane prayasam udapasya namanta eva: “It is a very difficult thing to cross the charm of knowledge.” We think, “I want to understand everything first, and then I shall act.” Calculation and an underlying suspicion is there. Before we act, we want to know everything fully; only then will we risk our capital. The ego, the “I” is very strong, and he wants to have an account of his loss and gain. He thinks, “I am the master. The key is in my hand, I want to test everything, I want to know it all. I know what is good for me.” So, we think ourselves masters, not servants, and from the position of a master we make our inquiry.
Gaudiya Maṭha has nothing to do with Deceitful Pseudo -followers
Anyone who out of deceitful purpose professes adherence to the Gauḍīya Maṭha, harbouring an intention to misuse the divine, transcendental knowledge of initiation, cannot possibly have any relation to the Gauḍīya Maṭha, and indeed he has none. The relation of these people to the reality of the Gauḍīya Maṭha is the same as that of a group of actors to the reality they are representing in a play. Gilt cannot replace gold, nor can the pretence of devotion shown by these deceivers ever be seen on the same level as true, pure devotion.
The zigzag line of truth
We have left all social concerns and so many other shackles. For what? For the Absolute Truth. And wherever I shall find that, I must bow down my head. And if a great soul shows us, “This is the path to where you will find your thirst quenched. The line is in this zigzag way”, we must accept that for our own interest. We are worshippers not of form, but of substance. If the current of spiritual substance comes another way, but I think that I must try to go this way to reach my goal, it is only jealousy, blind tenacity, to stick to the physical thing. We must free ourselves from this material contamination and try to understand the value of spiritual truth. We should always be prepared for that. We must follow what is necessary, for our own interest.
The Ācārya’s Unequalled and Unsurpassed Greatness
Many people think that the path of bhakti is covered with a soft bed of flowers. Blind faith, indiscipline, whimsical behavior, indiscrimination, sentimentalism, and emotional outbursts are all counted by them as being means of performing bhakti. But from śāstra and from the words of the ācāryas it is understood that, although the authorized path of bhakti is the only means of attaining the ultimate goal of life, it is full of thorns. Especially in this Age of Kali, the age of argumentation and quarrel, it is covered with millions of thorns.
Sri Guru-Vaisnava-Bhagavan can never become a convict of my material judgment
“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).”
Due to lack of sambandha jñāna we are not able to realize in what kind of great danger our whole Gauḍīya Sampradāya is at present
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.
Śrīla Bhaki Ballabh Tirtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja is a living embodiment of trinad api sunicena.
Today I feel myself lucky to attain the assembly (Dharma Sabha) to honor his tirobhava tithi. My śikṣā-guru Śrīla Bhakti Ballabha Tirtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja was a great Vaiṣṇava according to the symptoms written in śāstras. Tremendous love for Guru-Vaiṣṇava to serve them from heart can give the real identity of a true Vaiṣṇava. By birth he was a sādhu (Vaiṣṇava). Near his previous house (Assam Gualpara) an ancient Śiva Mandire was there to give him a scope to serve Vaiṣṇava Raj Shyambu daily with water and Bilvapatram to satisfy him. Sometime parents used to express anxiety about the whereabouts of the boy. Usually, he used to go to the Śiva Mandire to do meditation.
Dear Honourable Mātājīs are the most basic foundation of this whole creation, but still due to some unavoidable reason they cannot act as diksa Guru as per the instructions of śāstra
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.
Suppression of fact is a great offence – Part 3
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...