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The strict principle of an ācārya
Once Śrīla Bhakti Vedanta Vaman Gosvāmī Mahārāja went for a preaching tour to North-24 Parganas. There was one Brahmachari in the party who wanted to make a close relationship with a household wife by addressing her as boudi (wife of elder brother), which is surely...
The unique wisdom of Śrīla Bhakti Vigyan Bharati Maharaj
Such an wise (knowledgeable) personality like Śrīla Bhakti Vigyan Bharati Gosvāmī Maharaj is rare in our Gauḍīya-sampradāya. We can remember about Sanatan Gosvāmīpad, Śrīman Mahāprabhu said that— “Such a wise personality like Sanatana is rare in these three worlds.”
Any sevā done, for that –how much kṛpā one can get- this lies in the hand of Bhagavan
The true meaning of loving, affectionate service to Śrī Kṛṣṇa is to engage in His service according to His direct advice, moods and innermost desires. No one else can know this subject matter better than His anukūla-śakti, Śrīmatī Rādhikā. She is the embodiment of pure love for Kṛṣṇa, always absorbed in the mood of serving Him, and She is thus the topmost among all sādhus.
Vaiṣṇavas are on transcendental platform, so we should not try to find any fault with them
We Gauḍīya Devotees must shout like lion to preach this aprākṛta siddhānta vichar of Śrīla Prabhupāda the Great– without any fear or compromise. Common public must be aware of those factors regarding śuddha-bhakti siddhānta vichar, otherwise all those heartless imposters (or those show-bottels) — they can take undue advantage of the foolishness of those common people. It is very easy to cheat those innocent common people, but nobody can cheat those paramahaṁsa Guru-Vaiṣṇavas.
The Highest Conception of Conduct
So Arjuna, you take advantage of this and boldly declare to the public that My devotee who gives himself wholly unto Me can never come to ruination. Even if he may be seen to be outwardly doing something wrong – he will be saved. His successful life is assured. By this declaration, you will get the benefit of becoming righteous and have the chance of attaining eternal spiritual peace. Whoever can understand this and has the courage to declare that My exclusive devotee is never subject to ruination – he, in turn, gets his chance to come to this path of exclusive devotion, and he will attain eternal peace.”
Rasa tattva is not a matter of joke
So we can easily realize from these teachings of Sriman Mahaprabhu that by this kind of lila, Braja Rasa-tattva is surely not easily available to all, as is usually claimed by sahajiyas.
The Multitude of Divine Realms of the ONE
Man’s comprehension has access to the idea of different infinite Divine realms only in a successive manner, not simultaneously. In its totality it is inconceivable (acintya). According to the bhakti-shastrams and the lila-bibliography, above all the works of Sanatana, Rupa, Raghunatha and Jiva Gosvami of the Caitanya school, one should think of the infinite realm of eternal being-knowledge-joy (sat-cit-ananda) as a sphere, having no end in any of its dimensions, neither inwards, nor outwards, but with an infinite number of cross sections.
Distorted representation of tattva siddhānta vichar of Mahājana is a great offence
rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhāvat paramaḥ pumān yo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ...
The Absolutely Revolutionary Metaphysics
Mysticism appears when man approaches the Absolute from his angle; this can still be understood in some way, still be sensed intuitively. Shastram means that which governs us, restrains, corrects, chastises us. It is not the way you think, says the Shastram. – What you yourself like, feel, love and think: the Absolute etc. must be like this or that – let go of it, altogether. Listen to what I, the Shastram, say, and you must accept it – if you have shraddha, at all – and hear it over and over again, however unpleasant, uncomfortable and totally contrary to your expectation it may be.
The Subtleties of True Sevā
A person who renders service in a completely independent mood without accepting any guidance does not render true service to the Vaiṣṇavas or Bhagavān; rather, he endeavors only to gratify his own senses. Such a person is known as svecchācāri, or a person who acts only according to his own desires. Before beginning any service, one must understand the moods and desires of the sevya (object of service). It is only after gaining such an understanding that one’s service can truly please the sevya and even be called sevā.