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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.
To express absolute “jīve doyā” not a matter of joke
Those who are great personalities who like to save the whole Universe become a target of attack of common people. Tulsi das who was a Ram bhakta was always criticized by someone, but he never felt any reaction inside heart, he used to say that—“Well, I cannot see my own fault, so I can get the chance to rectify myself, if somebody can criticize me.”
How to understand who is the actual guru-sevāk?
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda said that— “He-Who can completely harmonize his own heart with Guru-padapadma—He is “snigdha-śiṣya” in true sense.” If we can find all same acharan (etiquette) and siddhanta-vichar of Sad Gurudeva in the life of a disciple, then surely, we can identify that he is a “snigdha śiṣya” of Sad Gurudeva.
Shyam Das Baba (short texts)
Can oil and water be mixed? Water and oil can never be mixed, similarly cinmoye attma can never be mixed with matter but still due to māyā (Illusion) it seems the attma in the trap of māyā, but in fact it is not the case. One example is more than...
The yardsick set by Śrīman Mahāprabhu
If we look back into the past history then we can find that this has all along been the usual practice of some scrupulous writers who just want to represent their own writings in the name of some Mahajan like Śrīla Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura Mahashaya, Śrīla Badu Chandi das, Śrīla Vidyapati, Locan das Ṭhākura, Bilvamangal Ṭhākura etc etc. And in this way, they are making fool of innocent people those who have no idea about actual siddhanta-vichar.
Prakrita sahajiyā and their misconception about rūpānuga bhajan
All those līlā-vilas topics of Śrī Kṛṣṇa should not be discussed here and there, very careful about this-very careful. A disciple of Śrīmad Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura can never go to attend hari-katha from those sahajiyās.