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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.
Mahamantra and Nama
A vaishnava on the highest level, a parama-bhakta, can bestow the gift of shaktisancara, can transfer bhakti-shakti, but as long as he is not more than a vaishnava on the middle level, a madhyama-vaishnava, he is not able to bestow shakti-sancara and consequently he cannot offer the maha-mantra, let alone its artha, its import. Otherwise he becomes an aparadhi.
How to recognize who is Sādhu and who is not Sādhu
We know that in reality- those who follow the path of karma, even if they follow vedic karma, still they are not sādhu. Also, those who follow the path of jñāna or those who follow the path of aṣṭāṅga yoga etc. or even those who are busy to follow the path of tapasyā and austerities, they are not sādhu, because none of them ready to satisfy the Supreme Lord from heart.
The Gradual promotional procedure of kṛṣṇa-bhajan
Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to show us how to get the absolute treasure, the most exclusive thing. That is called gopī- bhava. But we think with anarthas inside heart we can do Kṛṣṇa bhajan. But that is impossible.
How to understand who is the actual Guru-sevāk?
All our behavior and activities, I mean acharan should be approved by our Paramahāmsa Gauḍīyā Guruvarga like Śrī Svarūpa Gosāi, Śrīla Sanātana Gosāi, Śrīla R ūpa Gosāi, Śrīla Raguṇath Gosāi or Śrīla Bhaktivinod Thakur, in that case we need not take undue advantage of utilizing the vaiṣṇavi-pratiṣṭhā of our Sad Gurudeva to identify our self in front of public to get false pratiṣṭhā. Rather people should become inquisitive about who is his Gurudeva by watching the perfect acharan and siddhānta-vichar of a snigdha-śiṣya.
Kṛṣṇa Listens Only to His Loving Servants
Perhaps this is the reason our parama-gurudeva, Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Śrīla Prabhupāda, used to say that bhakti is not preached by language, but by bhakti alone. Although language is essential in communicating matters of the heart, for one whose heart is devoid of bhakti, mere knowledge of language is insufficient to inspire bhakti in the hearts of others. It is only because of the pure bhakti present in the heart that one’s words are infused with divine power. Only then is it possible for bhakti to be transmitted to the hearts of one’s listeners, and only then will the listeners feel inspired to render devotional service.