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We should never violate scriptural instructions
Especially in Śrī Brhad-bhagavatāmṛta it is confirmed by Śrīla Sanatana Gosvāmī pad in the form of some advice coming out from the Lotus mouth of Śrī Naradji Mahārāj to Gopa Kumar that—Time to Time as and when required Bhagavad svarūpa śakti coming in different forms to bestow kripa on us, so they should be given full respect and honour from heart. Also, Śrīman Mahāprabhu never wanted to teach us to ignore or avoid anybody, not even any Demigods like Brahmā, Śiva, Durga, Ganapati etc.
To eliminate all those misconceptions usually developing regarding Guru-Vaiṣṇava-Bhagavan and jīva-tattva
That is why guru-Vaiṣṇavas they always express deep concern about us, though they have no personal anxiety at all. As per Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta we can find that there are basically two categories of jīva: nittya baddha and nittya mukta. Nittya mukta jīvas they have never seen maya, whereas those nittya baddha jīvas they never been out of Māyā. Why Bhagavan doing so? Such question is absurd. We have no right to put such question because the Supreme Lord is always full of sporting mood and He is Himself ānanda moye, līlā moye, icchā moye and full of six opulence’s. He can reserve the right of doing anything and everything. This is not at all His discrimination, rather this can be accepted as the expression of His causeless mercy of His play with all jīvas throughout the infinity worlds. For a game to play need two teams or two parties, but one team must be against the other, and if not so – then the game can never be tasteful. We cannot expect any kind of dissatisfaction demand inside the heart of Bhagavan because He is pūrṇa vastu, but still we should remember that Bhagavan is decorated with infinity diversities — where all countless contra distinction (a distinction made by contrast) must be there.
Caitanya Vani is more important than Caitanya Deva Himself
It is also said that Bhāratavarṣa is the library of the whole world, and just like the sun rises in the east, similarly in the whole world wherever-whatever knowledge regarding jñāna-vijñāna, darśana, mathematics or astrology or technology etc. everything originally came from Bhāratavarṣa.
It is the Land were many came or coming or will come in future to find the complete solution about the actual meaning of life. All most everywhere– in each and every house of those Bhāratavarṣis we can find tulasī, Gaṅgā, śālagrāma, Giriraj, or deities etc. are being worshiped by them three times in a day and also, we can find the recitation of those Holy books like Bhagavad-gītā, Mahābhārat, Ramayan etc. in their house. Surely we must confess that to grow up in such an environment is a great advantage. But the question is that, “Is it really enough to realize God?”
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.