A tree is known by the fruit it bears – Your impotent remarks can prove your impatience

The Symbol of Faith
Jun 17
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All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru-Gauranga

A tree is known by the fruit it bears

(Your impotent remarks can prove your impatience)

By Śrīla Śyāma Dāsa Bābā

Date: 18.06.2025

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-

prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi

jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno

na cānya eko ’pi ciraṁ vicinvan

(S.B. 10.14.29)

“O Lord! O Bhagavan! Only the one who is successful to get even a slight trace of Your mercy, can know Your glories accurately; among others nobody else can come out successful to know Your absolute tattva, even by searching You for a long period of time by personal efforts.”

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhipati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṃsa Jagat Guru said that— “If someone claims himself to be a great vaisnava, then know it for sure that he is a branded avaiṣṇava”.

Is that vicāra not exactly applicable for Śrīla B.V. Svāmī Mahārāja, who out of his false ego always wanted to prove himself superior to others (even he wanted to prove himself superior to The Prabhupāda). His Divine Grace Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Raksaka Śrīdhara Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāja wanted to clarify that— “If you really want to become big & dignified, then become the smallest. Go to the lowest in the company of that Absolute and you will find that you have attained the position of the highest (automatically). He (The Supreme Lord) will adore and embrace you. It is difficult to have a distant view from far off, but He will (surely) embrace you as His affectionate child (or according to our respective bhava, Bhagavan can reciprocate accordingly). This is possible in the transaction of divine love. Prema-dharma—priti-bhakti is such (such a great & absolute object). If we calculate our position from the absolute standpoint, we are nowhere (we can find that we have no place), but this may take us up to the very closest and most adored position in relation to the almighty. This bhakti surrendered, love and affection is such (such a great or absolute object). So try to understand what is Bhagavad-prema— Kṛṣṇa-prema, divine love of Kṛṣṇa.”

What do you mean by ‘Kṛṣṇa consciousness’—how can one realise this absolute point by standing below the sub-zero level of consciousness?

Was that Srila Svāmī Mahārāja’s loving exchange?

For any loving exchange to happen, need these two factors, viz. love (in true sense) and exchange of that love. We do not at all perceive love and affection in the dirty criticism (or critical behaviour) of Śrīla B.V. Svāmī Mahārāja—the founder ācārya of ISKCON. Anyone having at least common sense also surely will not. At some point an official order was issued by Śrīla Svāmī Mahārāja— “So I have now issued orders that all my disciples should avoid all of my godbrothers. They should not have any dealings with them nor even correspondence, nor should they give them any of my books or should they purchase any of their books, neither should you visit any of their temples. Please avoid them." 751109 - Letter to Visvakarma written from Bombay.

And still today they are following the same dirty policy. Many devotees (or common public) have been experiencing the divisive attitude of Śrīla Svāmī Mahārāja & his ISKCON Society members and their allergy towards Śrī Gauḍīya Maṭha.

Please consult the following:

Gaudiya Math Resolutions" of ISKCON'S GBC (https://gbc.iskcon.org/resolutions-regarding-gaudiya-math/). If you still are not familiar with this topic, please dedicate some time to it. There, you will find various prohibitions, penalties etc. related to dealings with Gaudiya Math. Among many astonishing statements, we can read the following:

"His Divine Grace cautioned us about taking intimate association and instructions from outside Gaudiya Vaisnavas. At the same time His Divine Grace said to maintain cordial, respectful, and friendly relations with a hope for future cooperation. To balance these two instructions we must deeply study Srila Prabhupada's teachings and be firmly grounded in his vision".

When there is a question of the protection of the dignity of my paramahamsa Guru-padapadma (or Śrī Gopīnātha Gauḍīya Maṭha) is concerned deeply, then in that case how can I keep silence? Really it is just next to impossible for me to bear such a completely fake allegation against such a super divine personality like Paramahaṃsa Acāryavarya Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, who was the vivid (living) example of ‘trnadapi sunica’ shloka. I wonder how our present honorable President ācārya was able to hand over the whole vānī-vaibhava (the library) of Srīpāda Sundarānanda Vidyāvinoda to them, which I got originally from Sundarānanda’s house to make a big reference library inside our Maṭha as per the order of my Paramahaṃsa Guru-pādapadma without even taking my consent? Please don’t misunderstand me because I can solemnly say that I cannot have any enmity with anybody.