Guru–Vaishnavas are not the convict of our material judgment

All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gauranga

Guru–Vaiṣṇavas are not the convict of our material judgment

(The means is justified by the end, so how to harmonize our heart with Guru-Vaiṣṇava—so that no vaiṣṇava-aparādha can happen)

By Śrīla Shyam Das Baba                                                                    Date …….17.07.2024

“If someone is criticizing one’s Gurudeva and the disciple remains quiet, then he is not more than an impotent eunuch.”

The above vichar (comment) was passed by some world-famous preacher of Śrī Devananda Gauḍīya Math. Well, we can appreciate the above vichar (comment), but we are just shocked to see that the strong protest note was written against the great eternal pārṣada of The Prabhupāda—Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj in the name of establishing the divine dignity of his Gurudeva Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj on the issue of the fine judgment passed by him regarding Ratha-yātrā festival at Śrī Navadvīpa dhāma. Really this is a matter of great regret, even this is beyond our imagination. How we can at all believe that the divine dignity of Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj can be disturbed by his divine beloved Godbrother Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdar Gosvāmī Mahārāj. Ok, we can try our best to discuss on this issue of Ratha-yātrā standing on a neutral platform. We will have to consider both the parties to come to a neutral and absolute siddhānta vichar.  But we wonder why exactly such a strong protesting mood could not be found in him (who wanted to establish the dignity of his Guru-padapadma in this case) in spite of our repeated request against the international preacher who wanted to wash away completely the divine dignity of our whole Sarasvat Gauḍīya guru-varga together with their divine mission (Śrī Gauḍīya Math) started by The Prabhupāda, that is the most vital question in front of us. Anyway, the scientific answer given by Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj regarding Ratha-yātrā rasa siddhānta should be considered in a very cool brain but surely not with challenging mood, because this is nothing but the question of the dignity of Vraja rasa tattva and the ācārya who wanted to protest against Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāj, he always wanted to identify himself as rasik ācārya, then where from the question of this kind of hot mood can come at all!

We are in great confusion regarding this matter. Śrī Vṛndāvana dhāma and Śrī Navadvīpa dhāma both are non-different from each other. In fact, Śrī Navadvīpa dhāma is Gupta (secret) Vṛndāvana. So those Vrajavasis they could not bear when Akrūra came to take away Kṛṣṇa from Vraja dhāma by the chariot sent by Kaṁsa. From Kurukṣetra the last meeting place of Vraja-vasis with Dvārakā-vasis, all Vraja-vasis specially those Vraja-gopikās headed by Śrīmāti Rādhārāṇī wanted to take back Kṛṣṇa to Śrī Vṛndāvana from Kurukṣetra, because Śrī Kṛṣṇa is their heart and soul, I mean they’re each and every breathing resting on Kṛṣṇa. If this is the case, then what problem can be there to accept the most scientific or authentic siddhānta vichar (or proposal) of Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj by that rasik ācārya! Especially when he (Śrīla Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj) was declared as the number one Gauḍīya pracāraka (preacher) by Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagad Guru, then how and why such very dirty comment (he is no more than a fish seller, or coal merchant or he is a  passive personality in preaching field, etc.) about the great ācārya Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāj can arise, whereas he himself also already declared Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāj as a great exalted devotee.

Now on the basis of all authentic scriptural evidences we can safely say that a Vaiṣṇava is always stainless or flawless, then why or how we can expect such filthy remarks without seeking any possibility of harmony between the two great ācāryas like Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj and Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj.

The following quotation was given by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj in Gauḍīya that— “With a strong hope to get pratiṣṭhā by exhibiting our personal talent, if we never hesitate to identify our most favourable benefactor (or true well-wisher) previous ācāryas as ignorant and foolish, then in that case our children (our next generations) they also can call us ignorant, foolish or uncivilized (or brute) etc., what strange or surprise can be there in it?”

At least he (Śrīla Śrīdhar Gosvāmī Mahārāj) was never found cheating anybody in his whole life by the representation of false and obsolete philosophical vichar.

Now we can come to the point of defending the divine dignity of Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj which was never disturbed by his beloved eternal Godbrother Śrīla Bhakti Raksak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāj who is known as a dearmost eternal associate of The Prabhupāda. Actually, Śrīla Ācārya Keshari was an ocean of viśuddha siddhānta vichar and at the same time he was the topmost Vedanta vid in our whole Sarasvat Gauḍīya sampradāya, so he can never make any such mistake regarding Ratha-yātrā rasa tattva. Then the complete harmony lying with the fact that out of his tremendous causeless mercy he wanted to give a common scope—to us all foolish to engage us in Ratha-yātrā festival without giving any special importance to the rasa tattva factor—which is very very rare and at the same time not known to all, so that at least we can pull the Ratha within Vraja dhāma Navadvīpa without going outside of Vraja dhāma and at the same time in the pretext of Ratha-yātrā uttsava (festival) mahāprasāda distribution or continuous harikathā-kīrtana can be there to protect us from Maya to help us attain the absolute stage of nitya sevā. Also, it is more likely that Paramapujyacaran Ācārya Kesari Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj purposely wanted to arrange Ratha-yātrā festival—somehow to engage us in such kind of sweet loveful sevā with the main focus on harikathā-kīrtana for 7-10 days continuously. What problem can be there if those Vrajavasis can travel with Kṛṣṇa on chariot within Vraja dhāma for His entertainment, without going outside Vraja dhāma like what Akrūra done before by the inspiration of Kaṁsa.

After all, what is the value of this kind of infighting whereas nobody knows anything regarding aprākṛta rasa tattva except material rasa.

Gaura Hari Hari Bol