Our insincere attitude always keeping us away from the absolute teachings shown by The Prabhupada - Part 1

Dear / devotees all around the world

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Patiḥ Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda very often used to say— “In the name of Hari-kathā kīrtana and Hari-bhajana those who are misguiding or cheating public, to become cheated by them—at present, this has become a fashion of the day”. Without being cheated by those kapaṭa sādhus we don’t feel happy. People want to be cheated, so they get cheated, so what to do!

Very often Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that— “What we want and what we don’t want—this should be finalized first of all in our life.” It is really a matter of surprise that most of us don’t want Bhagavān in our life. Most of us simply want to become happy by getting some relief from painful material experiences received in this material world, but not more than that. It is really very rare that someone want to go beyond dharma-artha-kāma and mokṣa. Most of the people in this world they like to use Bhagavān to get some worldly benefit. Some of them, they ask God for good health or long life etc., some of them may ask to get more & more money, others can ask for a beautiful and handsome wife or husband, and again others can pray to get a daughter or a son etc. etc. So then how can it be possible for us to do Hari-bhajana (?), just like a blind man guided by another blind man we are deprived from that Absolute truth forever. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda has written in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.22). that—

bhukti-mukti-spṛhā yāvat

piśācī hṛdi vartate

tāvad bhakti-sukhasyātra

katham abhyudayo bhavet

"The material desire to enjoy the material world and the desire to become liberated from material bondage are considered to be two witches, and they haunt one like ghosts. As long as these witches remain within the heart, how can one feel transcendental bliss? As long as these two witches remain in the heart, there is no possibility of enjoying the transcendental bliss of devotional service.”

It is only when the pure spiritual hankering manifests as an unalloyed longing of the Absolute seva, then one can refuse to be satisfied with any mundane perspective.

Śrīla Bābā Mahārāja always saying that— “The speeches and writings of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda are all absolute and beyond human comprehension. Aprākṛta śabda-brahma is always self-manifesting object”. Very often, Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say, “Logical interpretation cannot stand in the way of that absolute truth.” This is because self-manifesting truths can only be realized by the way of absolute submission. Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja or Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja they all used to say that, “Śrīla Prabhupāda is the topmost Paramahaṁsa Ācārya of this Yuga.” At the Bhagavat assembly—which was held at Suktal Kṣetra, all those Ṛṣi-Munis said the same thing to Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī about his absolute Paramahaṁsa stage. Even we cannot imagine that how fortunate we are to get the privilege of getting all those pure siddhānta-vicāras from Śrīla Prabhupāda. At all if we could get Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī among us, then and only then we could expect that kind of perfect siddhānta-vicāra (because she is the original Āśraya vigraha) what we are getting from Śrīla Prabhupāda.”

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Patiḥ Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that— “I am not only a proofreader of the press; I am a proofreader of men—I see their faults and try to correct them. I am also a proofreader of religion. I have appeared in the zodiac sign of the crab (divine līlā), so whenever I see anything nondevotional, I act like a crab.”

In one article named “The seeming face” Prof Nisi Kanta Sanjal has written that— “The real spiritual preceptor will not agree to misguide us. He will not flatter our vanities. He never accepts any worldly riches from his disciples. But his conduct and his words cannot be understood by the ignorant people of this world. It is possible to deceive immoral persons by the trade of religion. The pseudo-gurus have been setting up hovels of brick, which they miscall temples of God, by misappropriating the wealth of their disciples. But Godhead does not abide in a temple made by the hands of man. The real preceptor can hardly be popular in this world. Worldly people, who resort to him for instruction, are disappointed by not getting from him what they want. There may be occasions when such disappointed persons set themselves actively against the preaching of the truth. But in spite of their seeming successes it is never possible for them to oppose the will of Godhead.” Śrīla Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagad-Guru also used to say that— “Absolute Truth is not such a cheap thing, so that this can be destroyed by public opinion or mass agitation, or by manpower or by money power or by strangling.”

Nowadays, we can see certainly that gradually one kind of dark cloud of Non-Bhaktivinoda-dhārā is coming down on this world to cover up the absolute truth. Kali is the age of controversy, so Kali surely cannot allow us to follow the track of Absolute truth. Even we can see that—all those so-called devotees, they want to reject all those pure siddhānta-vicāras of Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura, then what to speak about Bābā Mahārāja. We think it is really very dangerous. That’s why sometimes Śrīla Bābā Mahārāja expressing his deep concern about how to protect our Gauḍīya sāmpradāyika vāṇī-vaibhava. He used to say that— “I don’t want to live anymore, because day by day I find everything opposite. Still Harikathā is my life and soul, so I cannot stop speaking about that absolute truth. Bhaktivinoda-dhārā can never be stopped—this is the blessing and assurance of Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, so still today somehow we can keep hope.” It is really very important to understand the basic difference between Bhaktivinoda-dhārā and Non-Bhaktivinoda-dhārā. Bhaktivinoda-dhārā is the unadulterated & pure flow of scriptural conclusions (siddhānta) given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Prabhupāda. No compromise can be made with Non-Bhaktivinoda-dhārā. The day we can realize the difference between Bhaktivinoda-dhārā and Non-Bhaktivinoda-dhārā, that day we must get a green signal. This I can promise you blindly by touching the Lotus Feet of Śrīla Prabhupāda and Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Know it for sure that I never want to speak anything out of Prabhupāda. I am always speaking what Prabhupāda told, so there cannot be any place of fighting with me unnecessarily. Sometimes I am feeling very sorry, alone I am crying. I am always trying my best to give each and every drop of blood of my body to establish the absolute truth without any self-interest, but still how I am unable to save you all, that is my big pain. You have to realize how I am trying my best to project all those pure siddhānta-vicāras.”

Śrīla Bābā Mahārāja always saying that— “It is our main duty to help increase the consciousness level of innocent people, so that gradually they can realize themselves about what is called real bhakti. At present we are passing through a very dark period of Kali, where we can find everything going against pure devotion. The whole human society gradually they are going far away from that absolute truth. If some sādhu going to speak about the unalloyed absolute truth, then they become very afraid of that, they cannot digest what he like to say. Still it was the unending effort of Śrīla Prabhupāda to protect us from Māyā. So with full enthusiasm go on distributing the pure divine message of our Śrī Gaurāṅga Deva”. Śrīla Prabhupāda also used to say that— “Why only one mouth? Let me have unlimited lifespan to unlimitedly glorify the unlimited qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa & His devotees”.

So again with folded hands we are requesting each and every one to share those absolute messages, articles, banners, videos, online Harikathās etc. with each and everybody to bring back the normal situation in our Gauḍīya devotional field to save those honest and sincere people those who are really interested to get the absolute information given by The Prabhupāda. We all know that very often Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that— “There is a scarcity of actual Harikathā everywhere at present.” So we are trying our best to bring back again a flood of pure Harikathā under the guidance of The Prabhupāda, which can inundate us all those who are really interested in Gauḍīya bhajana. Over.

Gaura Hari Hari Bol

Thanks a lot

Truly yours in the service of Guru-Gauranga and Go-Mata

All the sincere members of Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Vani Seva trust