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Practicing abnegation inwardly- by Srila Guru maharaj
Sree
Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
There
are two paths: ”Pravritimarg” (Path through married life) and
”Nivritimarg” (Path through unmarried – ascetic life). Generally people are
eligible for "Pravritimarg". Persons who have made up their minds
that they will never go to house hold life (worldly life) are only competent to
take the ascetic order.
You
should not wait for your decision that in future whether you will accept
married life or unmarried life, you should start Bhajan immediately (Chanting
of the Holy Name, etc. avoiding tenfold offenses) because, nobody knows when we
shall have to leave this world. When Srimad Raghunath Das Goswami was very
eager to surmount this worldly ocean, Lord Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu pacified
him by first saying that he should not become mad, and that at present he
should remain in his house with a restful mind. Nobody can surmount the ocean
of births and deaths all of a sudden, it will take time. Gradually he can
surmount it. He should not try to show outwardly his indifference to worldly
affairs; inwardly he should practice abnegation and worship Sree Krishna with
sincerity. Sree Krishna will rescue him from the pangs of worldly suffering in
no time.
–His
Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
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Why our hearts is not changing? by Srila B.B.Tirtha Goswami
Sree
Sree Guru Gaurangau Jayatah!
Devotee:
Sometimes you can chant many lifetimes – chanting Hare Krishna, worshipping,
and taking prasadam – Still, the heart is not changing. How does one change the
heart?
Srila
Guru Maharaj: For this, one has to have company of suddha-bhaktas because we
have got difficulty inwardly – we are uttering the name Hare Krishna, Hare
Krishna, Hare Krishna – but we have got this conception of self, "I am
this body" and bodily interests predominate our heart. We are chanting the
name and thinking, "I am having difficulty, I require another 50,000
dollars, please rescue me, Hare Krishna". He will see in your heart –
according to your hearts desire, He will see. You are not wanting Krishna from
your heart. You are trying to remove your problems. If sincerely anybody wants
Krishna, immediately he will get. But because we can’t sincerely utter – we are
habituated here, "I do not want to leave this Honolulu," we say.
Where we will be taken? We do not know. And if Krishna comes and says "Go
with Me. I”ll take you to Vrindavana, it is a hot place, but it is a very good
place." Even then, you think you will leave this place, and there will be
great difficulty there. “I shall have to beg alms,” you may say. You won’t be
able to go with Krishna in Vrindavan. You are uttering the name of Krishna and
when Krishna comes, he says "I have come-now, come along!"
But
you say "no, no – I have got this nice hog family and responsibilities.
Many obligations – many. I have got wife, children, etc. Who are you? I don’t
agree with you. I won’t leave! I won’t leave! I won’t leave this
Honolulu."
–
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
The glories of Srila B.V.Vaman Goswami Maharaj by Srila Gurudev B.V.Narayan Goswami
On November 15, the same day that Srila Trivikrama Maharaja left the world two years earlier, Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja left at midnight, during Sri Krsna’s nisa-lila (midnight pastime s). About 1,000 devotees from all over the world are here at Govardhana performing parikrama, but I left all my responsibilities here and went to Navadvipa. I did what needed to be done there and now I’ve returned. I know the devotees here observed Srila Vamana Maharaja’s disappearance ceremony, weeping, but now we are going to observe it again. Now, devotees should glorify him.
[Srila B.V.Narayan Goswami Maharaja then called on Srila Vamana Maharaja’s senior most disciple, Sripad Parivrajaka Maharaja, who spoke in Bengali, and then several others, to offer their heartfelt glorification. He then offered his own glorification:]
Srila Gurudev B.V.Narayan Goswami: We have heard from many Vaisnavas, such as Sripad Parivrajaka Maharaja and Sripada Madhava Maharaja, and especially Sripad Bhakti-prasada Van Maharaja spoke very nicely about the principle of separation (viraha-tattva). Separation feelings are very important in the bhajana of Gaudiya Vaisnavas. When first entering the realm of bhajana there are feelings of separation, in the middle there are such feelings, and when one attains Sri Sri Radha-Krsna’s direct service, there are also such feelings. Separation is one of the aspects of prema (pure love of God). When there is separation there must also be meeting, and that is why Vaisnava literature gives it great importance. The experience of meeting is more important than the feeling of being separated.
During that time of separation we can remember all the qualities of our object of love and worship, whereas this is not possible at the time of meeting. In viraha there is meeting internally – you can meet directly there. Vaisnavas never die; rather, they enter into the transcendental world and disappear from here. They are just like Krsna. His pastimes appear and then disappear. Similarly, Vaisnavas also appear and disappear.
Pujyapada Srila Vamana Maharaja grew up in Vaisnava association. His mother was a disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. She was very intelligent and had so much guru-nistha; she had great faith in her guru. Srila Vamana Maharaja’s uncle’s name was Bhakti Bhusana Nrsimha Maharaja.
Srila Vamana Maharaja was an exalted servant of my Gurudeva, Srila Bhakti-prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, and from his childhood he served in a great variety of ways. When he was 10 ½ years old his mother offered him to my Gurudeva, and from that time on he considered Gurudeva his all-in-all – his mother, father, siksa-guru and everything else of value.
He had joined the matha during the time of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and took harinama initiation from him, but he always considered my Gurudeva his guru.
Anywhere in Vedas, homosex is aprooved? - by Srila A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
Shrimad Bhagavatam 3.20.26:
pahi mam paramatmams te
presanenasrjam prajah
ta ima yabhitum papa
upakramanti mam prabho
TRANSLATION By Shrila Prabhupada:
"Lord Brahma, approaching the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please protect me from these sinful demons, who were created by me under Your order. They are infuriated by an appetite for sex and have come to attack me."
PURPORT
It appears here that the homosexual appetite of males for each other is created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahma. In other words, the homosexual appetite of a man for another man is demoniac and is not for any sane male in the ordinary course of life.
"Foolish and sinful men engage in all forms of sexual intercourse without a female womb, forcing themselves upon other men. They are born again without their organs as neuters." (Mahabharata 13.145.52)
Prabhupada: The world is degrading to the lowest status, even less than animal. The animal also do not support homosex. They have never sex life between male to male. They are less than animal. People are becoming less than animal. This is all due to godlessness. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna , godless civilization cannot have any good qualities. Harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna mano rathena asato dhavato. They simply go to the untruth by mental speculation. (Shrila Prabhupada in Conversation with the GBC ?Los Angeles, May 25, 1972.)
Prabhupada: Homosex. They are supporting homosex. So degraded, and still they say, "What we have done?" They do not know what is degradation, and they are priest. They are teaching others. They do not know what is the meaning of degradation. (Shrila Prabhupada in Morning Walk Conversation ?Los Angeles, September 28, 1972)
Prabhupada: So generally, people are suffering on account of association with tamo-guna and rajo-guna, whole material world, mostly tamo-guna and few of them in rajo-guna. The symptoms of rajo-guna and tamo-guna are lust and greediness. Just like yesterday you told me the students are talking about homosex. That means tamo-guna, that the education students, they are discussing about homosex...
That means they are making their own lusty desires fulfilled in the name of Bible, that’s all. Everyone is doing like that. They are changing. Mass opinion is now homosex. They are passing abortion. They are passing?What is this? This is their business. For fulfillment of their lusty desires and greediness, they are bringing the authority of Bible, Bhagavad-gita. This is going on in the name of religion. (Shrila Prabhupada in Morning Walk ?May 11, 1975, Perth)
Prabhupada: This homosex propaganda is another side of impotency. So that is natural. If you enjoy too much, then you become impotent.
Brahmananda: They are trying to make that more and more accepted in America, homosex.
Prabhupada: Yes. The churches accept. It is already law.
Nitai: This women’s liberation movement, the leaders are also homosexual. They’re lesbians.
Prabhupada: (laughs) Just see. Hare Krsna. The whole world is on the verge of ruination. Kali-yuga.
(Shrila Prabhupada in Morning Walk ?September 6, 1975, Vrndavana)
Tamala Krsna: Now they have churches for homosex. That means the priest is a homosexual, and the persons who come are homosexuals. A special church for homosexuals.
Prabhupada: Just see. Is that religion? (Shrila Prabhupada in Room Conversation ?January 8, 1976, Nellore)
Recebendo a Graça do Vaishnava
Movido pelo amor e afeição dos Vaishnavas.
O amor move tudo neste mundo, em toda e qualquer situação, o amor predomina como o mais elevado sentimento que é experienciado entre duas pessoas. Ao contrário do dito ‘amor’ mundano, o qual o imperador é a exploração do sexo oposto, o amor real e divino é a causa da satisfação total de qualquer pessoa que entre em contato com tal sentimento de pureza e misericórdia. As almas condicionadas (baddha-jivas) que sofrem neste mundo há centenas de milhares de anos (anadi- inimaginável), só será afortunada e feliz se receber esta afeição de uma alma elevada que sabe realmente amar. Tal elevada personalidade aprendeu esta arte do amor com o Deus do amor transcendental, Aprakrta - Kamadeva, isto é Sri Krishna, O Senhor Supremo. Deus é amor e amor é Deus. Porque a alma perfeita (nitya-siddha), o devoto puro (vaishnava), sabe como relacionar amorosamente com o Senhor, apenas Ele é capaz de reciprocar este puro sentimento com as almas cobertas pela ilusão. Mesmo não podendo compreender a natureza deste amor, a alma condicionada recebe isto quando se encontra e rende-se ao mestre afetuoso. Naquele momento ela se sente a pessoa mais afortunada e amada do mundo, pois o olhar carinhoso vem do plano mais elevado e puro, o mundo transcendental, que é manifestado no coração do Vaishnava (devoto puro de Krishna - Maha-Bhagavata Sad-Gurudev). Após tal magnânimo e tocante encontro (darsan), o resultado é bastante impressionante. O encanto pelo falso amor e exploração deste mundo se vai devido as glórias da misericórdia e afeição demonstradas pelo devoto do mais alto nível. Isto toma por completo o coração daquele que o recebeu, preenchendo-o com satisfação completa do ser. Apenas ele, o Sad-Guru fidedigno, pode nos dizer qual a natureza desta relação e o que deve ser feito neste mundo. Quanto uma criança pode amar ela mesma? Muitas vezes ela cai em um buraco ou queima a mão, e a mãe amorosa diz: “Não é por aí, isto vai te queimar”. Ela não pode amar muito a si mesma, ela não sabe o que lhe é benéfico. Quanto uma alma condicionada (nós pessoas iludidas (baddha-jivas), podemos amar a nós mesmos? Não sabemos qual é o nosso real interesse neste mundo. Sri Gurudev é mais que uma mãe e pai. Ele é pai, mãe, protetor, esposa (o), bem querente, guardião e tudo mais, ele sabe como nos amar. Aquelas pessoas afortunadas que com fé resoluta no Sad-Gurudev e que sentem que é amada mais que qualquer um neste mundo pelo seu bem querente divino, vão muito rapidamente abandonar todo tipo de amor ilusório encontrado neste mundo temporário. Sentindo-se preenchidos com tal afeição provinda do plano elevado, trilharão seu caminho de volta a casa do Pai Eterno, O Supremo Senhor do universo, O amor puro personificado, Sri Krishna, e encontrarão com seus devotos puros que um dia vieram em nosso favor, nos dando aquilo que estávamos buscando há milhares de vidas, amor puro. êxtase, beleza, charme e harmonia.
Ananda lilamaya-vigrahaya, hemobo divyac chavi sundaraya
Tasmai mahapremarasa pradaya, chaitanya chandraya namo namaste
Baladeva das brahmachari
Who is mother, who is father? by Srila A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
SB 6.5.20
śāstrasya pitur ādeśaṁ
yo na veda nivartakam
kathaṁ tad-anurūpāya
guṇa-visrambhy upakramet
Word for word:
śāstrasya — of the scriptures; pituḥ — of the father; ādeśam — the instruction; yaḥ — one who; na — not; veda — understands; nivartakam — which brings about the cessation of the material way of life; katham — how; tat-anurūpāya — to follow the instruction of the śāstras; guṇa-visrambhī — a person entangled in the three modes of material nature; upakramet — can engage in the creation of progeny.
Translation:
[Nārada Muni had asked how one could ignorantly defy one’s own father. The Haryaśvas understood the meaning of this question.] One must accept the original instructions of the śāstra. According to Vedic civilization, one is offered a sacred thread as a sign of second birth. One takes his second birth by dint of having received instructions in the śāstra from a bona fide spiritual master. Therefore, śāstra, scripture, is the real father. All the śāstras instruct that one should end his material way of life. If one does not know the purpose of the father’s orders, the śāstras, he is ignorant. The words of a material father who endeavors to engage his son in material activities are not the real instructions of the father.
Purport:
Bhagavad-gītā (16.7) says, pravṛttiṁ ca nivṛttiṁ ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ: demons, who are less than human beings but are not called animals, do not know the meaning of pravṛtti and nivṛtti, work to be done and work not to be done. In the material world, every living entity has a desire to lord it over the material world as much as possible. This is called pravṛtti-mārga. All the śāstras, however, advise nivṛtti-mārga, or release from the materialistic way of life. Apart from the śāstras of the Vedic civilization, which is the oldest of the world, other śāstras agree on this point. For example, in the Buddhist śāstras Lord Buddha advises that one achieve nirvāṇa by giving up the materialistic way of life. In the Bible, which is also śāstra, one will find the same advice: one should cease materialistic life and return to the kingdom of God. In any śāstra one may examine, especially the Vedic śāstra, the same advice is given: one should give up his materialistic life and return to his original, spiritual life. Śaṅkarācārya also propounds the same conclusion. Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā: this material world or materialistic life is simply illusion, and therefore one should stop his illusory activities and come to the platform of Brahman.
The word śāstra refers to the scriptures, particularly the Vedic books of knowledge. The Vedas — Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva — and any other books deriving knowledge from these Vedas are considered Vedic literatures. Bhagavad-gītā is the essence of all Vedic knowledge, and therefore it is the scripture whose instructions should be especially accepted. In this essence of all śāstras, Kṛṣṇa personally advises that one give up all other duties and surrender unto Him (sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja).
One should be initiated into following the principles of śāstra. In offering initiation, our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement asks one to come to the conclusion of śāstra by taking the advice of the supreme speaker of the śāstra, Kṛṣṇa, forgetting the principles of the materialistic way of life. Therefore the principles we advise are no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling and no meat-eating. These four types of engagement will enable an intelligent person to get free from the materialistic life and return home, back to Godhead.
In regard to the instructions of the father and mother, it may be said that every living entity, including even the insignificant cats, dogs and serpents, takes birth of a father and mother. Therefore, getting a material father and mother is not a problem. In every form of life, birth after birth, the living entity gets a father and mother. In human society, however, if one is satisfied with his material father and mother and their instructions and does not make further progress by accepting a spiritual master and being educated in the śāstras, he certainly remains in darkness. The material father and mother are important only if they are interested in educating their son to become free from the clutches of death. As instructed by Ṛṣabhadeva (Bhāg. 5.5.18): pitā na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt/ na mocayed yaḥ samupeta-mṛtyum. One should not strive to become a mother or father if one cannot save one’s dependent son from the impending danger of death. A parent who does not know how to save his son has no value because such fathers and mothers may be had in any form of life, even among the cats, dogs and so on. Only a father and mother who can elevate their son to the spiritual platform are bona fide parents. Therefore according to the Vedic system it is said, janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ: one is born of a material father and mother as a śūdra. The purpose of life, however, is to become a brāhmaṇa, a first-class man.
A first-class intelligent man is called a brāhmaṇa because he knows the Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth. According to the Vedic instructions, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet: to know this science, one must approach a bona fide guru, a spiritual master who will initiate the disciple with the sacred thread so that he may understand the Vedic knowledge. Janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ saṁskārād dhi bhaved dvijaḥ. Becoming a brāhmaṇa through the endeavor of a bona fide spiritual master is called saṁskāra. After initiation, one is engaged in study of the śāstra, which teaches the student how to gain release from materialistic life and return home, back to Godhead.
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is teaching this higher knowledge of retiring from materialistic life to return to Godhead, but unfortunately many parents are not very satisfied with this movement. Aside from the parents of our students, many businessmen are also dissatisfied because we teach our students to abandon intoxication, meat-eating, illicit sex and gambling. If the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement spreads, the so-called businessmen will have to close their slaughterhouses, breweries and cigarette factories. Therefore they are also very much afraid. However, we have no alternative than to teach our disciples to free themselves from materialistic life. We must instruct them in the opposite of material life to save them from the repetition of birth and death.
Nārada Muni, therefore, advised the Haryaśvas, the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, that instead of begetting progeny, it would be better to leave and achieve the perfection of spiritual understanding according to the instructions of the śāstras. The importance of the śāstras is mentioned in Bhagavad-gītā (16.23):
yaḥ śāstra-vidhim utsṛjya
vartate kāma-kārataḥ
na sa siddhim avāpnoti
na sukhaṁ na parāṁ gatim
“One who disregards the injunctions of the śāstras and acts whimsically, as he likes, never achieves the perfection of life, not to speak of happiness. Nor does he return home to the spiritual world.”
Humildade- Real e aparente- Prabhupad Saraswati Thakur
Humildade- Real e aparente-
Sri Srimad Bhaktissidhanta Sasraswati Goswami Prabhupad-
Aquele que canta o kirtan de Hari é necessariamente o descompromissado inimigo do materialismo e da hipocrisia. Aquele que canta o kirtan de Hari tem como sua constante função dissipar todas as errôneas concepções por pregar a Verdade da forma mais inequivocada e sem qualquer respeito em relação à pessoa, lugar ou tempo. Isto deve ser adotado mesmo que muito provavelmente, ele seja mal compreendido. É seu dever indeclinável se opor clara e francamente a qualquer pessoa que tenta enganar e danificar a si mesmo e aos outros por desrepresentar a Verdade devido à malícia ou pela genuína errônea compreensão. Isto será possível se aquele que glorifica o kirtan estiver sempre preparado para ser criticado pelas pessoas ignorantes e se qualquer desconforto vir até ele, isto irá lhe permitir fazer o bem aos seus perseguidores ao cantar a Verdade da maneira mais inequivocada e descompromissada. Se ele é relutante ou temeroso de considerações de auto-respeito ou desconforto pessoal ao cantar o kirtan sobre todas as circunstâncias, então ele não é qualificado para ser um pregador da Absoluta Verdade. Humildade implica perfeita submissão á Verdade e nenhuma simpatia para com a não-verdade. Uma pessoa que entretém qualquer parcialidade pela não-verdade não é qualificada para cantar o kirtan de Hari. Qualquer atração pela não-verdade é oposta ao princípio de humildade provinda da absoluta submissão a Verdade.
Aqueles que servem a Verdade a todo momento através de todos os seus sentidos e não possuem nenhuma ânsia pelas trivialidades deste mundo, estão sempre necessariamente livre de malícia provinda de competições mundanas e são então capazes de repreender aqueles que estão ativamente engajados em perturbar a si mesmo e aos outros pelo método de oposição ou má representação da Verdade a fim de obtêr as recompensas de tal política na forma de perpetuação do estado de miséria e ignorância. O método adotado pelo servente de um bom preceptor para prevenir tais más representações da verdade é parte e parcela da verdade por si só. Isto pode não ser sempre prazeroso para as doentes suscetibilidades das mentes iludidas e pode ser até mesmo denunciada por elas como sendo um ato malicioso com o qual eles são tão familiares. Mas as palavras da Verdade vinda dos lábios de um leal e humilde servente de Hari possuem tamanho poder beneficente que todo esforço feito para obstruí-la serve apenas para vindicar ás mentes imparciais, a necessidade da completa submissão á Verdade Absoluta como sendo a única cura da doença mundana. Humildade que é aplicada no perfeito serviço da Verdade é necessariamente e qualitativamente diferente do seu protótipo pervertido que é praticado pelas astuciosas pessoas deste mundo visando alcançar seus fins mundanos. Aqueles que professam esta pseudo-humildade têm razão de sentir medo da pregação dos serventes de Sri Hari, de alguém cujo dever é expor a enorme possibilidade de prejuízo que é possuída pelas formas de conduta espiritual enquanto levados pelo caminho do serviço a não-verdade.
(Do livro chamado “Vaishnavismo- Real e aparente”)
O Mais nobre ideal Vaishnava
O mais nobre
ideal Vaishnava.
O mais
elevado ideal é seguido por pessoas elevadas, elevadas em caráter, elevadas em
educação e elevadas em comportamento religioso adequado. O caminho mais sublime
e nobre requer a mais elevada qualificação do praticante. Assim foram as vidas
dos mestres espirituais do Vaishnavismo, a religião original e pura do
Hinduísmo. Mesmo na Índia, este ideal de vida é deturpado de sua forma original
e muitas vezes é mal compreendido pela sociedade. Isto se justifica no
comportamento de toda uma sociedade na qual a hipocrisia, duplicidade, inveja
etc.. reinam com soberania sobre todas as formas dignas de relacionamento com
as pessoas e também com o Deus Supremo Sri Krishna. Não é de se estranhar que o
ideal Vaishnava seja criticado, deturpado e muitas vezes invejado. O caminho
supremo de religião e amor puro por Deus é seguido por pessoas afortunadas que
possuem um caráter nobre e créditos devocionais adquiridos por muitas e muitas
vidas. Um poeta Vaishnava escreveu: “Como pode o mais elevado amor por Deus,
despertar no coração de uma pessoa que guarda sentimentos como ira, cobiça,
inveja e luxúria ?”. Isto não é
possível. O amor se manifestará em pessoas com um padrão elevado de conduta
religiosa e comportamento adequado com os que sofrem neste mundo. Por isso, Sri
Krishna veio na forma de um devoto nesta Kali-yuga (era de discórdia e
hipocrisia), para nos mostrar o comportamento ideal de uma aspirante pelo amor
divino. Ele próprio praticou o processo no qual pode se chegar ao objetivo máximo
da vida, o amor puro pela entidade suprema, O Senhor Sri Krishna. Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu trouxe especialmente o processo no qual até mesmo pessoas de classe
baixa, pessoas de mau caráter, e até pessoas bastante pecaminosas, podem se
purificar e atingir o objetivo da vida. Mahaprabhu disse:
Trnad api
sunicena
Taror api
sahisnuna
Amanina
manadena
Kirtaniya
sada hari
“Sendo mais
humilde que uma folha de grama, mais tolerante que uma árvore, e prestando
respeito aos outros sem esperar por respeito de outros, uma pessoa pode cantar
os santos nomes de Deus continuamente.” Esta é a qualificação para se conectar
com o Supremo nesta era escura. Como então, pessoas hipócritas e invejosas
poderão compreender a doçura e misericórdia infinita de Sri Krishna Caitanya
Mahaprabhu? Mesmo assim, se um homen pecaminosos adota o cantar dos santos
nomes e desenvolve estas qualidades, ele
se torna apto á receber a misericórdia imotivada de Mahaprabhu. Mas se uma
pessoa está cantando os santos nomes e não desenvolve tal comportamento, a
misericórdia de Mahaprabhu não chegará até ela.Tal padrão de humildade,
tolerância e respeito está a léguas de distância da civilização atual. Então, nós
não damos importância ás palavras de uma sociedade sem estrutura religiosa e
padrão adequado de comportamento civilizado. O que uma sociedade demoníaca pode
nos ensinar positivamente? Um Acarya (mestre espiritual) da corrente divina
Vaishnava disse:
Aradhyo
bhagavan vrajesh tanayas
Tad dhama
vrndavana
Ramyas kascid
upasana
Vraja vadhu vargena
ya kalpita
Srimad
bhagavatam pramanam amalam
Prema
pumartho mahan
Sri caitanya
mahaprabhu matan idam
Tatradaro na
parah
“Adoramos
este Senhor Supremo. O filho do Rei Nanda, Krishna,
o Senhor das vacas da simples vila chamada Vrindavana. O método mais perfeito
de adoração á Krishna é o que foi adotado pelas vaqueirinhas de Vrindavana. O
Srimad Bhagavatam é a literatura autoritativa suprema e evidencia esta
afirmação. Krishna prema (amor puro por Deus) é a maior riqueza da vida humana,
vai além da religiosidade mundana, desenvolvimento econômico, gratificação dos
sentidos e liberação impessoal. Esta é a opinião de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Nós aceitamos apenas esta suprema conclusão. Não temos inclinação e nem
respeitamos qualquer outra, enganadora opinião.”
Neste verso o
Acarya Vaishnava estabelece e declara á todos, o interesse único dos Vaishnavas
na linha divina que desce através do canal transcendental de mestres
perfeitos e auto realizados. Este mais
elevado ideal de vida vai ser adotado por pessoas sinceras, que possuem
qualidades divinas conquistadas ao longo de sua jornada neste mundo material, e
que se renderam completamente aos pés de lótus das personalidades divinas que
foram enviadas á terra para nos libertar de tamanho sofrimento. Aceitaremos apenas
as instruções de tais mestres perfeitos sobre nossas cabeças e marcharemos na
busca pelo amor divino que há muito tempo esteve longe de nós.
Vaishnava Vijaya
Baladeva das Brahmacari
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