Srila Prabhupada's Men

 

Srila Prabhupada's Men, by Haripada dasa

Srila Prabhupada's men are people who have decided to use their lives to please Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada's men are by nature meek and humble, but when they see that there are people who offend Srila Prabhupada they are like lightning bolts. In the same way that drug addicts cannot do without their drug, Srila Prabhupada's men cannot live without reading Srila Prabhupada's books every day. Srila Prabhupada's men are always making plans for people to be happy in Krishna or God consciousness. Srila Prabhupada's men are the smartest people because they are always chanting Hare Krishna. Srila Prabhupada's men love even their enemies. Srila Prabhupada's men never engage in sense gratification. Srila Prabhupada's men are the only people who have overcome lower taste by finding great satisfaction in higher taste.

Srila Prabhupada's men are assured of their return home, their return to Godhead. Srila Prabhuada's men use everything for the service of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga. Srila Prabhupada's men are obedient to Srila Prabhupada's instructions. Srila Prabhupada's men have no time for maya. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is the Acharya through his books for the next 10,000 years. Srila Prabhupada's men establish relationships with other devotees based on spiritual love and trust. Srila Prabhupada's men are very careful to offend any moving or immobile living entity. Srila Prabhupada's men have found a taste in being the servants of others. Srila Prabhupada's men have decided that their love is for Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that many unauthorized people have used Srila Prabhupada for a living.

Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is our direct link to the guru-parampara. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is the Jagat-guru the guru of the universe and to all devotees who have accepted Srila Prabhupada as the way, the truth and the life offer their respectful obeisances. Srila Prabhupada's men establish a friendly relationship and see all the devotees who have accepted Srila Prabhupada as their Gurudeva as godbrothers. Srila Prabhupada's men obey Srila Prabhupada's order to initiate on his behalf, they do not speculate.

Simple life and high thinking

 Simple life and high thinking, by Haripada dasa

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada we understand and accept that by leading a simple life with high thoughts we are happy in this material world and we are preparing to go back home to Godhead.

 Simple life means that we need some clothes, some prasada (prasada is God's mercy, food offered to God), and a place to rest.

High thinking means thinking of God or Krishna and of the representative of God or Krishna Srila Prabhupada, and of all the acharyas or spiritual teachers of the guru-parampara, of the Pañca Tattva and of Sri Radha Krishna, it also means thinking of doing good to others. Furthermore, sending positive messages for people to reflect and try to raise their states of consciousness also means giving prasada to others, in the Food for Life program of Vrindavana in India and in other parts of the world, millions and million plates of prasada.

That is pure spiritual life. Material life is the opposite, it means living to satisfy the body and mind, and it is based on selfishness, me and mine and not giving any food to the soul, never thinking of God or doing good to others, rather always think how to deceive others and the law of the funnel, the width for me and the narrow for others.

 The great Saktyavesa Avatara Jesus Christ, gave us his teachings: "Love God above all things and your neighbor as yourself, do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you, and do to others what you would like them to do to you, if you have two blankets and you see that another does not have any, give him a blanket and share what you have with others, so you will free yourself from envy and selfishness, he also spoke that there is a Kingdom of God and that the goal of life is to return to the Kingdom of God. "

In relation to Christians, Srila Prabhupada said that if Christians worshiped Deities and obeyed Jesus Christ's command not to kill, they would become devotees of God or Krishna.

The authentic anti-system

 The authentic anti-system, by Haripada dasa

Practically speaking no one believes in God, that is why it is said that the only God who does not have atheists is money, the authentic anti-system for this is to fulfill the vow of the initiate and chant at least 27,648 Holy Names of God every day. This with practice takes an hour and a half to two.

Everyone has sex like dogs, pigs, camels and donkeys, the real anti-system for this is celibacy, the result of practicing celibacy is that one has a lot of body shine, health, a lot of memory and longevity.

To forget about suffering or to extinguish the penalties, everyone takes alcohol and drugs, we are already quite intoxicated by being in contact with matter, the real anti-system for this is to drink only mineral water.

Everyone lusts for money and that is why everyone plays games of chance, the real anti-system for this is to get used to depending on God, in the end everyone has what they deserve.

Almost everyone eats meat, fish and eggs, the real anti-system for this is to have a vegetarian diet, personally I have been on this diet since 1983 and I do not know what it is to be sick, and to spiritualize food I offer it to God or Krishna in my temple.

After evacuating, almost everyone cleans their anus with toilet paper, the real anti-system for this is to clean the anus with water, it is cleaner than the mouth, in India everyone does that.

On politics, I am fully convinced that the basis of material politics is that members of our political party are our friends and members of other political parties are our enemies. What is the cause of this philosophy? Ignorance and envy, how is it possible that citizens obtain any benefit from people full of ignorance and envy? If the political heads or executives of the State are only interested in themselves, they will never be able to ensure the welfare of the citizens. In Srimad Bhagavatam, 2, 3, 19 he defines these politicians as donkeys, the materialistic and atheistic politician engages in many, many illusory occupations to elevate the position of others, as the leader of political emancipation and economic development. There is nothing wrong with trying to achieve political emancipation or economic development, but one must not forget the true goal of life, all those philanthropic activities must be coupled for the return to Godhead. It is also said in Srimad Bhagavatam that one who is not a pure devotee of God cannot have good qualities. Srila Prabhupada always said that those who fear these hellish politicians take refuge in the Krishna consciousness process. Another point that we have to understand is that to know and love God the person must be pure and without sins, sinful people only understand that suffering is happiness.

Extra education

 Extra education, by Haripada dasa

I share this beautiful verse from The Bhagavad Gita, 9, 2, there it says that this spiritual knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets, it is the purest knowledge, and because it gives perception of the self through enlightenment, it is the perfection of religion, it is eternal and it is joyfully executed. Following in the footsteps of our spiritual master Srila Prabhupada I try to state the facts very logically, nowadays finding a balanced person is very difficult to say that finding a pure devotee of God, usually people are so absorbed in life material that they forget to feed the soul, the result of this is that people live full of anxieties and disturbed, a person full of anxieties and disturbed will never experience peace or happiness.

The other day a friend told me that now in Spain they are introducing meditation in schools, they see that children so young are so full of anxieties and disturbed that meditation will at least calm their mind. But they don't know what true meditation is, true meditation means finding God who is in the heart and following his instructions, the result of this is that one becomes divine. We urgently need extra education, spiritual education, the first lesson is to understand and accept that we are not the material body, but eternal spirit souls, and that the relationship with the body is temporary, but the relationship with God or Krishna is eternal and full of bliss. and knowledge. In the spiritual world there are three things, there is God or Krishna, there are his devotees and there is the love relationship between God or Krishna and His devotees, the spiritual world is our natural environment, the material world is the perverted reflection of the spiritual world, therefore Because here people live full of anxieties and disturbed, it is as if you took a fish out of the water and gave it all the material facilities, the fish would never be happy since its environment is water. The goal of human life is to know and love God and go back home to God.

There is a big difference between a teacher and a spiritual master, the teacher is paid a salary to give certain information, but the spiritual master is empowered and authorized by God or Krishna to bring people back to Godhead, of course provided that the disciple obeys his instructions.

Vyasa-puja 2020

 Vyasa-puja 2020, with love and trust here I share my Vyasa-puja letter, and if you want you can share yours with me.

An ocean of mercy, by Haripada dasa

We all understand and accept that justice means that each one has what he deserves, the law of Karma or infallible Justice, and that mercy means that they give you something that you do not deserve, but still give it to you, once a devotee He told Srila Prabhupada that it is said in the third chant of the Bhagavatam that if one chants Hare Krishna, that means that person has bathed in all the holy rivers, visited all the holy places, etc., that is so, and Srila Prabhupada told him that I have created your good fortune for you, and on another occasion a devotee told Srila Prabhupada that in his books it is said that to enter Vrindavana you have to follow in the footsteps of the inhabitants of Vrindavana, but I do not know no inhabitant of Vrindavana, and Srila Prabhupada told him that I am that inhabitant of Vrindavana. The appearance of the faithful representatives or servants of God or Krishna are always prophesied in the Scriptures, for example, the Bhavisya Purana was written 5000 years ago and there the appearance of Jesus is prophesied, there it is said that the son of God will come to preach that there is a Kingdom of God and the yavanas or meat eaters will crucify it, I once saw a video of Nostradamus where it was said that an older man will come from east to west who will always go with a cane to found the Universal Religion, and in the Chaitanya Mangala of Lochana dasa thakura it is said that Narada muni went to the spiritual world and when he got there there was a great festival, they were doing an abhiseka or ceremonial bath for Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu, and Narada muni asked what this festival means, and Gauranga Mahaprabhu He said that I am going to come down to Earth and flood India with love for God or Krishna, and Narada muni asked him and what will happen to the other parts of the Earth, and Gauranga Mahaprabhu told him He said that in due time I will send my Mor Sena Pati or My Commander of my spiritual forces, and he will flood the whole Earth with Krishna consciousness, and also Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that soon a great personality will come and he will flood the whole Earth with consciousness of Krishna.

Srila Prabhupada is an ocean of mercy, thanks to him we have met God or Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, The Bhagavad gita, The Bhagavatam, The Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, The Nectar of Devotion, etc, the prasada or the food offered to Krishna, the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra, the Ekadasis, the Purusottama month, the Chaturmasya, Kartika Vrata, Jhulana yatra, the appearances and disappearances of the Supreme Lord and His devotees, etc., by His mercy we now follow the 4 Regulatory principles very strictly, 1, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with one's wife, 3, no gambling, and 4, do not drink tea, coffee , alcohol, drugs, etc., and we chant the 16 offenseless rounds of the Maha Mantra Hare Krishna and the three daily Gayatris, pious and intelligent people accept this mercy, atheistic, evil, ignorant and deceitful people reject this mercy, let us all pray to Srila P rabhupada on this auspicious day may we never lack his mercy and may we never forget him.

Krishna and maya

 

Krishna and maya, by Haripada dasa

It is said in The Chaitanya Charitamrita that God or Krishna is compared to sunlight, and maya or ignorance is compared to darkness, wherever there is sunlight there can be no darkness. As soon as one embarks on the path of Krishna consciousness, the darkness of illusion, the influence of external energy, will immediately vanish. Also in The Bhagavad Gita Krishna says that this energy of Mine, maya, is very difficult to overcome, but those who surrender to Me can easily overcome it, in other words, maya is controlled by Krishna, and when a soul obeys the laws of God or Krishna, Krishna tells His energy not to influence His devotee, thus the devotee enjoys full and total freedom.

In the process of surrendering to God or Krishna one must: (1) accept everything that is favorable for the performance of devotional service, (2) reject everything that is unfavorable for it, (3) firmly believe in the protection of the Lord , (4) feel that you depend exclusively on the Lord's mercy, (5) have no interest apart from the Lord's interest, and (6) always be meek and humble.

In relation to the subject Srila Prabhupada says in his meaning of the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra that this atmosphere, in which we now live, is called maya, or illusion. Maya means "what is not". And what is this illusion? The illusion is that we try to be the lords of material nature, when the reality is that we are bound by the shackles of its strict laws. When a servant tries to artificially imitate his almighty master, this is called illusion. Contaminated by this concept of life, we all try to exploit the resources of material nature, but the reality is that we become more and more entangled in its complexities. Therefore, despite our arduous struggle to conquer nature, we depend more on it. This illusory struggle against material nature can be stopped immediately if we revive our Krishna consciousness. Srila Prabhupada always said that the problem with people is that they are not afraid of maya.

Interview with the soul

Interview with the soul, by Haripada dasa

Where are you from? From the spirit world. And what are you doing here in the material world? I tried to enjoy the subject, but I have been frustrated and now I want to go back to the spiritual world. How do you know you are from the spirit world? The Holy Scriptures around the world say it, all the holy people say it, and all the genuine spiritual teachers say it. What are holy scriptures? They are the laws given by God or Krishna. Although we have turned our back on him, he is so kind that he gives us the Holy Scriptures; By practicing them we can live here peacefully and prepare ourselves to return to the spiritual world. What are holy people? They are those people who strictly follow the Holy Scriptures, have experienced that this material world is a place of suffering and temporal, and instead of living for their selfishness, "I and mine," now they live only to please God or Krishna and Since God or Krishna is the complete totality, they please everyone.