The Supreme Swan

 The Supreme Swan, by Haripada dasa

Once Srila Prabhupada visited one of his temples in the USA, in the house in front of the temple they had painted a great insult against the Hare Krishnas, there he said that the Hare Krishna are a children of ..., so that Srila Prabhupada would not see this when He went out to do his morning walk, he was surrounded by the highest devotees, in one way or another Srila Prabhupada saw the insult and said that this house is the luckiest house in the USA, because it says Krishna, the highest level devotees are called paramahansas, that means the supreme swan, the swan has the ability that from a mixture of water and milk, he will take the milk and will not touch the water, in the same way the devotee who lives in pure goodness has the ability to drink from this world the spiritual part, the positive part, and he never touches the material part or the negative part, in other words, he takes gold even from poison, Srila Prabhupada, Jesus, Srila Haridasa Thakura, etc., envious and ignorant they attack them a lot, in the period Germany's most important story on the first page put a great criticism against Srila Prabhupada, there he said that in Los Angeles, USA, there is a guru who has his disciples like crazy selling his books, while he lives a life full of luxury.

People generally do not understand the pure devotee of God or Krishna, only a pure devotee can understand another pure devotee, in the Bhagavatam, 8.7.44 it is said that great personalities usually accept voluntary sufferings to alleviate the suffering of people common. This is considered to be the highest form of worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is in everyone's heart, and in the purport Srila Prabhupada says that we should strive for that which we cannot attain even if we travel the entire universe. from top to bottom, carried away by the reactions of karma. And what is that? We should strive to be Krishna conscious. When someone tries to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world, it should be understood that he is doing the best beneficial activity. Immediately, the Lord is very pleased with him, and if the Lord is pleased with him, what more can he get? It is very possible that the person who has been recognized by the Lord does not ask the Lord for anything, but the Lord, who is in everyone's heart, will give him whatever he wants. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham). And, as stated in this verse, tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ. The best beneficial activity is raising people to Krishna consciousness, for the suffering of conditioned souls is solely due to their lack of Krishna consciousness.

Cheers up! Srila Prabhupada instructed us and said that everyone should follow Jayananda prabhu's example, let's all try to obey this instruction together and make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy, and not do anything that displeases him.

Spiritual Science

 Spiritual Science, by Haripada dasa

Srila Prabhupada presented the process of Krishna consciousness as a spiritual science and also as a spiritual culture, in any science there are three aspects, 1, the theory, 2, the practice and 3, the result, the theory is the Scriptures, there tells you that in this age of hypocrisy and quarreling, the authorized process is to chant The Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and the result of this The song is that your consciousness will be purified of lust, anger, greed, envy, ignorance and pride, the process of Krishna consciousness begins with faith, faith means having complete conviction that by chanting the Holy Name of God or Krishna automatically will fulfill all spiritual duties and complete all pious activities, faith also means that one obeys what the scriptures say, Srila Prabhupada told a devotee that I tell you to chant Hare Krishna and you obey, that means that you u have faith in me.

All this spiritual science is explained very well in the first chant of the Bhagavatam, second chapter, verses 17 to 21, there it is said that hearing what the Vedic literatures say about Kṛiṣhṇa or hearing Him directly through the Bhagavad-gītā, is virtuous activity itself. And for one who hears about Kṛiṣhṇa, Lord Kṛiṣhṇa, who dwells in everyone's heart, acts as a well-wisher friend, and purifies the devotee who is always engaged in hearing about Him. Thus, in the devotee He develops. in a natural way the transcendental knowledge that is latent. As he hears more of what the Bhāgavatam and the devotees speak of Kṛiṣhṇa, he becomes established in the devotional service of the Lord. Through the development of devotional service one is freed from the modes of passion and ignorance, and thus greed and material lusts diminish. When these impurities are cleansed, the candidate stands firm in his position of pure goodness, is encouraged through devotional service, and fully understands the science of God. Bhakti-yoga thus cuts the tight knot of material affection, and enables one to immediately reach the stage where the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead or Krishna, is understood.

Cheers up! And let's all together try to make Jagat-guru Srila Prabhupada Mahasaya happy, and not do anything that displeases him.

Share

 Share, by Haripada dasa

In relation to sharing there is a very interesting story, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada named Yamuna learned all the culinary art of India from Srila Prabhupada, his godbrothers told Yamuna to share everything he had learned with others, and Yamuna said no, that she had all rights reserved, then they went to see Srila Prabhupada to complain about Yamuna, and Srila Prabhupada called her and told her that if you don't share what you know with others you will become envious, so Yamuna like A good disciple wrote a book and revealed all the culinary secrets that she had learned from Srila Prabhupada.

Although I joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1984, I have had the great luck of having two very vivid dreams with Srila Prabhupada, one of them happened in a city in southern Spain called Seville, I was distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and all of them. People were very negative, I fought all day and ended up completely exhausted, and at night Srila Prabhupada appeared to me in my dreams, and I remember that he consoled me and encouraged me, and Haripada told me you are a fighter by nature, but I advise you that you never get attached to the result of your struggle, and I want you to know that I am very grateful for your service in the distribution of my books, when I got up the next day I was a new person, full of enthusiasm, and we went to another city ​​and we distributed many books, and the other dream was in a town in Mexico, I was distributing books and I was staying in a house of devotees, it was two in the morning and Srila Prabhupada appeared to me in dreams, I remember going to s walking with Srila Prabhupada on a beach, and Srila Prabhupada told me to bring me this, bring me that and I would serve him, there I understood that Srila Prabhupada was telling me in this dream that I should always be serving Srila Prabhupada, after the dream I woke up and I grabbed the japa or rosary and couldn't stop chanting the Hare Krishna maha mantra, from 2 to 6, 4 o'clock, these two transcendental experiences with Srila Prabhupada have helped me a lot to stay fixed in Krishna consciousness, and also It is good to share these experiences, I remember reading Srila Prabhupada's walk with his devotees and he asked a devotee if he was chanting in kirtana last night, and the devotee told Srila Prabhupada that when he sang he started crying, and so he stopped to sing so that the devotees would not think that I was doing a theater, and Srila Prabhupada told the devotee to sing and cry whatever he wanted, because the devotees will understand that you are crying for Krishna.

It would be a good idea for Srila Prabhupada's disciples and everyone else to share their experiences with Srila Prabhupada. In the Govardhana Hill pastime, Krishna tells his father Nanda Maharaja that there are no secrets among holy people.

 How people generally are, by Haripada dasa

I share this beautiful song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, he is one of our spiritual teachers in disciplic succession, although he was a pure devotee of God or Krishna driven by his deep humility he puts himself in the position of an ordinary person, and says that I have always dedicated my life to commit sinful activities, you will not find in me even a trace of pious activities, only a life of sinful activities, I am always ready to cause problems for other living entities ...., that is my occupation, I want to see that others suffer , and, and when that happens, I enjoy. In order to obtain my own sensory gratification, I do not mind committing any sinful activity, I have no mercy, and I only pursue the satisfaction of my own interests, so when others suffer, I feel very happy ... I am used to telling lies , even in ordinary affairs, and when someone suffers, that is very pleasant to me, I have unlimited desires in my heart, and I am always disgusted and conceited with false prestige, envy and false pride are my ornaments, sleep and Laziness conquers me, I am always repulsed by pious activities, and I am very enthusiastic about doing impious activities, I always deceive others to gain prestige, I am subjugated by greed and I am always lustful, I am very fallen and never associate with the devotees of God or Krishna, I am an offender constantly, my mind is always attracted to morbid things, therefore, at the very end of my life, I am almost disabled due to to all these tribulations, now in my old age, I no longer have any other alternative ..., and therefore I have had to become very meek and humble, thus, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, offers the testimony of the activities of his life to the lotus feet of God or Krishna.

I remember in the book entitled Perfect Questions and Perfect Answers, Srila Prabhupada says that preaching Krishna consciousness is very difficult, because a preacher always has to go with the truth ahead, and people have so much false ego that they feel insulted, and sometimes they kill the preacher as in the case of Jesus Christ, they told Jesus if you say that you are the son of God we are going to crucify you, and he said do whatever you want, but I cannot change the philosophy. Today to be a true devotee of God you have to be very brave, because your so-called relatives, friends, and society are going to turn against you, Srila Prabhupada always said that this material world is like a madhouse, everyone is crazy , but the crazy people think that the crazy people are the doctors, and sometimes they convince them.