Brahmana and Vaisnava

 Brahmana and Vaisnava, by Haripada dasa

Srila Prabhupada always said that you have to be conscious first and then Krishna conscious. A conscientious person is one who lives in the mode of goodness, for a person to live in the mode of goodness they have to live a life without sins and strictly follow the 4 regulative principles: 1- Do not eat meat, fish or eggs , 2- No gambling, 3- No illicit sex, only sex with your own wife to procreate and 4- No intoxication, no tea, no coffee, no tobacco and no alcohol. By chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra one will have spiritual strength to follow these four rules and regulations, the first thing Srila Prabhupada did is to give the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and by chanting it one obtains the necessary strength and purification to be able to lead a life sinless and follow the 4 rules and regulations above. When Srila Prabhupada performed the first initiations in New York, then he put a piece of paper written in his own handwriting in the temple, on the paper it was said that all initiates must follow these 4 rules and regulations, and the devotees asked Srila Prabhupada what is there to follow those 4 rules and regulations? and Srila Prabhupada very happily replied that it is good that they have asked me, yes, those 4 rules and regulations must be followed.

In the Bhagavatam, 7, 11, 14 the 6 brahminical activities are said, by practicing them one becomes a brahmana: 1- Study the Sacred Scriptures or sastras, 2- Teach the sastras to others, 3- Worship the Deities, 4 - Teach others to worship the Deities, 5- Receive charity, and 6- Give charity.

In the verses of Srimad Bhagavatam, first canto, chapter 2, verses 17 to 21, the entire process of Krishna consciousness is explained in a scientific way. By serving Srila Prabhupada with faith, love, attachment and gratitude one acquires the 26 qualities of a Vaisnava: 1) He is always kind to everyone, 2) He does not seek quarrels, 3) His interest lies in the essence of life , which is spiritual, 4) He is equal to everyone, 5) No one can find fault with him, 6) His mind is magnanimous, 7) His mind is always pure, 8) His mind is always sharp, 9) His mind He is always devoid of material obsessions, 10) He is a benefactor to all living entities, 11) He is peaceful, 12) He is always surrendered to Krishna, 13) He has no material desires, 14) He is very humble, 15) He is always fixed on his purpose, 16) He has triumphed over the six material qualities such as lust and anger, 17) He does not eat more than he needs, 18) He is always prudent, 19) He is always respectful to others, 20) He does not demand respect for himself, 21) He is serious, 22) He is merciful, 23) He is friendly, 24) He is poetic, 25) He is expert and 26) He is silent. (The teachings of Lord Chaitanya, chapter XII, The Devotee).

Glories to Srila Jayananda Prabhu

 Glories to Srila Jayananda Prabhu

We celebrate the disappearance of Srila Jayananda Prabhu, I share this glorification of Jayananda Prabhu, this great devotee is the example of the perfect disciple of Srila Prabhupada, this great devotee will be a great inspiration for future generations of devotees of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna, just as I I understand, the essence of this great soul is that all he did was for Srila Prabhupada to be happy, and he never did anything that displeased Srila Prabhupada, he was not a politician, I like him, he is my friend, he falls for me wrong, is my enemy, was humble, tolerant and everyone's friend, and never criticized anyone, Srila Prabhupada said that I am very proud to have had a disciple as good as Jayananda prabhu, everyone should follow his example. This great devotee enjoyed serving Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and the whole world, and that is the perfection of Krishna consciousness, that can only be done when one has awakened his great love for Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. As I understand it, only people who have sacrificed their lives to make Srila Prabhupada happy can receive the mercy of Krishna, if you want see a video about Jayananda Prabhu this is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=568&v=f1yfcamhTT0

Love for God

 Love for God, for Haripada dasa

There is a spiritual book called the Madhurya Kadambini or the Nectar Clouds of Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti, there in a scientific way reveals all the experiences that we all must go through from faith to love for God, faith means that one obeys the instructions given in the holy scriptures, then one associates with the devotees, that increases the faith, then one is initiated by the authorized spiritual master, the initiation means that the disciples accept the instruction of the spiritual master and Kṛiṣhṇa accepts the disciple immediately to give him a spiritual body, the result of initiation is that one becomes purified of all the dirty things of the heart, such as lust, anger, greed, etc., then one becomes fixated on devotional service, then one likes the spiritual life, then one becomes attached to the spiritual life, then one experiences spiritual emotions and then one comes to love for God, and thus one fulfills the purpose of life Human love for God is eternally there in everyone's heart, and it is awakened when one practices Krishna consciousness. Ecstatic love for Kṛiṣhṇa (prema) is explained in the Bhakti-rasāmṛita-sindhu (1.41) with the following words: “When the heart has completely softened and is free from all material desires, and when emotional feelings become very strong, a person becomes very attached to Kṛiṣhṇa. This purified emotion is known by the name of pure love.

In the state of love for God or Krishna he considers his friends as useless as a desert, too big, and his home becomes like a thorn forest, the food becomes completely tasteless, the praise of other devotees seems to him like the bite of a snake, daily activities seem as painful as death. All the members of his body are like an unbearable burden, the consolation of his companions is like poison. Although he is constantly awake, he is awake. Like an ocean of penance, and if the dream comes it is seen as mortal (worldly) anguish. His body seems like the Lord's target of punishment. And breathing seems as sterile as sowing roasted grains. What else can be said? That what were always his favorite things are now abandoned as great calamities. Even thinking about the Lord is like tearing your body to pieces.

Cheers! 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.

The most dangerous animal

  The most dangerous animal, by Haripada dasa

The most dangerous animal is the human being, this animal is happy when he sees others suffer and suffers when he sees others happy. A person is known by their activities and qualities, also by their friendships, in other words, tell me who you hang out with and I will tell you who you are. There are two classes of people, the divine and the demonic, now I am going to expose their qualities so that they do not deceive you. Divine people are kind, tolerant, friendly to everyone, always respect everyone and never want to be respected, are truthful, pure in heart, conquer hunger, thirst, lamentation and envy, do not deceive themselves nor others, they are happy when they see others happy in God or Krishna consciousness and suffer when they see others suffer and have God or Krishna and His representatives as their best friends. At no time do they forget God or Krishna and His devotees, in all moments of life they feel the protection of God or Krishna and His devotees. They live free from fear because their future is very bright and they know that they will go back home, back to Godhead or Krishna. God or Krishna empowers them to make demonic people divine. They use their egoism to go back home back to Godhead or Krishna. They do not envy anyone because they live full of peace and satisfaction. They know God or Krishna and they love Him and because there is only God or Krishna and His energies they naturally love everyone and everything.

Demonic people are intolerant, dirty at heart, they only seek to be respected and they do not respect anyone, they are very envious and do not believe in God or Krishna, they themselves think they are God or Krishna. They are very adept at exploiting and controlling others. His greatest suffering is to see divine people happy and free in God or Krishna consciousness. If a person associates with divine people he ends up being a divine person and if he associates with demonic people he ends up being a demonic person, tell me who you hang out with and I will tell you who you are.

I end this message with a high thought to meditate, no one can hurt you, only you can hurt yourself.

Respect

 Respect, by Haripada dasa

In chapter five, verse 18 of The Bhagavad Gita it is said that one who has spiritual vision sees with the same equality a humble priest, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater, this is to have true respect. Today people do not respect anything or anyone because they do not respect themselves, the other day a young woman was driving her car all drugged up and ran over 3 cyclists and killed them. Respect is the basis for coexistence, when respect is lost, offenses enter, people do not know how to live without offending others. There are no educational institutions that teach people to be peaceful and respectful, and parents do not want their children to be peaceful and respectful, once some parents told me that they had to take their son to a psychologist because they saw that their son was very strange, he didn't go after women and he didn't go to discos, he went to the mountains and he was a vegetarian, so they were very worried.

 Political leaders don't want people to be peaceful and respectful, political parties are made to spread materialism and atheism, nowadays they do hate trials, they don't believe in the law of karma, the law of karma means that any suffering that you do to another living entity, that same suffering you will have to suffer in your own person, violence begets violence, animals follow the laws of nature in a natural way, it is an act of hatred when one kills a animal because by killing it you are interrupting its evolution, I mean, if an animal had to live 20 years, and you kill it when it is 10 years old, that soul that lives in the animal has to be reborn in the same species to complete its 20 years, to understand this point the example given is that I go to your apartment and break everything, that is a criminal act because I am causing inconvenience to the person who lives in that apartment, non-violence means that you let the animal live and die naturally, and act of hate is that you kill the animal. If you want to eat meat, fine, you eat it when the animal dies, but don't kill it, because killing is an act of hate. Why don't they prosecute everyone who eats meat, fish and eggs for acts of hate?

Srila Prabhupada says in his books that just because of the killing of innocent animals, the karmic reaction to this is that every once in a while there is a world war and millions of people die. Nowadays people don't believe in anything, they are worse than animals, they only believe in money and power. Usually people do not awaken to a higher consciousness because they are full of envy, fear, doubt, fanaticism, speculation, prejudice, and are full of sinful activities, and they have no interest in purifying themselves. I end this message with a beautiful verse from Srimad Bhagavatam that says don't be a father or mother, don't be a ruler, don't be a spiritual master, but you are capable of liberating your dependents from the cycle of birth and death.

Humility, delusion and tolerance

 Humility, delusion and tolerance, by Haripada dasa

Humility, humility means feeling insignificant, and if we do something positive to help others awaken to their Krishna consciousness, it is by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and God or Krishna.

On cheating, on a walk in Mayapur, India, March 14, 1976 Srila Prabhupada says that the whole world is a society of cheaters and cheated, that is my Gurudeva's version, so don't become a cheater and don't let fool you, that's intelligence.

All conditioned souls are born with 4 defects, 1, we make mistakes, to err is human, 2, we have imperfect senses, 3, we have the tendency to fall into ignorance and 4, we have the tendency to deceive ourselves and others .

In Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami's book entitled mana-siksa or preaching to the mind, he says that the only medicine to cure delusion is humility, humility means feeling insignificant, and if we do something positive to help others awaken their Krishna consciousness, it is by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and God or Krishna.

On tolerance, Jesus Christ was given many offenses and was crucified, but he prayed to God for his offenders. He was merciful and tolerant, it is said that a great personality is measured by his degree of tolerance, of course tolerance and mercy are two qualities that go together, a person is tolerant when he is very merciful, materialists are not even tolerant nor merciful, every day they send millions and millions of innocent animals to the slaughterhouse, and they are not tolerant, I saw how a person honked at the car in front because the traffic light had turned green and the other got out of the car all upset and they ended up punching each othe

The symptom of love

  The symptom of love, by Haripada dasa

Years ago, a devotee named Devarsi prabhu translated some things from the books of conversations into Spanish and gave me those translations. I remember reading an interview there between Sria Prabupada and one of his disciples. Srila Prabhupada said that I will play the Christian and you will play Hare Krishna, Srila Prabhupada told him that we have millions and millions of followers, temples, etc., and you are very few, the devotee said, but we have love for God or Krishna and that is the important thing, Srila Prabhupada told him He said that we also have love for God and we go to church and pray to him, the devotee told him that if you had love for God you would obey his orders, Jesus ordered you not to kill and you have the best slaughterhouses, and Srila Prabhupada told him that there It is where I wanted to take you. The symptom that you love God is that you obey his orders. A person who does not know or love God cannot obey God's orders. Today there are many groups of Christians, and also of Hare Krishnas, so that you are not deceived, you must see if these people are obeying the orders of Jesus and Srila Prabhupada.

One of the points of the philosophy of Krishna consciousness is that we are not interested in the opinions of an ordinary person, ordinary people have four kinds of faults, the first fault is that they tend to make mistakes, another fault is that they are in illusion , the third defect is the propensity to deceive and finally our senses are imperfect. Any opinion other than revealed truth is worthless. Revealed truth means truth, or scripture that comes from a reliable source, the chain of disciplic succession formed by bona fide spiritual masters is the reliable source; since these people are self-realized and pure souls, and they are free from the four defects mentioned above. You can cheat yourself and others, but no one can cheat God or Krishna and His pure devotees.

In Srimad Bhagavatam, 5, 26, 15 Srila Prabhupada says that whether we are Hindus, Muslims or Christians, we all must follow the religious principles that correspond to us. However, whoever invents his own religious path, or does not follow any religious principles, will be punished in hell.