DO NOT BE AFRAID

Do not be afraid, for Javier Figuerola
When you see a great injustice and no protest is complicit in this connection see Bhagavad Gita 11, 49 there Srila Prabhupada said that the vicious assembly tried to undress Draupadi Drona and Bhishma and did not protest, and for this dereliction of duty had to be killed, and in the book of Krishna in the chapter Kamsa's death, not afraid to go ahead with the truth, the truth ... not stain the lips of whom he says, but if consciousness of whom concealed. One who goes with the truth before you receive the protection of God or Krishna and His devotees.
Srila Prabhupada says in the book Conversations page 36 of the 367 that are poisoning me, and we need to require that Iskcon do some research on this issue, Srila Prabhupada sent a special letter from Vrindavan Iskcon everything in the letter of 9 July 1977 ordered that henceforth start in my name, and we need to require that the Iskcon not obey this order of Srila Prabhupada. The leader who is in charge of making the world's largest temple in Mayapur raped many children, some were so small they had to go to the hospital emergency room to operate Calcutta for the year, and we need to require the Iskcon for protecting child rapists. Knowing that Srila Prabhupada was against change their books, they have made ​​changes to their 6000 Bhagavad Gita, and we need to require that the Iskcon has done this.
We want a Iskcon that Srila Prabhupada is the center, and all spiritual brothers and friends, there is no descriminaciones that this is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who do not, but we will see who is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada?, The most cases disciples of Srila Prabhupada are old people, full of envy, fears, prejudices, doubts, fanaticism and live in the past, live in the present, and the followers of these people are violent fanatics, these people have become the movement of Srila Prabhupada in a horror movie, and are attached to their titles, and his technique is not listening to anyone who criticizes us because we are infallible, I who have spent some years with these people thank God I have my realize that they are the most disgusting people I have ever met, every day I thank God and Srila Prabhupada for saving me from the company of these people so dangerous, my conclusion is that these people are already condemned by their own activities. One thing is very safe, all in the moment of our death we will experience if we lived the truth or lying.

RAGHUNANDANA THAKURA KI JAYA

Raghunandana Thakura – Biography

vyuhas tritiyah pradyumnah priya-narma-sakho’bhavat

cakre lila-sahayam yo radha-madhavayor vraje

shri-caitanyadvaita-tanuh sa eva raghunandanah

 

   The third member of the chatur-vyuha, Pradyumna, took part in Radha Madhava’s lila in Vraja as Krishna’s intimate friend or priya-narma-sakha. He has now appeared as Raghunandan, whose body is not different from that of Chaitanya. (Gaura-ganoddesha-dipika 70)

 

Raghunandan’s Father: Mukunda Das

 

   Raghunandan was born into a family of physicians in the Shaka year 1432 (1510 AD). His father’s name was Mukunda Das, his mother’s name is unknown. Mukunda Das was Narahari Sarkar Thakur’s older brother. In the fifteenth chapter of the Madhya-lila of Chaitanya Charitamrita, it is clearly said that Mukunda Das was physician to the king.

 

   Externally, he appears to be a physician to the king who is engaged in government service. But internally, he is filled with divine love. Who would be able to know his love? (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.15.120) 

Once when Mukunda Das was engaged in treating the king, he saw a peacock feather and fainted. (In the wallpaper: Peacock feather , fainted person).

 

   Once when Mukunda Das was engaged in treating the king, he saw a peacock feather and fainted. This incident is also described in the Chaitanya Charitamrita (2.15.121ff). His home was in Shrikhanda, a village in Burdwan district. On the Katwa-Burdwan rail line, the first station west of Katwa is Shripat Shrikhanda, and the second Shrikhanda. Mukunda Das’s home is about one mile from the Shrikhanda station. Raghunandan Thakur took birth on the Vasanta Panchami day. His uncle Narahari took a great deal of interest in raising Raghunandan, for whom he had much affection.

 

   Chaitanya Mahaprabhu indicated that one’s importance increases with the depth of devotion by telling Mukunda Das that his son was really his father.

 

   The three most important Devotees from Shrikhanda were Mukunda Das, Raghunandan and Narahari. Mahaprabhu asked Mukunda Das, “Are you Raghunandan’s father and he is your son? Or, is he your father and you his son? Tell me so that I can put My doubts to rest.” Mukunda answered, “Raghunandan is my father and I am his son, rest assured. Whatever devotion we have comes from him, therefore I see him as my father.” When He heard Mukunda Das’s answer, Mahaprabhu was thrilled and He said, “He from whom we imbibe devotion is certainly our guru.” (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.15.112-117)

 

Mahaprabhu Gave Raghunandan the Service of Deity Worship

 

   Raghunandan’s work is to serve Krishna. He has no interest in anything other than serving Krishna. (Chaitanya Charitamrita 2.15.131)

 

   From his early childhood, Raghunandan Thakur would feed the family’s Gopinath Deity laddus. Uddhava Das has written a song in which this lila is described:

 

   Mukunda Das lived in the village of Shrikhanda, where his household Deity was named Gopinath. One day he had to go somewhere for work and he called Raghunandan to do the service.

 

   He said, “In this house we worship Krishna, so I want you to be sure to give Him something to eat.” and then he left. Raghunandan did as his father had ordered and made the offering to the Deity.

 

   Raghunandan was just a child and in his simplicity, he said to Gopinath, “Eat! Eat!” Krishna is controlled by love, and so He did as the child told Him and ate everything on the plate without leaving a grain of rice. 

Raghunandan was just a child and in his simplicity, he said to Gopinath, “Eat! Eat!” Krishna is controlled by love, and so He did as the child told Him and ate everything on the plate without leaving a grain of rice. (In the wallpaper: Shri Gopinatha, ISKCON Belgium, Radhadesh, a kid).

 

   When Mukunda Das returned, he asked the boy to bring him the Prasad from the offering he had made. The child answered, “Father, He ate everything and left no remnants.”

 

   Mukunda was astonished at his child’s wonderful words that he asked him again on another occasion to make an offering. This time after he left the house, he returned and hid to watch what his son would do.

 

   Raghunandan joyfully placed a laddu in Krishna’s hand and said in a commanding voice, “Eat! Eat!”. When Krishna had eaten half of the laddu, Raghunandan saw Mukunda Das in the doorway.

 

   Mukunda saw that Krishna did not take another bite and that the half-eaten laddu remained in His hand. This caused him to be filled with love. He embraced his child and, as tears of joy rained from his eyes, spoke to him in a broken voice.

 

   To this day, fortunate people come to Shrikhanda to see the half-eaten laddu in Gopinath’s hand. Raghunandan is not different from Cupid himself, says Uddhava Das with great feeling.

 

   [All the mahantas] felt fascinated to see the Gopinath Deity whom Raghunandan had fed laddus. (Bhakti-ratnakara 9.525)

 

Other Miraculous Events

 

   Narahari Sarkar Thakur gave mead to Nityananda Prabhu and Mahaprabhu from a pond which was right next to the their home. This pond became known as Madhu Pushkarini. The legend is told that a kadamba tree which grew right next to the pond always had two flowers blooming regardless of the season by Raghunandan’s miraculous powers. 

Narahari Sarkar Thakur gave mead to Nityananda Prabhu and Mahaprabhu from a pond which was right next to the their home. This pond became known as Madhu Pushkarini. The legend is told that a kadamba tree which grew right next to the pond always had two flowers blooming regardless of the season by Raghunandan’s miraculous powers. (In the wallpaper: Madhu Pushkarini pond and Kadamba tree, Shrikhand).

 

   According to the Gaudiya Vaishnava Abhidhana, another miraculous event took place in Raghunandan’s life: One day Abhirama Thakur came to Shrikhanda and paid his obeisances to Raghunandan. Then he embraced him and melted with feelings of prema. Raghunandan started to dance and sing kirtan, and while doing so, one of his ankle bells slipped from his foot and went flying off, landing four miles away in Akai Hat near his disciple Krishna Das’s house. Later, in order to commemorate the event, a tank was excavated there which was given the name Nupur Kund.

 

   Mahaprabhu, the father of sankirtan, gave his adopted son Raghunandan Thakur the authority to offer the garland on the day before the sankirtan yajna (the adhivasa) and to make the final offering at the yajna’s end.

 

   Raghunandan Thakur accompanied the Bengali Devotees to Puri ever year at chaturmasya. He would dance with his uncle Narahari at the Rathayatra festival in the group formed by the residents of Shrikhanda.

 

   He participated in the Kheturi festival organized by Narottama Das Thakur, at Gadadhara Das’s festival in Katwa and at the commemorative festival for Narahari Sarkar Thakur in Shrikhanda.

 

   Some people said, “Anyone who is dear to Raghunandan will win Mahaprabhu’s mercy for life after life.” Others said, “Raghunandan is so merciful that he gives life to the most humble and fallen.” Some said, “What humility! There is no one who is his equal.” And others, “He is as beautiful as Kandarpa himself!”, etc. (Bhakti-ratnakara 9.660 ff.) 

Raghunandan Thakur bequeathed the service of his Gaura-Gopal Deity to his son Kanai Thakur and then left this world on the fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Shravan. (In the image: Gaura Goapl and Gopinath of Raghunandana Thakur, Shrikhand).

 

   Shrila Raghunandan Thakur had great affection for Shrinivas Acharya. Prior to his disappearance he consoled Shrinivas that despite the difficult times, he would be able to spread Vaishnavism in the future:

 

   “A difficult time is coming in which people will succumb to various doubts. Narahari Prabhu wrote in his Shri-Krishna-bhajanamrita:

 

krishna-caitanya-candrena nityanandena samhrite

avatare kalav asmin vaishnavah sarva eva hi

bhavishyanti sadodvignah kale kale dine dine

prayah sandigdha-hridaya uttametara-madhyamah

(verses 3-4)

 

   Once our Lord Krishna Chaitanya and his companion Nityananda Prabhu have ended their incarnation, the Vaishnavas in this age of Kali will be anxious with every passing day. Whether very advanced, somewhat advanced or neophyte, their hearts will nearly always be filled with doubt.

 

   But don’t let this worry you. Lord Gauranga will accomplish many great works through you. I bless you that you remain long on this earth and that you and your followers protect our Lord’s religion. Those who are opposed to devotion to Krishna will become Devotees by your influence and they will take shelter of you. (Bhakti-ratnakara 13.174-179)

 

   Raghunandan Thakur bequeathed the service of his Gaura-Gopal Deity to his son Kanai Thakur and then left this world on the fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Shravan. Kanai Thakur gave a feast as a part of his father’s last rites:

 

   Raghunandan slowly became hidden to mortal eyes while repeating again and again the names of Shri Krishna Chaitanya. How glorious is that day of Shravan shukla chaturthi! Who will not sing the glories of Raghunandan Thakur? (Bhakti-ratnakara 13.183-4)

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VAMSIDASA BABAJI KI JAYA

Vamsi Dasa Babaji Maharaj

Vamsidas Babaji was a Gaudiya Vaishnav sadhu who lived at Swarupa Gunj, Navadwip during the time of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur. He was respected by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, and he used to see to it that Vamsidas Babaji was provided with grains and so on by Gaudiya Matha brahmacharis.

Srila Vamsidas Babaji appeared in the village of Majidpur in the Jamalpur district of Bangladesh. Before the partition of India, this city was formerly in the district of Mymensing. His father’s name was Sanatana Malobrahma and he was previously known as Bhairava. Babaji Maharaj came to Nabadwip from East Bengal.
He lived as a total recluse, far away from the hubbub of the town in a solitary place on the bank of Ganga near Baral Ghata in Navadvipa, as if he was a mad or crazy person. His only possessions were an old kaupina, karanga and kantha. Vamsidasa Babaji lived in a world of his own. His world centered round his deities-Gaura-Gadadhara, Nitai, Radha-Krishna and Gopala. For the service of his deities he had two brass pots, some earthen pots, one plate, one glass, some small cups, pancapatra, bell and conch-shell and nothing else.
Baba passed day and night in the service of the deities and in sweet talks with Them. Early in the morning he went out from his kuti to collect flowers. Then he went for bhiksa. He returned to his kutiya about noon and made garlands from the flowers for each of the six deities. After that he would cut the vegetables. He washed each vegetable a number of times. Then he cleaned rice. He examined each grain of rice. If he found any grain from which the husk was not removed, he removed it with his own hand.
He did everything slowly, contemplating all the time the lila of Radha-Krishna or Gaura-Nitai, and singing or talking to Them. It was only late in the evening that he could cook and offer bhoga to the deities. He had no consciousness of time. Morning and evening, day and night had no meaning for him. Almost the whole night he kept awake, talking and singing.
One day, a lady selling fish approached V.B., offering him some choice type of catch.  Somehow or other, the Babaji's mind became attracted to tasting the fish.  But he immediately rebuked himself and became very angry. He first of all shouted at the woman to go away. Then he shouted at his deities, "How could this happen?  How could this happen?  I've surrendered my life to Radha Krishna, I'm under They're protection, and still this happens!  Why are You not protecting me?" He went storming into his bhajan kutir.  People gathered while he fussed and fumed at his Deities inside.  Then he came out, bringing the Deities tied by rope, and threw Them into the Ganga.  He kept the end of the rope under his foot.  When one man inquired why he was doing this, the Baba threw a stone at him.

When this news reached the Gaudiya Matha, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Thakur called his brahmacharis together and forbade them from visiting the baba again, save for one who would just deliver supplies. After a few days, he again called them together and said, "Some of you think I've stopped you from visiting babaji maharaja because he is in maya.  That is not so.  I’ve prevented you because  you will not be able to understand this bhava and will only commit offences.  So better you stay away." Later, when that one brahmachari visited, Vamsidas babaji maharaj threw a stone at him and told, "If you want to please me, then never return here again!"

Babaji never locked the door of his kutir when he went out for bhiksa or to bathe in the Gariga. When asked why he did not lock the kutir, he said, "If the owner of the house Himself does not keep a watch then what is the use of locking the house? I do not even keep the keys of the lock with me. The lock has three keys. All the three are with the three boys. One is with Gaura, one with Nitai and one with Gadadhara."
After entrusting the lock and the keys to the three “boys”, Baba used to be free from anxiety. If while he was out a cow entered the kutir and ransacked everything, he would be angry with the boys. If someone stole something from the kutir he would say, "Gaura has a soft corner for Nadiyavasis, the residents of His own Dhama. Therefore He gives things away to them. I am after all an outsider." Once a gold necklace, given by someone to Sri Gaura, was stolen, when he had gone out for bhiksa.
On returning to the kutir he kept on scolding Gaura and asking Him whom He had given away the necklace to, for about two hours. Towards the evening he got a hint. He then went to the house of the thief and asked him for the necklace. The thief pushed him down the verandah of his house. He was hurt. But he did not say anything. But how could Gaura tolerate this? The thief soon died as well as all the other members of his family.

Once Baba had to punish Gaura-Nitai for Their connivance in a theft. The two brass-pots, in which Baba' used to cook for Gaura-Nitai were stolen. How could this happen without the connivance of Gaura-Nitai? So They were punished. Baba scolded Them and did not give Them anything to eat that day. The punishment had its effect. The next day someone came quietly and delivered one of those pots. Baba said, "This small pot is Nitai's. He will be fed today. If Gaura wants to eat, He must also bring His pot." Baba always did what he said. He cooked and offered bhoga to Nitai. Gaura drew a long face as He kept looking at Nitai eating. In the meantime another man came and delivered the other pot. Baba then cooked in that pot and offered bhoga to Gaura. When Gaura also had eaten, he said with tears in his eyes, "Do I ever want to punish You? But both of You are so naughty that You always harass me. Don’t you know that I have now become old and cannot bear it all. What can I do?"

Babaji Maharaj did not stay exclusively in the Navadwip area, but also travelled to many holy places where he practiced the spiritual disciplines of bhakti-yoga. Whenever he saw a peepal tree, he would sit under it, taking it to be the Vamsi-vata under which Krishna played his flute to attract the gopis. Once he had installed himself there, it would be difficult to get him to move.
In February 1941, Vamsi Dasji left Navadwip and headed for Vrindavan. He sometimes walked, sometimes travelled by ox-cart and sometimes by rail. He first went to Katwa where he stayed for two days under a vata tree near the railway station. Then he took the train to Bhagalpur where he stayed for a day under again under a vata tree near the station and for four days by the Ganges. Then he travelled on to Gaya where he remained on the banks of the Phalgu River for three days.
He also stayed on a boat in the Ganges near Dashashvamedha Ghat in Benares for three days, spent another three days in Ayodhya by the Sarayu including three hours under a vata tree, at the Triveni confluence at Prayag for ten days, two days at the Vishram Ghat in Mathura, eight days at the Vamshivata in Vrindavan, at the Madhya-curia on the banks of the Yamuna, the Govindevji temple, Kaliya-daha, near a tamala tree on the east bank of Surya Kund at Nandagrama, two days at Pavana-sarovara and then nine days at Vamshivata Ghat in Vrindavan.
Everywhere that he went, he remained absorbed in chanting the Holy Names and meditating on Krishna’s form and pastimes. After three months, he returned to Navadwip Dhama, in the month of Jyestha.
Those who travelled with him recounted that when wandering through Vraja Mandala, he would sometimes sing songs about Krishna’s lila, sometimes glorify Navadwip Dhama, sometimes laugh madly. Sometimes, he would babble incoherently, and oftentimes he would remain completely silent.
When visiting a temple, he was often seen muttering confidentially to the deities, disclosing some personal sentiment to them. All in all, his companions were charmed by his devotional absorption. In an old Gaudiya Math weekly magazine, further accounts of Babaji Maharaj’s travels are given. It is stated there in the four years from March 1943, he travelled to Ambika Kalna, Kharagpur, Baleshvara (Balasore), Soro, Bhadrak, Khurda Road and Purushottam.
During these travels the sadhus of the Gaudiya Matha rendered great service to him. Nothing is known about Baba's life as a householder, except that he was married at an early age and his son Haricandra was nine or ten years old when he renounced the world. He went to Navadvipa around 1906.
There was a person from Navadvipa-dhama who used to come to Babaji Maharaja. One day, he thought, "I have the desire to obtain the Supreme Lord. How can I get Bhagavan?"  This person came back repeatedly to see Babaji Maharaja. Finally, one day, he approached Maharaja directly.
"What do you want?" Babaji Maharaja asked him.
"I want to see Bhagavan," the man said.
Babaji Maharaja replied with only one word: " Then weep for Him!"
Babaji Maharaj’s disappearance day is on the Shukla Caturthi of Shravan.

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BIZARRELY

Bizarrely, by Javier Figuerola
In Spain there is a popular saying I'm cured of fear, this means that one has already seen many strange and amazing things in life, and one is not strange nor surprising at all. I'll share some pretty amazing things that have happened in my life. I read the biography of Srila Prabhupada was very crazy and ambitious disciples who wanted to take Srila Prabhupada in his own movement and Srila Prabhupada had to fend off these crazy. It is very surprising that the books of Srila Prabhupada conversations where I said that they were being poisoned many years banned printing. It is very surprising that the letters where Srila Prabhupada says that starting on their behalf were banned many years broadcast. Now thank God or Krishna books of CONVERSATIONS and the cards are already printed, it is very surprising that now everyone knows that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned and that Srila Prabhupada ordered to initiate on his behalf and that no protest against all injustices and offenses are doing to Srila Prabhupada.
We have to understand the mentality of the leaders, gurus and authorities present Iskcon, most of them are Jews, the Jewish mentality is that they think is the race chosen by God to control the world, by nature are superb people, one person pride is proud that at its highest level, and thinks everyone is below him, why this person despises the other and tries to exploit, now Israel is killing many people in Gaza, everyone has told to stop this massacre, but they do not listen to anyone because they think that all others are inferior to them. In today ISKCON is the same, to them have been accused of poisoning Srila Prabhupada, has been accused of tricking people to be acting against the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, these people do not listen to anyone because they think they are superior to others and see others with much contempt. What is the future of these people?, These people and all their followers that they are worse because these people feed the fanaticism of his followers is hell, outwardly pose as devotees of God, but inwardly worship Satan . The practical proof that these people are demons first class is that when they see someone who likes to sing Hare Krishna, who likes the spiritual life, make life difficult for you to go, that happened to Aindra and other . I remember a class of Srila Prabhupada saying that Estanlyn was the largest in the history of the world criminal, not only killed the Russian Tsar but criticizing anyone who killed him. Also in the current Iskcon a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who had much love for Srila Prabhupada denounced the movement and wrote a book entitled the business guru, Kirtanananda and killed him in yotuby is a video of this, Kirtanananda pleaded guilty and was 14 years in prison and jail every day on the phone gave a class on Srimad Bhagavatam to his disciples, that if it is truly amazing.

I AM GLAD AND HAPPY

I am glad and happy for Javier Figuerola
The spiritual master Srila Prabhupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura called Prabhupada always said that when you preach Krishna consciousness not everyone will be receptive to your favorable or preaching, just a few serious and sincere people will appreciate it, because usually people are attached to ignorance, as the saying among those who think ignorance is Bliss said, be wise is to be a fool, and Srila Prabhupada says at the end of his preface to the Bhagavad Gita as it is that if we are able to a pure devotee of God that will be a great success, also said that we do not want moons shooting stars, the moon compared to the large number of stars is nothing, but all the stars are not illuminate anything, but only one moon illuminates everything.
I'm glad and happy to see that I am getting so many replies from people who send my writings, that gives me inspiration to continue sharing spiritual realizations, Srila Prabhupada risked her life to give Krishna consciousness, to give us the method of awakening our love for God and for all and for all, it is our duty and we share everything that Srila Prabhupada gave us, it will help us get rid of selfishness and jealousy. We do not want anything from the people, our only wish is to be happy in Krishna consciousness, Krishna and Rama mean the supreme pleasure, and when we live with are happy Krishna, Krishna also gives us the intelligence to go back to Godhead back home, it is said that when one reaches the spiritual world and you never returns to this material world, and the experiences we have had here in the material world is like waking from a bad dream. Srila Prabhupada in his books gave us the spiritual world, is an inhabitant of the spiritual world, and all the spiritual masters of guru-parampara are inhabitants of the spiritual world, and to encourage us to come desapeguemos us the material world, material world means ignorance, suffering, and temporal and spiritual world means knowledge, full bliss and eternity. Now we are all living in an incompatible situation, our original energy is to be Krishna conscious, be full of everlasting bliss, but falling in this material atmosphere are full of ignorance, suffering and everything is temporary. The whole process of Krishna consciousness is to accept a voluntary basis a spiritual practice that you transfer the material world to the spiritual world, chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama , Rama Rama, Hare Hare and eat lacto-vegetarian prasadam, or food that has been offered to God. Medicine is the maha-mantra and diet is the prasada, that's the essence of the spiritual practices of the movement of Krishna consciousness. If one chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and only eat Krishna-prasada have much spiritual strength and will lead a pure life without sin, and will follow the four regulative principles, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, no gambling, no intoxication, no tea, coffee, snuff, alcohol or drugs and no illicit sex, use sex just to have children.
Another point is that all initiations given by unauthorized or false gurus are not valid, Srila Prabhupada says in the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya lila, 15, 108 when all our devotional activities are offered to unauthorized or false gurus are not valid and one you can descend back to the animal species. I am very pleased and happy that some disciples of Srila Prabhupada are giving initiations in the name of Srila Prabhupada, all the devotees who have a good feeling for Srila Prabhupada should protest against the injustices and offenses are doing to Srila Prabhupada, to make this stop being accomplices.

The nectar of devotion.

This is a paragraph of chapter 14 of the nectar of devotion.
The spiritual master must never be carried away by an accumulation of wealth or a large number of followers. A bona fide spiritual master will never become like that. But sometimes, if a spiritual master is not properly authorized and only on his own initiative becomes a spiritual master, he may be carried away by an accumulation of wealth and large numbers of disciples. His is not a very high grade of devotional service. If a person is carried away by such achievements, then his devotional service becomes slackened. One should therefore strictly adhere to the principles of disciplic succession.
The current Iskcon very demonic people stole from Srila Prabhupada, the Vrinda group, all groups of the Gaudiya Matha, the group of Narayana Maharaja and professional reciters are unauthorized or false and fall within this paragraph of the Nectar of Devotion. The only person authorized by God or Krishna is Srila Prabhupada, he prophesied that his books would be the law books for the next 10,000 years, only people who serve Srila Prabhupada with faith, love, attachment and gratitude can understand and accept this, others used to Srila Prabhupada to suit your own personal interests and the result of this offense is that Srila Prabhupada mayavadis or become atheists. One thing is very safe, all in the moment of death we will experience if we lived or have lived the truth lies. The devotees who accept Srila Prabhupada as his spiritual teacher or savior are serious and sincere people in the spiritual life and who accept unauthorized or false gurus are people who are not serious and sincere in spiritual life.

The essential instruction from the life of Dhruva.

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, we understand and accept that here this is the essential instruction from the life of Dhruva.



SB 4.8.35

dhruva uvāca

so ’yaṁ śamo bhagavatā
sukha-duḥkha-hatātmanām
darśitaḥ kṛpayā puṁsāṁ
durdarśo ’smad-vidhais tu yaḥ

Word for word:

dhruvaḥ uvāca — Dhruva Mahārāja said; saḥ — that; ayam — this; śamaḥ — equilibrium of mind; bhagavatā — by Your Lordship; sukha-duḥkha — happiness and miseries; hata-ātmanām — those who are affected; darśitaḥ — shown; kṛpayā — by mercy; puṁsām — of the people; durdarśaḥ — very difficult to perceive; asmat-vidhaiḥ — by persons like us; tu — but; yaḥ — whatever you have said.

Translation:

Dhruva Mahārāja said: My dear Lord Nāradajī, for a person whose heart is disturbed by the material conditions of happiness and distress, whatever you have so kindly explained for attainment of peace of mind is certainly a very good instruction. But as far as I am concerned, I am covered by ignorance, and this kind of philosophy does not touch my heart.

Purport:

There are various classes of men. One class is called akāmīs, referring to those who have no material desire. Desire must exist, either material or spiritual. Material desire arises when one wants to satisfy one’s personal senses. One who is ready to sacrifice anything to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be said to have spiritual desire. Dhruva did not accept the instruction given by the great saint Nārada because he thought himself unfit for such instruction, which prohibited all material desires. It is not a fact, however, that those who have material desires are prohibited from worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the essential instruction from the life of Dhruva. He frankly admitted that his heart was full of material desires. He was very much affected by the cruel words of his stepmother, whereas those who are spiritually advanced do not care about anyone’s condemnation or adoration.

In Bhagavad-gītā it is said that persons who are actually advanced in spiritual life do not care for the dual behavior of this material world. But Dhruva Mahārāja frankly admitted that he was not beyond the affliction of material distress and happiness. He was confident that the instruction given by Nārada was valuable, yet he could not accept it. The question raised here is whether or not a person afflicted by material desires is fit to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The answer is that everyone is fit to worship Him. Even if one has many material desires to fulfill, he should take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and worship the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is so merciful that He fulfills everyone’s desires. Through this narration it will become very clear that no one is barred from worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, even if one has many material desires.

　

　




　

MANTRA 12 SRI ISOPANISAD

This paragraph of Mantra Sri Isopanisad 12, is a prophecy of Srila Prabhupada to expose the very demon people who poisoned him and stole his movement.
The Lord states that as soon as one reaches Him by devotional service—which is the one and only way to approach the Personality of Godhead—one attains complete freedom from the bondage of birth and death. In other words, the path of salvation from the material clutches fully depends on the principles of knowledge and detachment... gained from serving the Lord. The pseudo religionists have neither knowledge nor detachment from material affairs, for most of them want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles. By a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. In this way they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. Such violators of religious principles have no respect for the authoritative ācāryas, the holy teachers in the strict disciplic succession. They ignore the Vedic injunction ācāryopāsana—"One must worship the ācārya"—and Kṛṣṇa's statement in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.2) evaṁ paramparā-prāptam, "This supreme science of God is received through the disciplic succession." Instead, to mislead the people in general they themselves become so-called ācāryas, but they do not even follow the principles of the ācāryas. These rogues are the most dangerous elements in human society. Because there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the law of the state. They cannot, however, escape the law of the Supreme, who has clearly declared in the Bhagavad-gītā that envious demons in the garb of religious propagandists shall be thrown into the darkest regions of hell. Śrī Īśopaniṣad confirms that these pseudo religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the universe after the completion of their spiritual master business, which they conduct simply for sense gratification.

JAYA MAHA PRASADA OF JAGANNATHA KI JAYA

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, we understand and accept that here and the prasāda which is offered first to Jagannātha is distributed to all the demigods.




　


SB 4.7.55


maitreya uvāca

evaṁ bhagavatādiṣṭaḥ
prajāpati-patir harim
arcitvā kratunā svena
devān ubhayato ’yajat

Word for word:

maitreyaḥ — Maitreya; uvāca — said; evam — thus; bhagavatā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādiṣṭaḥ — having been instructed; prajāpati-patiḥ — the head of all the Prajāpatis; harim — Hari; arcitvā — after worshiping; kratunā — with the sacrificial ceremonies; svena — his own; devān — the demigods; ubhayataḥ — separately; ayajat — worshiped.

Translation:

The sage Maitreya said: Thus Dakṣa, the head of all Prajāpatis, having been nicely instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, worshiped Lord Viṣṇu. After worshiping Him by performing the prescribed sacrificial ceremonies, Dakṣa separately worshiped Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva.

Purport:

Lord Viṣṇu should be offered everything, and His prasāda should be distributed to all the demigods. This practice is still followed in the temple of Jagannātha at Purī. There are many temples of demigods around the main temple of Jagannātha, and the prasāda which is offered first to Jagannātha is distributed to all the demigods. The deity of Bhagālin is worshiped with the prasāda of Viṣṇu, and also, in the famous Lord Śiva temple of Bhuvaneśvara, the prasāda of Lord Viṣṇu or Lord Jagannātha is offered to the deity of Lord Śiva. This is the Vaiṣṇava principle. The Vaiṣṇava does not deride even ordinary living entities, including the small ant; everyone is offered proper respect according to his position. The offering, however, is in relation to the center, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, or Viṣṇu. The devotee who is highly elevated sees the relationship to Kṛṣṇa in everything; he does not see anything as being independent of Kṛṣṇa. That is his vision of oneness.

KAMIKA EKADASI KI JAYA

Kamika Ekadasi

The saintly king Yudhisthira maharaj said, "Oh Supreme Lord, I have heard from You the glories of fasting on Deva-sayani Ekadasi, which occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Ashadha.
Now I would like to hear from You the glories of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Shravana (July -August).
Oh Govindadeva, please be merciful to me and explain its glories.
Oh Supreme Vasudeva, I offer my most humble obeisances unto You.

The Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna, replied, "Oh King, please listen attentively as I describe the auspicious influence of this Holy fast (vrata) day, which removes all sins.
Narada Muni once asked Lord Brahma about this same topic.
'Oh regent of all beings,' said Naradji, 'Oh you who sit upon a water born lotus throne, please tell me the name of the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the sacred month of Shravana.
Please also tell me which Deity is to be worshipped on that Holy day, the process one must follow to observe it, and the merit it awards.'

Lord Brahma replied, 'My dear son Narada, for the benefit of all humanity I shall happily tell you everything you wish to know, for just hearing the glories of the Kamika Ekadasi bestows merit equal to that obtained by one who performs a horse sacrifice.
Certainly, great merit is attained by one who worships, and who also meditates on the lotus feet of the four-armed Lord Gadadhara, who holds conchshell, disc, club and lotus in His hands and who is also known as Shridhara, Hari, Vishnu, Madhava, and Madhusudana.
And the blessings achieved by such a person / devotee, who worships Lord Vishnu exclusively are far greater than those achieved by one who takes a sacred bath in the Ganges at Kashi (Varanasi), in the forest of Naimisharanya, or at Pushkara, which is the only place on the planet where I am formally worshipped.
But one who observes this Kamika Ekadasi and also worships Lord Shri Krishna achieves greater merit than one who has darshan of Lord Kedaranatha in the Himalayas, or one who bathes at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse, or one who donates the whole Earth in charity, including its forests and oceans, or one who bathes in the Gandaki River (where the sacred Shaligrams are found) or the Godavari River on a full moon (purnima) day that falls on a Monday when Leo (Simha) and Jupiter (Guru) are conjoined (conjunct).

'Observing Kamika Ekadasi bestows the same merit as donating a milk-cow and her auspicious calf, along with their feed.
On this all auspicious day, whosoever worships Lord Sri Shridhara-deva, Vishnu, is glorified by all the devas, Gandharvas, Pannagas, and Nagas.
'Those who are afraid of their past sins and completely immersed in sinful materialistic life should at least observe this best of Ekadasis according to their ability and thus attain liberation.
This Ekadasi is the purest of all days and the most powerful for removing sins of the native.
Oh Narad ji, Lord Shri Hari Himself once said about this Ekadasi, "One who fasts on Kamika Ekadasi attains much more merit than one who studies all the spiritual literatures.
'Anyone who fasts on this particular day remains awake throughout the night will never experience the anger of Yamaraja, the king of death personified.
It has been seen that whoever observes Kamika Ekadasi will not have to suffer future births, and in the past too, many Yogis of devotion who fasted on this day went to the spiritual world.

One should therefore follow in their auspicious footsteps and strictly observe a fast on this most auspicious of Ekadasis.
'Whosoever worships Lord Shri Hari with Tulsi leaves is freed from all implication of sin.
Indeed, he lives untouched by sin, as the lotus leaf, although in the water, is untouched by it.
Whosoever offers Lord Shri Hari but a single leaf from the sacred Tulsi tree (occillium basilcum sanctum) attains as much merit as one who gives away in charity two hundred grams of gold and eight hundred grams of silver.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is more pleased by one who offers Him a single Tulsi leaf than by one who worships Him with pearls, rubies, topaz, diamonds, lapis lazuli, sapphires, gomeda stones (gomaz), cat's eye gems, and coral.
One who offers Lord Keshava newly grown manjari buds from the Tulsi plant gets rid of all the sins he has committed during this or any other lifetime.
Indeed, mere darshana of Tulsi on Kamika Ekadasi removes all sins, and merely touching her and praying to her removes all kinds of disease.
One who waters Tulsi devi need never fear the Lord of death, Yamaraja.
One who plants or transplants Tulsi on this days will eventually reside with Lord Shri Krishna in His own abode.
To Srimati Tulsi devi, who awards liberation in devotional service, one should therefore daily offer one's full obeisances.

'Even Chitragupta, Yamaraja's secretary, cannot calculate the merit obtained by one who offers Shrimati Tulsi-devi a perpetually burning ghee lamp.
So dear is this sacred Ekadasi to the Supreme Personality of Godhead that all the forefathers of one who offers a bright ghee lamp to Lord Shri Krishna on this day ascend to the heavenly planets and drink the celestial nectar there.
Whoever offers a ghee or sesame oil lamp to Shri Krishna on this day is freed from all his sins and enters the abode of Surya, the Sun-god, with a body as bright as ten million lamps.
This Ekadasi is so powerful that if one who is unable to fast simply follows the practices as mentioned herein, s/he is elevated to the heavenly planets, along with all their forefathers.

'Oh Maharaj Yudhisthira,Lord Shri Krishna concluded, "...these were the words of prajapathi Brahma to his son Narad Muni concerning the incalculable glories of this Kamika Ekadasi, which removes all sins.
This sacred day nullifies even the sin of killing a brahmana or the sin of killing an unborn child in the womb, and it promotes one to the spiritual world by making one supremely meritorious.
One who kills the innocent, i.e., a brahmin (brahmana), a child in the womb, a pious and spotless woman, etc., and then later hears about the glories of Kamika Ekadasi will be relieved of the reaction to one's sins.
However, one should NOT think beforehand that one can kill a Brahmin or other innocent folk and then go unpunished simply by hearing of this Ekadasi.
Such knowing commission of sin is an abomination.

Whosoever hears these glories of the Kamika Ekadasi with faith becomes free of all sins and returns home, back to Godhead - Vishnu-loka, Vaikuntha.
Thus ends the narration of the glories of the Shravana-krshna Ekadasi, or Kamika Ekadasi, from the Brahma-Vaivarta Purana.

DEPROGRAMMED

Deprogrammed by Javier Figuerola
I remember reading in the books of Srila Prabhupada saying that those who fear them these infernal leaders take refuge in this movement of Krsna consciousness, and in the text four nectar of instruction Srila Prabhupada said that the world is full of demonic and atheistic people and political parties take advantage to promote materialism and atheism. In Chapter 6 of the Nectar of Devotion Srila Prabhupada says that atheism means challenging the authority of the Vedas and belittle the great spiritual masters in disciplic succession that teach the Vedic scriptures for the benefit of people in general. In the Srimad Bhagavatam 10, 3, 23 Srila Prabhupada tells us also makes us wonder if stunned the demonic people or kill this movement will go ahead without any fear. Srila Prabhupada has many enemies, his disciples stole his movement, he was poisoned, do not obey the order to begin in his name, changed his books, support and protect child rapists, Srila Prabhupada if you are doing this we they can do to us, are very dangerous and disgusting people, and followers of these people are worse, these people feed the fanaticism of his followers.
I tried by sending written to reflect, but nobody answered me, then I came to the conclusion that these people are doomed, it is best to ignore them. I have come to the conclusion that everything is in the books of Srila Prabhupada, and when you read them and practice the result is that one lives with Srila Prabhupada, one feels the presence of Srila Prabhupada in his life. The truth is you have to be very brave to practice genuine spiritual life in this present condition, the whole atmosphere is filled with atheism and very demonic people. There is much hypocrisy in people. As Jesus said outwardly appear whited sepulchres but inside are full of rottenness, everyone is very proud to Indian beggar in India who ask alms are set in rows, and pilgrims put their coins, rice etc and a beggar thinks I'm better than this beggar as alms to my posts have me and he did not. No one is going around the world saying I am fool number one, give me your mercy. You have to be very brave to deprogram all the madness and ignorance. That school is teaching that we are not dead matter temporal but eternal spirit souls, eternal loving servants of God and His devotees, our relationship is not with matter but with God and His devotees, which is what I expected after death, God owns everything and everyone, for He has created everything, and when a person uses all the service of God and His devotees becomes an honest and honorable person, etc.. People's control through fear, everyone lives full of fear, and because of fears are envy, everyone lives full of envy, the solution to get rid of the fears and jealousy is always glorifying God and His devotees. You're part of the problem or part of the solution, you choose. When you live happy and free in God or Krishna consciousness, that is the practical proof that one has already been deprogrammed.

HAPPY

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, we understand and accept that here these important functions will make one happy within this material world.



SB 4.8.34

guṇādhikān mudaṁ lipsed
anukrośaṁ guṇādhamāt
maitrīṁ samānād anvicchen
na tāpair abhibhūyate

Word for word:

guṇa-adhikāt — one who is more qualified; mudam — pleasure; lipset — one should feel; anukrośam — compassion; guṇa-adhamāt — one who is less qualified; maitrīm — friendship; samānāt — with an equal; anvicchet — one should desire; na — not; tāpaiḥ — by tribulation; abhibhūyate — becomes affected.

Translation:

Every man should act like this: when he meets a person more qualified than himself, he should be very pleased; when he meets someone less qualified than himself, he should be compassionate toward him; and when he meets someone equal to himself, he should make friendship with him. In this way one is never affected by the threefold miseries of this material world.

Purport:

Generally when we find someone more qualified than ourselves, we become envious of him; when we find someone less qualified, we deride him; and when we find someone equal we become very proud of our activities. These are the causes of all material tribulations. The great sage Nārada therefore advised that a devotee should act perfectly. Instead of being envious of a more qualified man, one should be jolly to receive him. Instead of being oppressive to a less qualified man, one should be compassionate toward him just to raise him to the proper standard. And when one meets an equal, instead of being proud of one’s own activities before him, one should treat him as a friend. One should also have compassion for the people in general, who are suffering due to forgetfulness of Kṛṣṇa. These important functions will make one happy within this material world.

　

　




　

JOIN THE URINALS

Join the urinals, by Javier Figuerola
Srila Prabhupada called sex life join the urinals, always said that people go crazy after the sexual life, blessed to join the urinals. The materialist Spiritualists criticize saying that repress the senses, the senses must be given full freedom of action, there is happiness, but criticize the materialist Spiritualists say that you give them full freedom to your senses, but repress your senses spiritual, if happiness is in sense gratification then that we see in practice that in the richest country in the world where there is much sense gratification as in Denmark people commit suicide, usually a person who commits suicide is frustrated all and full of suffering, I also heard that a famous actress of the porn industry committed suicide, the woman had lots of sex, lots of money, lived in a very luxurious way and yet killed himself. Genuine spiritualist played with much advantage to the materialists, the spiritualist has had a life of sense gratification and changed it for a life dedicated to serving God and His representative, but only had a materialistic life, pure indulgence sense, a materialist has had no experience of spiritual happiness. With love and trust I share verses 20 to 23 of Chapter 6 of the Bhagavad Gita, which says: In the stage of perfection called trance, or samādhi, one’s mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of yoga. This perfection is characterized by one’s ability to see the Self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the Self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness, realized through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries arising from material contact.

Srila Prabhupada had many problems in his preaching Krishna consciousness in USA and Europe, some very materialistic parents could not understand that their children they have left their material life that were happy glorifying God 24 hours a day. In USA came to give a trial to Hare Krishna to be decided whether it was a genuine religion, trial they took 18 days and all the judges decided that it was a genuine religion whose roots were in India, and was supported by all the Scriptures Indian sacred Bhagavad Gita as, Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, etc., and the judges said they did not bother to Hare Krishna's. After this trial Srila Prabhupada said that this has been my overall success, how wonderful is God or Krishna. Preachers of God consciousness take many risks, they crucified Jesus, Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, but these full of love for God and all humanity filled with mercy and pure souls transcend death, they always live in the world even spiritual being within the jurisdiction of the matter.

SRILA LOKANATHA GOSWAMI KI JAYA

Lokanatha Goswami

His body and mind were completely attached to Vrindavanadhama. The divine Was of Radha-Vinoda played in his heart. His ears existed only to hear the Shrimad Bhagavatam. "Anyone who reads the Shrimad Bhagavatam," said Lokanatha Goswami, "he is my friend." (In the images: Shrila Lokanatha Goswami).

   A personal associate of Lord Gauranga, fully absorbed in pure love, Shri Lokanatha Goswami was the eldest of the Goswamis living in Vraja-bhumi. He shunned name and fame so much that he asked Krishna Dasa Kaviraja to keep his name out of Chaitanya-charitamrta.

   His body and mind were completely attached to Vrindavanadhama. The divine Was of Radha-Vinoda played in his heart. His ears existed only to hear the Shrimad Bhagavatam. "Anyone who reads the Shrimad Bhagavatam," said Lokanatha Goswami, "he is my friend."
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   Once Shri Krishna Himself appeared and gave Lokanatha a Deity of Radha-Vinoda. Lokanatha Goswami carried his Deity all over Vraja in a cloth bag hung around his neck.

   Although first rejecting, Lokanatha Goswami finally accepted Narottama Dasa for initiation as his only disciple. He appreciated his genuine humility and determination to serve. Every night for one year Narottama Dasa secretly served his guru by carefully cleaning the field where Lokanatha Goswami passed stool.
   Lokanatha Goswamis original Deities of Radha-Vinoda are now worshiped in Jaipur, Rajasthan. A prati-bhu murti (expanded form of the original Deity) of Radha-Vinoda adorns the altar at the Radha-Gokulananda Temple in Vrindavana. The samadhi of Lokanatha Goswami is the largest one in the Temple courtyard. He serves Shrimati Radharani as Manjuali-manjari in nitya Vrindavana lila.

srimad radha vinodaika, seva sampat samanvitam
padmanabh atma jam srimal, lokanatha prabhu bhaje

   "I worship the lotus feet of Shri Lokanatha Goswami Prabhu, the son of Shri Padmanabha. He is a storehouse of single-minded service to the lotus feet of Radha-Vinode." (Narottama Dasa Thakura) 

Once Shri Krishna Himself appeared and gave Lokanatha a Deity of Radha-Vinoda. Lokanatha Goswami carried his Deity all over Vraja in a cloth bag hung around his neck. (In the image: Original Radha Vinoda Deities, Jaipur).

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LORD SIVA PUNISHES AND GIVES PROTECTION

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, understand and accept the Lord Siva here punishes and gives protection.



SB 4.7.14

vidyā-tapo-vrata-dharān mukhataḥ sma viprān
brahmātma-tattvam avituṁ prathamaṁ tvam asrāk
tad brāhmaṇān parama sarva-vipatsu pāsi
pālaḥ paśūn iva vibho pragṛhīta-daṇḍaḥ

Word for word:

vidyā — learning; tapaḥ — austerities; vrata — vows; dharān — the followers; mukhataḥ — from the mouth; sma — was; viprān — the brāhmaṇas; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; ātma-tattvam — self-realization; avitum — to disseminate; prathamam — first; tvam — you; asrāk — created; tat — therefore; brāhmaṇān — the brāhmaṇas; parama — O great one; sarva — all; vipatsu — in dangers; pāsi — you protect; pālaḥ — like the protector; paśūn — the animals; iva — like; vibho — O great one; pragṛhīta — taking in hand; daṇḍaḥ — a stick.

Translation:

My dear great and powerful Lord Śiva, you were created first from the mouth of Lord Brahmā in order to protect the brāhmaṇas in pursuing education, austerities, vows and self-realization. As protector of the brāhmaṇas, you always protect the regulative principles they follow, just as a cowherd boy keeps a stick in his hand to give protection to the cows.

Purport:

The specific function of a human being in society, irrespective of his social status, is to practice control of the mind and senses by observing the regulative principles enjoined in the Vedic śāstras. Lord Śiva is called paśupati because he protects the living entities in their developed consciousness so that they may follow the Vedic system of varṇa and āśrama. The word paśu refers to the animal as well as to the human entity. It is stated here that Lord Śiva is always interested in protecting the animals and the animalistic living entities, who are not very advanced in the spiritual sense. It is also stated that the brāhmaṇas are produced from the mouth of the Supreme Lord. We should always remember that Lord Śiva is being addressed as the representative of the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. In the Vedic literature it is described that the brāhmaṇas are born from the mouth of the universal form of Viṣṇu, the kṣatriyas are born from His arms, the vaiśyas from His abdomen or waist, and the śūdras from His legs. In the formation of a body, the head is the principal factor. The brāhmaṇas are born from the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in order to accept charity for worship of Viṣṇu and to spread Vedic knowledge. Lord Śiva is known as paśupati, the protector of the brāhmaṇas and other living entities. He protects them from the attacks of non-brāhmaṇas, or uncultured persons who are against the self-realization process.

Another feature of this word is that persons who are simply attached to the ritualistic portion of the Vedas and do not understand the situation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not any more advanced than animals. In the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is confirmed that even though one performs the rituals of the Vedas, if he does not develop a sense of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then all his labor in performing Vedic rituals is considered to be simply a waste of time. Lord Śiva’s aim in destroying the Dakṣa yajña was to punish Dakṣa because by neglecting him (Lord Śiva), Dakṣa was committing a great offense. Lord Śiva’s punishment was just like that of a cowherd boy, who keeps a stick to frighten his animals. It is commonly said that to give protection to animals, a stick is needed because animals cannot reason and argue. Their reasoning and argument is argumentum ad baculum; unless there is a rod, they do not obey. Force is required for the animalistic class of men, whereas those who are advanced are convinced by reasons, arguments and scriptural authority. Persons who are simply attached to Vedic rituals, without further advancement of devotional service, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, are almost like animals, and Lord Śiva is in charge of giving them protection and sometimes punishing them, as he punished Dakṣa.