First class people

First class people, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada always said that the movement for Krishna consciousness means that we are trying to create first class people, the qualities of these people are: "Serenity, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty , knowledge, wisdom and religiosity ". These qualities are developed by obeying the instructions of a guru, the representative of God or Krishna, the result of obeying an authentic guru is that one lives with him and acquires his qualities.
At the end of Srimad Bhagavatam it is said that in this Kali-yuga era, the present age is an ocean of errors and defects, but there is only one good quality, that by chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J de jota), one will have so much spiritual strength that it will counteract all the negative that there is in this age.
Everyone can see that the current religions are a deception, Srila Prabhupada always said that religion without philosophy is sentimentalism or fanaticism, that is why Srila Prabhupada made 80 books of 400 pages each, there everyone can understand and accept that Krishna is God, that He has unlimited Names, Forms, Qualities and Pastimes, no religious literature has that information. About the current politicians .... Srila Prabhupada says in his books that those who fear these infernal leaders who take refuge in this process of Krishna consciousness, about the merchants ... Srila Prabhupada always said that this society is deceitful and deceived, deceiving oneself and others is the most difficult thing to purify in the spiritual life.
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The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 3rd Part

The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 3rd Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
I'm going to put this message in three parts
17- He does not eat more than he needs: Srila Prabhupada said that if one eats too much, he will have to sleep more, and if one sleeps more than 6 hours a day is influenced by ignorance, most Hindus are skinny , but they have an inconceivable energy.
18- He is always prudent: In the Sriman Bhagavatam, ninth chant, chapter 16 it is said that Parasurama's father, Jamadagni, told his younger son Parasurama to kill his brothers, for having disobeyed his order and his mother for having been infidel mentally, Lord Parasurama knowing the power of his father, teacher in the art of meditation and austerity, immediately killed his mother and his brothers, Jamadagni, the son of Satyavati was very pleased with Parasurama and invited him to ask Whatever blessing you desire, Lord Parasurama asked that my mother and my brothers live again and not remember that I killed them, that is the blessing that he requested and Srila Prabhupada in the meaning says that it does not matter if we are Kartavyryarjuna, Jamadagni or Parasurama , or whoever, we must act with great prudence and sagacity, otherwise, we will have to suffer the results of sinful activities, that is the lesson we receive from the Vedic scriptures s.
19 - He is always respectful of others: Srila Gaura Kisora ​​das babhaji always said that all living entities are worthy of my adoration.
20- He does not demand respect for himself: Srila Prabhupada said that we should not demand respect from others, but inspire respect.
21- He is serious: It is said that the devotee of Krishna is so grave that it is very difficult to know his plans and his mentality, even the most intelligent people get confused when they see the words, activities and thoughts of the pure devotees of God.
22- He is merciful .: The symptom of a merciful person is that he is very tolerant.
23- He is friendly: A nickname of Maharaja Yudisthir is that he never created any enemy, the devotee of God or Krishna is so friendly that he even prays to God for his enemies and Srila Visvanatha Cakravatti Thakura says that this is the sign of a paramahansa , who wishes good even to his enemy.
24- He is poetic: Srila Prabhupada says in a class that poetry is not that he writes poetry, but writes spiritual literature.
25- He is an expert: I remember that in the Nectar of devotion he says that the expert person is the one who does the most difficult thing, the most difficult thing to do in this world is to convert people to devotees of Krishna, once they asked Srila Prabhupada that the great saints always perform miracles and what is your miracle, Srila Prabhupada replied you see all these people, before they were crows, now they are swans, I convert crows into swans, that is why Srila Prabhupada said that only one Pure devotee can make pure devotees, the pseudo devotee can not, worldly people envy the pure devotee of Krishna, seeing him so expert in everything.
26- He is silent: Srila Prabhupada said that the silent person is the one who sings the 24 hours of Hare Krishna day and preaches the glories of the Lord.
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Food for life

Food for life, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada founded the food for life program in 1972. Since then, millions and millions of prasada dishes have been distributed throughout the world. Prasada means vegetarian foods offered to God or Krishna. I have now been two months in the food for life program in Vrindavana, India, we have 3 schools with 1500 students, a hospital, 12 water wells, we have 280 people on the payroll and every month we have them he pays 40,000 euros, all this has been done by a devotee called Rupa, he is from Italy but became a devotee of Krishna in England, he spent several years in Iskcon, Iskcon means the international association for Krishna consciousness, founded by Srila Prabhupada In 1966, Iskcon told Rupa to put several Iskcon Gurus as leaders of their projects, but Rupa said no because he had very bad experiences with his guru, so Rupa legalized his projects with the Government of India without have nothing to do with Iskcon, but of the 1500 students 1300 of them are sponsored by devotees of Iskcon, this is a great proof that serving Srila Prabhupada without belonging to Iskcon can do wonderful things to co please to Srila Prabhupada.
The projects of Vrindavana carried by Rupa are full of love, joy and solidarity, and thanks to these projects one perceives that there are very good people in the world, if not for the donations of those people we could not do anything, we have associations in Spain , France, England, Italy, USA, Switzerland, Australia, etc., that collaborate with these projects.
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The 26 qualities 2

The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 2nd Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
I'm going to put this message in three parts
11- He is peaceful: A person can be peaceful when he is free of material desires, I remember a song of an acharya or bona fide spiritual master who said that the symptom that I will have obtained the mercy of Sri Nityananda is that I will be free from material desires and When Lord Nrisimhadeva told Prahlada Maharaja to ask for a blessing, he asked me in the depths of my heart that I have no material desires.
12- He always finds himself delivered to Krishna or God: In my blog are all the songs of the saranagati or the surrender to Almighty God by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in Harinama Chintamani chap. 13 it is said that the six principles of surrender to Krishna or God they are: 1- the vow to accept everything favorable to the service of the Lord, 2-reject anything that is unfavorable, 3-be convinced that Lord Krishna will always give protection, 4-depend completely on Krishna for everything, 5 - always feel meek and humble and 6 - throw yourself at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna.
13- He has no material desires: I remember a meaning of Srila Prabhupada that said there was a corner and a devout desire that there is a temple and now that temple is visited by millions of people, those are the wishes of the devotees, Srila Prabhupada said that you only have to desire and Krishna will make the arrangements, the only way to subjugate material desires is to have spiritual desires and always making plans to please Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.
14- He is very humble: Srila Krishna das kaviraja gosvami says in the Chaitanya Charitamrita that he is lower than the worms in the excrement, he is more sinful than Jagay and Madhay, that he who says his name will leave all the activities pious, that is humility, in the Kartika vrata of the year 1972. Srila Prabhupada said in the Radha Damodara in Vrindavana that we should always be ready to offer respect, not only to the devotees, but to all, because each living entity is originally a devotee of Krishna, but circumstantially, being covered by maya, he is acting like a demon, but his original nature is that of a devotee of Krishna, that is humility.
15- He is always fixed in his purpose: From faith to love for God there are 9 states of perfection, nistha or being fixed is the fifth, the 1 is faith, the 2 is the association with the devotees, the 3 is the spiritual initiation, 4 is the cleansing of the heart of undesirable things, 5 is to be fixed, 6 is to feel a taste in devotional service, 7 is to feel an attachment, 8 is to feel spiritual emotions when rendering devotional service and 9 is the goal of human life, prema pumarto mahan, pure love for God or Krishna.
16- He has triumphed over the six material qualities: Lust, anger, greed, envy, madness and illusion, in Srimad Bhagavatm 7,9,1 it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead and his devotee know properly use lust, anger, greed, illusion, pride and envy, lust is spiritualized when we use everything in the service of Krishna, the example of this are the gopis of Vrindavana, anger is spiritualized when we use it to defend Krishna from his enemies, the example of this are Arjuna and Hanuman, greed is spiritualized when we use it to buy the ticket back home to God, I remember a meaning of Srila Prabhupada that says that the desire to go with Krishna is not a desire that shakes the mind, we use the illusion very much the sankirtaneros, I told a man that you have the face of a very good person, you look like the Pope, he immediately took out the wallet and gave me 100 dollars of donation , I gave To a mother who has the face of a saint, she immediately collaborated with me and told me that I help you because you told me holy, pride, Srila Prabhupada said that the words of the spiritual master are the disciple's pride, pride is also spiritualized when we we become proud of our acharyas or spiritual teachers who form our disciplic succession, what great personalities! They come from the spiritual world, we should not imitate the acharyas, but follow in their footsteps, I remember reading in the Nectar of devotion that the devotee mahabhagavata is in raganuga, but to give an example to the neophytes, acts as a neophyte and envy, I remember in the centenary of Srila Prabhupada in 1996 the bbt of Spain promised before the Deities and 500 devotees that would print the Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita , there are very small countries that have all of Srila Prabhupada's books translated and printed in their languages, that is transcendental envy.
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The 26 qualities

The 26 qualities of a pure devotee of God or Krishna, 1st Part, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
I'm going to put this message in three parts
1- He is always kind to everyone: People suffer from lack of consciousness of God or Krishna, people have forgotten God or Krishna, and the devotee of God tries to distribute Krishna consciousness to people without discriminating against anyone, the a devotee of Krishna is even kind even to his enemy, when Durvasa Muni offended Maharaja Ambarisa, the king prayed to Krishna for the sage, and when Durvasa Muni threw himself at the lotus feet of Maharaja Ambarisa apologizing for his offenses he said that now I have recognized the devotees of God, although I have offended you, you have prayed for my good fortune.
2- He never seeks quarrels: Srila Prabhupada bought land in Bombay from Mr. Nair, this person was very powerful, president of two newspapers, president of supreme justice, etc., Mr. Nair had already cheated the C. Company , he took away the money and the land, now he wanted to do the same with Srila Prabhupada, but it backfired, because he had done so many offenses to Srila Prabhupada, he soon died, it is said in the book of Krishna in relation to Kamsa that the demons, because of their offenses, reduce their lives, they lose their body shine, etc. Then Mr. Nair's wife threw himself at the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and apologized for all the offenses, and Srila Prabhupada told him that you are like my daughter to me, you will never lack anything.
3- His interest lies in the essence of life, which is spiritual: That is what he means, for the great swan or the swan, the swan has a quality that, from a mixture of water and milk, will drink the milk and leave the water , spiritual means to the service of Krishna or God and of His devotees, the things when using them in the service of Krishna are spiritualized.
4- He is equanimous with everyone: That comes in the verse of Bhagavad gita pandita sama darsinaha, the humble sage by virtue of his true knowledge sees with the same vision a learned brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog eats.
5- No one can find fault in him: Srila Prabhupada said many times that materialists criticize devotees out of envy, called them annoying people, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada said that one who is always accustomed to criticizing others will never prosper.
6- Your mind is magnanimous. Santa Teresa de Avila of Spain said that the mind is the madwoman of the house, if you go down the street and you meet a madman who has escaped from the madhouse and begins to say crazy things, what you will do, you will ignore it, The same way our mind is always telling us nonsense, and we must ignore it, when our mind is purified it will tell us devotional things, there we must pay attention to it, I advise you to read the mana siksa or preaching to the mind of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, pure nectar .
7- Your mind is always pure. Ceto darpanam marjanam, by chanting the Hare Krishna maha mantra we purify the mind of all material contamination.
8- Your mind is always clear. When we have a pure mind we will never forget Srila Prabhupada or Krishna or God and everything related to Them.
9 - His mind is always devoid of material obsessions: Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his mana siksa says that the root of all the undesirable things that are in our heart, is that one wants respect from others, Srila Prabhupada always said not to demand respect but inspire respect.
10- He is a benefactor for all living entities. It was Srila Rupa Gosvami who glorified Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu by saying that he was the greatest benefactor, since he was giving Krishna consciousness or pure love for God to all, and our Srila Prabhupada is the commander-in-chief of the spiritual forces of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, please, we do not see Srila Prabhupada as the guru of a few people, no, that is a big mistake, let's see Srila Prabhupada as the Jagat-guru the guru of the universe.
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The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 2

The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 2, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
In the preface to the Upadesamrita or nectar of instruction, Srila Prabhupada says: "The first duty in all spiritual matters is to control the mind and the senses. Unless you control your mind and your senses, you can not advance anything in the spiritual life. " In Bhagavad-Gita 6: 34-35 it is said: "Because the mind is restless, turbulent, stubborn and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, I believe, is more difficult than controlling the wind. Lord Sri Krishna said: Oh, you, son of Kunti, the one of the powerful arms! To contain the restless mind is undoubtedly something very difficult to do, but this is possible through proper practice and detachment. And in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says: "By detaching the mind from activities that are not consecrated to the Lord, it becomes very easy to learn vairagya. Vairagya means detachment from matter and make the mind to dedicate itself to the spirit. Impersonal spiritual detachment is more difficult than attaching the mind to Krishna's activities. This is practical, because when one hears Krsna, one automatically attaches oneself to the Supreme Spirit. That attachment is called paresanubhuti, spiritual satisfaction. " And Srila Prabhupada in the same meaning instructs us: "It is something like curing a disease through expert treatment and proper diet. Thus, hearing about the transcendental activities of Lord Krishna is the expert treatment for the alienated mind, and eating the food that has been offered to Krishna is the right diet for the suffering patient. That treatment constitutes the process of Krishna consciousness. " I want to share with you a lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Gosvami Prabhupada given in Calcutta on 7-12-1936, entitled "The Evil Mind." This evil mind, which can not be trusted, must be beaten with the broom every morning with the following warning: "Do not be anxious to find fault in others, or declare yourself a pure devotee of God or Krishna truly sincere and authentic, which certainly is not, "there is a teaching in the saying:" A man who is accustomed to criticize the conduct of others, will never prosper. " Let others do what they want, it does not concern me, rather I must find fault in my doomed mind and think like the Vaisnava Mahajana who sang: "Always engaged in vicious activities ... and without the tiny virtue in me, liar as I am, always lamenting to see the pleasures of others and enjoy seeing the grief, problems and worries of others. We must always remember this song and occupy our mind unceasingly in Hari-bhajan. We should not run around attacking others with dissuasive policies, such conduct is only appropriate for deceiters, not preachers. In connection with the subject, there are very powerful instructions in Srimad Bhagavatam 5.11.17. The devotee Jada Bharata instructs King Rahugana: "That mind out of control is the greatest enemy of the living entity. If we are not careful with it and we give it a chance, it will become more and more powerful and it will conquer us. Although it is not real, it is very powerful, and covers the constitutional position of the soul. Oh king, please try to beat that mind with the weapon of service at the lotus feet of the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Put all your efforts into it. " And in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says: "There is a weapon with which it is very easy to overcome the mind: to ignore it". Conclusion: We advise you to read the Sri Mana Siksa. Instructions to the mind by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, here we are going to show you verse 1. Oh, my dear sister, my silly mind! After having fastened your feet, I humbly pray you with sweet words. Please abandon all pride and quickly develop a sublime and incessant rati or attachment to Sri Gurudeva, Sri Vraja Dhama, the residents of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, your mantras of diksa, the holy names of the Supreme Lord, and the refuge of Kisora-kisiri, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, the eternally young divine couple of Vraja.
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DIPAVALI ( DIVALI) 2017 KI JAYA

Dipavali [Diwali} Thursday,  October 19, 2017  and October 20, 2017 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India time] 

compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa

Srila Prabhupada explains the actual meaning of Dipavali celebration of Lord Krsna breaking the pot of yogurt and being bound by Yasodamayi 

Srī-śuka uvāca

ekadā gṛha-dāsīṣu

yaśodā nanda-gehinī

karmāntara-niyuktāsu

nirmamantha svayaṁ dadhi

yāni yānīha gītāni

tad-bāla-caritāni ca

dadhi-nirmanthane kāle

smarantī tāny agāyata

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā—one day; gṛha-dāsīṣu—when all the maidservants of the household were otherwise engaged; yaśodā—mother Yaśodā; nanda-gehinī—the queen of Nanda Mahārāja; karma-antara—in other household affairs; niyuktāsu—being engaged; nirmamantha—churned; svayam—personally; dadhi—the yogurt; yāni—all such; yāni—such; iha—in this connection; gītāni—songs; tat-bāla-caritāni—in which the activities of her own child were enacted; ca—and; dadhi-nirmanthane—while churning the yogurt; kāle—at that time; smarantī—remembering; tāni—all of them (in the form of songs); agāyata—chanted.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: One day when mother Yaśodā saw that all the maidservants were engaged in other household affairs, she personally began to churn the yogurt. While churning, she remembered the childish activities of Kṛṣṇa, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself about all those activities.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, quoting from the Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī of Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, says that the incident of Kṛṣṇa’s breaking the pot of yogurt and being bound by mother Yaśodā took place on the Dipavali Day,or Dīpa-mālikā. Even today in India, this festival is generally celebrated very gorgeously in the month of Kārtika by fireworks and lights, especially in Bombay. It is to be understood that among all the cows of Nanda Mahārāja, several of mother Yaśodā’s cows ate only grasses so flavorful that the grasses would automatically flavor the milk. Mother Yaśodā wanted to collect the milk from these cows, make it into yogurt and churn it into butter personally, since she thought that this child Kṛṣṇa was going to the houses of neighborhood gopas and gopīs to steal butter because He did not like the milk and yogurt ordinarily prepared.

While churning the butter, mother Yaśodā was singing about the childhood activities of Kṛṣṇa. It was formerly a custom that if one wanted to remember something constantly, he would transform it into poetry or have this done by a professional poet. It appears that mother Yaśodā did not want to forget Kṛṣṇa’s activities at any time. Therefore she poeticized all of Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities, such as the killing of Pūtanā, Aghāsura, Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta, and while churning the butter, she sang about these activities in poetical form. This should be the practice of persons eager to remain Kṛṣṇa conscious twenty-four hours a day. This incident shows how Kṛṣṇaconscious mother Yaśodā was. To stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we should follow such persons.

Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 10: "The Summum Bonum" : SB 10.9: Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Lord Krsna : SB 10.9.1-2 : 

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu observed the dipavall festival 

ei-mata rāsa-yātrā, āra dīpāvalī

utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā dekhilā sakali

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; rāsa-yātrā—rāsa dancing of Lord Kṛṣṇa; āra—and; dīpa-āvalī—a row of lights, the day of Dīpāvalī; utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā—the festival of Utthāna-dvādaśī; dekhilā sakali—participated in all of them.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals known as Rāsa-yātrā, Dīpāvalīand Utthāna-dvādaśī.

PURPORT

The Dīpāvalī festival takes place on the dark-moon night in the month of Kārttika (October-November). The Rāsa-yātrā, or rāsa dancing of Kṛṣṇa, takes place on the full-moon night of the same month. Utthāna-dvādaśī takes place the day after Ekādaśī in the waxing fortnight of the moon in the same month. All the devotees of Śrī CaitanyaMahāprabhu participated in all these festivals.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Madhya-lila : Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasada at the House of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya : Madhya 15.36 

 The roads, streets and lanes of Hastināpura were all sprinkled with fragrant water through the trunks of intoxicated elephants. In different places of the city there were colorful festoons and flags decorating the houses and streets. At important road crossings there were gates with golden decorations, and at the two sides of the gates there were golden water jugs. These beautiful decorations glorified the opulence of the city. Participating in this great ceremony, all the citizens of the city gathered here and there, dressed in colorful new clothing, decorated with ornaments, flower garlands, and fragrant scents. Each and every house was illuminated by hundreds and thousands of lamps placed in different corners of the cornices, walls, columns, bases and architraves, and from far away the rays of the lamps resembled the festival of Dīpāvalī (a particular festival observed on the New Year's Day of the Hindu calendar). Within the walls of the houses, fragrant incense was burning, and smoke rose through the windows, making the entire atmosphere very pleasing. On the top of every house flags were flapping, and the gold waterpots kept on the roofs shone very brilliantly.Books : KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead - 1970 Edition : Volume 2 : KB 2-16 / Lord Krsna in Indraprastha City 

Letters : 1967 Correspondence : October : Letter to: Pradyumna -- Calcutta 17 October, 1967 : 67-10-17 :

Ramacandra's victory celebration is observed in the last day of Durga Puja. Vaisnavas are not concerned with Durga Puja. Dipavali or Devali is observed as new years day by certain mercantile community. The Vaisnavas have nothing to do with this ceremony but just on the last day after Devali the Vaisnavas observe Annakuta ceremony. This celebration is the day when Lord Krishna lifted the hill & Madhavendra Puri established the temple in Gopala.

Srila Prabhupada explains the story of celebration of Dipavali: Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after killing Ravana

DIWALI FESTIVAL: 10th October. 1968,
(Letter from Srila Prabhupada to Hamsadutta dasa written from Seattle., Letters book Vol 1. p.549.)

Diwali ceremony can be observed in the temple by illuminating 100’s of candles, indifferent parts of the temple, and offering a special Prasad to the Deity. This ceremony was observed by the inhabitants of Ayodhya, the Kingdom of Lord Ramachandra, while Lord Ramachandra was out of His Kingdom due to His 14 years banishment by the order of His father. His younger step-brother Bharat, took charge of the Kingdom and the day on which Lord Ramachandra took back the charge again from His brother, and seated on the throne, this is observed as Diwali, and Deepabali. Deepabali means the same thing – Deepa means candles, and bali means numerous. When numerous candles are lighted it is called Deepabali. In India, this Deepavali function is celebrated in a special auspicious occassion. This Deepabali function can be observed on 21st October, and Prasad can be distributed on 22nd October, during daytime, which is known as Govardhan Puja and Annakuta Ceremony. In India, in all Vaishnava temples, this ceremony is observed and 100’s of people are given prasadam according to the capacity of the temple.

So I understand that last year the Deepabali ceremony was held in the temple, and there was collection of $130.00. So you can do the needful. Hope you are all well.

Your Ever Well Wisher.
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami
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The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 1

The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 1, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
In Spain there was a Santa who was called Santa Teresa of Avila, she compared this body with a house where the soul lives and the mind called the madwoman of the house. The function of the mind is to accept and reject, a very practical example of this is in the life of Jesus Christ, Palm Sunday thousands of people accepted him as their Savior and spent only 4 days and the same people shouted to be crucified. The first duty in the spiritual life is to control the mind and the senses, once a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada how I can control my mind and my senses, and Srila Prabhupada replied that you can not by yourself, but when you occupy your mind and your senses in the service of God or Krishna, He controls you personally. In the meaning of the maha-mantra Hare Krishna Srila Prabhupada says that the cultivation of Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition that is made to the mind, this consciousness is the original energy of the living entity, which revives when we hear the transcendental vibration , and when in fact we are in the plane of the spiritual understanding, having surpassed the levels of the senses, the mind and the intelligence, we are placed in the transcendental plane.
Most relationships with people are based on the mental plane, and most people have their mind dirtier than a dump, mind is full of lust, envy, fanaticism, doubts, prejudice, anger and ignorance. Most people are accustomed to relate to others based on what I can get out of this person, and when they see that there is a person who wants to relate with love and trust without wanting anything in return, people grab fear and they become defensive. Practically people in this age are like animals or lower than animals, finding a person who is happy and free is very difficult. The whole problem is false ego, pride, no one goes through life posing as the number one fool, everyone thinks I'm something very special, I'm God, and I can do whatever I want and it's not going to pass anything.
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Mayavadi Philosophy

Mayavadi Philosophy, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada says in his books that the Mayavadi movement is the most envious and demonic of Vedic culture, and that the destiny of the mayavadis is that they all go to hell. They preach that God has no hands, legs, face, offend God at every moment and that God is impersonal and that Krishna or God and devotional service and devotees of God are all Mayan, that's why they are called mayavadis, fanatics of Maya. Their specific mission is to separate people from devotion to God, and thus act out of the great envy they have of God and the genuine devotees of God. The Vaisnava philosophy is a scourge against the mayavadis, the mission of all Acharyas is to break into pieces all Mayavadi philosophy. That is why in the pranam-mantra of Srila Prabhupada we say that nirvisesa sunyavadi you have come to free us from impersonalism and nihilism. Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu always said Mayavadi Krishna aparadi, the mayavadis are the most offensive to God or Krishna, and that the greatest offense that can be done to God or Krishna is to believe that when He comes to this material world assumes a body made of maya or ignorance, that is complete atheism, any contact with the mayavadis is ruining a person's spiritual life, ignorant and sentimental people do not understand anything .... only the awakened person in the spiritual life can see things as they are .... in the Bhagavad gita Krishna says clearly that I come by my spiritual energy, and those deceivers say that it comes by the material energy, that they do so that people think that God and we are the same, God has come by the material energy and I also, that means that we are equal, Srila Prabhupada always set a very good example, the Governor is going to inspect the jail, and the prisons think that the Governor is also a prisoner, now we are all Governors, ..... jajajajajaja.
It is all in the books of Srila Prabhupada, in Srimad-Bhagavatam 4, 28, 48, Srila Prabhupada says that when the Acharya comes, he establishes the principles of religion, but when he leaves, disorder and thieves, bandits and opportunists take advantage of it. of the situation. That is what has happened in their movement, the first thing that the leaders of Hare Krishna did is to remove Srila Prabhupada from the center of their movement and to put themselves as the center, they also changed the orders of Srila Prabhupada on the initiations, it is said in the Sri Harinama Chintamani that the result of offending the guru is that one becomes a mayavadi, so these people externally pretend to be followers of Srila Prabhupada, but internally they envy Srila Prabhupada a lot, and all they do is that no one serves nor love Srila Prabhupada, they want service and love for them, these people are the most envious, strange and dangerous, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada denounced all this in a book that called him the business of the guru and then killed him.
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