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.

A complete success

 A complete success, by Haripada dasa

At the end of the preface of The Bhagavad Gita Srila Prabhupada says that without just one man becoming a pure devotee of the Lord, we will consider our attempt as a success, since Srila Prabhupada achieved success, Jayananda prabhu practicing Krishna consciousness in a way Strict, serious and sincere she became a pure devotee of Krishna, and when she left her body in 1977 Srila Prabhupada said that she went to Vaikuntha, to the spiritual world. Srila Prabhupada says in his books that there are devotees everywhere but they have forgotten, our mission is to educate pious people to know Srila Prabhupada and love him, Srila Prabhupada says in his books that in this movement of consciousness Krishna, there are people who wear kuntis and japa but they are very envious, those people must be ignored, Srila Prabhupada said that everything is in his books, and he also criticized his disciples many times saying that they do not study his books enough, if a person She is an expert in Srila Prabhupada's books, when she hears someone preach Krishna consciousness she will immediately detect if that person is transmitting Srila Prabhupada to others, or if he is transmitting himself to others.

We understand and accept that God or Krishna is the supreme mystic and I can do everything, in the Chaitanya Charitamrita, Antya lila, 3, 50 it is said that the scriptures say that the next ten thousand years will be the predominance of the Krishna consciousness movement, but that, after that period, all will turn to meles and yavanas.

All philosophy

 

All philosophy, by Haripada dasa

The philosophy of Krishna consciousness is so simple that I will try to expose it in this message, Srila Prabhupada in CC, adi-lila, 7, 106 informs us that in the Vedanta sutra there are 4 chapters, the first two inform us of the knowledge of the relationship, at the beginning of said book informs us that now is the time to know, this means that we have to be aware of how fortunate we are to have a human form of life, and the purpose of human life is to know God and love him, and go back home back to Godhead, relationship knowledge means knowing what and who God is, Krishna has a spiritual body full of eternity, knowledge and bliss, He is the cause of all causes, and He is the supreme pleasure, and we are parts and portions of Him, and our constitutional position is to be loving and eternal servants of Krishna, in chapter 3 we are informed about how to act in our constitutional position, that means practical ca of the nine members of devotional service: 1) Hearing the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 2) Sing their glories. 3) Remember the Lord. 4) Serve at the feet of the Lord. 5) Worship the deity of the Lord. 6) Offer obeisances to the Lord. 7) Act as a servant of the Lord. 8) Make friends with the Lord and 9) surrender completely to the Lord, and in the 4th chapter we are informed that the result of practicing devotional service is that one will awaken his latent love for God, said love is there eternally in the heart of all living entities, and that love for God is the only need of the soul, no soul can be happy or fully satisfied without awakening love for God. There is the whole philosophy of Krishna consciousness.

Srila Prabhupada gave us 80 books of 400 pages each, he always said that all doubts will go away when studying his books, in chapter 7 of the Nectar of Devotion it is said that if we carefully read The Bhagavad Gita, The Srimad Bhagavatam, The teachings of Lord Chaitanya and this Nectar of Devotion, we will gain sufficient knowledge to understand the science of Krishna consciousness. We don't need to take the trouble to read other books.

We are all devotees

 

We are all devotees, by Haripada dasa

Hare Krishna, my intention and attitude in sending you this message is that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to transmit his teachings to everyone, not wanting anything in return.

Srila Prabhupada said in 1972 in Kartika in Vrindavana that we must always be ready to offer respect to everyone, because each living entity is originally a devotee of God or Krishna, but circumstantially the soul being covered by ignorance, is acting as a demon, in this world there are divine and demonic people, divine people obey the laws of God or Krishna and demonic ones do not, but everyone's original nature is to be a devotee of God or Krishna.

The first thing to do in devotional life is to purify the designations, the designations mean the things that we are not but that we think we are, for example people in general think that I am the body, and therefore I am Spanish, American , Hindu, etc., I am the master of everything, my house and my family belong to me, I am the enjoyer, the controller of everything, this woman is my wife, here is my son, here is my brother, etc., everything these are designations, the result of living with designations is that the person lives full of fear, envy, ignorance and very conditioned, a soul free of designations believes and experiences that I am not the body, but an eternal spiritual soul, a loving servant of God or Krishna and His devotees, my relatives are also children of God or Krishna, my house and everything I own belongs to God or Krishna and I use everything for the service of God or Krishna, the result of having that God consciousness or Krishna, is that the person lives happily and free.

In devotional life there are three kinds of devotees of God or Krishna, the neophyte, the middle stage, and the perfect devotee. First you have to understand what faith is, faith means having complete conviction that when chanting the Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H se read as J for j) will automatically fulfill all duties and complete all godly activities. The neophyte devotee exhibits a faith that is formal, even worldly, worships Deity but has not developed an interest in serving the representative of God or Krishna, the authorized spiritual master, the devotee in the middle stage develops loving affection for God or Krishna , makes friends with other devotees, has compassion for innocent people, an innocent person is one who believes in God or Krishna, but is not advanced in spiritual life, and avoids the company of atheists, and the perfect devotee is one who he sees God or Krishna everywhere, and God or Krishna is his life and soul, his life revolves around The Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J for j), for him, the Holy Name of God or Krishna is the essence of everything.

The pure and perfect disciple

 

The pure and perfect disciple

With love and confidence I share this beautiful verse that describes the qualities of the genuine disciple, Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya lila, 24, 330:

The qualities of the bona fide disciple are explained in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.10.6):

amānya-matsaro dakṣo nirmamo dṛḍha-sauhṛdaḥ

asatvaro ’rtha-jijñāsur anasūyur amogha-vāk

The disciple must have the following qualities. You must give up all interest in the material bodily concept of life. He must give up material lust, anger, greed, illusion, madness, and envy. He must have no other interest than to understand the science of God, the extremes of which he must be willing to consider point by point. You must stop thinking, "I am this body," or "This belongs to me." He must love the spiritual master with unshakable faith, and he must be very stable and fixed. The genuine disciple must be inquisitive in understanding transcendental subjects. You must not try to discover defects in the midst of good qualities, and you must lose all interest in material matters. His only concern should be Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

We have no doubt that the pure and perfect disciple of Srila Prabhupada was 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 of Krishna, as I understand it, the essence of this great soul is that everything he did was to make Srila Prabhupada happy, and he never did anything to displease Srila Prabhupada, he was not a politician, I like this, is my friend, I dislike him, he is my enemy, he was humble, tolerant and everyone's friend, and he never criticized anyone, Srila Prabhupada said that I am very proud to have had such a good disciple as Jayananda prabhu, everyone must Following his example, this great devotee enjoyed serving Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and everyone, and that is the perfection of Krishna consciousness, that can only be done when one has awakened his great love for Srila Prabhupada and by Krishna. As I understand it, only people who have sacrificed their lives to make Srila Prabhupada happy can receive Krishna's mercy, if you want to see a video about Jayananda Prabhu this is the link:

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

Our well-wisher

 Our well-wisher, by Haripada dasa

Srila Prabhupada from 1966 to 1977 answered more than 7,000 letters from his disciples and admirers, and always put at the end your well-wisher Bhaktivedanta Swami, do not think that finding a representative of God or Krishna is an easy thing, the problem is that there are many deceivers Srila Prabhupada always said that what people like the most is suffering and being deceived, and another thing he always said is that people cannot understand the simplest things in life because they are full of sinful activities, people does not understand the difference between a materialistic and atheistic person and a true devotee of God or Krishna, the atheist and materialist does not have any good feelings for anyone, not for himself, and the devotee of Krishna is a person full of compassion, she does not can bear the afflictions of others and tries through Krishna consciousness preaching to make people chant Hare Krishna, lead a pure and sinless life and be happy, Srila Prabhupada He sacrificed his life for others, that is the practical proof that he is a representative of God or Krishna, and he is Acharya, which means one who preaches by his personal example.

Srila Prabhupada is saktyavesa avatara, the word avatara means the one who descends from the spiritual world, and saktyavesa means the one that God or Krishna empowers him to be His representative, when Srila Prabhupada was born the astrologer said that this child when he is 70 years old will come out of the India to go to western countries to preach Krishna consciousness, will open more than a hundred Krishna temples, write 80 books, and these books will be the law books for the next 10,000 years for all mankind. To date, more than 500 million of his books have been distributed in all the languages ​​of the world. Srila Prabhupada did not come to make a new religion, but to preach concepts and truths that are eternal, as Jesus Christ said that I did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.

Srila Prabhupada taught us that the real problems are to free ourselves from birth, death, old age and diseases, he taught us that the only spiritual process that exists in Kali yuga or the present age is to chant The Maha-Mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (H is read as J for j), and he taught us that the pure and intimate devotees of God or Krishna never die, they live eternally on his instructions , and those who obey their instructions live with them.

Srila Prabhupada taught us to love our enemies, I will tell a story that illustrates this, Srila Prabhupada bought a piece of land in Bombay, India, to make a Krishna temple, a Hotel, a Theater and a vegetarian Restaurant. It was bought from Nair by a very powerful figure, Chief Justice and Director of a newspaper. Nair before this sold that land to the C. Company, with tricks he took the land and money from them, the C. Company sued Nair, but Nair won the lawsuit. Srila Prabhupada knew it and thus and everything was risked. Nair and his lawyer wanted to do the same with Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada sued him in court, but Nair died of a heart attack. His mistress continued with the litigation and made a big mistake, bribing the City Hall officials to destroy the temple they were already building and to kick out all the Krishna devotees who lived on the land. He backfired, Krishna devotees called all their Hindu friends and told them everything, all the most important people in Bombay condemned this act and Mrs. Nair was devastated. Then Mrs. Nair all repentant went to see Srila Prabhupada and crying she threw herself at his feet to forgive her, Srila Prabhupada full of mercy told her that you are to me like my daughter, you will never lack anything in your life, I will I'll take care of you Now that temple is one of the most important temples in spiritual India.

Return to God

 

Return to God, by Haripada dasa

Human life is to achieve values. This form of human life is one that can provide values. And what is the greatest value that can be achieved in life? Going back home, back to Godhead, one's selfishness must be aimed at going back to Godhead. Notice how merciful God or Krishna is, Pure Goodness, despite the fact that we have turned our backs on Him, He keeps us giving us food, water, etc., everything, the cause of us being in this material world the world of envy is that we have misused free will, and we have turned our back on God thinking that we will be happy without God, and God is so merciful that he does not interfere with our freedom, the material world is a true prison where rebellious souls are punishes them, the supposed material pleasures cause more suffering, but because punishments are remedies, souls are reformed through suffering, when a person suffers the false ego it loosens up, but what a reason Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura had when he always said that the rebellious soul is hostile to serving God and His devotees.

The consciousness of God or Krishna is a spiritual science, and to reach the goal of life, which is to have love for God, you have to go through nine stages, the first is faith, then one associates with pure devotees of God, the The result of this is that the faith increases, then one begins in the chant of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, by chanting and leading a sinless life the heart is purified of the bad qualities that rob the soul of energy, these are the lust, anger, greed, envy, pride and ignorance, then one becomes fixed in the spiritual life, then one likes the spiritual life, then one becomes attached to the spiritual life, then when he does his spiritual practices he feels spiritual emotions, tears in his eyes and the hairs on his body stand up, etc., and then love for God, when one reaches this goal he cannot live without God as a fish cannot live without water.

The difference between the spiritual culture of India and other cultures is that in the Holy Scriptures of India there are ten billion verses that inform us of the unlimited names, forms, qualities and pastimes of God, and there is also a lot of detailed information about what is the Kingdom of God, there only exists God, His Devotees and the love relationships between God or Krishna and His Devotees.

In the Nectar of Devotion in chapter 9 it says the price that must be paid to return to God, to return to our true home, in other words, we must learn to cry for the Lord. We must learn this little technique, and we must be very anxious --- and indeed cry --- to dedicate ourselves to some particular kind of service. This is called laulyam, and those tears are the price of the highest perfection. If someone develops this laulyam, or excessive longing to meet and serve the Lord in any particular way, it is the price to enter the Kingdom of God. For the rest, there is no material way to calculate the value of the ticket that allows us to enter the Kingdom of God. The only price for that entrance is this laulyaí lālasāmayī, or desire and great longing.