Most beneficial

 Sri Janmasthami 2024 KI JAYA , JAGAT GURU Srila Prabhupada, KI JAYA

Most beneficial, by Haripada dasa

By the mercy of Srila Prabhupada we understand and accept that there is nothing more beneficial than associating with the pure devotees of God or Krishna, the association with the pure devotees of God or Krishna is more valuable than all the riches of the Universe and more valuable than going To the heavenly planets, a moment of association with the pure devotees of God or Krishna can free you from birth, death, old age and disease and go back home to God or Krishna.

If the association with the pure devotees of God or Krishna is so valuable because people do not associate with them, the answer is that the generality of the people or the heads of families think that their main duty is to give themselves to solve family problems , and that self-realization or enlightenment in spiritual knowledge is a secondary matter, and it is also that such people are very poor of heart that is why they do not associate with the pure devotees of God or Krishna.

I remember a class by Srila Prabhupada who said that people think that the time I am listening to a class of the Bhagavad Gita or the Bhagavatam, that time is better used to be in the office or at work and thus earn money. It is a very practical fact that one's desires and ambitions develop according to the company one has. If one maintains association with the devotees of God or Krishna, he will surely develop love for God or Krishna.

I share this beautiful verse from the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3-25-25) which says: “Conversations about the pastimes and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the company of pure devotees are very pleasant and satisfying to the ear and heart. One who cultivates this knowledge gradually advances along the path of liberation until he is liberated and his attraction is fixed. Then true devotion and true devotional service begin. "

Those who think that the great Masters like Srila Prabhupada and other Masters of the disciplic succession die, they reason eternally in their instructions and those who obey them live with them.

Srila Prabhupada's Men

 

Srila Prabhupada's Men, by Haripada dasa

Srila Prabhupada's men are people who have decided to use their lives to please Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada's men are by nature meek and humble, but when they see that there are people who offend Srila Prabhupada they are like lightning bolts. In the same way that drug addicts cannot do without their drug, Srila Prabhupada's men cannot live without reading Srila Prabhupada's books every day. Srila Prabhupada's men are always making plans for people to be happy in Krishna or God consciousness. Srila Prabhupada's men are the smartest people because they are always chanting Hare Krishna. Srila Prabhupada's men love even their enemies. Srila Prabhupada's men never engage in sense gratification. Srila Prabhupada's men are the only people who have overcome lower taste by finding great satisfaction in higher taste.

Srila Prabhupada's men are assured of their return home, their return to Godhead. Srila Prabhuada's men use everything for the service of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga. Srila Prabhupada's men are obedient to Srila Prabhupada's instructions. Srila Prabhupada's men have no time for maya. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is the Acharya through his books for the next 10,000 years. Srila Prabhupada's men establish relationships with other devotees based on spiritual love and trust. Srila Prabhupada's men are very careful to offend any moving or immobile living entity. Srila Prabhupada's men have found a taste in being the servants of others. Srila Prabhupada's men have decided that their love is for Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that many unauthorized people have used Srila Prabhupada for a living.

Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is our direct link to the guru-parampara. Srila Prabhupada's men understand and accept that Srila Prabhupada is the Jagat-guru the guru of the universe and to all devotees who have accepted Srila Prabhupada as the way, the truth and the life offer their respectful obeisances. Srila Prabhupada's men establish a friendly relationship and see all the devotees who have accepted Srila Prabhupada as their Gurudeva as godbrothers. Srila Prabhupada's men obey Srila Prabhupada's order to initiate on his behalf, they don't speculate.

Become a mouse again

 Become a mouse again, by Haripada dasa

According to the Harinama Chintamani, the pure devotee of Krishna is an ocean of mercy, and he distributes this mercy in 4 ways, 1, through his instructions, 2, the remnants of his food, 3, the dust of his lotus feet and 4, the water that washes his lotus feet, when Krishna's pure devotee enters his samadhi lila, the only way to live with him is by obeying his instructions. There are disciples who are so grateful for all his mercy that they sacrifice their life to make their Guru happy, and they develop great love for Sri Guru, and they become perfect devotees, and Krishna loves those devotees very much, and there are others who are very hypocritical, externally they pass themselves off as serious and sincere devotees, but internally they have many hidden desires, to illustrate this subject Srila Prabhupada expounded a story, the mouse and the sage, there was a mouse that was chased by cats, and he was to see a great sage who has many mystical powers, and he told the sage the cats want to devour me, and the sage told him what do you want, to be a cat, it's okay to be a cat, some time passed and he returned to the sage and He told him the dogs want to kill me, and the wise man said and what do you want, to be a dog, that's fine, be a dog, and in the end he went to see the wise man again and told him that the tigers want to devour me, and what do you want , be a tiger, okay, be a tiger, and stared at the wise man thought I'm here because I have my lunch, and the wise man told him to turn back into a mouse.

Srila Prabhupada criticized his disciples many times saying that they did not read his books, the result of not reading Srila Prabhupada's books is that one becomes fanatical and sentimental, I have come to the conclusion that to establish relationships with devotees based on in love and trust at least you have to be on the platform of Madhyama or intermediate, between Kanisthas or neophyte devotees it is not possible, because in the Kanistha there is envy, selfishness, hypocrisy and the tendency to fight with others is very strong, there is a book by Raghunatha dasa goswami entitled Mana-siksa or preaching to the mind, the essence of this book is that it tells us that the most difficult thing to purify is the tendency towards deception, we deceive ourselves and others, the only way to purify this is to dive into the ocean of nectar of Krishna consciousness.