lunes, 30 de septiembre de 2019

An interesting story

An interesting story, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, with love and confidence I share the story of the devotee who introduced me to Krishna consciousness, in the summer of 1984 there were 3 Krishna devotees to distribute books in my village, I went with my motorcycle and Devarshi prabhu stopped me and He offered me a Bhagavad gita and a Bhagavan tape, we were talking for half an hour, I gave him a donation of everything he carries, like 30 dollars, and I had the feeling that this person is as if I had known him for a lifetime It was a very spontaneous relationship, as if we were old friends, I read the Gita and I liked it a lot and in October of the same year I entered the Nueva Vrajamandala estate, Devarshi prabhu, he became a devotee in Barcelona, ​​Spain, in 1979 He was a devotee by nature, he liked Krishna's conscience very much, his father was like Hiranyakasipu, a first-class atheist, and when he learned that his son became Hare Krishna he went crazy, his father held a high position in the Spanish army, and He and another woman who also made his son Hare Krishna bought some bodyguards to kidnap them both, kidnapped them both and took them to a house in the Swiss Alps, there and to break the regulatory principles they took prostitutes very beautiful, very opulent food, etc., the other immediately broke the principles, but Devarshi in a miraculous way could escape from the house and left.
Then he appeared again in Barcelona, ​​and the devotees told him to leave Pujari to the Nueva Vramandala estate, there his father again attacked him and claiming that his son was crazy put him in an asylum, the doctors analyzed him and concluded that Devarshi was a very healthy person and left, then he went to Mayapur, Bengal, India, he lived there almost 30 years, his father regretted his behavior and went to see him in Mayapur several times, there Devarshi lived in a cabin in the gurukula, he became very expert in making fires of sacrifices, mantras, astrology, etc., he always said that my astrology guru was Nanili Kantha prabhu, he said he was the best astrologer in the world, he left the tuberculosis body in December 2011, for all it was a mystery why he let his health deteriorate so much, he stayed in the bones, he wrote me a message in the summer of 2011 and told me that Haripada this is full of demons, and I told him to do com or I, who left Iskcon not to be complicit in all the injustices and offenses they were doing to Srila Prabhupada, Devarshi was humility personified, although his father made his life impossible, before leaving his body he wrote a letter to his family and told them to please forgive me for all my offenses and for all the disturbances that I have caused them. As I said in the previous message, Vaisnava's behavior establishes the principles of religion.
Once Brahmananda told me in Vrindavana that Srila Prabhupada had told him that Krishna consciousness is beyond an institution, the great Acharyas establish institutions so that Krishna consciousness expands in an organized way, in SB 4, 28, 48 it is said that when the Acharya comes he establishes the principles of religion, but when he leaves he becomes disorder and thieves, bandits and opportunists take advantage of the situation, that has happened in Gaudiya Matha and in iskcon, we must be intelligent and not fall into their mistakes, if we all obey Srila Prabhupada's instruction to follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, we will all go back home back to Goloka Vrindavana.
No one can preach Krishna consciousness in an artificial way or by making arrangements or material tricks, that is not possible, the only person who can make devotees is the person full of mercy and love for Srila Prabhupada and for Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead .
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sábado, 28 de septiembre de 2019

Srila Prabhupada is here


Srila Prabhupada is here, by Haripada dasa
Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote the magnificent stanza in glorification of Srila Haridasa Thakura, who says that it is wrong who says that Vaisnavas or pure devotees of God or Krishna die when their art still lives in sound, Vaisnavas die to live, and in doing so, They try to spread the Holy Name everywhere. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada always said that a pure devotee of God or Krishna is one who is beyond the influence of gold, women and the tigress of fame ... Such a person is detached and pure ... Such a person can defeat the ignorance of the whole world. Srila Prabhupada is here, he is in his pranam mantra, in his Deities, in his books, in his DVDs, in his classes, and in the heart of his serious and sincere followers who obey all his instructions, only the people who have practiced the Krishna consciousness in a serious and sincere manner like Jayananda prabhu, can feel in your life the presence of Srila Prabhupada. I sent more than 70 people the message entitled the perfect disciple, glorifying Jayananda prabhu, nobody has answered me, thank you prabhu for reminding us of Srila Prabhupada's instruction that we should follow the example of Jayananda prabhu, I have come to the conclusion of that the inhabitants of kali yuga live full of envy, selfishness, hypocrisy and we have a tendency to fight very hard, we all understand and accept that in order to purify ourselves of these 4 contamination we must sing the 16 rounds without offenses of the Maha Mantra Hare Krishna, we must all follow the 4 regulatory principles very strictly, 1, do not eat meat, fish or eggs, 2, no illicit sex, only sex is allowed to procreate and with one's wife, 3, not gambling, and 4, do not take tea, coffee, alcohol, drugs, etc., we must all sing the three daily gayatris, we must all follow the Ekadasis, the month Purusottama, the Chaturmasya, Kartika Vrata, the apparitions and disappearances of l Supreme Lord and His devotees, we must all celebrate the Jhulana Yatra or the Swing Festival, We must all avoid bad association and always be happy and eager to associate with the serious and sincere devotees of Srila Prabhupada, we must always carry the tilaka marks on the body, we must always have Srila Prabhupada at the center of our lives and help people to put Srila Prabhupada at the center of their lives and every day we must read Srila Prabhupada's books in the morning and evening, we should only eat Krishna prasada, food offered to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We must all obey the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada in his books on how we should use our hard earned wealth, Srila Prabhupada sets the example of Srila Rupa Goswami, when he retired from service to the Muslim government and surrendered to the lotus feet of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu divided his wealth into three parts. 1-50 percent gave it to the Brahmanas and Vaisnavas, 25 percent for their relatives and the other 25 percent for personal emergencies, by practicing this a transcendental atmosphere is created and selfishness is destroyed. No one should speculate, we understand and accept that a person is speculating, when he does things in a capricious manner without relying on the Guru, Sadhu and Sastra. If a person does not practice the aforementioned, he can already make the point that I am from Iskcon, Prabhupadanugas, Ritviks, an activist against the changes of Srila Prabhupada's books, you can wear a million seats, you will continue full of envy, selfishness, hypocrisy and the tendency to fight with others, have you now understood what Krishna consciousness is?
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viernes, 27 de septiembre de 2019

The behavior of the devotee

The behavior of the devotee, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, with love and confidence I share one of my favorite verses of Chaitanya Charitamrita, Madhya lila, 17, 185, there it is said that “The behavior of the devotee establishes the true purpose of religious principles. The behavior of Mādhavendra Purī Gosvāmī is the essence of these religious principles. ”Then Mādhavendra Purī Gosvāmī thought that the Gopinatha Deity has stolen a pot of condensed milk for me, and people will think that I am a devotee of Krishna, but I I am not a devotee of Krishna and he left. Then we have the story of Jada Bharata of the Bhagavatam, he was forced to carry the King's palanquin, but since he did not want to kill the ants on the road, he carried the palanquin badly, and King Rahugana got angry with him and began to insult him, Jada Bharata He ignored the insults but gave his mercy to the King by giving him spiritual instructions, and when the King realized that he was a pure devotee of Krishna he got off the palanquin and gave obeisances and spoke this verse that they put one The creeps, the King said that I do not fear the lightning of Indra, nor the trident of Lord Siva, etc., I only fear offending a devotee of Krishna. Then also of the Bhagavatam we have the story of Durvasa muni that without any reason offended King Maharaja Ambarisa, and as a punishment for this offense Krishna sent him his Sudarsana Chakra, and Maharaja Ambarisa prayed to Krishna not to punish him, seeing this Durvasa muni said that now I have understood who Krishna's devotees are, I have offended you and you have instead prayed for my good fortune. And in Srinivasa Acharya's prayers to the 6 gosvamis of Vrindavana in verse 1 he says that they are like an ocean of love for God, and they enjoy good fame both among good people and among outlaws, for they are not envious of anyone . They please everyone with everything they do, and they have all the blessings of Lord Chaitanya, so they engage in missionary activities designed to free all the conditioned souls of the material universe. Once a neighbor of my mother became very angry with her, to the point that she punched him, my mother as a good Christian turned her other cheek, the neighbor seeing my mother's attitude, threw herself at her feet and she apologized, my mother picked her up and hugged her, and then they were very good friends.
As I understand it, the most important thing about a devotee is his behavior, as it is said in the Harinama Chintamani that a true devotee is not known because he has a pleasant appearance, many followers, fame, etc., the symptom of a true devotee is that he has a great attachment to chanting the Maha-mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, that is my conclusion. Another point is that the oldest disciples of Srila Prabhupada who had very good experiences with Srila Prabhupada in their physical or vapu form, shared their experiences with Srila Prabhupada with the whole world, let's not forget that Srila Prabhupada told Yamuna devi dasi that if You don't share what you know, you will become envious.
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jueves, 26 de septiembre de 2019

The perfect disciple

The perfect disciple, by Haripada dasa
Hare Krishna, as I understand it, the association of devotees means helping each other to obey Srila Prabhupada's instructions, and so we will all go back home, back to God, one of Srila Prabhupada's instructions is that all We must follow the example of Jayananda Prabhu, I take this opportunity to thank Mahatma Prabhu for showing me the glories and transcendental qualities of Jayananda Prabhu, this great devotee is the example of the perfect disciple of Srila Prabhupada, this great devotee will be a great inspiration For future generations of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna's devotees, as I understand it, the essence of this great soul is that all he did was to make Srila Prabhupada happy, and he never did anything to dislike Srila Prabhupada, he didn't I was a politician, I like him, he is my friend, I like him, he is my enemy, he was humble, tolerant and the friend of the whole world, and he never criticized anyone, Srila Prabhupad He said that I am very proud to have had a disciple as good as Jayananda prabhu, everyone should follow his example, this great devotee enjoyed serving Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and everyone, and that is the perfection of Krishna consciousness, that It can only be done when one has awakened his great love for Srila Prabhupada and for 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 watch a video about Jayananda Prabhu this is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=568&v=f1yfcamhTT0
With love and confidence I share this verse from CC Madhya 1.218
dui jane prabhura kṛpā dekhi ’bhakta-gaṇe
‘Hari’ ‘hari’ bale knows ānandita-mane
Word by word:
dui jane - to the two people; prabhura - of the Lord; kṛpā - mercy; dekhi ’- seeing; bhakta-gaṇe - all the devotees; hari hari - the holy name of the Lord; bale - sing; knows - all; ānandita - full of joy; mane - in the mind.
Translation:
Seeing the mercy the Lord had had with the two brothers, all the devotees became very happy and began to sing the holy name of the Lord: «Hari! Hari!
Meaning:
Purport: Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says: chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava sevā nistāra peyeche kebā: Without serving a Vaiṣṇava, it is impossible to break free. The spiritual master initiates the disciple in order to free him; If the disciple fulfills the order of the spiritual master and does not offend other Vaiṣṇavas, he can move forward without difficulty. For that reason, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked all the Vaiṣṇavas present there to be merciful to the two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, whom the Lord had just begun. The Vaiṣṇava, seeing that another Vaiṣṇava has received the mercy of the Lord, feels very happy. Vaiṣṇavas are not envious. When a Vaiṣṇava, by the mercy of the Lord, receives from Him the power to spread the holy name of the Lord throughout the world, the other Vaiṣṇavas, if they are true Vaiṣṇavas, feel very happy. Certainly, whoever is envious of the success of a Vaiṣṇava is not a Vaiṣṇava, but an ordinary mundane person. Envy and jealousy are characteristic of worldly people, not Vaiṣṇavas. Why was a Vaiṣṇava going to be envious of another Vaiṣṇava who succeeds in spreading the holy name of the Lord? The true Vaiṣṇava feels very pleased to accept that Vaiṣṇava who grants the Lord's mercy. Someone who wears Vaiṣṇavas habits but is a mundane person, should not receive respect, but should be rejected. This is ordered by śāstra (upekṣā). The word upekṣā means disdain. The envious person must be disdained. The preacher has a duty to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friends with the Vaiṣṇavas, be merciful to the innocent, and reject or despise those who are envious or jealous. In the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement there are many envious people dressed in Vaiṣṇavas habits, and they should not be taken into account at all. It is useless to serve an envious person dressed as Vaiṣṇava. When Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava sevā nistāra peyeche kebā, it refers to true Vaiṣṇavas, not envious or jealous people dressed as Vaiṣṇavas.
Hare Krishna, my obeisances, glories to Srila Prabhupada, received, I hope that upon receiving this message you will find yourself happy in Krishna consciousness, awaiting your reply, in the service of Srila Prabhupada and his devotees, Haripada dasa.

As I understand it

As I understand it, by Haripada dasa
If a person buys Srila Prabhupada's books, studies them, likes them and obeys the spiritual instructions in these books, that is, Hare Krishna sings and obeys the 4 regulative principles, that person is connecting with Srila Prabhupada, because the Srila Prabhupada and Srila Prabhupada's books is the same, then if that person is serious and sincere, Krishna will arrange for a disciple of Srila Prabhupada to send him in the name of Srila Prabhupada, so he will connect with the guru parampara, I remember a class of Srila Prabhupada that Madhuvisa asks him, if a person reads the Bible and obeys the instructions, what happens, and Srila Prabhupada replies that at the moment that one obeys the instructions of Jesus, that means that he is accepting Jesus as his guru or teacher, and then Madhuvisa tells him that you have to have a guru lived, and Srila Prabhupada replies that the guru is eternal, on this point, I have always had the intui tion that I have already served Srila Prabhupada in other lives and that it is now a continuity, in CC, ML, 15, 111, Srila Prabhupada says that a properly initiated Vaisnava may be imperfect, but who sings without offense the holy name of the Lord is completely perfect and an initiated person may be contaminated by Mayavadi philosophy, but the person who sings without offenses will not be subject to such contamination, in this meaning Srila Prabhupada twice emphasizes singing without offenses, on the other hand, Srila Prabhupada He instructed his disciples to initiate in his name, to be officiating acharyas or ritviks, in my personal case I thought that if I am fully convinced of this ritvik philosophy, I must pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to send me a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and I started in his name, and Srila Prabhupada and Krishna made all the arrangements and so it happened, because I thought that if someone is convinced of the philosophy a ritvik and not put into practice, people will tell you that this person is a hypocrite. We all understand and accept that a disciple of Srila Prabhupada is one who obeys the instructions of Srila Prabhupada, the result of this will be that he will feel the presence of Srila Prabhupada in his life and will acquire the qualities of Srila Prabhupada, and will always be very happy to associate with serious and sincere disciples of Srila Prabhupada. The other point to discuss is who is an officiating acharya or ritvik, my humble opinion is that the main quality of this person is that he must be very expert in Srila Prabhupada's books to dispel the doubts of others, and he or Dreams will think he is guru, but everyone's friend.
On the other hand, in the lectures that Srila Prabhupada gave in Kartika 1972 in the Sri Radha Damodara of Vrindavana, there Srila Prabhupada spoke about SRIMATI RADHARANI, if we take refuge from the external energy of Krishna, where Krishna's forgetfulness is very prominent, then we move further and further away from Krishna, but if we take refuge in the internal energy of Krishna, Radharani, because She is directly serving Krishna, as well as in Vrindavana, there is always talk of Radharani, because they have taken refuge from Radharani in order to approach to Krishna very easily, daivim prakritim asritah, the ease of Vrindavana, is that if you take shelter of Radharani directly, She will help you get closer to Krishna very soon, that is the idea when you come to Vrindavana. Notice that Srila Prabhupada says to take refuge from Radharani directly, She will help you get closer to Krishna very soon, that is the idea when you come to Vrindavana. This is very deep.
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lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2019

We want nectar

We want nectar, by Haripada dasa
We all understand and accept that the truth will set us free, it will always be better to pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna for others than to criticize, to avoid criticism we must obey the instruction of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada that says that others do what they want, to I don't care, I already have enough work singing Hare Krishna to purify my damned mind, and Bhaktivinoda Thakura said that if you see a defect in others, it is not that the person has that defect, but that the defect you have and you reflect it in the other person, the only way to eliminate evil on a personal and collective level, is through goodness, he who does not live to serve, does not serve to live and peace and good. Nectar means obeying all the instructions that Srila Prabhupada and all the guru parampara have given us, in relation to the association of the devotees, Baktivinoda Thakura in the Bhakti Sudhodaya tells us that the devotees must relate to the most advanced, affective and have devotees the same temperament, and Visvanatha Chakravarti instructs us and tells us that if in the association of the devotees we see people with a very harsh character, that we respect them in the mind but that we do not associate with them, and I have done very well break the relationship with anyone that I feel wants to control me. I am very clear that my best friends in the spiritual life are those who transmit to Srila Prabhupada.
The Bhakti plant feeds on nectar, not rare stories, gossip, etc. We have very defined spiritual ideals, try to follow all the instructions given in Srila Prabhupada's books, and help each other do the same, by doing this we live with Srila Prabhupada and acquire their qualities. Our love and service is for Srila Prabhupada, and we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the authorized person who will take us back home, back to Krishna. The amara jivana song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura has helped me a lot, in this song he with all his humility puts himself in the role of an ordinary person so that we know the mentality of people in general, there he says three times that I only make him suffer the others and when that happens I feel great happiness, once a friend of mine separated from his wife, and his wife's strategy was for her ex-husband to suffer was to make him believe that it was his fault, and so my friend was 1 years suffering, until thanks to his friends he understood what was happening and freed himself from the sufferings, he took a weight off.
The worst thing that can happen to a person in the spiritual life is to think that I know everything, in relation to this Srila Prabhupada told a story, there was a violin teacher, there were two people there, the teacher asked them you can play something the violin, one replied that I do not know anything, and the other said that I already know how to play the violin, the teacher told them that so that he who does not know I will charge him 20 euros a month, and so that he who already knows 40 euros a month, and the one who said he knew protested by saying why he does this to me, charging me double, and the teacher told him that with you first I have to show you all the things that you think you know, but that you don't really know, and teach you everything again, so it's double work.
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viernes, 20 de septiembre de 2019

Turn back into mouse

Turn back into mouse, by Haripada dasa
According to 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 the pure devotee of Krishna enters his lilac samadhi, the only way to live with him is to obey his instructions. There are disciples who are so grateful for all their mercy, who sacrifice their lives to make their Guru happy, and they develop a great love for Sri Guru, and become perfect devotees, and Krishna loves those devotees very much, and there are others. that are very hypocritical, externally they pose as serious and sincere devotees, but internally they have many hidden desires, to illustrate this theme Srila Prabhupada exposed a story, the mouse and the wise, there was a mouse chased by the cats, and he was to see a great sage who has many mystical powers, and he said to the wise the cats want to devour me, and the wise said to him and that you want to be a cat, it is good to be a cat, he spent time and returned to the wise and He said the dogs want to kill me, and the wise man said and what do you want, to be a dog, okay, be a dog, and in the end he went again to see the wise man and told him that the tigers want to devour me, and that you want , be a tiger, okay, be a tiger, and stared or to the wise thinking that I have my lunch here, 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 a fanatic and sentimental, I have concluded that to establish relationships with the devotees based 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 that is titled 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 plunge into the ocean of nectar of Krishna consciousness.
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