RE: Do not marry! [Repetition is required in Kali-yuga]

>Raghunatha Bhattacarya had become a greatly advanced devotee while still
>unmarried. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could see this, and therefore He advised
>him not to begin the process of material sense gratification.

This is a crucial point in this and that is why Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
advised him not to marry, I hope we don't make mistakes in generalizing this
statement and mention to whoever we meet, do not get married.

Hare Krsna,

Ys Mrugesh

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> From: COM: Nayana-ranjana (das) (BBT Bombay -
> IN)[SMTP:Nayana-ranjana (AT) bbt (DOT) se]
> Reply To: Nayana-ranjana (AT) bbt (DOT) se;Bra...) bbt (DOT) se
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: mrugesh_shroff (AT) merck (DOT) com
> Subject: Do not marry! [Repetition is required in Kali-yuga]
>
> [Text 2647197 from COM]
>
> asta-masa rahi' prabhu bhatte vidaya dila
> `vivaha na kariha' bali' nisedha karila
>
> TRANSLATION
> After eight months, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade farewell to
> Raghunatha
> Bhatta, the Lord flatly forbade him to marry. "Do not marry," the Lord
> said.
>
> PURPORT
>
> Raghunatha Bhattacarya had become a greatly advanced devotee while still
> unmarried. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could see this, and therefore He
> advised
> him not to begin the process of material sense gratification. Marriage is
> a
> concession for people who are unable to control their senses. Raghunatha,
> however, being an advanced devotee of Krsna, naturally had no desire for
> sense gratification. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised him not to
> enter the bondage of marriage. GENERALLY A PERSON CANNOT MAKE MUCH
> ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IF HE IS MARRIED. HE BECOMES
> ATTACHED
> TO HIS FAMILY AND IS PRONE TO SENSE GRATIFICATION. THUS HIS SPIRITUAL
> ADVANCEMENT IS VERY SLOW OR ALMOST NIL.
>
> Antya 13.113
>

>Raghunatha Bhattacarya had become a greatly advanced devotee while still
>unmarried. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could see this, and therefore He advised
>him not to begin the process of material sense gratification.

This is a crucial point in this and that is why Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
advised him not to marry, I hope we don't make mistakes in generalizing this
statement and mention to whoever we meet, do not get married.

Hare Krsna,

Ys Mrugesh

> ----------
> From: COM: Nayana-ranjana (das) (BBT Bombay -
> IN)[SMTP:Nayana-ranjana (AT) bbt (DOT) se]
> Reply To: Nayana-ranjana (AT) bbt (DOT) se;Bra...) bbt (DOT) se
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: mrugesh_shroff (AT) merck (DOT) com
> Subject: Do not marry! [Repetition is required in Kali-yuga]
>
> [Text 2647197 from COM]
>
> asta-masa rahi' prabhu bhatte vidaya dila
> `vivaha na kariha' bali' nisedha karila
>
> TRANSLATION
> After eight months, when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu bade farewell to
> Raghunatha
> Bhatta, the Lord flatly forbade him to marry. "Do not marry," the Lord
> said.
>
> PURPORT
>
> Raghunatha Bhattacarya had become a greatly advanced devotee while still
> unmarried. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu could see this, and therefore He
> advised
> him not to begin the process of material sense gratification. Marriage is
> a
> concession for people who are unable to control their senses. Raghunatha,
> however, being an advanced devotee of Krsna, naturally had no desire for
> sense gratification. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised him not to
> enter the bondage of marriage. GENERALLY A PERSON CANNOT MAKE MUCH
> ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IF HE IS MARRIED. HE BECOMES
> ATTACHED
> TO HIS FAMILY AND IS PRONE TO SENSE GRATIFICATION. THUS HIS SPIRITUAL
> ADVANCEMENT IS VERY SLOW OR ALMOST NIL.
>
> Antya 13.113
>

>
> This is a crucial point in this and that is why Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
> advised him not to marry, I hope we don't make mistakes in generalizing
> this statement and mention to whoever we meet, do not get married.

But also we need not preach to anyone to get married because the natural
tendency is to jump into the deep dark well of family life anyway.

"As explained by Prahlada Maharaja (hitvatma-patam grham andha-kupam), one
should not remain always engaged in the responsibilities of family life
because family life without Krsna consciousness is just like a blind well.
Alone in a field, if one falls into a blind well and no one is there to save
him, he may cry for years, and no one will see or hear where the crying is
coming from. Death is sure. Similarly, those who are forgetful of their
eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord are in the blind well of family
life; their position is very ominous. Prahlada Maharaja advised that one
should give up this well somehow or other and take to Krsna consciousness
and thus be freed from material entanglement, which is full of anxieties."

SB 3.24.41 purp.

>
> This is a crucial point in this and that is why Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
> advised him not to marry, I hope we don't make mistakes in generalizing
> this statement and mention to whoever we meet, do not get married.

But also we need not preach to anyone to get married because the natural
tendency is to jump into the deep dark well of family life anyway.

"As explained by Prahlada Maharaja (hitvatma-patam grham andha-kupam), one
should not remain always engaged in the responsibilities of family life
because family life without Krsna consciousness is just like a blind well.
Alone in a field, if one falls into a blind well and no one is there to save
him, he may cry for years, and no one will see or hear where the crying is
coming from. Death is sure. Similarly, those who are forgetful of their
eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord are in the blind well of family
life; their position is very ominous. Prahlada Maharaja advised that one
should give up this well somehow or other and take to Krsna consciousness
and thus be freed from material entanglement, which is full of anxieties."

SB 3.24.41 purp.