Yogkriya

What can be so offensive in that? Tulasi leaves can be taken after being offered to the Lord and it can be used in healing terms too. Don't we take charanamrata and prasad as spiritually healing gift from the Lord? What is wrong in taking it as a healing herb for our bodies that are to be used in service for the Lord too??

One hundred percent true!!! HARI BOL!

Hare Krishna !! If you carefully look at the purport, you will will see the extent of changes that the Gaudiya Sampradaya influence has made in the original scriptures. Nowwhere does the original metioned shloka mentions the words demi-gods to start with and nowhere does that metion Lord shiva as a demiGod to start with!! What to talk about maya then!!! And nowhere does it says that Lord Shiva is not Vishnu tatva or is not jiva tatva. This purport is biased and not complete!! Nowhere except this purport do we see in the original scriptures mentioning Lord Shiva as "between the two tatvas"!! Shiva is Shiva!! He is complete!! Not "demi!" or "semi" or "half"! He is the Shiv tatva which is beyond the power of an human being to understand, grasp or explain!! Only Hari can do that. So why even bother speculating on it?? Hari Bol!!

Hare Krsna!! May Lord Krsna save this foolish Russian bishop from the anger of Lord Shiva, beacuse Lord Shiva cannot bear the maligning of Krsna's name!! lol!! Om Sri Vasudevaye namah

Krsna wants us to come to HIM!! Even though we devout ourselves to demiGods, we do worship the Supreme personality of God in the end. But in a longer way. It's for us to choose what way we want. But for short term gains, it is agreeable according to shastras, to worship the demiGods!! Astu!