WE DON'T ALLOW ANY LITERATURE WHICH IS NOT GIVEN BY LIBERATED SOUL.

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WE DON'T ALLOW ANY LITERATURE WHICH IS NOT GIVEN BY LIBERATED SOUL.

The difference between Srila Prabhupada’s books and other so-called gurus

writing is Srila Prabhupada’s instruction was coming directly from Krsna. This

is transcendental platform. Srila Prabhupada encouraged his disciples however,

to write their realizations.

Note:His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada is always consulting krsna760714iv.ny

Bali-mardana: In other words, when you decide that someone is to be in charge

of a particular temple does Krsna tell you that this person should be in

charge.Interviewer: Or do you by judging him say this person is

qualified.Prabhupada: Yes, because a devotee always consults Krsna and He gives

order.Interviewer: It's a more direct communication.Prabhupada: Yes. And He

gives order.Ramesvara: Because intelligence, our philosophy is that

intelligence comes from Krsna. So if I have some...Interviewer: And your

philosophy is that your daily necessities come from Krsna as well.Ramesvara:

Yes, try to understand. Suppose my intelligence sees that this person is

qualified, that means Krsna has told me.Prabhupada: No, not necessarily, Krsna

will tell directly. A devotee always consults Krsna and Krsna tells him, "do

like this." Not figuratively.Interviewer: Does that apply then to other kinds

of decisions and other kinds of activities as well?Prabhupada: Everything.

Because a devotee does not do anything without consulting Krsna.Note: His

Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada speaks as Krsna speaks.Antya 5.71 One is

forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human being

(gurusu nara-matih). When Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna Misra, Pradyumna

Misra could understand that Ramananda Raya was not an ordinary human being. A

spiritually advanced person who acts with authority, as the spiritual master,

speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from within. Thus it is

not he that is personally speaking. When a pure devotee or spiritual master

speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the

Supreme Personality of Godhead in the parampara system.Note: difference is

Srila Prabhupada speaks what Krsna speaks and so-called gurus have to jog the

brain to give answers.

Adi 8.39 The Author Receives the Orders of Krsna and Guru

It is not possible for a common man to write books on bhakti, for his writings

will not be effective. He may be a very great scholar and expert in presenting

literature in flowery language, but this is not at all helpful in understanding

transcendental literature. Even if transcendental literature is written in

faulty language, it is acceptable if it is written by a devotee, whereas

so-called transcendental literature written by a mundane scholar, even if it is

a very highly polished literary presentation, cannot be accepted. The secret in

a devotee's writing is that when he writes about the pastimes of the lord, the

lord helps him; he does not write himself. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita

(10.10), dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te. Since a devotee writes

in service to the Lord, the Lord from within gives him so much intelligence

that he sits down near the Lord and goes on writing books. Krsnadasa Kaviraja

gosvami confirms that what Vrndavana dasa Thakura wrote was actually spoken by

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and he simply repeated it. The same holds true for

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote Sri

Caitanya-caritamrta in his old age, in an invalid condition, but it is such a

sublime scripture that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja used to

say, "The time will come when the people of the world will learn Bengali to read

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta." We are trying to present Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in

English and do not know how successful it will be, but if one reads the

original Caitanya-caritamrta in Bengali he will relish increasing ecstasy in

devotional service.

Adi 8.72 The Author Receives the Orders of Krsna and Guru

To write about the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead

is not an ordinary endeavor. Unless one is empowered by the higher authorities,

or advanced devotees, one cannot write transcendental literature, for all such

literature must be above suspicion, or, in other words, it must have none of

the defects of conditioned souls, namely, mistakes, illusions, cheating and

imperfect sense perceptions. The words of Krsna and the disciplic succession

that carries the orders of Krsna are actually authoritative. To be empowered to

write transcendental literature is a privilege in which a writer can take great

pride. As a humble Vaisnava, Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, being thus empowered,

felt very much ashamed that it was he who was to narrate the pastimes of Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Adi 9.4 The Tree of Devotional Service

This is the process for writing transcendental literature. A sentimentalist who

has no Vaisnava qualifications cannot produce transcendental writings. There

are many fools who consider krsna-lila to be a subject of art and write or

paint pictures about the pastimes of Lord Krsna with the gopis, sometimes

depicting them in a manner practically obscene. These fools take pleasure in

material sense gratification, but one who wants to make advancement in

spiritual life must scrupulously avoid their literature. Unless one is a

servant of Krsna and the Vaisnavas, as Krsnadasa Kaviraja gosvami presents

himself to be in offering respects to Lord Caitanya, his associates and his

disciples, one should not attempt to write transcendental literature.

72-02-28. Letter: Satsvarupa

You ask one question about the nature of books I want you to write as my

disciples; on this point, Krsna Consciousness is not limited. Persons like all

of the Gosvamis wrote so many books, Visvanatha Cakravarti, and all the acaryas

wrote books, and still I am writing books. Similarly, also my disciples will

write. So any self-realized soul can write unlimited books without deviating

from the original ideas.

Madhya 12.150 The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple

This is a matter of etiquette. If a previous acarya has already written about

something, there is no need to repeat it for personal sense gratification or to

outdo the previous acarya. Unless there is some definite improvement, one should

not repeat.

760705rc.wdc Conversations

Prabhupada: brahma-sutra-padais caiva hetumadbhir viniscitaih. Very....

Nyaya-prasthana. But Vedanta-sutra is explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Therefore

our gaudiya Vaisnavas, they did not write any comment on the vedanta-sutra. They

accept Srimad-Bhagavatam is the real bhasya. But when the gaudiya-vaisnavas are

challenged that "you have no vedanta-sutra-bhasya, therefore you cannot be

accepted as transcendental party," so Baladeva Vidyabhusana immediately gave

Govinda-Bhasya on vedanta. Our gosvamis, they did not write because they knew

brahma-sutra bhasya, Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Adi 9.5 The Tree of Devotional Service

This is the sum and substance of transcendental writing. One must be an

authorized Vaisnava, humble and pure. One should write transcendental

literature to purify oneself, not for credit. By writing about the pastimes of

the Lord, one associates with the Lord directly. One should not ambitiously

think, "I shall become a great author. I shall be celebrated as a writer."

These are material desires. One should attempt to write for self-purification.

It may be published or it may not be published, but that does not matter. If

one is actually sincere in writing, all his ambitions will be fulfilled.

Whether one is known as a great author is incidental. One should not attempt to

write transcendental literature for material name and fame.

Adi 11.7 The Expansions of Lord Nityananda

One should not write books or essays on transcendental subject matter for

material name, fame or profit. Transcendental literature must be written under

the direction of a superior authority because it is not meant for material

purposes. If one tries to write under superior authority, he becomes purified.

All Krsna conscious activities should be undertaken for personal purification

(apana sodhite), not for material gain.

Adi 14.1 Lord Caitanya' s Childhood Pastimes

The author of Caitanya-caritamrta takes shelter of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu to

describe the pastimes of His appearance as a child because one cannot write

such transcendental literature by mental speculation. One who writes about the

Supreme Personality of Godhead must be especially favored by the Lord. Simply

by academic qualifications it is not possible to write such literature.

Madhya 19.132 Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami

Srila Rupa Gosvami and Sanatana Gosvami had no fixed residence. They stayed

beneath a tree for one day only and wrote huge volumes of transcendental

literature. They not only wrote books but chanted, danced, discussed Krsna and

remembered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes. Thus they executed devotional

service.

In Vrndavana there are prakrta-sahajiyas who say that writing books or even

touching books is taboo. For them, devotional service means being relieved from

these activities. Whenever they are asked to hear a recitation of Vedic

literature, they refuse, saying, "What business do we have reading or hearing

transcendental literatures? They are meant for neophytes." They pose themselves

to be too elevated to exert energy for reading, writing and hearing. However,

pure devotees under the guidance of Srila Rupa Gosvami reject this sahajiya

philosophy. It is certainly not good to write literature for money or

reputation, but to write books and publish them for the enlightenment of the

general populace is real service to the Lord. That was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

Sarasvati's opinion, and he specifically told his disciples to write books. He

actually preferred to publish books rather than establish temples. Temple

construction is meant for the general populace and neophyte devotees, but the

business of advanced and empowered devotees is to write books, publish them and

distribute them widely. According to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,

distributing literature is like playing on a great mrdanga. Consequently we

always request members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

to publish as many books as possible and distribute them widely throughout the

world. By thus following in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Gosvami, one can become

a rupanuga devotee.

Antya 1.211 Srila Rupa Gosvami' s Second Meeting With the Lord

Unless one is a fully unalloyed devotee of the Lord, one should not try to

describe the pastimes of Krsna in poetry, for it will be only mundane. There

are many descriptions of Krsna's Bhagavad-gita written by persons whose

consciousness is mundane and who are not qualified by pure devotion. Although

they attempted to write transcendental literature, they could not fully engage

even a single devotee in Krsna's service. Such literature is mundane, and

therefore, as warned by Sri Sanatana Gosvami, one should not touch it.

Antya 5.133 How Pradyumna Misra Received Instructions from Ramananda Raya

"Only if you follow the principles of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees

will your learning be successful. Then you will be able to write about the

transcendental pastimes of Krsna without material contamination.

720821SB.LA Lectures

Uttama, uttama means udgata-tama. This material world is tama, ignorance,

darkness. And Krsna is beyond this material world; therefore He is called para.

Para means transcendental. So uttama-sloka. So when we offer our prayers to

krsna, they are not ordinary words. Therefore those who are not liberated soul,

they cannot offer prayers actually. we have to repeat the prayers offered by

liberated soul, not by ordinary man. Because he is not yet uttama, he is not

yet in the transcendental platform. Therefore we don't allow songs which are

not sung by liberated souls like Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Narottama dasa Thakura.

They are liberated souls. We don't allow any literature which is not given by

liberated soul. Literatures, they are always following Vedic principles. Vedas,

the original transcendental literature, and any literature which is produced

under the guidance of Vedic literature, that is also nice. That is perfect.

Therefore whenever we write something, we give immediately vedic evidence. We

give some sanskrit verse. This means that we are not manufacturing ourself.

What we have heard from the parampara system, from higher authorities, we are

presenting, simply, in our own language, and the evidence is this Vedic verse.

This is perfect literature.

"720926SB.LA Lectures

So everything is there Srimad-Bhagavatam. That is the topmost knowledge. That is

transcendental knowledge. That is not material knowledge. Material knowledge, if

you write some book, it has no meaning, because it is defective. But

Srimad-Bhagavatam is not ordinary knowledge. It is transcendental knowledge.

There is no defect.

SB 9.10.3 T The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandratasyanucaritam

rajannrsibhis tattva-darsibhihsrutam hi varnitam bhuritvaya sita-pater muhuh

SYNONYMS

tasya--of Him, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ramacandra and His

brothers; anucaritam--transcendental activities; rajan--O King (Maharaja

Pariksit); rsibhih--by great sages or saintly persons; tattva-darsibhih--by

persons who know the Absolute Truth; srutam--have all been heard; hi--indeed;

varnitam--as they have been so nicely described; bhuri--many; tvaya--by you;

sita-pateh--of Lord Ramacandra, the husband of mother Sita; muhuh--more than

often.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, the transcendental activities of Lord Ramacandra have been

described by great saintly persons who have seen the truth. Because you have

heard again and again about Lord Ramacandra, the husband of mother Sita, I

shall describe these activities only in brief. Please listen.

PURPORT Modern Raksasas, posing as educationally advanced merely because they

have doctorates, have tried to prove that Lord Ramacandra is not the Supreme

Personality of Godhead but an ordinary person. But those who are learned and

spiritually advanced will never accept such notions; they will accept the

descriptions of Lord Ramacandra and his activities only as presented by

tattva-darsis, those who know the Absolute Truth. In Bhagavad-gita (4.34) the

Supreme Personality of Godhead advises:

tad viddhi pranipatenapariprasnena sevayaupadeksyanti te jnanamjnaninas tattva-darsinah

"Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him

submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart

knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." Unless one is tattva-darsi,

in complete knowledge of the absolute truth, one cannot describe the activities

of the personality of Godhead. Therefore although there are many so-called

Ramayanas, or histories of Lord Ramacandra's activities, some of them are not

actually authoritative. Sometimes Lord Ramacandra's activities are described in

terms of one's own imaginations, speculations or material sentiments. But the

characteristics of Lord Ramacandra should not be handled as something

imaginary. While describing the history of Lord Ramacandra, Sukadeva Gosvami

told Maharaja Pariksit, "You have already heard about the activities of Lord

Ramacandra." Apparently, therefore, five thousand years ago there were many

Ramayanas, or histories of Lord Ramacandra's activities, and there are many

still. But we must select only those books written by tattva-darsis (jnaninas

tattva-darsinah), not the books of so-called scholars who claim knowledge only

on the basis of a doctorate. This is a warning by Sukadeva Gosvami. Rsibhis

tattva-darsibhih. Although the Ramayana composed by Valmiki is a huge

literature, the same activities are summarized here by Sukadeva Gosvami in a

few verses.SB 10.3.14"Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual

master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The

self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the

truth." Vasudeva begot the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet he was in full

knowledge of how the Supreme Lord appears and disappears. He was therefore

tattva-darsi, a seer of the truth, **because he personally saw** how the

Supreme Absolute Truth appeared as his son.

760810SB.TEH Lectures

So things are to be adjusted as it is prescribed by great authorities. In

Bhakti-rasamrta you'll find the regulative principles. That is called

Vaisnava-smrti. So here we cannot live without working, and still we have to

become always Krsna conscious. This art, to understand and to practice, is

Krsna consciousness movement. Then in spite of my being engaged in so many

so-called material things because a devotee has nothing to do with material

things. Even if he works for maintenance of the body, that is not material.

Just like Bhaktivinoda Thakura, who was magistrate. But it is not for a

magistrate to write so many books--siddhanta-purnam. So he was in a different

transcendental platform. So that is possible.

710117SB.ALL Lectures

If you sit down and write some article on Krsna, that means you have to

concentrate on Krsna's activities or Krsna's devotees' activities, and that

very process will purify your heart. Therefore we always recommend to our

students that you write articles, read our magazine, read our book. In this way

if we keep ourself... Work for Krsna. This... We have come here in this pandal

or in this Kumbha-mela not for any other purpose than to glorify the Supreme

Lord so that people may understand the importance of this movement.

74-11-22. Letter: Bahurupa

I am pleased to hear that you are chanting 16 rounds daily and reading my books

regularly and following the four rules. In my books the philosophy of Krishna

Consciousness is explained fully so if there is anything which you do not

understand, then you simply have to read again and again. By reading daily the

knowledge will be revealed to you and by this process your spiritual life will

develop.

731208SB.LA Lectures

So if you want to understand Bhagavad-gita, then we must understand in the same

way as the person who directly heard from. This is called parampara system.

Suppose I have heard something from my spiritual master, so I speak to you the

same thing. So this is parampara system. You cannot imagine what my spiritual

master said. Or even if you read some books, you cannot understand unless you

understand it from me. This is called parampara system. You cannot jump over to

the superior guru, neglecting the next acarya, immediate next acarya.

760331SB.VRN Lectures

Satam prasangad mama virya-samvidah. That sravana, hearing also, should be

accepted from devotee, from real devotee. Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami

recommended that a brahmana... He wrote something about Caitanya Mahaprabhu,

and there were so many discrepancies. So Svarupa Damodara Gosvami was not at

all satisfied with such writings. He chastised the brahmana that "You cannot

write." So unless one is self-realized, there is practically no use writing

about krsna. This transcendental writing does not depend on material education.

It depends on the spiritual realization. You'll find, therefore, in the comments

of bhagavatam by different acaryas, even there are some discrepancies, they are

accepted as asat-patha. It should remain as it is.

So Sanatana Gosvami therefore said, avaisnava-mukhodgirnam putam

hari-kathamrtam, sravanam naiva kartavyam: "One who is not vaisnava, from him

one should not hear hari-kathamrtam." Hari-katha Srimad-Bhagavatam is

hari-katha, and it is amrta, nectarine. But if it is recited or explained by

some avaisnava, one should not hear. It is forbidden. The example is given,

sarpocchistam payo yatha. So professional reciters or one who speaks and writes

for living means it is strictly prohibited. Na vyakhyam upayunjitah. One should

not make Bhagavata recitation as a means of livelihood. That is, the process is

not accepted. So sravanam kirtanam visnoh. You should hear from Vaisnava, at

least one who is trying to become Vaisnava, not professional man. Bhaktih

paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra syat.

So the test of advancement in Krsna consciousness is that one should be

detestful, lose attachment to the material things.

680821SB.MON Lectures

In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, the Lord says, "Anyone who is engaged in

unalloyed devotional service unto me, so he is transcendental." sa gunan

samatityaitan. Gunan means these modes, different modes--modes of ignorance,

modes of passion, modes of goodness. Goodness is also material. That is not

spiritual. If you become very good moralist or very religious, following all

the rules and regulations, that is good but that is not spiritual. The

spiritual is far above.

720814BS.LA Lectures

Brahma-Samhita means... Brahma is the first living creature appeared in this

universe, and after his realization, he is offering prayer. Realization means

you should write, every one of you, what is your realization. What for this

Back to Godhead is? You write your realization, what you have realized about

Krsna. That is required. It is not passive. Always you should be active.

Whenever you find time, you write. Never mind, two lines, four lines, but you

write your realization. Sravanam kirtanam, writing or offering prayers,

glories. This is one of the function of the vaisnava. You are hearing, but you

have to write also. Then write means smaranam, remembering what you have heard

from your spiritual master, from the scripture. sravanam kirtanam Visnoh: about

Visnu, not for others. Don't write any nonsense thing for any nonsense man.

Useless waste of time. Visnu. Write about Visnu, Krsna.

750620AR.LA Lectures

Prabhupada: yes. And our men, all our men should write. Otherwise how we shall

know that he has understood the philosophy? Writing means sravanam kirtanam.

Sravanam means hearing from the authority and again repeat it. This is our

business, sravanam kirtanam visnoh, about Visnu, not for any politician or any

other man. Sravanam kirtanam visnoh, about Krsna or Visnu. So that is success.

Hear and repeat, hear and repeat. You haven't got to manufacture. Any one of

us, simply if you reproduce the purport which I have given in the Bhagavata,

you become a good speaker.

69-12-13. Letter: Satsvarupa

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated

December 7, 1969 along with the article of Acyutananda. Your decision not to

publish this article is correct. To the neophyte devotees we should issue

instruction that there are four stages of understanding the absolute truth. The

first stage is re-establishing our relationship with Krishna. This is the first

stage. The second stage is after understanding our relationship, to perform

devotional service under proper guidance. The third stage is acquisition of the

desired object. The fourth stage is relishing the nectar of perfectional love.

So Radha-Krishna lila belongs to the fourth stage of understanding, and we are

publishing BTG for people in general to re-establish their forgotten

relationship with Krishna. So we should always remember this and from

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-Gita, and Isopanisad they should try to write how

our relationship is revoked from this stage of forgetfulness. They should write

articles like this: 1) Krishna, the omnipotent, 2) how God can be realized as

all-pervasive, 3) the original source of everything, 4) transcendental process

of hearing, 5) how one gets out of the clutches of maya, 6) prayers by arjuna,

7) prayers by kunti devi, 8) prayers by Bhismadeva. They should try to

understand krishna first in so many ways which are described in our Bhagavatam.

They should read them carefully and pick up subject matters as above mentioned.

What general people will understand about Radha-Krishna lila? Immediately they

will take it as ordinary boys and girls in spite of a thousand warnings, "This

is not this, this is not this." So you shall issue instruction that they should

write articles on the subject matters as above mentioned. They should read our

Bhagavatam. The purports are there: they should assimilate them in their own

words in a literary career.

71-01-11. Letter: Satsvarupa

I hear from all our centers that they have instituted regular classes for

writing articles and still you say they do not contribute sufficiently to Back

to Godhead. How is that? I want all our students to write articles for our

transcendental magazine.

72-03-12.Letter: Billy Reyburne

Regarding your question about writing songs about krishna, this is not very

important thing. You can write, but one cannot take it very seriously. If any

vaisnava is writing song about krishna, that should be from one who himself has

realized Krishna, just like our great saints and acaryas like Madhvacarya,

Ramanujacarya, Rupa gosvami, six gosvamis, Bilvamangala, Bhaktivinode Thakura,

like that. They are self-realized souls, therefore if they write something song

about Krishna, that is perfectly from the transcendental platform, without any

tinge of mundane influence or nonsense imagination. Unless someone comes in the

category of these great leading vaisnava personalities, his manufacturing some

songs will be misleading to himself and to others. And unless his writing of

poems and songs can be accepted as gospel, as vedas or the Absolute Truth, such

writing is diverting the attention from the subject matter only and should not

be regarded very seriously. Now you should become serious to pursue this

Krishna consciousness movement with full energy of body, mind and soul. If you

are writing poems and songs, that's alright, you can do it also, but if you can

write articles for our Back to Godhead magazine, that is better, that is solid

preaching work. No one should write songs of Krishna unless he is self-realized

soul, that will spoil the value of the whole thing. But try to use your writing

and singing talent for krishna's preaching work, by writing articles, singing

the kirtana, like that. Than you will be happy, and I think you should without

further delay try to become devotees as the others are doing and live with us

and practise the regulative principles of brahmacari life. In this way, become

determined to fix your all attention for seeing Krishna face to face by the

Krishna Consciousness process and than you shall qualify yourself for writing

songs about Krishna and you chant always this Hare Krishna mantra you can come

to the highest point of seeing Krishna very soon, you may know it for certain.

73-10-14. Letter: Patita Uddharana:

"It is by the mercy of all these Vaisnavas and gurus that I attempt to write

about the pastimes and qualities of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Whether I know or

know not, it is for self purification that I write this book."

The purport is that for transcendental writing one must be an authorized

vaisnava and should write to purify oneself, not for credit. It may or may not

be published, but one who is actually sincere in writing, all his ambitions

will be fulfilled.

770216r2.may Conversations

Hari-sauri: That man from Delhi said that he thought you were an incarnation of Vyasadeva.

Prabhupada: Yes. Any devotee in literary career, he is to be understood... Just

like our Vrndavana dasa Thakura. He is described as incarnation of Vyasadeva

because Vyasadeva wrote Bhagavatam and he wrote Caitanya-bhagavata.

Pradyumna: Vyasa-puja.

Prabhupada: Vyasa-puja. Vyasa-prasadam. Unless one is blessed by Vyasadeva, he

cannot write transcendental literature.

SB 3.4.20 P Vidura Approaches Maitreya

Sri Uddhava's actual life is the direct symbol of the catuh-sloki Bhagavatam

enunciated first to Brahmaji by the Personality of Godhead. These four very

great and important verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam are particularly taken out by

the Mayavadi speculators, who construe a different purport to suit their

impersonal view of monism. Here is the proper answer to such unauthorized

speculators. The verses of Srimad-Bhagavatam are purely theistic science

understandable by the postgraduate students of Bhagavad-gita, the unauthorized

dry speculators are offenders at the lotus feet of the Lord Sri Krsna because

they distort the purports of Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam to mislead the

public and prepare a direct path to the hell known as Andha-Tamisra. as

confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (16.20) such envious speculators are without

knowledge and are surely condemned life after life. They unnecessarily take

shelter of Sripada Sankaracarya, but he was not so drastic as to commit an

offense at the lotus feet of Lord Krsna. According to Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, Sripada Sankaracarya preached the Mayavada philosophy for a

particular purpose. Such a philosophy was necessary to defeat the Buddhist

philosophy of the nonexistence of the spirit soul, but it was never meant for

perpetual acceptance. It was an emergency. Thus Lord Krsna was accepted by

Sankaracarya as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in his commentation on

Bhagavad-gita. Since he was a great devotee of Lord Krsna, he did not dare

write any commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam because that would have been a direct

offense at the lotus feet of the Lord. But later speculators, in the name of

mayavada philosophy, unnecessarily make their commentary on the catuh-sloki

Bhagavatam without any bona fide intent.

SB 4.24.45-46 P Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva

Without serving Krsna according to the vidhi-marga regulative principles of the

pancaratrika-vidhi, unscrupulous persons want to jump immediately to the

raga-marga principles. Such persons are called sahajiya. There are also demons

who enjoy depicting Krsna and His pastimes with the gopis, taking advantage of

Krsna by their licentious character. These demons who print books and write

lyrics on the raga-marga principles are surely on the way to hell.

Unfortunately, they lead others down with them.

Antya 7.134 The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta

"Whatever you might write due to false pride, trying to surpass Sridhara Svami,

would carry a contrary purport. Therefore no one would pay attention to it.

PURPORT

Srimad-Bhagavatam has many tikas, or commentaries, following the parampara

system, but Sridhara Svami's is first. The commentaries of all the other

acaryas follow his. The parampara system does not allow one to deviate from the

commentaries of the previous acaryas. By depending upon the previous acaryas,

one can write beautiful commentaries. However, one cannot defy the previous

acaryas. The false pride that makes one think that he can write better than the

previous acaryas will make one's comments faulty. At the present moment it has

become fashionable for everyone to write in his own way, but such writing is

never accepted by serious devotees. Because of false pride, every scholar and

philosopher wants to exhibit his learning by interpreting the sastras,

especially Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, in his own way. This system of

commenting in one's own way is fully condemned by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Therefore He says, 'artha-vyasta' likhana sei. Commentaries written according

to one's own philosophical way are never accepted; no one will appreciate such

commentaries on the revealed scriptures.

67-04-07. Letter: Kirtanananda

I have seen in the bible that Lord Jesus Christ recommended this Kirtana

performances in the Bible. You know better than me and I would request you to

write a small book on sankirtan movement in the Bible. I have given a note of

direction to Hayagriva for writing a drama on Lord Caitanya and if he can

deliver us a nice drama for staging in your different parts of the state it

will be a great stride for our mission and I hope it will help us financially a

great deal. Just you encourage Hayagriva to write this Drama very nicely in

Poetry so that they can be sung in western tone all over America and Europe and

staged everywhere to cover our expenses.

68-10-21. Letter: Krsna dasa

I can see from your writing that you have got capacity to write, this is a great

help. You can write articles for Back to Godhead, so writing capacity is not

discouraged. And I shall always be glad to receive your long letters.

68-12-19. Letter: Janardana

So far as reviews I think that there is no need to review nonsense books and

give them publicity at our cost. The sincere theists and philosophers will

surely appreciate our presentation of Bhagavad-gita as it is so you can write

some articles on the basis of our discussions in this book or in

Srimad-Bhagavatam.

69-02-22. Letter: Rayarama

Now our policy should be as follows: 1. The layout should be done by us, 2.

There should be no advertisements, 3. Under different headings we shall publish

articles from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Brahma Samhita, Nectar

of Devotion, Vedanta Philosophy, Upanisads, etc. as well as comic pictures when

possible. Besides that, if some of our students write as they have assimilated

the philosophy, that also should be welcome.

69-03-30. Letter: Satyabhama

And you will have ample opportunity to educate children and write books for them

because there is sufficient matter for publishing such books from the Puranas,

Mahabharata, Srimad-Bhagavatam, and many other allied literatures. There are

thousands of ideal historical events, which if we can put with suitable

pictures, it will be a great idea and people will like to have such literature.

69-07-15. Letter: Vibhavati

Regarding your proposal of writing a book about child-raising, I do not think

this is required with all the other writings that we have to do. And besides

that, you are not the master of this subject, so who will read such a book? I

have seen in your article on Mr. Lennon that you have a very nice gift for

writing, so better you should utilize this God-given talent for writing

articles for our Back to Godhead. There is immediate necessity for this, and

for this writing you are qualified because you are a sincere devotee of this

Krishna Consciousness Movement. So why not write nice articles of this

philosophy as you have assimilated it? This will be a very great service

because we are now converting BTG to exclusively contain articles by my

disciples and myself, along with many pictures of our sankirtana activities.

70-07-19. Letter: Yogesvara

Some time back you sent another poetry which I have also sent to the editors;

These poetics are nice, but now if you would write some articles for our BTG

that will be even better. Now you have got some good understanding of our Krsna

consciousness so you write it for publication.

I am very glad to know that you have got the experience and talent as well as

the desire to write Krsna conscious children's books. I have very encouraging

report from Syamasundara. That the grammar school children in the villages of

both England and Holland are very eager and ready for learning Krsna

consciousness and their instructors are also very enthusiastic to introduce our

program. So you can write many books for children and insert pictures, then they

will be a sure success.

The books should be written in simple language. First of all try to explain what

is God, then what is the relationship of God with the world and the living

entities. Then explain what is our duty in that relationship with God. In this

way write the subjects very clearly. What one learns as child is not lost

throughout the life. So this is a very important business. Please execute it

with great care and seriousness of purpose. May Krsna bless your sincere

endeavor in his service. The more you work for Krsna, the more He will bestow

auspicious intelligence upon you for furthering your loving service unto Him.

 

730729BG.LON Lectures

So this Mahabharata was written: stri-sudra-dvija-bandhunam trayi na sruti

gocarah. Woman and dvija-bandhu and the sudras, it is very difficult for them

to understand the Vedic literatures directly, because they have no advanced

knowledge or education. Therefore the same thing. The Vedic knowledge was

described in the Mahabharata. Because it is history. Everyone is interested to

read history. So through history, the Vedic knowledge was imparted. Therefore,

Mahabharata is called the fifth Vedas. There are four Vedas, Sama, Yajur, Rk,

Atharva. And Mahabharata is fifth Veda. They are meant for this stri, sudra,

dvija-bandhu. So Bhagavad-gita is within the Mahabharata. So actually it was

meant for the less intelligent class of men. But, at the present moment, the

highest intelligent class of men cannot understand. Just see the difference.

Formerly, 5000 years, this was meant for the less intelligent class of men, and

we have deteriorated so much that the so-called highest intelligent class of men

cannot understand this Bhagavad-gita. And he is posted as the professor in the

Oxford University.

 

Note:Srila Prabhupada clearly opposed the Gaudiya math books.

73-11-14. Letter: Sukadeva

Regarding the Gaudiya Math books being circulated there, who is distributing?

Who is sending these books? The Gaudiya Math does not sell our books, why we

should sell their books. Who has introduced these books? Let me know. These

books should not at all be circulated in our society. Bhakti Vilas Tirtha is

very much antagonistic to our society and he has no clear conception of

devotional service. He is contaminated. Anyway, who has introduced these books?

You say that you would read only one book if that was all that I had written, so

you teach others to do like that. You have very good determination.

75-11-09. Letter: Visvakarma

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September

3, 1975 with the enclosed statement about Van Maharaja. So I have now issued

orders that all my disciples should avoid all of my godbrothers. They should

not have any dealings with them nor even correspondence, nor should they give

them any of my books or should they purchase any of their books, neither should

you visit any of their temples. Please avoid them.

 

Note: Srila Prabhupada states that his godbrothers disobeyed the Guru (Srila

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura). This is 3rd offence in chanting the holy

name. If they disobey the Guru how can they be Guru? Srila Prabhupada says they

were not acarya but they may be Kanistha adhikari (neophyte). This means they

were not tattva darsinah (BG 4.34) self-realized. Books from such contaminated

conditioned souls must be filled with faulty mental speculations.

74-04-28. Letter: Rupanuga

In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he left

this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more years.

Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for preaching

the cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He never recommended anyone to be acarya of

the gaudiya math. But Sridhara Maharaja is responsible for disobeying this

order of Guru Maharaja, and he and others who are already dead unnecessarily

thought that there must be one acarya. If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone

who was qualified at that time to be acarya he would have mentioned. Because on

the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but never

mentioned an acarya. His idea was acarya was not to be nominated amongst the

governing body. He said openly you make a GBC and conduct the mission. So his

idea was amongst the members of GBC who would come out successful and self

effulgent acarya would be automatically selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his

two associate gentlemen unauthorizedly selected one acarya and later it proved

a failure. The result is now everyone is claiming to be acarya even though they

may be kanistha adhikari with no ability to preach. In some of the camps the

acarya is being changed three times a year. Therefore we may not commit the

same mistake in our ISKCON camp. Actually amongst my godbrothers no one is

qualified to become acarya. so it is better not to mix with my godbrothers very

intimately because instead of inspiring our students and disciples they may

sometimes pollute them. This attempt was made previously by them, especially

Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja but somehow or other I

saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be very careful about them and

not mix with them. This is my instruction to you all. They cannot help us in

our movement, but they are very competent to harm our natural progress. So we

must be very careful about them.

Note: the faulty conclusions of Gaudiya math’s Sridhara Maharaja, Narayana

Maharaja, Puri Maharaja etc. are proved here as they reject Lord Caitanya

Mahaprabhu’s own words!

Even when Srila Prabhupada has quoted Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself they can

not accept this conclusion.

Krsnera 'nitya-dasa': "Every living entity is constitutionally an eternal servant of Krsna.

The soul was formerly nitya(eternally) serving Krsna krsnera 'nitya-dasa in

lila(sport) with Krsna: but they oppose Srila Prabhupada by stating brahmajyoti

is the actual origin of the soul. This proves Srila Prabhupada is the realized

Mahabhagavata whereas Gaudiya math camp is based on mental speculations.

SB 4.29.36-37 P Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi

Bhakti refers to those activities performed in the service of Lord Vasudeva.

Because Lord Vasudeva is the Supreme, one should engage oneself in His service,

not in the service of the demigods. Devotional service begins from the neophyte

stage--the stage of observing the rules and regulations--and extends to the

point of spontaneous loving service to the Lord. The purpose of all stages is

to satisfy Lord Vasudeva. When one is perfectly advanced in the devotional

service of Vasudeva, one becomes completely detached from the service of the

body, that is, his designated position in material existence. After becoming so

detached, one becomes actually perfect in knowledge and engages perfectly in the

service of Lord Vasudeva. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, jivera 'svarupa'

haya--krsnera 'nitya-dasa': "every living entity is by constitutional position

an eternal servant of krsna." As soon as one engages in the service of Lord

Vasudeva, he attains his normal constitutional position. This position is

called the liberated stage. Muktir hitvanyatha-rupam svarupena vyavasthitih: in

the liberated stage, one is situated in his original Krsna conscious position.

He gives up all engagements in the service of matter, engagements concocted

under the names of social service, national service, community service, dog

service, automobile service and so many other services conducted under the

illusion of "I" and mine

91-05-14 Letter to: Unknown Unknown Place Unknown Date

Crow And Tal-Fruit Logic

We cannot say therefore that we are not with Krsna. As soon as we try to become

Lord, immediately we are covered by Maya. Formerly we were with krsna in his

lila or sport. But this covering of Maya may be of very, very, very, very long

duration, therefore many creations are coming and going. Due to this long

period of time it is sometimes said that we are ever-conditioned. But his long

duration of time becomes very insignificant when one actually comes to Krsna

consciousness. Just like in a dream we are thinking very long time, but as soon

as we awaken we look at our watch and see it has been a moment only. Just like

with Krsna's friends, they were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when

they woke up and Krsna returned before them, they considered that only a moment

had passed.

So this dreaming condition is called non-liberated life, and this is just like a

dream. Although in this material calculation it is a long, long period, as soon

as we come to Krsna consciousness then this period is considered as a second.

For example, Jaya and Vijaya. They had their lila with Krsna, but they had to

come down for their little mistake. They were given mukti, emerging into the

Brahmasayujya after being killed three times as demons. This Brahmasayujya

mukti is non-permanent. Every living entity wants pleasure, but Brahmasayujya

is minus pleasure. There is eternal existence only. So when they do not find

transcendental bliss, they fall down to make a compromise with material bliss.

Just like Vivekananda founded so many schools and hospitals. So even Lord

Brahma, he is still material and wants to lord it over. He may come down to

become a germ, but then he may rise up to Krsna consciousness and go back to

home, back to Godhead. This is the position.

So when I say Yes, there is eternal lila with Krsna, that means on the evidence

of Jaya-Vijaya. Unless one develops full devotional service to Krsna, he goes

up only up to Brahmasayujya but falls down. But after millions and millions of

years of keeping oneself away from the lila of the Lord, when one comes to

Krsna consciousness this period becomes insignificant, just like dreaming.

Because he falls down from brahmasayujya, he thinks that may be his origin, but

he does not remember that before that even he was with Krsna.

 

Note: unlike the deviant (self made) "gurus" Srila Prabhupada is tattva

darsinah. Srila Prabhupada has warned us against such opportunists.

760628bj.nv Conversations

Pusta Krsna: What about the so-called gurus that take a little bit here and a little bit there?

Prabhupada: So-called gurus, they are so-called gurus. They are not gurus. That

is already explained. If one does not speak what Krsna speaks, he is not guru.

If you accept so-called guru, that is your misfortune. What can be done?

Pusta Krsna: Some of them will say some things that Krsna says, but they'll take

from other places also. What is the position of such persons?

Prabhupada: He's most dangerous. He's most dangerous. He is opportunist. He's

finding out customer, something here... According to the customer he is giving

something, as the customers will be pleased. So he is not guru. He's a servant.

He wants to serve the so-called disciples so that he may be satisfied and pay

him something. He's servant. He's not guru. Guru is the master. You cannot

disobey guru. But if you become a servant, you want to please the disciple by

flattering him to get his money, then you are not guru, you are servant. Just

like a servant pleases the master. He's not guru. He's servant. So our position

should be servant, yes, but servant of the Supreme. So guru means heavy. You

cannot utilize him for satisfying your whims. That is not guru.

Note: Srila Prabhupada is *this* Nitya siddha (time eternal) Spiritual master

described here in BG 4.42. Bona fide means genuine just as gold is gold it does

not change to Iron. Does not deviate at all(does not fall down) Lord Krishna

manifests in Srila Prabhupada’s words this is why there is no possiblity of

deviation. Please accept Srila Prabhupada and reject those who are jealous

mundane people in the dress of Vaisnavas who are after personal aggrandizement

and deviate others from the actual path.

Bg 4.42 P Transcendental Knowledge

A bona fide spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from time eternal,

and he does not deviate at all from the instructions of the Supreme Lord as

they were imparted millions of years ago to the sun-god, from whom the

instructions of Bhagavad-gita have come down to the earthly kingdom. One

should, therefore, follow the path of Bhagavad-gita as it is expressed in the

Gita itself and beware of self-interested people after personal aggrandizement

who deviate others from the actual path.

Madhya 1.218 The Later Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Envy and jealousy are manifested by mundane people, not by Vaisnavas. Why should

a Vaisnava be envious of another Vaisnava who is successful in spreading the

holy name of the Lord? An actual Vaisnava is very pleased to accept another

Vaisnava who is bestowing the Lord's mercy. A mundane person in the dress of a

Vaisnava should not be respected but rejected. This is enjoined in the sastra

(upeksa). The word ... or neglect those who are envious or jealous. There are

many jealous people in the dress of Vaisnavas in this Krsna consciousness

movement, and they should be completely neglected. There is no need to serve a

jealous person who is in the dress of a Vaisnava. When Narottama dasa Thakura

says chadiya vaisnava seva nistara payeche keba, he is indicating an actual

Vaisnava, not an envious or jealous person in the dress of a Vaisnava.

Note: Srila Prabhupada is quoted as authority because Lord Krishna manifests in

his words just like we quote the predecessor acaryas of our parampara like

Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. All

sections of the society quote Srila Prabhupada who *IS* the prominent acarya

because it is *his* law books that are accepted. Mundane "Vaisnavas" are not

quoted as authority because Krishna does not manifest in their words.

68-04-12.Day Letter: Dayananda

Regarding parampara system: there is nothing to wonder for big gaps. Just like

we belong to the Brahma Sampradaya, so we accept it from Krishna to Brahma,

Brahma to Narada, Narada to Vyasadeva, Vyasadeva to Madhva, and between

Vyasadeva and Madhva there is a big gap. But it is sometimes said that

Vyasadeva is still living, and Madhva was fortunate enough to meet him

directly. In a similar way, we find in the Bhagavad-gita that the Gita was

taught to the sungod, some millions of years ago, but Krishna has mentioned

only three names in this parampara system--namely, Vivasvan, Manu, and Iksvaku;

and so these gaps do not hamper from understanding the parampara system. We have

to pick up the prominent acaryas, and follow from him. There are many branches

also from the parampara system, and it is not possible to record all the

branches and sub-branches in the disciplic succession. We have to pick up from

the authority of the acharya in whatever sampradaya we belong to.