D'ont Imitate the Brijbasis - ACBSP

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DON’T IMITATE THE BRIJBASIS

His Divine Grace

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada-----------------

Arjuna is an eternal devotee, so on the higher

platform the devotee is so intimately

related that he forgets Krishna is the

Supreme Personality of Godhead.

But, in the lower stage of devotional

service Krishna is looked upon with

awe and veneration. When Arjuna

saw the virrti of Krishna,

actually he came down one step

below his position. Therefore he asked for

forgiveness from Krishna. So this is a teaching to

the common man that we should not immediately

treat Krishna as intimately as the gopis, cowherds

boys and other advanced devotees treated Him.

In the beginning we must treat the Lord with awe

and veneration. Later on when we are perfectly

on the spiritual platform we may treat Krishna

more intimately and thus forget His exalted

position. The sahajiyas imitate the Brijbasis from

the beginning, but we don’t do like that. In the

beginning a devotee must strictly follow viddhimarga,

regulative principles. When on the svarapasiddha

stage the devotee can treat Krishna on an

equal level, or sometimes become even higher

than Krishna, just like Mother Yasoda treated

Krishna as being completely dependent upon

her. So these stages are appreciated in many

advanced stages of devotional life.

— Letter to Acyutananda 1 November 1973. www.gopaljiu.org

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Haribol !

 

Its nice that you have posted the question which was on my mind for soo many days.. but i think whatever way u call him , what ever way u fell him , he is there for you to help , all you have to do is to call him.

 

i think this should be this way.. as far as i can see krishna is not imposing many rules to oneself on the spirtual pat.

 

Radhey Shyam

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