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      Violence to living entities( jiva himsa) All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada Violence to other living entities is  a most despicable nature and here we attempt to analyse this topic in short. The Vedas declare  ma himsat sarvani bhutani   meaning one should never cause harm to any living entity. Or in the case of those people not having faith in the Vedas as the atheists who quote instead this verse  ahimsa param dharma  that the highest religion is non violence. Most people know  the strict stance of the  Jains on non violence  as well  without excluding the impersonalists. In the Manu Samhita scripture ,it has been declared loudly that   violence to living entities  is to be given up while the path of renunciation is glorified. Kullukka Bhatta  has commented on verses  regarding me...

                                                     THE HOLY NAME  All Glories to   HDG Srila BhaktiPromode PuriGoswami  Maharaj All Glories  to HDG  Srila Bhakti Siddhanta  Saraswati  Goswami  Prabhupada Many people are under the impression that if any one  begin to chant the holy name then it does not matter about  his  apparent external behavior or what is going on in inside in his mind, that person  will be able to attain the fruit of that chanting. However, at this juncture the Chaitnaya Charitramrta Adi 8--gives the verdict that there is  always consideration of offences in the chanting of the holy name .In fact ,one uttered holy name can wipe up all sins even up to giving one devotional ecstasy. Still, one who is chanting for a long time without tears flowing from  his eye...

     Niyama agrahah -Simply following rules without consideration. All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories to HDG  Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati  Goswami Prabhupada The fourth fault which will impede our progress in devotion is the above stated as niyama agrahah. This can be divided into two types of meaning the first is as according to the word .Nonetheless, this may cause some surprising confusion in one's mind for in order to practice devotional service properly should we not have some eagerness to execute the same.? The Supreme Lord Mahaprabhu has himself  coined this verse  iha japa giya koriya nibandda  meaning one should chant  the names on his tulasi  japa beads in an unobstructed manner keeping the count as a rule .Now the present rule does it mean the renouncing of all such previous rules.?  The scriptures declare  sruti smrti puranadi panacharatri viddhim bina ekantiki harer bhakti...

                                              U nnecessary  Conversation All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to  HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada Of the faults that are destructive to devotional service ,the first two have already been discussed as overeating  (atyahara) and  unnecessary endeavor(prayas).The third in the verse is prajalapa or unnecessary conversation. The Bhagavatam describes the Vaishnava devotee as being endowed with twenty four saintly qualities and one of them is mouni or silence  meaning; he has control over his speech and does not misuse it to confuse people with his   false ideology. Speech is the first sense  of the five work orientated senses  which is  speech, hands, legs ,rectum and genital. In not being able to conquer that sense,...

                                                 Over endeavor All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila  Bhakti Siddhanta  Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada In this respect over endeavor here is used for those  in the pursuit of  material desires , fruitive work and lastly, knowledge in conjunction with impersonalism .On the contrary, it is does not imply  the persistent determined striving of the aspirant  to advance in devotional service .All types of  devotional activities performed with enthusiasm to advance in  devotional service is not what we are referring here. Actions performed in ignorance in opposition to the tenets of the Vedas usually  causes an upheaval in society bringing about  bodily and  mental distresses  in the individual al...

                                                     OVEREATING   All  Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj    All   Glories to HDG  Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati  Prabhupada Srila Rupa Goswami has stated that for one who wishes to advance in devotional service then he has to give up the six faults as mentioned in the Upedesamrta atayaharascha payascha  prajalpo niyamagrahah janah sangas cha laulayam cha sadbhktir vinasyati ;  devotional service will be stunted if these faults are maintained and  not weeded out. This means there will be no advancement for the aspirant until that time. In order to do so one has to have an unflinching faith on the spiritual master which includes his  instructions. To attempt to remove these faults  by one's own independent strivin...

                                                     Freedom from Envy All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sraswati Prabhupada In the beginning of  the  second verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam , we can understand  from that  there is no enviousness in a saintly person. The envious non devotee is full of hypocrisy. Sridhara Swami has defined enviousness as one who is unable to see the happiness or advancement of others. By the influence of the six enemies of the mind  together with aversion to the Supreme Lord makes one susceptible to the infection of enviousness. Then it becomes the practice of these individuals to become averse to both the Lord and His devotees. On there being a disruption in the enjoyment of the senses can lead a person to  losing his...

                                                 Questions and Answers All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta  Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada  Q. What is Jivera  Daya ,Nama ruchi and Vaishnava seva? If the jiva is by nature  eternal ,how can be mercy allotted to them? A. The living entity is one who identifies himself with his body ,mind and senses and is generally  a conditioned soul. Consciousness pervading in the words ,mind ,soul and senses is termed as   the living entity. The Lord is the original being while his minute  fragmental portion is called the living entity and his energy  is called Maya.   The living entity endowed with consciousness with the quality of Knowledge thinks himself a the enjoyer ,knower and actor. The living ha...

                                      Serving the lotus feet of the Lord All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri  Goswami All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada We have discussed the limbs of devotion as hearing and chanting so one of these  total nine limbs of devotion is by serving the Lotus feet of the Lord.  Prahlad Maharaj has given us the instruction that one should always remember the Lotus feet of Vishnu. We can understand that he was not an exponent of transcendentality bereft of all diversity but had complete assurance of the eternal ,transcendental form of the Supreme Lord. The Upanishads declare apanipado javano grhita   which has removed all doubts about material diversity in the Lord's form. That the Lord has a material form is definitely false nevertheless, we can not deny that the Lord has an eternal form. The Sr...

                                            Humility All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada A Vaishnava is recognized by his highest quality which is humility. If there is no humility in the heart ,one cannot fix his mind on service to the Lord. The greatest obstacle to humility is the  tendency to enjoy. Humility can be also defined as absence for material enjoyment. The Lord is more favorable to the meek and humble while the scholar may assume arrogance. Here humility does not refer to simply inability to acquire any wealth of one's own. Actually ,it does not matter whether one has wealth or not ,or whether born in an high family or nor or whether you possess scholarship or not generally, one 's mind cannot be free from the effects of false ego. We often hear those staying in straw ...