SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMRTA AS IT IS

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>12. SRILA PRABHUPADA LILAMRTA AS IT IS >Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:18:50

-0000 > >SRILA PRABHUPADA >LILAMRTA AS IT IS > > > >"A mahatma is rare and

transcendental, and he is a pure devotee of Lord Krsna. Foolish people consider

Krsna a human being, and they consider Lord Krsna's pure devotee an ordinary

human being also." > >"Whatever one may be, one must take shelter at the lotus

feet of a devotee mahatma and treat him as the most exalted well-wisher of all

human society. We should take shelter of such a mahatma and ask for his

causeless mercy. Only by his benediction can one be relieved from attachment to

a materialistic way of life." > > > > TRANSLATION > > "Unless one is favored by

a pure devotee, he cannot attain the platform of devotional service. To say

nothing of krsna-bhakti, one cannot even be relieved from the bondage of

material existence. > > PURPORT > > Pious activities bring about material

opulence, but one cannot acquire devotional service by any amount of material

pious activity, not by giving charity, opening big hospitals and schools or

working philanthropically. Devotional service can be attained only by the mercy

of a pure devotee. Without a pure devotee's mercy, one cannot even escape the

bondage of material existence. The word mahat in this verse means "a pure

devotee." As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: > > mahatmanas tu mam partha > daivim

prakrtim asritah > bhajanty ananya-manaso > jnatva bhutadim avyayam > > "O son

of Prtha, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection

of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they

know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." (Bg.

9.13) > One also has to associate with such a mahatma who has accepted Krsna as

the supreme source of the entire creation. Without being a mahatma, one cannot

understand Krsna's absolute position. A mahatma is rare and transcendental, and

he is a pure devotee of Lord Krsna. Foolish people consider Krsna a human being,

and they consider Lord Krsna's pure devotee an ordinary human being also.

Whatever one may be, one must take shelter at the lotus feet of a devotee

mahatma and treat him as the most exalted well-wisher of all human society. We

should take shelter of such a mahatma and ask for his causeless mercy. Only by

his benediction can one be relieved from attachment to a materialistic way of

life. When one is thus relieved, he can engage in the Lord's transcendental

loving service through the mercy of the mahatma. > > >(C.C. Madhya Lila 22.51)

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