Words from Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura

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'Therefore I order every man within this universe to

accept this Krsna consciousness movement and

distribute it everywhere.

'One who has taken his birth as a human being in the

land of India should make his life successful and work

for the benefit of all other people.'

C.C. Adi 9. 36, 41

 

haribol

 

I am relocating from Durban to Cape Town ( South Africa) in a Couple of days and

going through a lot of stress and strain.

Question: According to this the above statement may I understand that it

includes only people born in India or does it include people of Indian decent ?.

My ancestors moved from Kunpur/Culcutta above 155 years ago

 

I am now a practicing devotee due to the Efforts of his divine Grace AC

Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and especially the wonderful devotees.

 

I will no longer have the comfort of senior devotees and their Lord Ships Sri

Sri Radha Radhanath and Gaura Nitai. My wife, daughter and I will be all alone

in this place Cape Town. Since I have no formal Guru I just have to pray to

Srila Prabhupada for guidance.

 

This relocation is trying to make my life succesful ( materially) and by the

mercy of Lord Gauranga I will try to help other people. I feel saddened that

spiritually I will be all alone.

 

May I humbly beg for the Vaisnava's blessings in this regard beacuse I am like a

dog with no master. If you have a master (GURU) then you can get all

protection/direction but I am just struggling along with no string attached to

me neck hence I have to go door to door to beg for a morsel of mercy.

 

 

Maya devi is very strong in Cape Town...there are lots of street people and

crime is also an issue. The atmosphere is very materialistic.

 

haribol

 

rakesh manohar

 

 

 

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achintya, "Rakesh Manohar" <rakesh.manohar@e...> wrote:

> 'Therefore I order every man within this universe to

> accept this Krsna consciousness movement and

> distribute it everywhere.

> 'One who has taken his birth as a human being in the

> land of India should make his life successful and work

> for the benefit of all other people.'

> C.C. Adi 9. 36, 41

 

> Question: According to this the above statement may I understand

that it includes only people born in India or does it include people

of Indian decent ?.

> My ancestors moved from Kunpur/Culcutta above 155 years ago

>

> I am now a practicing devotee due to the Efforts of his divine

Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and especially the

wonderful devotees.

 

 

Dear Rakesh,

 

this command by Sri Mahaprabhu was given at a time when He was the

only preacher and His efforts were restricted to India only.

 

In the book, Sri Caitanya Mangala, Lord Krishna reveals to Sri Narada

His forthcoming incarnation as Lord Caitanya and describes what He

will do in this incarnation. Lord Krishna further said that even if

the "mlecchas" run away to distant lands, they would still get His

mercy because He would send His senapati-bhakta [commander-in-chief

devotee] to distribute the mercy to them.

 

We now know that this senapati-bhakta is none other than our dear

Srila Prabhupada, whose advent we shall be celebrating the day after

this upcoming Janmashtami. We also know that due to his efforts, the

preaching mission of Sri Mahaprabhu has reached the four corners of

the world and cannot be presently said to be restricted to India

alone.

 

Srila Prabhupada ki jai!

 

As for the command of Sri Mahaprabhu, it is automatically expanded

with the expansion of His preaching mission. I have read of His

Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami explaining this particular verse. His

Holiness said that since Sri Caitanya gave this command, He has

arranged for "Indians" to be spread out in all parts of the world and

thus it is the prime duty of "Indians" to now make their lives

perfect and further expand the mission by their preaching efforts.

 

It is clear thus that it does not matter if one is born in India or

of Indian descent, or anything else. All that matters is that we

follow the sublime teachings of Sri Caitanya, make our lives perfect

and then distribute the mercy to others.

 

Please do not despair at the lack of association of devotees and the

strong influence of maya. Please try and keep yourself mindful of Sri

Krishna's form and keep His holy name on your lips.

 

I beg pardon if I have offended you.

 

In service of Gaura-Nitai,

 

Sanjay