Dharmadhvaji

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> If I may add my 2-cts worth, HDG Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur Maharaj used

> Bengali words to the effect that we must 'meticulously avoid' such

> personalities. Perhaps Nayan Prabhu can help us locate that text.

 

Sure. Here it is:

 

Dvit…ya prak€ra asat- KŠete abhakta tina prak€ra-

 

KŠate abhakta- asat dvit…ya prak€ra.

M€y€v€d…, dharmadhvaj…, nir…vara €ra

 

"The second type of bad association is to mix with nondevotees. There are

three kinds of non-devotees: the Mayavadi, the dharmadhvaji (pretender), and

the nirisvara (atheist).

 

[(15) M€y€v€d… arth€t j€h€r€ bhagav€nera nityasvarup mane n€ evaˆ

KŠ€di r…murtike m€y€-nirmita mone kore evaˆ j…vake

m€y€-nirmita tattva boliy€ j€ne. Dharma-dhvaj…-astare bhakti v€

vair€gya n€i, kevala k€rjyodv€rera janya a˜hat€ra sahita vea racan€

kore. Nir…vara- n€stika.]

 

Mayavadis never accept the Supreme Lord's form as being eternal. They say the

Deity form of the Lord is material, and that the jiva is also a product of

maya.

 

A dharmadhvaji is a person who has no devotion or renunciation in his heart

but makes a show of it externally. He wears the clothes of a devotee to

accomplish materialistic ends in a duplicitous manner.

 

A nirisvara is a nonbeliever who rejects God outright.

 

Jini bolena, ei sava lokera nind€keo s€dhunind€ bole, tinio varjya-

 

A serious aspirant or sadhaka must shun such bad association and also the

association of those who consider the criticism of these non-devotees as

sadhu-ninda.

 

Varjile e-sava sanga s€dhunind€ naya.

Ih€ke je nind€ bole, sei varjya haya..

 

If anyone argues that avoiding such nondevotees is sadhu-ninda, their company

must also be shunned.

 

Ei-sava sanga ch€i' ananyaaraŠa.

KŠan€ma kori' p€ya KŠapremadhana..

 

One has to keep away from such bad association and take complete shelter of the

holy name.

Only then is love of Godhead is ensured.