RE: Stunning quote: NEGLECT OR REJECT AN ENVIOUS PERSON IN THE GARB O

[Guest guest]

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. This is

also pertinent, also from (I think HH Bhanu Swami Maharaj's translation)

Harinama Cintamani:

 

"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).

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 attachment in the heart

but

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

accomplish

materialistic ends.

A nirisvara is a nonbeliever who rejects God outright. A serious aspirant or

sadhaka must shun such bad association. If anyone argues that avoiding such

nondevotees is sadhu-ninda, their company must also be shunned. One has to

keep

away from such bad association and take complete shelter of the holy name.

Only

then is love of Godhead ensured."

 

(interesting note: dharmadhvaji lit. meaning is one who waves the flag

('dhvaja' specifically refers to the flag fitted atop the temple dome of the

Lord's temples) of religiosity (dharma)

 

 

 

Nayana-ranjana (AT) pamho (DOT) net [Nayana-ranjana (AT) pamho (DOT) net]

Wednesday, July 12, 2000 3:16 PM

dina (AT) pop1 (DOT) cyberway.com.sg

Stunning quote: NEGLECT OR REJECT AN ENVIOUS PERSON IN THE GARB

OF A

 

 

NEGLECT OR REJECT AN ENVIOUS PERSON IN THE GARB OF A VAISNAVA

 

Srila Narottama dasa Thakura says, chadiya vaisnava seva nistara peyeche

keba:

unless one serves a Vaisnava, he cannot be delivered. The spiritual master

initiates the disciple to deliver him, and if the disciple executes the

order

of the spiritual master and does not offend other Vaisnavas, his path is

clear.

Consequently Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu requested all the Vaisnavas present to

show mercy toward the two brothers, Rupa and Sanatana, who had just been

initiated by the Lord. When a Vaisnava sees that another Vaisnava is a

recipient of the Lord's mercy, he becomes very happy. Vaisnavas are not

envious. If a Vaisnava, by the mercy of the Lord, is empowered by Him to

distribute the Lord's holy name all over the world, other Vaisnavas become

very

joyful-that is, if they are truly Vaisnavas. One who is envious of the

success

of a Vaisnava is certainly not a Vaisnava himself but is an ordinary,

mundane

man. Envy and jealousy are manifested by mundane people, not by Vaisnavas.

Why

should a Vaisnava be envious of another Vaisnava who is successful in

spreading

the holy name of the Lord? An actual Vaisnava is very pleased to accept

another

Vaisnava who is bestowing the Lord's mercy. A mundane person in the dress of

a

Vaisnava should not be respected but rejected. This is enjoined in the

sastra

(upeksa). The word upeksa means neglect. One should neglect an envious

person.

A preacher's duty is to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make

friendships with Vaisnavas, show mercy to the innocent and reject or neglect

those who are envious or jealous. There are many jealous people in the dress

of

Vaisnavas in this Krsna consciousness movement, and they should be

completely

neglected. There is no need to serve a jealous person who is in the dress of

a

Vaisnava. When Narottama dasa Thakura says chadiya vaisnava seva nistara

peyeche keba, he is indicating an actual Vaisnava, not an envious or jealous

person in the dress of a Vaisnava.(Cc Madhya 1.218)

 

This behavior is indicative of real Vaisnavas. When they saw that Rupa and

Sanatana were fortunate enough to receive the mercy of the Lord, they were

so

pleased that they all congratulated the two brothers. A jealous person in

the

dress of a Vaisnava is not at all happy to see the success of another

Vaisnava

in receiving the Lord's mercy. Unfortunately, in this Age of Kali there are

many mundane persons in the dress of Vaisnavas, and Srila Bhaktivinoda

Thakura

has described them as disciples of Kali. He says, kali-cela. He indicates

that

there is another Vaisnava, a pseudo Vaisnava with tilaka on his nose and

kanthi

beads around his neck. Such a pseudo Vaisnava associates with money and

women

and is jealous of successful Vaisnavas. Although passing for a Vaisnava, his

only business is earning money in the dress of a Vaisnava. Bhaktivinoda

Thakura

therefore says that such a pseudo Vaisnava is not a Vaisnava at all but a

disciple of Kali-yuga. A disciple of Kali cannot become an acarya by the

decision of some high court. Mundane votes have no jurisdiction to elect a

Vaisnava acarya. A Vaisnava acarya is self-effulgent, and there is no need

for

any court judgment. A false acarya may try to override a Vaisnava by a

high-court decision, but Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that he is nothing but a

disciple of Kali-yuga. (Cc Madhya 1.220 purport)

 

[Comment: In the first quote, Prabhupada is clubing an envious person in the

dress of a Vaisnava in the same category as that of envious materialistic

person. And according to the Upadeshamrita, a madhyama adhikari should avoid

or

neglect (upeksa) an envious person.]