Bhaja Nitai Gaura Radhe Syama Japa Hare Krishna Hare Rama

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>Srila Prabhupada suggested that we NEGLECT the Dharmadhvaji or "mundane men

>in the dress of Vaisnavas". I see an important difference between the

>words neglect and criticize. Kurma Rupa prabhu's essay emphasizes caution,

>not criticism.

 

Bhaktivinode Thakura says that discrimination is required. If we cannot

identify the dharmadhvaji, how are we going to neglect him.

 

Also a dharmadhvaji has to be criticized if his devious actions are

misleading others. Like when Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura had gone to

Puri with his father BVT, both were giving discourses in Bhakti Kuti by the

sea, near Haridasa Thakura's samadhi. BSST was lecturing on Cc and the

famous Radharamanacarana Dasa Babaji used to come at that time to hear the

discourses. RRCDB introduced two deviations in his preaching:

 

(1) Hare Krishna mantra-mantra cannot be chanted audibly so he introduced

Bhaja Nitai Gaura Radhe Syama Japa Hare Krishna Hare Rama. First of all this

chanting had faults of siddhnata-virodha-an opposite conclusion and

rasabhasa-conflicting rasas. Secondly Rupa Goswami confirms in the Prathama

Caitanyashtaka, text five: hare krsnety ucchaih-"Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

chants the Hare Krishna mantra in a loud voice.

 

(2) RRCDB introduced the Sakhibheki doctrine by dressing his follower Sri

Jayagopal Bhattacarya as Lalita Sakhi. This was against Mahaprabhu's

teaching as well, as an ordinary jiva was being worshipped as though he were

an expansion of Srimati Radharani.

 

Both BVT & BSST instructed the babaji to give up his fallacious practices,

but he refused. BSST started preaching publicly and strongly against these

misconceived teachings, proclaiming that the maha-mantra is for both japa &

kirtana, and that kirtana is ultimately superior to japa. This created a big

controversy in Puri with many taking the side of the babaji out of misplaced

sentiment and others siding with BSST. However in Puri, BSST experienced

such severe oppression and censure due to this preaching against the popular

babaji, finally BVT instructed him to go and perform bhajana near the

Yogapitha, the birthsite of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This was the beginning

of BSST's great vrata of chanting 1 billion names in about 9 years which he

succesfully executed for 4 years (1/2 billion names, 192 rounds a day).

One can go on & on.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana dasa br.