Regular Chanting of the Gauranga Mantra is Authorized by all Acharyas

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Dear B.R.Swami,

 

Please accept my dandavats, All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

I am quite surprised at your outbursts on this conference trying to prove

yourself more learned and more realised than many senior devotees who are

similarly reading this conference. You seem to have overlooked the first

principle of spiritual life, which is humility. One of the main

characterists of a devotee is his humility. When Gauranga Mahaprabhu was

invited to the assembly of the sannyasis headed by Prakasananda Sarasvati,

instead of taking elevated seats just like all the sannyasis had done, He

instead sat by the spot where everbody was washing his feet. Those sannyasis

were overwhelmed by the humility of Mahaprabhu, and thereby very

enthusiastic in hearing from Him. As they said that a little knowledge is

more dangerous than having no knowledge at all, by reading a little portion

of the writings of the acaryas, you've made yourself a champion by twisting

the meanings of the acarya's writings. HH Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Maharaja

had rightly pointed out that you are laying the foundation for the 14th

apasampradaya, and to be honest with you, we are not interest in that. All

the books that you are quoting for the chanting of Nitai and Gauranga

mantra, had all been read by many of us several times, and there is nothing

in those books that indicate to what you are trying to portray. Sometimes

ISKCON is accused of being too harsh, when certain laws like restricting

those who had taken initiation outside the society in our temples, it is

because of the devotees like you that sometimes these regulations are put in

place. We have a very clear line as giving by Srila Prabhupada. The same

line was followed by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura,

Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, Srila Krishnadasa

Kaviraja Goswami, the six Goswamis and ultimately Lord Caitanya and Lord

Nityananda. Where the heck is your concoction coming from? Perhaps you don't

know the meaning of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Is there any difference

between Gaura and Krishna? Gaura is Krishna, Krishna is Gaura. Srila Jiva

Goswami described Lord Caitanya as "anta krishna bahir gaura", that Lord

Caitanya is internally Krishna, but externally Gauranga. So, whom do you

think Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is refering to? Lord Nityananda is Balarama

Himself. But as described by Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja Goswami, "ekale

isvara krsna ara saba brtya", that Krishna is the only master, and all

others are servants. Lord Balarama's pleasure is to see to the service of

Krishna. That is why all the paraphenalias used by Krishna such as His

crowns, umbrellas, garments etc., are all expansions of Baladeva, who is

Lord Nityananda. Therefore seeing the holy name of Krishna chanted gives the

greatest amount of pleasure to Lord Nityananda.

As Bhakti-visrambha Madhava Maharaja pointed out, you need to approah your

gurus and make proper inquiries from them. I am sure they are bonafide

followers of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta. They will certainly bestow upon you

proper knowledge. Otherwise many of us are quite unhappy with what you put

on this conference. Your writings demonstrates that of an immature person

who want to impress others with his little knowledge.

 

your servant,

 

Isvara dasa.