Yamaraja's vultures will tear apart neglectful guardians

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On 28 Sep 1999, Mundita Mastaka wrote:

 

 

> Sure, cow protection is necessary for spiritual progress of the society. My

> point, however, was that such activity is not the same bhakti as

> svarupa-siddha-bhakti (sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, etc.). If one reduces

> his svarupa-siddha-bhakti in order to fully engage oneself in

> aropa-siddha-bhakti (this phenomena we have seen quite often), it won't help

> him develop bhava and come to Krishna but rather will make him fall down

> eventually. So there must be proper balance.

 

 

 

Did Arjuna practice svarupa-siddha-bhakti or was he just fully engaged

according to the varnasrama-dharma institution and at the same time

remembering Krsna? There are divisions of engagement, material and spiritual,

according to varna. Krsna tells us in Bg that if we worship Him through the

performance of our varna (duty) we attain Him (Bg 18.46)

 

A person engaged every waking hour in cow protection because he or she knows

the cows are most dear to the Lord and that they produce the perfect human

food, especially for brahmanas, is sure to attain perfection. Srila Prabhupada

states, "The Supreme Lord Himself takes charge of delivering such a devotee.

That is the highest perfection of life."

 

I pray to become the servant of the servants of such devotees. And yet most of

them probably couldn't even pronounce the words "aropa-siddha-bhakti". They

needn't have to.