2Nama-sankirtana preached by Maha Visnu or Lord Caitanya Himself?

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>>"Mahaprabhu established the yuga-dharma through nama-sankirtana.

>>He did it throught the medium of Mahavisnu, Narayana, Nrsimhadeva

>>and other avataras, all of whom were contained within Himself."

 

 

It may

> even lead to sahajiyaism saying that all acaryas who practiced

> nama-sankirtan are lower than the people who directly practice & preach

> raganuga bhakti. The 'so called' raganuga preachers are the real servants

of> Lord Caitanya and the preachers of nama-sankirtan are servants only of

Maha> Visnu, Narayana or Nrsimhadeva. Such mistaken conclusions have already

been> derived about Prabhupada.

 

The problem seems to involve semantics. The term "hari-nama-sankirtana" as

used conventially in ISKCON implies a process leading directly to raga-marga

in Goloka Vrndavan. In this sense that statement is wrong. However, if we

take the term broadly to mean the process leading at least to prema bhakti in

Vaikuntha, then it is true. This can apply even in this Kali yuga. Srila

Prabhupada did not come only to save those rasika souls who "fell" from

Goloka. He also came to save other souls who "fell" from Vaikuntha. Therefore,

the latter group of souls arelearning the standard Kali yuga dharma from

ISKCON and going to Vaikuntha by Vishnu's mercy. It is a subtle criticism of

ISKCON and the Gaudiya sampradaya to say that they are only here to rescue the

Goloka-bound rasika souls and to not teach the standard Kaliyuga dharma--hari

nama sankirtana (broad sense)--for the benefit of the Vaikuntha-bound souls.

It is of course a gross offensive criticism to say that the powerhouse of

Srila Prabhupada or his ISKCON are limited to lighting the bulbs of standard

Kali yuga dharma.

 

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Gerald Surya