Guest guest Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Avatara does not mean a big beard or big hair. We do not like to see such ugly avatara. We kick on their face, this avatara. This is not avatara. Avatara must be mentioned in the sastra. Caitanya Mahaprabhu, when He was talking with Sanatana Gosvami, so Caitanya Mahaprabhu described about avatara. So just to make a little joke, because they are personal devotees... So he knew that Caitanya Mahaprabhu is the avatara. Still, he inquired from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, "How we shall know one avatara?" So Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "Why? It is all mentioned in the sastra." So avatara should be understood from the sastra, not by jugglery or magic. This is rascal. As soon as one wants to establish his avatarship by jugglery and magic, kick him out, immediately on the face, directly. Kick him. Let the avatara take steps. I don't mind. If he's avatara, let him kill me, all right. But I shall kick him on his face. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.25 -- Vrndavana, September 22, 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhavachari Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 This doesn´t make any sense whatsoever Maharaj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Some devotees think when prabupad spoke like this it was funny. "...I don't mind. If he's avatara, let him kill me, all right. But I shall kick him on his face..." I think it's fanatical, intolerant and hostile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLdd Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hare Krsna Maharaj, The responses to your quote show who has actually read and listened to SP. His voice and intonations are recorded for all posterity to hear. The fact that there are people commenting on his words without listening or reading them is sad . Hearing is the most important thing an aspiring devotee can do. SP himself said if his disciples have any fault it is that they do not read his books enough. I am afraid that problem is getting worse. Please keep up the posts. They are wonderful. As for the sense of the post, SP is saying that avatars are described in the sastras. He is daring those who claim to be god to come forward and confront him, kill him if they think they can. He will destroy their false ego with the words of the Srimad Bhagavatm, the CC, and BG and show that they are just miscreants. That is what he means by "kick on face with boot". SP would never assault anyone. He would worry when he thought that bug on his wall was not getting enough to eat. YS JayaLalita dd (ACBSP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Ok sorry I hurt your feelings... Jai Prabhpada ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLdd Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 My feelings hurt? That is a difficult thing to achieve. I am too dense to let my feeling get hurt. I just wanted to explain that SP was not threatening anyone. YS JLdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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