Guest guest Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 DON’T IMITATE THE BRIJBASIS His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada----------------- Arjuna is an eternal devotee, so on the higher platform the devotee is so intimately related that he forgets Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But, in the lower stage of devotional service Krishna is looked upon with awe and veneration. When Arjuna saw the virrti of Krishna, actually he came down one step below his position. Therefore he asked for forgiveness from Krishna. So this is a teaching to the common man that we should not immediately treat Krishna as intimately as the gopis, cowherds boys and other advanced devotees treated Him. In the beginning we must treat the Lord with awe and veneration. Later on when we are perfectly on the spiritual platform we may treat Krishna more intimately and thus forget His exalted position. The sahajiyas imitate the Brijbasis from the beginning, but we don’t do like that. In the beginning a devotee must strictly follow viddhimarga, regulative principles. When on the svarapasiddha stage the devotee can treat Krishna on an equal level, or sometimes become even higher than Krishna, just like Mother Yasoda treated Krishna as being completely dependent upon her. So these stages are appreciated in many advanced stages of devotional life. — Letter to Acyutananda 1 November 1973. www.gopaljiu.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srivats Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Haribol ! Its nice that you have posted the question which was on my mind for soo many days.. but i think whatever way u call him , what ever way u fell him , he is there for you to help , all you have to do is to call him. i think this should be this way.. as far as i can see krishna is not imposing many rules to oneself on the spirtual pat. Radhey Shyam Srivats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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