Sri Isopanisad

[bhakta_john]

mantra twelve

 

the Lord states that as soon as one reaches Him by devotional service= which is the one and only way to

approach the Personality of Godhead- one attains complete

freedom from the bondage of birth and death. in other words, the path of salvation from the material clutches fully depends on the principles of knowledge and detachment

gained from serving the Lord. the pseudo religionists have neither knowledge nor detachment from material affairs, for most of them want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles. by a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of

devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. in this way they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. such violators of religious principles have no respect for the authoritative acaryas, the holy teachers in the strict disciolic succession. they ignore the Vedic injunction acaryopasana-"one must worship the acarya-and Krsna's statement in the Bhagavad-gita(4.2),

evan parampara-praptam, "This supreme science of God is

received through the disciplic succession." instead, to mislead the people in general they themselves become so-called acaryas, but they do not even follow the principles of the acaryas.

these rogues are the most dangerous elements in human society. because there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the laws of the state. they cannoy, however, escape the law of the Supreme, who has clearly declared in the Bhagavad-gita that envious demons in the garb of religious propagandists shall be thrown into the darkest regions of hell(Bg. 16.19-20). Sri Isopanisad conhirms that these psuedo religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the universe after the completion of their spiritual master business, which they conduct simply for sense gratification.