Is it good for humanity that Prabhupada's society is transforming into a religion???

[Guruvani]

 

In the Middle Ages, after the disappearance of Lord Caitanya's great

associate Lord Nityananda, a class of priestly persons claimed to be the

descendants of Nityananda, calling themselves the gosvami caste. They further

claimed that the practice and spreading of devotional service belonged only to

their particular class, which was known as Nityananda-vamsa. In this way, they

exercised their artificial power for some time, until Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

Sarasvati Thakura, the powerful acarya of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya,

completely smashed their idea. There was a great hard struggle for some time,

but it has turned out successfully, and it is now correctly and practically

established that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of

men. Besides that, anyone who is engaged in devotional service is already at the

status of being a high-class brahmana. So Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura's struggle for this movement has come out successful.

[krsna]

 

...until Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

Sarasvati Thakura, the powerful acarya of the Gaudiya Vaisnava sampradaya,

completely smashed their idea. There was a great hard struggle for some time,

but it has turned out successfully, and it is now correctly and practically

established that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of

men. Besides that, anyone who is engaged in devotional service is already at the

status of being a high-class brahmana. So Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura's struggle for this movement has come out successful.

 

 

 

What was that hard struggle to preach pure KRSNA Conciousness?

 

"A preacher has to face many difficulties in his struggle to preach pure Krishna consciousness. Sometimes he has to suffer bodily injuries, and sometimes he has to meet death also. All this is taken as a great austerity on behalf of Krishna. Krishna therefore has said that such a preacher is very, very dear to Him." (Krishna Ch 29)

 

" The Lord says in the Bhagavad-Gita that no one is dearer to Him than one who actually preaches the glories of the Lord to convert the non-believers and non-devotees." (Bhag 1.13.38)