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Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga!
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* "Only One Qualification" -- His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada explains that even if there are many apparent faults in a
devotee, if they have the one good quality of taking sincere shelter of
Krishna then they must be considered saintly.
* "Two Types of Sannyasis" -- An excerpt from a lecture by Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
* "Ten Symptoms of the Non-envious" -- This article, which is attributed to
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode, mirrors the ten offenses to the holy name.
* NAMA-TATTVA "Shattering the Tree of Existence" -- A verse by Srila Sridhar
Swami, the famous commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam.
* "Offering Mundane Activities" -- A fresh translation done especially for
this issue of Bindu, from Srila Jiva Goswami's Bhakti Sandarbha. Srila
Jivapad explains how yat karosi ... tat kurusva mad-arpanam - "whatever you
do ... should be offered to Me" (Bhagavad Gita 9.27) is Krishna's
instruction to everyone, not just those who are following regulative
principles.
We pray that this issue may bring some happiness and inspiration to the
followers of the beloved son of Mother Sachi.
Vaishnava pada dhuli o kripa prarthi,
Madhavananda Das, editor
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"This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions,
revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting."
- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, from Lilamrita,
Vol.6, p.182
Our humble obeisances to all the vaishnavas!
Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga!
You will find attached to this text issue #250 of Sri Krishna Kathamrita
Bindu.
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~
IN THIS ISSUE
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
* "Only One Qualification" -- His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada explains that even if there are many apparent faults in a
devotee, if they have the one good quality of taking sincere shelter of
Krishna then they must be considered saintly.
* "Two Types of Sannyasis" -- An excerpt from a lecture by Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
* "Ten Symptoms of the Non-envious" -- This article, which is attributed to
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode, mirrors the ten offenses to the holy name.
* NAMA-TATTVA "Shattering the Tree of Existence" -- A verse by Srila Sridhar
Swami, the famous commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam.
* "Offering Mundane Activities" -- A fresh translation done especially for
this issue of Bindu, from Srila Jiva Goswami's Bhakti Sandarbha. Srila
Jivapad explains how yat karosi ... tat kurusva mad-arpanam - "whatever you
do ... should be offered to Me" (Bhagavad Gita 9.27) is Krishna's
instruction to everyone, not just those who are following regulative
principles.
We pray that this issue may bring some happiness and inspiration to the
followers of the beloved son of Mother Sachi.
Vaishnava pada dhuli o kripa prarthi,
Madhavananda Das, editor
====================================
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"This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions,
revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting."
- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, from Lilamrita,
Vol.6, p.182
Our humble obeisances to all the vaishnavas!
Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga!
You will find attached to this text issue #250 of Sri Krishna Kathamrita
Bindu.
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paste the following link into your web browser:
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~
IN THIS ISSUE
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
* "Only One Qualification" -- His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada explains that even if there are many apparent faults in a
devotee, if they have the one good quality of taking sincere shelter of
Krishna then they must be considered saintly.
* "Two Types of Sannyasis" -- An excerpt from a lecture by Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
* "Ten Symptoms of the Non-envious" -- This article, which is attributed to
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode, mirrors the ten offenses to the holy name.
* NAMA-TATTVA "Shattering the Tree of Existence" -- A verse by Srila Sridhar
Swami, the famous commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam.
* "Offering Mundane Activities" -- A fresh translation done especially for
this issue of Bindu, from Srila Jiva Goswami's Bhakti Sandarbha. Srila
Jivapad explains how yat karosi ... tat kurusva mad-arpanam - "whatever you
do ... should be offered to Me" (Bhagavad Gita 9.27) is Krishna's
instruction to everyone, not just those who are following regulative
principles.
We pray that this issue may bring some happiness and inspiration to the
followers of the beloved son of Mother Sachi.
Vaishnava pada dhuli o kripa prarthi,
Madhavananda Das, editor
====================================
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"This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions,
revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting."
- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, from Lilamrita,
Vol.6, p.182
Our humble obeisances to all the vaishnavas!
Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga!
You will find attached to this text issue #250 of Sri Krishna Kathamrita
Bindu.
All back issues of Bindu are available for free download. Just copy and
paste the following link into your web browser:
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~*~*~*~*~*~*~
IN THIS ISSUE
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
* "Only One Qualification" -- His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada explains that even if there are many apparent faults in a
devotee, if they have the one good quality of taking sincere shelter of
Krishna then they must be considered saintly.
* "Two Types of Sannyasis" -- An excerpt from a lecture by Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
* "Ten Symptoms of the Non-envious" -- This article, which is attributed to
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode, mirrors the ten offenses to the holy name.
* NAMA-TATTVA "Shattering the Tree of Existence" -- A verse by Srila Sridhar
Swami, the famous commentator on Srimad Bhagavatam.
* "Offering Mundane Activities" -- A fresh translation done especially for
this issue of Bindu, from Srila Jiva Goswami's Bhakti Sandarbha. Srila
Jivapad explains how yat karosi ... tat kurusva mad-arpanam - "whatever you
do ... should be offered to Me" (Bhagavad Gita 9.27) is Krishna's
instruction to everyone, not just those who are following regulative
principles.
We pray that this issue may bring some happiness and inspiration to the
followers of the beloved son of Mother Sachi.
Vaishnava pada dhuli o kripa prarthi,
Madhavananda Das, editor
====================================
We hope you will find Bindu a valuable tool for your bhajan and preaching.
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"This chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions,
revolutions and then no solutions, there should be chanting."
- His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, from Lilamrita,
Vol.6, p.182
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada • Two Types of Sannyasis Highlights
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada
• Ten Symptoms of the Non-envious • Nama-tattva — Shattering the Tree of Existence Srila Sridhar Swami • Offering Mundane Activities Srila Jiva Goswami page one top collumn two
Only One Qualification
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The first condition is that anyone who comes to Krishna consciousness as a bona fide initiated member, he gives up all these abominable habits: no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication. They have given up even smoking cigarettes and drinking tea and coffee. After being qualified, they are accepted as vaiñëavas and properly initiated. So they cannot be neglected as not being brahmins. According to çästra, they are qualified. Perhaps due to some past habits they may commit some mistake unconsciously. Consciously, no vaiñëava commits mistakes, but maybe due to habit. That is also protected by Krishna. api cet su-duräcäro bhajate mäm ananya-bhäk, sädhur eva sa mantavyaù [Bg. 9.30]. Even there are some discrepancies, if the single qualification is there that he’s sticking to Krishna consciousness rigidly, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada then he is a sädhu — sädhur eva sa mantavyaù. So according to the explanation given by Rupa devotees are regularly initiated vaiñëavas. They Goswami, as supported by Lord Krishna himself, should not be neglected. That will be vaiñëava- as supported by Shukadev Goswamé, as supported aparädha, offense unto the vaiñëavas. by Sanatan Goswami, as ordered by Chaitanya Out of all kinds of offenses, vaiñëava-aparädha Mahaprabhu, these European and American is the most dangerous. Vaiñëava-aparädha is next column Issue Two Hundred Fifty, Page — 2 Top right 2 é[q k* Z<ak QaaMa*Ta ibNdu not excused by Vishnu. Because Durvasa Muni former are superior to the latter because they offended Ambarish Maharaja, he was not excused had the experience of family life and thus had even by Vishnu. He had to fall down at the feet of tasted the danger. · Maharaja Ambarish. So vaiñëava-aparädha is the — Çrémad Bhägavat Tätparya, Lecture 26, pp. 166-167. Translated by Bhumipati Das, edited by Purnaprajna Das. greatest offense. Even a great sage like Durvasa was Rasbihari Lal and Sons, Vrindavan. not excused. Durvasa was so powerful that by his yogic power he could personally go to all planets — Ten Symptoms of the Non-Envious brahma-loka, çiva-loka, and viñëu-loka. He saw Lord 1) A non-envious person never criticizes sädhus. Vishnu face to face and requested him for protection from the sudarçana-cakra. Vishnu refused, “I cannot 2) He does not consider demigods to be indepen- give you protection because you are an offender to dent lords, for his intelligence is only absorbed in a vaiñëava. Only Ambarish Maharaja can give you Sri Krishna. Yet he does not disregard the demigods. protection.” He was such an exalted yogi that he 3) He has faith in Sri Guru and all other superior could personally see Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva, and devotees as befits each of them. Lord Vishnu, but still he was not excused on account 4) He offers respect to the bhakti scriptures. of his offense to a vaiñëava. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has warned very severely: tära madhye vaiñëava- 5) Abandoning meaningless arguments, he aparädha häté mätä — vaiñëava-aparädha is acknowledges that the holy name is the topmost the greatest offense. We should be very careful. meaningful attainment. His perception is rooted in According to our Vedic civilization, a vaiñëava, a the perfect conviction that the holy name (näma) saintly person, was never under the government and its owner (nämé) are one and the same. laws. Why only government laws? Even Yamaraja warned his servants not to approach vaiñëavas. The vaiñëava’s position is so great. · Näma-tattva — Lecture on Nectar of Devotion, Vrindavan, 6 November 1972. Shattering The Tree of Existence Srila Sridhar Swami sadä sarvaträste nanu vimalam ädyaà tava padaà tathäpy ekaà stokaà na hi bhava-taroù patram abhinat kñaëaà jihvägra-sthaà tava tu bhagavan-näma nikhilaà sa-mülaà sambhäraà kañati katarat sevyam anayoù