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Krishna, and His eternal consort, Srimati
Radharani are enjoying transcendental pastimes
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Always Be Devoted to Krishna's Devotees
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Krishna
says to Arjuna in the Adi Purana that unless we are the
devotees of His devotees that cannot be His devotees.
Therefore to please Him we must always be devoted to His
devotees. We should never disrespect or be offensive to
any of His devotees. To do so is known as
Vaisnava-aparadha. Even if there is some disagreement
with a devotee, this must always remains a respectful
disagreement. If we are offensive to Krishna's devotees,
this Vaisnava aparadha is called hati mata, a mad
elephant, because this will completely destroy our
devotional creepers, just as an elephant will destroy a
small plant if he steps on it. Therefore we must always
carefully guard ourselves from this offense by always
being devoted to Krishna's devotees in all
circumstances.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version: |
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Question:
If an Advanced Devotee Heavily Suffers? |
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My questions is: If an
advanced devotee suffers heavily in his life, can it be
said that he has not truly and fully surrendered to
Krishna?
Thank You.
With Regards,
Mukesh D.
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Answer: He Becomes More
Glorious |
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There is no
question of being an advanced devotee if one has not
truly and fully surrendered to Krishna. Such advanced
devotees sometimes appear to suffer very heavily. One
example is Namacharya Haridas Thakur, who was severely
beaten in twenty-two market places by the order of
the Muslim Kazi. The advanced devotee accepts such
suffering as a blessing from Krishna to help him to
become even more surrendered to Krishna. Just as a
soldier becomes more decorated when he is wounded in
battle, the Lord's devotees become more decorated and
glorious by undergoing all varieties of sufferings in
the Lord's service.
In this connection Srila Prabhupada explains in his
Srimad Bhagavatam purport as follows:
"When something is arranged by the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, one should not be disturbed by it, even if
it appears to be a reverse according to one's
calculations. For example, sometimes we see that a
powerful preacher is killed, or sometimes he is put into
difficulty, just as Haridas Thakur was. He was a great
devotee who came into this material world to execute the
will of the Lord by preaching the Lord's glories. But
Haridas was punished at the hands of the Kazi by being
beaten in twenty-two marketplaces. Similarly, Lord Jesus
Christ was crucified, and Prahlada Maharaja was put
through so many tribulations. The Pandavas, who were
direct friends of Krishna, lost their kingdom, their
wife was insulted, and they had to undergo many severe
tribulations. Seeing all these reverses affect devotees,
one should not be disturbed; one should simply
understand that in these matters there must be some plan
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavatam's
conclusion is that a devotee is never disturbed by such
reverses. He accepts even reverse conditions as the
grace of the Lord. One who continues to serve the Lord
even in reverse conditions is assured that he will go
back to Godhead, back to the Vaikuntha planets. Lord
Brahma assured the demigods that there was no use in
talking about how the disturbing situation of darkness
was taking place, since the actual fact was that it was
ordered by the Supreme Lord. Brahma knew this because he
was a great devotee; it was possible for him to
understand the plan of the Lord."
--from purport to SB 3.16.37
I hope that this fully clarifies your understanding.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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