> Dear Gauranga Prema,
> Hare Krishna. Dandavats. Good luck. I wish you success.
> cannot compete with your volume, especially on this topic.
> I think that if you want to establish varnasrama, no harm.
> I am a funny, backwards guy who has this idea that the
> first business is to establish Krishna-bhakti.
> As far as drunkards, lazy men, crazy men, etc. Srila
> Prabhupada once said he'd open HOSTELS for students in
> the West and he'd serve MEAT and LIQUOR if that's what it
> takes. It turned out that wasn't necessary - in fact,
> a jar of gulabjamuns worked wonders. But the key issue
> here is that any number of conditioned souls, if they have
> the opportunity to come in contact with ONE PURE DEVOTEE,
> can make their lives totally successful. Here I use "pure
> devotee" not in any cheaper sense, but in the sense of
> "someone like Srila Prabhupada."
> My point: association is the key. Sadhu-sanga doesn't mean
> just rubbing elbows with others at our level, it especially
> means associating with those who are more advanced.
> Srila Prabhupada sometimes quoted niti-shastra: ekas
> candras tamo hanti na ca tara-ganair api - one moon
> dissipates the darkness [of night] where a multitude
> of stars does not suffice. So I remain convinced
> that the best service to my Guru Maharaja and Sri
> Caitanya Mahaprabhu is to become a moon reflecting
> their light.
Dear Agrahya Prabhu
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The best, nay, only way, to associate with the pure devotee is to follow his instructions. Of course, there is vani, and there is vapu, but we should know which is the most important. A fly, or mosquito, as the case may be, may be resting on the lap of the King, but simply because the bug is there, doesn't mean that it is pleasing to the King. There were many who intimately associated with Srila Prabhupada, but how many of them were willing to listen to him, and follow his instructions? What benefit will you get by being a groupie, so to speak. Of course, just by seeing the pure devotee one is liberated, but that does not mean we don't have to follow his instructions. He said that we are printing and forcing everyone to read these books. You must read the instructions contained in these literatures and letters, and follow them. If you do not, Srila Prabhupada has stated and written that you are a simply brahma-bhandu, which means just a friend of the brahmanas and not a real one and therefore simply a disturbance in society. Remember when good arguments fail, force may be necessary. Take heed and do the needful, or else. If you do not act like a brahmana, you will not be treated as such. You may think you are associating with Srila Prabhupada, but if you are not following his instruction to preach about and establish the divine system of varnasrama-dharma then you are going to fall down, even if you have attained liberation by vapu association.
> I will make a brief reply elsewhere to your last response
> on varnasrama. No one is stopping you from doing
> varnasrama. Please go do it if that's how you
> want to serve Srila Prabhupada.
> Enough said.
> -AD
Srila Prabhupada has ORDERED *US* to cooperate.
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Dear Prabhus
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Have I committed any offenses,
taken any quotes out of context,
made any mistakes, and/or
done anything I shouldn't have?
If so, I'm sorry.
Aspiring to be the sincere
servant of the servant,
Yours Truly,
Gauranga Prema Dasa
Hare Krsna