Jan 22, 11
Dear Prabhus;
Dandavat pranams;
Your love for the devotees of shree shree Radha Krishna without bias and prejudice is very wonderful. I wish all had you open minded and liberal attitude. I have actually had some nice experiences with devotees of Iskcon in several places on my travels. I just wish that all the 'walls' would come down meaning basically 'false ego' barriers so that we can fulfill the wishes of our guru parampara predecessors by COOPERATIVELY preaching the message of Sri Sri Rupa and Sanatana Goswamis.
There is a need more now than ever before to expand this consciousness. Together seems to be key in this regard. We have to please our Guru Maharaja in both his appearance as Shiksha and Diksha guide. Without being under the supervision of such realized souls all will be splintered and troublesome.
I am so sad to see my sannyasa guru disappear from this planet, but I know that Shree Shree Radha and Krishna will always keep sending such powerful acharyas our way the more our tears fall. I wish you the best of bhakti in this new year and may we now overcome any and all barriers in coming together and pushing on this most valuable knowledge of the relationship of the soul with the Supreme.
An interesting comment came from one of our Acharyas, Bhaktirakshak Sridhardev who had met one Bengali Shaivite who professed the idea of being 'jiva' only in the conditioned state, but Shiva once liberated. So, his comment to this fellow was 'what do all such liberated 'Shivas' do when they all reach that state?' That is where we come in to explain the different sublime positions the liberated (baddha-mukta jivas) souls can take in the higher scheme of rendering loving transcendental service. Otherwise such liberationists have no idea of serving in the liberated state. There is one 'bhava' on this material level based on material identity, but in the free state of transcendence the 'bhavas' are so sweet and attractive that not even the liberationists can resist that platform.
Hari bol.
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