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Gauranga Prema Dasa Becasue Srila Prabhupada's
orders are being blantantly
and offensively disobeyed,
this is indubitably our duty:

Srila Prabhupada Letter
to Niranjana, August 29,
1972:

......there is offensive behavior
to the pure devotees you may
become like Nrsimhadeva
and punish them severely.

Srimad-Bhagavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 14
Text 32]

Purport

One should not at any time tolerate blasphemy
and insults against devotees......a pure devotee
immediately be

This refers to the front page article in yesterday's Sunday Speaking Tree supplement. (April 26, 2015)

Once there was a saint who lived in the Himalayan forests. He lived in an
ashram deep in a beautiful jungle where he spent his time in meditation
and looking after the ashram.

Once a traveler came upon the saint and the ashram while trekking through
the Himalayas. The young man started talking to the saint about the
spiritual life. The young tourist asked him, “What did you do before you
became enlightened?”
The saint replied, “I used to chop wood and carry water from the well.”
The man then asked, “What do you do now that you have become enlightened?”
The answer was simple. The saint replied, “I chop wood and carry
water from the well.”

The young man was puzzled. He said, “There seems to be no difference
then. What was the point in going through all those years of sadhana in
order to attain enlightenment if you still spend your days doing chores
and menial tasks?”

The Master replied, “The difference is in me. The difference is not in my
acts, it is in me. Because I have changed, all my a