Posts Tagged ‘devotees’

- Beware of Kali!

10.12.10

As the Krishna consciousness movement progresses, Kali will constantly send agents to disturb the preaching, to deviate the preachers, or steal the responsible devotees and engage them in some other activity outside of the bona fide Krishna Consciousness movement.

All kinds of destructive influences – too many to name – will try to disrupt the preaching. Especially those in the role of watchman must be vigilant and stop such dangerous contamination from entering and harming the market. (market place of the Holy names).”

HH Jayapataka Swami
From the book: Godruma Kalpatavi
Courtesy: ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry

- Lord Caitanya’s Tree!

08.25.10

“In the Caitanya Caritamrita, Lord Caitanya expressed that He wanted to see everyone receive the mercy of the Holy Name and also the fruit of love of Godhead. But He was concerned that alone He would not be able to reach everyone; thus he ordered everyone to assist Him. “I am the only gardener, ” He said. ” How many places can I go? How many fruits can I pick and distribute?” (CC Adi 9.34)

Srila Prabhupada established a trademark for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness: “ISKCON”. He stated that ISKCON is a branch of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s tree. When devotees use the trademark ISKCON it is synonymous with “Gauranga” as mentioned by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

The instruction is that preachers should work under the shelter of Lord Caitanya and His bona fide representative. All devotees should understand that we are members Lord Caitanya’s sankirtana movement and are simply acting on His behalf.

If one does not strictly follow the orders of the previous acaryas, his potency to preach will diminish and ultimately be lost. “Counterfeit goods” signifies the quality of preaching that ultimately produces mixed, or impure bhakti, whereas “Genuine goods” indicates pure devotional service.”

HH Jayapataka Swami
From the book: Godruma Kalpatavi
Courtesy: ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry

- The Transcendental Marketplace!

08.09.10

“The mercy of Lord Caitanya and Lord Nithyananda decends through Their devotees. Devotees who have received krsna-prema by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are able to distribute this love of Godhead. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura illustrates this process by using the analogy: ‘the transcendental marketplace of the Lord.

In compliance with Lord Caitanya’s order, everyone must accept Krishna consciousness and also share it with others. According to individual capacity, everyone should become a vehicle for spreading the hold name of Krishna. It is not a stereotyped process. Anyone can do it under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, who functions as the representative of Lord Nithyananda, the original spiritual master.

HH Jayapataka Swami
From the book: Sri Godruma Kalpatavi (Page 24-25)
Courtesy: ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry