Edited Books and Articles of Srila Maharaja

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His sincere sevāks are eternally present in Śrī Gauḍīya Math—(The declaration given by Śrīla Prabhupāda)

For the protection of śrauta vani vaibhāva we should pay full attention to understand the basic difference between Bhaktivinod dhara and non-Bhaktivinod dhara, otherwise we will be deprived (cheated). Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that— “There is no alternative way to get in touch with the aprākṛta jagat except taking shelter of śabda brahma.” Now point is that how we can realize the basic difference between śabda brahma (vaikuṇṭha vani) and śabda sāmānya (material sound) which is originated here in this material world and is confined within this material range of creation.

When one bonded soul in the form of sādhu vesh going into preaching field then due to their bonded condition they cannot seek any benefit either for himself or for others. If at all Nāmābhāsa coming in the form of preaching than still it is ok, but when Nāma-aparādha coming in the form of preaching then what we can expect.

When Śrīla Bhakti Promad Puri Gosvāmī Mahārāja was asked by some devotee whether he can go for preaching, then he answered that— “What preaching? Do bhajan!” One should preach in front of himself first. All these examples can give us clear conception about actual preaching. According to gauḍīya-siddhānta our preaching and bhajan can express the same significance. Śrīla Prabhupāda told that— “To get established in the teachings of Śrīman Mahāprabhu is called preaching.”

In Gauḍīya Maṭha especially we have to follow “ekayan panthā”, which means all should be channelized through authentic guru-paramparā line. Those ṛṣi-munis they always have different opinions from each other, but we in Gauḍīya Maṭha we have ekayan patati , one pointed devotion, we must not have different kinds of mood and conceptions or siddhānta vichar etc., but only we must depend upon śrauta panthā which is coming through one authentic channel approved by our guru-varga by the help of which our success is a must.

As per Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī  Gosvāmī Ṭhākura  Prabhupāda  Paramahaṁsa Jagat Guru in Gauḍīya Maṭha sannyāsa vesh and white vesh almost same – I mean compensating factor to each other.

So, we can realise that a lecture is never allowed in our bhajan field. Because brahma-tattva is such a tattva which never can be expressed by language. Any amount of  lecture or educational power can never help us to realize that Great brahma-tattva. 

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagat Guru said that – “Nothing more important than hari-kathā, somebody speaking that I have no time to hear hari-kathā—this is called māyā.”

150 years ago Śrīla Ṭhākura has written so many things for us but who is going to care! He has written many many important points regarding fanciful moods expressed by those so called ācāryas, because they always want to express new new vichar to establish their own position and honor. It is their dirty nature to misguide the whole world to procure and protect their own lābha-pūjā-pratiṣṭhā. What to speak more about it also at present we are just upset to discover the fanciful system adopted by some society’s to allow and appoint mātājis to take the post of Ācāryahip so that they can give dīkṣā and sannyāsa to somebody—which is really a heart rending news, because our authentic śāstras never approved this kind of new system which can bring about a total destructive evolution in our bhajan field.

Somehow the topic of Lakṣmī Devī or Sītā Devī can be understood by some groups there in the western world, but it is far away from them to realize the topics of Śrīmati Rādhārāṇī. The conception of those prākṛta-sahajiyās about Rādhārāṇī is surely not the concept of Śrī Rūpa Raguṇatha´s īśvarī.

Śrīla Prabhupāda preṣṭha Śrī Śrīla Acharya Keshari- Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja said that— “By the help of material principle or material idealism aprākṛta vastu can never be attended. “

So, the most vital point is that – rasa-līlā etc. are strictly prohibited for those jivas who are full of anārthas, I mean what to speak about their śravaṇaṁ-kīrtanaṁ etc., even mental speculation or thinking also prohibited, here this kind of meaning is very clear. Those jivas with anārthas—they only can go with śravaṇaṁ-kīrtanaṁ of some suitable śrī-kṛṣṇa-līlās under the guidance of suddha guru-varga (those who are rāgānugā), to cut off their anārthas. Otherwise, they can simply invite great danger in their life´s instead of maṅgal (good).

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura has said that –“Up to now we never allowed līlā-kirtana song openly in front of all. Because those are our very secret property. Surely that is our ultimate sadya vastu. But somehow you all can reserve the right to misunderstand me that I am against that (braja madhur rasa), so I wanted to indicate those aṣṭa-kāla-līlā-kirtanas, otherwise you all may think that anartha nivṛtti (to cut off anartha) is our goal,  and that we never need to step into artha pravṛtti (rāgānugā bhajan rasa). At present you all have not achieved the stage to hear such kirtanas. But you all must have the information about the fact that there is such a real aprākṛta Idealism in the way of gauḍīya-bhajan, for which anartha nivṛtti should be given first priority.”

Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda  Paramahaṁsa Jagat Guru said that –“If we are going to express indifferent attitude towards that excellent and absolute vraja mādhurya rasa, then surely we will fall down into material rasa to lose our character.” Surely braja mādhurya rasa is our ultimate goal in our Gauḍīya bhajan life. But we are really very unfortunate to discover ourselves in such a fallen poor condition, from where it is quite impossible for us to reach up to that unique platform. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvamipad has written in his Namaṣṭakam that — “mukta-kulair upāsyamānaṁ”, only those who are mukta puruṣa– free from material bondage, for them this kind of rāgānuga bhajan is possible.  Surely this is not at all.