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		<title>the only enemy</title>
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		<title>we have to become conservative</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[But you must follow the rules and regulation as it is enjoined in the
sastra. Not that &#8220;Krsna will give me protection and I may do whatever I
like. I can eat anything I like, I can do anything I like.&#8221; Just some rascal
advises that &#8220;There is no such thing, restriction, in the self realization.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But you must follow the rules and regulation as it is enjoined in the<br />
sastra. Not that &#8220;Krsna will give me protection and I may do whatever I<br />
like. I can eat anything I like, I can do anything I like.&#8221; Just some rascal<br />
advises that &#8220;There is no such thing, restriction, in the self realization.<br />
You can eat anything, you can do anything.&#8221; People like that program. And as<br />
soon as there is restriction, they do not like. Because we put so many<br />
restriction, I am called in the western world, &#8220;Swamiji, you are very<br />
conservative.&#8221; So we have to become conservative, follow the rules. Not that<br />
we give liberty, that &#8220;Whatever you like, you do, and at the same time you<br />
make progress, spiritual life.&#8221; That is not possible.</p>
<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; Ref. VedaBase =&gt; Bhagavad-gita 4.21 &#8212; Bombay, April 10, 1974</p>
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		<title>Re: wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious ?</title>
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Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah</p>
<p>Dear Nitin,</p>
<p>Please accept my best wishes. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya.</p>
<p>Religion according to the dictionary meaning means &#8220;a kind of faith&#8221; which<br />
is dependant on time, place and circumstance. This is subject to change.<br />
Something religious to one is irreligious to another. For eg; According to<br />
Islamic?religion one who kills a Kafir or non-muslim is promoted to?jannath<br />
(heaven) and according to Vedic religion?a ksatriya?who kills an?adharmic<br />
person?attains svarga(heaven).?One who is Hindu today maybe Muslim<br />
tommorrow and vice versa?but Krsna consciousness is the eternal occupation<br />
of the living entity and is?not subject to faith.?Srila Prabhupada initiated<br />
Western people who according to Hindu religion are considered mlecchas and<br />
yavanas based on the Krsna conscious principle and raised them to the<br />
highest position of Vaisnavas. This is considered irreligious?but should be<br />
understood to be saintly.</p>
<p>There are many such instances where great devotees of Krsna were considered<br />
irreligious and?even attacked due to their non-conformance to the religious<br />
norms which are based on the bodily concept of life. Caitanya Mahaprabhu<br />
Himself, Haridasa Thakur,?Prahlada, the gopis of Vrndavan etc. were all<br />
considered irreligious according to their prescribed religion but were on<br />
the actual religious platform of?serving Krsna in pure devotional love.</p>
<p>Hare Krsna!</p>
<p>dasanudasa,<br />
Shyamananda dasa??</p>
<p>From:? ? ? Internet: &#8220;Nitin Bidkikar&#8221;<br />
Date:? ? ? 06-Mar-10 13:56 +0530<br />
For:? ? ? BVKS Sanga<br />
Subject:? wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious ?<br />
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<p>Dear Devotees,</p>
<p>Please accept my humble obeisances<br />
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga<br />
All glories to Srila Prabhupada<br />
All glories to Srila Gurudev</p>
<p>In the beginning of the purport to the verse &#8220;paritranaya sadhunam&#8230;.&#8221;<br />
(B.G.4.8), Srila Prabhupada states that &#8220;According to Bhagavad Gita, a sadhu<br />
is a man in Krishna Consciousness.? A person may appear to be irreligious,<br />
but if he has the qualifications of Krishna Consciousness wholly and fully,<br />
he is to be understood to be a sadhu.&#8221;</p>
<p>How is it possible for a person who has the qualifications of Krishna<br />
Consciousness wholly and fully to appear to be irreligious?? It seems to be<br />
contradictory, because if a person has developed full Krishna consciousness<br />
then all his sinful propensities are cleansed, then how is it possible that<br />
such a person will appear to be irreligious or sinful?? Please help me to<br />
understand this point.</p>
<p>And how do we identify that a particular person is actually a sadhu despite<br />
him appearing to be irreligious?</p>
<p>Can someone please provide some examples from the scriptures of persons who<br />
despite being sadhus appeared to be irreligious?</p>
<p>Your humble servant,<br />
Nitin</p>
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Date:      08-Mar-10 13:23 +0530
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From:      Internet: &#8220;Radha Rasikraj Das&#8221;<br />
Date:      08-Mar-10 13:23 +0530<br />
To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4573]  (received: 08-Mar-10 08:56 +0100)<br />
Subject:   Re: wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious<br />
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Dear Nitin,<br />
Hare Krishna,<br />
All glories to Sri Guru &amp; Gauranga.</p>
<p>There are many instances in Srimad Bhagavatam where externally the person<br />
appears to be a demon or irreligious but at heart they are Krishna<br />
Conscious.<br />
One of the instances is of the demon Vrtrasura. SB Canto 6 Chap 9-16.</p>
<p>In CC we find the instance of Pundarika Vidyanidhi who externally seems to<br />
be a lusty man to Gadadhara Pandita but when Mukunda recited Srimad<br />
Bhagavatam (10.6.35) to him, he immediately went into ecstacy and later<br />
Gadhadhara Pandita felt guilty of judging from the externals.</p>
<p>Moreover, if you read futher in the purport of BG.4.8 you&#8217;ll find; &#8220;whereas<br />
a person who is one hundred percent engaged in Krsna consciousness is<br />
accepted as a s?dhu, even though such a person may be neither learned nor<br />
well cultured.&#8221; eg., Jada Bharata.</p>
<p>So the message is that we should not judge others because of their<br />
externals.<br />
Hope, I was able to answer your question.</p>
<p>Hare Krishna,<br />
Your Servant<br />
Radha Rasikraj Das</p>
<p>&gt; From:      Internet: &#8220;Nitin Bidkikar&#8221;<br />
&gt; Date:      06-Mar-10 13:56 +0530<br />
&gt; For:       BVKS Sanga<br />
&gt; Subject:   wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious ?<br />
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&gt;<br />
&gt; Dear Devotees,<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Please accept my humble obeisances<br />
&gt; All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga<br />
&gt; All glories to Srila Prabhupada<br />
&gt; All glories to Srila Gurudev<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; In the beginning of the purport to the verse &#8220;paritranaya sadhunam&#8230;.&#8221;<br />
&gt; (B.G.4.8), Srila Prabhupada states that &#8220;According to Bhagavad Gita, a<br />
&gt; sadhu<br />
&gt; is a man in Krishna Consciousness.  A person may appear to be irreligious,<br />
&gt; but if he has the qualifications of Krishna Consciousness wholly and<br />
fully,<br />
&gt; he is to be understood to be a sadhu.&#8221;<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; How is it possible for a person who has the qualifications of Krishna<br />
&gt; Consciousness wholly and fully to appear to be irreligious?  It seems to<br />
be<br />
&gt; contradictory, because if a person has developed full Krishna<br />
consciousness<br />
&gt; then all his sinful propensities are cleansed, then how is it possible<br />
that<br />
&gt; such a person will appear to be irreligious or sinful?  Please help me to<br />
&gt; understand this point.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; And how do we identify that a particular person is actually a sadhu<br />
despite<br />
&gt; him appearing to be irreligious?<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Can someone please provide some examples from the scriptures of persons<br />
who<br />
&gt; despite being sadhus appeared to be irreligious?<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Your humble servant,<br />
&gt; Nitin</p>
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Date:      07-Mar-10 13:43 +0530<br />
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Subject:   Re: wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious<br />
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Dear Nitin,<br />
Hare Krsna.<br />
All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga.<br />
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.</p>
<p>&gt; From:      Internet: &#8220;Nitin Bidkikar&#8221;<br />
&gt; Date:      06-Mar-10 13:56 +0530<br />
&gt; For:       BVKS Sanga<br />
&gt; Subject:   wholly &amp; fully krishna conscious and yet appears irreligious ?<br />
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&gt;<br />
&gt; Dear Devotees,<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Please accept my humble obeisances<br />
&gt; All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga<br />
&gt; All glories to Srila Prabhupada<br />
&gt; All glories to Srila Gurudev<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; In the beginning of the purport to the verse &#8220;paritranaya sadhunam&#8230;.&#8221;<br />
&gt; (B.G.4.8), Srila Prabhupada states that &#8220;According to Bhagavad Gita, a<br />
&gt; sadhu<br />
&gt; is a man in Krishna Consciousness.  A person may appear to be irreligious,<br />
&gt; but if he has the qualifications of Krishna Consciousness wholly and<br />
&gt;fully,<br />
&gt; he is to be understood to be a sadhu.&#8221;<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; How is it possible for a person who has the qualifications of Krishna<br />
&gt; Consciousness wholly and fully to appear to be irreligious?  It seems to<br />
be<br />
&gt; contradictory, because if a person has developed full Krishna<br />
consciousness<br />
&gt; then all his sinful propensities are cleansed, then how is it possible<br />
that<br />
&gt; such a person will appear to be irreligious or sinful?  Please help me to<br />
&gt; understand this point.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; And how do we identify that a particular person is actually a sadhu<br />
despite<br />
&gt; him appearing to be irreligious?<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Can someone please provide some examples from the scriptures of persons<br />
who<br />
&gt; despite being sadhus appeared to be irreligious?<br />
&gt;</p>
<p>Example:<br />
Gopis left their homes and husbands to go to dance with Krsna in the dead of<br />
the night. According to social &amp; religious norms its sinful. But because<br />
gopis did simply to please Krsna it was not sinfull but the topmost<br />
piety. *Atmendriya<br />
priti vancha tare bali kama, krsnendriya priti iccha dhare prema nama*: The<br />
desire to satisfy one&#8217;s own senses is called *kama* while desire to satisfy<br />
Krsna&#8217;s senses is called *prema*. As long as we are under the control of<br />
modes of nature the same action of sex life is for our own satisfaction and<br />
thus sinful. But the same action completely for the satisfaction of Krsna&#8217;s<br />
senses is spiritual and thus above the modes of nature and thus not sinful.<br />
Thus to ordinary man it may seem like gopis are sinful because of his<br />
perverted vision that sex life cannot be used in any other way than to<br />
satisfy one&#8217;s own senses. But actually gopis are the topmost devotees of<br />
Krsna.</p>
<p>Pure devotees always act in a way that are pleasing to Krsna whether the<br />
action be sinful or pious. But the devotees that are acting in society in<br />
general and are examples to the society does not violate the social and<br />
religious codes because that will create havoc in the society. People will<br />
immitate their activity and thus execute sins and ruin their lives. Thus<br />
krsna says in Bhagavad-gita that generally He follows the rules of dharma<br />
(see Bg 3.21-24). Generally the pure devotees who doesn&#8217;t follow the social<br />
and religious codes doesn&#8217;t mingle with society in general and remain in<br />
seclusion doing their bhajana. Their bodily necessities are next to NIL,<br />
they are above the bodily conception and thus doesn&#8217;t have to mingle with<br />
the society.</p>
<p>So for general case if a person, mingling with the society, is irreligious<br />
he should not be taken as sadhu.</p>
<p>NOTE: It may so happen that a sadhaka is very sincerely executing process of<br />
Krsna Consciousness but due to previous bad impression he may be found<br />
performing some sinful activity because of force of the senses. But then he<br />
is repenting and is sincerely working to rectify himself. He can be taken as<br />
sadhu because of his determination to become pure devotee; only time is<br />
seperating. That&#8217;s what Krsna says in Bg. 9.30-31, read purport also. We can<br />
consider that whatever bad action he is doing is because of this previous<br />
bad impression but the person hiimself is not insincere to become pure<br />
devotee and thus will be soon purified and become a pure devotee giving up<br />
all bad qualities. But one should also see that if the bad qualities are not<br />
becoming rectified then there is some fault in part of that person in<br />
following the process. Then we should try to help him.<br />
The difference between apparent impious activities of a pure devotee and<br />
impious activities of a sadhaka is that Krsna is pleased with the former<br />
person and not pleased with the later.</p>
<p>Hope this helps you.</p>
<p>Thankyou,<br />
Your servant,<br />
Damodara Das.</p>
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		<title>About Arjuna</title>
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To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4574]  (received: 09-Mar-10 03:39 +0100)
Subject:   About Arjuna
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&#62; What do you think about these quotations?
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Date:      08-Mar-10 21:27 -0500<br />
To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4574]  (received: 09-Mar-10 03:39 +0100)<br />
Subject:   About Arjuna<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
&gt; What do you think about these quotations?</p>
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specific.</p>
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To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4576]  (received: 10-Mar-10 04:47 +0100)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From:      Bhakti Vikasa Swami<br />
Date:      09-Mar-10 22:40 -0500<br />
To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4576]  (received: 10-Mar-10 04:47 +0100)<br />
Subject:   Re: bathing naked<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
I do not know what the Naga babas&#8217; philosophical explanation is, if any, nor<br />
is it very important for us to know their explanations. According to Bg<br />
7.15, everything done by nondevotees is an offense.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
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		<title>Query regarding Parayan on Ekadashi&#8230;..</title>
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To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4577]  (received: 10-Mar-10 04:47 +0100)
Subject:   Query regarding Parayan on Ekadashi&#8230;..
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By &#8220;Parayana&#8221; do you mean &#8220;Parana&#8221;?
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Date:      09-Mar-10 22:40 -0500<br />
To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4577]  (received: 10-Mar-10 04:47 +0100)<br />
Subject:   Query regarding Parayan on Ekadashi&#8230;..<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
By &#8220;Parayana&#8221; do you mean &#8220;Parana&#8221;?</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
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		<title>kunti mala</title>
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Subject:   kunti mala
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From:      Bhakti Vikasa Swami<br />
Date:      09-Mar-10 22:40 -0500<br />
To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4578]  (received: 10-Mar-10 04:47 +0100)<br />
Subject:   kunti mala<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
&gt; From:      Internet: &#8220;Harinama Cintamani dasi&#8221;<br />
&gt; Date:      14-Feb-10 04:32 -0800<br />
&gt; To:        BVKS Sanga Mail [4499]  (received: 14-Feb-10 13:47 +0100)<br />
&gt; Subject:   kunti mala<br />
&gt; &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
&gt; Dear devotees,<br />
&gt; Please accept my humble obeisances.<br />
&gt; All glories to Srila Prabhupada!<br />
&gt; All glories to dear Gurumaharaja!<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; I would like to humbly ask you for advice. I have heard, even from senior<br />
&gt; devotees, two different opinions about non-devotees wearing Tulsi neck<br />
&gt; beads..<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; One opinion is accepting it for Vrnda devi is a very merciful devotees of<br />
&gt; the Lord Krsna and anyone who wears kunti mala benefits.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; The other is rejecting wearing Tulsi if someone does not follow 4<br />
&gt; regulative principles. The reason is that the person is unwillingly<br />
&gt; creating serious offenses and therefore puts herself/himself into a<br />
&gt; difficult position.<br />
&gt;<br />
&gt; Please is there any reference from Srila Prabhupada or sastra regarding<br />
&gt; this matter?</p>
<p>I know no sastric reference regarding this except that tulasi beads are<br />
placed on the neck of an initiate by the guru at the time of initiation. As<br />
in most cases where there is no clear sastric stipulation, nor that of an<br />
acarya, nor there is a traditional precedent among recognized Vaisnavas, it<br />
is best not to do it.</p>
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		<title>New Bhajans uploaded</title>
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Date:      10-Mar-10 11:17 +0530
For:       BVKS Sanga
Subject:   New Bhajans uploaded
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Hare Krsna
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Guru Maharaj and Gauranga
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From:      Internet: &#8220;sanjay makwana&#8221;<br />
Date:      10-Mar-10 11:17 +0530<br />
For:       BVKS Sanga<br />
Subject:   New Bhajans uploaded<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br />
Hare Krsna<br />
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, Guru Maharaj and Gauranga</p>
<p>New Bhajans have been uploaded to the website. This is first time I have<br />
uploaded and its a very good experience. This is a simple processes and it<br />
can be learn, so I request all? to come forward for this seva.<br />
?<br />
Your servant<br />
Sanjay Makwana<br />
Baroda</p>
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