Vaishnavi or Female Diksha Guru
Krishna is Sun Maya is Darkness
Presented by Ramananda Caitanya Candra Das
Volunteer at ISKCON TIRUVALLUR
Founder SRI GOPALBHATTA GOSVAMI EDUCATION CENTRE, R.K.Pettai Taluk
Letter to: Sri Biswambhar Goswami
Sri Radha Vinode Ji Mandir
33, Ananda Ghat.
Goswami Abhay Charan Bhaktivedanta
Editor.-"BACK TO GODHEAD".
Revered Sri Goswami Ji,
Kindly accept my respectful obeisances. I have come to Vrindaban to see you specially on some important mission.
The attention of Government is now turned to the side of reforming the religious activities of Indian sadhus and Sannyasis and they are now going to enact some statutes in this connection. Of course nothing is possible without the sanction of the Supreme Will of Sri Krishna but still man-made laws must have defects as the lawmakers are deficient in four primary principles of a conditioned soul.
I have come to Vrindaban to consult with you if it is possible to form an association of the Vaisnavas of all Indian Sampradayas to protect the interest and principles of all the Acaryas: Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu amalgamated the views of all the previous Acaryas in His thesis of Acintya-bhedabheda Tattva explicitly explained by Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana in his Govinda Bhasya of the Vedanta-sutra.
My earnest desire is to form immediately an association of the Vaisnavas and for this purpose I have got one association registered and in the name and style of -
The League of Devotees
(Hindi script - Sarvabhauma Bhagavata Samaj)
I hope in the meantime you have gone through the articles of my paper "Back to Godhead" and the spirit of my writings. I wish that you may kindly arrange for this association at Vrindaban and publish this paper "Back To Godhead" not only in English language but also in other Indian vernaculars under the name and style
(Hindi script:) "Bhagavan Ki Katha"
The news and views of the association "The League of Devotees" may be published with the Sampradaya's interest and in that way the interest of the Vaisnavas will be protected from the onslaught of man-made laws. We may not have any objection for enacting a statute for controlling the unauthorized activities of unscrupulous Sadhus-but we must be prepared to protect the transcendental ideas enunciated by the great Acaryas.
His Holiness Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami was the originator of Vaisnava Smrti in our Gaudiya Sampradaya and your good self is the worthy descendant of Sri Goswamiji. I hope you will kindly take this matter very seriously and accept my voluntary cooperation in this connection.
Yours sincerely,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Reply to Kauteya Dasa Anti Smarta Campaigner : Officially Co-minister, ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry; member, GBC Org Dev; SDO for ISKCON Brazil. GBC Nominations Committee, GBC Nominations Committee, GBC Strategic Planning Team
My Reply to by Kaunteya das
Kauteya Dasa : You are eager to promote your books, and that's understandable. Here the request was (and is), please describe how you see protection of women looks in sattva, rajas and tamas. Can you do that?
Since the Demigods have long life, they are healthy, wealthy, and without selfish motives they would find happiness in helping others, Those who work for the Satisfaction of Lord Vishnu are called Deva Gana or Demigods. Imagine Fire God Agni Protecting Mother Sita.
Whereas Manushya Gana people they have some selfishness, and sometimes they do charitable activities also. Imagine a Film Producer/Director Protecting a Women, They have Commercial intrests.
Whereas Rakshasa Gana people are Too much selfish. So, for the sake of their own selfishness, they do anything and everything. imagine Ravana Protecting Sita in Ashoka Vatika, Sri Lanka he is interested in protecting Mother Sita to fulfill His Lusty desires. on account of which he is destroyed.
Ideal Family Man, Chapter 6, by Ramananda Caitanya Candra Das
link for the Ideal Family Man book is provided below
Kaunteya Das
Rama Raj OK, that's better...
Clarification on Anti-Smarta Campaign by Kaunteya das
It is his personal opinion not official ISKCON Position or the ministries in which he is serving.
This morning we had a meeting between His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja (ISKCON Congregational Development co-minister), Sriman Seva Swarupa Prabhu (the Ministry's General Manager), and Kaunteya das (the other co-minister).
It was considered advisable to clarify, just in case anyone might have a doubt, that this "anti-smarta campaign" is not an initiative of the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry but it's the personal program of my humble self, Kaunteya das.
We all wear different hats and play different roles - in life and in devotional service. When I write and post about the neo-smartas I am not writing as the Congregational Development co-minister but as a concerned - a very concerned - citizen of ISKCON. While I work on the anti-smarta campaign postings you can imagine me as if I were on a momentary, virtual leave of absence from the Ministry.
ŚB 9.20.22
reto-dhāḥ putro nayati
naradeva yama-kṣayāt
tvaṁ cāsya dhātā garbhasya
satyam āha śakuntalā
Translation
O King Duṣmanta, he who discharges semen is the actual father, and his son saves him from the custody of Yamarāja. You are the actual procreator of this child. Indeed, Śakuntalā is speaking the truth.
Purport
Upon hearing the omen, Mahārāja Duṣmanta accepted his wife and child. According to Vedic smṛti:
pun-nāmno narakād yasmāt
pitaraṁ trāyate sutaḥ
tasmāt putra iti proktaḥ
svayam eva svayambhuvā
Because a son delivers his father from punishment in the hell called put, the son is called putra. According to this principle, when there is a disagreement between the father and mother, it is the father, not the mother, who is delivered by the son. But if the wife is faithful and firmly adherent to her husband, when the father is delivered the mother is also delivered. Consequently, there is no such thing as divorce in the Vedic literature. A wife is always trained to be chaste and faithful to her husband, for this helps her achieve deliverance from any abominable material condition. This verse clearly says, putro nayati naradeva yama-kṣayāt: “The son saves his father from the custody of Yamarāja.” It never says, putro nayati mātaram: “The son saves his mother.” The seed-giving father is delivered, not the storekeeper mother. Consequently, husband and wife should not separate under any condition, for if they have a child whom they raise to be a Vaiṣṇava, he can save both the father and mother from the custody of Yamarāja and punishment in hellish life.
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