Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The real contribution of Mahaprabhu

One cannot compare Sriman Mahaprabhu to the other numerous leaders and saints who have introduced their own specific brand of teachings.He had never given indulgence in any form to mental speculation in His teaching.Many great sages have taught but their message has seen to be distorted by their followers to the extent that only a parody of the original has been left instead due to to the influence of this iron age. In the beginning ,Lord Krishna awarded this divine knowledge to Lord Brahma through the heart.Unfortunately,this knowledge which was transmitted from Brahma became deviated due to the influence of the age and the modes of nature that it has suffered a great deviation from the original pure message.Those who do not accept the eternity of Lord Vishnu,His devotee and service to Vishnu cannot be called servant of God in any sense and they are against the Vedic Formula.The Vedas proclaim:Om tad Vishnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah.The residence of Lord Vishnu is the highest destination and it is self illuminating and eternal unlike the material world.The demigods(surayah) are always engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord.
Sriman Mahaprabhu has given us the means worshipping the Supreme Lord, SriKrishna exclusively Hiswith eternal residence, Vrndavan.He has informed us that the actual method of worshipping The Lord has been best exemplified by the cowherd damsels in the moods of the highest devotion to God ever shown.The Book which neglects all the lower aspirations of the individual in favour of unalloyed devotion is the Srimad Bhagavatam which is self evident in itself and the cream of the Vedic teachings.Therefore, those devout followers of Mahaprabhu reject any other concocted or superimposed duties in the name of religion.Mahaprabhu taught that the highest devotion can be obtained by simply obtained by chanting the Mahamantra -hara krishna mantra ,which has its basis in the Bhagavatam.In short ,He made everything very simple but the fact remains that the mantra have to be received through the disciplic succession in order to get the blessings of the predecessor acaryas .He broke through caste barriers,and country or creed.Everybody, man women,lame,neuter ,pariah were all equally entitled to chant the holy Name and serve the Supreme Lord for their spiritual advancement.This was the unique contribution of Mahaprabhu and His magnaminity for the fallen conditioned souls . He has declared that all potencies exist in the Name and one can be delivered from material life by chanting the holy name and being free from offences.All perfections can be thus attained by the sincere chanter.

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