Sriman Mahaprabhu did not advocate caste differenciation

During one time a scholar of the Brahma Samaj came to see Srila Prabhupad and he was of the opinion that Mahaprabhu was an advocate of the caste differentiation that was prevalent in those times. Srila Prabhupad firmly refuted this point by remarking that Sriman Mahaprabhu was neutral on that score and unattached but in order to make for less chaos in society, he externally followed the strictures of behavior as exhibited by all people especially the ritualistic workersthough being of the higher caste Himself. Notwithstanding, there was never a time that he regarded a devotee of the Lord in terms of his birth or caste while on the other hand, he rigidly did not accept cooked food from non devotees even though the person concerned may hail from a high caste. This was typical in all His dealings .Only the Brahmin who daily chanted a lakh of holy names and worshiped Vishnu purely was able to able to serve and offer Him cooked grains. In this context there is the example of the Sannodiya Brahmin who was a simple and pure devotee and disciple of Madhvendra Puri who’s cooking would be taboo in normal circumstances for ascetics to accept but Mahaprabhu did eat in his house. In short, one of the most important instruction that Mahaprabhu had left the world is not to consider and treat a devotee on the stigma of his previous birth or caste and also to not to view the remnants of the food offered to the Supreme Lord in the perspective of ordinary rice, or grain. The servants of the Lord and the food offered to the Lord are all transcendental and cannot be compared to be material therefore Mahaprabhu forbade such differentiation in this respect. The smarta or ritualistic workers are adamant in their defense of caste preservation while the Brahma Samaj and like societies want to end it all together .In this respect the devotees only want to serve the Lord and act favorably to carry out devotional service while giving up all such designations which is in the bodily conception of life .

The Names of Gaura and Nityananda

In our materially contaminated state the holy name of Krishna which is transcendental cannot be savored to the full measure, for the offender to the Name is not able to attain devotional bliss or love of Godhead.In that impure condition, if the living entity is able to chant the name of Gaura- Nityananda with devotional sincerity then his impurities gradually fade away.Conversely, if one takes the Names of the Lordships in order to increase his bodily enjoyments including one's name and fame then his chanting of the name of Gaura will not have any spiritual bearing in the least.A simple example to illustrate this point is say Calcutta is 2 miles west of Howrah but if any one walking two miles in the eastern direction from Calcutta were to audaciously claim that he had reached Howrah, then he will definitely be in illusion.In the same way a pilgrim who though chanting offensively is unaware of the fact and  thinks his chanting is on a divine plane is in illusion because the fact remains that he will never be able to get Love of Godhead.There are some goons and rogues too ,who also take the name of Gaura-Nityananda to commit robberies and looting,however such type of chanting can never bring any auspicious results.Their Lordships Gaura -Nityananda are most compassionate and therefore the sincere souls who take their names in submission and humility will receive their mercy to the full measure in that their offenses will be mitigated and eventually they will be able to obtain Love of Godhead.The son is important only because he is able to save his father from hell but if the son does not do devotional service to Lord Hari then the name son is merely a farce because his father will never derive any benefit in his after life and his attempt in raising such children is simply troublesome endeavor.

The best solution to all the common problems facing the world today

SriChaitanya Mahaprabhu has instructed the devotees to perform welfare work for society,many people have a muddled conception of welfare work thinking it in the context of helping the poor or the unfortunate amongst society,In actual fact, real help is not some tiny,narrow,fluctuating temporary benefit for the individual as fathomed by the majority.Most of the so called welfare work that had been misconstrued by different people for the individual or nation benefit has never succeeded in solving the main problems that society faces today.The Bhagavat announces :
vedyam vastav atra vastu sivadam tapatrayonmulanam
which means only delving into the real truth which is auspicious can provide succor from the three forms of material miseries besetting the misguided people of now .Those people who have tried to counter these miseries by their speculative methods have only been able to provide some temporary relief for the public but such have failed to avert continual distress in the long run.As long as the cause of all our problems is not investigated there will never be a permanent solution.An example is if the root of a Banyan tree is uprooted then only will the tree be destroyed but simply cutting of its numerous branches time and again will not stop the tree from growing.Another comparison is of all the methods devised by man for so called world benefit is like trying to dry a ocean with thousands of people using their palms to scoop out the water.Do you think we can dry an ocean in that manner?Artificial methods are simply in vain for the real problems that face society except for the one mentioned above regarding the Supreme Truth.The insurmountable, illusory energy of the Supreme Lord covers us in manifold ways and until and unless we can mitigate this there will be always constant difficulties.In short, until we can perform devotional service to the Supreme Lord by service and surrender, there is no other way to escape distress.The Supreme Lord is the only complete Being ,full of all opulence's and the supreme of all truths ,by glorifying Him and service to Him alone can all nations and individuals alike aspire for peace and contentment .He is beyond the mind and senses of ordinary men so it is foolish to evaluate the Creator by the ordinary,puny mind which He has endowed all mortals .He is the goal of all who want to drink immortality.The only way to know him is to ascend the eternal path traversed by the great souls who have actually realized the Supreme Truth in the heart and stand testimony to the words of the Holy Scripture by their actions.The basis of all is simple faith and obedience to His words and with the guidance of saintly people all of a nation's woes will definitely go to naught,but unfortunately blind leaders who cannot see only warrant chaos for the general bewildered population for they do not see what is essential for the permanent welfare of the populace.

the Truth of Sriman Mahaprahu

Sriman Mahaprabhu played the part of a householder in Nawadvip not only to rejuvenate the consciousness of the afflicted people who was immersed in material consciousness but also to award practical instruction to the majority of the householders of how to lead a spiritually attuned life.He told his wife and mother to view the Supreme Lord Krishna in the mood of , husband and son respectively and thus be able to overcome ordinary attachments of affection.Later, He took the renounced order leaving his young wife and old mother to mitigate the distress of the fallen suffering souls of the world.There is a difference between the renunciation of Lord Buddha and that of Sriman Mahaprabhu for Mahaprabhu did not aspire for either enlightenment nor was he trying to give up the bondage accruing to family life.He was replete in knowledge and all the godly opulence but out of compassion for the fallen souls ,He took the renounced order to be able to shower the highest gift of pure devotional service to the masses that had never been given so easily by any other incarnation of the Lord .For that reason, He is acclaimed as the most magnanimous.He was never in lack of anything, no fear of that for He was the Supreme Lord Himself.He had the sole monopoly of that pure devotional mellows and only He was eligible to give that spiritual nectar which is aspired by even the demigods including Lord Siva and Lord Brahma.Nobody else can give what He had given excepting for the Supreme Lord ,Krishna .So that stands to testimony that He is NON -DIFFERENT from the Supreme Lord.He did not discriminate in the matter of giving for even trees and many fierce animals like elephants and tigers were subjects of His mercy as the records unravel.He awarded his mercy to the most fallen and lowly who were humble to plead before Him, ignoring those who were puffed up with their wealth,knowledge and so called aristocratic birth .To the Supreme Lord such arrogance and exhibition were comparable to straw.To those that were repentant and approached him with humility he gave them the nectar of pure devotional service irrespective of their birth and creed . Even,women,untouchables all received such favors equally from Him.This is the compassion of God and true religion .It is true that many great divinities like the Christ and others had walked this earth but Mahaprabhu 's extreme compassion stands as a testimony for he gave freely what had never been given before which is pure devotional service. He reestablished the process of achieving spiritual enlightenment in this Iron age which is by the chanting of the Holy names of the Lord without of fences.I, the author supplicate at His lotus feet in the event of His appearance day admitting myself as the lowest of all and Begging for His mercy and compassion

How to view the devotees.

At one time at the Holy place of Uddharan Thakur who was a great devotee of the Lord and beloved associate of Sriman Mahaprabhu ,Srila Prabhupad remarked to us that when Sriman Mahaprahu gave the command to preach the Holy Name to Nityananada Prabhu, Uddharan Thakur was one of the most beloved of him and stalwarts in view of the help in preaching activities.He was born with humble beginnings in the caste of a suvarna vanik or gold merchant but by his unparalleled devotional activities earned the favour of Nityananada Prabhu and anybody who refers to him as of that that caste will have to earn the retribution of endless suffering in hell.In his actual spiritual identity, he was the associate of Balaram in the mellows of friendship and a pure devotee.
In actual fact there is no difference between Lord Vishnu and the pure devotee .They are both reciprocating in the the mellows of loving service but one always remain the Supreme Lord as the predominating deity while the other is predominated.Many a time we come into the error of trying to evaluate the eternally liberated souls according to the context of our narrow vision and try to identify him as in the same menial caste as ours and thus become implicated by such offence.
In that respect if any person born from a very lowly background is able to perform devotional service comparable to that of great devotees then he is eligible to be entitled for that glory that accrues for any vaishnava otherwise his birth as a Brahman or whatever high standing is to no avail.
In that same respect Srila Gurudeva is non different from Sri Nityananda Prabhu to the disciple though he will never in the least make such abject claims of that order always professing himself as the lowly servant of Sriman Nityananda.However the disciple if he does not visualise his guru as Nityananda or as less then he is most fallen and should be rejected.
It is a fact that many people bear with them the sins of their past lives but to generalise as such in the case of devotees doing unalloyed devotional service to the Lord is a dangerous matter.

Causeless service and materially orientated works

The disappearance day of Srila Garakishore Babaji Maharaj used to to be held at Kuliya in Navadip every year without fail.There were some people at the time like Harilal Goswami and Anant Poddar who used to feign great respect for Srila Prabhupad as a Maha Bhaghavat but heart of hearts they were only avaricious of the money and prestige that was automatically generated by the pure preaching of devotional service of Srila Prabhupad.The opportunity came for them to show their true colours when they started causing strife and discension in the yearly samadhi festival of Bajbaji Maharaj at Kuliya .Their opposition clearly showed they did not want our(Gaudiya Math) presence in that festive event at all because of the huge crowds that attended that function and the income they could generate.The main aim of Hari Katha to their opinion was to fleece the gullible public of their wealth and thus be able to accumulate wealth and give vent to their nefarious propensities.They had no inkling that our Gaudiya Math's main objective was that to proclaim the Absolute Truth at all cost without any other motives and, was to be conducted in the most non-envious way and sincerity in complete obedience to the predecessor Acaryas. This was so due to the fact that their intelligence were dulled by lusty desires.
After that these same Babajis being completely inflated by their self importance and growing wealth even tried to reverse some of Babaji Maharaja's teachings so much so that Srila Prabhupad became so unhappy and displeased with their actions that he vowed never to go to that function conducted by these offensive Babajis saying that these people think that the transcendental samadhi of Srila Babaji Maharaj is like an ordinary materialistic spot and this is a great offence against Sri Guru.
Surprisingly after Prabhupad said that ,Ganga Devi to give prominence to the words of the pure devotees soon changed course and later that samadhi spot became covered over by the river Ganga at Kulia.
Srila Prabhupad later brought the samadhi of Babaji Maharaj to the Radhakund (Chaitanya Math)at Mayapur which was reestablished alongside with a simple temple. The other side of the story was that those Babajis who accumulated great wealth all lost their ill gotten gains and became beggars like Anant Poddar who became submerged in great material distress.

How do we envision the Supreme Lord?

One day Srila Prabhupada took us to the Jagganath Temple at Puri and stood behind the pillar which contained the stone deity of Garuda which was some distance in front of the wooden, divine forms of Jagganath,Baladeva and Subhadra .Whilst standing behind that Deity of Garuda ,he instructed us the method of Being able to envision Lord Jagganath ,firstly, that we should never ever cross over this deity of Garuda.
He informed us also not to attempt to simply gaze at the deity of Jagganath but in fact should try to be seen by Lord Jagganath.The living entity when he gives up the ignorance that he is the enjoyer of his actions or stops exploiting the material energy, at that time by the cultivation of pure devotional service, he is able to see the Supreme Lord. The minute when one attempts to make the Supreme Lord his order-supplier by his vision, at that time instead of seeing the Supreme Lord he simply sees a wooden form which may be like another interesting historical artifact for pleasing our senses. Only when we can actually understand in our heart that He is perceiving us for His enjoyment and we are part of the ingredients to be able to please His transcendental senses having curtailed all our illegitimate desires to enjoy Him,then will He manifest before us.
Ordinary people think that they are able to to exploit Lord Jagganath with their vision or try to interpret or estimate His transcendental deity according to their distorted vision after which they consequently endeavour to give vent to insatiable desires.However,knowingly or unknowingly,this type of intelligence will never bear any fruit.The proof is that even after having visualized the transcendental deity all such people become completely bewildered by the material energy.
After visualising the main deities ,we all circumbulated the temple with tumultuous congregational chanting of the Holy Name under the guidance and authority of Srila Prabhupada which is the real way of performing the circumbulation of any holy place,even before that the existent lotus footprints pedestal of Sriman Mahaprabhu in the temple were honoured and given respect to in the proper way.