Sunday, May 24, 2009

anarthas and how to overcome it

Most people are fixed in following their own devious methods which are not recommended by scripture or saintly people therefore the gaudiya sampradaya does not give give indulgence to such.This is the nature of 'anartha'(material contamination)Those who indulge in blasphemy accumulate offenses and suffer greatly.The devotees follow the divine message of Mahaprabhu and give up the path of in auspiciousness while renouncing all bad association.Our predecessor acaryas have always exclaimed that one should give up Bad association and take to Holy association whilst doing our bhajan.It is of paramount importance to give up those who are are enmeshed in their anarthas so strive earnestly to take to the spiritual teachings of the highly evolved saints who can cut out our anarthas.Sometimes a devotee who is full of anarthas may pretend to serve the Lord whilst engaging in all sorts of wrong doings , but those actions cannot be in any way termed as bhakti or devotion to the Lord.
There are many who are completely deviant in their understanding of the gaudiya siddhanta or
conclusions and by nurturing such they end up to become the greatest enemies of the sampradaya.Such type of bad association should definitely be avoided if one wants to make spiritual advancement.The other way to overcome anarthas is to keep a fixed count on the chanting of a lakh(hundred thousand) of holy names daily and endeavor to maintain it.
Those who are eagerly accumulating weath and objects of pleasure for sense enjoyment fall down ,the devotees are always compassionate upon such people and that is the real compassion exhibited in their preaching.Those who have become overcome by offenses should follow Mahaprabhu's regime and instruction in order to overcome such offenses.Still,for the sincere disciple who may be committing offenses ,the divine spiritual master may easily wipe out such offenses and set his disciple afresh while those who do not have a guru will certainly die in their anarthas.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

eclipse of the moon

Usually the time of the esclipse whether of the sun or the moon is considered an impure time .In this context, impure time is in regard to the performance of religious activities which is conducted usually and in this inauspicious time all such activities are prohibited.According to Srila Prabhupada, one who is following the regulated principles of devotional service in our disciplic sucession should not neglect such rules completely but adjust in such a way that the maximum service to the Lord can be made possible in these circumstances. The time before Mahaprabhu preached the doctrine of love ,  the devotees used to bathe in the Ganga at the time of eclipse according to scriptural injunction.Later,after the propogation of the Holy Name the holy name being considered the most important in comparison to other pious  rituals and should be given the most imortance .'There is no auspicious or inauspicious time in regard to this.Those who want to acquire pious activities think greatly in terms of all the above rituals and are very rigid in observance of such rules to the letter.In contrast the devotees of the Lord think all these rules as insignificant and do not do any works in expectation of their  results.