Is ISKCON an ideal society ?Yes if we follow Srila Prahbupada All religious groups wants to claim they are infallible because they worship the Infallible Lord ,,however being infallible is almost a myth in the material world ,,Visvamitra Muni went through so much problems ,,falldowns till he finally became a pure devotee,, and participated in Lord Ramachandras Lilas what to speak of us Kali Yuga residents,What does Krsna say about being infallible in the material world ? Chapter 15: The Yoga of the Supreme Person TEXT 16 dvav imau purusau loke ksaras caksara eva ca ksarah sarvani bhutani kuta-stho 'ksara ucyate SYNONYMS dvau—two; imau—in this (world); purusau—living entities; loke—in the world; ksarah—fallible; ca—and; aksarah—infallible; eva—certainly; ca—and; ksarah—the fallible; sarvani—all; bhutani—living entities; kutasthah—in oneness; aksarah—infallible; ucyate—is said. TRANSLATION There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every entity is called infallible. PURPORT As already explained, the Lord in His incarnation as Vyasadeva compiled the Vedanta-sutra. Here the Lord is giving, in summary, the contents of the Vedanta-sutra: He says that the living entities, who are innumerable, can be divided into two classes-the fallible and the infallible. The living entities are eternally separated parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When they are in contact with the material world, they are called jiva-bhutah, and the Sanskrit words given here, sarvani bhutani mean that they are fallible. Those who are in oneness with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, are called infallible. Oneness does not mean that they have no individuality, but that there is no disunity. They are all agreeable to the purpose of the creation. Of course, in the spiritual world, there is no such thing as creation, but since the Supreme Personality of Godhead has stated in the Vedanta-sutra that He is the source of all emanations, that conception is explained. According to the statement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, there are two classes of men. The Vedas give evidence of this, so there is no doubt about it. The living entities, who are struggling in this world with the mind and five senses, have their material bodies which are changing as long as the living entities are conditioned. One's body changes due to contact with matter; matter is changing, so the living entity appears to be changing. But in the spiritual world the body is not made of matter; therefore there is no change. In the material world the living entity undergoes six changes-birth, growth, duration, reproduction, then dwindling and vanishing. These are the changes of the material body. But in the spiritual world the body does not change; there is no old age, there is no birth, there is no death. There all exists in oneness. It is more clearly explained as sarvani bhutani: any living entity who has come in contact with matter, beginning from the first created being, Brahma, down to a small ant, is changing its body; therefore they are all fallible. In the spiritual world, however, they are always liberated in oneness. We see in the history of World religions deviations from God,, the Jewish people killed their own Messiah or at least they tried,,One Jewish comedian said we Jews get blamed for killing Jesus ,,I say to hell with him lets kill him over and over again. At the Nuremburg trial German Nazis quoted Martin Luther: from Wikipedia : Martin Luther about Jews Martin Luther's views on Jews evolved significantly over time. Initially, he was sympathetic to Jewish resistance to the Catholic Church and expected them to convert to his purified Christianity. However, when this did not occur, he turned violently against them. Luther's writings, including "On the Jews and Their Lies," contain violent and vulgar language, which is not uncommon in the early 16th century. He used terms like "brood of vipers" and described Jews as "thieves and robbers" who lived from day to day by theft and robbery. Despite these harsh remarks, Luther also expressed hope for Jewish acceptance of Jesus as Messiah and had previously argued that Jews would respond favorably to the evangelical message if presented gently. However, his later writings and actions have been widely criticized and labeled as anti-Semitic. On the Jews and Their Lies - Wikipedia this is a book he wrote : On the Jews and Their Lies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On the Jews and Their Lies Title page of Martin Luther's On the Jews and Their Lies Author Martin Luther Language German Subjects Religious antisemitism, antisemitic canard Genre Religion Published 1543 Publication place Holy Roman Empire Original text On the Jews and Their Lies at Google Books Translation On the Jews and Their Lies at Wikisource On the Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den Jüden und iren Lügen; in modern spelling Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a 65,000-word antisemitic treatise written in 1543 by the German Reformation leader Martin Luther (1483–1546).[1] Luther's attitude toward Jews took different forms during his lifetime. In his earlier period, until about 1537, he wanted to convert Jews to Lutheranism (Protestant Christianity). In his later period when he wrote On the Jews and Their Lies, he denounced them and urged their persecution.[2] In this treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayer books be destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, Jewish homes burned, and property and money confiscated. Luther demanded that no mercy or kindness be given to Jews,[3] that they be afforded no legal protection,[4] and "these poisonous envenomed worms" should be drafted into forced labor or expelled forever.[5] He also seems to advocate murder of Jews, writing "[W]e are at fault in not slaying them".[6] The book may have had an impact on creating later antisemitic German thought.[7] With the rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, the book became widely popular among Nazi supporters. During World War II, copies of the book were commonly seen at Nazi rallies, and the prevailing scholarly consensus is that it may have had a significant impact on justifying the Holocaust.[8] Since then, the book has been denounced by many Lutheran churches.[9] So Martin Luther tried to reform the Catholic Church ,, in the middle of that he never could reform it back to Jesus Christs pure teachings,, things like Reincarnation and Karma and becoming a vegetarian had long been lost in the Catholic Church ,, and compassion also Jesus did not teach to persecute anyone but try to turn them into worshippers of God . I remember watching Your ever wellwisher about Prabhupada when I joined ISKCON and Satsvarupa Maharaja says that Srila Prabhupada taught that teachers in ISKCON should be ideal and have no bad qualities,However we see the Child abuse was to rampant in ISKCON that it almost ruined ISKCON ,,with the Turley case, Susan Murphy case, Robin George case. So we as a society in ISKCON are made up of individuals and there is so much demand on Pure devotion .Srila Prahbupada has tried to establish a perfect society of Krsna consciousness,,,we see how many lazy persons have tried to remove proper fasting on Visnutattva days and now want to serve grains on even Ramanavami ,Balarama Purnima etc,, this is simply done to make money and it was established by one former GBC man that turned a Ritvik ,, Naveen Krsna das he promoted grains on Visnu tattva days and that ISKCON should allow demigod worship and Mayavadis to preach in ISKCON for money . I complained to the GBC in 1996 that this nonsense was going on in USA in many temples,, the internaional GBC put a stop to it,However even Romapada Swami had defended it,, after all in ISKCON Brooklyn they had Bingo hall rented out at the temple property for years,, I questioned the GBC would Srila Prabhupada have wanted activities that brake the 4 regulative principles? However even after 1996 this filth was allowed by Ramabhadra and he banned me from ISKCON Brooklyn because I was opposed to the Bingo hall and tried to demonize me in ISKCON.Finally however New York city closed the Bingo hall as a criminal thing where no Taxes had been paid.So all along even to Karmi Society it was an illegal Bingo Hall. So I can go on for hours how we need to reform ISKCON from the present danger on taking grains on Visnutattva days,, even Badri Narayana Maharaja who is a GBC says it is ok to take grains on Janmastami and serve grains and former GBC of New Vrindavana Malati defended it , last year when I visitied New Vrindavana, I told her if Balarama Purnima is served with grains she should kindly step down from being GBC as she would be to less intelligent to be a GBC,, however this year she informed me New Vrindavana no longer serves grains on Balarama Purnima ,,ISKCON Potomac does and many temples in US ,,does ,I tried to talk to ISKCON resolve Braja Bihari who used to be a friend ,, but he condones his wifes allowing grain feasts on Balarama Purnima , Lord Nityananda Prabhus apperance days ,and other days ,, I believe on all these days they still have a grains feast ,,why ? Because it is good for business .Yes some accuse Braja Bihari that he is born Jewish so it is natural for him to be corrupt and allow such things as grains feasts for Visnu tattva apperance days . in my books Vaisnava Amrta I have addressed these issues Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days Skanda Purana states: matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet “Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why one should never eat grains on fasting days.” yani kani ca papani brahma hatyadikani ca annam asritya tiathanti samprapte hari vasare “Every type of sin in this world, including the grievous sin of killing a Brahmana, reside in food grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi and other fasting days). If grains are eaten on fasting days sins enter the body of that human being.” Padma Purana: bhuyo-bhuyo drdha vani sryatam syata janah na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam harer dine “O human beings, please listen, I tell you repeatedly with steadfast determination, please never eat any grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi day, the Lord’s appearance day like Janmastami day etc.). Please never eat any food grains even by mistake on the Day of Lord Hari. Please do not eat grains on the Day of Lord Hari even if forced or compelled to do so.” na saiva na ca saurohasaun na sakta gana sevakah yo bhunkte vasare visnor jneyah pasvadiko hi sah “Whether one is a follower of Lord Siva, the goddess Durga, Kali, Surya (sungod), Ganesa, Bhairava or any other demigod, they should avoid eating grains on the fasting days of Lord Hari (Ekadasis and other fasting days of Lord Hari). If one does not rigidly follow this rule and eats grains on fasting days they are considered worse than an animal.” The Brihan Naradiya Purana states: brahma-hatyadi papanam kathancin niskrtir bhavet ekadasyat tu yo bhunkte niskrtir nasti kutracit “By rigidly following religious and ritualistic processes one may become free from grievous sin like killing a Brahmana, but it is impossible to eliminate the sins of those who eat grains on Ekadasi days.” It is written in the Skanda Purana that Lord Yamaraja (superintendent of hell) told his messengers not even to go near the immediate three generations of those who fast on Ekadasi days and Visnu tattva days , even if they are lowborn and full of sin. But even if a pious person is learned in the four Vedas and performs rituals and is pure, but eats grains on Ekadasi days and Visnutattva days , they must be taken to hell to suffer. When I joined ISKCON in 1979 in ISKCON Sweden ,Korsnaas Gard ,New Radha Kunda I learned right away the proper standards of fasting on Visnutattvadays from Vegavan Prabhu who was my first Temple president and who was my greatest wellwisher also Harikesa then Swami had been trained by Srila Prabhupada so there was no doubt about the standards for fasting on Visnutattva days. Srila Prabhupada's BTG article on Conception of Gita Nagari written in 1956: In the Gita Nigari, birth day anniversaries of Lord Krsna, Sri Ramacandra, Lord Caitanya, Sri Nrsimha Caturdasi, and similar other functions shall be properly celebrated and observance of Ekadasi shall be strictly performed. We observed all Visnutattva days as fasting and then ekadasi prasadam in the evening ,also known as anukalpa prasadam. Lord Caitanya ordered Srila Sanatana Goswami to write the Haribhakti Vilasa to explain the process of devotional service ,it is a very important book that should be studied by all true Gaudiya Vaisnavas .Srila Prabhupada was very merciful so instead of making all devotees fast till next day which is the strict standard for all Visnutattva days and ekadasis ,he allowed ekadasi prasadam .Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada fasted on all Visnutattva days and Ekadasis as Nirjala .This was also the standard of all our Acaryas including Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Madhavacarya . Srila Prabhupada wrote for Radhastami devotees can fast till noon and take grain prasadam, because Srimati Radharani is merciful. However I found that Padma Purana has statements that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada would recite as evidence for full fasting on Radhastami .So wheras for a new devotee it might have been ok in the beginning but now as I am a devotee for 40 plus years I should certainly follow the stricter standard for Radhastami given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada : There are many quotes on not taking grains on Visnutattva days sadly to bust income to the temple some temples either ignoring willfully or unaware of the real standards are serving grains on Visnutattva days that is a detriment to devotional service just as much or even more than taking grains on Ekadasi this is purely ignorance and thus this chapter is very important for the overall well being of Srila Prabhupadas ISKCON movement Veda sastra anurakta ye tulasi vana palakah ,Radhastami vrata rata, vijneyas ce ta vaisnavah,Sri Krsna purato ye ca dipam ,Yacchanti Sraddhaya para nindam na kurvanti vijneyas te ca vaisnavah this sloka is from Padma Purana ,Brahma Khanda 1.31.32 : Those who are attached to studying Vedic litteratures ,those who protect Tulsi forests .those who fast on Radhastami day ,those who offer a lamp to Krsna with good faith and those who do not criticize others are understood to be vaisnavas. This is the statement by Srila Vyasadeva in the Padma Purana ,in Vrindavana many vaisnavas fast on Radhastami as well fully untill the next day : ekadasyam sahasrena yat phalam labhate narah Radha janma astami punyam tasmat satagu nadhikam :whatever result one can attain by fasting on 1000 ekadasis one hundred times greater results can be attained by fasting on Radhastami and Janmastami days Brahma Khanda of Padma Purana 7.8 This is very significant because Janmastami and Radhastami fasting is 100.000 times more powerful than fasting on Ekadasi .Sri Narasimha Caturdasi is stated by Lord Narasimha to be 1000 time more powerful than fasting on Ekadasi : Lord Narasimha has personally stated and this is recorded in Narasimha Purana : Text 452 yenaiva kriyamanena sahasra dvadasi phalam jayate na mrisha vacni manushanam mahatmanam By observing a single vow of Nrisimha Caturdasi, one obtains the merit of observing one thousand Dvadasi vratas. This is a fact and do not think that this statement is an exaggeration Lord Narasimha has also stated : Text 416 kinca (It is also said) vijnaya maddinam yastu langhayet sa tu papabhak evam jnatva prakarttavyam maddine vratam uttamam anyatha narakam yati yavac candra divakarau One who purposely transgresses this vow incurs sin. Knowing this, one should observe this supreme vow otherwise, he will continue to rot in hell for as long as the sun and the moon rise in the sky. Text 417 atha tatradhikari nirnayah (A proper candidate for observing this vow) tatraiva (In the same Purana it is stated) sarvvesham eva lokanam adhikaro’sti madvrate madbhaktaistu viseshena praneyam matparayanaih Everyone is eligible to observe this vow—especially My devotees and those who are inclined toward Me must observe it. So these fast are not optional for Lord Caitanyas devotees they must be followed . If we choose to follow the strict standards set in Sastra or we choose to follow Srila Prabhupada that allows us to take Ekadasi prasadam (anukalpa prasadam ) Srila Prabhupada has stated regarding Ramanavami for example : 710407LE.BOM Lectures So this process should be adopted, how to become sukrtina. Sukrti means yajna-dana-tapa-kriya. One must perform sacrifices as prescribed in the sastras, and they must give in charity their hard-earned money for Krsna's cause. That is called dana. Yajna, dana, and tapasya. Tapasya. Just like tomorrow is Sri Rama-navami. The tapasya will be that all the devotees will observe fasting from morning till evening. This is called tapasya. Just like Ekadasi day--there is no eating sumptuously. Simply you take little fruits and flowers. Try to avoid that also. You don't take even water. That is really ekadasi. But because we cannot do it--in the Kali-yuga the time is different--therefore we are allowed to take little fruit and milk, which is called anukalpa. These are different methods of tapasya. And yajna. This yajna, sankirtanaih prayair yajnaih, yajanti hi su-medhasah. In this age you cannot perform that big asvamedha yajna, gomedha yajna, rajasuya yajna, so many other yajnas. It is not possible. First of all, you have no means to perform such yajnas, hundreds and hundreds of tons ghee required for putting into the sacrificial fire. You have not even a drop of your ghee. So forget all those yajnas. In this age, yajnaih sankirtanaih prayaih. “One must perform sacrifices as prescribed in the shastras, and they must give in charity their hard-earned money for Krsna's cause. That is called dana. Yajna, dana, and tapasya. Tapasya. Just like tomorrow is Sri Rama-navami. The tapasya will be that all the devotees will observe fasting from morning till evening. This is called tapasya”. So Srila Prabhupada compares Ramanavami to Ekadasi in this lecture ,so both is actually fasting until next day but Srila Prabhupada mercifully allowed us to take Ekadasi prasadam Pandal Lecture, Bombay, April 7, 1971 Our next ceremony is Lord Ramacandra's Birthday, on the 7th of April. It should be observed in the same way as Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day, namely, fasting up to evening and then accept Prasadam, and all our ceremonies should be performed with continuous Kirtana, of Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. That will make all our functions successful. Letter to Mukunda, San Francisco, 26 March, 1968 Today is Rama-navami, the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra, and everyone fasted until 4:00 p.m. Prabhupada walked through a nearby forest for his daily exercise. We drove out along Chattikara road a couple of miles and when he saw the wooded area he decided to get out. A Transcendental Diary Vol 1 - Hari Sauri dasa (New-2003) Chapter Eleven, Sri Vrndavana Dhama Tamala Krsna: So there will be an initiation on Rama-navami. Prabhupada: Rama-navami is upavasa up till the... Go to observe fasting up to the evening. Tamala Krsna: So moon. Prabhupada: Sunset. Tamala Krsna: Sunset, moonrise. Prabhupada: Authorized. Tamala Krsna: Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Ramacandra, and Nrsimhadeva also? Those three. Srila Sanatana Goswami in Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa has stated about Ramanavami yastu rama navamyam hi bhunkte mohad vimudhdhih / kumbhi pakesu ghoresu pacyate natra samsayah // HBV 14.244 // “A foolish person, who out of illusion, takes food on Rama Navami will fall down and rot in the formidable hell know as Kumbhipaka. Of this there is no doubt “GBC men should not dictate very much, simply supervise and see that the standards are maintained.” (Srila Prabhupada Letter, February 14th, 1972) Pseudo devotees do not fast for Sri Advaita Acarya on His apperanceday . it is madness He is the one the brought Lord Caitanya to this world and is an incarnation of Lord Mahavisnu.When I joined ISKCON and learned about Sri Advaita acarya we where told best is to fast untill evening and then take Ekadasi prasadam .I never found anywhere in Haribhakti Vilasa or anywhere it is mentioned.I know in Santipure, devotees of Sri Advaita Acarya fast untill next day for Him as He is the Supreme personality of Godhead .I am not sure what Srila Prabhupada did or our acaryas did for Sri Advaita Acarya.But I follow the Gaudiya math standard of full fasting untill next day or fasting untill evening and taking ekadasi prasadam Srila .Dhyanachandra Goswami has given the following mantra and Gayatri mantra for Advaita Acarya: Mantra :Klim Advaitaya Svaha Gayatri Mantra: Klim Advaitaya vidmahe maha visnave dhimahi tan no advaitah pracodayat These mantras are found in the Padma Purana and given as highly confidential mantras to Narada Muni Dhyanachandra Goswami has given some other for our meditation on Advaita Acarya such as : "With my head at His lotusfeet ,I offer my humble obaisences unto the merciful Advaitachandra ,whose heart is drowned in the ocean of prema. He delievers infinite number of devotees, and is honored and worshipped by Caitanyachandra" And he has given a Dhyana,meditation as follows: " I meditate on the root of transcendental joy,Sri Advaita Prabhu,whose lotusfeet are always served by the bhaktas.He wears cloth as white as the moon or a kunda flower( a jasmine flower).He has a pure golden complexion ,beautiful arms and a smiling face.His eyes always lovingly gaze upond the lotusface of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He readily benedictions and fearlessness to the devotees and His lustrous body is ornamented by prema" Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada has described Sri Advaita Acarya without a beard and in our Gaudiya line He is always seen as eternal youthful being the Supreme Personality of Godhead that is Navayuvanam eternal youthful :Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya 16.99 tarjje garjje acarya dadite diya hata bhrukuti kariya nace santipura-natha ... “The Acarya threatened and roared, placing His hand on His chin That Lord of Santipura furled his eyebrows and began to dance.” This is the Bengali commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada : sri-advaita-prabhu sastracara-sampanna gumpha-smasru-kesadi-mundita chilena. dadi va cibuke ye unnata kesa (smasru) deya yaya; uhake sadharana bhasaya ‘dadi’ bale. taj-janya keha keha anabhijnata-vase ajna bauliyara vesa smasru-kesadir niyoga karena. kintu prakrta prastave tini mundita-kesa chilena. tanhake ‘nada’-sabde abhihita karaya mundita-keseri nirdesa bujha yaya. Translation of Commentary “Sri Advaita Prabhu was perfectly fixed in proper behavior according to scripture, and was clean shaven, without whiskers, beard and hair on his head. A ‘beard’ or long-grown hair (smasru) found on the chin is called in the vernacular dadi. Therefore some people, swayed by their ignorance, try to ascribe to Him the dress of a foolish Baul and a Baul’s beard, hairy head and so on. But actually He had all His hair shaven. This is indicated by the word Nada, which refers to one who is clean-shaven.” Though He is described shaven in all Gaudiya math temples instaleld by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada Sri Advaita Acarya is seen with longer hair and no beard such as at Advaita Bhavan at Srivasa Angam Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacaray who is the incarnation of Brhaspati the guru of the demigods used to fast on Advaita Saptami and he wrote this astakam : Sri Sri Advaitashtakam Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya ganga-tire tat payobhis tulasyah patraih pushpaih prema-hunkara-ghoshaih prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [1] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who worshipped Sri Gaurahari on the bank of the Ganges with Ganges water, tulasi leaves, flowers, and loud cries of love to induce Him to appear. yad dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair akrishtah san gaura-goloka-nathah avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [2] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. Being attracted by Advaita’s cries, which were like waves within His ocean of love, the golden Lord of Goloka appeared in Sri Nabadwip Dham. brahmadinam durlabha-prema-purair adinam yah plavayam asa lokam avirbhavya srila-chaitanya-chandram sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [3] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. He induced Sri Chaitanyachandra to appear and thus flooded the entire world with the flow of divine love that is difficult for even Brahma and the other gods to attain. sri-chaitanyah sarva-shakti-prapurno yasyaivajna-matrato ’ntardadhe ’pi durvijneyam yasya karunya-krityam sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [4] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, whose acts of compassion are enigmatic. Only with His permission did the omnipotent Sri Chaitanya withdraw from the world. srishti-sthityantam vidhatum pravrittah yasyamshamshah brahma-vishnvishvarakhyah yenabhinnam tam mahavishnu-rupam sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [5] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who is nondifferent from Mahavishnu. His expansions and sub-expansions—Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva—perform the functions of creation, maintenance, and dissolution. kasmimshchid yah shruyate chashrayatvat shambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [6] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who is worshipped by all and attained only through devotion. Because He is the origin of Lord Shiva, in some scriptures He is said to be Shiva. sita-namni preyasi prema-purna putro yasyapy achyutananda-nama sri-chaitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [7] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, whose wife, Srimati Sita Thakurani, is filled with divine love, and whose son, Sri Achyutananda, is overflowing with divine love for Sri Chaitanya. nityanandadvaitato ’dvaita-nama bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acharya-nama shashvach-chetah-sancharad gaura-dhama sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [8] I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. Because He is nondifferent from Nityananda Prabhu, He is known as ‘Advaita’, and because He teaches devotion, He is known as ‘Acharya’. His heart is eternally filled with Sri Gauranga’s presence. pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah sitanathasyashtakam shuddha-buddhih so ’yam samyak tasya padaravinde vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati [9] One who fully recites this poem about Sri Sita Devi’s Lord with sincerity and love every morning attains devotion to His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him. Why do we fast for Lord Nityananda Prabhu on His apperanceday? Because this is the standard for our Gaudiya Vaisnava line ,Srila Prabhupada introduced in and verbally these orders was given to fast for Lord Nityananda when I joined ISKCON in 1979 we fasted untill moon rise and took only ekadasi prasadam,though in Gaudiya math and among other Gaudiya vasinavas some fast untill the next day . For example we observe Caturmasya in honor of Ksirodaksyai Visnu..but who is Lord Nityananda Prabhu: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 1.11 yasyāḿśāḿśāḿśaḥ parātmākhilānāḿ poṣṭā viṣṇur bhāti dugdhābdhi-śāyī kṣauṇī-bhartC4 yat-kalā so 'py anantas taḿ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaḿ prapadye SYN ONYMS yasya — whose; aḿśa-aḿśa-aḿśaḥ — a portion of a portion of a plenary portion; para-ātmā — the Supersoul; akhilānām — of all living entities; poṣṭā — the maintainer; viṣṇuḥ — Viṣṇu; bhāti — appears; dugdha-abdhi-śāyī — Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; kṣauṇī-bhartā — upholder of the earth; yat — whose; kalā — portion of a portion; sahCC — He; api — certainly; anantaḥ — Śeṣa Nāga; tam — to Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmam — to Lord Balar=C204ma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadye — I surrender. TRANSLATION I offer my respectful obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose secondary part is the Viṣṇu lying in the ocean of milk. That Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Śeṣa Nāga is His further subpart. Ksirodaksayi Visnu is the amsa of the amsa of the amsa of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, a portion of a portion of a plenary portion;How is this? CC Ādi 1.7: May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Sańkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions. CC Ādi 1.8: I surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, who is known as Sańkarṣaṇa in the midst of the catur-vyūha [consisting of Vāsudeva, Sańkarṣaṇa, P radyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṇṭhaloka, far beyond the material creation. 0D CC Ādi 1.9: I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes. CC Ādi 1.10: I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets. If even Lord Ramachandra and Lord Narasimha originate from the Catur Vyuha ,and in Haribhakti Vilasa describes Their fast as a full Nirjala fast ,then surely Lord Nityananda Prabhu and Lord Balarama (Balarama hoilo Nitai) deserves a full Nirjala fast on Their divine apperance day.And in ISKCON it used to be the standard to fast up to moonrise for both ( who are transcendentally one and the same Supreme Lords)..the focusing on only Krsna and Lord Caitanya is due to an imcomplete understanding of the science of Godhead, Some prefere not to fast it is obviously because they are in Maya and have no love and respect for Lord Nityananda Prabhu.Srila Prabhupada instructed for example Harikesa das in all the Visnu tattva days fasting for when he was TP for Vrindavana for some time..So where in Sastra is it mentioned to fast for Lord Nityananda Prabhu ? it is mentioned by Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya in his 100 names of Lord Nityananda Prabhu : maaghe maasi site pakshe trayo-dashyaam tithau sadaa uposhanam pujanam ca shri-nityaananda-vaasare yad yat sah kurute kaamam tat tad eva labhen narah Paatha Mahaatmya:- The most fortunate soul, who recites this Stotra, fasts and offers worship to the Supreme Lord Shri Nityananda Prabhu on the most auspicious thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Maagha{Jan-Feb} [ Shri Nityananda Trayodashi Tithi ], will certainly have all of ones desires quickly fulfilled. Adi Samhita: Yah Krsnah so pi Ramah syad yo Ramah Krsna eva sah anayor antaradarsi samsaran na nirvattate; He who is Krsna is He who is Balarama , He who is Balarama is He who is Krishna.Anyone who sees Them as being different will never leave the world of birth and death. So the standard of fasting for Lord Sri Krsna on Janmastami is strictly speaking fasting untill next day but Srila Prabhupada allowed fasting till midnight and take ekadasi preasadam .So best is fasting till moon rise as given by Srila Prabhupada or fasting untill next day if one takes grains on Nityananda Tryodasi it is as detrimental or more for bhakti just as taking grains on Ekadasi destroyes Bhakti .The tendency is to degrade the proper stands due to laziness and insincerity .If others do not fast you should still fast knowing right from wrong let even all GBC's and ISKCON Gurus and TP's deviate, because even many sannyasis also take grains on Nityananda Trayodasi and are thus making offences you should never follow their fallen standard but follow Srila Prabhupada and our acaryas in this case Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya the eternal associate of Lord Caitanya has advised us.So we should follow and obey and get purified though it may be inconvinient to fast ,we should understand we get purified from unlimeted past sins and Karma and please Lord Nityananda Prabhu .one can always take some water if the fasting is to hard.Ayurvedic doctors recommend that fasting on Visnu tattva days and Ekadasis are healthy but make sure you are properly hydrated .Nirjala fasting is recommended , but before fasting one should dring plenty of water.If health permits it.After the age of 85 Hari Bhakti Vilaa recommends one need not fast so strictly though we have seen in the life of Srila Narayana Maharaja and others they kept fasting even above this age .However under no circumstances should grain prasadam ever be served on Ekadasis and Visnutattva days. Braja Bihari das says it is to accommodate the Public : Srila Prabhupada said : “I am not much fond of the idea of changing things to accommodate the public — better to change the public to accommodate us.” (Letter to Bali-mardana — Bombay, December 28, 1971) Well Srila Prabhupada was against salaries too but in ISKCON US ,salary system is now in place and ISKCON Potomac hire all Indian and Nepali devotees ,they are there for the Salary ,nothing else.. I recall in 1980 Devamrta Swami warned that Indians can infiltrated ISKCON and degrade our movement ,because they are never serious about Bhakti,, well it was extreme but Indians that come to ISKCON for Salary will do anything for making money,, purity is not important to them money is,, MONEY is the force,, But Prabhupada said Purity is the force . I am not sure where Srila Prabhupada said this but : Inline image Books are the basis ,, but Srila Prabhupadas books have bene changed in the name of editing ,, Srila Prabhupada said print my books only Purity is a farce not the force a Preaching is the essence as long it makes money ,, bookdistriubtion is not on the rise in most temples in ISKCON ,considered a burden and bookdsitributors have been expelled from ISKCON Utility is the principle if it makes us money ,, When I moved out of temples in 1997 ,Tri Kalajna wanted I move back into the temple to make money for himself, he made it very clear ,,where is my cut of money from your book distribution .He later left as a manager and bought a house cash from money made being a TP. My Socalled Guru was Harikesa ,, his idea was also money is what matters,, and he stashed lots away so when he bloobed in 1998 there you go he had plenty of it , I talked to Hansa Rupa Prabhu in New York he sees nothign wrong in serving grains on Visnutattva days ,,I like him but he is dead wrong,,, it seems many of Srila Prahbupadas disciples just do not know the Krsna consciouness Philosophy in depth ...I was just send a beautiful calendar from ISKCON New York for Next year I will send a donation ,, I love Radha Govinda,, I have always loved preaching in New York City and distributing books there and doing Harinama so much opportunity for preaching there,But we need to follow Srila Prahbupada properly and stop the deviations We are here to serve Srila Prabhupada and the Supreme truth Krsna Balarama TEXT 26 satya-vrataṁ satya-paraṁ tri-satyaṁ satyasya yoniṁ nihitaṁ ca satye satyasya satyam ṛta-satya-netraṁ satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ SYNONYMS satya-vratam—the Personality of Godhead, who never deviates from His vow The Lord vows: yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham (Bg. 4.7). To honor this vow, the Lord appeared. *; satya-param—who is the Absolute Truth (as stated in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi); tri-satyam—He is always present as the Absolute Truth, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, during its maintenance, and even after its annihilation; satyasya—of all relative truths, which are emanations from the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa; yonim—t;he cause; nihitam—entered*; ca—and; satye—in the factors that create this material world (namely, the five elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether); satyasya—of all that is accepted as the truth; satyam—the Lord is the original truth; ṛta-satya-netram—He is the origin of whatever truth is pleasing (sunetram); satya-ātmakam—everything pertaining to the Lord is truth (sac-cid-ānanda: His body is truth, His knowledge is truth, and His pleasure is truth); tvām—unto you, O Lord; śaraṇam—offering our full surrender; prapannāḥ—we are completely under Your protection. TRANSLATION The demigods prayed: O Lord, You never deviate from Your vow, which is always perfect because whatever You decide is perfectly correct and cannot be stopped by anyone. Being present in the three phases of cosmic manifestation—creation, maintenance and annihilation—You are the Supreme Truth. Indeed, unless one is completely truthful, one cannot achieve Your favor, which therefore cannot be achieved by hypocrites. You are the active principle, the real truth, in all the ingredients of creation, and therefore you are known as antaryāmī, the inner force. You are equal to everyone, and Your instructions apply for everyone, for all time. You are the beginning of all truth. Therefore, offering our obeisances, we surrender unto You. Kindly give us protection. PURPORT The demigods or devotees know perfectly well that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the true substance, whether within this material world or in the spiritual world. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins, therefore, with the words oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. .. satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi. Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, is the paraṁ satyam, the Supreme Truth. The Supreme Truth can be approached or understood by the supreme method, as declared by the Supreme Truth: bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ (Bg. 18.55). Bhakti, devotional service, is the only way to understand the Absolute Truth. For protection, therefore, the demigods surrender to the Supreme Truth, not to the relative truth. There are persons who worship various demigods, but the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa, declares in Bhagavad-gītā (7.23), antavat tu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām: “Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary.” Worship of demigods may be useful for a limited time, but the result is antavat, perishable. This material world is impermanent, the demigods are impermanent, and the benedictions derived from the demigods are also impermanent, whereas the living entity is eternal (nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām). Every living entity, therefore, must search for eternal happiness, not temporary happiness. The words satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi indicate that one should search for the Absolute Truth, not the relative truth. While offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nṛsiṁhadeva, Prahlāda Mahārāja said: bālasya neha śaraṇaṁ pitarau nṛsiṁha nārtasya cāgadam udanvati majjato nauḥ Generally it is understood that the protectors for a child are his parents, but this is not actually the fact. The real protector is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. taptasya tat-pratividhir ya ihāñjaseṣṭas tāvad vibho tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad-upekṣitānām (Bhāg. 7.9.19) If neglected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a child, despite the presence of his parents, will suffer, and a diseased person, despite all medical help, will die. In this material world, where there is a struggle for existence, men have invented many means for protection, but these are useless if the Supreme Personality of Godhead rejects them. Therefore the demigods purposefully say, satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ: “Real protection can be obtained from You, O Lord, and therefore we surrender unto You,” The Lord demands that one surrender unto Him (sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]), and He further says: sakṛd eva prapanno yas tavāsmīti ca yācate abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama “If one surrenders unto Me sincerely, saying, ‘My Lord, from this day I am fully surrendered unto You,’ I always give him protection. That is My vow.” (Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33) The demigods offered their prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He had now appeared in the womb of His devotee Devakī to protect all the devotees harassed by Kaṁsa and his lieutenants. Thus the Lord acts as satyavrata. The protection given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be compared to the protection given by the demigods. It is said that Rāvaṇa was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, but when Lord Rāmacandra went to kill him, Lord Śiva could not give him protection. Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, accompanied by great sages like Nārada and followed by many other demigods, had now invisibly appeared in the house of Kaṁsa. They began to pray for the Supreme Personality of Godhead in select prayers which are very pleasing to the devotees and which award fulfillment of devotional desires. The first words they spoke acclaimed that the Lord is true to His vow. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa descends upon this material world just to protect the pious and destroy the impious. That is His vow. The demigods could understand that the Lord had taken His residence within the womb of Devakī to fulfill this vow. They were very glad that the Lord was appearing to fulfill His mission, and they addressed Him as satyaṁ param, or the Supreme Absolute Truth. Everyone is searching after the truth. That is the philosophical way of life. The demigods give information that the Supreme Absolute Truth is Kṛṣṇa. One who becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious can attain the Absolute Truth. Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and future. Kṛṣṇa is Truth always, past, present and future. In the material world, everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of past, present and future. But before the creation, Kṛṣṇa was existing, and when there is creation, everything is resting in Kṛṣṇa, and when this creation is finished, Kṛṣṇa will remain. Therefore, He is Absolute Truth in all circumstances, If there is any truth within this material world, it emanates from the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa. If there is any opulence within this material world, the cause of the opulence is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any reputation within this material world, the cause of the reputation is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any strength within this material world, the cause of such strength is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any wisdom and education within this material world, the cause of such wisdom and education is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is the source of all relative truths. Devotees, therefore, following in the footsteps of Lord Brahmā, pray, govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **, worshiping the ādi-puruṣa, the supreme truth, Govinda. Everything, everywhere, is performed in terms of three principles, jñāna-bala-kriyā—knowledge, strength and activity. In every field, if there is not full knowledge, full strength and full activity, an endeavor is never successful. Therefore, if one wants success in everything, one must be backed by these three principles. In the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.😎 there is this statement about the Supreme Personality of Godhead: na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate na tat samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not need to do anything personally, for He has such potencies that anything He wants done will be done perfectly well through the control of material nature (svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca). Similarly, those who are engaged in the service of the Lord are not meant to struggle for existence. The devotees who are fully engaged in spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, more than ten thousand men and women all over the world, have no steady or permanent occupation, yet we actually see that they are maintained very opulently. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (9.22): ananyāś cintayanto māṁ ye janāḥ paryupāsate teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham “For those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form, I carry to them what they lack and preserve what they have.” The devotees have no anxiety over what will happen next, where they will stay or what they will eat, for everything is maintained and supplied by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has promised, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.” (Bg. 9.31) From all angles of vision, therefore, in all circumstances, if one fully surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no question of one’s struggling for existence. In this connection, the commentary by Śrīpāda Madhvācārya, who quotes from the Tantra-bhāgavata, is very meaningful: sac-chadba uttamaṁ brūyād ānandantīti vai vadet yetijñānaṁ samuddiṣṭaṁ pūrṇānanda-dṛśis tataḥ attṛtvāc ca tadā dānāt satyāttya cocyate vibhuḥ Explaining the words satyasya yonim, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that Kṛṣṇa is the avatārī, the origin of all incarnations. All incarnations are the Absolute Truth, yet the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all incarnations. Dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya dīpāyate (Brahma-saṁhitā 5.46). There may be many lamps, all equal in power, yet there is a first lamp, a second lamp, a third lamp and so on. Similarly, there are many incarnations, who are compared to lamps, but the first lamp, the original Personality of Godhead, is Kṛṣṇa. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **. The demigods must offer worship in obedience to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but one might argue that since the Supreme Godhead was within the womb of Devakī, He was also coming in a material body. Why then should He be worshiped? Why should one make a distinction between an ordinary living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead? These questions are answered in the following verses. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/10/2/26 Note those who serve and take grains on Visnutattva days are hypocrites Indeed, unless one is completely truthful, one cannot achieve Your favor, which therefore cannot be achieved by hypocrites. dear TPs in ISKCON and GBCs etc stop being hypocrites stop serving grains on Visnutattva days
Is ISKCON an ideal society ?Yes if we follow Srila Prahbupada
by Paramananda das
on Friday
Is ISKCON an ideal society ?Yes if we follow Srila Prahbupada
All religious groups wants to claim they are infallible because they worship the Infallible Lord ,,however being infallible is almost a myth in the material world ,,Visvamitra Muni went through so much problems ,,falldowns till he finally became a pure devotee,, and participated in Lord Ramachandras Lilas what to speak of us Kali Yuga residents,What does Krsna say about being infallible in the material world ?
Chapter 15: The Yoga of the Supreme Person
TEXT 16
dvav imau purusau loke
ksaras caksara eva ca
ksarah sarvani bhutani
kuta-stho 'ksara ucyate
SYNONYMS
dvau—two; imau—in this (world); purusau—living entities; loke—in the world; ksarah—fallible; ca—and; aksarah—infallible; eva—certainly; ca—and; ksarah—the fallible; sarvani—all; bhutani—living entities; kutasthah—in oneness; aksarah—infallible; ucyate—is said.
TRANSLATION
There are two classes of beings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every entity is called infallible.
PURPORT
As already explained, the Lord in His incarnation as Vyasadeva compiled the Vedanta-sutra. Here the Lord is giving, in summary, the contents of the Vedanta-sutra: He says that the living entities, who are innumerable, can be divided into two classes-the fallible and the infallible. The living entities are eternally separated parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When they are in contact with the material world, they are called jiva-bhutah, and the Sanskrit words given here, sarvani bhutani mean that they are fallible. Those who are in oneness with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, are called infallible. Oneness does not mean that they have no individuality, but that there is no disunity. They are all agreeable to the purpose of the creation. Of course, in the spiritual world, there is no such thing as creation, but since the Supreme Personality of Godhead has stated in the Vedanta-sutra that He is the source of all emanations, that conception is explained.
According to the statement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, there are two classes of men. The Vedas give evidence of this, so there is no doubt about it. The living entities, who are struggling in this world with the mind and five senses, have their material bodies which are changing as long as the living entities are conditioned. One's body changes due to contact with matter; matter is changing, so the living entity appears to be changing. But in the spiritual world the body is not made of matter; therefore there is no change. In the material world the living entity undergoes six changes-birth, growth, duration, reproduction, then dwindling and vanishing. These are the changes of the material body. But in the spiritual world the body does not change; there is no old age, there is no birth, there is no death. There all exists in oneness. It is more clearly explained as sarvani bhutani: any living entity who has come in contact with matter, beginning from the first created being, Brahma, down to a small ant, is changing its body; therefore they are all fallible. In the spiritual world, however, they are always liberated in oneness.
We see in the history of World religions deviations from God,, the Jewish people killed their own Messiah or at least they tried,,One Jewish comedian said we Jews get blamed for killing Jesus ,,I say to hell with him lets kill him over and over again. At the Nuremburg trial German Nazis quoted Martin Luther:
from Wikipedia :
Martin Luther about Jews
Martin Luther's views on Jews evolved significantly over time. Initially, he was sympathetic to Jewish resistance to the Catholic Church and expected them to convert to his purified Christianity. However, when this did not occur, he turned violently against them. Luther's writings, including "On the Jews and Their Lies," contain violent and vulgar language, which is not uncommon in the early 16th century. He used terms like "brood of vipers" and described Jews as "thieves and robbers" who lived from day to day by theft and robbery. Despite these harsh remarks, Luther also expressed hope for Jewish acceptance of Jesus as Messiah and had previously argued that Jews would respond favorably to the evangelical message if presented gently. However, his later writings and actions have been widely criticized and labeled as anti-Semitic.
On the Jews and Their Lies - Wikipedia this is a book he wrote :
On the Jews and Their Lies
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Jews and Their Lies
Title page of Martin Luther's On the Jews and Their Lies
Author Martin Luther
Language German
Subjects Religious antisemitism, antisemitic canard
Genre Religion
Published 1543
Publication place Holy Roman Empire
Original text On the Jews and Their Lies at Google Books
Translation On the Jews and Their Lies at Wikisource
On the Jews and Their Lies (German: Von den Jüden und iren Lügen; in modern spelling Von den Juden und ihren Lügen) is a 65,000-word antisemitic treatise written in 1543 by the German Reformation leader Martin Luther (1483–1546).[1]
Luther's attitude toward Jews took different forms during his lifetime. In his earlier period, until about 1537, he wanted to convert Jews to Lutheranism (Protestant Christianity). In his later period when he wrote On the Jews and Their Lies, he denounced them and urged their persecution.[2]
In this treatise, he argues that Jewish synagogues and schools be set on fire, prayer books be destroyed, rabbis forbidden to preach, Jewish homes burned, and property and money confiscated. Luther demanded that no mercy or kindness be given to Jews,[3] that they be afforded no legal protection,[4] and "these poisonous envenomed worms" should be drafted into forced labor or expelled forever.[5] He also seems to advocate murder of Jews, writing "[W]e are at fault in not slaying them".[6]
The book may have had an impact on creating later antisemitic German thought.[7] With the rise of the Nazi Party in Weimar Germany, the book became widely popular among Nazi supporters. During World War II, copies of the book were commonly seen at Nazi rallies, and the prevailing scholarly consensus is that it may have had a significant impact on justifying the Holocaust.[8] Since then, the book has been denounced by many Lutheran churches.[9]
So Martin Luther tried to reform the Catholic Church ,, in the middle of that he never could reform it back to Jesus Christs pure teachings,, things like Reincarnation and Karma and becoming a vegetarian had long been lost in the Catholic Church ,, and compassion also
Jesus did not teach to persecute anyone but try to turn them into worshippers of God
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I remember watching Your ever wellwisher about Prabhupada when I joined ISKCON and Satsvarupa Maharaja says that Srila Prabhupada taught that teachers in ISKCON should be ideal and have no bad qualities,However we see the Child abuse was to rampant in ISKCON that it almost ruined ISKCON ,,with the Turley case, Susan Murphy case, Robin George case. So we as a society in ISKCON are made up of individuals and there is so much demand on Pure devotion .Srila Prahbupada has tried to establish a perfect society of Krsna consciousness,,,we see how many lazy persons have tried to remove proper fasting on Visnutattva days and now want to serve grains on even Ramanavami ,Balarama Purnima etc,, this is simply done to make money and it was established by one former GBC man that turned a Ritvik ,, Naveen Krsna das he promoted grains on Visnu tattva days and that ISKCON should allow demigod worship and Mayavadis to preach in ISKCON for money .
I complained to the GBC in 1996 that this nonsense was going on in USA in many temples,, the internaional GBC put a stop to it,However even Romapada Swami had defended it,, after all in ISKCON Brooklyn they had Bingo hall rented out at the temple property for years,, I questioned the GBC would Srila Prabhupada have wanted activities that brake the 4 regulative principles? However even after 1996 this filth was allowed by Ramabhadra and he banned me from ISKCON Brooklyn because I was opposed to the Bingo hall and tried to demonize me in ISKCON.Finally however New York city closed the Bingo hall as a criminal thing where no Taxes had been paid.So all along even to Karmi Society it was an illegal Bingo Hall.
So I can go on for hours how we need to reform ISKCON from the present danger on taking grains on Visnutattva days,, even Badri Narayana Maharaja who is a GBC says it is ok to take grains on Janmastami and serve grains and former GBC of New Vrindavana Malati defended it , last year when I visitied New Vrindavana, I told her if Balarama Purnima is served with grains she should kindly step down from being GBC as she would be to less intelligent to be a GBC,, however this year she informed me New Vrindavana no longer serves grains on Balarama Purnima ,,ISKCON Potomac does and many temples in US ,,does ,I tried to talk to ISKCON resolve Braja Bihari who used to be a friend ,, but he condones his wifes allowing grain feasts on Balarama Purnima , Lord Nityananda Prabhus apperance days ,and other days ,, I believe on all these days they still have a grains feast ,,why ? Because it is good for business .Yes some accuse Braja Bihari that he is born Jewish so it is natural for him to be corrupt and allow such things as grains feasts for Visnu tattva apperance days .
in my books Vaisnava Amrta I have addressed these issues
Chapter 12 of Vaisnava Amrta : Fasting on Visnutattva days
Skanda Purana states:
matr ha pitr has caiva bhratr ha guru has tatha
ekadasyas tu ya bhunkte visnu-lokac cyuto bhavet
“Those who eat grains on Ekadasi and on the Day of Lord Hari (including Janmastami, Gaura Purnima etc.) obtain the sin equal to killing one’s own mother, own father, own brother and own Guru; and they cannot reach the spiritual world, which is why one should never eat grains on fasting days.”
yani kani ca papani brahma hatyadikani ca
annam asritya tiathanti samprapte hari vasare
“Every type of sin in this world, including the grievous sin of killing a Brahmana, reside in food grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi and other fasting days). If grains are eaten on fasting days sins enter the body of that human being.”
Padma Purana:
bhuyo-bhuyo drdha vani sryatam syata janah
na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam na bhoktavyam harer dine
“O human beings, please listen, I tell you repeatedly with steadfast determination, please never eat any grains on the Day of Lord Hari (Ekadasi day, the Lord’s appearance day like Janmastami day etc.). Please never eat any food grains even by mistake on the Day of Lord Hari. Please do not eat grains on the Day of Lord Hari even if forced or compelled to do so.”
na saiva na ca saurohasaun na sakta gana sevakah
yo bhunkte vasare visnor jneyah pasvadiko hi sah
“Whether one is a follower of Lord Siva, the goddess Durga, Kali, Surya (sungod), Ganesa, Bhairava or any other demigod, they should avoid eating grains on the fasting days of Lord Hari (Ekadasis and other fasting days of Lord Hari). If one does not rigidly follow this rule and eats grains on fasting days they are considered worse than an animal.”
The Brihan Naradiya Purana states:
brahma-hatyadi papanam kathancin niskrtir bhavet
ekadasyat tu yo bhunkte niskrtir nasti kutracit
“By rigidly following religious and ritualistic processes one may become free from grievous sin like killing a Brahmana, but it is impossible to eliminate the sins of those who eat grains on Ekadasi days.”
It is written in the Skanda Purana that Lord Yamaraja (superintendent of hell) told his messengers not even to go near the immediate three generations of those who fast on Ekadasi days and Visnu tattva days , even if they are lowborn and full of sin. But even if a pious person is learned in the four Vedas and performs rituals and is pure, but eats grains on Ekadasi days and Visnutattva days , they must be taken to hell to suffer.
When I joined ISKCON in 1979 in ISKCON Sweden ,Korsnaas Gard ,New Radha Kunda I learned right away the proper standards of fasting on Visnutattvadays from Vegavan Prabhu who was my first Temple president and who was my greatest wellwisher also Harikesa then Swami had been trained by Srila Prabhupada so there was no doubt about the standards for fasting on Visnutattva days.
Srila Prabhupada's BTG article on Conception of Gita Nagari written in 1956:
In the Gita Nigari, birth day anniversaries of Lord Krsna, Sri Ramacandra, Lord Caitanya, Sri Nrsimha Caturdasi, and similar other functions shall be properly celebrated and observance of Ekadasi shall be strictly performed.
We observed all Visnutattva days as fasting and then ekadasi prasadam in the evening ,also known as anukalpa prasadam.
Lord Caitanya ordered Srila Sanatana Goswami to write the Haribhakti Vilasa to explain the process of devotional service ,it is a very important book that should be studied by all true Gaudiya Vaisnavas .Srila Prabhupada was very merciful so instead of making all devotees fast till next day which is the strict standard
for all Visnutattva days and ekadasis ,he allowed ekadasi prasadam .Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada fasted on all Visnutattva days and Ekadasis as Nirjala .This was also the standard of all our Acaryas including Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Madhavacarya .
Srila Prabhupada wrote for Radhastami devotees can fast till noon and take grain prasadam, because Srimati Radharani is merciful. However I found that Padma Purana has statements that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada would recite as evidence for full fasting on Radhastami .So wheras for a new devotee it might have been ok in the beginning but now as I am a devotee for 40 plus years I should certainly follow the stricter standard for Radhastami given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada :
There are many quotes on not taking grains on Visnutattva days sadly to bust income to the temple some temples either ignoring willfully or unaware of the real standards are serving grains on Visnutattva days that is a detriment to devotional service just as much or even more than taking grains on Ekadasi this is purely ignorance and thus this chapter is very important for the overall well being of Srila Prabhupadas ISKCON movement
Veda sastra anurakta ye tulasi vana palakah ,Radhastami vrata rata, vijneyas ce ta vaisnavah,Sri Krsna purato ye ca dipam ,Yacchanti Sraddhaya para nindam na kurvanti vijneyas te ca vaisnavah this sloka is from Padma Purana ,Brahma Khanda 1.31.32 : Those who are attached to studying Vedic litteratures ,those who protect Tulsi forests .those who fast on Radhastami day ,those who offer a lamp to Krsna with good faith and those who do not criticize others are understood to be vaisnavas.
This is the statement by Srila Vyasadeva in the Padma Purana ,in Vrindavana many vaisnavas fast on Radhastami as well fully untill the next day : ekadasyam sahasrena yat phalam labhate narah Radha janma astami punyam tasmat satagu nadhikam :whatever result one can attain by fasting on 1000 ekadasis one hundred times greater results can be attained by fasting on Radhastami and Janmastami days Brahma Khanda of Padma Purana 7.8
This is very significant because Janmastami and Radhastami fasting is 100.000 times more powerful than fasting on Ekadasi .Sri Narasimha Caturdasi is stated by Lord Narasimha to be 1000 time more powerful than fasting on Ekadasi :
Lord Narasimha has personally stated and this is recorded in Narasimha Purana :
Text 452 yenaiva kriyamanena sahasra dvadasi phalam jayate na mrisha vacni manushanam mahatmanam By observing a single vow of Nrisimha Caturdasi, one obtains the merit of observing one thousand Dvadasi vratas. This is a fact and do not think that this statement is an exaggeration
Lord Narasimha has also stated : Text 416 kinca (It is also said) vijnaya maddinam yastu langhayet sa tu papabhak evam jnatva prakarttavyam maddine vratam uttamam anyatha narakam yati yavac candra divakarau One who purposely transgresses this vow incurs sin. Knowing this, one should observe this supreme vow otherwise, he will continue to rot in hell for as long as the sun and the moon rise in the sky. Text 417 atha tatradhikari nirnayah (A proper candidate for observing this vow) tatraiva (In the same Purana it is stated) sarvvesham eva lokanam adhikaro’sti madvrate madbhaktaistu viseshena praneyam matparayanaih Everyone is eligible to observe this vow—especially My devotees and those who are inclined toward Me must observe it.
So these fast are not optional for Lord Caitanyas devotees they must be followed . If we choose to follow the strict standards set in Sastra or we choose to follow Srila Prabhupada that allows us to take Ekadasi prasadam (anukalpa prasadam )
Srila Prabhupada has stated regarding Ramanavami for example :
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So this process should be adopted, how to become sukrtina. Sukrti means yajna-dana-tapa-kriya. One must perform sacrifices as prescribed in the sastras, and they must give in charity their hard-earned money for Krsna's cause. That is called dana. Yajna, dana, and tapasya. Tapasya. Just like tomorrow is Sri Rama-navami. The tapasya will be that all the devotees will observe fasting from morning till evening. This is called tapasya. Just like Ekadasi day--there is no eating sumptuously. Simply you take little fruits and flowers. Try to avoid that also. You don't take even water. That is really ekadasi. But because we cannot do it--in the Kali-yuga the time is different--therefore we are allowed to take little fruit and milk, which is called anukalpa. These are different methods of tapasya. And yajna. This yajna, sankirtanaih prayair yajnaih, yajanti hi su-medhasah. In this age you cannot perform that big asvamedha yajna, gomedha yajna, rajasuya yajna, so many other yajnas. It is not possible. First of all, you have no means to perform such yajnas, hundreds and hundreds of tons ghee required for putting into the sacrificial fire. You have not even a drop of your ghee. So forget all those yajnas. In this age, yajnaih sankirtanaih prayaih.
“One must perform sacrifices as prescribed in the shastras, and they must give in charity their hard-earned money for Krsna's cause. That is called dana. Yajna, dana, and tapasya. Tapasya. Just like tomorrow is Sri Rama-navami. The tapasya will be that all the devotees will observe fasting from morning till evening. This is called tapasya”.
So Srila Prabhupada compares Ramanavami to Ekadasi in this lecture ,so both is actually fasting until next day but Srila Prabhupada mercifully allowed us to take Ekadasi prasadam
Pandal Lecture, Bombay, April 7, 1971
Our next ceremony is Lord Ramacandra's Birthday, on the 7th of April. It should be observed in the same way as Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day, namely, fasting up to evening and then accept Prasadam, and all our ceremonies should be performed with continuous Kirtana, of Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. That will make all our functions successful.
Letter to Mukunda, San Francisco, 26 March, 1968
Today is Rama-navami, the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra, and everyone fasted until 4:00 p.m. Prabhupada walked through a nearby forest for his daily exercise. We drove out along Chattikara road a couple of miles and when he saw the wooded area he decided to get out.
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Chapter Eleven, Sri Vrndavana Dhama
Tamala Krsna: So there will be an initiation on Rama-navami.
Prabhupada: Rama-navami is upavasa up till the... Go to observe fasting up to the evening.
Tamala Krsna: So moon.
Prabhupada: Sunset.
Tamala Krsna: Sunset, moonrise.
Prabhupada: Authorized.
Tamala Krsna: Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Ramacandra, and Nrsimhadeva also? Those three.
Srila Sanatana Goswami in Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa has stated about Ramanavami
yastu rama navamyam hi
bhunkte mohad vimudhdhih /
kumbhi pakesu ghoresu
pacyate natra samsayah // HBV 14.244 //
“A foolish person, who out of illusion, takes food on Rama Navami will fall down and rot in the formidable hell know as Kumbhipaka. Of this there is no doubt
“GBC men should not dictate very much, simply supervise and see that the standards are maintained.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, February 14th, 1972)
Pseudo devotees do not fast for Sri Advaita Acarya on His apperanceday . it is madness He is the one the brought Lord Caitanya to this world and is an incarnation of Lord Mahavisnu.When I joined ISKCON and learned about Sri Advaita acarya we where told best is to fast untill evening and then take Ekadasi prasadam .I never found anywhere in Haribhakti Vilasa or anywhere it is mentioned.I know in Santipure, devotees of Sri Advaita Acarya fast untill next day for Him as He is the Supreme personality of Godhead .I am not sure what Srila Prabhupada did or our acaryas did for Sri Advaita Acarya.But I follow the Gaudiya math standard of full fasting untill next day or fasting untill evening and taking ekadasi prasadam Srila .Dhyanachandra Goswami has given the following mantra and Gayatri mantra for Advaita Acarya:
Mantra :Klim Advaitaya Svaha
Gayatri Mantra: Klim Advaitaya vidmahe maha visnave dhimahi tan no advaitah pracodayat
These mantras are found in the Padma Purana and given as highly confidential mantras to Narada Muni
Dhyanachandra Goswami has given some other for our meditation on Advaita Acarya such as :
"With my head at His lotusfeet ,I offer my humble obaisences unto the merciful Advaitachandra ,whose heart is drowned in the ocean of prema.
He delievers infinite number of devotees, and is honored and worshipped by Caitanyachandra"
And he has given a Dhyana,meditation as follows:
" I meditate on the root of transcendental joy,Sri Advaita Prabhu,whose lotusfeet are always served by the bhaktas.He wears cloth as white
as the moon or a kunda flower( a jasmine flower).He has a pure golden complexion ,beautiful arms and a smiling face.His eyes always lovingly gaze upond the lotusface of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He readily benedictions and fearlessness to the devotees and His lustrous body is ornamented by prema"
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada has described Sri Advaita Acarya without a beard and in our Gaudiya line He is always seen as eternal youthful being the Supreme Personality of Godhead that is Navayuvanam eternal youthful :Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya 16.99
tarjje garjje acarya dadite diya hata
bhrukuti kariya nace santipura-natha
...
“The Acarya threatened and roared, placing His hand on His chin That Lord of Santipura furled his eyebrows and began to dance.”
This is the Bengali commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada :
sri-advaita-prabhu sastracara-sampanna gumpha-smasru-kesadi-mundita chilena. dadi va cibuke ye unnata kesa (smasru) deya yaya; uhake sadharana bhasaya ‘dadi’ bale. taj-janya keha keha anabhijnata-vase ajna bauliyara vesa smasru-kesadir niyoga karena. kintu prakrta prastave tini mundita-kesa chilena. tanhake ‘nada’-sabde abhihita karaya mundita-keseri nirdesa bujha yaya.
Translation of Commentary
“Sri Advaita Prabhu was perfectly fixed in proper behavior according to scripture, and was clean shaven, without whiskers, beard and hair on his head. A ‘beard’ or long-grown hair (smasru) found on the chin is called in the vernacular dadi. Therefore some people, swayed by their ignorance, try to ascribe to Him the dress of a foolish Baul and a Baul’s beard, hairy head and so on. But actually He had all His hair shaven. This is indicated by the word Nada, which refers to one who is clean-shaven.”
Though He is described shaven in all Gaudiya math temples instaleld by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada Sri Advaita Acarya is seen with longer hair and no beard such as at Advaita Bhavan at Srivasa Angam
Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacaray who is the incarnation of Brhaspati the guru of the demigods used to fast on Advaita Saptami and he wrote this astakam :
Sri Sri Advaitashtakam
Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya
ganga-tire tat payobhis tulasyah
patraih pushpaih prema-hunkara-ghoshaih
prakatyartham gauram aradhayad yah
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [1]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who worshipped Sri Gaurahari on the bank of the Ganges with Ganges water, tulasi leaves, flowers, and loud cries of love to induce Him to appear.
yad dhunkaraih prema-sindhor vikarair
akrishtah san gaura-goloka-nathah
avirbhutah sri-navadvipa-madhye
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [2]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. Being attracted by Advaita’s cries, which were like waves within His ocean of love, the golden Lord of Goloka appeared in Sri Nabadwip Dham.
brahmadinam durlabha-prema-purair
adinam yah plavayam asa lokam
avirbhavya srila-chaitanya-chandram
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [3]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. He induced Sri Chaitanyachandra to appear and thus flooded the entire world with the flow of divine love that is difficult for even Brahma and the other gods to attain.
sri-chaitanyah sarva-shakti-prapurno
yasyaivajna-matrato ’ntardadhe ’pi
durvijneyam yasya karunya-krityam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [4]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, whose acts of compassion are enigmatic. Only with His permission did the omnipotent Sri Chaitanya withdraw from the world.
srishti-sthityantam vidhatum pravrittah
yasyamshamshah brahma-vishnvishvarakhyah
yenabhinnam tam mahavishnu-rupam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [5]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who is nondifferent from Mahavishnu. His expansions and sub-expansions—Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva—perform the functions of creation, maintenance, and dissolution.
kasmimshchid yah shruyate chashrayatvat
shambhor ittham sambhavan-nama dhama
sarvaradhyam bhakti-matraika-sadhyam
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [6]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, who is worshipped by all and attained only through devotion. Because He is the origin of Lord Shiva, in some scriptures He is said to be Shiva.
sita-namni preyasi prema-purna
putro yasyapy achyutananda-nama
sri-chaitanya-prema-pura-prapurnah
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [7]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya, whose wife, Srimati Sita Thakurani, is filled with divine love, and whose son, Sri Achyutananda, is overflowing with divine love for Sri Chaitanya.
nityanandadvaitato ’dvaita-nama
bhaktyakhyanad yah sad-acharya-nama
shashvach-chetah-sancharad gaura-dhama
sriladvaitacharyam etam prapadye [8]
I take shelter of Srila Advaita Acharya. Because He is nondifferent from Nityananda Prabhu, He is known as ‘Advaita’, and because He teaches devotion, He is known as ‘Acharya’. His heart is eternally filled with Sri Gauranga’s presence.
pratah pritah pratyaham sampathed yah
sitanathasyashtakam shuddha-buddhih
so ’yam samyak tasya padaravinde
vindan bhaktim tat-priyatvam prayati [9]
One who fully recites this poem about Sri Sita Devi’s Lord with sincerity and love every morning attains devotion to His lotus feet and becomes dear to Him.
Why do we fast for Lord Nityananda Prabhu on His apperanceday?
Because this is the standard for our Gaudiya Vaisnava line ,Srila Prabhupada introduced in and verbally these orders was given to fast for Lord Nityananda when I joined ISKCON in 1979 we fasted untill moon rise and took only ekadasi prasadam,though in Gaudiya math and among other Gaudiya vasinavas some fast untill the next day .
For example we observe Caturmasya in honor of Ksirodaksyai Visnu..but who is Lord Nityananda Prabhu:
Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Ādi 1.11
yasyāḿśāḿśāḿśaḥ parātmākhilānāḿ
poṣṭā viṣṇur bhāti dugdhābdhi-śāyī
kṣauṇī-bhartC4 yat-kalā so 'py anantas
taḿ śrī-nityānanda-rāmaḿ prapadye
SYN ONYMS
yasya — whose; aḿśa-aḿśa-aḿśaḥ — a portion of a portion of a plenary portion; para-ātmā — the Supersoul; akhilānām — of all living entities; poṣṭā — the maintainer; viṣṇuḥ — Viṣṇu; bhāti — appears; dugdha-abdhi-śāyī — Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu; kṣauṇī-bhartā — upholder of the earth; yat — whose; kalā — portion of a portion; sahCC — He; api — certainly; anantaḥ — Śeṣa Nāga; tam — to Him; śrī-nityānanda-rāmam — to Lord Balar=C204ma in the form of Lord Nityānanda; prapadye — I surrender.
TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose secondary part is the Viṣṇu lying in the ocean of milk. That Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is the Supersoul of all living entities and the maintainer of all the universes. Śeṣa Nāga is His further subpart.
Ksirodaksayi Visnu is the amsa of the amsa of the amsa of Lord Nityananda Prabhu, a portion of a portion of a plenary portion;How is this?
CC Ādi 1.7: May Śrī Nityānanda Rāma be the object of my constant remembrance. Sańkarṣaṇa, Śeṣa Nāga and the Viṣṇus who lie on the Kāraṇa Ocean, Garbha Ocean and ocean of milk are His plenary portions and the portions of His plenary portions.
CC Ādi 1.8: I surrender unto the lotus feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, who is known as Sańkarṣaṇa in the midst of the catur-vyūha [consisting of Vāsudeva, Sańkarṣaṇa, P radyumna and Aniruddha]. He possesses full opulences and resides in Vaikuṇṭhaloka, far beyond the material creation.
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CC Ādi 1.9: I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, whose partial representation called Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, lying on the Kāraṇa Ocean, is the original puruṣa, the master of the illusory energy, and the shelter of all the universes.
CC Ādi 1.10: I offer my full obeisances unto the feet of Śrī Nityānanda Rāma, a partial part of whom is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu. From the navel of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu sprouts the lotus that is the birthplace of Brahmā, the engineer of the universe. The stem of that lotus is the resting place of the multitude of planets.
If even Lord Ramachandra and Lord Narasimha originate from the Catur Vyuha ,and in Haribhakti Vilasa describes Their fast as a full Nirjala fast ,then surely Lord Nityananda Prabhu and Lord Balarama (Balarama hoilo Nitai) deserves a full Nirjala fast on Their divine apperance day.And in ISKCON it used to be the standard to fast up to moonrise for both ( who are transcendentally one and the same Supreme Lords)..the focusing on only Krsna and Lord Caitanya is due to an imcomplete understanding of the science of Godhead,
Some prefere not to fast it is obviously because they are in Maya and have no love and respect for Lord Nityananda Prabhu.Srila Prabhupada instructed for example Harikesa das in all the Visnu tattva days fasting for when he was TP for Vrindavana for some time..So where in Sastra is it mentioned to fast for Lord Nityananda Prabhu ?
it is mentioned by Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya in his 100 names of Lord Nityananda Prabhu :
maaghe maasi site pakshe
trayo-dashyaam tithau sadaa
uposhanam pujanam ca
shri-nityaananda-vaasare
yad yat sah kurute kaamam
tat tad eva labhen narah
Paatha Mahaatmya:-
The most fortunate soul, who recites this Stotra, fasts and offers worship to the Supreme Lord Shri Nityananda Prabhu on the most auspicious thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Maagha{Jan-Feb} [ Shri Nityananda Trayodashi Tithi ], will certainly have all of ones desires quickly fulfilled.
Adi Samhita:
Yah Krsnah so pi Ramah syad yo Ramah Krsna eva sah anayor antaradarsi samsaran na nirvattate;
He who is Krsna is He who is Balarama , He who is Balarama is He who is Krishna.Anyone who sees Them as being different will never leave the world of birth and death.
So the standard of fasting for Lord Sri Krsna on Janmastami is strictly speaking fasting untill next day but Srila Prabhupada allowed fasting till midnight and take ekadasi preasadam .So best is fasting till moon rise as given by Srila Prabhupada or fasting untill next day if one takes grains on Nityananda Tryodasi it is as detrimental or more for bhakti just as taking grains on Ekadasi destroyes Bhakti .The tendency is to degrade the proper stands due to laziness and insincerity .If others do not fast you should still fast knowing right from wrong let even all GBC's and ISKCON Gurus and TP's deviate, because even many sannyasis also take grains on Nityananda Trayodasi and are thus making offences you should never follow their fallen standard but follow Srila Prabhupada and our acaryas in this case Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya the eternal associate of Lord Caitanya has advised us.So we should follow and obey and get purified though it may be inconvinient to fast ,we should understand we get purified from unlimeted past sins and Karma and please Lord Nityananda Prabhu .one can always take some water if the fasting is to hard.Ayurvedic doctors recommend that fasting on Visnu tattva days and Ekadasis are healthy but make sure you are properly hydrated .Nirjala fasting is recommended , but before fasting one should dring plenty of water.If health permits it.After the age of 85 Hari Bhakti Vilaa recommends one need not fast so strictly though we have seen in the life of Srila Narayana Maharaja and others they kept fasting even above this age .However under no circumstances should grain prasadam ever be served on Ekadasis and Visnutattva days.
Braja Bihari das says it is to accommodate the Public : Srila Prabhupada said :
“I am not much fond of the idea of changing things to accommodate the
public — better to change the public to accommodate us.”
(Letter to Bali-mardana — Bombay, December 28, 1971)
Well Srila Prabhupada was against salaries too but in ISKCON US ,salary system is now in place and ISKCON Potomac hire all Indian and Nepali devotees ,they are there for the Salary ,nothing else.. I recall in 1980 Devamrta Swami warned that Indians can infiltrated ISKCON and degrade our movement ,because they are never serious about Bhakti,, well it was extreme but Indians that come to ISKCON for Salary will do anything for making money,, purity is not important to them money is,, MONEY is the force,, But Prabhupada said Purity is the force .
I am not sure where Srila Prabhupada said this but :
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Books are the basis ,, but Srila Prabhupadas books have bene changed in the name of editing ,, Srila Prabhupada said print my books only
Purity is a farce not the force a
Preaching is the essence as long it makes money ,, bookdistriubtion is not on the rise in most temples in ISKCON ,considered a burden and bookdsitributors have been expelled from ISKCON
Utility is the principle if it makes us money ,,
When I moved out of temples in 1997 ,Tri Kalajna wanted I move back into the temple to make money for himself, he made it very clear ,,where is my cut of money from your book distribution .He later left as a manager and bought a house cash from money made being a TP.
My Socalled Guru was Harikesa ,, his idea was also money is what matters,, and he stashed lots away so when he bloobed in 1998 there you go he had plenty of it , I talked to Hansa Rupa Prabhu in New York he sees nothign wrong in serving grains on Visnutattva days ,,I like him but he is dead wrong,,, it seems many of Srila Prahbupadas disciples just do not know the Krsna consciouness Philosophy in depth ...I was just send a beautiful calendar from ISKCON New York for Next year I will send a donation ,, I love Radha Govinda,, I have always loved preaching in New York City and distributing books there and doing Harinama so much opportunity for preaching there,But we need to follow Srila Prahbupada properly and stop the deviations
We are here to serve Srila Prabhupada and the Supreme truth Krsna Balarama
TEXT 26
satya-vrataṁ satya-paraṁ tri-satyaṁ
satyasya yoniṁ nihitaṁ ca satye
satyasya satyam ṛta-satya-netraṁ
satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ
SYNONYMS
satya-vratam—the Personality of Godhead, who never deviates from His vow
The Lord vows:
yadā yadā hi dharmasya
glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya
tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
(Bg. 4.7).
To honor this vow, the Lord appeared.
*; satya-param—who is the Absolute Truth (as stated in the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi); tri-satyam—He is always present as the Absolute Truth, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, during its maintenance, and even after its annihilation; satyasya—of all relative truths, which are emanations from the Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa; yonim—t;he cause; nihitam—entered*; ca—and; satye—in the factors that create this material world (namely, the five elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether); satyasya—of all that is accepted as the truth; satyam—the Lord is the original truth; ṛta-satya-netram—He is the origin of whatever truth is pleasing (sunetram); satya-ātmakam—everything pertaining to the Lord is truth (sac-cid-ānanda: His body is truth, His knowledge is truth, and His pleasure is truth); tvām—unto you, O Lord; śaraṇam—offering our full surrender; prapannāḥ—we are completely under Your protection.
TRANSLATION
The demigods prayed: O Lord, You never deviate from Your vow, which is always perfect because whatever You decide is perfectly correct and cannot be stopped by anyone. Being present in the three phases of cosmic manifestation—creation, maintenance and annihilation—You are the Supreme Truth. Indeed, unless one is completely truthful, one cannot achieve Your favor, which therefore cannot be achieved by hypocrites. You are the active principle, the real truth, in all the ingredients of creation, and therefore you are known as antaryāmī, the inner force. You are equal to everyone, and Your instructions apply for everyone, for all time. You are the beginning of all truth. Therefore, offering our obeisances, we surrender unto You. Kindly give us protection.
PURPORT
The demigods or devotees know perfectly well that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the true substance, whether within this material world or in the spiritual world. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins, therefore, with the words oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. .. satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi. Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, is the paraṁ satyam, the Supreme Truth. The Supreme Truth can be approached or understood by the supreme method, as declared by the Supreme Truth: bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ (Bg. 18.55). Bhakti, devotional service, is the only way to understand the Absolute Truth. For protection, therefore, the demigods surrender to the Supreme Truth, not to the relative truth. There are persons who worship various demigods, but the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa, declares in Bhagavad-gītā (7.23), antavat tu phalaṁ teṣāṁ tad bhavaty alpa-medhasām: “Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary.” Worship of demigods may be useful for a limited time, but the result is antavat, perishable. This material world is impermanent, the demigods are impermanent, and the benedictions derived from the demigods are also impermanent, whereas the living entity is eternal (nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām). Every living entity, therefore, must search for eternal happiness, not temporary happiness. The words satyaṁ paraṁ dhīmahi indicate that one should search for the Absolute Truth, not the relative truth.
While offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nṛsiṁhadeva, Prahlāda Mahārāja said:
bālasya neha śaraṇaṁ pitarau nṛsiṁha
nārtasya cāgadam udanvati majjato nauḥ
Generally it is understood that the protectors for a child are his parents, but this is not actually the fact. The real protector is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
taptasya tat-pratividhir ya ihāñjaseṣṭas
tāvad vibho tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad-upekṣitānām
(Bhāg. 7.9.19)
If neglected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a child, despite the presence of his parents, will suffer, and a diseased person, despite all medical help, will die. In this material world, where there is a struggle for existence, men have invented many means for protection, but these are useless if the Supreme Personality of Godhead rejects them. Therefore the demigods purposefully say, satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ: “Real protection can be obtained from You, O Lord, and therefore we surrender unto You,”
The Lord demands that one surrender unto Him (sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66]), and He further says:
sakṛd eva prapanno yas
tavāsmīti ca yācate
abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai
dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama
“If one surrenders unto Me sincerely, saying, ‘My Lord, from this day I am fully surrendered unto You,’ I always give him protection. That is My vow.” (Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33) The demigods offered their prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He had now appeared in the womb of His devotee Devakī to protect all the devotees harassed by Kaṁsa and his lieutenants. Thus the Lord acts as satyavrata. The protection given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be compared to the protection given by the demigods. It is said that Rāvaṇa was a great devotee of Lord Śiva, but when Lord Rāmacandra went to kill him, Lord Śiva could not give him protection.
Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, accompanied by great sages like Nārada and followed by many other demigods, had now invisibly appeared in the house of Kaṁsa. They began to pray for the Supreme Personality of Godhead in select prayers which are very pleasing to the devotees and which award fulfillment of devotional desires. The first words they spoke acclaimed that the Lord is true to His vow. As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa descends upon this material world just to protect the pious and destroy the impious. That is His vow. The demigods could understand that the Lord had taken His residence within the womb of Devakī to fulfill this vow. They were very glad that the Lord was appearing to fulfill His mission, and they addressed Him as satyaṁ param, or the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Everyone is searching after the truth. That is the philosophical way of life. The demigods give information that the Supreme Absolute Truth is Kṛṣṇa. One who becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious can attain the Absolute Truth. Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and future. Kṛṣṇa is Truth always, past, present and future. In the material world, everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of past, present and future. But before the creation, Kṛṣṇa was existing, and when there is creation, everything is resting in Kṛṣṇa, and when this creation is finished, Kṛṣṇa will remain. Therefore, He is Absolute Truth in all circumstances, If there is any truth within this material world, it emanates from the Supreme Truth, Kṛṣṇa. If there is any opulence within this material world, the cause of the opulence is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any reputation within this material world, the cause of the reputation is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any strength within this material world, the cause of such strength is Kṛṣṇa. If there is any wisdom and education within this material world, the cause of such wisdom and education is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is the source of all relative truths.
Devotees, therefore, following in the footsteps of Lord Brahmā, pray, govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **, worshiping the ādi-puruṣa, the supreme truth, Govinda. Everything, everywhere, is performed in terms of three principles, jñāna-bala-kriyā—knowledge, strength and activity. In every field, if there is not full knowledge, full strength and full activity, an endeavor is never successful. Therefore, if one wants success in everything, one must be backed by these three principles. In the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.😎 there is this statement about the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
na tasya kāryaṁ karaṇaṁ ca vidyate
na tat samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate
parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate
svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca
The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not need to do anything personally, for He has such potencies that anything He wants done will be done perfectly well through the control of material nature (svābhāvikī jñāna-bala-kriyā ca). Similarly, those who are engaged in the service of the Lord are not meant to struggle for existence. The devotees who are fully engaged in spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, more than ten thousand men and women all over the world, have no steady or permanent occupation, yet we actually see that they are maintained very opulently. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (9.22):
ananyāś cintayanto māṁ
ye janāḥ paryupāsate
teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ
yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham
“For those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form, I carry to them what they lack and preserve what they have.” The devotees have no anxiety over what will happen next, where they will stay or what they will eat, for everything is maintained and supplied by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has promised, kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati: “O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.” (Bg. 9.31) From all angles of vision, therefore, in all circumstances, if one fully surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no question of one’s struggling for existence. In this connection, the commentary by Śrīpāda Madhvācārya, who quotes from the Tantra-bhāgavata, is very meaningful:
sac-chadba uttamaṁ brūyād
ānandantīti vai vadet
yetijñānaṁ samuddiṣṭaṁ
pūrṇānanda-dṛśis tataḥ
attṛtvāc ca tadā dānāt
satyāttya cocyate vibhuḥ
Explaining the words satyasya yonim, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that Kṛṣṇa is the avatārī, the origin of all incarnations. All incarnations are the Absolute Truth, yet the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all incarnations. Dīpārcir eva hi daśāntaram abhyupetya dīpāyate (Brahma-saṁhitā 5.46). There may be many lamps, all equal in power, yet there is a first lamp, a second lamp, a third lamp and so on. Similarly, there are many incarnations, who are compared to lamps, but the first lamp, the original Personality of Godhead, is Kṛṣṇa. Govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi **.
The demigods must offer worship in obedience to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but one might argue that since the Supreme Godhead was within the womb of Devakī, He was also coming in a material body. Why then should He be worshiped? Why should one make a distinction between an ordinary living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead? These questions are answered in the following verses.
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Note those who serve and take grains on Visnutattva days are hypocrites
Indeed, unless one is completely truthful, one cannot achieve Your favor, which therefore cannot be achieved by hypocrites.
dear TPs in ISKCON and GBCs etc stop being hypocrites stop serving grains on Visnutattva days