Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada and Dusta Mana

[Paramananda das]

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 Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada never wrote Dusta Mana to contradict himself that one should not chant 64 rounds.http://www.dandavats.com/?p=10523#more-10523

 

All the acaryas has taught this and Lord Caitanya Himself insisted all true followers chant this much   

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Chaitanya Bhagavata on Laksha Naam   THE PERFECTION OF LIFE IS TO GET THE DEGREE OF LAKSHESHVARA FROM LORD GAURANGA MAHAPRABHU HIMSELF   In Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata, Antya Khanda 9.121-122, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu instructed everyone on whose worship and service He will accept:   (121) prabhu bale,-"jana, 'lakshesvara' bali kare?  prati-dina laksha-nama ye grahana kare"   "Do you know who is a laksesvara? He is someone who chants one laksa or 100,000 holy names (64 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra) everyday."   Purport by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   shri gaurasundera balibena-"jini pratidina laksha-nama grahana karibena, tanharai grihe bhagavan sevita hana.   Shri Gaurasundera spoke as follows-"The Supreme Personality of Godhead accepts service only in the home of those who chant one hundred thousand names daily.   "bhagavan tanharai nikate bhoga-dravyadi grahana karena.   "The Lord accepts bhoga (foodstuffs) and other ingredients only from such personalities.   "jini laksha-nama grahana karena na, tahara nikate haite bhagavan naivedya svikara-dvara seva-saubhagya pradana karena na.   "Those who don't chant 100,000 names (64 rounds) daily, are never awarded the great fortune of rendering service to the Lord by offering Him naivedya (bhoga). This is because the Lord never accepts (svikara) their offerings.  

Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   "bhagavad-bhakta matrei pratyaha laksha-nama grahana karibena natuva vividha visaye asakta haiya bhagavad-seva karite asamartha haibena."   The Lord continued-"Those who consider themselves devotees of the Lord must compulsorily chant 100,000 names of Krishna everyday otherwise they will gradually but surely become attached to varieties of sense-objects and thus become incapable to rendering any kind of service to the Lord."  

Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   tajjanyai shri chaitanyadevera ashrita sakalai nyuna kalpe laksha-nama grahana kariya thakena. natuva gaurasunderera udeshya pradatta naivedya tini grahana karibena na.   (Shrila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada continues) "Therefore all the devotees who have taken shelter of Lord Chaitanyadeva perform the chanting of a minimum of 100,000 names of Krishna daily as their first and primary duty. Because they know that if they don't do so then Lord Gaurasundera will never accept the very bhoga (naivedya) which they cook for Him daily.  

(122) "se janera nama ami bali 'lakshesvara'  tatha bhiksha amara, na yai anya ghara."   "Lord Gauranga continued-I call such a person a laksheshvara. I only accept meals in such a person's house. I never go anywhere else."   Purport by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   shri chaitanya bhaktagana abhaktera sahita sambhashana karena na. jini bhaktivyatita karma, jnana o anyabhilashara kathaya pradatta tahara sahita bandhutva karibe na.   "The devotees of Lord Shri Chaitanya never talk with such non-devotees. They never do friendship with those who are engaged in the cultivation of karma, jnana or other desires which are devoid of bhakti.  

pratyah laksha-nama grahana na karile patita vyaktiganera visaya-bhoga pravritti vriddhi paya, takhana ara tahara shri gaurasunderarera seva karite pare na.   "Those who don't accept this vow of chanting 100,000 names daily, fall down even more although they were fallen in the first place (due to the contamination of Kali-yuga). Thus their propensity for enjoying the senses and sense-objects continually and steadily increases and ultimately they are not able to render any kind of service even to the most merciful Lord Gaurasundera.  

lakshesvara vyatita gaura-bhaktira adarsa gaudiyajana kehai svikara karena na.   "This is the precise reason why the real Gaudiya-bhaktas do not accept any other ideal (adarsa) in Gaura-bhakti or Krishna-bhakti except the process of chanting 100,000 names of the maha-mantra daily.  

Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   adhapatita va adhapete gana eka-matra bhajana-sabda-vacya shri-nama-bhajane vimukhata-vasata laksha-nama grahana karibara parivarte anya bhajanera chalana korena, taddvara tahadera kona mangala haya na.   "Those spiritual aspirants who are already fallen or will fall down from spiritual life in the future are averse to this sole means of deliverance called nama-bhajana, which is the worship of the sound incarnation of God in the form of chanting 100,000 names of the the Holy Names daily. Coming under the sway of their averseness to chant laksha-nama daily, they duplicitously invent (chalana) other means of devotional service (bhajana) to justify their not chanting 100,000 names daily but it is to be clearly understood that by this action they will not achieve anything auspicious (mangala) in their spiritual life."  

Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata Madhya Khanda 15.5,   ushah kale ganga-snana kariya nirjane;  dui laksha krishna-nama laya pratidine.   Purport by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:   kathita ache, shri haridasa thakura pratyaha tina-laksha nama grahana karitena. jagai-madhai u pratyaha dui laksha nama grahana karitena. yanhara pratyaha laksha nama grahana karena na, tanhadera nivedita kona vastui shri chaitanyadeva grahana karena na. shri caitany-carananucara-gana pratyaha atyalpa pakshe laksha-nama grahana avasyei kariya thakena, natuva shri krishna tanhadera naivedya grahana na karaya bhagavad-ucchishta praptira vicare vyaghat ghate.   "It is well-known that Namacharya Shrila Haridasa Thakura used to chant 300,000 names daily. Jagai-Madhai also used to chant 200,000 names daily after being delivered by the Lord. Lord Chaitanyadeva does not accept any kind of offering (or vastu) from those who don't chant 100,000 names of Krishna daily, The followers surrendered to the lotus of Lord Chaitanya compulsorily chant a bare minimum of 100,000 names daily. If they don't do so Lord Shri Krishna will not accept any of their offerings and thus they will be obstructed or remain unsuccessful in their attempt to obtain the transcendental remanants (prasadam) of the Lord."  

 

 

 

Author: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

Book Name: None

Language: Bengali

 

LYRICS:

(1)

duṣṭa mana! tumi kisera vaiṣṇava?

pratiṣṭhāra tare,    nirjanera ghare,

tava ‘ari nāma" kevala ‘kaitava"

 

(2)

jaḍera pratiṣṭhā, śukarer viṣṭhā,

jāna nā ki tāhā ‘māyāra vaibhava"

kanaka-kāminī, divasa-yāminī

bhāviyā ki kāja, anitya se saba

 

(3)

tomāra kanaka, bhogera janaka,

kanakera dvāre sevaha ‘mādhava"

kaminīra kāma, nahe tava dhāma

tāhāra--mālika kevala ‘yādava"

 

(4)

pratiṣṭhā-taru, jaḍa-māyā-maru,

nā pela ‘rāvaṇa" yujhiyā ‘rāghava"

vaiṣṇavai pratiṣṭhā, tāte kara niṣṭhā,

tāhā nā bhajile labhibe raurava

 

(5)

harijana-dveṣa, pratiṣṭhāśa-kleśa,

kara kena tabe tāhāra gaurava ?

vaiṣṇavera pāche, pratiṣṭhāśa āche,

tā'te kabhu nahe ‘anitya-vaibhava"

 

(6)

se hari-sambandha, śūnya-māyāgandha

tāhā kabhu naya ‘jaḍera kaitava"

pratiṣṭhā-canḍālī, nirjanatā-jāli,

ubhaye jāniha māyika raurava

 

(7)

kīrtana chāḍiba, pratiṣṭhā mākhiba",

ki kāja ḍhuḍiyā tādṛśa gaurava

madhavendra puri, bhava-ghare curi,

nā karila kabhu sadāi jānaba

 

(8)

tomāra  pratiṣṭhā,--- ‘śukarer viṣṭhā",

tāra-saha sama kabhu nā mānaba

matsaratā-vaśe tumi jadarase

majeche-chāḍiyā kīrtana-sauṣṭhava

 

(9)

tāi duṣṭa mana, ‘nirjana bhajana,"

pracāricha chale ‘kuyogī-vaibhava"

prabhu sanātane, parama yatane,

śikṣā dila yāhā, cinta sei saba

 

(10)

sei du'ti kathā, bhula' nā sarvathā

uccaiī svare kara ‘hari nāma-rava"

‘phalgu" āra ‘yukta", ‘baddha" āra ‘mukta,"

kabhu nā bhaviha, ekākāra saba

 

(11)

kanaka-kaminī,  ‘pratiṣṭhā-bāghinī",

chāḍiyāche yāre, sei ta' vaiṣṇava

sei ‘anāsakta", sei ‘śuddha bhakta",

saṇsāra tathā pāya parābhava

 

(12)

yathā yogya bhoga, nāhi tathā roga

‘anāsakta" sei, ki āra kahaba

‘āsakti-rahita", ‘sambandha-sahita",

viṣaya samuha sakali ‘mādhava"

 

(13)

se ‘yukta-vairāgya", tāhā ta' saubhāgya

tāhāi jaḍete harira vaibhava

kīrtane yāhāra, ‘pratiṣṭhā-sambhāra"

tāhāra sampatti kevala ‘kaitava"

 

(14)

‘viṣaya-mumukṣu", bhogera bubhukṣu,"

du'ye tyaja mana, dui ‘avaiṣṇava"

‘kṛṣṇera sambandha", aprākṛta-skandha,

kabhu nahe tāhā jaḍera sambhava.

 

(15)

māyāvādī jana", kṛṣṇe tara mana,

mukta abhimāne se ninde vaiṣṇava

vaiṣṇavera dāsa, tava bhakti-āśa,

kena vā ḍākicha nirjana-āhaba

 

(16)

ye ‘phalgu-vairāgī", kahe nije ‘tyāgī",

se nā pāre kabhu haite ‘vaiṣṇava"

haripada chāḍi', ‘nirjanatā bāḍi"

labhiyā ki phula, ‘phalgu" se vaibhava

 

(17)

rādhā dāsye rai', chāḍi ‘bhoga-ahi,"

‘pratiṣṭhāśa" nahe ‘kīrtana-gaurava"

‘rādhā-nityajana", tāhā chāḍi' mana

kena vā nirjana-bhajana-kaitava

 

(18)

vrajavāsigaṇa, pracāraka-dhana,

pratiṣṭhā-bhikṣuka tā'rā nahe ‘śaba"

prāṇa ache tāńra, sehetu pracāra,

pratiṣṭhāśā hīna -’kṛṣṇagāthā" saba

 

(19)

śrīdayitadāsa, kīrtanate āśa,

kara uccaiī svare ‘harināma-rava"

kīrtana-prabhāve, smaraṇa svabhāve,

se kāle bhajana-nirjana sambhava

 

TRANSLATION

1) O wicked mind! What kind of Vaisnava do you think you are? Your pretentious show of chanting Lord Hari's holy name in a solitary place is only for the sake of attaining the false prestige of a worldly reputation -- it is nothing but pure hypocrisy.

 

2) Such materialistic prestige is as disgusting as the stool of a hog. Do you not know that it is only a mere illusion cast by the potency of Maya? What is the value of contemplating day and night your plans for enjoying wealth and women? All these things are only temporary.

 

3) When you claim wealth as your own, it creates in you ever-increasing desires for material enjoyment. Your riches should be used for serving Madhava, the Lord of all wealth. Neither is it your proper place to indulge in lust for women, whose only true proprietor is Lord Yadava.

 

4) The demon Ravana (lust-incarnate) fought with Lord Ramachandra (love-incarnate) in order to gain the tree of worldly reputation -- but that oasis turned out to be but a mirage cast in the desert wasteland of the Lord's illusory material potency. Please cultivate fixed determination to attain only the steady and solid platform whereupon a Vaisnava ever stands. If you neglect worshiping the Lord from this position, then you will ultimately attain a hellish existence.

 

5) Why do you needlessly suffer the torment of blaspheming the devotees of Lord Hari, attempting to achieve their eminence, thereby only proving your own fruitless foolishness? The desire for spiritual eminence is easily fulfilled when one becomes a devotee of the Lord, for eternal fame automatically follows the heels of a Vaisnava. And that fame is never to be considered a temporary worldly opulence.

 

6) The relationship between a devotee and Lord Hari is devoid of even a trace of worldly illusion; it has nothing to do with the materialistic cheating propensity. The prestige of so-called popularity in the material realm is compared to a treacherous dog-eating witch, and the attempt to live in solitude to supposedly engage in unalloyed bhajan is compared to an entangling network of distraction. Please know that anyone striving in either of these ways verily lives in the hell of Maya's illusion.

 

7) "I shall give up chanting the Lord's name publicly in kirtan and retire to solitude, thus smearing myself with worldly honor." Dear mind, what is the good of seeking such so-called glory? I will always remind you that the great soul Madhavendra Puri never deceived himself in that regard by committing theft in his own storehouse of perception the way you do.

 

8) Your cheap reputation is equal to the stool of a hog. An ordinary ambitious man like you can never be equated with a devotee of Madhavendra Puri's eminence. Under the sway of envy, you have drowned yourself in the filthy waters of material enjoyment after having abandoned the excellent perfection of congregational kirtan.

 

9) Truly, O wicked mind, the glories of so-called solitary worship are propagated only by false yogis using unscrupulous means to deceive others. To save yourself from these pitfalls, please contemplate the instructions that the Supreme Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu kindly gave us while addressing Srila Sanatana Goswami with the utmost care.

 

10) Do not forget for a moment the two most valuable concepts that He taught: 1) the principle of dry, apparent renunciation as opposed to real, appropriate renunciation; and 2) the principle of a soul being trapped in the bondage of matter as opposed to a soul who is liberated. Don't ever make the mistake of thinking that these conflicting concepts are on the same level. Please remember this while engaging yourself in chanting the Lord's holy names as loud as you possibly can.

 

11) One is truly a Vaisnava who has given up the habit of falling victim to the ferocious tigress of wealth, beauty, and fame. Such a soul is factually detached from material life, and is known as a pure devotee. Someone with this consciousness of detachment has thereby become victorious over the mundane world of birth and death.

 

12) One is indeed detached who moderately partakes of worldly things that are deemed necessary for living in devotional service; a devotee acting in that manner does not fall prey to the disease of material infatuation. Thus devoid of selfish attachment, and endowed with the ability to see things in relation to the Lord, all sense objects are then directly perceived as being Lord Madhava Himself.

 

13) This is the standard of befitting renunciation, and one who realizes this is most fortunate indeed. Everything involved in such a devotee's life represents Lord Hari's personal spiritual opulence as manifest in the world of matter. On the other hand, one who engages in chanting the Lord's name with hopes of enhancing his own material reputation finds that all his activities and paraphernalia represent only the riches of hypocrisy.

 

14) O mind, please reject the company of two types of persons -- those desiring impersonal liberation from the material world, and those who desire to enjoy the pleasure of material sense objects. Both of these are equally non-devotees. The things that are used in relation to Lord Krsna are objects belonging directly to the transcendental realm, and thus having nothing to do with matter they cannot be either owned or forsaken by persons interested in mundane enjoyment or renunciation.

 

15) An impersonal philospher is opposed to thinking of Krsna as an object of devotion, and thus being puffed up with the false pride of imaginary liberation he dares to criticize the true devotees of the Lord. O mind, you are the servant of the Vaisnavas, and you should always hope for attaining devotion. Why then do you make such a loud commotion by calling to me and trying to prove the supposed supremacy of your practice of solitary worship?

 

16) One who falsely gives up things that could actually be used in the Lord's service proudly calls himself a `renunciate,' but unfortunately he can never become a Vaisnava by such an attitude. Abandoning his servitorship to the lotus feet of Lord Hari, and resigning himself to his solitary home -- whatever is gained by that exercise can only be the worthless treasure of deception.

 

17) Ever engage yourself in the service of Sri Radha, and keep aloof from the vicious snake of materialistic sense gratification. The glory of participating in the Lord's kirtan is not meant to bolster anyone's ambitions for personal recognition. O mind, why then have you abandoned the identity of being Radha's eternal servant in favor of retiring to a solitary place to practice the cheating process of so-called bhajan?

 

18) The most valuable treasures amongst the Lord's preachers are the eternal personalities residing in Vraja-dham. They never occupy themselves with begging for worthless material reputation, which is cherished only by the living dead. The Vraja-vasis are truly infused with life, and therefore they preach in order to give life to the walking corpses of the mundane world. All the songs that the Vraja-vasis sing about the glories of Lord Krsna are devoid of any tinge of desire for fame.

 

19) Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati (servant of Radha and Her beloved Krsna) always hopes for kirtan, and he begs all to loudly sing the names of Lord Hari. The transcendental power of congregational chanting automatically awakens remembrance of the Lord and His divine pastimes in relation to one's own eternal spiritual form. Only at that time does it become possible to go off to a solitary place and engage in the confidential worship of Their Lordships.

 

your servant

Paramananda das