The lowest person from the lowest country

[Paramananda das]

The lowest person from the lowest country
I remember when I joined ISKCON in 1979 ,,some devotees from Sweden
had this hatred to my country of birth Denmark,, I later realized it goes back to
the 1500th massacre in Stockholm .Called the Stockholm blood bath
orchestrated by then King Christian the second of Denmark ,trying to crush
the Protestants in Sweden on behalf of the Pope in ROME,,that would later make
people in Denmark PROTESTANTS also .I thought what a primitive mindset.
Devotess in Sweden said there will never be an ISKCON Denmark.I said why
are you so arrogant ?Sweden is not less sinful than Denmark and you have ISKCON here too? Vegavan Prabhu agreed there should be temples in all countries that was Srila Prabhupadas vision ,,he was regional secretary for SWEDEN AND Scandinavia he was a favorite of Srila PRABHUPADA ,SRILA Prabhupada just loved Vegavan Prabhu and his wife,,he had them married at a Pandal program in BOMBAY ,,later SRILA Prabhupada send him an Ajit Prabhu to start preaching in Sweden and expand it to Denmark ,Norway ,Finland Iceland as well .Sometimes in ISKCON I was called the most low person from the most low country ,, former Dhanudhara Swami one said so when a uncontrolled female disciple of his started stalking me as she wished to marry me..in Bhagavad GITA ,KRSNA says even if you are considered the greatest sinner by being in transcendental knowledge you will remain unaffected by this world just like a lotusflower is unaffected,, I never felt unaffected we are all persons and who wants to be belittled ? I wrote Dhanudhara you are an uneducated rascal ,, in World war 2 Denmark defended every single Jewish person and smuggled them to Sweden ,,and you are born in a Jewish family that was so hated by the Nazis considered worth than rats ,,and you talk to bad about Denmark you should be ashamed of yourself
brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi
sańgaḿ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena
padma-patram ivāmbhasā
Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.10
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.
Commentary by Sri Vishvanatha Chakravarthi Thakur of Gaudiya Sampradaya:
Moreover, he who, offering all his actions unto me, the Supreme Lord (brahmani), giving up attachment to actions, giving up false identification of “I am doing it”, performs actions, is not contaminated at all by any actions, of which some could be sinful. Papena here represents all actions, not just sinful ones.
Commentary by Sri Ramanuja of Sri Sampradaya:
5.10 On the other hand, again, one who is ignorant of the Truth and is engaged in Karma-yoga, yah, who; karoti, acts; adhaya, by dedicating, by surrendering; all karmani, actions; brahmani, to Brahman, to God; with the idea, ‘I am working for Him, as a servant does everything for his master’, and tyaktva, by renouncing; sangam, attachment, even with regard to teh resulting Liberation; sah, he; na lipyate, does not get polluted, is not affected; papena, by sin; iva, just as; padma-patram, a lotus leaf; is not ambhasa, by water. The only result that will certainly accrue from such action will be the purification of the heart.
Commentary by Sri Sridhara Swami of Rudra Sampradaya:
One who has yoked themselves to the consciousness of being the doer of their actions cannot help being contaminated by the reactions to such actions and on account of this their mind remains impure and hence they are far adrift from renunciation and are in a grave predicament. Apprehending such a situation Lord Krishna explains that one who dedicates and consummates all actions as offerings to the Supreme Lord without attachment to rewards is not affected by sinful reactions which are most abominable on account of their binding power to material nature.
Commentary by Sri Madhvacharya of Brahma Sampradaya:
Whosoever is properly situated in the state of equanimity is not affected by reactions due to karma yoga or the prescribed Vedic actions they perform. This means one does not desire the rewards of their actions but instead dutifully offers the results of all their actions unto the Supreme Lord. For the purpose of emphasising the method of performing this spiritual practice and for the sake of removing any impression of casualness the subject of renouncing the rewards of one’s actions is reiterated again and again by Lord Krishna.
Commentary by Sri Keshava Kashmiri of Kumara Sampradaya:
The question may arise that a person possessing the characteristics of the previous verse with a pure heart and controlled senses may be unaffected by reactions to actions; but how can those without such characteristics become unattached to desire for the rewards of actions. Lord Krishna answers this by instructing everyone to offer and dedicate all actions to the Supreme Lord. The desire for rewards of actions is the fundamental reason for all ego conceptions of being the physical body and the root cause of samsara or bondage in the cycle of birth and death which so viciously apprehends one. So desire for rewards should be immediately be given up so one will not be contaminated by sinful reactions. See less
 

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Paramananda Das
Bg. 4.36
अपि चेदसि पापेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यः पापकृत्तमः ।
सर्वं ज्ञानप्ल‍वेनैव वृजिनं सन्तरिष्यसि ॥ ३६ ॥
api ced asi pāpebhyaḥ
sarvebhyaḥ pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ
sarvaṁ jñāna-plavenaiva
vṛjinaṁ santariṣyasi
Synonyms
api — even; cet — if; asi — you are; pāpebhyaḥ — of sinners; sarvebhyaḥ — of all; pāpa-kṛt-tamaḥ — the greatest sinner; sarvam — all such sinful reactions; jñāna-plavena — by the boat of transcendental knowledge; eva — certainly; vṛjinam — the ocean of miseries; santariṣyasi — you will cross completely.
Translation
Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries.
Purport
Proper understanding of one’s constitutional position in relationship to Kṛṣṇa is so nice that it can at once lift one from the struggle for existence which goes on in the ocean of nescience. This material world is sometimes regarded as an ocean of nescience and sometimes as a blazing forest. In the ocean, however expert a swimmer one may be, the struggle for existence is very severe. If someone comes forward and lifts the struggling swimmer from the ocean, he is the greatest savior. Perfect knowledge, received from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the path of liberation. The boat of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is very simple, but at the same time the most sublime.

Paramananda Das
later I was stamped by HARIKESA ex SWAMI as the lowest person in Iskcon because I REFUSED to sell paintings .later I did some anyway ,,but that was for survival ,,but I ALWAYS knew Prabhupada wanted me to distribute his books