{"id":11418,"date":"2013-03-31T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T09:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11418"},"modified":"2013-03-31T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T09:48:24","slug":"our-divine-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11418","title":{"rendered":"Our divine society"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gadi das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our divine society is indeed making good efforts to give Krishna and His Vrindavan to the world. But the process is seemingly slow and troublesome. If we give our interpersonal relationships a reasonable study, one could conclude that the internal arguing and pointing of well intended fingers have only caught the \u201cinnocent non-devotees\u201d, whom we are trying to attract, in the crossfire. The interested publicians are not without detection faculties to easily perceive the contradictions between our sweet statements and the gross reality of the disrespect of one group or one individual toward another.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe that this is the love and trust process envisioned by his Divine Grace. In fact the ease with which we render criticism of each other is unwarranted in the history of Vaisnavism. Having the tools at our fingertips, one can easily destroy the credibility of very sincere devotees, giving their earnest best to spread Lord Caitanya\u2019s message. It is this critical self-defeating behavior, nay, practically life style that is giving everyone trepidation, creating a wall of offence between ourselves and Krsna\u2019s mercy. From the non-devotees on up to the initiating gurus, (with varying qualifications), who in effect have laid their future spiritual lives on the line, this offence is crippling the forward movement of this movement.<\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupada has stated many times and many places of the acceptable humble attitude we must have\u2026 we have nothing to offer except our humble service, how small we and our service are, and how unlimited is Sri Krishna.<\/p>\n

If we don not fully imbibe the Hari Nam Sankirtan spirit, and dive into it\u2019s limitless depths, we will find ourselves reading the Sishastika prayers with at best a poetic eye, not knowing how or even if it is possible to feel lower than the straw in the street or more tolerant than the tree, devoid, free from any desire for prestige and ready , completely ready to give all respects to all others. <\/p>\n

IN TRUTH the divine gift of heartfelt Hari Nam can bring the soul to complete surrender\u2026..the realization of the complete futility and hopelessness of this material world. Hari Nam Prabhu can bestow this—the utter waste of what we call our lives, and at this point bring tears to our inner and outer eyes as we see the highest truth of Krsna consciousness. At this point our actual relationship with the Supreme Lord is reestablished.<\/p>\n

In this humble state of mind one can no longer criticize others., find fault, or engage in political or frivolous talks.etc . One is now fully ready to offer respects to all others, bringing no attention to oneself. THIS is the stage of pure relationships with each other. A milestone of genuine interaction has evolved, enabling us to work together for the benefit of human society with revolutionary effectiveness.<\/p>\n

It is my arrogance and lack of humility that allows me to believe this to be possible. To create a society free from envy\u2026.Somehow I feel it must be attempted, and this is the passion that is Murari\u2019s Kirtan Valley. <\/p>\n

If you should feel that you have been sufficiently trampled (straw), and somehow survived,(tolerant) if you feel that your life is useless(no false prestige) and everyone elses is better than yours, (ready to offer all respect to others) you just might be a candidate foe Murari\u2019s Kirtan Valley. You just might be at the perfect point to perform Hari Nam Sankirtana in a humble state of mind.<\/p>\n

WHY CAN\u2019T WE BE EXEMPLARY!? We just have to chant and sing the holy names with complete faith and root out the enemies within. Then, when Hari Nam Prabhu has conquered us, we will be ready, fearless, and unstoppable in our humble attempts to rescue all the others.! <\/p>\n

Thanks for your precious time, your servant, Gadi das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Gadi das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srila Prabhupada has stated many times and many places of the acceptable humble attitude we must have\u2026 we have nothing to offer except our humble service, how small we and our service are, and how unlimited is Sri Krishna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}