Prabhupada, The Truth About My God-Brothers

Welcome to our program on envy.
When one chants or discusses the transcendental activities of the Lord, he immediately becomes non-envious. In this material world everyone is envious of everyone else, but by vibrating or discussing the holy name of the Lord, one becomes non-envious and devoid of material hankering. Because of our envy for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we have become envious of all other living entities. When we are no longer envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there will be real peace, unity and fraternity in human society rmad-Bhgavatam 4.30.36
To envy another is to feel ill will, jealousy, or discontent at the persons possession of something that one keenly desires to have or achieve for oneself. Websters Dictionary In electronically researching Srila Prabhupadas body of work, his books, letters, conversations, and lectures, it was interesting to find that the word envy appears over two thousand times. Primarily envy is used to describe pseudo devotees, who have not purified themselves by the devotional process as directed by Rupa Goswami.
Once in 1974 in Calcutta when I sitting alone with Srila Prabhupada in his room, I asked how long does it take to become Krishna conscious. Srila Prabhupada replied that at least one lifetime is required, although he also quoted examples from Srimad Bhagavatam and Chaitanya Charitamrita of great personalities who became delivered instantaneously, such as Jagai and Madhai and Ajamila. Srila Prabhupada further explained that deliverance is dependent upon purity of heart and sincerity. If one chants Hare Krishna, and a change of heart does not take place, Srila Prabhupada explained, there is little use of chanting.
As Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu declared in his vital teachings, one can chant the holy name only with a humble state of mind. I have witnessed so much discord and politics in our society of devotees and conclude that the cause is envy due to impure heart. When harmony, love, trust, and cooperation prevail, it is understood that these are the fruits of pure Krishna consciousness. Such a state of pure devotional service is achieved by fully surrendering to guru and to Krishna. - Gargamuni dasa
When I started this movement, I wanted to bring some men from India. The problem was that in India the men who joined the Gaudiya Math mission were not very educated. So I declined to bring them in the Western countries and by the grace of Krsna I was able to train the local men. And thus gradually, things became successful.
====== REF. Letter to: Bhagavan -- Bombay 14 November, 1975
Damodara Maharaja is a dangerous man. Remain very cautious with him. He is always causing difficulty.
====== REF. Letter to: Jayapataka -Hyderabad 4 December, 1976
You have written to say in your letter under reply that you want to join first with me then talk with Sripada Maharaja about cooperation otherwise your journey to this country may be cancelled by him. I could not follow the import of this proposal. Do you think that cooperation with me prior to your joining me here is not possible? Why this mentality. Is it my private business? Srila Prabhupada wanted to construct some temples in the Foreign countries as preaching centres of the message of Srila Rupa Raghunatha and I am trying to do this in this part of the world.
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The money is ready and the opportunity is open. If by seeing the Finance Minister this work can be facilitated why should we wait for time so that you cannot talk with your Guru maharaj about any cooperation because you afraid of your journey here may be cancelled. Please do not think in that way. Take everything as Srila Prabhupada's work and try to cooperate in that spirit. The Gaudiya Math institution has failed. . . .
====== REF. Letter to: Mangalaniloy Brahmacari -- New York 23 June, 1966
Unfortunately the present workers in the Bombay Gaudiya Math are not at all competent to do any tangible work. They are staying there for the last 35 years, but they have not done any appreciable work. it is simply a place ``khabadavar addakhama.'' Srila Prabhupada used this word many times in connection with inactive centers. And when one was too much engaged in buildings, He always warned that our business is not for becoming mason workers, or becoming carpenters, neither to create a place for eating and sleeping. So these people are collecting funds and eating and sleeping. The reason is that they deviated from the disciplic succession from Srila Prabhupada.
====== REF. Letter to: Jagannatham Prabhu - Montreal 22 June, 1968
The thing is, what for you will contact this Vinode Vani dasi?* What kind of help do you want from them? They are already not cooperating. The history of this Vani dasi is that she is an old lady, and has a house and has hung a sign, Gaudiya Math, but that is all.
====== REF. Letter to: Gurudasa -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968
Regarding the 92 section case against the Gaudiya Math, I don't think there is any possibility of compromise. But the Baghbazar party and Mayapur party have unlawfully usurped the missionary institution of Srila Prabhupada, and whenever they will talk of a compromise, it means another complication.
====== REF. Letter to: Narayana Maharaja -Tittenhurst 30 September, 1969
Regarding the Gaudiya Math books being circulated there, who is distributing? Who is sending these books? The Gaudiya Math does not sell our books, why we should sell their books. Who has introduced these books? Let me know. These books should not at all be circulated in our Society. Bhakti Vilas Tirtha is very much antagonistic to our society and he has no clear conception of devotional service. He is contaminated. Anyway,
====== REF. Letter to: Sukadeva -- New Delhi 14 November, 1973
But Dr. Kapoor can expose Purusottam goswami about his deal with the late Puri Goswami of the Gaudiya Math. If the mystery of his acquiring 50,000 rupees of books from Puri is exposed then his so called leadership will come to an end. He knows better than I and you can ask him about Purusottam Goswami's acquiring books from Puri--which is a mystery not yet disclosed, but every Gaudiya mission man knows the incident.
====== REF. Letter to: Gurudasa -Hyderabad 24 April, 1974
The Gaudiya Math institution has become smashed, at least stopped its program of preaching work on account of personal ambitions.
====== REF. Letter to: Karandhara: -Mayapur 8 October, 1974
Regarding, Bon Maharaja, I am actually authority accepted by authority. In the Caitanya Caritamrta it is said, krsna sakti vina nahe nama pracar. So, now the Hare Krishna movement is world known, and learned scholars, etc. give plaudits to me as Professor Judah has. So, then why I am not authority? Nobody says Bon Swami has done it, or Vivekananda, or any other swami. There are so many yogis and swamis coming, but nobody is giving credit to them, they are giving the credit to me. So, why I am not an authority? If Krishna accepts me as authority, then who can deny it?
Besides that, in 1933, Bon was given the first chance to preach Lord Caitanya's movement in London. He remained there about four years and not a single person could be converted to become a Vaisnava and he was receiving regularly 700rs. per month for his expenditure, being supported by the whole Gaudiya Math institution, and still, as he could not do anything appreciable, he was called back by Guru Maharaja. Then where is his authority? Our authority comes from Parampara system. If the Guru was not satisfied with him and called him back, and since then,
He gave up connection with Gaudiya Math and started his own institution, then how he becomes authority? And in spite of all these things, if he is still authority by his own imagination, then people should ask him what he has been doing for the last 40 years, about the objective of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. Even if he thinks that he has done, certainly he has not done better than me. Under the circumstances, accepting him as an authority, I am greater and better authority than him. So, all Vaisnavas are authorities to preach Krishna Consciousness, but still, there are degrees of authorities.
On the whole, if his motive is to supress me and that is why he has come here, how we can receive him? He has already given one Professor a wrong impression. He may be treated as a guest, if he comes to our center, give him prasadam, honor him as an elder Vaisnava, but he cannot speak or lecture. If he wants to lecture, you can tell him that there is already another speaker scheduled. That's all.
====== REF. Letter to: Satsvarupa -Honolulu 4 June, 1975
Why is there this politics? This is not good. If politics come, then the preaching will be stopped. That is the difficulty. As soon as politics come, everything is spoiled. In the Gaudiya Math the politics is still going on. My Guru Maharaja left in 1936, and now it is 1976, so after 40 years the litigation is still going on. Do not come to this.
====== REF. Letter to: Gurukrpa: -- Bombay 30 September, 1975
I'm very much obliged to you that you write to say, `Ìt is clear to me that you are great powerful Acarya in the Vaisnava world at present.'' Sometimes Sridhara Maharaja also says like that.
====== REF. Letter to: B.S. Bodhayana Maharaja -- Vrindaban 9 November, 1976
Regarding the two men who have come to us from Gaudiya Math, for the time being we should try not to give shelter to such persons unless they are tested.
====== REF. Letter to: Jayapataka -Hyderabad 4 December, 1976
Harikea: The Gauya Math? Indian man (1): Even they cant worship as we are worshiping. Prabhupda: How they can worship? The worship is done by devotee. Unless you create devotee, where is the question of worshiping? Without devotee it is idol worship. There is no life. And without life, how can you pull on artificially? Aprasya hi dehasya mandanam lokarajanam
====== REF. Morning Walk -- November 30, 1975, Delhi
Prabhupda: No, I never stressed on temple. I was engaged in publishing the Back to Godhead. Whatever I could do, I did it because I took it very seriously that he is very sorry that these things were not done. He said that There will be fire in this Gaudiya Math. gun jvlbe, he said. Amari taci loka kichui boi kakrayebo (?): If I can, I shall sell these marbles of this temple and convert them into books. That was his ambition. He started a very nice press and this Tirtha Maharaja sold it. Jayatrtha: Sold it? Prabhupda: Yes. Bhagavn: The press. Prabhupda: Hes not representing Guru.... Better lets have money for fight in the court.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- July 26, 1976, London
There are similarly men also. Unnecessarily they are envious, offensive, unnecessary. They cannot tolerate others opulence. Just like our Godbrothers. They are envious. What I have done to them? I am doing my business, trying to serve my Guru Mahrja. But they are envious because I am so opulent. I have got so much fame, so many influence, so much influence all over the world. Everyone is praising me about... That is ignorance. And this is regrettable because they are posing themselves as Vaiava. Ordinary man can do that, but they are dressing like Vaiava, and they are so envious. That Trtha Mahrja, unnecessarily he was envious, whole life fighting, fighting, fighting in the court and died. Simply planning
====== REF. Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay
Prabhupda: These are weapons. That was the only endeavor, how legally he could occupy the bricks and stones of Gauya Math. Thats all. He had no other ambition. How to push on Caitanya Mahprabhus mission, how to push on Guru Mahrjas... He had no such. It was simply show. But real purpose was how to occupy, how to take the whole property. Business. Rmevara: And none of the other Godbrothers had strong preaching spirits. Prabhupda: Yes. They also, when they saw that This man is legally taking everything. Gauya sannyss, we cannot go home.
We must have some shelter. No spirit of pushing on. Rmevara: Even by your example they have not learned anything. Prabhupda: No, my... Of course, I did not attempt in the beginning. I started my activities when I was seventy years old. So they thought, This man is ghastha. He is embarassed with family life. What hell do? (laughs) That was their impression. But I never neglected. Guru Mahrja told me. I was simply thinking, How to do it? How to do it? I thought, Let me become a rich businessman. The money will be required.
That was my thought. But Guru Mahrja was asking me, You give up this. Ill give you money. That I could not understand. I was planning. My plan was not wrong. But I was thinking The money required, so let me earn some money. Then I shall begin. And Guru Mahrja said, You give up this money-earning endeavor. You come completely. Ill give you money. I can understand now. But my desire was there. Therefore he guided me. So I was... In 1936 or 35 in Bombay, after installation of Deity, soI was ghasthaI helped them to collect some money.
All my Godbrothers applauded and recommended to Guru Mahrja that Abhay Babu is so influential. Why he lives outside the temple? He can become the temple commander and manage this Bombay temple. Why he is living outside? Mean Guru Mahrja may ask him. So I was... From this Allahabad I was going to Bombay. I had one small office there. So after hearing, he said, It is better that he is living little away from your Matha. And when time will rise, hell do everything. He hasnt got to be advised. I could not understand why he said like that. That means he was so kind that he expected that I shall do something.
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That was my asset, his blessing. And I was thinking that His, this mission must be done very nicely. Although I was not capable to do anything, I was thinking like that. So desire was there and maybe blessing was there. Yes. There was no question of qualification. Rmevara: But still, after ten years the Gauya Math still has not learned. Prabhupda: Hm? They cannot. They... Those who are intelligent, they are making something, rdhara Mahrja and others. But this man was envious, this Trtha Mahrja, because...
He advertised that he is the only favorite student of Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat. (laughs) But spiritually he was empty. Materially he was capable, how to manage things. But spiritually he was zero. That Prabhupda also knew and everyone knows. He had no spiritual understanding. Materially he helped Guru Mahrja how to organize. Therefore he liked him, that This man is expert manager.
====== REF. Conversation and Instruction On New Movie -- January 13, 1977, Allahabad
Prabhupda: Yes. Our Trtha Mahrja accusing me that I have got two crores of rupees from American government to start this movement. (laughs) Even my Godbrother says, what to speak of others. Nobody is living such nice house, all of my Godbrothers. (laughs) Tamla Ka: None of them have done that. Prabhupda: They were unable. Neither they have got idea of aristocratically, how to live aristocratically. You wont find in any one of my Godbrothers a place like this. This is aristocratic. This is Indian aristocracy. Table-chair is not aristocratic. This is more comfortable. And cheap also
====== REF. Conversation on Roof -February 14, 1977, Mypura
Prabhupda: He cannot make any comment. These are facts. Two parties there were. One party, to use guru as their instrument for self-aggrandizement, and another party left guru. So both of them are offenders. This Kunja Babu, this Trtha Mahrjas party, he wanted to enjoy senses through guru. And the Bagh Bazaar party, they left. Tamla Ka: Vsudeva. Prabhupda: So both of them are severe offenders. Tamla Ka: What about rdhara Mahrja? Prabhupda: rdhara Mahrja belonged to the Bagh Bazaar party. And I was living aloof.
My Guru Mahrja approved. He said, It is better that he is aloof from them. Tamla Ka: He could understand that his disciples were not... Prabhupda: No, he was very sorry. At the last stage he was disgusted.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- April 22, 1977, Bombay
Tamla Ka: And he was lecturing on Caitanya-caritmta. I think you mentioned that one of your Godbrothers once said to you, You really believe that there is such a place, Kaloka, Vaikuhaloka? He was himself... Prabhupda: Bon Mahrja did not believe.
====== REF. Conversation with Vedic Astronomer -- April 30, 1977, Bombay
Prabhupda: And in my horoscope there was written there, After seventieth year this man will go outside India and establish so many temples. Tamla Ka: Really? Prabhupda: I could not understand. What is this, that I have to go outside India? That is not... And Guru Mahrja foretold. He told my Godbrothers, rdhara Mahrja and others, that Hell do the needful when time comes. Nobody requires to help him. He told in 1935. And after all, this was true(?). Guru Mahrja told. And in the beginning, first sight, he told, You have to do this.
Tamla Ka: No one helped you. Thats a fact. You asked that... Prabhupda: Who? Tamla Ka: ...Trtha Mahrja for some help, he didnt help at all. He wouldnt even give a little place. Prabhupda: Nobody. Everyone admits.
===== REF. Room Conversation -- June 17, 1977, Vndvana
Prabhupda: ...opposition of my constructing a temple in Mypura. Tamla Ka: From the very beginning. First you asked for land. That was refused. Then you sent money, but for three yearsnothing. I think you sent money twice. Prabhupda: So many things also. Tamla Ka: Then we were even stopped by the elements, when we went... You took us, and we went and stayed at Devnanda Gauya Maha. But the rain suddenly came so strongly, (Prabhupda chuckles) we could...
Prabhupda: Could not cross to the other side. Tamla Ka: No. Then you said, Perhaps Ka wants us to establish in Vndvana and not Mypura. So you were going to send me to see this Madan Mohan to try to negotiate. Prabhupda: Anyway, forget the past. Push forward. Tamla Ka: I think you once said that sometimes Ka tests to see how sincerely the devotee is determined. Prabhupda: Ka not only tests but punishes those who are criminals.
Tamla Ka: Criminals. Prabhupda: Like Ka punished Durvs Muni. He was criminal against Ambara Mahrja. Ka never tolerates. Vaiava may tolerate. Ka will never tolerate. Room Conversation
====== REF. Room Conversation -- June 18, 1977, Vndvana
With this aim in view I tried my godbrothers to join together for this preaching work in the foreign countries by combined force. I tried first Kesava Maharaja, then Bon Maharaja and then Tirtha Maharaja but I have failed to get any cooperation from either of them till now and therefore when I was just arranging to go back to India to try for myself
====== REF. Letter to: Mangalaniloy Brahmacari -- New York 16 May, 1966
So practically there is no difference of opinion in our missionary activities, especially because we all are deriving inspiration from His Divine Grace Prabhupada Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja. I think all of our Godbrothers are doing the same missionary activities without a doubt, but still the regrettable fact is we are doing all separately, not in conjunction. I have also read specifically your articles on the matter of acaryas, wherein on the 14th Paragraph I see the acharya shall be entitled to nominate in writing his successive acharya.
But we do not find any record where our Srila Prabhupada nominated any acharya after Him. Different persons have interpreted on this point, and every one of our Godbrothers are acting as acharya, so this is a controversial point which I do not wish to enter into while we are proposing for cooperation
====== REF. Letter to: Swami B. S. Bhagavata Maharaja -- Los Angeles 21 August, 1969
The difficulty is sometimes things are interpreted in a manner dovetailing one's own sense gratification. I have got this personal experience in my Guru Maharaja's institution. Different Godbrothers took the words of Guru Maharaja in different interpretations for sense gratification and the whole mission disrupted. This is still going on for the last 40 years without any proper settlemen
====== REF. Letter to: Tamala Krsna -Tittenhurst 18 October, 1969
No, we should take all risks for Krsna. This mentality to chant in a solitary place without any responsibility of preaching work is not approved by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaja. One of our Godbrothers was doing like that and my Spiritual Master was not very satisfied with him.
====== REF. Letter to: Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 22 June, 1970
It is now clear that my Godbrothers take objection of my being called as Prabhupada and on this point they wanted to poison the whole Society--that is now clear. But how it was manipulated--that is a mystery.
====== REF. Letter to: Rupanuga -- Calcutta 25 September, 1970
You are right about Sridhara Maharaja's genuineness. But in my opinion he is the best of the lot. He is my old friend, at least he executes the regulative principles of devotional service. I do not wish to discuss about activities of my Godbrothers but it is a fact they have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broadcast the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
My Guru Maharaja used to lament many times for this reason and he thought if one man at least had understood the principle of preaching then his mission would achieve success. In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he left this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more years. Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for preaching the cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He never recommended anyone to be acarya of the Gaudiya Math.
But Sridhara Maharaja is responsible for disobeying this order of Guru Maharaja, and he and others who are already dead unnecessarily thought that there must be one acarya. If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be acarya he would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but never mentioned an acarya. His idea was acarya was not to be nominated amongst the governing body. He said openly you make a GBC and conduct the mission.
So his idea was amongst the members of GBC who would come out successful and self effulgent acarya would be automatically selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his two associate gentlemen unauthorizedly selected one acarya and later it proved a failure. The result is now everyone is claiming to be acarya even though they may be kanistha adhikari with no ability to preach. In some of the camps the acarya is being changed three times a year. Therefore we may not commit the same mistake in our ISKCON camp. Actually amongst my Godbrothers no one is qualified to become acarya.
So it is better not to mix with my Godbrothers very intimately because instead of inspiring our students and disciples they may sometimes pollute them. This attempt was made previously by them, especially Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja but somehow or other I saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be very careful about them and not mix with them. This is my instruction to you all. They cannot help us in our movement, but they are very competent to harm our natural progress. So we must be very careful about them.
I can understand this cunning Purusottama das has taken advantage of your simplicity. So any one of my godbrothers cannot help me in this way of book writing because they are unfortunate in the matter of preaching work. They are simply trying to infiltrate our society to so something harmful by their attempt. So please do not have any correspondence with this Purusottama or any of my godbrothers, so-called. And do not do anything without consulting me.
You can inform this instruction to everyone and send back to me the sheets of corrections sent to you by Purusottama. I was very much anxious to know how Purusottama entered in our camp. Now the matter is clear. Be careful for further dealings with such men. ============ REF. Letter to: Karunasindhu -- Bombay 9 November, 1975
So I have now issued orders that all my disciples should avoid all of my godbrothers. They should not have any dealings with them nor even correspondence, nor should they give them any of my books or should they purchase any of their books, neither should you visit any of their temples. Please avoid them.
====== REF. Letter to: Visvakarma -- Bombay 9 November, 1975
My Guru Maharaja very much liked my writing and he used to show others in my absence ``Just see how nicely he has written, how he has appreciated.'' He encouraged me, and my Godbrothers, they also like my writing. After I wrote that poem for Vyasa Puja of my Guru Maharaja they used to call me Poet.
====== REF. Letter to: Ramesvara Prabhu -Vrindaban 3 December, 1975
Although a pure devotee may criticize those who obstruct the Lords mission, such criticism is never personally motivated nor is it ever based on enviousness. An advanced devotee of the Lord may chastise his followers or criticize the demoniac, but only to carry out the mission of the Supreme Lord and never out of personal enmity or enviousness. For one who completely gives up the material concept of life there is no possibility of entering again onto the path of birth and death. SB 11.16.43
====== REF. SB 11.16.43
Madhudvia: You were talking about enviousness, rla Prabhupda. And we see that this even sometimes pervades in our own society. Prabhupda: Because you have, you are not yet perfect. That means. You are not yet perfect. You are trying to be perfect. Now be perfect. Madhudvia: Is there a way, is there a specific way to counteract this bad quality of enviousness? Prabhupda: And yes, just chant Hare Ka. Cleanse your mind. All dirty things will go. Because you neglect to chant regularly, therefore the dirty things remain.
====== REF. Morning Walk -- April 2, 1975, Mypur
Without Kas special power of attorney, nobody can preach His name. Caitanya-caritmta. So these rascals, Godbrothers, they are envious that... What he has written? Bon Mahrja. Just see what kind of men they are. They are not even ordinary human being. They are envious of me, and what to speak of make a judgment by estimation? Theyre envious. Enviousness is immediately disqualification of Vaiava, immediate. He is not a human being. Paramo nirmatsar sat [SB 1.1.2]. This Bhgavatam is meant for the person who is completely not envious. That is the beginning.
Why a Vaiava should be envious for anyone? Everyone is working according to his karma. He is trying to rectify him, that Be out of these clutches of karma. You come to bhakti. Why he should be envious? Vchkalpatarubhya ca kpsindhubhya eva ca. A Vaiava should be like ocean of mercy to reclaim the fallen souls. That is Vaiavas qualification. So Vaiava should be envious? Just see. So these persons, they are not even human being, what to speak of Vaiava.
Vaiava cannot be envious. Vaiava should be: Oh, my Lords name is being broadcast. He is getting, giving so much service to make Ka known. That man has appreciated, that All these spiritual leaders, they are deriding. You are the only man... You are... It enthuses us, give us more encouragement, that you are keeping intact, love of Ka. This is an appreciation. Why he should be envious?
====== REF. Room Conversation with Reporter of The Star -- October 16, 1975, Johannesburg
Prabhupda: A devotee is never envious of another devotee. He is not a devotee. Tad-adhneu maitr. One who is devotee, we have to make friendship with them. How we can hate them?
====== REF. Garden Conversation -- June 27, 1976, New Vrindaban
Transcendental competition is nice, but it should not come to the point of making us lose our Krishna consciousness. When you have these feelings, do not mistake it for enviousness, but take it to be an indirect appreciation of the service done by your other Godbrothers. This is spiritual. In the material world, when someone surpasses us in some way we become angry and plan how to stop him, but in the spiritual world when someone does some better service we think `Òh, he has done so nicely. Let me help him to execute his service.'' So we should always endeavor to keep this attitude, and serve Lord Krishna to the best of our ability. That will make one advance in spiritual life.
====== REF. Letter to: Dharma -- Tokyo 22 April, 1972
Unfortunately we are surrounded by neophyte Godbrothers who do not appreciate the extraordinary activities of spreading Ka consciousness all over the world. They simply try to bring us to their platform, and they try to criticize us in every respect. We very much regret their naive activities and poor fund of knowledge. An empowered person who is actually engaged in the confidential service of the Lord should not be treated as an ordinary human being, for it is stated that unless one is empowered by Ka, one cannot spread the Ka consciousness movement all over the world.
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But there is a propaganda against me. Even amongst my Godbrothers, they are making... Because they cannot do it, so find out some fault.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 1.8.20 -New York, April 12, 1973
Just like one of our Godbrothers, hes thinking that This institution was started by me and Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat as partners. Now the senior partner is dead. Therefore I am the sole proprietor. Who are these Godbrothers? Let them go away. So this is my, the same my Dhtarra was thinking
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 1.8.24 -Mypura, October 4, 1974
Some of my Godbrothers, they criticize like that, that I am offering sannysa to the mlecchas, yavanas. This is wrong idea. This is nrak-buddhi. Actually, a Vaiava is above this varrama-dharma. But we dont claim that we have become perfect Vaiava. We are not so impudent. We want to remain under the Vaiava. Under the Vaiava. Otherwise Vaiava means... In Caitanya-caritmta youll find the Vaiava is paramahasa. Vaiava has no saffron cloth. Vaiava is white cloth because Vaiava is paramahasa, above. But we dont claim the position of Vaiava.
We want to remain servant of Vaiava. Therefore sannysa order is below the position of Vaiava. Sannysa order means still in the material classification. But this Vaiava is paramo nirmatsar satm. Dharma projjhita-kaitavo tra paramo nirmat... [SB 1.1.2]. This Vaiavism is meant for paramo nirmatsarm, paramahasa. Sa gun samattyaitn brahmabhyya kalpate [Bg. 14.26].
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 1.8.41 -Mypura, October 21, 1974
Revatnandana: rla Prabhupda, hearing(?) from Hasadtas question, sometimes we might experience that our Godbrothers have fallen away, and when they have fallen away they really fallen and lost their spirit and they fall away. Prabhupda: Best thing is that after this meeting you should stand together and fall down, Prabhu, please excuse me. Yamun: Oh, jaya. Prabhupda: Yes. Is that all right? Revatnandana: What is going to happen to these who are left and they are..., commit offenses against you? Prabhupda: Eh?
Revatnandana: They have left and yet they are committing offenses against you and against Ka because they have become deranged. Prabhupda: Therefore the falling down, obeisances, is there. If there is any offense, by offering obeisances it is excused. Yamun: All glories to Prabhupda. Prabhupda: And amongst yourself you should also offer obeisances, Prabhu, please excuse this offense. Yamun: And then take remedial measures. Prabhupda: Then... Then finished. That is system. One now... Everyone should fall down. What is that? (end) rmad-Bhgavatam 6.1.6
============ REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 6.1.61 -- Vndvana, August 28, 1975
This propensity we should always remember that I shall be greater than him, I shall overlord him. Just like my Godbrothers. The propensity is that Oh, he has become greater than us, they are very envious. Their propensity is to become but they could not, they are therefore envious. This is materialism. There is no spiritual sense here. In the material..., spiritual world, if somebody is greater in service, others, they appreciate, How great he is, how he has advanced in Kas service. We could not do it, the Rdhrs spirit. Why Rdhr is worshiped by the devotees?
His (her) spirit is like that. If anyone, She finds a nice devotee of Ka, She immediately recommends to Ka, How nice this devotee. He can render better service than Me. Please accept him. This is spiritualism. This is spiritualism. Who can give better service than Rdhr? She is so great that She is captivating Ka. Ka captivates Madana, Cupid. But Rdhr captivates Ka. How great She is
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 7.7.28, 32-35 -- Mombassa, September 11, 1971
Prabhupda: But sometimes my godbrother criticizes that I am sannys, I am taking part in marriage. So I have got very good difficulties. Here, when I come to India, they say that I am spoiling Hindu system of religion. And when I go there, the Christian says that You are the greatest enemy. (laughter) This is my position. You see. If I go ahead, then... And if I go behind, then... So what can be done? I have to execute my duty. I am not encouraged by the government, by my godbrothers, and still I have to do this duty. What can be done? So, so far I am concerned I know by getting them married I am benefited
====== REF. The Nectar of Devotion -Vndvana, October 16, 1972
Advaita crya is the typical example how to become crya. All are our cryas, r-kacaitanya prabhu-nitynanda, radvaita gaddhara rvsdi-gaurabhakta-vnda. All of them are cryas because they are following the crya, supreme crya, Caitanya Mahprabhu. Therefore they are crya. Eva parampar-prptam ima rjarayo vidu [Bg. 4.2]. So we have to follow the crya. Then, when we are completely, cent per cent follower of crya, then you can also act as crya. This is the process. Dont become premature crya.
First of all follow the orders of crya, and you become mature. Then it is better to become crya. Because we are interested in preparing crya, but the etiquette is, at least for the period the guru is present, one should not become crya. Even if he is complete he should not, because the etiquette is, if somebody comes for becoming initiated, it is the duty of such person to bring that prospective candidate to his crya. Not that Now people are coming to me, so I can become crya. That is avamanya. Nvamanyeta karhicit. Dont transgress this etiquette. Nvamanyeta.
That will be falldown. Just like during the lifetime of our Guru Mahrja, all our Godbrothers now who are acting as crya, they did not do so. That is not etiquette. crya m vijnyt na avaman... That is insult. So if you insult your crya, then you are finished. Yasya prasdd bhagavatprasdo yasya aprasdt na gati kuto pi **finished. If you displease your crya, then you are finished. Therefore it is said, Caitanya Mahprabhu says to all the cryas... Nitynanda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu and rvsdigaura-bhakta-vnda, they are all carriers of orders of r Caitanya Mahprabhu. So try to follow the path of crya process. Then life will be successful.
====== REF. r Caitanya-caritmta, di-ll 1.13 -- Mypur, April 6, 1975
Then, 1958, I took sannysa, and then I decided to take up the responsibility of my Guru Mahrja. I thought that My other Godbrothers are trying, so I am not capable to do it. They are better situated. But somehow or other, they could not do very much, appreciative activities, in this connection.
====== REF. His Divine Grace rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat Gosvm Prabhupdas Appearance Day, Lecture -Atlanta, March 2, 1975
Just like I am pushing on this Ka consciousness movement, I am doing so many things which sometimes my Godbrothers out of envy criticize. But I know what is the circumstances how to do it. They do not know it. I know my business. So that is their fault. Their own buddhi business, then simply criticize How he is acting. Find out some fault.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- Mexico, May 4, 1972
Prabhupda: That one of my important Godbrothers says. Hes sincere. All others, they are rascals. He says that In the Caitanya-caritmta it is said pthivte che yata nagardi grma. So we were thinking that this is imagination, that Caitanya Mahprabhus cult would be spread all over the world, everyone will chant. So you have done it. So hes appreciating in that way. But we are simply thinking that it is not possible, it is simply imagination. But that you have made it possible. So that is his appreciation.
====== REF. Morning Walk -- December 11, 1973, Los Angeles
You see in the spiritual life also. My Godbrothers, they are trying to suppress me. They are writing articles that in foreign countries these things, Ratha-ytr is going on, so many temples have been, but they will never mention my name. They have suppressed. They want to They write articles in such a way that Bon Mahrja has done so much and they have done so much, and my name is not mentioned. This spirit, Oh, this man is going so high. Therefore, Bhgavata says nirmatsarm. You know the meaning of nirmatsarm? Devotee (1): Without envy?
====== REF. Room Conversations -Vndvana, September 10, 1974, (new98)
Prabhupda: At least historically it be proved. [break] ...cause of envy of my Godbrothers. I was known. Although they knew that Prabhupda liked me very much, because I am ghastha, I was known as pac-ghastha. Pacghastha means a rotten ghastha. And now they say, This ghastha has come out more than us? What is this? [break] rdhara Mahrjas chief disciple...? Bhavnanda: Gaura. Prabhupda: He always used to say to rdhara Mahrja that You are seeing Abhay Babu as ghastha, but he is more than many yogis. He was telling.
====== REF. Morning Walk -- February 3, 1976, Mypura
====== REF. Morning Walk -- March 25, 1976, Delhi
treya i: And amongst devotees, Godbrothers, an advanced devotee is one who sees that Everybody is serving Ka so nicely... Prabhupda: Yes. treya i: ...so let me assist them. Prabhupda: Yes. treya i: Let me facilitate their service. Prabhupda: Yes. Therefore we say prabhu. Prabhu means You are my master. Please order me. What can I do for you? That should be the attitude. [break] ...Guru dsa Prabhu, please come here and brush my shoes. (laughter) What kind of prabhu? He should say, Guru dsa Prabhu, can I brush your shoes? That is real Vaiava, not that Guru dsa Prabhu, come here and brush my shoes.
Guru-kp: rla Prabhupda, what about, say, many of your Godbrothers? They also have disciples, and they also are properly initiated by a proper spiritual master, and they give the Hare Ka mantra. Prabhupda: The thing is the spirit, real service of preaching, stopped. Formality is going on, but the real business.... Caitanya Mahprabhus movement means mra jya guru ha tra ei dea [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. That is stopped. Do you follow? The formalities is there, but the real life of Caitanya Mahprabhus movement is preaching.
Otherwise why Caitanya Mahprabhu says, mra jya guru ha tra ei dea. Tra means preaching. Yre dekha, tre kaha ka-upadea [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. And that is stopped. They are satisfied if they could construct one temple and beg some rice from the neighborhood: Sir, we have got some temple, thats all. They are satisfied. The spirit of preaching forwardpp tp jata chilo, hari-nme uddhrilothat is stopped. So by hari-nma, by chanting, by this way, to live little peacefully in the temple and eat and sleep, that much they have got.
If that is the success, that success they have got. And this was condemned by my Guru Mahrja, that To earn some money by showing Deity in the temple and eat and sleepbetter you become a sweeper in the street and earn your honest livelihood and live. This is cheating. This was condemned. To construct a temple.... Just like the Vndvana Gosvms are doing. They thought that This is our business. Some innocent people will come here and offer some.... Bas, thats our good income.
According to the temples popularity, they think, This is our success. Therefore they are deteriorating. So that is not success. Success is his who is pushing forward the preaching method. That is his success. And if we think that By showing a temple Deity we get some money and rice and cloth and just peacefully live here
====== REF. Room Conversation -- May 2, 1976, Fiji
One of my Gauya Maha Godbrothers, big, he became the head of this Bhag Bazaar Gauya Maha. So his wife was debauched, and she was bringing new paramour, and the child protested. Pua Ka: New? Prabhupda: Paramour. And the boy, he was ten years or twelve years old, he could understand: Who is this man? So he protested and said, I shall tell all these things to my father. And he was killed.
Pua Ka: The boy was killed? Prabhupda: By the mother. Hari-auri: She murdered him? Prabhupda: Yes. Killed means given poison. And the father, that is, my Godbrother, seeing this, he also took poison. This is the end of Gauya Maha scandal. He was also one of the trustees. This Trtha Mahrja was a trustee, and another Godbrother and this man. In the beginning, they were made trustees. In the beginning, Prabhupda was to undergo surgical operation. So he was a little nervous, that I may die. So he made a scrap paper, that In case I die, these three disciples will be trustees of the Gauya Maha Institute.
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Thats all. So this Kuja Bbu kept this. There are many long histories. So one of the so-called trustees was this Vsudeva. So he died, his end was like this. Pua Ka: His son was killed, isnt it? Prabhupda: His wife was a regular prostitute, and she killed her child, and on this shock, he took poison and died.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- June 18, 1976, Toronto
Pua Ka: He killed himself, oh. Prabhupda: Naturally, he became shocked, that This is my family lifethe wife is prostitute and son is killed. What is the value of my life? This was his spiritual realization. Just see. (laughs) And he was made the chief, and one of the supporter was rdhara Mahrja. Pua Ka: Vsudeva rdhara? Prabhupda: No, no. He was made chief. Guru Mahrja did not make him chief. But after his passing away, some of our Godbrothers voted him chief.
Pua Ka: Am I mis...? You had told me once, Im not certain. Maybe I made a mistake. You said that Vsudeva, it was known fact that he was homosex? Prabhupda: Yes. Pua Ka: Vsudeva. Prabhupda: He was homosex and sex, everything.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- June 18, 1976, Toronto
Otherwise, kava dava adakanam (?), my Guru Mahrja used to say. Beg some rice and bring it and cook it and eat and sleep. Pradyumna: Kava daka? Prabhupda: Kava dava adakanam. As all our Godbrothers are doing. They have got a little temple, and a few devotees go and beg rice and cook it and eat and sleep, thats all. Pua Ka: Like being dead almost. Prabhupda: No fighting spirit. hkura dekhiya (indistinct). Just make a Deity, show. Our Trtha Mahrja is doing that.
His whole idea was, that I have now captured the birthplace of Caitanya Mahprabhu by high court favor. Now I have got everything. People will come and theyll pay something, and that will be my income for my family. As the caste gosvms do in Navadvpa and other... A means of livelihood. He has no devotion. He wanted as a means of income. Like the Vndvana gosvms, Navadvpa gosvms do. Little devotion, automatically, there is. They are, after all, worshiping the Deity. But their purpose is different. Just like we have established RdhVndvanacandra not that people will come and pay something.
Who will come here, in this foreign country or in this secluded place? So our aim is to make the devotees real devotees. Not for earning money. When we establish a center in a place like this, where is the idea of getting money? (laughs) Who will come here? One, it is a foreign country, nobody knows what is Ka. And one has to come with so great difficulty, on the mountain. And who is coming to pay for it? After spending so much money, they will come here to pay? Our process is that wherever we stay, we worship Ka. As far as possible.
That we are doing. Not for earning money but spending money. Now Trtha Mahrja is seeing that without getting Caitanya Mahprabhus birthsite, Swami Mahrja, he is attracting lakhs of people. Without the favor of high court, he is attracting. That is his envy.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- July 2, 1976, New Vrindaban
They make this money-making machine. They do not know the money will automatically come you are sincere. You havent got to make it a machine. Money Ka will send. But they have no faith in Ka. They have faith in their own ability. Yes, we shall earn money in this way, by showing the Deity. They dont recognize Kas everything. They think By high court judgement, if we capture this place, then money will come.
Indian man: O.B.L. Kapoor? Vndvana... Prabhupda: Vndvana, yes. That Bhaktivedanta Swami speaks as strongly as Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat was speaking. You know that? Krodakay: Oh, yes. I met so many times. I understand also. Prabhupda: He said that. Jayatrtha: Very nice compliment. Krodakay: He also said that rla Prabhupda is only one who has really taken the, his mission seriously. Prabhupda: That is a fact. Of course, I dont say myself. That will not look good, but there is other... They, all my Godbrothers, realize it.
But he is only representative. Somebody, they frankly admit, and somebody do not.
====== REF. Conversation at House of Krodakay dsa July 25, 1976, London
We are eternal servant of Ka, but sometimes the servant thinks, Why shall I remain a servant? Let me become master. That is natural. A master is always in comfortable situation. Sometimes the servant becomes envious: Oh, why this man should always remain in comfortable position and we shall serve? Why not we become also in comfortable position? Let me eat as he eats, or Let me sleep now. These are so-called comforts. So they want to imitate.
When the living being imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he falls down. Ka bhuliy jva bhoga vch kare, pasate my tre jpaiy dhare. As soon as he forgets his positionhe wants to imitate that is the beginning of my, falldown. You should be very careful.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 5.6.3 -Vndvana, November 25, 1976
Some of Lord Kas pastimes are mentioned in the Mahbhrata as mauala-ll. These include the stories of the destruction of the Yadu dynasty, Kas disappearance, His being pierced by a hunters arrow, the story of Kas being an incarnation of a piece of hair (kea-avatra) as well as mahiharaa, the kidnapping of Kas queens. Actually these are not factual but are related for the bewilderment of the asuras, who want to prove that Ka is an ordinary human being. They are false in the sense that these pastimes are not eternal, nor are they transcendental or spiritual.
====== REF. Madhya 23.117-118
Anyone who is contaminated by envy, he cannot become Vaiava. He may be a envious animal, but Vaiava is paramahasa, paramo nirmatsarm. He is not envious. Para-dukha-dukh. Vaiava, para-dukha-dukh.
====== REF. Speech -- Vndvana, April 27, 1975
Prabhupda: A devotee is never envious of another devotee. He is not a devotee. Tad-adhneu maitr. One who is devotee, we have to make friendship with them. How we can hate them?
Just like I am pushing on this Ka consciousness movement, I am doing so many things which sometimes my Godbrothers out of envy criticize. But I know what is the circumstances how to do it. They do not know it. I know my business. So that is their fault. Their own buddhi business, then simply criticize How he is acting. Find out some fault. Just like Lord Buddha was criticized by the Vedic brhmaas, Oh, you are stopping animal sacrifice? It is already in the Vedas. Because it is sacrifice, the animal is also sacrificed, so how you can stop animal sacrifice? But Lord Buddha, nindasi yaja-vidher ahaha ruti-jtam.
ruti-jtam. In the Vedas there is recommendation for animal sacrifice, but he began to deride. So his business was to deride the Vedic principles, that I do not care for these Vedas. Therefore Buddhas religion was not accepted in India. He criticized. He criticized the Vedic principles. In the Vedic principles there is recommendation for animal sacrifice, and he criticized, This is not good. Dont do this. Therefore it is criticism. Vedic injunction should be accepted as it is. You cannot criticize. Then there is no Vedic authority. So therefore he defied Vedic authorities.
As such, he was not accepted, strictly followers of the Vedas. But he has got a different purpose. The ordinary man cannot understand. But one who is devotee, he knows that why he has done this. Therefore they offer their obeisances, keava dhta-buddha-arra jaya jagada hare. A devotee does not accept the philosophy of Buddha but accepts him as incarnation of Lord Ka and offers obeisances.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- Mexico, May 4, 1972
Prabhupda: No fighting spirit. hkura dekhiya (indistinct). Just make a Deity, show. Our Trtha Mahrja is doing that. His whole idea was, that I have now captured the birthplace of Caitanya Mahprabhu by high court favor. Now I have got everything. People will come and theyll pay something, and that will be my income for my family. As the caste gosvms do in Navadvpa and other... A means of livelihood. He has no devotion. He wanted as a means of income. Like the Vndvana gosvms, Navadvpa gosvms do. Little devotion, automatically, there is. They are, after all, worshiping the Deity.
But their purpose is different. Just like we have established Rdh-Vndvanacandra not that people will come and pay something. Who will come here, in this foreign country or in this secluded place? So our aim is to make the devotees real devotees. Not for earning money. When we establish a center in a place like this, where is the idea of getting money? (laughs) Who will come here? One, it is a foreign country, nobody knows what is Ka. And one has to come with so great difficulty, on the mountain. And who is coming to pay for it? After spending so much money, they will come here to pay?
Our process is that wherever we stay, we worship Ka. As far as possible. That we are doing. Not for earning money but spending money. Now Trtha Mahrja is seeing that without getting Caitanya Mahprabhus birthsite, Swami Mahrja, he is attracting lakhs of people. Without the favor of high court, he is attracting. That is his envy.
If you prosecute the path of karma, there is envy between the karms. If you become greater than me in execution of your fruitive activities, I become envious of you: Oh, this man is making so much progress in business or in some other way, in practice. I could not do. So I become envious. Similarly, if I advance, my friend becomes envious. So karma-mrga is the path of enviousness. Therefore rmad-Bhgavata says paramo nirmatsarm [SB 1.1.2]. The Bhgavata is meant for persons who are absolutely free from enviousness.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 6.1.14 -Bombay, November 10, 1970
But Caitanya Mahprabhus movement is for the paramahasa, who is not envious. Paramo nirmatsar sat vstava vastu vedyam atra. Nirmatsara [SB 1.1.2], when one is not envious of others. That is called nirma..., Because in the material world, everyone is envious of another person. That is the nature. Therefore there is so much fight. Everyone is envious. Nation is another nations against, envious, even person to person, brother to brother, family to family, community to community. Everywhere, matsarata. Parautkaraam asahanam (indistinct).
Matsarata means one cannot tolerate others flourishing condition. Immediately envious. But this system, Ka consciousness, is meant for paramo nirmatsarm. One who has learned this art not to become envious. Tolerant. That is the qualification of saintly persons. Kind. Tin... Hm? What is that? Titikava kruika. Those who are preachers, they should be titikava. Titikava means titika, tolerance. There will be so much insult, inconveniences, against party, everything. We have to tolerate. Titikava krua.
At the same time, we have to distribute the mercy of Caitanya Mahprabhu. Titikava kruika. Suhda sarvabhtnm, and friend of everyone, there is no distinction. Friend of everyone. Ajtaatrava. By their action theyll not create any enemy. Ajtaatrava santa, peaceful. Ajtaatrava santa sdhava sdhubha. These are the decoration of sdhus, saintly persons. Titikava kruika. I think this loka is there in the Kapilas teaching to His mother. Titikava kruika, ajtaatrava santa, sdhava sdhubha.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 6.1.47 -Detroit, June 13, 1976
Yes. A pure devotee, sat nind, a pure devotee who is trying to spread the holy name of God, if somebody becomes envious upon him, that person is a great offender. So another devotee should be very much angry upon such person. Krodha bhaktadvei-jane. Bhakta-dvei means one who is envious of a pure devotee. And who is a pure devotee? Who is trying to spread the holy name of the Lord all over the world. Sat nind. This is offense. So a
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatm 6.2.9-10 -Allahabad, January 15, 1971
Therefore my Guru Mahrja used to say that This is not the place for a gentleman to live, because surrounded by envious persons, especially to the devotees. Especially when a man becomes devoted to the Lord, he creates... He does not create, but the atmosphere is suchmany enemies.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 6.3.16-17 -Gorakhpur, February 10, 1971
And how to make friendship with the devotees. Loving God, Ka, and making friendship with devotees, who is devotee. Not to become envious of the devotees, but to make friendship. If the devotee is uttama adhikr, he should take lessons from him. If hes equal, then he should make friendship with him. And if hes lower, then he should try to help him to become higher devotee. This is the business of devotee. vare tad-adhneu blieu dviatsu ca. vara, to love Ka, how to increase... Yato bhaktir adhokaje.
Simply to increase. How I can better, render better service to Ka. This is one business. Another business is to make friendship. Anyone who is devotee, to make friendship with him. And other, blieu, those who are innocent, those who are not offender, but innocent persons... Just like child, simple, They should preach amongst them Ka consciousness. Because they are innocent.
====== REF. The Nectar of Devotion -Vndvana, October 23, 1972
So: Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure. In the material pleasure, if I see you happy, I am unhappy; If I see you unhappy, I become happy. This is nature. I may say otherwise, but material nature is, if one is put into difficulty, then I become very happy, and if I am happy, others become envious. This is material pleasure. Whereas spiritual pleasure means that when one sees Ka is happy, a devotees happy, the other devotee becomes happier. That is spiritual pleasure. In the spiritual world there is competition, but when one is advanced, the competitor become happy: Oh, hes so advanced.
I could not do so. There is no enviousness. In the material world, if one is advanced, other, who is not advanced, hes envious. This is the difference between spiritual pleasure and material pleasure. It is not difficult to understand. Material pleasure means if you are happy, I become unhappy; if you are unhappy, then I become happy. This is material pleasure. And spiritual pleasure means by seeing your happiness, I become happy. By seeing... But there is no distress in the spiritual world. Simply by seeing the happiness of other devotee, another devotee becomes happier.
====== REF. The Nectar of Devotion -Vndvana, November 3, 1972
rdhara Swami says. If in, if somebody is advancing, somebody is making improvement, his neighbors, his friends, even most intimate friends, they also become envious: Oh, this man is advancing so much. This man is becoming so rich, so popular. Envious. So Vaiava is not envious. If somebody advances more than him, he appreciates: Oh, hes so nice that he has advanced more than me. I could not serve Ka in such a nice way. That is Vaiavism. And if one is enviousOh, this man is going so fast. Let him, let us put some impediments on this pathhes not Vaiava; hes hnasya jantu. Hes animal.
Vaiava cannot be envious. Therefore Vaiava cult... This is paramo nirmatsarm [SB 1.1.2]. No matsarat, no enviousness. Satm, devotees. Devotees means he must be nirmatsara.
====== REF. The Nectar of Devotion -Calcutta, January 30, 1973
The more we have got men, engage them. And do not think that temple cleaning and Deity worshiping are different. Do not be envious, that This person has been given the in charge of decorating the Deity, and I have (been) given to wash the temple where there are not Deity. No. It is the same thing. There is no difference. It is spiritual. In spiritual... Just like either you worship Kas lotus feet or you offer a garland to Ka on His head, it is the same thing. It is no such thing as This is head, this is tail.
====== REF. r Caitanya-caritmta, Madhya-ll 20.395 -- Hyderabad, August 17, 1976
So I am very much pleased. I will not take much time. The rtik time is now. You do not be disappointed by the activities of some envious person. Bhgavatadharma is meant for the nonenvious person. Paramo nirmatsarm [SB 1.1.2]. Nirmatsara. Anyone who is contaminated by envy, he cannot become Vaiava. He may be a envious animal, but Vaiava is paramahasa, paramo nirmatsarm. He is not envious.
====== REF. Speech -- Vndvana, April 27, 1975
Prabhupda: Just like my Guru Mahrja did not travel all over the world, so I have got double energy than him. So you must triple energy, four times energy than me. Then actually disciple. My Godbrothers are envious because they could not do. They could not do even half of Guru Mahrjas work, and I am doing ten times. So therefore they are envious. So if an ordinary man like me can do ten times, you are Americanstwenty times, then you are successful.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- Sydney, April 2, 1972, (new98)
My Guru Mahrja used to say, pra arthe yara sei hetu pracra. One who has got life, he can preach. The dead man cannot preach. So you become with life, not like dead man. Without life... Just like all my godbrothers. They are dead men. And therefore they are envious of my activities. They have no life. If you want to make easy-going life, showing the Deity and then sleep, then it is a failure movement.
====== REF. Morning Walk at Marine del Rey -- July 13, 1974, Los Angeles
Brahmnanda: Swami Bon. Prabhupda: How? Satsvarpa: It was an interreligion meeting, and there were representatives from different Christian..., and he was there for Gauya Vaiavism or Ka consciousness. But he didnt give any strong argument; he just presented it as if it were another way. Prabhupda: What is that way? Satsvarpa: Well, he said, he described it very... About Rdh... That Lord Caitanya is RdhKa combined. Prabhupda: That we say also. Satsvarpa: Yes, but the boys who were there, they said it wasnt at all the way you speak.
He wasnt saying that ours was the best. Prabhupda: No, ours is the best, neither he is best nor it is as it is. Satsvarpa: One of our men spoke up and said that, the president of Toronto temple, Uttamaloka, he said, So far weve just discussed different religions from a relative point of view. Why dont we discuss what is the Absolute Truth? And they all became... They didnt like that. They said, We feel defensive when you speak like this. Brahmnanda: And Swami Bon said that You dont know so much.
Satsvarpa: Yeah, he criticized our Uttamaloka. And then he said, Gauya Vaiavas, they dont engage in argumentation and debate. So Uttamaloka said, Yes, Lord Caitanya argued with Praknanda. Prabhupda: Oh, yes, very good. Satsvarpa: But Swami Bon said, No, He didnt convert him by argument, He converted him by the effulgence. Prabhupda: (To Bon:) But there was argument, rascal. (laughter) Satsvarpa: And as a result of that... Prabhupda: He is a rascal, rascal.
Satsvarpa: He told one professor that our devotees in general, theyre not tolerant when someone speaks something. Prabhupda: (To Bon:) You are also not tolerant. Why you have come here? Because you are envious. You are the most intolerant. You are blaspheming. Satsvarpa: Yes. He also said that on the altar in Toronto... Its an altar just like in all our temples. He said, Lord Caitanya should not be there with Rdh-Ka. They have them separated like... Prabhupda: Why? My Guru Mahrja have so many Mypur temples, Caitanya Mahprabhu. Brahmnanda: All the Gauya temples, they all have...
Bhvnanda: Yogapha has. Prabhupda: Everywhere. Brahmnanda: Bombay. [break] Prabhupda: ...men should be very strong to protest. They must know he has come purposely, purposefully. Of course, he will not be able to do anything. Simply ask him, You, sir, what you have done for the last forty years? And who asked you to start this institute? And why you were called back by Guru Mahrja? You ask these things. And you performed some ceremony for neutralizing your guru-apardha. He did it. Some astrologer... He admitted that I have offended my Guru Mahrja.
So I am not improving. So can you suggest anything? He said that You offer 108 bilva patra to Lord iva. And he did it for so many... among the professors. I know this one Professor afraid to come and see his parents and come back to America. Prabhupda: ...the Christian meeting, where it was? Satsvarpa: In Toronto, different professors. Prabhupda: What was the subject? Satsvarpa: Just world religions with representatives from different religions. Each would speak on their understanding.
They asked him what is Ka consciousness or Gauya Vaisnavism. Prabhupda: And who asked for the Absolute Truth, that...? Satsvarpa: Uttamaloka dsa. Prabhupda: Hmm. So, they avoided. Satsvarpa: Yes, they asked him... Swami Bon said, Dont speak. Prabhupda: Huh? Satsvarpa: He asked Uttamaloka, Dont speak. You shouldnt... Prabhupda: What right he has got to say like that? It was a meeting. He did not say, What right you have got to say me? The president, he was president or what?
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Satsvarpa: Hes a president. Prabhupda: No, no, in the meeting... Satsvarpa: No, Swami Bon was just a guest also. Prabhupda: So why he can, why he said like, Dont speak? Prabhupda. This is described in the Bhgavata and the Caitanyacaritmta also. Ka akti vina nahe ka nme pracra: Without Kas special power of attorney, nobody can preach His name. Caitanya-caritmta. So these rascals, Godbrothers, they are envious that... What he has written? Bon Mahrja. Just see what kind of men they are. They are not even ordinary human being.
They are envious of me, and what to speak of make a judgment by estimation? Theyre envious. Enviousness is immediately disqualification of Vaiava, immediate. He is not a human being. Paramo nirmatsar sat [SB 1.1.2]. This Bhgavatam is meant for the person who is completely not envious. That is the beginning. Why a Vaiava should be envious for anyone? Everyone is working according to his karma. He is trying to rectify him, that Be out of these clutches of karma. You come to bhakti. Why he should be envious? Vchkalpatarubhya ca kpsindhubhya eva ca.
A Vaiava should be like ocean of mercy to reclaim the fallen souls. That is Vaiavas qualification. So Vaiava should be envious? Just see. So these persons, they are not even human being, what to speak of Vaiava. Vaiava cannot be envious. Vaiava should be: Oh, my Lords name is being broadcast. He is getting, giving so much service to make Ka known. That man has appreciated, that All these spiritual leaders, they are deriding. You are the only man... You are... It enthuses us, give us more encouragement, that you are keeping intact, love of Ka. This is an appreciation.
Why he should be envious? He should be, rather, very much enthused that This single man is keeping Ka all over the world. And everyone is deriding. Even Gandhi is killing Ka. Dr. Radhakrishnan is killing. Their only business is to kill Ka. He is also doing that, our, this Bon Mahrja. He never speaks of Ka. His rascal, that Institute of Indian Philosophy, nobody goes to urine(?) there. We see practically. And our temple is always filled up, five hundred men. And he is trying for the last forty years. He is simply planning: This will be playground.
This will be this ground. This will be this ground. And it is becoming jungle. Still, he is so envious, black snake. So one circular letter should be issued to all our center, that Any Bon Mahrja or anyone, his representative, should not be received. They are envious. Yes. Quoting that. We have got several complaints like that. Satsvarpa also complained. Sometimes our order was cancelled by Bon Mahrjas propaganda. Pua Ka: You mean he has been corresponding with professors in America? Prabhupda: Yes. Because he has got that background.
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Pua Ka: From catalog, with his literature. There must be some catalog or something that his list of books is in. Prabhupda: His books? Pua Ka: Something. Or the Oriental... Prabhupda: He has no book. Harikea: Just that one book. Prabhupda: That is also. Pua Ka: Also, when I read that book, long time ago, he said in the introduction that once he took a vow for two years not to speak anything. I thought it was very strange for a Vaiava. Harikea: He lived underneath the ground in one cell. You know that?
Prabhupda: Yes. Just make a show. Pua Ka: Youve said, Yes, if someone can only speak nonsense, they shouldnt speak. But if they can speak about Ka to glorify Kakathayanta ca m nityamthen always they can talk about Ka. Prabhupda: He said? Pua Ka: No, you say. He said, I have taken vow not to speak anything. I thought it was crazy. Prabhupda: That is condemned by Prahlda Mahrja. You will find in Prahlda Mahrja that This is for professional men to get some prestige. Prahlda Mahrja said like that.
====== REF. Morning Walk -- October 17, 1975, Johannesburg
Prabhupda: Sixty years, they could not do any of these books. And still they are envious. Within sixty years they could not attract any foreign student or any book published. And still, they are proud. They have got all the blessings of Bhaktisiddhnta. Yaodnandana: They cannot even attract Indian students. Prabhupda: Just see, how black snakes they are. Yaodnandana: They do pretty good with old widows, however. (laughter)
====== REF. Morning Walk -- March 9, 1976, Mypur
Prabhupda: A devotee is never envious of another devotee. He is not a devotee. Tad-adhneu maitr. One who is devotee, we have to make friendship with them. How we can hate them? Devotees: Jaya, all glories to rla Prabhupda. (end)
Just like our Godbrothers. They are envious. What I have done to them? I am doing my business, trying to serve my Guru Mahrja. But they are envious because I am so opulent. I have got so much fame, so many influence, so much influence all over the world. Everyone is praising me about... That is ignorance. And this is regrettable because they are posing themselves as Vaiava. Ordinary man can do that, but they are dressing like Vaiava, and they are so envious. That Trtha Mahrja, unnecessarily he was envious, whole life fighting, fighting, fighting in the court and died. Simply planning.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay
They cannot. They... Those who are intelligent, they are making something, rdhara Mahrja and others. But this man was envious, this Trtha Mahrja, because... He advertised that he is the only favorite student of Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat. (laughs) But spiritually he was empty. Materially he was capable, how to manage things. But spiritually he was zero. That Prabhupda also knew and everyone knows. He had no spiritual understanding. Materially he helped Guru Mahrja how to organize. Therefore he liked him, that This man is expert manager.
====== REF. Conversation and Instruction On New Movie -- January 13, 1977, Allahabad
Prabhupda: No, no. This Dmodara Mahrja. Jayapatk: The chief minister. Prabhupda: Yes. Jayapatk: Yes? He gave false name; he signed it false. He said that were coming with banduka and chasing the sdhus and that were harassing people, beating them. So many things he wrote, false. He said, Most envious is Bhavnanda and just like him is Jayapatk. Then he said that Tapomaya, he is simply their lackey. He goes and harasses people, this and that. Then the police came, and they showed us the letter, and we both looked at each other and said,
This looks like something that Dmodara Mahrja would do. So we advised the police, We think that he did it. So the police went over there and they said as soon as they had the letter he started shaking. They said, Is this your letter? He said, No. He says, You wrote this letter. Because they could see he was nervous. They are experienced. They said, All right, you give your signature. And then he signed, and although he tried to change it, they said, No. This is the same signature. Now were going to take you to the thn. [police station] No, no. I am sometimes a little crazy.
mi eku pgala. I didnt mean this... Then he admitted. But he sent that to the chief minister. Prabhupda: Just see. How envious.
====== REF. Room Conversation -- February 10, 1977, Mypura
Rabhupda: Yes. The same condition as it was. They have no life, dead body. Now it will deteriorate more and more. Trtha Mahrja, envious, managing.
====== REF. rla Prabhupda Vigil -- May 28-29, 1977, Vndvana
I think both Acyutananda and Jaya Govinda have been poisoned by this Parvat and thus it is useless to request them to work for the society. Neither they have shown any capability till now. Under the circumstances, I think there is no hope of getting any service from these boys regarding our mission. I wrote one letter jointly addressed to Acyutananda and Jaya Govinda but they have not replied the same. I think as Bon Maharaja poisoned the mind of Hrsikesa, similarly these boys have been entrapped by Parvat.
This Parvat is one of the disciples of my God-brother but he is so salient that he has not replied to my letters, but, instead of replying my letter, he has the impudency of writing to Rayarama. Rayarama may not reply this letter until I have seen it. He appears to be as venomous as Bon Maharaja. They are all envious of my activities here. As Jaya Govinda has not yet left for Bombay, there is no need of issuing indemnity letter in his favor. I do not understand why he has requested to address the indemnity letter to Parvat Maharaja.
These are very doubtful things. I do not know how to deal with these boys. Both of them are silent about my letter of Oct. 13, 1968 which I wrote them about realizing the money from Hitsaran. I am really very sorry for them
====== REF. Letter to: Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 2 November, 1968
You are just a child and only by Krishna's Grace you've taken the courage to go to Germany to open a center and work very hard. So I am rather envious of your advancement in Krishna Consciousness because when I was of your age I had no such energy, although my father was always educating me in Krishna Consciousness from the very beginning. So I am sure that your efforts will be successful.
====== REF. Letter to: Krsna dasa -- Los Angeles 1 January, 1969
This Bon Maharaja, perhaps you do not know, has been rejected by Guru Maharaja. So I cannot recommend him as siksa guru. I think that he has no actual spiritual asset. For spiritual advancement of life, we must go to one who is actually practicing spiritual life; not to some head of a mundane institution, not to one who has offended his Spiritual Master in so many ways. I do not wish to go into all details here, but I must inform you that this Bon Maharaja may be considered as a black snake, and at the time of His Disappearance, my Guru Maharaja did not even wish to have him in His presence due to the character of this Bon Maharaja.
So if you are actually serious to take instructions from a siksa guru, I can refer you to one who is most highly competent of all my god-brothers. This is B.R. Sridhara Maharaja, whom I consider to be even my siksa guru, so what to speak of the benefit that you can have from his association. He is living in Navadvipa, and if you like, I can give you letter of introduction as well as I will send him letter to allow you to stay there with him.
So if you and Acyutananda are not lost to the poison of Bon Maharaja, and are still serious about advancement of your spiritual life, I will advise you to go to Sridhara Maharaja. Or else I do not know what will save you. So my advice to you both is that you immediately leave the unhealthy and envious association of Bon Maharaja and either proceed to Germany as I have instructed you, or at least go to someone who will be competent to act as siksha guru. This is Sridhara Maharaja.
====== REF. Letter to: Hrsikesa -- Los Angeles 31 January, 1969
So far envy is concerned it can be used only upon the non-devotees. In the transcendental world a devotee is never envious of another devotee on account of his excellence but on the contrary if a devotee finds some excellence in other devotees he eulogizes the devotee admitting his own subordinate position. Although in the spiritual world there is no such concept of subordination still devotees on account of being very humble and meek think that way.
In the material world the same thing is expressed in a perverted form. But in the Spiritual world to accept one's inferior position does not mean envious mentality upon the other. Unhappiness experienced by devotee on account of feeling himself inferior is not unusual rather such mentality is impetuous to further development of devotional service.
====== REF. Letter to: Satsvarupa -- Los Angeles 20 February, 1969
Regarding the Gaudiya Math, our position has nothing to do with them. They cannot do anything and if somebody does something, they will be envious. That is the nature of third class men. My Guru Maharaja once told this story; one friend informed another that one man has become the High Court Judge. `Òh no,'' he replied, ``No. That cannot be right.'' ``Yes, he is now a Judge,'' said the first friend. `Ì have seen him sitting on the bench.'' The second man replied, ``Maybe. But I don't think he is getting any salary.'' Such envious men will find out some fault anywhere. There is no fault, actually, but they will manufacture some fault.
That is their business. So many persons were envious of my Guru Maharaja, but He was preaching and did not care for them.
====== REF. Letter to: Yamuna -- Bombay 18 November, 1970
Please accept my humble obeisances. I am in due receipt of your letter dated on November 24, 1970. Perhaps you are my only Godbrother who has appreciated my humble service to the cause of Guru Gauranga. All my other Godbrothers are very much envious, as I can understand from their behavior.
====== REF. Letter to: Puri Maharaja -Bombay 2 December, 1970
Your second letter from Allahabad. It appears that you have been poisoned by some rascals. Such rascals cannot do anything to push on the mission of Lord Caitanya but can put hindrances in the path of spreading KC all over the world. I am very sorry that you have fallen a victim of such poisonous serpents. Because such easy going rascals are unable to assume the position of ``Prabhupada'' or unfit for the post, they are so envious and you are talking on their behalf. I am very sorry for this.
====== REF. Letter to: Niranjana -Vrindaban 1 November, 1972
But in any case, if there is fight amongst yourselves over these things, book distribution, competition, you should not develop ill-feeling. That depends on the persons. If ill-feeling is there, then stop it and all together chant Hare Krishna. Those who are behind should eulogize those who are advanced. If you become envious, that is material.
====== REF. Letter to: Sri Govinda -- Bombay 25 December, 1972
He personally instructed me that books are more important than big temples. At Radha Kunda he told me that since constructing the big marble temple at Bhag Bazar, there have been so many difficulties. Our men our envious over who will live in which room. I think it would be better to take off all the marbles and sell them and print books. He told me this personally. So I am always emphasizing book distribution. It is the better kirtana. It is better than chanting. Of course chanting should not stop, but book distribution is the best kirtana.
====== REF. Letter to: Srutadeva: -- Mayapur 24 October, 1974
Yes, Swami Bon is envious. What can be done?

====== REF. Letter to: Ramesvara: -Ahmedabad 29 September, 1975
I have instructed Pusta Krishna Swami to issue one newsletter to the temple presidents, GBC, and sannyasis concerning the nefarious activities of Swami Bon. Kindly copy this and send out to all the temples accordingly that they should have no dealings with Swami Bon or others who are envious.
====== REF. Letter to: Ramesvara -Johannesburg 17 October, 1975
One should know the crya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.
====== REF. di 1.46
Influenced by an envious temperament and dissatisfied because of an attitude of sense gratification, mundaners criticize a real crya. In fact, however, a bona fide crya is nondifferent from the Personality of Godhead, and therefore to envy such an crya is to envy the Personality of Godhead Himself. This will produce an effect subversive of transcendental realization
====== REF. di 1.46
It is the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu that the benevolent activities of the sakrtana movement, which was inaugurated five hundred years ago in Navadvpa, be spread all over the world for the benefit of all human beings. Unfortunately, there are many so-called followers of Caitanya Mahprabhu who are satisfied simply to construct a temple, make a show of the Deities, collect some funds and utilize them for eating and sleeping. There is no question of their preaching the cult of r Caitanya Mahprabhu all over the world.
But even though they are unable to do so, if anyone else does it they become envious. This is the condition of the modern followers of Caitanya Mahprabhu. The Age of Kali is so strong that it affects even the so-called followers of Lord Caitanya. At least the followers of Caitanya Mahprabhu must come out of India to preach His cult all over the world, for this is the mission of Lord Caitanya. The followers of Lord Caitanya must execute His will with heart and soul, being more tolerant than the trees and humbler than the straw in the street.
====== REF. di 9.47
r Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm sets the example of offering obeisances to all the preacher devotees of Lord Caitanya, without distinction as to higher and lower. Unfortunately, at present there are many foolish socalled devotees of Lord Caitanya who make such distinctions. For example, the title Prabhupda is offered to a spiritual master, especially to a distinguished spiritual master such as rla Rpa Gosvm Prabhupda, rla Jva Gosvm Prabhupda or rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat Gosvm Prabhupda.
When our disciples similarly wanted to address their spiritual master as Prabhupda, some foolish people became envious. Not considering the propaganda work of the Hare Ka movement, simply because these disciples addressed their spiritual master as Prabhupda they became so envious that they formed a faction along with other such envious persons just to minimize the value of the Ka consciousness movement. To chastise such fools, Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm very frankly says, rla Narottama dsa hkura says, chiy vaiava sev nistra peyeche keb:
unless one serves a Vaiava, he cannot be delivered. The spiritual master initiates the disciple to deliver him, and if the disciple executes the order of the spiritual master and does not offend other Vaiavas, his path is clear. Consequently r Caitanya Mahprabhu requested all the Vaiavas present to show mercy toward the two brothers, Rpa and Santana, who had just been initiated by the Lord. When a Vaiava sees that another Vaiava is a recipient of the Lords mercy, he becomes very happy. Vaiavas are not envious.
If a Vaiava, by the mercy of the Lord, is empowered by Him to distribute the Lords holy name all over the world, other Vaiavas become very joyful that is, if they are truly Vaiavas. One who is envious of the success of a Vaiava is certainly not a Vaiava himself but is an ordinary, mundane man. Envy and jealousy are manifested by mundane people, not by Vaiavas. Why should a Vaiava be envious of another Vaiava who is successful in spreading the holy name of the Lord?
An actual Vaiava is very pleased to accept another Vaiava who is bestowing the Lords mercy. A mundane person in the dress of a Vaiava should not be respected but rejected. This is enjoined in the stra (upek). The word upek means neglect. One should neglect an envious person. A preachers duty is to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friendships with Vaiavas, show mercy to the innocent and reject or neglect those who are envious or jealous.
There are many jealous people in the dress of Vaiavas in this Ka consciousness movement, and they should be completely neglected. There is no need to serve a jealous person who is in the dress of a Vaiava. When Narottama dsa hkura says chiy vaiava sev nistra peyeche keb, he is indicating an actual Vaiava, not an envious or jealous person in the dress of a Vaiava.
====== REF. Madhya 1.218
rla Narottama dsa hkura says, chiy vaiava sev nistra peyeche keb: unless one serves a Vaiava, he cannot be delivered. The spiritual master initiates the disciple to deliver him, and if the disciple executes the order of the spiritual master and does not offend other Vaiavas, his path is clear. Consequently r Caitanya Mahprabhu requested all the Vaiavas present to show mercy toward the two brothers, Rpa and Santana, who had just been initiated by the Lord. When a Vaiava sees that another Vaiava is a recipient of the Lords mercy, he becomes very happy. Vaiavas are not envious.
If a Vaiava, by the mercy of the Lord, is empowered by Him to distribute the Lords holy name all over the world, other Vaiavas become very joyfulthat is, if they are truly Vaiavas. One who is envious of the success of a Vaiava is certainly not a Vaiava himself but is an ordinary, mundane man. Envy and jealousy are manifested by mundane people, not by Vaiavas. Why should a Vaiava be envious of another Vaiava who is successful in spreading the holy name of the Lord? An actual Vaiava is very pleased to accept another Vaiava who is bestowing the Lords mercy.
A mundane person in the dress of a Vaiava should not be respected but rejected. This is enjoined in the stra (upek). The word upek means neglect. One should neglect an envious person. A preachers duty is to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friendships with Vaiavas, show mercy to the innocent and reject or neglect those who are envious or jealous. There are many jealous people in the dress of Vaiavas in this Ka consciousness movement, and they should be completely neglected. There is no need to serve a jealous person who is in the dress of a Vaiava.
When Narottama dsa hkura says chiy vaiava sev nistra peyeche keb, he is indicating an actual Vaiava, not an envious or jealous person in the dress of a Vaiava.
====== REF. Madhya 1.218
Almost all the conditioned souls within the material world are envious. Jealous people generally turn against one who automatically attains some reputation. This is natural for jealous people. Consequently, when a devotee is fit to receive worldly reputation, he is envied by many people. This is quite natural. When a person, out of humility, does not desire fame, people generally think him quite humble and consequently give him all kinds of fame. Actually a Vaiava does not hanker after fame or a great reputation. Mdhavendra Pur,
the king of Vaiavas, bore his reputation, but he wanted to keep himself outside of the vision of the general populace. He wanted to cover his real identity as a great devotee of the Lord, but when people saw him overwhelmed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead, they naturally gave credit to him. Actually a first-class reputation is due Mdhavendra Pur because he was a most confidential devotee of the Lord. Sometimes a sahajiy presents himself as being void of desires for reputation (pratih) in order to become famous as a humble man. Such people cannot actually attain the platform of celebrated Vaiavas. Madhya 4.148
====== REF. Madhya 4.148
The prkta-sahajiys are not even worthy of being called Vaiavas. They think that only caste gosvms should be called Prabhupda. Such ignorant sahajiys call themselves vaiava-dsa-anudsa, which means the servant of the servant of the Vaiavas [Cc. Madhya 13.80]. However, they are opposed to addressing a pure Vaiava as Prabhupda. In other words, they are envious of a bona fide spiritual master who is addressed as Prabhupda, and they commit offenses by considering a bona fide spiritual master an ordinary human being or a member of a certain caste.
rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hkura describes such sahajiys as most unfortunate. Because of their misconceptions, they fall into a hellish condition. Madhya 10.24
====== REF. Madhya 10.24
The prkta-sahajiys are not even worthy of being called Vaiavas. They think that only caste gosvms should be called Prabhupda. Such ignorant sahajiys call themselves vaiava-dsa-anudsa, which means the servant of the servant of the Vaiavas [Cc. Madhya 13.80]. However, they are opposed to addressing a pure Vaiava as Prabhupda. In other words, they are envious of a bona fide spiritual master who is addressed as Prabhupda, and they commit offenses by considering a bona fide spiritual master an ordinary human being or a member of a certain caste.
rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hkura describes such sahajiys as most unfortunate. Because of their misconceptions, they fall into a hellish condition. Madhya 10.24
====== REF. Madhya 10.24
By His practical example, r Caitanya Mahprabhu has shown us that all the grains of sand must be picked up thoroughly and thrown outside. r Caitanya Mahprabhu also cleansed the outside of the temple, fearing that the grains of sand would again come within. In this connection, rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hkura explains that even though one may become free from the desire for fruitive activity, sometimes the subtle desire for fruitive activity again comes into being within the heart. One often thinks of conducting business to improve devotional activity.
But the contamination is so strong that it may later develop into misunderstanding, described as kui-ni (faultfinding) and pratih (the desire for name and fame and for high position), jva-his (envy of other living entities), niiddhcra (accepting things forbidden in the stra), kma (desire for material gain) and pj (hankering for popularity). The word kui-ni means duplicity. As an example of pratih, one may attempt to imitate rla Haridsa hkura by living in a solitary place.
Ones real desire may be for name and famein other words, one thinks that fools will accept one to be as good as Haridsa hkura just because one lives in a solitary place. These are all material desires. A neophyte devotee is certain to be attacked by other material desires as well, namely desires for women and money. In this way the heart is again filled with dirty things and becomes harder and harder, like that of a materialist. Gradually one desires to become a reputed devotee or an avatra (incarnation)
====== REF. Madhya 12.135
This is characteristic of a Vaiava. He is never envious if another devotee receives the mercy and strength of r Caitanya Mahprabhu. A pure Vaiava is very happy to see a person elevated in devotional service. Unfortunately, there are many so-called Vaiavas who become envious to see someone actually recognized by r Caitanya Mahprabhu. It is a fact that no one can preach Caitanya Mahprabhus message without receiving the special mercy of the Lord. This is known to every Vaiava.
Yet there are some envious people who cannot tolerate the expansion of this Ka consciousness movement all over the world. They find fault with the preacher who has spread this movement and do not praise him for the excellent service he has rendered in fulfilling r Caitanya Mahprabhus mission. Madhya 14.22
====== REF. Madhya 14.22
In a conversation between Mrkaeya and Bhagratha, it is said, My dear King, one who derides an exalted devotee loses the results of his pious activities, his opulence, his reputation and his sons. Vaiavas are all great souls. Whoever blasphemes them falls down to the hell known as Mahraurava, accompanied by his forefathers. Whoever kills or blasphemes a Vaiava and whoever is envious of a Vaiava or angry with him, or whoever does not offer him obeisances or feel joy upon seeing him, certainly falls into a hellish condition.
====== REF. Madhya 15.261
The author of r Caitanyacaritmta, Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm, has condemned all his enemies by comparing them to envious hogs and pigs. The Ka consciousness movement, which is spreading throughout the world, is being appreciated by sincere people, although they have never previously heard of r Caitanya Mahprabhu and Kas pastimes. Now even the higher, priestly circles are appreciating this movement. They have concluded that this movement is very nice and that they have something to learn from it.
Nonetheless, in India there are some people who say that they belong to this cult but who are actually very envious of the crya. They have tried to suppress our activities in many ways, but as far as we are concerned, we follow in the footsteps of Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm and take them as envious pigs and hogs. We simply wish to present the pastimes of Lord Ka and r Caitanya Mahprabhu to the best of our ability so that those who are really honest can cleanse their hearts.
We hope that they enjoy this literature and bestow their blessings upon us. It appears that even such a great personality as Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm met with some envious obstacles; what, then, to speak of us, who are only insignificant creatures in this universe. We are simply trying to execute the orders of our spiritual master to the best of our ability. END OF THE MADHYA-LL
====== REF. Madhya 25.283
If we consider the bodily defects of a Vaiava, we should understand that we are committing an offense at the lotus feet of the Vaiava. An offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiava is very serious. Indeed, r Caitanya Mahprabhu has described this offense as ht-mt, the mad elephant offense. A mad elephant can create a disaster, especially when it enters into a nicely trimmed garden. One should therefore be very careful not to commit any offense against a Vaiava. Every devotee should be ready to take instructions from a superior Vaiava,
and a superior Vaiava must be ready to help an inferior Vaiava in all respects. One is superior or inferior according to his spiritual development in Ka consciousness. One is forbidden to observe the activities of a pure Vaiava from a material point of view. For the neophyte especially, considering a pure devotee from a material point of view is very injurious. One should therefore avoid observing a pure devotee externally, but should try to see the internal features and understand how he is engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. In this way one can avoid seeing the pure devotee from a material point of view, and thus one can gradually become a purified devotee himself.
============ REF. NoI 6
Those who think that Ka consciousness is limited to a certain section of people, a certain section of devotees or a certain tract of land are generally prone to see the external features of the devotee. Such neophytes, unable to appreciate the exalted service of the advanced devotee, try to bring the mah-bhgavata to their platform. We experience such difficulty in propagating this Ka consciousness all over the world. Unfortunately we are surrounded by neophyte Godbrothers who do not appreciate the extraordinary activities of spreading Ka consciousness all over the world.
They simply try to bring us to their platform, and they try to criticize us in every respect. We very much regret their naive activities and poor fund of knowledge. An empowered person who is actually engaged in the confidential service of the Lord should not be treated as an ordinary human being, for it is stated that unless one is empowered by Ka, one cannot spread the Ka consciousness movement all over the world.
====== REF. NoI
When one thus criticizes a pure devotee, he commits an offense (vaiava-apardha) that is very obstructive and dangerous for those who desire to advance in Ka consciousness. A person cannot derive any spiritual benefit when he offends the lotus feet of a Vaiava. Everyone should therefore be very careful not to be jealous of an empowered Vaiava, or a uddha-vaiava. It is also an offense to consider an empowered Vaiava an object of disciplinary action. It is offensive to try to give him advice or to correct him.
One can distinguish between a neophyte Vaiava and an advanced Vaiava by their activities. The advanced Vaiava is always situated as the spiritual master, and the neophyte is always considered his disciple. The spiritual master must not be subjected to the advice of a disciple, nor should a spiritual master be obliged to take instructions from those who are not his disciples. This is the sum and substance of rla Rpa Gosvms advice in the sixth verse
====== REF. NoI 6
Enemies arise due to mans envious nature. Cakya Paita says that there are two envious animalsserpents and men. Although you may be faultless, either may kill you. Of the two, Cakya paita says that the envious man is more dangerous because a serpent can be subdued by chanting a mantra or by some herbs, but an envious man cannot be so subdued. In Kali-yuga, practically everyone is envious, but we have to tolerate this.
====== REF. TLK Vs 21
The word khala means jealous. This material world is a world of jealousy and envy. I am envious of you, and you are envious of me. The Ka consciousness movement, however, is meant for one who is no longer jealous or envious. By becoming free from jealousy and envy, one becomes a perfect person. Dharma projjhita-kaitavo tra paramo nirmatsar satm (SB 1.1.2). Those who are jealous and envious are within this material world, and those who are not are in the spiritual world. Therefore, we can test ourselves.
If we are jealous or envious of our friends or other associates, we are in the material world, and if we are not jealous we are in the spiritual world. There need be no doubt of whether we are spiritually advanced or not. We can test ourselves. Bhakti parenubhavo viraktir anyatra ca (SB 11.2.42). When we eat, we can understand for ourselves whether our hunger is satisfied; we dont have to take a certificate from others. Similarly, we can test for ourselves whether we are in the material world or the spiritual world. If we are jealous or envious, we are in the material world, and if we are not we are in the spiritual world.
====== REF. TQK 6: The Master of the Senses
Therefore it is said anasyave, jna te ha pravakymi. Anasyave, this very word. We should never be envious to Ka and his devotee. If you think that I will become... I am envious to the devotees, but I am not envious to Ka, no, no, Ka does not accept that kind of business. You... First of all, you should be nonenvious to the devotee. Mad-bhakta pjybhyadhika. If you are envious to My devotee and if you become a devotee, that is not. That is stated that one who is directly devotee of Ka, he is not devotee. One who is devotee through His devotee, he is devotee.
====== REF. Bhagavad-gt 9.1 -- Vndvana, April 17, 1975
When a man cannot tolerate his friend or other man is rising more than him, he becomes envious. This is the material world. Even my brother becomes greater than me, I becomes envious. Either in richness or any way, competition. So... But this Bhgavata-dharma is different thing. Paramo nirmatsarm. A devotee is never envious of another devotee. If one friend or Godbrother or brother increases in devotion, the other devotee, he is not envious. He simply thanks him, Oh, my brother, my sister, or my father, like that, he has advanced in so much devotion.
I could not do. So how I can follow him? This is Vaikuha conclusion. Just like in the material world, everyone is envious. If I become richer than you, then you become envious, that Oh, how this man has become richer? We are in the same business. So this is material. There is no appreciation.
====== REF. rmad-Bhgavatam 2.1.1 -Delhi, November 4, 1973
keha karibre nre jyeha-laghukrama. Anyone who is a bona fide preacher of the cult of r Caitanya Mahprabhu must be respectful to the real devotees of Lord Caitanya; one should not be envious, considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities. Kadsa Kavirja Gosvm therefore offers equal respect to all the preachers of the cult of r Caitanya Mahprabhu, who are compared to the branches of the tree. ISKCON is one of these branches, and it should therefore be respected by all sincere devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahprbhu.
====== REF. di 10.7
The ISKCON branch, being directly watered by r Caitanya Mahprabhu, is becoming undoubtedly successful, whereas the disconnected branches of the so-called Hindu religion that are envious of ISKCON are drying up and dying. di 12.74
===== REF. di 12.74
Even amongst our God-brothers we have misunderstanding but none of us is astray from the service of Krishna. My Guru Maharaja ordered us to execute his mission combinedly. Unfortunately we are now separated. But none of us have stopped preaching Krishna Consciousness. Even if there was misunderstanding amongst the God-brothers of my Guru Maharaja none of them deviated from the transcendental loving service of Krishna.
====== REF. Letter to: Brahmananda -Calcutta 18 November, 1967
Forty years before when two of my eldest God-brothers came to London with this mission they simply devoted their time in lecturing in some renowned public place and inviting some leading politician to preside over the meeting. You know very well that when I began my preaching work in New York I never followed this policy of lecturing amongst the stereotyped politicians or elites of the society. And if I would have followed such a policy, I think I would also have gone back to India without any success. I think this policy of Sankirtana, Prasadam and Srimad-Bhagavatam has been successful in all the centers.
====== REF. Letter to: Rupanuga -- Los Angeles 2 January, 1970
The moving Sankirtana Party was programmed long, long ago, even when I was in India. When there was talk about preaching amongst our God-brothers, I used to say to my God-brothers that when I would begin preaching I shall take two trucks, one for Sankirtana Party and one for carrying requisites, and I would go from village to village throughout the whole world preaching Lord Caitanya's message. So the time has come as per my dream, by the grace of Krsna you are carrying on this program.
====== REF. Letter to: Rupanuga -- Los Angeles 27 April, 1970
I am so sorry to learn that there is a sort of conspiracy by some of our God-brothers as not to give me a place at Mayapur.
====== REF. Letter to: Damodara Maharaja -Los Angeles 13 May, 1970
Regarding the action of Bon Maharaja: We shall discuss the matter when we meet. For the present, you may know that this gentleman is very much materially ambitious. He wants to utilize Krishna Consciousness for his material name and fame. Sometimes he greatly offended our Guru Maharaja, and it so happened that at the last stage, practically Guru Maharaja rejected him. And the result, we can find that instead of becoming a great preacher of Krishna Consciousness, this gentleman has become artificially a head of a mundane institution.
To become a very important man in the mundane estimation is not success in Krishna Consciousness. He was first deputed by my Guru Maharaja, along with our late God Brother, Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaja, to open a missionary center in London, and they stayed there for 3 years, but didn't make any appreciable advance. Except that spent enormous money of my Guru Maharaja, and later on they were called back to India. So that is a great history; it is not possible to say everything in this letter, but for the present, be satisfied with these words, and later we shall talk more and more.
On the whole, you may know that he is not a liberated person, and therefore, he cannot initiate any person to Krishna Consciousness. It requires special spiritual benediction from higher authorities.
====== REF. Letter to: Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968
If it is thought however that my preaching work in this part of the world is not connected with Sri Caitanya Math, I do not think this is correct because I was authorized to do this work by Srila Prabhupada, and I am trying to do my humble bit.
====== REF. Letter to: Sraman Maharaja -Los Angeles 15 January, 1969
Godbrothers are not meant for being servants. Without the spiritual master's order, nobody can utilize the service of a godbrother as one's personal servant. We address each-other as prabhu, so how can we engage our godbrother as servant? Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu engaged Govindadas who was His god brother as His servant, but that was only on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's spiritual master.
====== REF. Letter to: Kirtanananda: -Bombay 23 November, 1974
Prabhupda: Yes, we should deal with them so that they may develop their Ka consciousness. If you simply make it a point, somehow or other take some money from them and let them go to hell, that is not... That is transcendental fraud. What do you think, Gargamuni? Gargamuni: Yes. We have to preach. (S.P. laughs) Prabhupda: Yes. If by the dress of sannys, you take some money and eat and sleep, then it is transcendental fraud. (SP laughs) (Hindi) Just like others are toiling, and we are getting money by some dress.
Thats all. They are getting money by laboring hard, and we are getting money... In India, mostly the sannyss, they do that. The priests also, they do that. This is our profession, just... My Guru Mahrja said that hkura dekhiye pya rasta karache, rastaye yandiya jvika badram karam bhari (?). Instead of earning livelihood by showing the Deity in the temple, it is better to take the profession of a sweeper in the street and live honestly. He said like that. The sweeper is working hard toiling and getting some money and living. This is honest living.
But just like in Vndvana, all the Goswamis. They have got their Deity. People are coming, contributing. Typical example, Gauracnda Goswami. hkura dekhiye paisa rasta. (?) All the sevaites, they are meant for... Our Kunja Babu also planned like that. He thought, By cheating all the God-brothers, I have got now Caitanya Maha. And people will come to see Caitanya Mahprabhus birthplace, and I will get good income. And it will be distributed amongst my brothers and sons and myself. Thats all. That is his scheme. Tamla Ka: Perfect material plan.
Prabhupda: Yes. It is another way of earning money. And he was always after Guru Mahrja only for this purpose. Guru Mahrja took that Oh, this man is helping me. But he had no such plan, to help Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat. He had the plan, Keep Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat in front, earn money, and put it in my pocket. That was his very beginning. He was taking money like anything. But he was a good manager. Other God-brothers complained, sannyss. Guru Mahrja used to say that Why you are complaining?
You cannot reform him, your God-brother? And if I would have to keep expert manager like him, I would have to pay something. Suppose he is taking something, why do you grudge? (Prabhupda laughing) He would say like that. So nobody could say anything. But after the demise, everything burst out. Kunja Babu must be driven out. That was the whole plan of Gauya Maha breakdown. The grudge was against Kunja Babu. Tamla Ka: Who is Kunja Babu? Prabhupda: That Trtha Mahrja.
His name is Kunja Vihari Sar. So that was boiling in everyones heart. So as soon as Guru Mahrja passed away, so that burst out. And the whole plan was how to get out this Kunja Babu. Tamla Ka: Not how to preach. Prabhupda: No. This was the cause of breakdown. This was suppressed by Guru Mahrja under his influence, but the rebellious was there during his lifetime. And it burst into... Therefore he advised that You make a governing body and Kunja Babu should be allowed to remain manager.
This was directly spoken. He never asked anybody to become crya. He asked that You form a governing body of twelve men and go on preaching, and Kunja Babu may be allowed to remain manager during his lifetime. He never said that Kunja Babu should be crya. None, none of them were advised by Guru Mahrja to become crya. His idea was Let them manage; then whoever will be actual qualified for becoming crya, they will elect. Why I should enforce upon them? That was his plan. Let them manage by strong governing body, as it is going on.
Then crya will come by his qualifications. But they wanted that... Because at heart, they were, After demise of Guru, I shall become crya. I shall become crya. So all the cryas began fight. One side, that Vsudeva crya and Sar Kunja Babu crya. And Paramnanda, he thought that Whoever will be powerful, I shall join them. (laughing) He only thought. But Guru Mahrja never asked that these three men should be trustees. He wanted governing body. So the rebellion broke out immediately after his passing away. And then fight in the High Court.
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And Kunja Babu, he is very intelligent man. So from the very beginning he knew that There will be fight after the demise of Guru Mahrja. So fight will be in the High Court. So at the expense of Guru Mahrja, let my brother and sons become attorneys and barrister so I will have not to pay all these things. It was a planned thing. And that is being done. He was a clerk, it was not in his power to make his brother and sons attorneys and barristers. They were all made at the cost of Gauya Maha to fight with (indistinct) in favor of Trtha Mahrja.
These were the planned things. But I was a rotten ghastha. I did not join any one of them. (Prabhupda laughs) I was rotting in my household life. Thats all. But I was planning how to make, how to make this. That was my desire from the very beginning, since I heard it. But I was never with them, either this party or that party. And Guru Mahrja also recommended, apnader tasturi tublia thaki bhavan. Takhona (?). When there will be need, he will do himself. There is no need of living with you. It is better to live apart from you.
When I was recommended by Goswami Mahrja to live in the Maha, that He is so nice. Sometimes he recommended. In Bombay, here in this Bombay. That house. Yes. He (Guru Mahrja) said Yes, he is very expert. He can do. So it is better to live apart from you. And he will do everything when there is need. He said. I could not understand. Although I was apart from them, a ghastha. In this Bombay I was doing business. (people talking outside) (End)
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Yes, Swami Bon is envious. What can be done?

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