If on Internet someone is blasphemous towards krishna or srila Prabhupada , can aswer them?

Hare Krishna to all the devotees

All glories to srila Prabhupada

This is a serious question.

I saw some people blaspheming srila Prabhupada in YouTube comments. I wanted to answer them but thought let me first ask senior devotees whether or should we should engage in such conversations, especially when I am not at all knowledgable and advanced in this.

Also they were talking about something called Arya samaj. When I searched it on Google, I found that it is some kind of... Something? Like a group maybe I don't know exactly what, I would like to know if someone could give some light to this matter.

I found online that these people support authority of Vedas and women empowerment (which I think is good) and also converting Hindu who got converted into other religions (I don't know about this). BUT they support idol worship, what? Where does Vedas tell us not to engage in vigraha seva?

Also these people were saying that krishna was not the supreme personality of God head and that actually the supreme personality of God head was talking though him, so I think, please tell me if I am correct, are these people mayavadiS? So should I not engage with them, to protect our spiritual life right?

Hare Krishna Akshit Prabhu,

Regarding your query on whether to answer these people: No, you should not get involved.

We must remember that Srila Prabhupada used to say that debates are often useless. Online debates are even more useless than Madhava Dasa's discussions. These platforms are often filled with people who want to argue for the sake of enjoyment, not for any purposeful inquiry or finding the truth.

If we engage with them, we risk agitating our own minds. Instead, we should maintain our composure and use that time to do Naam Jap (chanting). When you feel the urge to type a reply, pick up your beads instead.

Ask yourself: Can you become a Digvijaya Pandit (a scholar who conquers everyone in all directions)? No? We cannot defeat everyone, nor is it necessary to try.

As you mentioned, you are not deeply knowledgeable yet, so engaging with groups like the Arya Samaj or others who criticize the deity form (Vigraha) or the Supremacy of Krishna is dangerous for your spiritual life. It is better to protect your own creeper of devotion (bhakti-lata) from these offenses.

Don’t involve yourself in this type of talk. Just ignore it and focus on your own small, little sadhana.

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Govind Sharan December 3, 2025 at 3:06pm

Hare Krishna Akshit Prabhu,

Regarding your query on whether to answer these people: No, you should not get involved.

We must remember that Srila Prabhupada used to say that debates are often useless. Online debates are even more useless than Madhava Dasa's discussions. These platforms are often filled with people who want to argue for the sake of enjoyment, not for any purposeful inquiry or finding the truth.

If we engage with them, we risk agitating our own minds. Instead, we should maintain our composure and use that time to do Naam Jap (chanting). When you feel the urge to type a reply, pick up your beads instead.

Ask yourself: Can you become a Digvijaya Pandit (a scholar who conquers everyone in all directions)? No? We cannot defeat everyone, nor is it necessary to try.

As you mentioned, you are not deeply knowledgeable yet, so engaging with groups like the Arya Samaj or others who criticize the deity form (Vigraha) or the Supremacy of Krishna is dangerous for your spiritual life. It is better to protect your own creeper of devotion (bhakti-lata) from these offenses.

Don’t involve yourself in this type of talk. Just ignore it and focus on your own small, little sadhana.
- Akshit > Govind Sharan December 3, 2025 at 3:09pm
  
  Ok prabhuji thank you very much
  
  Hare Krishna

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