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All glories to srila Prabhupada
If we try and talk about God, God realisation and things from scriptures to people in our school or to someone whom we know, is that also considered preaching?
If it is should we do it, even if we are not free from lust, anger, greed,etc?
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Yes, you are right prabhuji, srimati Radha Rani married him to give spice to leela by meeting Krishna even though being married. I know of that and of the churning of ocean. Although I fail to see it's connection with topic being discussed above due to ,y ignorance maybe
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Hare Krishna Akshit Prabhu ji
It is a well known fact that the Goddess of Fortune came out after the churning of the ocean and that she chose Lord Vishnu Who is God as her husband.
Radha is the source of all the Goddesses of fortune, Laksmi but She was marrired to a person named Abhimanyu.
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I was talking about the meaning of word Christ like we say Jesus Christ, in that too Christ means the chosen one. I am not talking about the person who claimed to be god.
Also sorry but I couldn't understand what you meant by "By Laksmi I mean the Goddess of Fortune. Radha and Lalita were married to someone else other than Lord Krishna, God." I might have missed some comment of yours somewhere.
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By Laksmi I mean the Goddess of Fortune. Radha and Lalita were married to someone else other than Lord Krishna, God.
If someone can choose God. That can only be Laksmi because she chose Him as Her Husband.
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If one preaches what one does not practice then not only will such preaching have no potency but it will also be detrimental to the spiritual progress of one who makes such a vain attempt to preach.
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Hare Krishna,
This isn't preaching it is called passing the information.
Preaching should be when you are practicing things yourself perfectly.
There are Kanishta adhikari, Madhyama adhikari and Uttama adhikari.
The kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaiṣṇava life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the śāstras.
The devotee in the second stage, the madhyama-adhikārī, is completely aware of the śāstric conclusion and has firm faith in his guru and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding nondevotees, preaches to the innocent.
However, the mahā-bhāgavata or uttama-adhikārī, the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as being against the Vaiṣṇava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaiṣṇava but himself.
Although preaching is not meant for a mahā-bhāgavata, a mahā-bhāgavata can descend to the platform of madhyama-bhāgavata just to convert others to Vaiṣṇavism. Actually a mahā-bhāgavata is fit to spread Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but he does not distinguish where Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be spread from where it should not. He thinks that everyone is competent to accept Kṛṣṇa consciousness if the chance is provided.
It should be understood that a madhyama-adhikārī, a second-class devotee, is fully convinced of Kṛṣṇa consciousness but cannot support his convictions with śāstric reference.
A Vaiṣṇava should be a touchstone so that he can convert others to Vaiṣṇavism by his preaching, even though people may be fallen like the hunter. There are many so-called advanced devotees who sit in a secluded place for their personal benefit. They do not go out to preach and convert others into Vaiṣṇavas, and therefore they certainly cannot be called sparśa-maṇi, advanced devotees.
Kaniṣṭha-adhikārī devotees cannot turn others into Vaiṣṇavas, but a madhyama-adhikārī Vaiṣṇava can do so by preaching.
A neophyte may fall down by associating with nondevotees because he is not firmly convinced and strongly situated.
The second-class devotee, even though he cannot support his position with śāstric reference, can gradually become a first-class devotee by studying the śāstras and associating with a first-class devotee.
However, if the second-class devotee does not advance himself by associating with a first-class devotee, he makes no progress.
There is no possibility that a first-class devotee will fall down, even though he may mix with nondevotees to preach. Conviction and faith gradually increase to make one an uttama-adhikārī, a first-class devotee.
(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta----2:22:72----purport).
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What if we are only talking about like how I headed this story of read this a book like BG SB etc, or that why some people don't believe in god, like only for a conversation , can we do that?
You can simply glorify lord and say hey I heard about this story of lord from this lecture ... i so much got inspired by listening to that prabhu ji ... indeed lord krishna is so great he performed these leela... aisa bol sakte ho. Ismein itna sochne ki kya zaroorat hai... prem se sri krishna ko glorify kar rahe ho... ismein preaching kaha se aaya.? Sirf tumko jo mehsoos hua woh bataya tumne. You didn't suggest them that they also follow your path.
Ok mataji thank you very much
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