Posted by Rasamrita Das on February 2, 2011 at 11:50pm
"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"The real principle of knowledge with compassion ……………….Nectarean MellowsKrishna was teaching Arjuna non-violence by telling him to go to the Battlefield and fight. It would have been violence for Arjuna to just leave the Battlefield and let the Kurus go on with their exploitation. He is a Kshatriya. It is his duty to protect religious principles. It is his duty to protect the innocent from those who are excerpting other people's rights. But actual non violence is based on the real principle of knowledge with compassion. Srila Prabhupada explains here that one cannot actually be non-violent unless one is first humble and pride less. Quote unquote - ‘Sometimes people are proud of being non-violent’. Haribol! Just like devotees are vegetarian. In fact we only eat Krishna Prasad. So sometimes we have seen that the devotees just condemn the Christians and other people as just being melecchas and meat eaters and cruel and slaughterhouses and all that stuff. Once I was in Italy people approached me and asked ‘you know it seems some of these Christians, you know, they really make intense sacrifices for the benefit of humanity. They weep and cry to see the sufferings of humans and they really go out of their way to help humans who are suffering but they eat meat. And these devotees, who condemn any meat eater because they are vegetarians, are right here in the temple cruel to each other.H H Radhanath Swami Maharajguru-mukha-padma- vakya, cittete koriya aikya, ara na koriho mane aasa************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********Please visit our sites www.radhagopinath.com, www.radhanathswami.com, www.itsohappened.com, www.thejourneyhomebook.com for lectures, interactions etcwww.deitydarshan.com & www.vrindavandarshan.com & www.mayapur.com for online darshanwww.iskcondesiretree.com for audio video downloadswww.vedabase.net for online Srila Prabhupada bookswww.groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows for Nectars of HH Radhanath Maharajtrinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada HariHare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence.Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.Combined unity is better than individual purity.
HARE KRISHNA! PAMHO! excellent point, prabhuji! we must all learn to be compassionate to the people in our lives, much before we condemn Anyone else, including non-devotees. Kabir das says "the lamp that lights the world has darkness right underneath itself!" there's a story about Jesus Christ in this regard. once, all the people in a village dragged a prostitute to the center of the market place where Jesus was seated and preaching. they told Jesus that she was an extremely sinful woman and she must be stoned to death right then and there. everyone agreed to this proposal and picked up stones to beat the woman up. the lady, in sheer helplessness stood there with her eyes shut and heart full of fear. then Jesus stood up and said that the first stone should be thrown by he who has never committed a single sin, ever. all the people stood there staring at each other's faces and it soon dawned on them that everyone present there had, at some point in their lives, done some or the other sin. so they dropped the stones from their hands and fell at the feet of Jesus for saving them from committing yet another blunder.
Jai SRI SRI RADHA GOPINATH!! Jai Srila Prabhupada!
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excellent point, prabhuji! we must all learn to be compassionate to the people in our lives, much before we condemn Anyone else, including non-devotees.
Kabir das says "the lamp that lights the world has darkness right underneath itself!"
there's a story about Jesus Christ in this regard. once, all the people in a village dragged a prostitute to the center of the market place where Jesus was seated and preaching. they told Jesus that she was an extremely sinful woman and she must be stoned to death right then and there. everyone agreed to this proposal and picked up stones to beat the woman up. the lady, in sheer helplessness stood there with her eyes shut and heart full of fear. then Jesus stood up and said that the first stone should be thrown by he who has never committed a single sin, ever. all the people stood there staring at each other's faces and it soon dawned on them that everyone present there had, at some point in their lives, done some or the other sin. so they dropped the stones from their hands and fell at the feet of Jesus for saving them from committing yet another blunder.
Jai SRI SRI RADHA GOPINATH!!
Jai Srila Prabhupada!