Re: Greatest Vaishnava

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! As far as I read, Shrila Prabhupada did not say that it should be instead worshiping Lord Krishna. He was just repeating the words of the Bhagavad Gita, that the faith of demigod worshipers should not forcibly disturbed as they are also slowly moving towards the worship Lord Gaura Krishna. And if some one already has faith in Lord Gaura Krishna as the Supreme Lord and sincerely worships Lord Shiva as a devotee, Lord Shiva will quickly inspire him or her to fully surrender to Lord Gaura Krishna. So we should let Lord Shiva guide him at the proper time.

The understanding is that when the bhoga or good offered to Lord Gaura Krishna (mahaprasadam) is offered to Lord Shiva it becomes (maha mahaprasadam) because when mahaprasadam is touched by the lips of a pure devotee is becomes even more potent is giving us pure love for the Lord. It is same principle, that devotees of the Lord are worshoped even more than the Lord. Of course, if food is directly offered to Lord Shiva (thinking Lord Shiva as God Himself) without first offering that food to His Master and Lord Gaura Krishna, then it not even prasadam as Lord Shiva does not accept it or he may act as  a demigod and accept it but he is not pleased by such an offering.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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