Re: Falldown and avoiding offenses

Dear Bhakta Matus Prabhu,

  Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!
Jaya Visnupada Srila Prabhupada!
Jaya Visnupada Swami Gaurangpada!
All glories to the guru parampara!
All glories to the Vaisnavas!

  Thank you for the quote from Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya! I admit that I have not gone through any book properly so far. Thank you for having put my perspective right.

   Yes the mantrarajas will certainly get rid of the offensive mentality and there is no other sure way to get rid of them. I will certainly change that. This actually comes from my experience -- I see that if I personally want to keep committing offenses and continue chanting, I simply cannot keep it up for more than two days before it comes just to the standard of courtesy japa ( doing the bare minimum just for duty's sake ).

   But then the Lord does something that really drives me wild with myself and I again start chanting with renewed energy. So the mantrarajas, once you grab them will not let you go, not even if you can grip them properly.

     But if the sadhaka is serious about not committing offenses, then advancement is certainly much faster. The Lord makes me realise painfully at times that I mustn't waste time when I get it. Anyhow we all have to go from the offensive stage to the pure stage and with the mantrarajas around that is a certainty.

   Anyhow I agree that we are all fallen and we keep committing errors till we learn to walk. Certainly no Vaisnava will just send the sadhaka away just like that. I would be guilty of a very great offense if I went spreading such a theory, so please forgive me. But whatever the guru does, it is all for our spiritual benefit only and we come out more perfect than before. i am reminded of how Lord Chaitanya accepted Mukunda in the Caitanya Bhagavata.

   I feel that the second best deterrent from committing them is to consider every offense as an offense to the Lord, Vaisnavas and the guru because I feel guilty that I am not doing my best to reciprocate the infinite mercy they are showing me. If we consider every offence as a step towards the Vaisnava aparadha it certainly makes one serious enough to stay focussed on trying to achieve offenseless chanting. The ultimate deterrent to the offenses are the names of Nityananda and Gauranga and I just want them to come quickly and drive this offensive mentality away forever.

   So I feel that is very good to consider development of devotional service as a very serious issue and that the chanter ought to be more serious while chanting the mantrarajas as I very often tend to become too casual and slow down, morever it is too appealing to my false ego on top of it all. Keeping the tightrope attitude is like beating the mind with a shoe and it will keep us humble and not go too easy thinking that we are more advanced than what we are.
   
Aspiring to be a servant of the Lord and the Vaisnavas,

Srinath

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