Re: Vaisnava Aparadha Doubt?

dandavats Maharajs and vaisnavas

His Divine grace Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaja   Vaisnava - Aparadha

His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada writes in his commentary - � Without having developed a positive service attitude to the Supreme Lord�s seva , chanting the holy name or performing various austerities and vows are futile .
Positive devotional mood can only be properly cultivated when one receives the blessings of an unalloyed servitor of the Supreme Lord � . Here the term positive service attitude ( sevanmukha )is synonymous with bhakti . In this verse, Srila Vrndavana das Thakura says :
� baisnabera thani ya�re haye aporadha krsna - krpa hoileo tare prem - badh �.
(CB Madhya 22/8)
( If a person commits offence at the lotus feet of a vaisnava, and even though the offender may receive Lord Krsna�s mercy, he is still barred from attaining love of Godhead , prema ) .


cb chap 22  txt 6 to 12

Text 6 Even though the people may think them pious and saintly, persons like Devananda are not qualified to stand before Lord Chaitanya.
Text 7 Only by the mercy of a Vaishnava can one attain Lord Chaitanya. If a person has no love and devotion, his austerities and japa will not help him attain the Lord.
Text 8 Even if he has attained Lord Krishna's mercy, a person who offends a Vaishnava is stopped from attaining ecstati love for Lord Krishna.
Text 9 I do not speak these words. They are the Vedas' words. Saci's son proved that they are true.
Text 10
Mother Saci, in whose wom� Lord Chaitanya descended to this world, once offended a Vaishnava.
Text 11
Lord Chaitanya destroyed her offense, taught her, and gave her the gift of ecstati spiritual love.
Text 12
Please carefully hear this story. By hearing it one's offenses to Vaishnavas are destroyed.

cb chap 22 txt 117

Text 117
This was the entirety of her offense. There was nothing more than that. Because of this offense Lord Chaitanya would not give His mother devotional service.

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