Vaisnava Aparadha Doubt?

Respected Swamiji and all Vaisnavas,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances!

     In all the chapters in the scriptures like Caitanya Bhagavata and Caitanya Caritamrta, it is said that those who offended Vaisnavas like Haridasa Thakura were utterly destroyed along with their wealth, friends, wives, children, families, etc.

    A friend of mine wanted to know why others who are related with the offender have to suffer for the sin that the aparadhi had committed because he felt that the others had not committed the sin themselves? Morever he argued that those who did not commit the sin may have not known or realised about what that aparadhi had done. Actually this was related to the topic concerning Ramachandra Khan's offence to Haridasa Thakura. He wanted to know why the whole village had to suffer for one person's sin.

     I personally felt that everyone involved was not serious or repentant and simply tolerated the offence towards the great namacharya despite having seen his greatness. Ramachandra Khan knew the greatness of the acarya, but still he was very envious, so he perished.

    In many cases, when a Vaisnava has been offended, the only thing one can do is fall at the feet of that Vaisnava and beg his forgiveness. Nevertheless we see that despite that, the Lord still does not forgive such people even when the Vaisnava forgives? Is it because the offenders are not serious about their repentance and are not genuinely remorseful, not knowing the true consequences of their heinious activities

    Is the sin of associating with an aparadhi so sinful that even if one has not committed the offence directly, nevertheless he loses his wealth, piety, family, name, fame, and all of his devotional sukriti? What if that person does not know that his associate is an aparadhi?

    Anyhow, those who offend a Vaisnava go to the worst of hells for who knows how many billions of Brahmas will come and go by the time they get released from hell, what to speak of when they will get this chance again? As long as one's life lasts there is a chance to repent, but once those offenders die and go to hell, how will they ever be forgiven or get another chance? Is there no way by which those jivas can ever come back on the correct path?

 

Useless and worthless offender,

Srinath

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