I beg for your forgiveness

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji and devotees please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to the guru parampara. All glories to Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga. All glories to Sri-Sri Radha Govinda.

“When Lord Nityananda went before Jagai and Madhai with the desire to deliver them, Madai hit Him in the head. Jagai was distressed on seeing this, and he checked Madhai and chastised him for committing such a sinful act. On receiving this news, Mahaprabhu immediately went there with His associates. When he saw that Nityananda’s body was covered with blood, He called Sudarsana in order to punish the two sinners. Jagai and Madhai saw Sudarsana cakra with their own eyes. The most merciful Nityananda Prabhu informed the Lord that He had been protected by Jagai and begged the Lord to spare the two brothers. When Mahaprabhu heard that Jagad had protected Nityananda, He mercifully bestowed ecstatic love on him. On seeing Jagai’s good fortune, the heart of Madhai was also transformed and he fell at the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu and begged forgiveness. Mahaprabhu, however, did not agree to bestow mercy on him, rather He instructed Madhai to take shelter at the feet of Lord Nityananda and requested Nityananda Prabhu to bestow mercy on Madhai. On the instruction of Sri Gaura, Madhai fell at the feet of Lord Nityananda, Who requested Mahaprabhu to bestow mercy on Madhai in exchange for all of His own piety. By the order of Mahaprabhu, Lord Nityananda then tightly embraced Madhai and entered into his body.”

The above paragraph describes that when we offend a Vaisnava we cannot approach the Lord for forgiveness. On the order of the Lord Himself we have to approach the Vaisnava in question and ask for his forgiveness. It also describes the order of the Lord that when we are offended by somebody, and he or she asks for our forgiveness, that we forgive that person and pray to the Lord to bestow mercy upon him or her.

This thread is to encourage all the loving assembled devotees of this sacred forum to reply and ask for each other’s forgiveness and to forgive each other. Sometimes we offend each other without even knowing it, maybe even without knowing ourselves that we are offending. We also want to give each other the best circumstances to develop our Bhakti creeper and the last thing we want is standing in the way between the devotee and the Lord. So let me open with my request and pledge and I hope many devotees will follow in this thread to do the same in order to keep our loving relationships clear and pure and open:

Dear Guruji and all assembled devotees of this holy forum, today I fall at your lotus feet and beg you for your forgiveness for all the offenses I have committed at your feet. When I have, in any way, ever hurt your beautiful heart and tender lotus feet I beg you to please forgive me for that grave offence. Please accept me as your humble servant and never hesitate to address the offenses I may commit at your feet so I know, with your mercy, how to become a better devotee.  

I also pledge today to all of you that I will forgive any offense, conscious or sub-conscious, you might have committed, commit, or are going to commit to me. I will forgive you by default because I do not wish to stand between you and the Lord in any unfavorable manner. My intention is to help, support and encourage your eternal loving relationship with Lord Nityananda, Lord Gauranga and with Sri-Sri Radha Govinda and to learn from your experiences.

Please keep accepting me at your lotus feet.

Your eternal servant from his heart,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!
 

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