Monday, May 18, 2009
Re: Advice for the Youth and Students
Dear Vaishnavas,
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances!
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! My humble obeisances to all of you!
To sum up, let's take it from the start. For those who cannot go through the whole article, I request you to atleast read this one article.
People ask, "What's wrong with illicit sex?", offering various excuses. But when we see it from the Absolute Level, we can only ask back, "What is NOT wrong?" My dear friends, I request you not to deny this medicine even if it is very bitter. It is the humble request of Hadai Nityananda Dasa prabhu at whose request this topic has been started to always see from the Absolute level, now that we all know what it is. He has requested us to see others as devotees and to always keep in mind that the Lord KNOWS and SEES EVERYTHING!. No one cheats the Lord, but one can only cheat oneself.
When you know that masturbation (illicit sex) is sin,
When you know that it is so damaging to physical, mental and spiritual health,
When you know that it takes you to hell,
When you know that there is no happiness but only violence and agitation
When you know that thinking about illicit sex is the same as actually doing it
When you know that masturbation is never different from, but identical to the sin of sexually abusing others against their will,
When you know that it is another devotee, another Vaishnava and servant of the Lord you hurt,
When you know that the Lord is watching you hurt his devotee
When you know that you can't cheat the Lord who knows and sees all,
When you know that you are only cheating yourself,
When you know that it is insulting the Lord,
When you know that it is lila aparadha,
When you know that it is madhurya bhakti aparadha,
When you know that it is Gopi-Aparadha,
When you know that it is Sahajiyaism,
When you know that you're trying to become God to vulgarly enjoy others as a drug,
When you know that it is nothing but Mayavadism at its dirt cheapest,
When you know how much the Lord loves you
When you know how personal He wants to be with you,
When you know how much our actions hurt the tender heart of the Lord who shows so much mercy just for one drop of our love,
When you realize that the Lord eternally keeps coming after you despite all of what has been told till now,
When you know that the Lord forgives it in spite of all when you first chant "Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!"
When you realize that the Lord sells Himself to us fallen sinners just because we chant Him as His most merciful Name,
When you realize how everyone in the spiritual world is desperate to rescue you,
When you realize how they worry themselves sick out of compassion for you,
When you realize how the spiritual masters spend 200 gallons of blood for just one soul,
When you realize how the Lord and his devotees deliver not just one Jagai and Madhai, but all Jagais and Madhais in unlimited universes that are ourselves,
When you continuously chant the Holy names of the Lord in naama-sankirtana,
When you kick impersonalism away for good and embrace personalism and devotion,
When you realize the true spiritual taste,
When you realize that the Lord treats you just as He treats His dearest devotees,
When you realize how happy the devotees are to have you with them eternally,
When the Lord and his devotees completely get rid of your mountain of guilt by replacing it with a mountain of devotion,
When you realize what is really meant by the words "Mercy of the Lord and His devotees",
When you realize real, eternal, infinite, yet ever increasing spiritual happiness and love,
Then you'll spit at lust, and never masturbate ever!!!!!!!!
I understand that putting this sensitive issue forward so bluntly is shocking, but as Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati himself said in Brahma Samhita, indecorum is only a social relativistic perception and fear of sounding indecent should not stop one from realizing the truth because after all, truth is truth even if it is very bitter. But even the 'Bitter' Truth has a very sweet ending as shown in that poem.
Daaso'smi,
Srinath
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