Saturday, July 28, 2018

Mahaprabhu Delivers Critics



“When He [Lord Caitanya] had been spreading the saìkértana movement as a family man, many Mäyävädé sannyäsés did not take His movement very seriously, but after the Lord accepted the sannyäsa order of life, He delivered speculative students, atheists and those who are attached to fruitive activities and unnecessary criticism. The Lord was so kind that He accepted all these people and delivered to them the most important factor in life: love of God.” (TLC Ch 17) Note how Srila Prabhupada mentions that Lord Caitanya delivered people who were “attached to unnecessary criticism.” In ISKCON today, we find too many devotees who are attached to unnecessarily criticizing other devotees, criticizing transcendental quotes that others post on Facebook, criticizing things that Srila Prabhupada wrote in his books, and even criticizing God Himself. Lord Caitanya, being the most merciful incarnation of God, can save those miserable souls from further degradation due to their making unlimited offenses toward the Vaisnavas and the Lord, but they need to desire to be saved. Only Krishna can award them the desire to be cured of the disease of being unnecessarily critical. Please pray with me for such people to be inspired within their hearts to want to stop being unnecessarily critical. If Krishna blesses them with the desire to stop unnecessarily finding fault, Lord Caitanya will take compassion on them and help them come out of their overly critical mentalities which are currently giving themselves as well as others pain. "My Dear Lord Krishna, if You so desire, please help these devotees desire to stop being unnecessarily faultfinding toward other devotees, of Srila Prabhupada's words, and of You, dear Lord."