Writing from Bangalore, India

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Raghava 1 Comment

by Giridhari das

Hare Krsna!

Writing from Bangalore, India.

When I was at the latest furniture and furnishing expo I had a small booth by the exit and many different people would come and see our display. One nice man, in his late 40′s, came and he was really interested in our display. He was looking at our brahmanda poster and I explained about the Brahma Samhita to him. He was genuinely interested because he was asking many different questions. I explained to him about Jaiva Dharma and he really liked it. By talking to him I understood he was a Pancopasaka – one who worships 5 kinds of Deity forms as a step by step process to merge into the impersonal Brahman. He ended taking a Brahma samhita, Jaiva Dharma and Srila Gurudeva’s Bhagavad gita. He read a passage from one of the books which could be interpreted in an impersonal way and he left saying, “Great! this is just what I need.” I was smiling to myself thinking, “Yes, its exactly what you need but its not what you think it is. This is the real thing.” By reading these books a samskara will be made and his inherent desire to serve Krsna will become manifest, whether he is cultivating impersonalism or not.

Another person who came to the booth was a Panjabi and he was boasting to me how he can see Paramatma. He said he was a follower of one Guru coming in a line from Gurunanak – the Guru of all Sikhs. He was saying that Bhagavan has no birth, no form and resides everywhere. I asked him, “If paramatma has no form how can you see him?” He said “He is everywhere and when you realize this then you can have direct experience.” I replied, “Thats Ok, but in order to see the Lord you have to acknowledge his form. The learned describe in the SB three aspects of the Lord – Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan.” He said “No, no just come see my Guru he will show you the Paramatma.” “I said, I don’t want to see him because he is a speculator. Scriptures describe that Sri Krsna establishes Dharma and the spiritual teachers only teach and show by example what is already there. Your teacher is establishing his own philosophy. What scripture do you refer to? He said, “All”. I asked, “do you accept Bhagavad-gita?” He replied “yes.” I then said in Gita Krsna says, “Avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritah: Fools neglect me when I appear in My peronal from. They dont know my transcendental nature and that I am the controller of everything – What do you say about this?” He then began to stutter and couldn’t reply anything… and said he would return later. I then realized how powerful are the words of scripture received from our Srila Gurudeva. He didn’t take a book but he was forced to reconsider his own position in which he falsely believed himself to have realized Paramatma.

Haribol,

Giridhari das