Deviations of ISKCON Bangalore group of temples
from the original teachings of Srila Prabhupada
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Case Studies of ill-treatment by A.P Devotees
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(Another follow-up to article “Deviations of ISKCON Bangalore – Summary and Introduction”)
http://ibdeviations.blogspot.com/2014/08/case-studies-of-ill-treatment-by-ap.html
We are reproducing some of the incidents to substantiate our claim that whenever somebody raises some issues to A.P he is ostracized, banned, told to surrender to authority, threatened to face the consequences etc. –
1) Bhakta Anirudh
He joined A.P, Jaipur in June 2012 and was sent to Hydrebad for ‘training’ under Satya Gaur Chandra Prabhu. The following are the words of Bhakta Anirudha which were sent to e-mail id hkc.jaipur@hotmail.com on 6th June 2014 when devotees asked him to give in writing about the various incidents which happened with him in Hyderabad about which he has been telling many devotees here since he has come from there in Nov. 2012.
Bhakta Aniruddha –
“I Am Anirudh Sharma, i am resident of Jaipur and have done my B.Tech. in Computer Science from a place Jaipur in Rajasthan. I enrolled for this course in the year 2008. During my college days I came in contact with the Hare Krishna movement. I attended many lectures in the Akshay Patra (an initiative of ISKCON Bangalore) Jaipur, and fortunately i started chanting also.
These were the days when I started scrutinizingly reading Srila Prabhupada (Founder Acarya of ISKCON and BBT) books and started taking this movement seriously and was able to see my future developing in the guidance of Srila Prabhupada. Just after my college i decided to serve this mission as a missionary and joined Akshay Patra, Jaipur in the year 2012 as a full time Brahmachari. To my surprise Anant sesa Dasa (Vice prisedent, Akshay Patra Jaipur) decided to send me to Akshay patra Hyderabad for training in spiritual life, I was been told that it (training) will be of 6 months and then again I will be transferred back to Akshay Patra Jaipur temple. I remained there for 5 long long months from June 2012 – Nov 2012. Now I will be narrating what I really saw there , the actual picture so that things can become clear and it obviously will be making a big difference to me if one devotee also can analyse it.
Akshay patra hyderabad temple is a temple consisting of a hall (where 20-25 people can sit), an alter where Sri Sri Gaur Nitai and Srila Prabhupada sits, a small kitchen, upstairs is the brahmacari asrama.
1. During my initial days i noticed all the bramacari addressing Satya Gaur candra prabhu as “BADA PRABHU” (in english BADA means big). Satya gaur candra prabhu was our temple president and was one of the GBC member of ISKCON Banglore. Similar thing i saw in akshay patra jaipur temple where each and every devotee used to call Ratanagada govind prabhu as “BADA PRABHU”, which i dind’t find any mentioned of this behaviour by Srila Prabhupada in his Books.
2. When i was assinged kitchen services there, then i saw that there were two devotees which were incharge of kitchen and deity worship, these devotees were from Gaudiya Math, there names were:- Sujit Krsna dasa and Krsna Caran das, both of them were natively from mayapur and were paid on monthly for providing their services, i asked that why they are been paid if they come from such a sound spiritual background and moreover Srila Prabhupada doesn’t gives this instruction in his books, and i got the reply from Krsna Prem das (my then main preacher) that “you are no- one to guide us about what srila prabhupada has told and what not”
3. Once i was attending the kirtana. I was hearing it and dancing with a little movement of my legs and hands. But then to my surprise i was aksed by Srivasa pandit prabhu (our then temple commonder) to dance in a particular style with a peculiar movement of hands, i was also asked to stand not aside to Satya Gaur Candra Prabhu, because there was an area predefined within which only senior devotees can stand and hear the kirtana and this i have seen in akshay patra jaipur as well as in ISKCON banglore temple also. I should have done that taking as an instruction from prabhu at that time but i just thought that where it is written in Srila Prabhupada books to dance in a particular manner and moreover i felt that if i will do so i’ll not be able concentrate on the diety.
4. In every akshay patra there is rule that before 1st initiation no-one is allowed to play kartals, and what to speak of mrdanga. I faced similar problems in hyderabad temple even to the that extent once unknowingly when i was playing the kartals Krsna Prem dasa snatched it from me which led to bleeding from my middle fingue even. I was dishartened from this kind of behaviour from devotee’s side there.
5. Once i was reading Krsna book on the bed which was under the care of Krsna Prem dasa, when he saw me reading there he came to me and started chastising me which ended up in he slapping me, i complained this to satya gaur prabhu for this but unfortunately there was no action from his side, kaunteya dasa one of the devotees present there supported me also.
6. Once one of the devotees Srivasa Pandit dasa when he was my main preacher, i was with him on preaching we went to one to one of our donors and i saw him taking expensive gifts from that donor. That donor gave him a wrist watch which was very expensive, later i came to know from him only that he only wanted a watch and he mentioned this to that donor, the donor out of humility gifted him a watch, when i asked him (srivas pandit prabhu) that it was not according to Srila Prabhupada’s instruction then started scolding me “ now you will teach me what Srila Prabhupada has given us the instruction “ and then argument went on finally he kicked me on my face.
7. I was even once not allowed to pay dandvats to the dieties close to area where Satya Gaur Candra Prabhu used to pay dandvats, and infact none is allowed to pay dandvats there, there is seperate area where satya gaur candra prabhu only pay dandvats. I was not knowing at that time about this rule and was later chastised by Krsna Prem dasa.
I just wanted to humbly ask each and everyone who is reding this, please let me know if he has read in any book of srila prabhupada or seen in any video or heared in any audio of Srila Prabhupada that S.P is instructing about the above scenarios and their conclusions.
I remained in akshay patra hyderabad for 5 long months and trust me each and every day in this period, these devotees really made very difficult for me to survive there, i respect each and every devotees who have dedicated their life in this mission and then there should a feeling of same respect for a 5 months old devotee or 15 yrs old devotee in this mission as i think that no-one can satisfy Lord and spiritual master by no. of years in their service, what matters is the service attitude and the will to serve more and more.
Thank you
Your’s in the service of Srila Prabhupada
Anirudh Sharma
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2) Saurav Gon
One boy Saurav Gon who is doing his LLB from Bhilai wrote about his experiences with A.P, Bhilai. Following are his own words which were posted on the facebook –
Saurav Gon –
“One of Madhupandit’s Chela cum servent Vyompada das is also doing such things in Bhilai.. they are just blaspheming doing large scale vaishnav aparadh and literally beating devotees..
they have polluted the atmosphere of Bhilai Chhattisgarh.. they are just after Money they can’t see anything else.. the real devotees are of no value in their eyes rather they are just running after Money and donors..
i cant just express what we all have undergone here.. they are befooling simple and good people of Bhilai and the current temple president of Bhilai AP is just no good than a DON gunda, he says only i can teach u bhakti no one else and he has a mount everest of false pride and ego. We are literally in tears.. they are only after money collection, moreover they have almost stopped the Prabhupad’s book distribution and just trying to rob more and more money from people.
They are collecting donation on much false basis even there is an account, i have hard proof and witnesses too that they show on paper that they feed 32000 children from AP Bhilai but they merely feed 16000 for which SAIL and CG Govt funds them fully from water to petrol but they show everywhere that they feed 32000 and collect money on that basis and they dont use it for AP rather they use it in another ways.
They are abusing the minds of young boys like me and making a use in their own way.. i have already left their association and stopped going to temple though i am hankering badly for darshan of Sri Sri Nitai Gaurahari and Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra.. but in order to avoid seeing the face of those Madhupanditanugas we dont go to temple but we still carry on our bhakti in a loving manner under Prabhupad’s shelter in a house of a devotee couple.. they serve shri shri Govind Gopal and Gaura Nitayi.. we conduct regular sankirtan and all other programs and we are more happy here than AP.. jai guru jai gour.
They have really harassed many boys mentally and i swear on the name of Prabhupad and Krishna that they have harassed a boy in such severe way that the ill effect of their direct and indirect mental harassment lead a former FOLK boy to mental hospital due to depressions and today he suffer traumas and fits of madness and memory loss..
This is nothing but a sad fact of the hate propoganda of madhupandit chelas.. Various boys have fell the victims of them in time to time like Anupam, Satish, Rana, Vimal, Abhishek, Satish 2, and me and many more.. and as we left AP the false stories about us began.. all baseless allegations loads of stories are already being told about us.. but we dont care.. avashya rakshibe krishna for us ,and for them AVASHYA DANDIT KORIBE KRISHNA.”
Saurav Gon.
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3) Satish Mundra
He was being forced to join A.P by utilizing philosophy of surrender to put psychological pressure on him. When he showed his inability to join full time Madhav Charan Das went to the extent of burning his original certificates of his college so that he is left with no option other than “surrendering” to Krishna. This is the consciousness of the senior brahamcharis who are preaching to the youth. One can imagine what kind of training the preachers have gone through and what kind of consciousness they are passing to the next generation.
In the words of Satish Mundra himself which he wrote on facebook, one can have a glimpse as to what happened with him –
“Do you know madhav charan das. He is a folk preacher in jaipur. He fired my all academic certificates and when i asked why you did like this, simply told me that mistakenly happen Yes. After that they removed me from job too. Now i came hyderabad to recover my academic certificates.When he started folk movement i am the first person who joined folk hostel and spend more time for folk improvement.”
And when A.P ‘devotees’ came to know that he is talking on the Facebook against them one of the senior brahamcharis Maha Kurma Das of A.P, Jaipur called him up and threatened him to keep quiet.
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4) Ramdas Prabhu
Please refer to the following mail sent by Ramdas Prabhu to hkc.jaipur@hotmail.com when he was asked by us to give in writing about his experiences with A.P –
Open Letter to HKC
I am Ramdas and through this mail I want to share one incident which happened on the day of Janmashtmi last year. I am associated with K.C since last 15 years and go to HKC regularly in Jaipur. HKC had started gurukul few months before the last Janmashtmi.
Dayalu Nitai Prabhu told me that we should advertise this gurukul by distributing brochures in front of ISKCON temple, A.P temple, Sri Radha Goveindevaji temple which are visited by many Krishna devotee families on Janmsashtmi. Dayalu Prabhu told me that Srila Prabhupada wants this and showed me the following quote –
Gurukula Inspection, June 26, 1977, Vṛndāvana
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: That means we have to canvass vigorously to get students.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Akṣayānanda: We have to preach.
Prabhupāda: That is the problem. Keep place ready, but you have to bring students.
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They’re not going to come of their own. We have to go out and get them.
Prabhupāda: They will come later on, when they will see: “Yes…”
Yaśodānandana: First we have to get the ISKCON students first.
Prabhupāda: ISKCON or FISKCON, bring students. (laughter).
Dr. Sharma: Prabhupāda, these students can come, any number you like.
Prabhupāda: So that I want. I want the number. It doesn’t matter ISKCON or FISKCON.”
We did not have any trouble distributing these brochures (which had Srila Prabhupada’s photographs, his quotes about Gurukul and information about the gurukul being run by HKC) anywhere else except A.P, Jaipur.
Raghav Pandit Prabhu who is the secretary of HKC, Jaipur called up Ananta Sesha Prabhu of A.P, Jaipur and told him that we want to distribute this brochure about our gurukula in front of your temple. Anant Sesha just said O.K but did not talk further. But when we went there with 2 hostel boys and put up a table 500 metres away from the main gate of A.P, Jaipur campus and started distributing the brochures, some brahamcharis in saffron dress came out from the A.P, temple and caught hold of these 2 boys, snatched the brochures and dragged them inside and threatened them to leave otherwise they will be beaten up.
We tried to reason up with them that we are also Prabhupadanugas and anyway you are not having any gurukula so if some students can be attracted this way what harm will it do to you. We also tried to pacify them that this brochure only contains information about our gurukul and nothing else but they became violent.
When this news reached HKC one full time devotee of HKC – Arjun Prabhu came and asked them to return our brochures and the table. When the A.P devotees saw that many visitors are seeing this, they returned it and Arjun Prabhu again set up the table this time very far away from the main gate of A.P, temple. After some time one of their Brahamchari Anant Virya Das came with hundreds of their staff people and started threatening Arjun Prabhu. When Arjun Prabhu spoke boldly and appealed to the onlookers then many of the people in the public started becoming against this behavior of A.P devotees. When Anant Virya realized that public is becoming against them he quietly went back.
Another interesting thing is that when Arjun Prabhu tried to speak philosophically to this saffron dressed senior brahamchari of A.P, Jaipur, he said that he does not know any philosophy, he has just got the order from higher authorities to remove this and so he just has to execute it. Another point is that these devotees did not even hesitate to snatch the brochures and handle it disrespectfully even after seeing the photograph of Srila Prabhupada on its cover page.
Many people including myself were witness to this whole incident and the phone call recording of the call made by Raghav Pandit Prabhu to Ananta Sesha Prabhu in this connection is still there with us.
your servant,
Ramdas.
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AND LIKE THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY CASES …
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Please note the following lines of MPP written to Dayalu Nitai Prabhu on 18th January 2014.
“I have already told you in our group we have disciplined way of working.”
This is what he means by discipline, to shut down one’s intelligence and just blindly surrender to some authority even if he is deviating from Srila Prabhupada. This is what guruvada in Iskcon is doing. But at least the gurus in ISKCON are openly saying that they are gurus and one must surrender to them but this IB group of devotees are even more dangerous – practicing guruvada principles in the name of Prabhupadanugas. Please note the following quote of Srila Prabhupada in this connection –
“The Buddhists, they did not accept Vedic authorities; therefore they are considered as nāstika. But vedāśraya nāstikya vada. These rascals, they accept Vedas and preaches atheism. So they are more dangerous than the Buddhists.” ( – Morning Walk,September 13, 1975, Vṛndāvana)
Click on the following links to read the details (inactive/missing links are work in progress)
Deviations of ISKCON Bangalore – Summary and Introduction
DEVIATION 1: Engaging in philanthrophic activities to get land and money from the Government and the public.
DEVIATION 2: Creating an illusion of building costly temples to collect money while ignoring the real sankirtan movement of Srila Prabhupada.
DEVIATION 3: Centralization and Fancy Management.
DEVIATION 4: In the name of serving Srila Prabhupada.
Deviations of ISKCON Bangalore group of temples from the original teachings of Srila Prabhupada
Case Studies of ill-treatment by A.P Devotees (you are already here)
“JAIPUR STRUGGLE FOR TRUTH – I’ and “JAIPUR STRUGGLE FOR TRUTH – II“
Hari Bol prabhus.
I am very very very shocked. What these devotees are doing ?
Hare Krishna.
I am also shocked to see how many devotees defend or just ignore this un-Vaisnava behaviour. Do they not care that many young devotees are being abused like this in Srila Prabhupada’s name?
Hare Krishna!
Instead of mud-slinging each other better to sort the matter in a Vaisnava way. Who are we to judge incidents which lie beyond words & actions(easy to manipulate or due to immaturity tend to express in the matter in an exaggerated manner).
Srila Prabhupad also said that, where there are two people disagreements are bound to happen. So we shouldn’t be surprised but rather introspect and get a solution to co-exist in a peaceful manner to serve the Mission of Guru & Gauranga.
Pravesh :
Instead of mud-slinging each other better to sort the matter in a Vaisnava way.
Mahesh: Good point! This IS what Srila Prabhupada says:
76-01-05. Letter: Satsvarupa
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE CO-OPERATIVELY. “Our” and “your’s” are material conceptions and have no place in our Krishna Consciousness movement. If the members of our movement are unable to co-operate it will be very difficult to spread the mission of Lord Caitanya.
72-11-18. Letter: Madhumangala
Regarding general state of affairs at Amsterdam temple, I can understand there is some disturbance among you, but that is not to be taken very seriously. Real business is preaching work, and if there is full attention on this matter only, all other businesses will be automatically successful. Fighting amongst ourselves is not at all good, but if our preaching work is neglected, or if we fall down in following the regulative principles such as rising before four, chanting 16 rounds, like that, if these things are not strictly observed then maya will enter and spoil everything. So my best advice to you is to strictly observe these things yourself and be the example so that all others may follow. WE SHOULD NOT CRITICIZE EACH OTHER, AS VAISNAVAS, BECAUSE THERE IS FAULT IN EVERYONE AND WE MAY BE OURSELVES SUBJECT TO CRITICISM. BEST THING IS TO BE ABOVE SUSPICION OURSELVES, THEN IF WE SEE DISCREPANCIES AND MAKE SUGGESTION THE OTHERS WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESPECT AND TAKE ACTION TO RECTIFY THE MATTERS. THAT IS COOPERATION. AND WE MUST EXIST ON SUCH COOPERATION, OTHERWISE THE WHOLE THING IS DOOMED IF WE SIMPLY GO ON FIGHTING OVER SOME SMALL THING. So try to organize things and preach together in this spirit, and that will please me very, very much.
NoD 8 Offenses to Be Avoided
The offenses against the chanting of the holy name are as follows: (3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.
28th January, 1977, Room Conversation
“Guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete koriya aikya, ara na koriho mane asa. Don’t think of any nonsense. Simply execute what your guru has said. That is success.”
Note: EVEN GREATER DANGER around the corner IS the party that has given POISON to Srila Prabhupada and are ANTI RITVIK means ANTI PRABHUPADA these goons want to CHANGE Srila Prabhupada’s Books. These goons HATE Srila Prabhupada this is WHY they want to REPLACE him as Diksa guru with THEMSELVES. Cooperation between Prabhupadanugas is the ONLY solution IF THEY ARE ***MATURE*** ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND:
77-01-13. Letter: Jayatirtha
When the Kurus and the Pandavas used to fight, there were 100 brothers on one side, and 5 brothers on the other side. But when there was another party, then the 105 brother were together. In this way, we must cooperate to spread Krsna consciousness.
Srila Prabhupada poisoned:
The following sites has whispers of the poison givers:
To hear the whole CD of the Nov 10 1977 Conversations from beginning to end, please click here or
http://www.mediafire.com/?ppvh77orok1r7vh
And for Individual highlighted louder version of the whole CD , please go to
http://www.culturedbooks.com/audio/audio-address.html
So have your minds been numbed down by the sleep inducing j-nwlo brain dead inapplicable quotes by Mahesh?? Meant to lull the individual into a sentimental, dis-empowering stupor. So the demons can keep up the pretense of following Prabhupada! Prahlad and Bk John are resistant so far. But what about the rest of you??? Do you still fall for this junk(Mahesh or Madhu!) masquerading a leader in Krsna’s service? These quotes are good when applied correctly, but Mahesh has ulterior motivation in mind. Like PADA, he knows exactly what he is saying(and the effect of dumbing down the reader) so it is NO accident he posts as he does. As does Pravesh in his sleepy time retort, “put your head back into the sand, see nothing and say nothing bad, because it is all good and they are the leaders, we have to follow”. Puke, puke.
This article is excellently put together and written as far as I’m concerned. Mahesh and Pravesh should be embarrassed by association with such people as Madhu. But it takes cheerleaders to prop up a [snipped by webmaster] like Madhu.
“If a brāhmaṇa becomes a caretaker of cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, camels, donkeys, mules, horses, or elephants; if a brāhmaṇa consumes flesh, garlic, onions, camel milk, or liquor; if a brāhmaṇa sells meat, salty drinks, or milk; if a brāhmaṇa enters into a physical relationship with a woman who has been married twice, with a śūdra lady, a cāṇḍālī, or a servant girl; if a brāhmaṇa consumes grains cooked by a śūdra or from a funeral ceremony; if a brāhmaṇa becomes envious of the demigods, his parents, or his guru — then due to any of the above, even a brāhmaṇa who is well versed in the Vedas and its branches loses his status as a brāhmaṇa. Therefore, being a brāhmaṇa is not the permanent asset of a material body. Manu has already said that a brāhmaṇa who cultivates fields or who works as a servant or as a vaiśya becomes just like a śūdra. Similarly, one may also attain the position of a brāhmaṇa from the position of a śūdra.” Lord Brahma continued, “O greatest amongst sages! By reading the Vedas one doesn’t become a brāhmaṇa. After all, Ravana and other demons also read the Vedas. Moreover, some who are by nature śūdras, cāṇḍālas, or fishermen manage to read the Vedas by fraud, but they can’t be termed as true brāhmaṇas. Many such śūdras migrate to other locations and disguise themselves as brāhmaṇas to read the Vedas and marry a brāhmaṇa girl. Or in the five countries known as pañca-gauḍa or pañca-draviḍa, some who have not even read the Vedas pretend to be brāhmaṇas and marry in a high lineage. Therefore, a mere recitation of the Vedas is not a proclamation of being of nature of Brahmana. This is also true
Adapted from the Bhaviṣya-purāṇa
“and on the other hand if one who already has all these performs sinful activities then he become degraded from the position of a brāhmaṇa. Therefore being a brāhmaṇa is not a fixed characteristic but a fleeting one.” Lord Brahma continued, “One should ask the proud so-called reciters of the Vedas how it is that this body, developed from sperm and a storehouse of nasty objects like stool, can be purified? There are some who are extremely well versed in Vedic rituals but become degraded to the worst extent. So called brāhmaṇas who exhibit cruelty, kill other brāhmaṇas, have sex with their guru’s wife, thieves, killers of cows, drunkards, have attraction to other’s wives, liars, atheists, those affected by kali-yuga, as well as vile persons who eat anything and sell anything cannot be purified even though imbued with all saṁskāras and Vedic studies. Whatever disasters happen to śūdras happen to brāhmaṇas as well. Therefore, reading the Vedas and performing animal sacrifices are not characteristics of being a brāhmaṇa. Widowhood, death, etc., are all equal to all castes. Bodily imbalances such as vāta, pitta and kapha are present in all bodies, and everyone yearns for wealth. Those brāhmaṇas who make a pretense of reading the Vedas and cheat the world and maintain themselves are worse than the śūdras.”
“The so called conception of caste by birth in humans is merely a mental speculation. It does not have factual existence.” Lord Brahma concluded — “One who knows what should be accepted and what should not be accepted, who gives up dishonest means and aims for controlling the senses, who is both truthful and lawful as well as being fixed in good behavior, who thinks of the welfare of all, who knows well the Vedas and its six vedāṅgas, who is devoid of anger, envy, delusion, etc., who is attracted to the study of Vedas and other literature, who doesn’t associate with materialistic people, who stays in a clean place, who is equal in happiness and distress, who is true to religion, who is freed from the conception of I and mine, who is free from pride, who is charitable, a knower of brahman, and who is peaceful and austere — such a person is to be known as a brāhmaṇa. Such brāhmaṇas have been produced for the welfare of the world.” Lord Brahma therefore concluded, bhaktyāsaktāḥ prapannāś ca brāhmaṇās te prakīrtitāḥ — “Those who are sheltered in the absolute truth through devotion and attachment are known as brāhmaṇas.” ”
Adapted from the Bhaviṣya-purāṇa
By Srila Jiva Goswami
Due to the presence of many offenses, the Lord does not accept service from the crooked, even if they offer him many valuable items. This was seen when Krishna went to the capital of Duryodhan as a messenger on behalf of the Pandavas. Although Duryodhan tried to win Krishna over with a royal reception and great opulence, Krishna rejected Duryodhana’s hospitality because of Duryodhana’s offensive attitude towards Krishna’s devotees. At present, there are many people who make a show of devotion and who, in spite of having studied the scriptures, maintain an offensive mentality which causes them to disrespect the Lord, the spiritual master, and other devotees. The external worship offered by such persons is nothing but crookedness. Therefore, çästra describes that even foolish people who are nonetheless free from crookedness attain perfection even by a semblance of bhakti, whereas the crooked cannot even practice bhakti. This is evidenced in a statement by the great sage Parashar from the Skanda-Puräëa:
na hy apunyavataam loke moodhaanaam kutilaaymanaam bhaktir bhavati govinde kértanaà smaranam tathä
In this world, impious, foolish and crooked people do not attain devotion to Lord Govinda, and they cannot chant about or remember the Lord.
In consideration of this, the vishnu-dharma states:
satyaà çatena vighnänäm sahasren.a tathä tapaù vighnäyutena govinde nr.naam bhaktir niväryate
The attempt of such crooked people to become truthful is obstructed by a hundred impediments, whereas their attempts to perform penances is obstructed by a thousand and their attempts to per-form loving devotional service to Lord Govinda is obstructed by ten thousand impediments.
Therefore, Sri Suta-Goswami says in Çrémad Bhägavatam (3.19.36):
taà sukhärädhyam åjubhir ananya-çaraëair nåbhiù kåtajïaù ko na seveta durärädhyam asädhubhiù
What grateful soul is there who would not render loving service to such a great master as the Person-ality of Godhead? The Lord can be easily pleased by spotless devotees who resort exclusively to him for protection, though the unrighteous man finds it difficult to propitiate him.
Similarly, the devotees of the Lord also bless those who are simple-hearted yet ignorant, but not those who are learned yet crooked, as the sage Sri Chamas told King Nimi in Çrémad Bhägavatam (11.5.4-5):
düre hari-kathäù kecid düre cäcyuta-kértanäù striyaù çüdrädayaç caiva te ‘nukampyä bhavädåçäm
vipro räjanya-vaiçyau vä hareù präptäù padäntikam çrautena janmanäthäpi muhyanty ämnäya-vädinaù
There are many persons who have little opportunity to take part in discussions about the Supreme Person-ality of Godhead, Hari, and thus it is difficult for them to chant his infallible glories. Persons such as women, çüdras, and other fallen classes always deserve the mercy of great personalities like yourself. On the other hand, brahmins, members of the royal order, and vaiçyas, even after being allowed to approach the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord by receiving the second birth of Vedic initiation, can become bewil-dered and adopt various materialistic philosophies.
In the first of these two verses, the sage Chamas declares that out of the various divisions of human beings, those who are ignorant should be favored by devotees like King Nimi. But by the second verse, he intends to say that those who are proud of petty knowl-edge are incurable and should thus be avoided. ·
— Bhakti-Sandarbha, anucchedas 153 and 154. Adapted from the English translation of Satya Narayan Das. Jiva Institute. Vrindavan. 2005.