“Unless you distinguish between demons and devotees,
you cannot progress in Krishna consciousness.”
Definition of a demon
One day, when Janaki visits, she takes exception to the painting of Lord Nrishingadev tearing out the entrails of the demon Hiranyakashipu. “It’s really ghastly, Swamiji, she says, making a face.
“For the devotees, it is beautiful,” he says. “The devotee praises Lord Nrishingadev: dalita hiranyakashipu tanu bhringam. ‘With the nails of Your beautiful hands, you have torn apart this wasp-like demon.’ Hiranyakashipu was such a great demon that he even tried to kill his small son, Prahlad Maharaj, just because he was a devotee. So the Lord killed Hiranyakashipu to protect His devotee and liberate the demon.”
“But there are no such demons now, Swamiji,” Janaki says.
“Oh yes,” Swamiji says. “Demon means nondevotee.”
“Maybe we shouldn’t call them demons,” Kirtanananda suggests. “People will never come if we call them demons.”
“But they are demons,” Swamiji says. “If you are not a devotee, you’re a demon.”
“Aren’t most people somewhere in between?” Kirtanananda persists.
“‘In between’ means demon,” Swamiji says.
“But most people never heard of Krishna,” Kirtanananda says. “How can they be called demons?”
“Everyone has heard of God,” Swamiji says. “Krishna is God. Anyway, they may be innocent; therefore we are informing them. But actually, because they’re here in this material world, they are not really innocent. Somehow, they’ve chosen to forget Krishna, and are therefore demons.”
“I thought that in Krishna consciousness, you see Krishna in everyone,” Kirtanananda says.
“Yes,” Swamiji says, “Krishna is also in the demon. But does this mean that we aspire to be demons? Unless you distinguish between demons and devotees, you cannot progress in Krishna consciousness.”
(From the “The Hare Krishna Explosion” by HG Hayagriva dasa)
pamho
agtACBSP,
the demons as well as the material world can be compare to the side effect of SRI KRSNA external energy like the prasada they said is the saliva mixed with the stools of SRI KRSNA everything is sweet in SRI KRSNA including HIS side effect because whatever HE do internally or externally it’s for our eternal benefit,
the demons are there also as a link to make the wolrd to underastand how the variety of SRI KRSNA is spread to differents energies as a aspect of HIS hidden source and original transformation outside the internal nature toward the rapid progress in remaining always manifested with the own svarupa murti without the anxiety created by the eviction from the material body and from the planet too,
of course it’s the longest journey the way back to the remote cause after many kalpa lived up down from this ekamsena stitho jagat and is not easy at all to get rid of the side effect of SRI KRSNA material energy without surrender to SRI KRSNA by finding out the own eternal relationship with HIM through the mercy of SRILA PRABHUPADA ,
the fallen down of JAYA and VIJAYA from the vaikunta planets were a arrangement of yoga maya connected to the lila pastimes of SRI KRSNA in the material world to save all the rascals and criminals who forgot to come to the light by remaining in the darkness since ages,
although is not possible to fallen down from the spiritual world one can still fallen down by the supreme and perfect will of SRI KRSNA which is not possible to change because there is not superior authority after HIM,SRILA PRABHUPADA say that sometime SRI KRSNA can stop the service of HIS devotees to make them more aware of the own business because the material world is for demons and the spiritual sky is for the devotees
agtACBSP
ys haribol