VISHNU AND MAYA-DEVI
MAYA AND KRSNA – SIDE BY SIDE
Nov 1 1970 letter Satyabhama
Regarding Brahmananda, he is actually surrendered soul, but Maya is so strong that on account of association he has even fallen down. So these two things are always side by side — Maya and Krsna — Krsna is service and Maya is sense gratification, so every moment we are prone to be subjugated by either of them. Our duty is therefore to be very, very careful. The poison is personal ambition. So everyone has the chance, therefore one should not be complacent. Doubts may come about, but one should be firmly fixed up that there cannot be any doubt on the Spiritual Master or Krsna.
Nov 16 1970 letter Rsabhadeva
Now you are placed in a responsible post, so I may request you to very carefully execute the regular program as you have learned it in Los Angeles. If the regulative principles are strictly followed there is no chance of maya’s dangerous influence to come in and cause some havoc. Maya is always peeping, ready to take advantage of our any lapse from devotional standard, so everyone should be continuously engaged in either chanting, studying or working and preaching. This full schedule will save you from engagement elsewhere. Maya and Krsna are always side by side. Either one is serving Krsna or he is serving Maya. Please manage the affairs of your temple in close cooperation with Karandhara and your Godbrothers and Krsna will give you the good intelligence to progress nicely.
Nov 29 1970 letter Gargamuni
Maya is very strong and she can victimize anyone of us at any moment. We shall therefore always keep ourselves vigilant and this is only possible by rigid engagement in Krishna’s service. Certainly maya attacked you a few months ago and now again you are determined to serve Krishna; that will keep you secure. I shall always pray to Krishna for your protection. Side by side you also remain always engaged in Krishna’s service and thus there will be no chance of falldown. I think your program is going on nicely. You also follow the regulative principles, chant 16 rounds, and keep yourself engaged in the service of the Lord. Also keep me informed occasionally about your activities.
March 2 1970 letter Bhagavan
The pradhana is the ingredient part of material energy. Yes, the Maya is covering all the material energies. Therefore one who is materially advanced, covered with riches, covered with learning, covered with fame or covered with any material opulences, is understood to be covered with Maya. Srila Bhaktivinode says, jada vidya saba mayar baibhava “the material opulences are expansions of Maya’s influence.” As such, according to Vedic process, one voluntarily renounces the material opulences.
The Goswamis left their government service, and there are many other instances. Bharata Maharaja left his kingdom and Lord Buddha left his kingdom—these are all different attempts to get out of Maya’s influence. But our philosophy is that things employed in Krsna’s service have no more influence of Maya. Therefore it is called cinmaya or spiritual; spiritual means complete knowledge. One who can follow the instructions of Isopanisad can understand that nothing belongs to Maya, but everything belongs to Krsna. This knowledge is Krsna Consciousness.
Regarding the end of devotees of Lord Jesus Christ, they can go to heaven, that is all. That is a planet in the material world. A devotee of Lord Jesus Christ is one who is strictly following the ten commandments. Now just like in the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” this is a moral instruction for the sinful man. Similarly Lord Buddha also emphasized ahimsa paramadharma “the highest religion is nonviolence.” So these instructions are for the sinful men. When one is pious, instead of being sinful, he is promoted to the higher planetary systems like Janaloka, Mahaloka, or Tapaloka and they are above the planet Svargaloka. So persons who are cleansed of sinful life become eligible for spiritual life. From the instructions of Lord Jesus Christ we find that the stress is given to make men free from sinful life—such as “Thou shalt not kill” “Thou shalt not covet”—like that. Therefore the conclusion is that the devotees of Lord Jesus Christ are promoted to the heavenly planets which are within this material world.
Pamho agtacbsp, nice article thank you to post it,that’s why kirtaniyah sada hari is required this is the only way to defeat maya devi the shadow of the reality but ceto darpanam marjanam this is the way to come out from the shadow of maha maya we have not choice because this is the only way harenama eva kevalam kalo nasty…. SRILA PRABHUPADA used to say: we got nothing to do so better to chant HARE Krishna instead of spacing out with the mind then maya devi will catch you so better to chant that’s the best association SRILA SANATANA GOSVAMI glorifies the HOLY NAMES of the maha mantra HARE KRISHNA by saying oh! harinam sankirtanam YOU ARE the cleaner of all the sadaka bhakti followers of the MMHK. Agtacbsp ys haribol
Pamho agtacbsp, brahma buyaya kalpate can come true through kirtaniyah sada hari,because if everything belong to KRSNA our business is with HIM and not with maya sukaya the witches who take us always away from KRSNA, we are here for purification and not gratification, anyway with the mercy of SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU become easy to come out from this bad dream by keeping chanting hare Krishna. Agtacbsp ys haribol
Pamho agtacbsp, spiritual advancement must never stopped because everyone even a guru is progressing compare to the nitya siddha and even when one become nitya siddha is still progressing compare to Tulasi Devi and Srimati Radha Rani but the most amazing thing is that one can realise through spiritual advancement that verything is Krishna and simultaneously different from KRSNA and that’s all, I mean the exalted Krishna smarana platform is automatically reached when the Acintya bheda abheda tattvam is in vijnana Maya there are no more birth and death because KRSNA say whoever remember ME at time of death reach the paravyoma.ante Narayana smrti that’s must be our last thought we are practicing KC to get this last thought in remembering SRi Krishna especially when the most dangerous moment take place by death.agtacbsp ys Haribol
Pamho agtacbsp,our param guru Srila bhaktisiddhanta sarasvati prabhupada used to say never given up the service to KRSNA even if there are unlimited harassment by the external potency called Maya which is the shadow of cit knowledge She is a goddess worthy of respect because KRSNA give her the Sakti to kill many demons even if she is a women is superior to us then got eternally marriage with a exalted maha bhagavata as yah sambhutam api tatha sumapaiti karyat, vaisnavanam yatha sambhu svayambhuva narada sambhu a great mahajana as Siva Sankara bhagavan Maya Devi help us to become more serious in the way back home without false ego,we feel sorry to hear from the srimad bhagavatam that she made suicide in Satya Yuga because of her father daksa, sometime the Tri guna act on her also because the demigods are not completely pure , therefore to become pure is the only way to get rid of Maya the external potency of Sri KRSNA by getting the internal potency of SRI-JI that beauty only can save us from the fake one through the shadow of MAYA DEVI . agtacbsp ys Haribol
Pamho agtacbsp,in few words in Maya or not in Maya is always better to remember KRSNA because if we can remember KRSNA in Maya we can remember KRSNA better when we are not in maya, unfortunately we are not KC yet because we are still in maya to different level,to not be in Maya means to be a pure devotee but is not easy as it look because we been dealing with Maya since time immemorial,now Gauranga mahaprabhu is making a spiritual revolution through param vijayate Sri KRSNA sankirtanam I mean HE already captivate the heart of many Kali Chela citizens of this terrible Kali yuga,SCM say the same grihe tako vane tako sada Hari bole dako it doesn’t matter if you are a household or a Sannyasi just fill your mouth with the name of Hari who is taking all the suffering away from sincere sadhakas followers of the Sanatana Yuga dharma,so we are serving KRSNA even in Maya that’s the special mercy of the most merciful channa avatar SCM ki jay can we imagine how better we can serve HIM when we are not in Maya? Therefore is always better to serve SSGG then who is not Maya throw away the first stone,like Jesus Christ told to the rabbi Jewish priest whoever is without sin throw away the first stone,nobody done that because they were all sinful in Maya but still they was serving God, that’s the nature of the soul to serve the master in Maya and not in Maya depend of the use we do of our dependence ,in Sri vrindavan dham they pray in this way oh! Krishna You are the supreme Thief so steal me completely I’m yours in Maya or not in Maya we beg YOU to steal our
because that is yours, Anyway just chant hare krsna seriously and this dream can come true.agtacbsp ys Haribol