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Madhya 15: El Señor toma prasādam en casa de Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
(versos 105 al 111)
Maharaja from my point of view this six verses sumarize, as a practical guide, the process of devotional service in the beginning stages, where Prabhupada emphasizes specifically the importance of Arcana, the principle of diksa and the chant of the Holly Names.
It is interesting how Prabhupada describes the Kanistha adhikari devotee, now we understand better this high Vaisnava concept.
We often think that we belong to this category or even to other more elevated ones, but the sad truth is that we do not even behave like real Kanisthas.
It is explained that Kanistha is the devotee who is dedicated to diety worshiping, this we understand to be the main activity in which a brahamana is engaged.
So Srila Prabhupada in this verses is giving us the recipe to progress in espiritual life, specifically for those ,like myself, who were not born in a Vaisnava family, but thanks to your mercy Maharaja, we can aspire to become one at one point.
Thus we understand the importance of following the process very strictly, just like when we want to get cure from disease we take the prescriben drug by a doctor, in the same way if we want to advance in espiritual life we should not be peevish regarding our practices.
To be fair, I had not paid much attention to the arcana process, and was not able to understand its relevance, but now we know thanks to you Gurudeva, that it is essential for us, because we know that while we are absorbed in the shape and the service of the Lord we will gain a greater control of the mind and the senses.
We are being witnesses of how diety worshiping it´s a powerful and efective medium which is making strong impressions in our mind, and that which I thought imposible to overcome not long ago, its becoming more easily to achieve, and thus our faith and taste hearing and chanting.
This is helping us to understand better the relation-ship between Guru-disciple and the fact that vani is more important than van (as stated in the sastras), the espiritual life of the disciple it is dependen only on faithfully following the instructions of his espiritual master, and we believe without this espiritual life becomes a show and a phantasmagoria. “Disloyalty to the espiritual master pays off with ignorance”.
We feel that we are going trough a transitional stage, of changes, after having being stucked for some years, but we are clear that we will not let go the train of your mercy, we only aspire to assist you in devotional service.
This is my point of view Gurudeva, for sure there are many others, but this is all I could see, for now, thank you.
your aspiring servant
Bhadra Vardhana
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