Why Current Vaishnava Societies are Failing to Achieve Prema Bhakti in this Life? Part One
CC Ādi 1.98 — But these two brothers [Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda] dissipate the darkness of the inner core of the heart, and thus They help one meet the two kinds of bhāgavatas [persons or things in relationship with the Personality of Godhead].
CC Ādi 1.99 — One of the bhāgavatas is the great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in the mellows of loving devotion.
CC Ādi 1.100 — Through the actions of these two bhāgavatas the Lord instills the mellows of transcendental loving service into the heart of a living being, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control of the devotee’s love.
Comment by Gaurahari Das: First off we are very lucky to have Srila Prabhupada's books. They are one important half of the equation to solve the problem of achieving the platform of pure devotional service in this very lifetime as the above verses clearly point out. Yet the direction of these verses are not clearly understood or taught by the modern day leaders to their Vaishnava followers. Srila Prabhupada’s books are so empowered with true knowledge and devotional potency that they can awaken pure devotional love of God in those who cherish and understand them. Yet why don't we see more Prema Bhaktas and instead Vaishnavas who are still after many years of faith in Vaishnavism, still wholly and solely devoted to Varnashram Dharma or the very basic yet still external or material platform of Vaishnavism?
If one really understood the essence of the teachings inside Srila Prabhupada’s books, like in the above verses in Caitanya Caritamrita, one would understand the complete formula for achieving Prema Bhakti or love of God quickly in this very life, and act according to those verses. Due to complete understanding of them, they would seek out the genuine ecstatic association of devotees that Lord Caitanya is sending us, but because the Leaders are not yet examples of experiencing the mellows of pure devotion, they cannot direct their followers to where they can achieve real deliverance from the cycle of birth and death in this very lifetime.
At the present moment, because of lack of true understanding, the Vaishnava leaders and their followers do not clearly understand the meaning of Guru Tattava which is the very foundation and door to achieving the blissful ecstatic platform of devotional service. The clearest explanation of where the real path of how the mellows of pure devotion are awakened in the heart is in the first chapter of Caitanya Caritamrita called “ The Spiritual Masters” ; yet because no one is hearing properly from a devotee Bhagavata who conforms to the conclusive statements of the above quoted verses, who is steeped in the mellows of devotion, one cannot act accordingly and complete the formula, quickly achieving the platform of awakening of pure devotion. Therefore it is rare that anyone yet is achieving a genuine transcendental relationship with Krishna through the spontaneous awakening of love of God.
Lord Caitanya once met a illiterate Brahman who was just looking at the picture of Krishna in Bhagavad Gita and crying in ecstatic love. He said to him” Because of your ecstatic devotion whatever you say about the Gita, constitutes the real purport and undertanding of the Gita.” Caitanya Caritamrita
The sum and substance or purport of these verses for those who are looking for a bonafide Guru to guide them either formally or informally, will find the real deal in a devotee of Krishna who chants the Holy Name and Fame of Gaura/Krishna with great devotional ecstatic intimacy. Because they worship the Lord and bonafide Vaishnavas with spontaneously awakening of ecstatic love, the real confidential purports are revealed to them automatically. The devotional potency naturally purifies the material dust from their hearts and this also naturally exposes the real confidential meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam and all of the revealed scriptures. Lord Caitanya met a illiterate brahmin who was just looking at the picture of Krishna in Bhagavad Gita and crying in ecstatic love. He said to him” Because of your ecstatic devotion whatever you say about the Gita, constitutes the real purport and undertanding of the Gita.”
As long as the Vaishnava’s continue to act in contradiction to the direction of the book Bhagavata’s real explanation of of Guru Tattva by accepting as their saviors or Spiritual Masters those who have not genuinely realized Krishna, modern day Vaishnavas will fail to achieve the platform of deep ecstatic intimate love of Krishna, no matter how sincerely they are following those leaders who also do not yet understand the above verses; therefore they cannot direct their followers in the right way to quickly achieve the desired result of rapid awakening of pure Love of Krishna.
