Before starting the class, Maharaja said that devotees should take notes during the class. He said, \u201cWithout taking notes, you retain 7%; with notes, 50%; and when you revise the notes, you retain 93%.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is what Maharaj said in the class.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When a devotee makes an offense to an advanced devotee, then the entire temple is affected. We get the benefits of good things done, and similarly we get negative effects when someone does wrong. We all have the responsibility to at least help correct the situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ramachandra Khan, a Hindu, was proud, arrogant, wealthy, influential, and the top man in his village. He had heard of Haridas Thakura and that Hindus were appreciating and glorifying him. Ramachandra Khan did not appreciate this. He thought Haridas Thakura was putting on a show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, he thought, \u201cI must make arrangements so that people see what he really is.\u201d He believed Haridas Thakura was not a real devotee and should not be appreciated or glorified as an advanced devotee because he was sure that he was not an advanced devotee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ramachandra Khan hired a prostitute and sent her to Haridas Thakura. When a beautiful girl comes and shows her physical features, he was sure that Haridas Thakura would fall upon seeing her. He had policemen behind the bushes and probably some reporters. The purpose was to inform others that Haridas Thakura was bad and should be treated like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prostitute came and spoke in a certain way. She tried, but nothing happened to Haridas Thakura. He continued chanting. If you are approached, then do not follow what Haridas Thakura did and say that first you have to chant. He said, \u201cI want to enjoy, but I have to chant my rounds.\u201d In the middle of the night she fell asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the morning, when the rooster made sound, she asked Haridas Thakura, \u201cHave you not finished your rounds?\u201d Haridas Thakura said that it was yesterday\u2019s rounds and he had to complete today\u2019s rounds. She sat and began listening to the chanting. Her heart got purified, and she eventually became a transformed person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our chanting is not at that level. When we chant, we are distracted by so many things \u2013 what we have to do and what not to do. The propensity for getting distracted from japa is prominent. Haridas Thakura\u2019s chanting was pure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n First lesson \u2013 we need to work on our chanting. It is an ongoing process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Srila Prabhupada was once asked, \u201cHow long did it take you to perfect your chanting?\u201d Srila Prabhupada said, \u201cAbout 25 years.\u201d He asked the students, \u201cHow old are you?\u201d The students said, \u201c20.\u201d Srila Prabhupada answered, \u201cYou have time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We may think 25 years is fine, but it depends on whether we are working on it or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prostitute became an advanced devotee in hours. Haridas Thakura left that place. The lady came and started living in the same hut and became a famous devotee. She asked him, \u201cHow will I maintain myself?\u201d Haridas Thakura said, \u201cDon\u2019t worry. If you do so, Krishna will supply.\u201d It was a fact. Many people saw that she had become a devotee, and local people supplied what she needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later Maya Devi herself came with the complete potency of material energy, and the same thing happened. She could not bewilder Haridas Thakura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later on, Lord Nityananda<\/mark><\/a>, accompanied by a whole group of His disciples and devotees traveling around India, happened to pass through that area. They came to the town where Ramachandra Khan was living, and he was a big man in the town with wealth and influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord Nityananda and the devotees entered. Some asked local people if there was any place where their large group could be accommodated. They were advised to go to Ramachandra Khan\u2019s place, as there was room there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lord Nityananda arrived there with devotee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord Nity\u0101nanda, who is omniscient because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, came to the house of R\u0101macandra Kh\u0101n and sat down on the altar of the Durg\u0101-ma<\/strong>\u1e47\u1e0dapa.\u201d<\/strong> When Lord Chaitanya had Mahaprakash lila at Srivas Thakura\u2019s place, He moved the Saligram sila to the side and sat on the altar. Often Lord Chaitanya\u2019s activities are exemplary, and sometimes they are not. It is called the Isvara principle. Srila Prabhupada said Lord Krishna does exemplary things which we should follow, but sometimes He does things that are not exemplary, such as dancing with the gopis. Because He is the Lord, if He wants to do something He can do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We should have transcendental intelligence to understand what to follow and what not to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Srila Prabhupada was traveling for the first time with foreign devotees. There was no temple, and they were staying with devotees. But those devotees had some sahajiya ideas. They asked Srila Prabhupada to tell about rasa dance. Every day they asked the question, and Srila Prabhupada avoided it. When they kept on persisting then Srila Prabhupada said, \u201cYou may be qualified to hear it, but I am not qualified to speak about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Lord Chaitanya did during the beginning of Mahaprakash lila, similarly Lord Nityananda sat on the Durga Mandap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A servant came and asked what they could do. Lord Nityananda said, \u201cCan we stay here tonight?\u201d The servant went in and told Ramachandra Khan, but Ramachandra Khan did not come out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uninvited guests should be taken as God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And here Lord Nityananda is God. Ramachandra Khan was so ignorant that he did not come out to meet or greet the Lord. The servant came out and said that Ramachandra Khan had asked him to accompany them to a local house, a cowshed, because this place was not spacious. It was very offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nOffense to Devotees \u2013 The Case of Ramachandra Khan <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Work on your chanting<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ramchandra Khan offends Lord Nityananda<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
CC Antya-lila 3.150<\/p>\n\n\n\nRamchandra Khan suffers<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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