(17/22) All That Glitters Is Not Gold

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Bolpur, noon, 20 January 2019, part 17
Translated from Bengali

Question: There are many movements that we see around (at Nitai Bari, Nrisingha Palli). Is Vaishnavism another movement?

No, it is not any movement. There are thirteen bogus sampradayas: aul, baul, kartabhaja, nera, darvesh, sani, sahajiya, sakhibekhi, smarta, jata gosai, atibari, churadhari, gauranga-nagari. We are told not to associate with such people. Those who belong to the genuine path are members of the Brahma-Madhva Gaudiya sampradaya, and they are the ones who can show you the real path.

I told you that there many gurus roaming in this world, just as there are many doctors roaming in this world. Some doctors will give you medicine and say, 'Eat whatever you want,' but will your disease go away like that? Tell me. There are many gurus roaming around, they say, 'You can eat fish, meat, onion, garlic, masoori dal (lentils), mix with ladies, drink, smoke.' This is what they do even at 'Nitai Bari' [Nityananda Prabhu's birthplace in Sri Ekachakra Dham]. They have many disciples, but all their disciples eat fish, meat, etc. They say with their mouths, 'Jay Nitai!' (and in Vrindavan, they say, 'Jay Radhe!'), but when they say this, they ask you, 'Jay Nitai! Give me money!' They chant, 'Nitai-Gaura Radhe-Shyama Hare Krishna Hare Rama' – can you imagine that? They put Nitai and Radha together. This is completely wrong. If I were to tell you the meaning of what they are doing, you would go away from here. Who is Nityananda? He is Balaram, elder brother of Gaura and Krishna. Radharani is Krishna's beloved. So, when they say, 'Nitai-Gaura Radhe-Shyama', they put Nityananda next to Radharani! Does any girl come to stay with her brother-in-law? This is a misconception, an offence. When I go there, I put my fingers into my ears not to hear that.

Mahaprabhu said,

হরের্নাম হরের্নাম হরের্নামৈব কেবলম্ ।
কলৌ নাস্ত্যেব নাস্ত্যেব নাস্ত্যেব গতিরন্যথা ॥

harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha

'Chanting the Holy Name, chanting the Holy Name, chanting the Holy Name. There is no other way, no other way, no other way.'

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 1.7.76)

This Holy Name is, 'Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.'

It is written in Varaha Purana that those who come as brahmans in Kali-yuga are not brahmans: the demons (devadvija-drohi, দেবদ্বিজ-দ্রোহী) who hated and killed brahmans and demigods in previous ages are born in Kali-yuga as brahmans. All ten kinds of good inclinations are destroyed in them. Those 'brahmans' come without any knowledge of the Vedas, and they come only to take from others; they are very greedy and angry. Kali-yuga brahmans criticise the Vedas, gamble, steal and mix with widows. Sivji Maharaj says in Padma Purana (these are not my words – these are Lord Sivji Maharaj's words, so you must believe it): 'To maintain their lives, some fake religious followers garb themselves into red clothes and grow tangled hair and beards. Thus, in Kali-yuga, brahmans' religion is lower than even that of sudras.

Have you heard what I have read? This Gaudiya-kantahara contains citations from various scriptures. Remember what you have heard today.

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1) Course of Life
2) Special Arrangement for Kali-Yuga
3) Beyond Religious Bigotry
4) Innermost Desires
5) Fortune, Faith and Frauds
6) Think about Your Real Self
7) Come to Krishna's Family
8) Seek Out Eternal Shelter
9) Proper Surrender
10) Misdirected Worship
11) Deepest Faith
12) Beyond Illusory World
13) Turn Home
14) Gross and Subtle Cheating
15) Watch for Milestones
16) Come Home with Me
17) All That Glitters Is Not Gold
18) Do Not Cheat Yourself
19) Soul's Plight
20) Eternal Transformations
21) Origin of Hinduism
22) Pig's Life, God's Life, Devotee's Life