The sadhu helps the fallen jīva to regain his natural state of freedom from sin and of constant service to the Lord, by bringing about descent of transcendental sound in the form of words uttered by his lips, and also by giving mahā-prasāda in the shape of food offered by him to the Lord. The sound pronounced by the sadhu and mahā-prasāda are not entities of this world. They are not identical with ordinary sound or ordinary food, which are merely means for gratifying our sensuous inclinations and appetites. Because they are spiritual, the word of God and mahā-prasāda cannot be enjoyed, or in other words, cannot be employed in gratification of the senses. Those who enjoy kīrtana or any spiritual discourse, or eat mahā-prasāda for appeasing hunger or gratification of the palate, are guilty of sacrilegious acts that serve only to prolong the state of sin, and ignorance of the greatest possible calamity that can befall the soul embodied in human form. How do you understand this phrase? Those who enjoy kirtan......or any spiritual discourse....
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 01:48:12 +0000
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