Vaishnava Acharyas

Panihati Chida-dahi Festival on June 21, 2013

Chanting is Medicine and Prasadam is Diet

We want to distribute our literature and books within as well as our prasadam, and injecting our Hare Krishna medicine within the ear. So, reading of the literature and hearing of the chanting is the medicine, and prasadam is the diet. So, if diet and medicine are properly administered the disease of maya will be cured. But the physician must be always healthy. People may not say, physician is ill thyself. That means the preachers must be of highly elevated character, following strictly the rules and regulations and chanting regularly in the temple.

Correspondence: June 27, 1968

Vaishnava Acharyas

This section contains excerpts of the transcendental pastimes of eternal associates of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Gaudiya Vaishnava acharyas, and a few prominent Vaisnava acharyas of other sampradaya. The activities and teachings of these most elevated transcendental personalities can never be completely described but in this section we present selected pastimes which will impart essential spiritual lessons for the readers for advancing in Krishna consciousness.

Hearing the exemplary spiritual activities of liberated souls purifies one of material contamination. The divine association of mahabhagavata Vaishnavas elevates the consciousness. One feels inspired to attain the perfectional stage of life—-pure love for Radha and Krishna. The best way to serve the previous acharyas is to study and follow their lives and teachings.

The Vaishnava's ocean of mercy awaits to inundate the sincere devotee. May we always remember the pure devotees of Radha-Krishna, worship them and pray for their causeless mercy. A devotee treads the path of mercy. And only by the mercy of the Vaishnavas will we ever hope to attain the eternal loving service of the servants of Radha-Krishna.

Ananta Koti Vaisnava Vrnda ki jai!