{"id":56178,"date":"2020-01-08T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=56178"},"modified":"2023-09-26T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T23:41:40","slug":"nectar-of-instruction-4-dadati-pratig%e1%b9%9bh%e1%b9%87ati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/nectar-of-instruction-4-dadati-pratig%e1%b9%9bh%e1%b9%87ati\/","title":{"rendered":"Nectar of Instruction 4 – dad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti"},"content":{"rendered":"
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dad\u0101ti pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti
\nguhyam \u0101khy\u0101ti p\u1e5bcchati
\nbhu\u1e45kte bhojayate caiva
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dad\u0101ti<\/em><\/a> \u2014 gives charity; pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti<\/em><\/a> \u2014 accepts in return;
\nguhyam<\/em><\/a> \u2014 confidential topics; \u0101khy\u0101ti<\/em><\/a> \u2014 explains; p\u1e5bcchati<\/em><\/a> \u2014 inquires;
\nbhu\u1e45kte<\/em><\/a> \u2014 eats; bhojayate<\/em><\/a> \u2014 feeds; ca<\/em><\/a> \u2014 also; eva<\/em><\/a> \u2014 certainly;
\n\u1e63a\u1e6d<\/em><\/a>–vidham<\/em><\/a> \u2014 six kinds; pr\u012bti<\/em><\/a> \u2014 of love; lak\u1e63a\u1e47am<\/em><\/a>\u2014 symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Offering gifts in charity,
\naccepting charitable gifts,
\nrevealing one\u2019s mind in confidence,
\ninquiring confidentially,
\naccepting pras\u0101da<\/em> and
\noffering pras\u0101da<\/em>
\nare the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this verse \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b explains how to perform devotional activities in the association of other devotees. There are six kinds of activities:
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(1) giving charity to the devotees,
\n(2) accepting from the devotees whatever they may offer in return,
\n(3) opening one\u2019s mind to the devotees,
\n(4) inquiring from them about the confidential service of the Lord, (5) honoring pras\u0101da<\/em>, or spiritual food, given by the devotees, and
\n(6) feeding the devotees with pras\u0101da<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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An experienced devotee explains, and an inexperienced devotee learns from him. This is guhyam \u0101khy\u0101ti p\u1e5bcchati<\/em>. When a devotee distributes pras\u0101da,<\/em> remnants of food offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in order to maintain our spirit of devotional service we must accept this pras\u0101da<\/em> as the Lord\u2019s grace received through the pure devotees. We should also invite pure devotees to our home, offer them pras\u0101da<\/em> and be prepared to please them in all respects. This is called bhu\u1e45kte bhojayate caiva<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Even in ordinary social activities, these six types of dealings between two loving friends are absolutely necessary. For instance, when one businessman wishes to contact another businessman he arranges a feast in a hotel, and over the feast openly expresses what he wishes to do. He then inquires from his business friend how he should act, and sometimes presents are exchanged. Thus whenever there is a dealing of pr\u012bti,<\/em> or love in intimate dealings, these six activities are executed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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In the previous verse, \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b advised that one should renounce worldly association and keep company with the devotees (sa\u1e45ga-ty\u0101g\u0101t sato v\u1e5btte\u1e25<\/em>).<\/span> The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been established to facilitate these six kinds of loving exchanges between devotees. This Society was started single-handedly, but because people are coming forward and dealing with the give-and-take policy, the Society is now expanding all over the world. We are glad that people are donating very liberally to the development of the Society\u2019s activities, and people are also eagerly accepting whatever humble contribution we are giving them in the shape of books and magazines dealing strictly with the subject matter of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. We sometimes hold Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a festivals and invite life members and friends to participate in the feasting by accepting pras\u0101da<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Although most of our members come from the higher rungs of society, they nonetheless come and take whatever little pras\u0101da<\/em> we are able to offer them. Sometimes the members and supporters inquire very confidentially about the methods of performing devotional service, and we try to explain this. In this way our Society is successfully spreading all over the world, and the intelligentsia of all countries is gradually appreciating our K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious activities. The life of the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious society is nourished by these six types of loving exchange among the members; therefore people must be given the chance to associate with the devotees of ISKCON, because simply by reciprocating in the six ways mentioned above an ordinary man can fully revive his dormant K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. In Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/em> (2.62)<\/a> it is stated, sa\u1e45g\u0101t sa\u00f1j\u0101yate k\u0101ma\u1e25:<\/em> one\u2019s desires and ambitions develop according to the company one keeps. It is often said that a man is known by his company, and if an ordinary man associates with devotees, he will certainly develop his dormant K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. The understanding of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is innate in every living entity, and it is already developed to some extent when the living entity takes a human body. It is said in the Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> (Madhya<\/em> 22.107):<\/span><\/p>\n

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nitya-siddha k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prema \u2018s\u0101dhya\u2019 kabhu naya
\n\u015brava\u1e47\u0101di-\u015buddha-citte karaye udaya<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cPure love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is eternally established in the hearts of living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, the living entity naturally awakens.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Since K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is inherent in every living entity, everyone should be given a chance to hear about K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Simply by hearing and chanting \u2013 \u015brava\u1e47a\u1e41 k\u012brtanam<\/em> \u2013 one\u2019s heart is directly purified, and one\u2019s original K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is immediately awakened. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness is not artificially imposed upon the heart, it is already there. When one chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the heart is cleansed of all mundane contamination. In the first stanza of His \u015ar\u012b \u015aik\u1e63\u0101\u1e63\u1e6daka,<\/em> Lord \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu says:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

ceto-darpa\u1e47a-m\u0101rjanam bhava-mah\u0101-d\u0101v\u0101gni-nirv\u0101pa\u1e47a\u1e41
\n\u015breya\u1e25-kairava-candrik\u0101-vitara\u1e47a\u1e41 vidy\u0101-vadh\u016b-j\u012bvanam
\n\u0101nand\u0101mbudhi-vardhana\u1e41 prati-pada\u1e41 p\u016br\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5bt\u0101sv\u0101dana\u1e41
\nsarv\u0101tma-snapana\u1e41 para\u1e41 vijayate \u015br\u012b-k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-sa\u1e45k\u012brtanam<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cAll glories to the \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a sa\u1e45k\u012brtana,<\/em> which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em> movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Not only is the chanter of the mah\u0101-mantra<\/em> purified, but the heart of anyone who happens to hear the transcendental vibration of Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, Hare Hare\/ Hare R\u0101ma, Hare R\u0101ma, R\u0101ma R\u0101ma, Hare Hare is also cleansed. Even the souls embodied in lower animals, insects, trees and other species of life also become purified and prepared to become fully K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious simply by hearing the transcendental vibration. This was explained by \u1e6ch\u0101kura Harid\u0101sa when Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu inquired from him how living entities lower than human beings can be delivered from material bondage. Harid\u0101sa \u1e6ch\u0101kura said that the chanting of the holy names is so powerful that even if one chants in the remotest parts of the jungle, the trees and animals will advance in K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness simply by hearing the vibration. This was actually proved by \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu Himself when He passed through the forest of Jh\u0101rikha\u1e47\u1e0da. At that time the tigers, snakes, deer and all other animals abandoned their natural animosity and began chanting and dancing in sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em>. Of course, we cannot imitate the activities of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu, but we should follow in His footsteps. We are not powerful enough to enchant the lower animals such as tigers, snakes, cats and dogs or entice them to dance, but by chanting the holy names of the Lord we can actually convert many people throughout the world to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. Contributing or distributing the holy name of the Lord is a sublime example of contributing or giving charity (the dad\u0101ti<\/em> principle). By the same token, one must also follow the pratig\u1e5bh\u1e47\u0101ti<\/em>principle and be willing and ready to receive the transcendental gift. One should inquire about the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement and open his mind in order to understand the situation of this material world. Thus the guhyam \u0101khy\u0101ti p\u1e5bcchati<\/em> principles can be served.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness invite the Society\u2019s members and supporters to dine with them when they hold love feasts in all their branches every Sunday. Many interested people come to honor pras\u0101da<\/em>, and whenever possible they invite members of the Society to their homes and feed them sumptuously with pras\u0101da<\/em>. In this way both the members of the Society and the general public are benefited. People should give up the company of so-called yog\u012bs, j\u00f1\u0101n\u012bs, karm\u012bs<\/em> and philanthropists because their association can benefit no one.<\/span> If one really wants to attain the goal of human life, he should associate with devotees of the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement because it is the only movement that teaches one how to develop love of God. Religion is the special function of human society, and it constitutes the distinction between human society and animal society. Animal society has no church, mosque or religious system. In all parts of the world, however downtrodden human society may be, there is some system of religion. Even tribal aborigines in the jungles also have a system of religion. When a religious system develops and turns into love of God, it is successful. As stated in the First Canto of \u015ar\u012bmad-Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> (1.2.6)<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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sa vai pu\u1e41s\u0101\u1e41 paro dharmo
\nyato bhaktir adhok\u1e63aje
\nahaituky apratihat\u0101
\nyay\u0101tm\u0101 supras\u012bdati<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe supreme occupation [dharma<\/em>] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted in order to completely satisfy the self.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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If the members of human society actually want peace of mind, tranquility and friendly relations between men and nations, they must follow the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious system of religion, by which they can develop their dormant love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As soon as people do so, their minds will immediately be filled with peace and tranquility.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this regard, \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura warns all devotees engaged in broadcasting the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement not to speak to the impersonalist M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs who are always determined to oppose such theistic movements. The world is full of M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs and atheists, and the political parties of the world take advantage of M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101da and other atheistic philosophies to promote materialism. Sometimes they even back a strong party to oppose the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement. The M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs and other atheists do not want the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement to develop because it educates people in God consciousness. Such is the policy of the atheists. There is no benefit in feeding a snake milk and bananas because the snake will never be satisfied. On the contrary, by taking milk and bananas the snake simply becomes more poisonous (kevala\u1e41 vi\u1e63a-vardhanam<\/em>). If a snake is given milk to drink, its poison simply increases. For a similar reason, we should not disclose our minds to the serpent M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs and karm\u012bs<\/em>. Such disclosures will never help. It is best to avoid association with them completely and never ask them about anything confidential because they cannot give good advice. Nor should we extend invitations to M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs and atheists nor accept their invitations, for by such intimate intermingling we may become affected by their atheistic mentality (sa\u1e45g\u0101t sa\u00f1j\u0101yate k\u0101ma\u1e25<\/em>). It is the negative injunction of this verse that we should refrain from giving anything to or accepting anything from the M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs and atheists. \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu has also warned, <\/span>vi\u1e63ay\u012bra anna kh\u0101ile du\u1e63\u1e6da haya<\/span> mana:<\/em> \u201cBy eating food prepared by worldly people, one\u2019s mind becomes wicked.\u201d Unless one is very advanced, he is unable to utilize everyone\u2019s contribution to further the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness movement; therefore on principle one should not accept charity from the M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs or atheists. Indeed, \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu has forbidden devotees to associate even with ordinary men who are too addicted to material sense gratification.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The conclusion is that we should always keep company with devotees, observe the regulative devotional principles, follow in the footsteps of the \u0101c\u0101ryas<\/em> and in full obedience carry out the orders of the spiritual master. In this way we shall be able to develop our devotional service and dormant K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. The devotee who is neither a neophyte nor a mah\u0101-bh\u0101gavata<\/em> (a greatly advanced devotee) but is within the middle status of devotional service is expected to love the Supreme Personality of Godhead, make friends with the devotees, show favor to the ignorant and reject the jealous and demoniac. In this verse there is brief mention of the process of making loving transactions with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and making friends with the devotees. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to the dad\u0101ti<\/em> principle, an advanced devotee is supposed to spend at least fifty percent of his income on the service of the Lord and His devotees. \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b has set such an example in his life. When he decided to retire, he distributed fifty percent of his life\u2019s earnings to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s service and twenty-five percent to his relatives and kept twenty-five percent for personal emergencies. This example should be followed by all devotees. Whatever one\u2019s income, fifty percent should be spent on behalf of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and His devotees, and this will fulfill the demands of dad\u0101ti<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the next verse, \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b informs us what kind of Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava should be selected as a friend and how Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas should be served.<\/span><\/p>\n

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