Crazy Inside Out

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
27 April 2013

I have told it many times before. Sometimes you think, "I want this," "I want that," "I want some money." It can be any of the three things—it can be kanak (wealth), it can be kamini (women), it can be pratistha (name and fame, self-establishment). If you always think about kanak, kamini, or pratistha ("I want kanak, I want kanak, I want kanak") and you do not get it, you will become crazy. Kamini is also like that—you are always thinking about kamini, kamini, kamini, and when you do not get it, you become crazy. Sometimes people also become crazy because of pratistha—you want pratistha, establishment, and when you do not get it you become crazy. There was once an Indian girl who became crazy, and Gurudev asked me once, "Do you know why that girl became crazy?" He told me why, and that was the reason—she wanted something very much and because she could not get it she became crazy. But I am surprised—nobody becomes crazy because they want Krishna! Only Mahaprabhu and Srimati Radharani became crazy because of Krishna...

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave some teachings in this world and Jagadananda Pandit told about it in his Prema-vivarta. I spoke about it in the morning, and I want to say something now too.

Sometimes we say, "He is a grihastha, I am a brahmachari," or, "He is a grihastha, I am a sannyasi," and sometimes I hear people say, "He is wearing white, and I am wearing saffron, so I am senior to him!" I hear people say this sometimes, but here Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says, "Vaisnavera kutinati nai," it means that if somebody says something like that, they are not a Vaishnav.

Whether it is a renounced person or a householder person, there is no difference between them. If you say there is some kind of difference (bhed), then you have to go to hell.

It is good to always deal with devotees simply, simple dealings are good.

"Sarsapa sutaila" means mustard oil. I have seen many times brahmacharis use coconut oil [for body, head, etc.], but Gurudev said that coconut oil is very dangerous. Here also it is written what Mahaprabhu's advice is.

Devotee: Does it mean that mustard oil is OK, and the other oils are not?

It means that, in general, it is not necessary to use oil, but mustard oil can be considered as OK, there is no fault in using it.

Renounced people always take what is necessary to maintain their life, they do not store and accumulate more than necessary, they do not mix with women; they serve the Lord.

Somebody says, "He is a householder, I am a brahmachari," or "He is a householder, and I am a sannyasi," but to make such distinction is an offence. It is written here that it is very bad to do this. Bheda kaile kumbhipaka narakete yai, and vaisnava-kulete sei maha-kulangara. Those who see or say there is a difference between householders, brahmacharis and sannyasis, will go to hell and they are maha-kulangar, great (maha) bastards (kulangar).

[His Divine Grace was reading from Sri Sri Prema-vivarta, chapter 17.]

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