(10/10) Kali-Yuga Brahmans

His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
Sri Ekachakra Dham, evening class, 26 February 2021
Translated from Bengali, part 10

[A devotee asks a question.]

This is true not only for our age. Even before, all those who killed cows and brahmans in previous ages – in Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga and Dvapar-yuga – are born as brahmans in Kali-yuga. But if a brahman becomes a Vaishnav, then there is no question of that. Who is great, a brahman or a Vaishnav? If you have 100,000 rupees, it automatically means you have 1,000 rupees as well. So, 1,000 rupees is a brahman, and 100,000 rupees is a Vaishnav – it means that those who have the qualities of a Vaishnav automatically have all qualities of a brahman. Gurudev said that if a Kali-yuga brahman becomes a Vaishnav, then he will become exalted. Other than that, Kali-yuga brahmans live in sin – they associate with widows, they eat wrong food and do many other wrong things. These things about who brahmans were before are written in the scriptures, in Sri Gaudiya Kantha-hara, in Sri Padma Purana and other places. But, as I have already said, if a brahman becomes a Vaishnav, then there is no such question. All our guru-varga were brahmans – both our Gurudev and Param Gurudev were brahmans, but they left everything and came to this line.

[A devotee asks a question about Brahma-jnana.]

Today, brahmans do not even recite the gayatri-mantra. In previous ages, when brahmans spoke, fire would come from their mouths! But now nothing good comes out of their mouths. When they hear us speak like this, they start talking about rules and regulations. Suppose somebody dies at home – they say that you must not water Tulasi Devi and you cannot enter a temple. They only take people away from the service of the Lord. They say that if somebody dies at home, you cannot go to the temple for one year. What did Mahaprabhu say?

কি শয়নে, কি ভোজনে, কিবা জাগরণে ।
অহর্নিশ চিন্ত কৃষ্ণ, বলহ বদনে ॥

ki sayane, ki bhojane, kiba jagarane
aharnisa chinta krsna, balaha vadane

‘Whether you are sleeping, eating or waking up, incessantly think about Krishna and chant the Name of Krishna with your mouth.’

(Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata, 2.28.28)

ইহা হৈতে সর্ব্ব-সিদ্ধি হইবে সবার ।
সর্ব্বক্ষণ বল’ ইথে বিধি নাহি আর ॥

iha haite sarva-siddhi haibe sabara
sarva-ksana bala’ ithe vidhi nahi ara

‘By chanting this Holy Name, everyone can attain all perfections. There are no other rules except to chant the Holy Name at every moment.’

(Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata, 2.23.78)

If somebody dies, everybody at the house continues eating, but the service to the Lord stops – you cannot water Tulasi Devi, you cannot worship the Deities. They cook for themselves, but they cannot serve the Lord. If you see such brahmans, bring them to me – I will ‘shave their heads and pour whey on their heads’ [fig., a way of public denouncement]! But they will not come – they are too proud of their brahman caste! What did Mahaprabhu say? ‘Ye jana Krsna bhaje sei bada chatur (যে জন কৃষ্ণ ভজে সেই বড় চতুর). Those who worship Krishna are very clever.’

কিবা বিপ্র, কিবা ন্যাসী, শূদ্র কেনে নয় ।
যেই কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ববেত্তা, সেই ‘গুরু’ হয় ॥

kiba vipra, kiba nyasi, sudra kene naya
yei krsna-tattva-vetta, sei ‘guru’ haya

‘It does not matter whether one is a brahman, sannyasi or sudra – whoever knows who Krishna is can become a spiritual master.’

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 2.8.128)

যেই ভজে, সেই বড়, অভক্ত—হীন, ছার ।
কৃষ্ণভজনে নাহি জাতি-কুলাদি বিচার ॥

yei bhaje, sei bada, abhakta—hina, chhara
krsna-bhajane nahi jati-kuladi vichara

‘Great are those who worship the Lord, whereas non-devotees are worthless and abominable. In worshipping Lord Krishna, there is no consideration of class, caste or anything else.’

(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, 3.4.67)

Whether one is Muslim, a cow-eater or whoever else, it does not matter. Even those who stay with me and go to different places with me used to eat beef – I do not take anything, not even water, from the hands of brahmans, but I eat from their hands. Today’s brahmans drink alcohol and eat meat! [Devotee: Then they are chandals (lowly meat-eaters).] Yes, this is what is said in the scriptures.

All right, it is nine o’clock already. I am finishing here.

[His Divine Grace sings ‘Sarvasva tomara’ and ‘Hari Haraye Nama Krsna’ and recites Sri Jaya Dhvani, concluding the final class at the festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham.]

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6) Perverted Tastes and Habits
7) Snowball of Offences
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