Niranjana Swami

Niranjana Swami

Lectures from a Disciple, Vol. 2, Forgiveness, p. 162

There is no loss in any Krishna conscious endeavor, but if we commit Vaisnava aparadha, our advancement will be checked; we will not be able to make any more advancement. And if we cannot make more advancement, the seeds of fruitive desire may sprout. Ramacandra Puri is an example of this misfortune. He offended Madhavendra Puri (and later Lord Caitanya), and because of these offences, he became attracted again to material desires. If we commit such an offence, we will fall from our position. But we can also be redeemed for our offence if the Vaisnava we offended is forgiving.

Srila Prabhupada

Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 4.6-8, New York, July 15, 1966

There are three headings of miseries, and we are, either we are suffering either from the three all, or at least one. There must be. This is the nature of our life in this material existence. But we are trying to make a solution of it. That is our struggle for existence. But that solution cannot be made by our teeny brain. That solution can be made only when we take to the shelter of Krsna, the Supreme Lord. Therefore the Lord comes Himself just to convince us that "This is not your real life. This material existence you are suffering, why you should suffer? You are My sons." Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he also told that "I am the son of God." He's happy. So everyone, you can become similarly happy as soon as you are reinstated in your position.