His Holiness
Niranjana Swami
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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 Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.4, London, July 14, 1972
Krsna is eternal, we are eternal, and our dealings with Krsna is also eternal, but sometimes it becomes interrupted by this maya, which is called svapna. Svapna means dream life. As dream has no fact - it is all hallucination - similarly, our detachment from Krsna is also a hallucination. Actually there is no detachment. And when we are covered by this hallucination, just like in dream we cry, "Oh, here is a tiger! Here is a tiger!" "Tiger? Where is tiger?" Similarly, this forgetfulness of Krsna is like that.
