A Vaisnava will accept an invitation from a brahmana or sudra-mahajana if that person is an initiated Vaisnava
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"a Vaisnava will accept an invitation from a brahmana or sudra-mahajana if that person is an initiated Vaisnava"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
In some villages there were no brāhmaṇas; nonetheless, devotees born in non-brāhmaṇa families came and extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya.
Actually a sannyāsī or a brāhmaṇa will not accept an invitation extended by a person born in a lower family. However, there are many devotees who are raised to the platform of brāhmaṇa by their initiation. These people are called śūdra-mahājana. This indicates that one who is born in a non-brāhmaṇa family has accepted the brāhmaṇa status by initiation. Such devotees extended invitations to Balabhadra Bhaṭṭācārya. A Māyāvādī sannyāsī will accept an invitation only from a brāhmaṇa family, but a Vaiṣṇava does not accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa if he does not belong to the Vaiṣṇava sect. However, a Vaiṣṇava will accept an invitation from a brāhmaṇa or śūdra-mahājana if that person is an initiated Vaiṣṇava. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself accepted invitations from śūdra-mahājanas, and this confirms the fact that anyone initiated by a Vaiṣṇava mantra can be accepted as a brāhmaṇa. One can accept an invitation from such a person.
- Vaisnava - Devotees of God
- Acceptance of a Devotee of God
- Invite
- Intellectual Class - Brahmana
- Laborer Class - Sudra
- Mahajanas
- Person
- Initiated Devotees of God
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 17 Purports - The Lord Travels to Vrndavana
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Purports
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters, All Purports
Page Title: | A Vaisnava will accept an invitation from a brahmana or sudra-mahajana if that person is an initiated Vaisnava |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti |
Created: | 24 of Jul, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |