Jai Jai Shree Gokulesh Vaishnavjan,

Dear All,

          When i joined the vedic academy of Mumbai university , at that time i had also the same question in my mind and i also clarified the same with the professors at my institute but they were unable to answer it so when some other vaishnavs were contacted they said that when we wear pant and shirt they are prepared according to our fitting and they get stick to our body which starts sweating after some time.... due to which we feel uncomfortable and lose our interest in what we are doing i.e., seva..... so they are forbidden while doing seva

Unnati Kadakia, Mumbai

Shri Vallabha Charan Vina Sharan Koni Jaou.....Shri Vitthala Nam Vina Mantra Kya Thi Paou......Shri Vallabha Charan Vina Sharan Koni Jaou.....

Unnati Kadakia

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Jai Shree Krishna Good Question.... Vivekbhai the example which you have given is not 100% correct ... In Pushtimarg what ever Siddhant are beenen by Shri Mahaprabhuji, Shri Gusaiji and other Go Balaks are have Vedic and scientific value also As per vedic method any cloth to be wore from top(forhead) to bottom(feet) or bottom are not allowed.. The dhoti while wearing we are using right to left or left to right ... I do not know the reason for the same but this is what i have heard from Bhagvidaya Vaishnav... Correct me if i am wrong any where... And the Uparna which we are wearing is for the Bhav of Gopi as we have to do seva with Gopibhav. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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As per vedic method any cloth to be wore from top(forhead) to bottom(feet)Urdhovastra. or bottom through legs (adhovastra) are not allowed. Jatinbhai, u r absolutely right. Moreover regarding of pant and shirt, they are ashastriya vastras. Which is not vedic is not been allowed.

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,

            In Pushti-Bhakti sect, only love/affection is the guiding force, not rituals in Krishna-Seva. The devotee should perform all rituals with love, but it is difficult to have love at the preliminary stage. A pushti devotee is also required to follow worship that pleases Lord Shree Krishna, but he is not able to identify that which style of worship will please Lord krishna in his preliminary stage of worship. In order to solve this problem, God himself appears here in the form of Shree Acharya to liberate the people (as explained in Shree Bhagawat Acharya yaitya vapusha swagatim vyanakti). Lord Shree Krishna himself incarnated as the initiator of Pushti sect (an Original Priest) i.e. Shri Acharayaji and has developed a specific style of worship which is respected in Society and religion and also can please Lord. This style of worship is indicated and explained in sixteen treatise i.e Sodash Granth, Nibhandh etc. Thus it is the best to worship our Lord with this preached style because even if a person does not have love towards Lord Krishna and he does not know the way of worship to please Lord, but if he follows this preached path, he will be liberated. This aspect is also well explained in Shree Bhagawat as follows:

Swayam Samuteerya sudustaram dyuman,
bhavarnavam bhimmadabhrasauhridaha
bhavatpadambhoruhnaavmatra te
nidhaay yataaha sadanugrahobhavan

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,.

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Here in this verse Sadnugrahobhavan means God is favouring people who accompany these gentlemen (Acharyas) by following the path indicated by these Acharyas and gives them desired fruits even if these people do not know how to cross this difficult ocean.

Shree Mahaprabhuji also advocates that we should worship our Thakorji as an Emperor of Vraja. Thus an emulation sentiments of Vraja-devotees is an internal and unobservable personal factor. For the accomplishment of this purpose, the poems narrating these sentiments are to be sung. So while worshiping we have to treat Shree Thakorji as divine characters of Shree Krishna as infant, child, boy, etc. A true controller of entire universe the Ultimate Reality, when assumed the ownership of Vraj and brought up in the lap of Shree Yashodaji, then only residents of Vraj, who were not knowing any means of Self-liberation, were liberated.

That is why Shree Mahaprabhuji states in ‘Shree Subhodhiniji’”
Nisadhan falaatmaayam pradurbhutosati gokule
Tataevasati neinaschitayamehike parloukike

When Shree Krisna was born in Gokul, the Vrajbhakta who do not know and cannot follow the rituals to get elevatedliberated, got the ultimate goal. With this fact, now such simple people can also become carefree from these worldly matters and other worldly matters and with their ill effects. That is why one should understand Shree Krishna as an Ultimate reality as his greatness and then one should emulate sentiments of Vraja-devotees in all activities of Krishna-worship in one’s house. Visualise the various spotsplaces in Vraj where Shree Krishna played, in our house. Various sentiments of Vraj-devotees may not be developed in our mind, but then those incidences and responses could be brooded by singing Kirtans which can facilitate the process.

This principle is also established by Shree Acharyaji in Sanyas Nirnay as

Kondinyo gopikaha prokta guruvaha sadhanam chatadbhavo bhavanaya siddhaha sadhanam nanydhrishyate

====>means Kaundinya and the Gopikas have been proclaimed the gurus of such renunciation. And the means of ttaining it is theirs; love is brought to perfection by meditative imagining, no other means is needed.

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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda

Jai Jai ShriGokulesh,

      Continue........

      Shree Acharyaji has explained in Shree Subhodniji the meaning of Satanic acts, which tried to disrupt/put obstacles in the play/relations between devotee & God in Vraj act (Vrajleela). Putana was considered as an ignorance of Vrajbhakta. Trinavat was their impulsive attitude (Rajasbhav). This way many satanic senses like pride/ego, identifying self with motor organs (Indriyadhayas), material attraction (Vishyasakti) etc, are narrated in Subodhini. These Satanic senses can be identified with persons who oppose/interfere in our worship which is performed as per principle of Shree Acharyaji. The way, in which Shri krisna destroyed the Satan in Vraj act (Leela), we can safely get assured that the Thakorji in our house will also destroy all obstacles in our Seva provided we perform Krishna-worship in the way described by our Shree Acharyaji (Seva Krutirguroraagya).

      This way one who can maintain Seva and Katha both, should think of Vraj act of Shree Krisna during seva and in other time, in absence of Seva, should think of Shree Krisna in Vrindavan by remembering, listening and singing such Kirtans. The one who cannot maintain Seva, should feel the separation as the Vrajbhakta felt, when Shree Krishna went to Mathura and feel the excitement of Vrajbhakata when they listen to stories of Shree Krishna by Uddhavji. Such vaishnav should associate himself in Katha listening with the above mentioned response. These two types of responses are narrated by Shri Acharyaji in ‘Nirodh Lakshan’. The character of these feeling can be known from the Kirtans, by the true devotees.

      Thus in order to have a sentiment of Vraj-Leelaa as mentioned in above paragraphs in our Krishna worship at our house, we should adore & offer dresses to our Lord in a such a manner that can visualize dresses & sringaars of Vraj as described in Kirtans, padas sung by famous Eight-devotees. Modern dresses as per your suggestions do not instigate this Vraj Leelaa sentiment. Hence one should try to follow Krishna worship rituals as prescribed by our acharyas only and not otherwise. One can deviate from this rituals only in exceptional cases of advanced love & attachment towards Lord Shree Krishna. 

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Jai Jai ShriGokulesh Parivaar, Baroda