The Meaning of Vyasa Puja

Vyasa Puja means that on the appearance day (birthday) of the spiritual master we worship him as the representative of Vedavyasa, the literary incarnation of God. Sometimes people become confused or even bewildered to see a human being worshipped as good as God. Vyasa Puja does not mean that we consider the spiritual master to be God. It simply means that since he is God's pure representative we give him the all honor and respect that we would give to God if the Lord were personally visibly present. Although the spiritual master does not consider that he is worthy of such honor and worship as a matter of duty on the order of his spiritual master he humbly accepts the honor and worship being offered to him and within his heart offers it to his spiritual master and through him to all the previous acaryas and to Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Can a Muslim Become a Brahmana?

One of my friends, who is a Muslim, always says he wants to become a brahmana? What should be my answer to him?

Trying to become devotee,

Kapil

Answer: If He Surrenders Fully to Krishna

Anybody from any background can be elevated to the post of a qualified brahmana if he willing to undergo the purificatory process of surrendering himself unto Lord Sri Krishna under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master.

ṣaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro
mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ
avaiṣṇavo gurur na syād
vaiṣṇavaḥ śva-paco guruḥ

"A scholarly brahmana, expert in all subjects of Vedic knowledge, is unfit to become a spiritual master without being a Vaisnava, or expert in the science of Krishna consciousness. But a person born in a family of a lower caste can become a spiritual master if he is a Vaisnava, or Krishna conscious." (Padma Purana)

So if your friend is willing to become a devotee of Krishna, he will be automatically become a qualified brahmana.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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