May There Be Good Fortune Throughout the Entire Universe

Sometimes I am asked if one can pray for the spiritual benefit of another person. This, of course, is the mood of Krishna's devotee. He strongly desires that others should be liberated from their suffering in material existence. The best way to pray for others is this prayer mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Fifth Canto, Chapter 18, Text 9. Prahlada Maharaja very wonderfully and mercifully prays as follows for the deliverance of all living beings from the multitudinous sufferings of this material existence:

svasty astu viśvasya khalaḥ prasīdatāṁ
dhyāyantu bhūtāni śivaṁ mitho dhiyā
manaś ca bhadraṁ bhajatād adhokṣaje
āveśyatāṁ no matir apy ahaitukī

TRANSLATION
"May there be good fortune throughout the universe, and may all envious persons be pacified. May all living entities become calm by practicing bhakti-yoga, for by accepting devotional service they will think of each other's welfare. Therefore let us all engage in the service of the supreme transcendence, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and always remain absorbed in thought of Him."

The question of praying for others was asked of me in the following lecture: Lecture Given in Klaipeda, Lithuania on 15 May 2019

Prahlada Maharaja Instructs His Playmates

Prahlada Maharaja Instructs His Playmates

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Blessed with the Supreme Mission


Answers According to Vedic Wisdom

Question: Is It Sinful to Reject a Bogus Guru?

Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my obeisances.

I want to ask you if I got initiation from fake guru, am I able to change that? And is this a sinful activity? Please, Guru Maharaja, please give me the scriptural reference where it is written down that it’s not a sinful activity.

Mona

Answer: Not Sinful. It's Your Duty to Reject Him

From: Kaunas, Lithuania

My Dear Mona,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Yes, you must give him up. I also rejected a bogus guru who initiated me.
Here is the sastric evidence:

Hari-bhakti-vilāsa 1.62
yo vyaktir nyāya-rahitam anyāyena śṛnoti yaḥ
tāv ubhau narakaṁ ghoraṁ vrajataḥ kālam akṣayam

“He who poses as an ācārya, but gives false instructions that are opposed to the sattvata-śastras, will reside in a terrible hell for an unlimited period of time, and so will the misguided disciple who mistakenly listens to such a false guru.”

Mahābhārata Udyoga-parva (179.25)
Nārada-pañcarātra (1.10.20)
guror apy avaliptasya
kāryākāryam ajānataḥ
utpatha-pratipannasya
parityāgo vidhīyate

“It is one’s duty to give up a guru who cannot teach the disciple what he should do and what he should not do, and who takes the wrong path, either because of bad association or because he is opposed to Vaiṣṇavas.”

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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