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EDITORIAL March 9, 1999 VNN3279 Lip And Life BY ARIJIT DAS  EDITORIAL, Mar 9 (VNN) — Bits and pieces from the article "Lip and Life" printed in the Harmonist, January 1928, by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati MaharajaThe lip, like the other organs of sense, can be used in serving God if it being employed in the manner that is laid down in the scriptures. If it be not used in the manner recommended by the Shastras the word of God refuses to appear on the lip; and those who listened to the utterance of a person who does not himself understand or follow the teachings of the Shastras, listened not to the word of God but to the vein utterances of a sinful creature who has absolutely no right to be a preacher of Gods. In preaching the word of God the lip cannot be independent of life. The whole of the current misconception on the subject is due to the notion that the holy name is merely a string of letters of the alphabet to uttered like any ordinary word. Those people who object to the special sanctity of the the holy name as distinguished from ordinary words would be perfectly justified in their opposition if there is no difference between the holy name and the ordinary word. But as a matter of fact, in accordance with the teachings of all the Shastras the holy name is not all like an ordinary word; neither can it the uttered at the option of the speaker as ordinary words can be. The holy name is identical with God himself. It is transcendental. God first manifests himself in the pure heart and from there appears on the tongue in the form of the holy name. After the holy name has manifested itself on the tongue the holy form, qualities and deeds of the Godhead manifest themselves to the mind of the devotee and he is their upon enabled to preach the word of God to others. A perfectly pure heart is, therefore, an absolute prerequisite for the manifestation of the word of God on the tongue of the preacher. All Glory to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga Submitted for the pleasure of all sincere devotees of the lord by Arijit das Comment on this Story This story URL: http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET9903/ET09-3279.html
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