শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ সমগ্র ~ ইসলাম=বৈষ্ণবধর্ম স্বীকৃতি

সম্প্রতি এক বৈষ্ণব প্রচারক (মূলত ইসকনি) এক আলোচনায় অসংখ্য অসংলগ্ন কথাবার্তা বলার পাশাপাশি হঠাৎ করে বলে বসেন যে তারা হিন্দু নন তারা বৈষ্ণব। ভালো করে মনে রাখবেন তারা হিন্দু নন। অর্থাৎ বৈষ্ণব হিন্দু এর বাইরের কেউ।

এরই জের ধরে কয়েকজন ফেসবুক বৈষ্ণব আবার বলছে ভারতবর্ষের সংবিধানে ভারতবর্ষের সব লোককে হিন্দু বলা হয়েছে তাই তারা নিজেদের হিন্দু না বলে বৈষ্ণব বলেন।

ভারতের সংবিধানে কি আছে তা আপনারা সেখানেই পড়ে নিবেন কিন্তু তাদের কথাকেই কোট করলে আমরা দেখি যে ভারতে বহিরাগতরা কিন্তু হিন্দু নয়। সেই হিসেবে বৈষ্ণবরা যেহেতু হিন্দু নন সেহেতু তারা ভারতে বহিরাগত। যেমন আরবীয় খেজুর ব্যাবসায়ীরা আর ইউরোপের ম্লেচ্ছরাও ভারতবর্ষে বহিরাগত।

এখন প্রসঙ্গ হলো, তারা নিজেদের বহিরাগত বানানোর পেছনে মোটিভ ঠিক কি? আসলে ইসকন বৈষ্ণবদের আচার্য শ্রীল প্রভুপাদ ও তার শিষ্যদের খ্রিস্টানপ্রীতির নমুনা তো আপনারা জানেনই এবার দেখবেন তার ইসলাম প্রীতির নমুনা।

প্রভুপাদের অবৈজ্ঞানিক কথা, নারী বিদ্বেষ দেখুন - http://back2thevedas.blogspot.com/2022/03/blog-post_92.html?m=1

প্রভুপাদের ভাষ্যমতে ইসলামের নবী মোহাম্মদ হলেন ঈশ্বরের শক্ত্যাবেশ। তিনি সত্যধর্মকে পুনর্জীবিত করতে এসেছেন। বৈষ্ণব ও ইসলাম উভয়েই একই। অর্থাৎ তারা নিজেদের কেনো হিন্দু নয় বলে বহিরাগত বলেছে তা আশা করি বোঝা গেলো। একই সাথে বোঝা গেলো যেহেতু প্রভুপাদের কথামতো ইসলাম ও বৈষ্ণব একই তাহলে কাল তারা হিন্দু নয় বলার মাধ্যমে এটা স্বীকার করে নিলো তারা ভারতবর্ষে বহিরাগত আরবীয় যাযাবর একই সাথে এরা মুসলিমও।

চলুন তবে এবার প্রভুপাদের উক্তিগুলো বিশ্বস্ত ইস্কনি সূত্র থেকে একে একে যাচাই করি-

1. https://prabhupadavani.org/transcriptions/room-conversation/

2 .https://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Category:Prabhupada_Speaks_-_Room_Conversations,_1966_-_1977

3. https://prabhupada.io/spoken/770707r2.vrn

4. https://vedabase.io/en/library/transcripts/761228r2bom/

ইসলাম=বৈষ্ণবধর্ম

Srila Prabhupada: Islam is also Vaishnavism.
Dr. Patel: Mohammedanism is not Vaishnavism.

Srila Prabhupada: No, no. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu talked with the Pathanas (Muslims). He proved that "Your religion is Vaishnavism." (Moraing walk. Bombay, 17/02/74)

মুসলিমরাও বৈষ্ণব

Srila Prabhupada: Christians and Muslims are also Vaishnavas, devotees, because they offer prayers to the Lord. "O God," they say, "give us our daily bread." Those who offer this prayer may not know very much and may be at a lower stage, but this is a beginning, because they have approached God. Going to a church or mosque is also pious. Therefore, those who begin in this way will one day become pure Vaishnavas. (Teachings of Queen Kunti, Ch. 18)

Srila Prabhupada: Therefore I say that the Christians, they're also Vaishnavas; the Muslims, they're also Vaishnavas. Because they're offering prayer—yad-vandanam. They offer prayer: "Oh God, give us our daily bread." They do not know very much, but the beginning is there. Beginning is there because they have approached (God). That going to the church or going to the mosque, that is also pious activity. One day they'll come out pure Vaishnava. But that beginning is good. (Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 15/10/74)

Srila Prabhupada: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu proved devotional service from the Qur'an. Yes. So, it requires a devotee who can explain God from any godly literature. (Morning walk. Geneva, 6/06/74)

কুরান , বাইবেল = বেদ , গীতা

Srila Prabhupada: So in the Qur'an there is God-consciousness, in the Bible there is God-consciousness, in the Vedas there is God-consciousness. (Lecture on Chaitanya-charitamrita, 24/02/71)

Srila Prabhupada: Vedas means the books of transcendental knowledge. Not only the Bhagavad-gita, even the Bible or the Qur'an, they are also (books of transcendental knowledge). (Lecture, 29/07/68)

Srila Prabhupada: If you find that by following some religious principles you are developing your love of God, then it is perfect. It doesn't matter whether it is the Bible or the Qur'an or the Bhagavad-gita; it doesn't matter. (Lecture, 18/10/68)

ইসলাম মতবাদও ভক্তিযোগ

Srila Prabhupada: Even the Muslim religion. That is also bhakti-yoga (devotional service). Any religion where God is the target, that is applied in bhakti (devotion). (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 21/02/69)

Srila Prabhupada: Bhakti-yoga also exists among the Muslims, because God is the target in the Muslim religion. (Path of Perfection)

Srila Prabhupada: There are many prayers in the Vedic scriptures and also in the Bible and the Qur'an. Although the Christians and Muslims do not worship the Deity, they offer prayers to the Lord, that is also bhakti. (Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, Ch. 15)

Srila Prabhupada: The Christians and the Muslims, they offer vandanam (prayers). Although they do not worship the Deity, but they offer prayers to the Lord. That is also good. That is also bhakti. (Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 04/12/74)

Srila Prabhupada: Muslims actually have singing kirtana (chanting) publicly. This I have seen in India; they were holding kirtana with drum accompaniment. (Letter, 04/06/70)

Srila Prabhupada: They accept God. They are also our brothers because they accept God. They are not atheist. Atheists don't accept God. "There is no God," says the atheist. But here they are theists. They accept God. They want to please God. They go to the church, go to the mosque, offer prayers. Prayer is also bhakti, devotional service. The Christian way or the Muslim way is to offer prayer. The Muslims offer obeisances and offer prayer. So that is also bhakti (devotion). The Christians also do that, so that is also bhakti. And they accept God; we accept God. So there is no difference. But the only point is who is that God. (Room conversation. Tehran, 14/03/75)

ইসলামে আধ্যাত্মিক গুরুর কথা আছে ও কোরানে কৃষ্ণভক্তি চৈতন্যদেব প্রমাণ করেছেন

Srila Prabhupada: Even within the Muslim religion there is such sentiment; Muhammad and his dynasty, Hussain, they are treated very respectfully. So considering all the points, respect to the guru (spiritual master) must be maintained. This is the sum and substance of the instruction. (Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 05/10/76)

Srila Prabhupada: Even if we say "Muhammad," why not? Anyone who has preached Krishna consciousness, maybe a little differently according to time and circumstances, but anyone who has tried to preach God-consciousness, he is guru (spiritual master). This is Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's version. Anyone who preaches about the Supreme Lord, he is guru. Maybe in a different way, according to time and circumstances. Muhammad also said Allah Akbar.

Dr. Patel: The only difference is that Muslims are trying to worship niranjana, nirakara (formless), and we...

Srila Prabhupada: No, no, not nirakara. That is not...

[ অর্থাৎ এখানে স্বীকার করে নিচ্ছেন ইসলামে স্রষ্টা নিরাকার নয় ]

Dr. Patel: Even Christianity considers His akara (form). God has form.

Srila Prabhupada: No, Muhammad also has got... Chaitanya Mahaprabhu argued from the Qur'an and proved there is krishna-bhakti (love of God). He proved this with the Pathans. Yes. (Morning walk. Bombay, 30/09/75)

হযরত মুহম্মদ শক্ত্যাবেশ অবতার

Srila Prabhupada: Buddha is shaktyavesha-avatara. We accept Lord Jesus Christ also as shaktyavesha-avatara. Muhammad is also shaktyavesha-avatara. Shaktyavesha-avatara means a living entity especially empowered and he preaches the philosophy on behalf (of God). That is called shaktyavesha-avatara. (Room conversation. Geneva. 4/06/74)

Srila Prabhupada: Christ is also an empowered incarnation, shaktyavesha avatara. Muhammad is also shaktyavesha avatara. Anyone who is preaching about God is an empowered incarnation. (Morning walk. London, 11/03/75)

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. Because he said it, it must be correct. Muhammad is also shaktyavesha-avatara. Shaktyavesha-avatara means a living entity who is especially empowered to preach the glories of the Lord. Buddha is also shaktyavesha-avatara. They are not ordinary human beings. They are especially empowered personalities." (Lecture on Srimad Bhagavatam, 17/12/70)

Srila Prabhupada: We accept, according to this avesha, avesha-avatara incarnation, authorised incarnation, we accept, my Guru Maharaja accepted Lord Jesus Christ and Hazrat Muhammad; this avesha incarnation (has) almost the same power. (Lecture on Chaitanya-charitamrita, 13/12/66)

হযরত মুহম্মদ একজন আচার্য

Srila Prabhupada: The Muslims, they follow the acharya (one who teaches by his own example), Muhammad. That is good. (Room conversation. Melbourne, 20/05/75)

Srila Prabhupada: Similarly, the Muslims, if they follow the ideal life of Muhammad, Hazrat Muhammad, they (will) get the result. (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 07/03/66)

হযরত মুহম্মদ প্রামাণ্য

Srila Prabhupada: We accept Muhammad's authority. That's a fact. He is authority. (Room conversation. Tehran, 14/03/75)

Srila Prabhupada: So why are they disobeying the orders of Muhammad?
Yoga student: Yes. They follow. It's essentially the same practice as the...
Prabhupada: No, you cannot amend the words of Muhammad if you are a true Musalman. (Room conversation. Tehran, 14/03/75)

হযরত মুহম্মদ একজন ভক্ত

Srila Prabhupada: And even Muhammad, he's also a devotee. It is not that we are devotees and they are not devotees. Don't think like that. Anyone who is preaching the glories of God, he is a devotee. (Lecture, 20/10/68)

Srila Prabhupada: Jesus Christ and Hazrat Muhammad, two powerful devotees of the Lord (who) have done tremendous service on behalf of the Lord on the surface of the globe. (Room conversation. Vrindavan, 02/11/77)

Srila Prabhupada: Jesus Christ and Muhammad, two powerful devotees of the Lord, have done tremendous service on behalf of the Lord on the surface of the globe.(Srimad Bhagavatam, 2.4.18p)

হযরত মুহম্মদ ভগবানের সেবক

Srila Prabhupada: Muhammad, the inaugurates of the Islamic religion, I accept him as an empowered servant of God because he preached God consciousness in those parts of the world and induced them to accept the authority of God. He is accepted as the servant of God and we have all respect for him. (Letter, 02/04/76)

Srila Prabhupada: Lord Jesus Christ appeared as the son of Godhead, Muhammad introduced himself as the servant of Godhead, and Chaitanya presented Himself as the devotee of Godhead. But whatever may be their identity, all such messiahs were of the same opinion about one thing. They preached unanimously that there is no peace and prosperity in this mortal world. (Message of Godhead. Ch. 1)

Srila Prabhupada: Muslim, servant of God, is to render service to the Lord. Oh, we are engaged twenty-four hours in the service of the Lord. (Lecture on Bhagavad-gita. 16/12/68)

হযরত মুহম্মদ একজন পরিপূর্ণ পবিত্র মানব

Srila Prabhupada: That you have to find out, but here it is already there. Why should you go to some trouble to find out another holy man? The holy man never says, Muhammad never said that "You chant my name." We have to test whether he is a holy man or not. Here is the perfect holy man. He never said that "You chant my name." He said "Chant Allah's name." That is a holy man. That is the test of a holy man. He does not become God, he serves God. That is a holy man. (Roomconversation. Tehran, 14/03/75)

যিশু , মুহম্মদ , রামানুজ , মধ্ব সবাই ঈশ্বরভক্তি প্রচারক

Srila Prabhupada: So Jesus Christ, he also preached God-consciousness. And Muhammad, Hazrat Muhammad, he also preached God-consciousness. Similarly, in India, there were several acharyas, e.g. Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya. They preached God-consciousness. (Lecture, 24/07/68)

Srila Prabhupada: Christian religion teaches God-consciousness. Jesus Christ preached God-consciousness. He represented himself as a son of God. So we agree to this principle. There is no controversy. Yes. Anyone who teaches God-consciousness, we agree with the principle. Muhammad also, he preached God-consciousness. So we welcome. There may be some difference in the process. That does not matter. But we test a religion by the result, how people are becoming God-conscious. That's all. According to Srimad Bhagavatam, it is said, sa vai pumsam paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhoksaje, ahaituky apratihata yayatma suprasidati. It is said: "That is first-class religious principle which teaches devotion to the Supreme Lord without any motive or without being hampered by any material condition." God-consciousness is not such a thing that if a man is materially poor he cannot advance. Everyone can advance. Nothing material can check God-consciousness. And any religion which teaches this principle, that is first-class. (Lecture, 26/06/71)

হযরত মুহম্মদ ঈশ্বরকে শুনতে পেত

Prithu-putra: From a story of the Qur'an, they say Muhammad once asked to see God, and God's answer was, "You're not able to see Me."
Srila Prabhupada: That's all right. At least he could hear Him. So that is possible. It's not necessary that one has to see Him, but one can hear Him. Now, you have said that Muhammad heard Him, so God can speak. So you can hear. So where is the objection?
Prithu-putra: No objection.

Srila Prabhupada: If somebody can hear Him, somebody can see Him also. You cannot deny this because they're all senses. To hear God means with my senses I can appreciate Him. Similarly, eyes are also one of the senses. Now if somebody sees Him, where is the objection? If somebody can hear Him then where is the objection if somebody can see Him. Reasonably, there is no objection. In this way... So God is omnipotent If some of His prophet devotees want to hear Him, they can do that, if they want to see Him, they can do that. (Room conversation. Bhuvaneshwar, 30/01/77)

ইসলামের কুরবানি ও বৈদিক পশুবলি এক

Srila Prabhupada: Just like in Islam also, they have got some principles for animal slaughtering. You know, those who have read the Qur'an, the Muslim religion allows animal slaughter once in a year. It is called qurban. And they can slaughter animals near the mosque. Similarly, in the Vedic religion also, the animals are allowed to be slaughtered in some sacrifice. But no religion, either Islam or Hinduism, allows animal slaughter in the slaughterhouses. There are some particular rules and regulations.(Lecture on Bhagavad-gita, 20/07/66)

Srila Prabhupada: In Buddhism there is no animal killing. Although they are now killing animals, but originally the Buddhist religion means non-violence. Christ also said, "Thou shalt not kill." And Krishna says, ahitnsa (non-violence). So in no religion is the unnecessary killing of animals allowed. Even in Islam, they also have qurban. Qurban means they can kill animals once in a year near the mosque. So everywhere animal killing is restricted. (Room conversation. Germany, 19/06/74)

Tamala Krishna: Srila Prabhupada, one time you were explaining that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, when He was speaking with the Kazi, He convinced him that the Qur'an does not actually advocate meat-eating.

Srila Prabhupada: Yes. That's a fact. Because the Muslims, they also cannot eat meat unless it is sacrificed near the mosque. There is no recommendation that you purchase (meat) from the market or the animals be slaughtered in the slaughterhouses. (Morning walk. Mayapur, 22/01/76)

Srila Prabhupada: So Chand Kazi also replied that "Cow killing is also not generally recommended in the Qur'an." Actually, beef-eating or flesh-eating is not of the higher stage. But those who are inclined to take flesh, for them it is recommended that instead of killing many small animals, one big animal should be killed. So actually in Mecca, Medina, they kill camels. That is also done near the mosque. So the substance of his speech was that flesh-eating ultimately is not recommended. (Conversation. San-Francisco, 5/04/67)

আল্লাহকে দেখা যায় , শোনা যায়

Srila Prabhupada: Now, suppose Muhammad has heard God. He is a prophet. So whatever he is saying about his experience, you are accepting. Similarly, if somebody has seen Him, if he says that "God is like this," why should you not accept? In this way you can say. God can be seen, as God can be heard. You cannot say that God cannot be seen.

Prithu-putra: No, what they say is that He Himself doesn't come down here. He can be seen, but He doesn't come down. That is their point. Srila Prabhupada: He doesn't come down. He's already there. He does not come down. Just like the sun. The sun does not come down before me, but you can see it. In this way give them enlightenment. The sun doesn't require to come down, but the sun is so bright and so prominent that you can see it. Similarly, God doesn't require to come down. He's already present. Simply we have to make our eyes (able) to see Him. When one is competent enough by developing his love for God, he can always see Him. God is visible everywhere. He's everywhere. So there is no difficulty to see Him. But simply one has to possess such purified eyes to see Him. Otherwise, He can be seen anywhere. He can even be seen within the atom. That is God. He is present everywhere, but we must have the purified eyes to see Him, we must have the purified ears to hear Him. Otherwise, God is everywhere. (Room conversation. Bhuvaneshwar, 30/01/77)

Srila Prabhupada: No. When there is talk, then you can talk reasonably, that "If God can be heard, God can be seen also, God can be touched also, by different prophets." (Room conversation. Bhuvaneshwar, 30/01/77)
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আল্লাহ কৃষ্ণ বা যিহোবা সব এক ঈশ্বরের নাম

Srila Prabhupada: So what is this, Hare Krishna? Hare means the energy of the Lord, and Krishna means the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So, it is a prayer. There are three words only: Hare, Krishna and Rama. They have been arranged in sixteen words:

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare

So our movement is that we request you to take up these sixteen words — not sixteen words, three words, Hare, Krishna and Rama. But these are arranged in such a way that there are sixteen words. So, anyone can take them by heart, these three words, and chant them. It is universal. And if you think that "Oh, Krishna is the name of a Hindu god," if you have got any objection, then you may not chant Krishna, but you must have a name for God.

Just like the Muslims call Him Allah, the Jews call Him Jehovah, or somebody calls Him something else. That doesn't matter. If you think that "Why should I chant the Indian name Krishna, Sanskrit name Krishna?" So, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says that there are millions and billions of names of God. If you think that this Krishna name is not very suitable, you can accept any name. That doesn't matter. Our proposition is you chant God's name. That is our proposal. Therefore, it is universal. If you like, you can chant Jehovah or you can chant Allah, but we request you that you chant God's name. Is it very difficult? It is not at all difficult.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said that there are innumerable names of God according to different languages, different countries, different societies. And each and every one of them has the potency of God Himself. If there is a God, He must be Absolute. Therefore, there is no difference between His name and He Himself. Just like in the material world, in the world of duality, there is a difference between the name "water" and the substance water. The name "water" is different from the substance water. If you are thirsty and you simply chant, "Water, water, water, water," your thirst will, not be quenched. You require the substance water. That is material, but spiritually, the name Krishna or the name Allah or the name Jehovah is as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. (Lecture, 15/06/68)

Srila Prabhupada: So I pleaded to the Muslim audience, "You can chant the name of Allah also. It's not necessary to have to chant the Krishna name, but any name indicating the Supreme Lord can be chanted." (Lecture, 20/03/75)

Srila Prabhupada: Just like Allah. If this name indicates God, then it is this word "Allah" which is as good as God. There is no difference. The Allah, the conception of Allah means the Great, is it not? So God is Great. So by chanting Allah, I am meaning God, the Supreme Person. So it is as good (as God). And actually in the Mosque, they chant Allah-u-Akbar, like that, so far as I've heard. So, that prayer, if it is not God's name, then what is the use of this prayer? That is God's name. Similarly, the Hindus may chant Hare Krishna, they're indicating to the same personality. It may be in a different language but it is as good as God because God is absolute. This name is authorised because Muhammad said, "You chant Allah." So it is authorised, because he is God's representative.