SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 6 Text 41
prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitva sasvatih samah
sucinam srimatam gehe
yoga-bhrasto 'bhijayate

prapya--after achieving; punya-krtam- -of those who performed pious activities; lokan--planets; usitva--after dwelling; sasvatih--many; samah--years; sucinam--of the pious; sri-matam--of the prosperous; gehe--in the house; yoga-bhrastah- -one who has fallen from the path of self-realization; abhijayate-- takes his birth.

TRANSLATION

The unsuccessful yogi, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.

JOURNAL:

I spent my morning watching old films from the sixties of the beginnings of the movement. Every now and then I saw some of the original disciples of Srila Prabhupada and I am reminded that many of them fell down. Will "Black Keith" (Kirtanada) go to the higher planets when he dies? After all the harm he has done it is hard for me to believe that he will. And yet who am I to judge? My karma is not so good either.

Oh Lord, please except this fallen soul and let me not stand in judgement of others.