Peekay(pk) movie some comments

A) Movie says that ‘Those who fear go to temples’

Really?

Fear and temples?

Having grown up in a household where we had deities at home and also went to temples, I do not remember being made to fear the deities. Asking for something material, maybe, but not fear.

My Mother would fast for nine nights and also would go sing and dance garba for Mother devi, and I know it was with love and many times tears in her eyes, but never fear, who would be afraid of Mother? Relief form distress, yes, but never fear. And also the same with my father who chanted so many Gayatri Mantra's at our Mother Goddess temple for months.

My father taught me verses from the Gita and he did not say "you are going to hell if you do not learn this, he was always encouraging". He was concerned about me learning the Gita, yes, but never afraid of Krishna.

My Eldest Mama (mother's brother) would do this nice yagya on Shiva Ratri, when he really did not need anything; you are telling me it was fear? He gave me books on Ramayana and asked to live by highest character. All I saw in him was an intense desire to please and serve and try and live by highest principles. My youngest mama’s asked me to sing Kirtan when my grandfather dies and he himself sang so nicely and feelingly. I know he danced in joy and ecstasy at the ISKCON temple in Pune. All of that is due to fear ? Really ?

Shiva is lovingly called Bapa (father), and we know he has nothing but our welfare in His heart. He is the only enjoyer of this material world and still shows by example that He does not even own a home.

I love going to Sri Rama Temple (near Bhagavati Hospital) on SV road in Borivali and Sri Ganesh temple in Vazira Naka. I went there since childhood, no one asked me for money, I was praying to Lord Sri Ganesh for some spiritual direction, just before getting Srila Prabhupada's Gita and have been ever grateful since then.

Point 1) You may have seen some people may go temple with fear, although i do not understand why ? But that gives no right to make a sweeping statement like "jo dar gaya woh mandir gaya". It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

Point 2) Among many saints, we know MeeraBai did get reciprocation. Really want reciprocation, then qualify yourself like her and you will see like her! You may have had, no reciprocation with any deity, ever, but that does not mean no one ever got any reciprocation.  It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

B) Movie shows temple priests as rouges

I have been to so many temples in Braj and at times we may see the temple people asking for donations.

But also the temple people, fed us.

4-5 young friends and myself were fed such nice Prasad(plate of food with roti, subji, daal, sweets, rice, etc..) on Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day in Radha Damodar temple, in Vrindavan, when we just happened to go there, because the ISKCON Hare Krishna temple was crowded because there is Srila Prabhupada's samadhi there. They even gave us money. We are so nicely treated, by the custodians of Srila Prabhuapada's rooms and the caretakers of the temple.

When going to Nand Gaon(Krishna's place) or Barasana(Mother Radhika's) place we may be a bit intimidated by some people asking of donations, but  the very same poeple have been taking care of the temples for millennia and also have been selflessly serving sadhu's like Sri Ramesh Baba ?

There are no saintly kings anymore, taking care of the temples. Most people will just hoard so much wealth but never give a penny for temples, and still these temples are being  cared for by these great families, who could send their children, to get super educated and then just leave these temples and go.

But No! Instead of thanking them for this great service you do this movie.

Is your real intention to close down all temples for all time to come and ruin our great shared culture?

Point 3) You may have seen some temples actively canvassing for money, but have you taken the time to work with and know these Brahmana’s? No! Then you have no right to criticize them. These Brahmana’s are just living life based on dakshina and serving the Lord. You also have made this movie just for the *important* motive of making a ton of money, of which you do not have *any* need, as you are already in India’s super rich club. It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

C) Movie depicts Hindu Saints and Sadhus as rogues

Really? Has the movie shown any real sadhus? No? Why not? Are there no real sadhus?

Here are just a few that I know of:

Have you met Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami ?

http://www.chinnajeeyar.org/main/content/

Have you met Sri Ramesh Baba ?

http://www.maanmandir.org/shri-ramesh-baba-ji-maharaj/

Have you met the caretaker Brahmana’s of Sri Radha Raman Mandir (Vrindavan) ?

http://www.radharaman.org/

None of these sadhus have canvassed for material things and none of them have ever claimed that they are God.

It is like saying some patients die in the hospital, so all hospitals are evil, never go to one.

Point 4) You may have not seen pure sadhu's. That does not mean that there are none. It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

D) Movie says deities are useless without any power (battery not there),  God is everywhere, so why have a deity?

Really? Have you followed the process? You say God is everywhere? Then why can not in the deity?

All learning process starts with faith and with other students who have faith.

When you take up engineering, medical courses you have faith that you will take the course and are in right hands.

Similarly, if you are really serious to study the science of God in Sanatana Dharama there are five *major* universities in India.

1) The Sampradaya of Sripad Sankar Achayra
2) The Sampradaya of Sripad Ramanuja Achayra
3) The Sampradaya of Sripad Madhva Achayra
4) The Sampradaya of Sripad Vishnu Swami
5) The Sampradaya of Sripad Nimbarka Achayra
(*major* - there may be many sub universities under these five)

Salve of Love

There is a process for accessing the mercy of the deity.

Lord Brahma who is in charge of universal creation explains it very clearly.

http://www.vedabase.com/en/bs/5/38

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Bs 5.38
premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi

Word for word:
prema — of love; añjana — with the salve; churita — tinged; bhakti — of devotion; vilocanena — with the eye; santaḥ — the pure devotees; sadā — always; eva — indeed; hṛdayeṣu — in their hearts; vilokayanti — see; yam — whom; śyāma — dark blue; sundaram — beautiful; acintya — inconceivable; guṇa — with attributes; svarūpam — whose nature is endowed;  govindam — Govinda; ādi-puruṣam — the original person; tam — Him; aham — I; bhajāmi — worship.

Translation:
I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is Śyāmasundara, Kṛṣṇa Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.

Purport:
The Śyāmasundara form of Kṛṣṇa is His inconceivable simultaneous personal and impersonal self-contradictory form. True devotees see that form in their purified hearts under the influence of devotional trance. The form Śyāma is not the blue color visible in the mundane world but is the transcendental variegated color affording eternal bliss, and is not visible to the mortal eye. On a consideration of the trance of Vyāsadeva as in the śloka, bhakti-yogena manasi etc. [SB 1.7.4], it will be clear that the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the full Personality of Godhead and can only be visible in the heart of a true devotee, which is the only true seat in the state of trance under the influence of devotion. When Kṛṣṇa manifested Himself in Vraja, both the devotees and nondevotees saw Him with this very eye; but only the devotees cherished Him, eternally present in Vraja, as the  priceless jewel of their heart. Nowadays also the devotees see Him in Vraja in their hearts, saturated with devotion although they do not see Him with their eyes. The eye of devotion is nothing but the eye of the pure unalloyed spiritual self of the jīva. The form of Kṛṣṇa is visible to that eye in proportion to its purification by the practice of devotion. When the devotion of the neophyte reaches the stage of bhāva-bhakti the pure eye of that devotee is tinged with the salve of love by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, which enables him to see Kṛṣṇa face to face. The phrase "in their hearts" means Kṛṣṇa is visible in proportion as their hearts are purified by the practice of devotion. The sum and substance of this śloka is that the form of Kṛṣṇa, who is Śyāmasundara, Naṭavara (Best Dancer), Muralīdhara (Holder of the Flute) and Tribhaṅga (Triple-bending), is not a mental concoction but is transcendental, and is visible with the eye of the soul of the devotee under trance.
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For Dhruva Maharaj who followed this process, His Lord Narayana, was very Powerful.

For Prahalad Maharaj who followed this process, His Lord Nrsimha, was very Powerful.

For Sri Ramnanjua who followed this process, His Lord Ranganath was very Powerful.

For Ramdas Dwami who followed this process, His Lord Rama and Lord Hanuman was very Powerful.

For Sant Tukaram Maharaj who followed this process, His Lord Vittal-Rukhmai, was very Powerful.

For MeeraBai who followed this process, Her Giridhar, was very Powerful.

There are so many others.

What the movie seems to be saying is "I will *not* go to though the process but still the Lord should show Himself to me ASAP".

It is like saying "I have admitted myself to medical school, so please now just give me the degree".

Point 5) If the Lord is everywhere why is He not in the Deity. It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

Point 6) You may have not have accessed the mercy of the Deity. That does not mean no one has. It is a tad bit arrogant, don't you think.

Happiness from mocking others mentality:

Making fun of people is easy.

Really being compassionate to them and showing the correct path is hard. Finding pleasure in mocking people is easy, but it is not refined or cultured.

Here is How Sri Krishna asks us to act with the ignorant.

http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/3/26
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Bg 3.26

na buddhi-bhedaṁ janayed
ajñānāṁ karma-saṅginām
joṣayet sarva-karmāṇi
vidvān yuktaḥ samācaran

Word for word:
na — not; buddhi-bhedam — disruption of intelligence; janayet — he should cause; ajñānām — of the foolish; karma-saṅginām — who are attached to fruitive work; joṣayet — he should dovetail; sarva — all; karmāṇi — work; vidvān — a learned person; yuktaḥ — engaged; samācaran — practicing.

Translation:
So as not to disrupt the minds of ignorant men attached to the fruitive results of prescribed duties, a learned person should not induce them to stop work. Rather, by working in the spirit of devotion, he should engage them in all sorts of activities [for the gradual development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness].
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Conlusion

Most youth in India watches films and thus can be influenced by them. You can act responsibly or choose to act irresponsibly.

You are movie actors and how you act, people will follow. If you message is “All temples are useless and all Gods are manmade” then you will say to them forget our ancient culture.

If you are truly humble, you will say “Some sadhus may not be bona fide but i have not studied them all, there may be some qualified sadhu.”

If you are truly humble, “I have not done any real practice of Love of God like Meerabai and I do not want to, but that does not mean no one can practice of Love of God and access the real power of the Deity”

Remember if you are an important person in society then people will follow you whether you like it or not!
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Bg 3.21

yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas
tat tad evetaro janaḥ
sa yat pramāṇaṁ kurute
lokas tad anuvartate

Word for word:
yat yat — whatever; ācarati — he does; śreṣṭhaḥ — a respectable leader; tat — that; tat — and that alone; eva — certainly; itaraḥ — common; janaḥ — person; saḥ — he; yat — 
whichever; pramāṇam — example; kurute — does perform; lokaḥ — all the world; tat — that; anuvartate — follows in the footsteps.

Translation:
Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.

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