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A conversation between Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and Major Rana N. J. Bahadur at Armadale, Darjeeling on June 14th, 1935.
Question: I cannot understand this world.
Answer: It is camp life. This world is not our original abode. It is meant for certain purposes. After that we are to proceed to our original home. This world is not a desirable place. It is not good to be enticed to stay here for a long time, forgetting our original abode. We stay there with Godhead. We are the eternal servants of Godhead. When we decide to lord it over the universe we are allowed these facilities for temporary purposes. They do not serve our eternal purposes. It would be better to seek for a place where we can find the real peace. Here we are always liable to be disturbed. By these disturbances Providence wants to teach us that world is not our eternal habitation, but that all real peace is to be found in Him.
Being thus troubled we would naturally like to go back to the original place. Life
pamho tamohara prabhu agtACBSP,
As the devotees already know, the physical location of the body on this planet is not important. What is important is the place where the consciousness lives.
SRILA PRABHUPADA also used to say; "Although i'm here in America physically i'm always in SRI VRINDAVAN dham". With my consciousness, i still keep contact with the devotees in the holy dham, especially with my old friend HG Sita Pati Prabhu, I will go in SRI MAYAPUR DHAM for the next Gaura Purnima. It will be exactly one year after my brahmana diksa by the mercy of the spirit net satsanga,
Sins get reduce day after day and i get stronger until i will surrender completely to the lotus feet of our guru maharaj HDG ACBSP ..... because the bhakti paresanu bhavo viraktir anyatra ca is working i mean the desire for material happiness is decreasing and the desire for spiritual advancement is increasing, until all the papam sinful activities gets destroyed and the seed of the bad weed get uproot to the r
Steam three potatoes of medium size, washed nicely and cut in half, for ten minutes. Save the water.
In a medium sized casserole dish, add 2 Tblspns of olive oil, and also of ghee, one tsp black pepper, one / 2 tsp of oregano, one tsp. of Hungarian paprika, one/half tspn of anise seed powder if available, 1/2 tsp of "black" salt, or regular sea salt salt, 1 tsp of MDK or Bedekar's or Kitchen King etc Phava-bhajiya, a type of premixed "curry" powder, or subji masala, or sambhar masala, (available in most Indian grocery stores, or Superstores here in Canada, or alternatively, 1/2 tsp chili powder and 1/2 of your favorite hot premixed curry powder, one 1/2 tsp coriander ), and add one tsp crushed parsley, 1/2 tspn basil, 1 tsp fenugreek leaf or 1/2 of crushed seed powder, one whole clove is optional, or a pinch of powder. 1/3 tsp of asafoetida is also optional. Also add one/half tablespoon red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar. Add one tablespoon brown sugar.
For a stronger spiced qua
Picture this please; Prabhupada Valley; Puspa-Samadhi Temple and Ashrama ; a pleasant mostly vanaprastha community situated on lightly-forested rolling farming land in the grape-growing semi-meditteranean climate of Bala-ton Lake, (Lake Bala-Rama!) Hungary. Nearby, is the largest fresh water lake in Europe; Balaton, more or less part of the Danube river system. Natural hot springs abound known for restoring health and easing arthritis and stomach aliments. Tourists crowd the long sandy beaches and others are boating and canoeing. Budapest is nearby, with many universities, artistic studios, religion, and historic beauty. Winters are short and not really so cold, maybe it gets 15 below for a few weeks, but nothing like those of more northern European countries, what to speak of Siberia/Canada! Summers are long and the growing season goes on and on, like Italy lite, without the excess humidity.
Greece, Romania, Russia, Turkey, mid-east, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia etc;
"Is there a probationary period for Kṛṣṇa consciousness or does one attain this enlightening according to his own rate of development?"
Yes, everything requires little enthusiasm. Just like a boy is going to school with no enthusiasm, and a boy is going to school with nice enthusiasm. One boy is passing in the first class, first division and another boy is failing or he's passing in the third division. So the probation period, of course, I've already explained: to associate with us, the second stage. First stage is faith and respect, the second stage is association. That is probational period. And so far attaining enlightenment according to one's rate of development; that development depends on your enthusiasm; how far you are serious. But one should become very serious. That is the law in every sphere of achievement. So for attaining to the perfectional stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one should be very much enthusiastic. Yes. He must attain to the perfectional stage in this life. And th
Today is a very sacred day in our line. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa and began to search for his brother Visvarupa. While searching, on this day He found out that he was in Pandarapur, and that he had left his body. He had taken samadhi on the bank of the river Bhima. Then, on this day, though Mahaprabhu was observing Caturmasya-vrata very strictly for four months, He shaved his hair. Before this year, He never shaved for these four months, nor did He cut his nails. He observed all the rules and regulations of Caturmasya.
It is said that Sankararanya was the sannyasa name of Srila Visvarupa, who was the elder brother of Visvambhara (the original name of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu). Sankararanya expired in 1432 Sakabda (A.D. 1510) at Sholapur, where there is a place of pilgrimage known as Pandarapura. This is referred to in the Madhya-lila, Chapter Nine, verses 299 and 300.
(Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi-lila 10:106 purport.)
Visvarupa w
Antya 11.1 - Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Haridāsa Ṭhākura and his master, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who danced with the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura on His lap.
Antya 11.2 - All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is very merciful and who is very dear to Advaita Ācārya and Lord Nityānanda!
Antya 11.3 - All glories to the master of Śrīnivāsa Ṭhākura! All glories to the master of Haridāsa Ṭhākura! All glories to the dear master of Gadādhara Paṇḍita! All glories to the master of the life of Svarūpa Dāmodara!
Antya 11.4 - All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya, who is very dear to Kāśī Miśra! He is the Lord of the life of Jagadānanda and the Lord of Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
Antya 11.5 - All glories to the transcendental form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! My dear Lord, kindly give me shelter at Your lotus feet by Your causeless mercy.
Antya 11.6 - All glories to Lord Nityānanda, who is the lif
SRI HARIDAS THAKUR
Sri Haridas Thakur appeared in this world in the village of Buron, in the present district of Sat-kira, which was previously a subdivision of Khulna, Bangladesh. By this great fortune that land has been blessed, in that the chanting of the Holy Names of Hari-Nam Sankirtan, became revealed there. After remaining there for some time, he came to the banks of Ganga at Fulia, near Santipur. Advaita Acarya was overjoyed to get his association and roared very loudly. The two of them thus began to float in the waves of the mellows of pastimes of Sri Krishna-Govinda. [C. B. Adi 16.18]
Sri Haridas Thakur is an eternally liberated associate of the Lord. The associates of the Lord are worshippable wherever they make their appearance. Just as Garuda appeared as a bird, and Hanuman as a monkey, Haridas Thakur appeared in a family of Yavanas (Mohammedans). From his very birth he was very deeply devoted to the Holy Names of Sri Krishna.
When he came to live by the banks of the Ganges
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur appeared in 1838 in an aristrocratic family of Calcutta. Named Kedaranath, his youth was spent absorbed in studies. A prolific reader and writer, he authored many articles and poems in English. He entered the Hindu School as a student in the class in 1856 at the University of Calcutta, where he studied the philosophical works of Kant, Goethe, Hizel, Swedenburg, Schopenhuer, Hume, Voltaire and others. He later began to study the works of the Brahma movement, along with the Bible and other Christian books, debates between eastern and western thinkers, and the Koran. In his biography, he states that he preferred Christianity to Brahmoism because of Christianity's clarity as to the transcendence of the one Godhead.
He then moved to Orissa, and continued to write and publish various works. Becoming first a school teacher, and then a Deputy Magistrate at the age of 28. He later moved to Dinajpur where he was appointed Deputy Magistrate. There, he became familiar with
The Meaning of the Word ‘Matsarya’
& Who Is Fit For the Non-Envious Religion of Love?
The word matsarya is used with different meanings in different contexts. Among its various meanings we find ‘enviousness of others’ good-fortune’, ‘distressed because of their success’, ‘malice’ and ‘jealousy’. Wherever the word matsarya has been used in the Vaisnava scriptures, it refers to that mood which is adverse to prema (pure love)...
dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ’tra
paramo nirmatsaranam satam
vedyam vastavam atra vastu sivadam
tapa-trayonmulanam
srimad-bhagavate maha-muni-krte
kim va parair isvarah
sadyo hrdy avarudhyate ’tra krtibhih
susrusubhis tat-ksanat
Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2)
In this Bhagavata Purana, where fraudulent religiosity and all other mundane goals of humankind have been utterly forsaken, the supreme spiritual duty (parama-dharma) has been expounded. That parama-dharma is pure bhakti-yoga, exemplified by those saints who are absolutely free from envy and full of compassion for
Just like Lomaśa Muni. Lomaśa Muni, his duration of life is that when one Brahmā dies, one hair from the body falls. So in this way, when all the hairs of his body will fall down, he will die. He has such a great length of... So he was standing on the side of a sea and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So Nārada Muni approached him, "Why don't you make a small cottage here?" He said, "How long I shall live? (laughter) Ah, standing will do. Let me finish my bead...(?)" Just see. And here they'll live for twenty years and making skyscraper building, (makes sound:) "Doc, dong, doc, dong, doc, dong." (laughter) Does not calculate that "I shall live for twenty or thirty years."
Svarūpa Dāmodara: That is not guaranteed also.
Prabhupāda: That is also not guaranteed. Why I am taking so much trouble? They are so foolish persons. Therefore Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, anitya saṁsāre moha janamiyā jīvake karaye gādhā. This so-called scientific education means people become more attracted with this temporary world
Sri Sri Sad–goswami-astaka
Prayers To Our Six Goswamis
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krsnotkirtana-gana-nartana-parau premamrtambho-nidhi
dhiradhira-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pujitau
sri-caitanya-krpa-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bharavahantarakau
vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Goswamis, namely Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila Sanatana Goswami,
Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, Srila Raghunatha Dasa Goswami,Srila Jiva Goswami, Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami, who are always engaged in chanting the Holy Name of Krishna and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Chaitanya. Thus they are engaged in various missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.
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nana-sastra-vicaranaika-nipunau sad-dharma-samsthapakau
lokanam hita-kar
Yagnesa yagna purushachyutha theerthapada,
Theerthasrava sravana mangala namadheya,
Aapanna loka vrjinopasamodhayadhya,
Sam na krudheesa bhagawannasi dheena nadha. 1
Oh God who is the lord of the oppressed,
Who is the chief of Yagna*, who is Achyutha,
Of the form of Yagna, whose feet is the sacred waters,
Who is the entire holy waters, who is good to hear,
Who is interested in destroying sins of those who approach him,
And who is primeval, Please shower good things on us.
*Fire sacrifice
Viswaya viswabhavana sthithi samyamaya,
Swairam graheetha puru shakthi gunaya bhoomne,
Swasthaya saswad upa braamhitha punya bhodham,
Vyapadhithathma thamase haraye namasthe. 2
Salutations to the Hari, who is the universe,
Who does creation, upkeep and destruction of the universe,
Who is responsible for the illusion and in spite is in a stable form,
Who by the permanent luster of the total knowledge,
Does not give way, to darkness in his soul.
Aayu param vapurabheeshtamathulya lakshmeer,
Dhyobhoorasa sakala yoga gunas
The fifth among the Dasavatara is Sri Vamana-avatara. There are innumerable lila-avataras. Among them are twenty-five chief lila-avataras of which Sri Vamanadeva is the eighteenth. All the lila-avataras have been mentioned in the previous description of Matsya-avatara. Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha are the original catur-vyuha, or original four expanded forms of Sri Krishna in Dvaraka. They are prabhava-vilasa (four-handed forms) of Sri Krishna.
The majestic expansion of Sri Krishna, Narayana, who resides in Vaikuntha, also has His catur-vyuha, which is known as the second manifestation of four expanded forms. Each form of this second catur-vyuha again expands into three forms. Among the first manifestation of expanded forms, Pradyumna expands into three forms known as Trivikrama, Vamana and Sridhara. Thus, each form of the second catur-vyuha expands into three forms, which totals twelve, and These are the Presiding Deities of the twelve months.
The Deity of the mont
Sri Sanatana, Sri Rupa and Sri Vallabha were three brothers, all employed in the service of the Badshaw Hussain Shah. Amongst the three, there was only one descendent, Sri Jiva. Having been rewarded richly by the Badshaw for their sevices, their household life was very opulent. There was nothing lacking in whatever was necessary for the upbringing of the only son. The house was illuminated by the effulgence of the child's golden complexion; his eyes were like the expanded petals of the lotus; every part of his body was graced with a lusterous, radiant splendor.
When Sri Gaurasundara came to Ramakeli, Sri Jiva was blessed by having darshana of His worshipable lord, though he was just a baby at the time. Placing the dust of His lotus feet on the child's head, Mahaprabhu indicated him to be the future sovereign preceptor of the Gaudiya sampradaya. Though he was only a child, Sri Jiva kept the form of the Lord, which fascinates all the world, wit
