THE GLORIES OF THE LORD'S DAILY PASTIMES

 

1. sri-gauranga-mahaprabhos-caranayor ya kesa-sesadibhih

sevagamyataya sva-bhakta-vihita sanyair-yaya labhyate

tam tan-manasikim smrtim prathayitum bhavyam sada sattamair

naumi pratyahikam tadiya-caritam sriman-navadvipa-jam

 

Devotional service to the lotus feet of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu is far beyond the perception of Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Sesa-naga and the rest; but it is continually indulged in by the Lord's own devotees, and it is always available to other souls as well. Now I will begin my description of the process of manasi-seva (service to the Lord executed within the mind). This process is fit for continuous remembrance by the most virtuous sages. Therefore I offer my most respectful obeisances to the eternal daily life and pastimes of the Lord born in Navadvipa.

 

BRIEF CODES DES

Prasadam at Iskcon Bhubaneswara was healthy but austere. Our one noon hour meal consisted of dahlma , rice, capatis, with maybe total of two tablespoons of oil or gheel for the whiole offering. There was neither milk nor sweets until i arrived and insisted on making the arrangements. At first, theis sort of diet is so minimal, that a wetsern person becomes weak, but soon, if yhou are young enough, the body adapts and you start to be clear-headed and strong once again.

The milk supplier gradually waterede down the milk. It was cyclical. At first, it is pure and rich, then after a day or three, not quite so rich, until after two three weeks it is half water! Then we would complain, and the cycle would start again all over.

Bhagavata prabhu and Gour Govinda Swami did a fair amount of preaching in our little three man room. For example, the local army, encamped up the road, would regularly march by, rifles, bag pipes, drums and all. It was quite martial and fun to see. One of the offic

Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
 
I am working slowly on a long term project to compile some of the notes I have made over the years from reading of the original Srimad Bhagavatam books presented by Srila Prabhupada. That presentation is called Continuous Revelations.
 
This mailing is from part two of the first canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam and is being presented simply due to some old inspiration. It may not be repeated or may be repeated from time to time so bare with me.
 
If you take the time to reference what I have quoted then you can read the full context from which these bits of transcendental literature are from. It is very relaxing and wonderful to be going through these gems. I feel that volumes can be written from some of these simple quotes even in their place in relation to the original text. They can be discussed amongst devotees on line, around a bowl of hot milk or beside a camp fire in some future evening.
 
Srila Prabhupadas books will c

Sri Aisvarya-kadambini
The Monsoon of Lord Krsna's Opulence

 

Prathama vrsti - Bhagavat-tripada-vibhuti
(First Shower - The Spiritual World)

 

Text 1

 

I offer my respectful obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose form is like blue lotus flower, who wears golden ornaments, who possesses a multitude of eternal transcendental qualities and opulences, and who bears the name Sri Krsna.

Text 2

 

Appearing in this world with Srila Santana Goswami and Srila Rupa Goswami, and bringing great tidal waves to the ocean of transcendental bliss, may the wonderful and splendid rising moon of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu dispel the darkness within our hearts.

Note: If the word sanatana is interpreted to mean "eternal" and if the word rupam is interpreted to mean "form," then this verse may be understood in the following way: "Revealing its eternal transcendental form in this world, and bringing great tidal waves to the ocean of transcendental bliss, may the wonderful and splendid rising moon of

The entire ritvik truth does not rely on one word only (Henceforward) but on actual documented historical chronology given by the GBC itself. All in context from the May 28^th 1977 conversation. Most importantly that the July 9^th letter was approved by Srila Prabhupada.

Ritvikism as coined by the GBC does not "directly contradict the principle of parampara itself (of successive diksa and siksa-gurus), " It follows the principle of paramapara itself. By obeying the direct orders of the founding acharya, does not reject the understanding that a pure devotee may appear in the future and does not reject the understanding of siksa gurus. That is a fabrication by the GBC to again further separate Srila Prabhupada his disciples, present and future followers from his ISKCON.

The GBC did not inform the ISKCON members of their rejection of the July 9th 1977 directive until well after Srila Prabhupada's leaving of his body.

By directly and totally rejecting his final directive, they have so fa

From His Divine Grace

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

The Right Of Discipline

I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisance’s unto him. When will Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?

From the Introduction to the 1972 edition of The Bhagavad Gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

The word discipline comes from disciple, or disciple comes from discipline. So unless there is discipline, there is no question of disciple.

The definition of truth by Srila Prabhupada.

“Satyam, truthfulness, means that the facts should be presented as they are for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when i

pilgrim notes 24.01.11 - 12.02.11

Seems to me its not possible to practise tolerance unless you are practising humility ? What say you o wise ones ? Hare Krishna

Such a special world it will be
when every single creature
feels safe ,feels loved , feels at home. Hare Krishna

"You cannot ask the sun to appear immediately.When he is pleased he will appear in the morning.Similarly you have to please Krishna so that He will appear before you and talk with you and bless you. "Shrila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Each day its good to clear my heart of all the dust thats keeping us apart ,
so that I can see You as You really are ,
with no feeling other than the desire to siimply please You , my dear Lord.
In this way everyone else will also be pleased. Radhe Shyam

For many lifetimes my dear Srila Gurudeva , I have been uselessly serving my senses. On this your glorious Appearance Day I am reminded that you have come to instruct us in the ways of prema , Divine Love , teaching us that to

Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are presenting to you the Preaching to the Four Walls istagosthi series. We have discovered that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta has inaugurated this preaching program for the age of kali. If you are too busy to view the Preaching to the Four Walls Istagosthi series you can simply turn the video on and leave the room and you will still make spiritual advancement. The living entities in the room will make advancement as well. Please send this series to all the devotees in the world through any means which you can find and the universe will be purified. If your friends don’t have time to watch the videos also, you can simply ask them to play the Preaching to the Four Walls Istagosthi series in their rooms so the living entities in the room will make advancement as well. Thank you! Hare Krishna. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

Today, of course, we find that our, this small endeavor to preach this Hare Krishna mantra is not very successful, but it has got t

Additional Meanings of Kama-gayatri

"Let us meditate upon that new transcendental Cupid of Vrndavana, Shri Krishna, who

is always enchanting and ever-youthful. By His desire, Syama plays in different

pastimes.

Let us try to know that Kamadeva, Shri Krishna, who has five arrows of flowers that

He shoots from the five threaded strings of His bow. Shri Krishna is Rasaraja, the king

of all the mellows of conjugal love, and He greatly pleases us by engaging us in His

transcendental loving service."

The Moons of Krishnacandra

kama'gayatri-mantra-rupa, haya krmera svarupa,

sardha'cabbisa aksara tara haya se aksara 'candra' haya, krsne kari'

udaya, trijagat kaila kamamaya

"Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical (krsnera svarupa) with the

Vedic hymn known as the Kama-gayatri (kama-gayatri-mantra-rupa), which is composed

of twenty-four and a half syllables. Those syllables are compared to moons that arise

in Krishna. Thus all three worlds are filled with desire." (Cc. Madh

The Kama-gayatri, however, is the highest of all the Gayatris because it

denotes the perfect transcendental sportive activities of Krishna and the gopis

in Vraja-dhama, a meditation not found in any other Gayatri.

Chanting the Kama-gayatri helps one attain pure love for Gopijanavallabha and

realizations of His blissful transcendental pastimes.

Unlike the Brahma-gayatri, which is chanted without exception by all classes of

brahmanas, the Kama-gayatri is specifically chanted by members of the

Gaudiya sampradaya.

trayyd prabuddho 'tha vidhir vysata'tattva-sagarah tustava veda-sdrena

stotrenanena kesavam

'Enlightened by the recollection of that Gayatri, embodying the three Vedas,

Brahma became acquainted with the expanse of the ocean of truth. Then he

worshiped Shri Krishna, the essence of all Vedas, with this hymn." (BS v. 28)

This verse indicates that by Gayatri meditation Lord Brahma became purified

and elevated to the madhyama level. In the beginning of his meditation Brahma

had to de

Benefits of Gopala-mantra

Of the many Vishnu mantras giving liberation, the Gopala-mantra (Krishnamantra)

is the best because it invokes Krishna-prema upon its chanter and

reveals Krishna's Vrndavana.

By chanting the Gopala-mantra, the mantra-raja (king of mantras), one

propitiates Radha-Govinda in madhurya-rasa.

"Do execute penance while contemplating upon this mantra, and you will attain

to all perfection." (BS v. 25)

The Gopala-mantra has the power to gratify any desire the chanter may possess.

When Divya Sarasvati gave the Gopala-mantra to Lord Brahma, she told him it would

fulfill all his desires.

The Brhad-bhagavatamrta describes how the young cowherd boy Gopa-kumara

satisfied his desires one after another by continually chanting the ten-syllable Gopalamantra.

His chanting of the Gopala-mantra carried him throughout universe and placed him in

various positions of mastership. Finally it awarded him the perfection of Shri

Krishna's eternal loving embrace which he sought for so lo

Meaning of Gopijanavallabhaya

Gopijanavallabhaya means Gopinatha, who sports with the gopis, and the Deity

who helps one attain pure love of God, the ultimate goal of life (prayojana).

Gopijanavallabhaya denotes Krishna, the beloved of the gopis, who enchants

them with His sweetness and gives them ecstatic love.

Gopijana—go means jnana, knowledge. It also means one who is realized by knowledge

of Govinda, or one who knows all the inner feelings of the devotees. Go means

Govinda, Shri Krishna, who always pastures and tends the cows in the valleys beside

Govardhana Hill.

The word gopi means the cosmic preserving force, or the women of Vraja. Krishna is

the vallabha, the Lord of that force and the Lord of the women of Vraja. The word

gopijanavallabha, therefore, means, "The lover of the gopis is preserving the force of

my devotion and pervading all of my senses (govinda)."

Vallabha—Shri Krishna, the blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the dear most

life of the gopis and all jana

Meaning of Kamadevaya

Kamadevaya is the master of the senses who by His desires (kamena) plays (divyati)

various pastimes. By sounding His enchanting flute or arching His seductive eyebrows

Syamasundara shows or expresses (divyati) His desire (kama).

Krishna is the transcendental Kamadeva, the God of desire, who conquers all desire

by redirecting it to Himself.

"It is also stated in the Gopala-tapani Upanisad that when Krishna is spoken of as Cupid

(kamadevaya), one should not think of Him as the Cupid of this material world. As

already explained, Vrndavana is the spiritual abode of Krishna, and the word Cupid is

also spiritual and transcendental. One should not take the material Cupid and Krishna

to be on the same level.

The material Cupid represents the attraction of the external flesh and body, but the

spiritual Cupid is the attraction by which the Supersoul attracts the individual soul.

Actually lust and sex are there in spiritual life, but when the spirit soul is embodied

in mat

                       

Purpose of the Gopala-mantra

"Then the goddess of learning Sarasvati, the divine consort of the Supreme Lord,

said thus to Brahma, who saw nothing but gloom in all directions, "O Brahma, this

mantra, viz., klim krsnaya govindaya gopi-jana-vallabhaya svaha, will assuredly fulfill your

heart's desire." (BS v. 24)

The purpose of the Gopala-mantra is to direct one toward Radha and Krishna in

Gokula. It will fulfill the spiritual desire to love Krishna, and draw the devotee

toward the lotus feet of Radha and Krishna.

As the spiritual world is reflected in the material world, so also the Gopala-mantra is

reflected on the sea of material desires.

Kama bija has a two-fold aspect:

(1) one fulfills material desires

(2) the other satisfies spiritual desires

When the chanting of the Gopala-mantra is not pure, it is a reflection and therefore

not transcendental. It is like the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in the

abhasa state.

Until one attains pure devotio

Chapter Six

The Gopala Mantra

Identity and Importance

"It is stated in the Brahma-samhita that Lord Brahma was initiated into the eighteen

letter Gopala-mantra, which is generally accepted by all the devotees of Lord Krishna.

We follow the same principle because we belong to the Brahma-sampradaya, directly

in the disciplic chain from Brahma to Narada, from Narada to Vyasa, from Vyasa to

Madhva Muni, from Madhva Muni to Madhavendra Puri, from Madhavendra Puri to

Isvara Puri, from Isvara Puri to Lord Chaitanya and gradually to His Divine Grace

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, our divine master.

The chanting of this holy Gopala-mantra is the only shelter of the desireless pure

devotee of the Lord." (SB 2.9.6 p.)

Of all the diksa mantras mentioned in the sastras, the Gopala-mantra (or Krishnamantra)

is the most important.

Shri Krishna is the svayam-bhagavan and the sarva-avatari (original Personality of

Godhead, the source of all other avataras), and His vraja-lila displays the greatest

7. The next question is:

Did Krishna, while playing humanlike pastimes as the son of Nanda in Vrindavana know

He is God in the same way as He knew it as the son of Vasudeva in Dvaraka, or not?

If you say “yes” then I say He would not have been able to cry tears of fear while He

was being bound with ropes by Mother Yashoda.

It does not look good on learned devotees to explain that He was simply pretending to

be afraid, and that’s why He was crying tears. Only a less intelligent society would

have given such an explanation.

If intelligent devotees would give this explanation then the words of Queen Kunti in

Srimad Bhagavatam 1.8.31 “Mother Yashoda took up a rope to bind You when You

committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes over flooded with tears, which

washed the collyrium from Your eyes. And You were afraid, trying to hide Your face,

although fear personified is afraid of you. This sight is bewildering to me” would

never contain the word ”vimoha” (enchanted).

The purport of this

Purport by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Gosvami Maharaja: The materialistic demeanor cannot possibly stretch to the transcendental autocrat who is ever inviting the fallen conditioned soul to associate with Him through devotion or eternal serving mood.

The phenomenal attractions are often found to tempt sentient being to enjoy the variegated position which is opposed to undifferenced monism. People are so much apt to indulge in transitory speculation even when they are to educate themselves on the situation beyond their empiric area or experiencing jurisdiction and almost foolishly they dare to declare that God is dead.
 
The songs of Brahma-samhita as cintamani-prakara-sadmasu, will surely help such souls in their march toward the Personality of Godhead in the spiritual kingdom which is l