CHAPTER 8

Eighth Shower of Nectar

From the creeper of bhakti, which first sprouted two leaves during sadhana bhakti,

many smooth petals now suddenly appear in the form of anubhavas (the symptoms of

ecstasy) attached to the flower of bhava.

These anubhavas are filled with the devotional processes, such as hearing and

chanting, and shine brilliantly at every moment.

First forming the flower called bhava, they finally bring forth the fruit called prema.

But what is most astonishing about the creeper of bhakti is, though its leaves, buds,

flowers and fruits mature into the succeeding form, they do not give up their original

forms. Together they shine in newer and newer ways.

The devotee's innumerable thoughts and emotions (citta vritti) were previously bound

tightly by the ropes of attachment to family, relatives, house and properties.

However when prema appears, it easily frees the thoughts from all those

attachments. By its inherent power, prema transforms those material emotions, into

by Srila Visvanath Thakura

A Monsoon Cloud of Nectar !

CHAPTER 1

First Shower of Nectar

Mangalacharana

hrd-vapre nava-bhakti-sasya-vitateh

sanjivani svagamarambhe

kama-taparttu-daha-damani

visvapagollasini duran me marusakhino

'pi sarasi-bhavaya bhuyat prabhu-

Sri-chaitanya-krpa-nirankusa-maha-madhurya-kadambini

“The mercy of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is an uncontrollable cloud bank of

exquisitely sweet nectar whose sudden appearance fully rejuvenates the grains of

nine-fold bhakti in the field of the heart, extinguishes the burning summer heat of

lust and bestows rapture to the universal river of living beings. From far off, may

those clouds of the Lord's mercy give satisfaction and pleasure even to this

worthless soul, a dried-up tree in the desert.”

“Though previous mahajans (Prahlad, Dhruva, Kumaras, etc.) have taken up the path of

bhakti, I constantly pay my obeisances to Srila Rupa Goswami, the Lord's dear one, by

whose mercy one now attains the intelligence to see bh

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.15
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
London, July 30, 1971

Prabhupāda:

kecit kevalayā bhaktyā vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ aghaṁ dhunvanti kārtsnyena nīhāram iva bhāskarā [SB 6.1.15]

This is a discussion between Śukadeva Gosvāmī and Mahārāja Parīkṣit. The question was that “Why people are suffering in different types of hellish condition of life, and how they can be delivered?” Parīkṣit Mahārāja heard from Śukadeva Gosvāmī that there (are) different kinds of hellish condition of life according to different types of sinful activities. So in this material world everyone is implicated or involved in some sort of sinful life. Just like in the prison house. One may be a first-class prisoner, just like sometimes big politicians, they are put into first-class prison arrangement. A second-class prisoner, a third-class prisoner, there are. But as soon as we understand this man is in the prison or prisoner, it should be understood that he’s criminal. He has com

Note; Devotees are invited to chant some rounds while listening.

Beautiful Radha Krishna

Comment by Eagle on January 22, 2011 at 6:49pm

Divine !

Comment by Tamoharadasa the Wanderer on January 22, 2011 at 6:20pm

Delete Comment The three below pictures, or windows, represent a continuum of certain main aspects of Radha-Krishna lila, or pastimes. Above, more opulence, like in the palaces of Dvaraka City, then richer but still young love of Mathura Town. Below, simpler, and younger still, pastimes of the forests and glens, like in Vrndavana Village. Which do you find more attractive? This will tell you something about your own natural eternal rasas, or prefferred flavors of loving exchange in service of Supreme God head,

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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam

SB 11.14 Summary

SB 11.14.1: Śrī Uddhava said: My dear Kṛṣṇa, the learned sages who explain Vedic literature recommend various processes for perfecting one's life. Considering these varieties of viewpoint, my Lord, please tell me whether all these processes are equally important, or whether one of them is supreme.

SB 11.14.2: My dear Lord, You have clearly explained the process of unalloyed devotional service, by which a devotee removes all material association from his life, enabling him to fix his mind on You.

SB 11.14.3: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: By the influence of time, the transcendental sound of Vedic knowledge was lost at the time of annihilation. Therefore, when the subsequent creation took place, I spoke the Vedic knowledge to Brahmā because I Myself am the religious principles enunciated in the Vedas.

SB 11.14

Hasti Gopal Prabhu;  

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From: charles dowson <hasti90@hotmail.com>
To: Uttama Sloka Dasa <macaroni108@att.net>; Tomohara Dasa <tamoharadasa@yahoo.ca>; hasti90@hotmail.com
Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 8:43:30 AM
Subject: RE: The Economic Collapse

Alex Jones sums it up very well in this posting here: The US is being de-industrialized for the sake of the demons. The people will be pushed to the point of rebellion regardless of being so poor. They are using their own people to govern them the way the British used the Indians to govern themselves for the sake of the British. Chandra Bose formed the Indian National Army to get them out. By that real threat the British realized that they could not face the INA so they left, not because of Ghandi. I am including that information at the bottom it was forwarded to me from Laxmi dasa. I did not know of this history until Srila Prabhupada revealed it to me here and now to you.
 
So the US military, police and National Guard are being informed via Oathkeepe

It is with a full heart, brimming with the transcendental mellows of prema, that I begin writing of the glory and honor of our sacred position in this world, only slightly more than 500 years away from Lord Chaitanya, in the darkness of kali yuga, blessed with divine favor and a never-ending mission of service unto the lotus feet of Krishna.

What makes this movement of Gaudiya Vaishnavism so special, is that Krishna, the Supreme All Attractive Personality of Godhead incarnated himself, out of his infinite mercy, in the form of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, just to show special favor to his devotees and to lead the conditioned souls into the highest enlightenment, Prema Bhakti, in the most sublime and simple manner, by chanting the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord..

itotham krta sannyaso'vatarisyami sa-guno nirvedo
niskamo bhu-girvanas tira-atho' lakanandayah kalau
catuh-sahasrabdhopari panca-sahasrabhyantare
gaura-varno dirghangah sarva-laksana-yukta isvara-
prarthito nija-rasasvado bhakta-rupo m

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Srila Prabhupada Quote of the Day:
August 22,1968, Montreal, Que. courtesy Nityananda Rama Prabhu
Letter to Brahmananda
"Actually we the Krishna Conscious people are soldiers of the Lord, or Arms of the Lord, and because we are energy at the same time, because all living entities are energy of the Lord, so energy is always kept on the left side. As you have seen, Radharani is also on the left side of the Lord, and similarly, Laksmiji is also kept on the left side of the Lord, so we are also marginal energy, not exactly like Radharani or Laksmiji, but we are superior energy than matter, or material energy, so we should keep ourself always on the left side of the Lord, and let us act as His Arms, or army."

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the Hare Krsna Movement, Jagad Vaisnava Guru, prophesied by Lokanatha Goswami five hundred years ago, and reiterated by Sril Bhaktivinode Thakura 175 years ago, instructed in his mission by Srila Bhaktisidd

Dear Uttamasloka Prabhu; 

Back in the authorized days, Kishori Kishora and Radha Gopinatha used to eat like kings!! Nowadays, it seems canola is used, aluminum pots, its just not anywhere near as opulent, not by a long stretch. Do you think they are misundertsanding the philosophy of Deity worship? My understanding is that if the Deities are pleased, the whole temple becomes opulent.

Do you have any comments re Sivarama Swami, who basically took the Winnipeg temple and moved it to the USA, leaving us without a temple now for the last twenty-five years? Was this Satsvarupa's idea, zonal manager at the time, or Sivarama's, president for a short while there? What is the story of the Winnipeg devotee's ventures after leaving Manitoba? Where are the Nitai Goura from Winnipeg, now? You may not know, but then, perhaps you have heard something of those days.  HK. Pamdo.

Uttamasloka;  90% of all Canola crops are GMO - very bad.  The Deities should have ghee or organic cooking oils, ie: