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Lokanatha Goswami is mentioned as follows in the Chaitanya Charitamrita :
sange gopala-bhatta, dasa-raghunatha, raghunatha bhatta-gosai, ara lokanatha.
When Rupa Goswami stayed at Mathura, he was accompanied by Gopala Bhatta Goswami, Raghunatha dasa Goswami, Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami and Lokanatha dasa Goswami.
Shri Bhaktivedanta Swami gives the following information about Shri Lokanatha Goswami:
"Shri Lokanatha Goswami was a personal associate of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and a great devotee of the Lord.
He was a resident of a village named Talakhadi in the district of Yashohara in Bengal.
Previously he lived in Kachnapara.
His father's name was Padmanabha, and his only younger brother was Pragalbha.
Following the orders of Shri Chaitanya mahaprabhu, shri Lokanatha went to Vrindavana to live.
He established a temple named Gokulananda.
Shrila Narottama Das Thakura selected Lokanatha das Goswami to be his spirtual master, and he was his only disciple.
Because Lokanatha dasa Goswami did
If the king or government becomes demonic, it is the duty of a saintly person to upset the government and replace it with deserving persons who follow the orders and instructions of saintly persons.
Twosita Dasi said; [ Canto 4, Ch. 14 Text 31 ] PURPORT Saintly persons are generally very kind to all kinds of living entities, but they are not unhappy when a serpent or scorpion is killed. It is not good for saintly persons to kill, but they are encouraged to kill demons who are exactly like serpents and scorpions. Therefore all the saintly sages decided to kill King Vena, who was so dreadful and dangerous to all human society. we can appreciate the extent to which the saintly sages actually controlled the king. If the king or government becomes demonic, it is the duty of a saintly person to upset the government and replace it with deserving persons who follow the orders and instructions of saintly persons.
"Pure items are rare. Because they are not easily attainable, there is less demand for them. People tend not to respect them. Pure devotees are rare. Therefore, there is no appreciation, demand, or respect for those who do not misguide people but are busy trying to attract them toward the Lord by introducing them to sankirtana and hari-katha. At present, it's faishonable to be cheated by those who, in the name of religion, misguide people. Real devotees do not speak to please their audiences. They do not cheat people. Rather, pure devotees expose the defects of cheaters who love to compromise. Only those who are fortunate learn to be cautious after hearing the saints' words. Although the words of real devotees may appear to contradict our present taste and experience, they are nevertheless most auspicious for us.
Demand for pure things is less and demand for the impure is high. Wine is sold at every street corner, whereas cow milk is sold only i
Shrila Gopala Bhatta Goswami.
Shri Gopal Bhatt Goswami, one of the six Goswamis of Vrindavan, was born in 1503 on the 13th day of the dark moon in the month of Pausha. Shrila Gopal Bhatt Goswami lived for 75 years and left this world to enter into the eternal pastimes of the Lord in 1578.
Shri Gopal Bhatt Goswami was the son of Vyenkatta Bhatt, a brahmana resident of Shri Rangam in South India, who was initiated in the Shri Sampradaya tradition, in the disciplic succession of Shri Ramanujacharya.
Shri Vyenkatta Bhatt’s had a famous brother named Shri Prabodhananda Saraswati. The son of Vyenkatta Bhatt was later known in the Gaudiya Sampradaya as Gopal Bhatt Goswami and he established the Radha-Ramana Temple in Vrindavan.
During his travels in southern India, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came to the famed Shri Rangakshetra which has the famous Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu as Shri Ranganath. When Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu entered the Temple and began chanting Hare Krishna kirtan, He
Who is more important ? Jesus, or the rabbis that run the Jewish organizations after he was crucified? They rejected Jesus, made the Rabbis the center, and so they remain. Now that Srila Prabhupada has been proven poisoned and martyred, WHO is given more importance in ITSACON CO.? Srila Prabhupada, or the JEWS/GBC?
IsKcon has largely become a JEWISH SYNAGOGUE.
- thanks to Munkunda Prabhu for this flow of thoughts
Service in appreciation of a Divine Person's high Rasa is the religion of the jivas.
>(Srila Prabhupada Evening Darsana February 15, 1977, Mayapura) Don't be disappointed. Kṛṣṇa will act through His movement and kill them, these demons. How it will be done, that you cannot know now, but it will be done. Let us remain true soldiers. That's all. And if it is a fight, suppose we die in the fight. The fight means with vow, with determination either to gain victory or die. Because it is fight against māyā, why we shall be afraid of being killed? Where there is fight, one must know that "Either I am going to be killed or gain victory." Jīvo vā māro vā. Those who are devotees, either they live or they die—the same thing. While they live they are serving Kṛṣṇa; when they die they will serve Kṛṣṇa. Jīvo vā māro vā. Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma naiti mām eti (BG 4.9). He goes to Kṛṣṇa. (laughs) So what is the loss? We are working for Kṛṣṇa, and if we die we go to Kṛṣṇa. So what is the loss? Same business.
Lord Shiva has a very unique and significant position in the cosmic manifestation. In fact Lord Shiva is the most powerful, second only to Lord Vishnu. Shiva is an expansion of Lord Krishna. Revealed scriptures explain that Krishna has 64 qualities. Lord Brahma posses 78% of these qualities and Lord Shiva possesses 84% of these qualities. Since living entities are also like Brahma so they also possess 78% of these qualities but in lesser extent. None of them possess all 100%.
Srila Prabhupada explains, “The living being can never possess attributes like Shiva, Vishnu or Lord Krishna. A living being can become godly by developing the seventy-eight-percent transcendental attributes in fullness, but he can never become a God like Shiva, Vishnu or Krishna. He can become a Brahma in due course: - Srimad Bhagavatam 1.3.28 purport”
Lord Shiva has connection with the material nature but Lord Vishnu (or Lord Krishna) is transcendental to material nature.The position of Lord Shiva is very beauti
VYASA MAHARSHI CAVE
This event really is directed towards Srila Vyasadeva, thus in some sampradayas they refer to Guru Purnima as Vyasa Purnima. Traditionally it is the day when the guru is worshipped.
Vyasa Cave in Damauli in Nepal.
In the book Festivals, Fairs and Fasts of India (Shakti M Gupta. 1991. Clarion books. page 88-89.) It says: Guru Purnima "......is observed on the full moon day in the month of Ashadha in honour of the sage Vyasa, by keeping a fast, worshippig him for His blessings and to gain wisdom. Formerly on this day, gurus who were the traditional teachers, were honoured by their pupils.
The river Beas is believed to have been so named as Vyasa practiced penance on its banks and compiled the four Vedas, the Mahabharat and the Eighteen Purana there. Since it is not possible for one man to have compiled so much in his life-time, and oer a tim span of a hundred years, it is believed that the name Vyasa must have been applied to many sages. Generally speaking, the name Veda
Srila Sanatan Goswami's Samadhi
In his Laghu-Vaisnava-Tosani, Sri Jiva Goswami has mentioned their family lineage beginning with Sri Sarva, who was a yajur vedi brahmana, Bharadvaja gotriya, from Karnataka. His son was Sri Aniruddha deva who had two sons Sri Rupesvara and Sri Harihar-deva. There was apparently some altercation between the two brothers, who had different mothers (Aniruddha deva had two wives) as a result of which Sri Rupesvara along with his wife and eight horses, came to Paulastya desa, where he was befriended by the ruler of that land, Sri Sekaresvar. Sri Padmanabha deva, the son of Sri Rupesvar was extremely learned in all the Vedas. He came with his family to live at Naihati, on the banks of the Ganga. He had eight daughters and five sons. His five sons, following in the footsteps of their predecessors, were very expert in the study of Vedas. Their names were Purusottama, Jagannatha, Narayana, Murari and Mukundadeva. Mukundadeva's son, Sri Kumara deva, being oppresse
"The Caturmasya period begins in the month of Ashadha (June-July) from the day of Ekadasi called Sayana-ekadasi, in the fortnight of the waxing moon. The period ends in the month of Kartika (October-November) on the Ekadasi day known as Utthana-ekadasi, in the fortnight of the waxing moon. This four-month period is known as Caturmasya. Some Vaishnavas also observe it from the full-moon day of Ashadha until the full-moon day of Kartika. That is also a period of four months. This period, calculated by the lunar months, is called Caturmasya, but others also observe Caturmasya according to the solar month from Sravana to Kartika. The whole period, either lunar or solar, takes place during the rainy season. Caturmasya should be observed by all sections of the population. It does not matter whether one is a grihastha or a sannyasi. The observance is obligatory for all asramas. The real purpose behind the vow taken during these four months is to minimize the quantity of sense gratification. T
I also had a near-death experience, and Srila Prabhupada appeared. NEVER think that the spiritual master is gone, he is not. We exist in a linear time frame, he lives forever in eternity.
Prithuputra Swami was the 1st French sannyasi. He did a lot of service for the preaching mission. But after Srila Prabhupad a's physical demise he left KC and reassumed a lifestyle he led before he joined - sex, drugs rock' n' roll. He never came back. Nevertheless, he never criticised KC. Some years later he contracted AIDS. As the disease progressed he ended up in hospital, and as it progressed further he was hooked on the machines which kept him alive. During his last days he was in coma.
As he was about to die any day now doctors gathered around his bed and tried to estimate how many days - if not hours - he had left. As they discussed his condition all of a sudden Prithaputra Prabhu opened his eyes, sat up in his bed and looked towards the door. -"Prabhupada, you came...
"Now, in the Manu-saṁhitā it is clearly stated that a woman should not be given freedom. That does not mean that women are to be kept as slaves, but they are like children. Children are not given freedom, but that does not mean that they are kept as slaves. The demons have now neglected such injunctions, and they think that women should be given as much freedom as men. However, this has not improved the social condition of the world. Actually, a woman should be given protection at every stage of life. She should be given protection by the father in her younger days, by the husband in her youth, and by the grownup sons in her old age. This is proper social behavior according to the Manu-saṁhitā. But modern education has artificially devised a puffed-up concept of womanly life, and therefore marriage is practically now an imagination in human society. The social condition of women is thus not very good now, although those who are married are in a better condition than those who are pr
Hera Panchami & Return Rathyatra Sri Caitanya CaritamrtaMadhya 1.144
upavane kaila prabhu vividha vilasa
prabhura abhisheka kaila vipra krishnadasa
TRANSLATION
In the garden along the road from the Jagannatha temple to Gundica, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu performed various pastimes. A brahmana named Krishnadasa performed the bathing ceremony of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
Madhya 1.145
gundicate nritya-ante kaila jala-keli
hera-pancamite dekhila lakshmi-devira keli
TRANSLATION
After dancing in the Gundica temple, the Lord sported in the water with His devotees, and on Hera-pancami day they all saw the activities of the goddess of fortune, Lakshmidevi.
Madhya 14.106
TEXT
‘hera-pancami’ra dina aila janiya
kasi-misre kahe raja sayatna kariya
TRANSLATION
Knowing that the Hera-pancami festival was drawing near, King Prataparudra attentively talked with Kasi Misra.
Madhya 14.107
kalya ‘hera-pancami’ habe lakshmira vijaya
aiche utsava kara yena kabhu nahi haya
TRANSLATION
“Tomorrow will be the function of Hera-pan
Yankauskas Dmitriy with Deepak Chandani.
Prabhupada: (chuckles) And that mataji, she has taken land. I don't like that idea. Some Hindus are supporting. I don't want a Hindu temple. Our constitution is different. We want everyone. Krsna consciousness is for everyone. It is not a Hindu propaganda. People may not misunderstand. And actually, till now in our society there is not a single other Hindu than me. (laughter) Is that not? - His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Meeting 9/6/69) New Vrindavana)
Actually, “Hindu,” there is no such word as “hindu” religion. We don’t find in the Vedic scripture. Hindu religion... Hindu religion is a modern term given by the foreigners. Actually the Indians, bharatiya, they, their religion is varnasrama-dharma, religion of four castes and four spiritual orders, four spiritual orders and four social orders. The persons who follow these four orders of social sta
Perhaps it is in the joy of that dutiful fighting that we at last find redemption? Material world means always everyone fights, so choose Krsna's side, and kick axe
As intelligent computors arise, as they condense processing and memory into smaller spaces and ever-more complex dense "beings" or entities or A.I's or humans etc., automatically personality or quirkiness enters, obeying the universal law that no two times and places are ever exactly the same, and that denser -packed information tends to create increasing interaction abilities and preferences, and even value systems, not become random and impersonal. So, the highest purest most densely packed information constitutes the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna.
