Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Some time back, someone posted on Free Forum a quote from Navadwip Mahatmya by Bhaktivinode Thakur that spoke about dying in Navadwip: that even a violent death or an accident is auspicious and one who thinks it is a result of karma is wrong -- something like that. Does someone have that quote? Thanks Your servant Braja Sevaki dd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2003 Report Share Posted February 2, 2003 *> There is no consideration of fitness for hearing the glories of *> Navadvipa. Dying in other tirthas gives either material enjoyment or *> liberation, but dying in Navadvipa gives pure devotion to the Lord. In *> Navadvipa there is no consideration of a faulty death --at an inauspicious *> time, in pain, in the house, or by accident. Death at other tirthas while *> practicing yoga or death in Kasi while absorbed in impersonal meditation *> become insignificant when compared to death in Navadvipa. *>[Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Pramana Khanda, Chapter Four] *> *> Sharing (AT) pamho (DOT) net [sharing (AT) pamho (DOT) net] On Behalf *> Of Braja Sevaki *> Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:26 PM *> Ganga IDS; Tusti Mohan Krsna (das) JPS (JPS Off. MYR-IN) *> Cc: (Krsna) Katha *> Dying in Navadwip *> *> *> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. *> *> Some time back, someone posted on Free Forum a quote from *> Navadwip Mahatmya by Bhaktivinode Thakur that spoke about *> dying in Navadwip: that even a violent death or an accident *> is auspicious and one who thinks it is a result of karma is *> wrong -- something like that. Does someone have that quote? *> *> Thanks *> Your servant *> Braja Sevaki dd *> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Share Posted February 3, 2003 *> When something is arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one *> should not be disturbed by it, even if it appears to be a reverse *> according to one's calculations. For example, sometimes we see that a *> powerful preacher is killed, or sometimes he is put into difficulty, just *> as Haridasa Thakura was. He was a great devotee who came into this *> material world to execute the will of the Lord by preaching the Lord's *> glories. But Haridasa was punished at the hands of the Kazi by being *> beaten in twenty-two marketplaces. Similarly, Lord Jesus Christ was *> crucified, and Prahlada Maharaja was put through so many tribulations. *> The Pandavas, who were direct friends of Krsna, lost their kingdom, their *> wife was insulted, and they had to undergo many severe tribulations. *> Seeing all these reverses affect devotees, one should not be disturbed; *> one should simply understand that in these matters there must be some *> plan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Bhagavatam's conclusion *> is that a devotee is never disturbed by such reverses. He accepts even *> reverse conditions as the grace of the Lord. One who continues to serve *> the Lord even in reverse conditions is assured that he will go back to *> Godhead, back to the Vaikuntha planets. Lord Brahma assured the demigods *> that there was no use in talking about how the disturbing situation of *> darkness was taking place, since the actual fact was that it was ordered *> by the Supreme Lord. Brahma knew this because he was a great devotee; it *> was possible for him to understand the plan of the Lord. *> [sB 3.16.37, Purport] *> There is no consideration of fitness for hearing the glories of *> Navadvipa. Dying in other tirthas gives either material enjoyment or *> liberation, but dying in Navadvipa gives pure devotion to the Lord. In *> Navadvipa there is no consideration of a faulty death --at an inauspicious *> time, in pain, in the house, or by accident. Death at other tirthas while *> practicing yoga or death in Kasi while absorbed in impersonal meditation *> become insignificant when compared to death in Navadvipa. *>[Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya, Pramana Khanda, Chapter Four] *> *> Sharing (AT) pamho (DOT) net [sharing (AT) pamho (DOT) net] On Behalf *> Of Braja Sevaki *> Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:26 PM *> Ganga IDS; Tusti Mohan Krsna (das) JPS (JPS Off. MYR-IN) *> Cc: (Krsna) Katha *> Dying in Navadwip *> *> *> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. *> *> Some time back, someone posted on Free Forum a quote from *> Navadwip Mahatmya by Bhaktivinode Thakur that spoke about *> dying in Navadwip: that even a violent death or an accident *> is auspicious and one who thinks it is a result of karma is *> wrong -- something like that. Does someone have that quote? *> *> Thanks *> Your servant *> Braja Sevaki dd *> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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