Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Hare Krishna, All those who wish to read the original transcriptions of the class in the original format (without all the annoying line breaks) can simply join the Mayapurlive conference on pamho. The classes are transcribed daily by HG Ananda Tirtha prabhu (ATD (AT) pamho (DOT) net) > Live from Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! > > March 19, 2005 > Verse: Srimad Bhagavatam 1.13.23 > Speaker: HG Yasomatinandana Das Adhikari > __ > > > aho mahiyasi jantor jivitasa yatha bhavan > bhimapavarjitam pindam adatte grha-palavat > > TRANSLATION: Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a > living being to > continue > his life. Verily, you are living just like a household > dog and are > eating > remnants of food given by Bhima. > > PURPORT: A sadhu should never flatter kings or rich > men to live > comfortably > at their cost. A sadhu is to speak to the householders > about the naked > truth > of life so that they may come to their senses about > the precarious life > in > material existence. Dhrtarastra is a typical example > of an attached old > man > in household life. He had become a pauper in the true > sense, yet he > wanted > to live comfortably in the house of the Pandavas, of > whom Bhima > especially > is mentioned because personally he killed two > prominent sons of > Dhrtarastra, > namely Duryodhana and Duhsasana. These two sons were > very much dear to > him > for their notorious and nefarious activities, and > Bhima is particularly > pointed out because he killed these two pet sons. Why > was Dhrtarastra > living > there at the house of the Pandavas? Because he wanted > to continue his > life > comfortably, even at the risk of all humiliation. > Vidura, therefore, > was > astonished how powerful is the urge to continue life. > This sense of > continuing one's life indicates that a living being is > eternally a > living > entity and does not want to change his bodily > habitation. The foolish > man > does not know that a particular term of bodily > existence is awarded to > him > to undergo a term of imprisonment, and the human body > is awarded, after > many, many births and deaths, as a chance for > self-realization to go > back > home, back to Godhead. But persons like Dhrtarastra > try to make plans > to > live there in a comfortable position with profit and > interest, for they > do > not see things as they are. Dhrtarastra is blind and > continues to hope > to > live comfortably in the midst of all kinds of reverses > of life. A sadhu > like > Vidura is meant to awaken such blind persons and thus > help them go back > to > Godhead, where life is eternal. Once going there, no > one wants to come > back > to this material world of miseries. We can just > imagine how responsible > a > task is entrusted to a sadhu like Mahatma Vidura. > > > Srila Prabhupadi ki jai. Mahatma Vidura was preaching > to one > Dhrtarastra; > Srila Prabhupada taught millions of Dhrtarastras. > Prabhupada says in > one > purport that people in the modern world are. . . there > was one > Dhrtarastra > at that time, now practically everyone is a > Dhrtarastra. There's one > very > nice verse by Sankaracarya: > > angam galitam palitam mundam > datanavihinam jatam tundam > vrddho yati grhitva dandam > tadapi na muncatyatapindam > > One's bodily limbs have all become worn out, all his > hair is gone, > teeth are > all broken down, he cannot walk--he takes the stick > and barely > walks--yet he > does not give up hope against hope. He never gives up > the hope. Even to > the > last drop everyone wants to try to squeeze out sense > enjoyment. This is > the > jivitasa, desire to continue to live in the same body. > > There is a Bhumi-gita in 12th Canto of Srimad > Bhagavatam where Mother > Earth > is singing, "Look at all these great kings are trying > to conquer me > forever > and enjoy me. How powerful is the illusory energy of > the Lord that > these > kings try to own me, and they see that so many other > kings and emperors > have > come and gone, and their accounts, stories, and > pastimes are simply > historical accounts, katha-avasesah. They simply > remain stories now: > Napolean the Great, Alexander the Great, Vikramaditya, > Candragupta > Maurya, > Yayati, Mandhata, Gaya, Khatvanga, there are many > great rajarsis who > conquered the whole world. They say that we will > control our senses, > and we > will control our ministers, and we will control our > subjects, and we > will > conquer and expand our kingdom. Then I will leave the > kingdom for my > sons > and grandsons. In this way they all make plans, and > yet nothing of them > survives." > > Therefore this jivitasa, there is a verse called > Bhumi-gita where it > says: > > drstvatmani jaye vyagran nrpan hasati bhur iyam > aho ma vijigisanti mrtyoh kridanaka nrpah > > They are the toys in the hands of death, these kings, > but see how they > want > to conquer me. > > So by stroke of some good fortune if one meets someone > like Mahatma > Vidura > it harshly knocks out our slumber, sometimes harshly > sometimes very > peacefully, humbly. "Yena kena prakarena", Prabhupada > says whatever > means > you have to employ. Once we were on a morning walk in > Vrndavana, and > Prabhupada was saying, Caitanya Mahaprabhu, simply by > seeing and > hearing him > people were chanting and dancing, tears of love were > flowing from their > eyes. He made animals chant and dance. So what am I > supposed to do, I > cannot > do anything like that. But the principle is there to > follow Sri > Caitanya > Mahaprabhu. So I have to find my method, my means to > preach and convert > and > transform the lives of the people. He walked > everywhere but that does > not > mean I have to walk everywhere. But I have to follow > the principle > "yare > dekho tare kaho krsna upadesa", so I went out in the > plane to different > mleccha countries where they never heard the Name. I > had to arrange > marriages, I had to teach them everything from > scratch." > > Saintly persons like Prabhupada and Mahatma Vidura > they see the > opposite > person and employ the method just to deliver that > person. Srila > Prabhupada, > every morning on the Juhu beach, used to use one > gentleman, Dr. Patel, > to > put up foolish opposition arguments, all apasiddhanta, > materialistic > philosophy or some other bogus philosophies, and > Prabhupada would smash > him. > That was his utility. But we were inexperienced > devotees so we could > not > tolerate the familiarity with which he was speaking > and asking > questions > with Prabhupada. Prabhupada knew this but ignored it > and he simply used > him > to preach to us how many bogus philosophies are there > and how to defeat > them. Prabhupada would blast everybody. > > There was some particular saint in India who used to > say you can > worship > whomever you like--Kali, Durga, Siva, Ganesh--yata > mata tata path, as > many > ways, so many conclustions. Prabhupada would blast > him. He particularly > did > not like the term "daridra-narayana". Because > Prabhupada said that > Narayana > is the husband of the goddess of fortune, to call him > daridra [poor] is > an > insult to Naryana. How can you call him > daridra-narayana when you would > not > call an ordinary materialistic leader daridra? Daridra > Prime Minister, > Daridra President, Daridra Mr. Bush. If you call Mr. > Bush and say > "Wretched > Mr. Bush, how are you?" how would he feel? So here is > Krsna, the master > of > Laksmi, the master of unlimited planets and you're > calling Him daridra, > it's > a great insult. > > The idea is that there is Narayana in daridra also, so > you should help > and > serve daridra. So instead of serving Narayana in the > temple, go and > serve > daridra. This kind of a bogus philosophy somebody was > preaching. And > Prabhupada said "No, daridra is daridra and Narayana > is Narayana. > Narayana > is Laksmi-Narayana, Sriman Narayana. Narayana, you > serve him, and > daridra, > you may feel compassion upon him, you may be kind to > him, but do not > equate > daridra with Narayana. This is an insult to Narayana, > a devaluation of > Narayana." Prabhupada would speak like this. One > gentleman on the > morning > walk was coming every day. One day he just blew up and > he started > saying > "You're always criticising everybody, all the sadhus, > all the saints, > you're > always criticising," he started shouting like this. So > the devotees > were > ready to physically remove him but Prabhupada said > nothing. He just > kept > quiet, he let him go on blabbing for a few minutes. > Very quietly he > said, > "What can we do, we have a very difficult task. We > have to save all > these > students from so many bogus philosophies. Therefore we > have to point > this > out. We do not hate the sinner, we hate the sin. Krsna > says: > > na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah > mayayapahrta-jnana asuram bhavam asritah > > Those who are duskrtinas, mudhas, fools, rascals, > those whose knowledge > is > stolen by maya, they do not surrender to Me. So if one > does not > surrender to > Krsna, he comes under these four categories. We are > simply repeating > the > words of Krsna. Hare Krsna." > > So he said like this and kept quiet for about 10 > minutes as we walked > back > to the temple. Then as usual during gurupuja we were > offering flowers > to him > on the vyasasana. This man also used to come every day > for darshan. He > also > offered flowers to Prabhupada and he put his head on > Prabhupada's feet > and > starting crying like a little baby. So Prabhupada put > his hand on his > head > and said, "It's all right." > > Next day, Prabhupada said "Now, we don't want to talk. > We will simply > quietly walk. Bring Krsna book with you and we'll read > Krsna book on > the > beach." So we were walking from one end to another we > were reading > Krsna > book for almost 45 minutes. . . . It was very > auspicious. He tried his > best > to use the danda, when he saw that this man is too > foolish to > understand, > then he just withdrew, retreated. Prabhupada was so > expert. He never > ever > spoiled a person. He never left a bad impression on a > person. He was > very > careful of everyone's tender creeper of devotional > service and he did > not > want to hurt. If anyone offered him anything he would > take it even if > he > could not use. And anyone could come and he would try > to preach. . . > however > less intelligent man was there, Prabhupada would give > him a full dose > of > mercy. > > This is why the spiritual master or the pure devotees > are called most > merciful: > > vanca kalpatarubhyas ca krpa sindhubhya eva ca > patitanam pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah > > Mahatma Vidura is very merciful to Dhrtarastra. > Dhrtarastra was very > fortunate to have Vidura as his friend. He had another > misfortune and > that > was that he was envious of the Pandavas. Envious of > Pandavas means > envious > of Krsna also because Krsna liked the Pandavas. His > misfortune was that > he > was envious of the devotees of the Lord, that is the > greatest > misfortune > anyone can have. That was his problem. But because he > was a part of > Krsna's > pastimes, lilas, he was kind of an associate, parsada, > of Krsna. He was > functioning for Krsna's pleasure to expand Krsna's > lila and to help > Krsna's > mission of establishing dharma. By acting as an > example of adharma he > was > helping Krsna to establish "yato dharma tato jaya", > wherever there is > dharma > there is victory. So therefore he was also awarded > this wonderful > association of Vidura. Vidura, like Sukadeva Gosvami, > did not mince any > words. Sukadeva Goswami says: > > cirani kim pathi na santi disanti bhiksam. . . > kasmad bhajanti kavayo dhana-durmadandhan > > Are there the not rags lying in the ground? Aren't the > trees giving > shelter? > Aren't there the caves for inhabitation? Why should a > saintly person, > those > who are learned men, why should they worship or > glorify intoxicated > people, > intoxicated with power or riches. > > Dhrtarastra as long as he had some power, in spite of > good association > of > Vidura, he could not be gotten out. But he always > asked Vidura for help > and > Vidura always gave him the right advice, but he could > not take it > because > that power of intoxication was there. So when that > power was gone, now > he's > eligible to understand Vidura. > > This is very significant. In the 11th Canto there is a > verse by a > prostitute, Pingala. The brahmana avadhuta had 24 > gurus and one of them > was > Pingala, a prostitute. She was waiting for a customer > in the night, > "This > man will come, oh, he went away. This man will come. . > . ." Like that > she > was counting, waiting, someone will come. But > everybody just came and > passed. Three or four hours she waited and waited like > this. Then > finally > she said "Oh, what a fool I am! I am waiting for these > human beings > made of > flesh and bone, mucus, bile and air, urine and stool. > I'm waiting for > these > bodies which are perishable, full of lust, anger, and > greed. If I > would > wait so intently upon the Supreme Lord then my whole > life will be > successful > forever." Then she said "Oh, it was so nice that my > hope was > frustrated." > > nairasyam paramam sukham asa hi paramam duhkham > > The frustration in life is the highest happiness and > the material hope, > optimism, is a great misery because it leads one on to > the material > life > like the carrot dangled in front of a donkey. That's > why the whole > modern > education and the whole modern environment is > condemned by Bhaktivinoda > Thakura: > > jada-vidya jata, mayara vaibhava, > tomara bhajane badha > moha janamiya, anitya samsare, > jivake koraye gadha > > All this materialistic knowledge is the glittering > glare of Maya and it > is > an obstacle to Your worship. It creates an illusory > attraction for the > material world and makes a donkey out of a living > being. Sei gadha > ho'ye, "I > became a donkey like this and this same burden I > carried on for a long > time, > my dear Krsna. Now old age has approached, and nothing > feels good. > Please my > dear Krsna, now let me take shelter of Your lotus > feet!" Srila > Bhaktivinoda > Thakur sings a song like this: > > vidyara vilase, katainu kala, > parama sahase ami > > I spent my time in the pastimes of scholarship with > great adventure and > enthusiasm. I never worshipped You, my dear Krsna, and > now I have > become > old. > > He is actually painting the picture of people like > Dhrtarastra, or > people > like us, who are hoping against hope that we will > enjoy till the last > minute > of our life. King Mucukunda explains the plight of > life of all people > in the > material world. He says, "My dear Lord, I was > worshipped as a king. And > people used to come and say "Naradeva!" and they would > offer me > obeisances. > I was intoxicated by my power and my domain and I > wasted my whole life, > never recognizing You. You are always waiting as > Bhagavan Kala, to grab > the > living entity, to eat away the living entity like the > snake is ever > alert to > catch a mouse. Similarly, I was wasting away time and > at the end I > never > recognized that your form of Kala is waiting to devour > me. All these > great > kings conquered all directions. Then the kings that > were equal to him > start > falling at his feet and praying to him. But actually > when they go to > their > inner chambers, to the women, they dance like animals > in their hands. > So > this body which is simply ultimately going to end up > as a worm, as ash, > as a > bug, is now being addressed as "Naradeva", is now > being decorated with > golden ornaments and carried around on big elephants. > In this way, a > man > never understands the ultimate futility of life and > wastes away his > life." > > So Lord Caitanya is so kind. When Raghunatha Dasa > Goswami finally ran > away > from his home and came to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, > Caitanya Mahaprabhu > became very happy. Actually Raghunatha was the son of > a billionaire in > those > days, landlord. In those days his father and uncle > earned 400,000 > rupees a > year. They collected 120,000 tax of which 800,000 they > gave to the > king, and > 400,000 they enjoyed. One rupee in those days is like > 1000 rupees > today. You > could buy 20 kgs of ghee with one rupee. Now it's 200 > rupees a kilo. > > Raghunatha was like princely demigod, his wife was as > beautiful as an > apsara, and he was the only son between two brothers. > He was the heart > and > soul of their family, but his heart was not into the > family, he wanted > to > run away to Lord Caitanya. So when Sri Caitanya > Mahaprabhu came he went > to > Him and said "Please pull me out." Lord Caitanya said, > "Very soon Krsna > will > pull you out, not now. You go and live like a woman > who has a lover > other > than her husband, ulta(?) unchaste woman. She's very > careful her > husband > doesn't find out she has a lover so she serves the > husband nicely. > Similarly > you should engage in material activities even though > your heart is > surrendered to Krsna so your parents won't detect you > are going to run > away." > > The parents knew this son is going to run away so they > had put about > ten > different watchmen around him. Even when he went to > clean or pass stool > there were people watching him all day and night. His > mother was always > telling the father "You better watch him, he's going > to run away, > better tie > him up, lock him in the room." The father said "All > this wealth and a > wife > as beautiful as an apsara has not tied this boy, what > will all these > other > things do, how will these other things tie him up? > This boy is blessed > by > Caitanya Mahaprabhu so sooner or later he's going to > go." He knew that. > > In the meantime Lord Nityananda came to a nearby town > and Raghunatha > Das was > so shy and modest and saintly, he offered obeisances > to Nityananda from > a > distance. And Nityananda said "Hey, thief, why are you > hiding from Me, > come > here!" So he brought him and forcibly put his foot on > Raghunatha's head > and > in this way He blessed him and said, "Raghunatha, for > Me and My > associates > and all the brahmanas here, arrange dahi and chira > festival." > > So in Panihati Raghunatha Das Goswami immediately > arranged a huge > festival > in which very nicely spiced dahi-chira with cardamon > and bananas and > camphor, very delicious preparation he prepared along > with many other > items > and he fed thousands of people there and pleased Lord > Nityananda on > that > day. Actually Caitanya Mahaprabhu also came and sat > down with > Nityananda > Prabhu and He also ate. So both the Prabhus ate and at > the end > Raghunatha > told Raghava Pandit, "Please tell the Lord to somehow > or other deliver > me > from these shackles of household life and please give > me the shade of > the > lotus feet of Lord Caitanya." So Lord Nityananda told > Raghunatha "Today > Sri > Caitanya Mahaprabhu came and participated in our > dancing and chanting. > He > ate this prasad, He's very pleased with you and very > soon you will be > delivered." By the grace of Nityananda then he got the > opportunity. > > Narottama Das Thakur says: > > ara kabe nitaicanda karuna karibe > samsara-vasana mora kabe tuccha habe > > visaya chadiya kabe suddha habe mana > kabe hama heraba sri-vrndavana > > When will the day come when Nityananda will be > merciful upon me, when > will > my mind be purified, when will I give up sense > gratification, when will > I > actually see Vrindavana? > > We may live in Vrndavana but unless we have given up > materialistic > hopes and > desires we cannot see Vrndavana. We cannot stay in > Vrndavana by > purchasing > some piece of land or purchasing a house, we can only > stay in Vrndavana > by > purified mind, by the grace of Lord Nityananda. > Nityananda Prabhu > awarded > the same benediction to Krsnadas Kaviraja: "Go to > Vrndavana and stay > there > in the association of Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami." > > Similarly Jiva Goswami also came to surrender to > Nityananda Prabhu who > told > him "Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given your family > Vrndavana. Your > uncles > are all staying in Vrndavana and they are serving the > Lord there so you > go > to Vrndavana and serve the Lord there and the Lord > will fulfill all > that you > desire." > > Krsnadas Kaviraja Goswami says "It was by the grace of > Nityananda that > I got > the lotus feet of Rupa and Raghunatha, by the grace of > Nityananda that > I had > darshan of Radha Madan Mohan, Radha Govinda, Radha > Gopinatha. It is by > His > grace I'm able to associate with the great saintly > devotees there and > hear > the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So he > attributed all his > success, > finally writing Caitanya Caritamrta also, to > Nityananda Prabhu. > > Similarly Vrndavana Das Thakur also attributes all his > success to > Nityananda > Prabhu. He says by the grace of Nityananda Prabhu he > has been able to > write > Caitanya-bhagavat. Krsnadas Kaviraja says: > > krsna-lila bhagavate kahe veda-vyasa > caitanya-lilara vyasa-vrndavana-dasa > > Vrndavana Das is the actual Vyasadeva of > Caitanya-lila. In fact > Caitanya-lila is so wonderful, so sweet, that there > are more verses of > Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes than Krsna's pastimes. > Krsna's pastimes > are > there in Srimad Bhagavatam in 90 chapters. But there > are two full > volumes--in Caitanya-caritamrta alone there are 11,000 > verses--and in > Caitanya Bhagavat another 10000 verses. So we can > spend our whole life > simply studying Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes, > Nityananda Prabhu's > pastimes. > > At then end of writing Caitanya Bhagavat, Vrndavana > Das Thakur became > so > ecstatic writing the pastimes of Lord Nityananda. > Nityananda Prabhu was > told > by Caitanya Mahaprabhu to go to Bengal and distribute > love of God > there. So > he started going to Bengal along with His personal > associates and all > of > them were maddened in love of Krsna, they had lost all > their external > consciousness. While going to Bengal they would > sometimes go ten miles > off > to the eastern side, simply chanting and dancing. And > then they would > ask > somebody "Which way is Bengal, which way is Nadia, > Navadvipa?" And the > man > would say "Oh, you've come ten miles this way. You > have to go the other > way." Then they would walk back and go ten miles the > other way. And > again > ask. "Oh, you've come back ten miles too far!" > > Like that they were simply intoxicated. One devotee > just stood still > for > nine hours, holding a flute, and others were just > climbing the trees > and > jumping from one branch to another. They would > sometimes jump on a > really > thin branch, and still it would not collapse and fall. > It is said that > when > He came to Raghava Pandit's house at Panihati, He > stayed there for > three > months. And for three months everybody was just > immersed in ecstasy. > They > forgot eating for three months, sleeping for three > months, all people > around > forgot their body. Even the little children around > were fasting for a > month, > simply dancing and chanting. By the grace of > Nityananda He distributed > this > love and ecstasy so intensely that the whole country > was flooded and > even > those who never chanted the name of Krsna all > developed love of Krsna, > ecstatic prema. > > Nityananda Prabhu's pastimes are so nicely narrated in > Caitanya > Bhagavat. > Once Nityananda Prabhu wanted to wear all kinds of > ornaments so somehow > or > other His lila-sakti arranged all beautiful bracelets > and golden chains > and > he was looking like a king. One dacoit saw this sadhu, > avadhuta, > dressed so > opulently. And he said "If I rob Him, I will not have > to rob for six > months." He had a big gang of very ferocious dacoits > and planned "I > will go > to His residence in the night and when nobody is there > I'll attack Him > and > rob Him." > > So they went and surrounded the house at night. They > were seeing these > nice > decorations of Lord Nityananda. They were thinking, > "Oh, I'll take this > bracelet, I'll take this earring," they were planning, > dreaming. > Somehow or > other there were some people coming and going in the > house. It was late > night and they started dozing and fell asleep. In the > morning the sun > rose > and they woke up. They starting blaming each other > "Oh, you fell > asleep, you > fell asleep!" So they went away came back the next > night. And then they > saw > these big muscular guards with big weapons guarding > Lord Nityananda's > house. > They were afraid, "There was nobody like this, how did > He get these, > now > what to do?" Again they went. They said "Let all these > guards go, we'll > come > back after ten days. > > They came back after ten days and there was heavy > rain, such a heavy > rain > started, unseasonal. They were all flooded and lost > vision because it > was > dark. They fell into a ditch full of very bad worms > and reptiles and > they > were being bitten all over their skin. They were > crying "Oh, save me, > save > me, save me!" They were going through such agony. They > realized finally > that > "This Nityananda Prabhu is not an ordinary person. I'm > an idiot, I'm a > fool > trying to rob Him. I will come tomorrow and surrender > unto Him. > Tomorrow > morning I must come and surrender unto Him, O > Nityananda please have > mercy > on me, save me. Even though I wanted rob You, I am the > lowest of the > low, > please bestow Your kindness upon me." > > Somehow or other they were able to go home. Next > morning, the leader of > the > dacoits came and fell at the feet of Lord Nityananda. > "Oh, You're so > merciful, I'm the most heinous person, I wanted to rob > You of all Your > jewels. Now by Your mercy I have come to Your shelter, > You have given > me the > right intelligence. You have accepted me, You have > appeared to deliver > all > the souls, so please deliver me." And Nityananda > Prabhu accepted him > and his > gang members and they all became devotees of Lord > Nityananda. So this > is the > special mercy of Lord Nityananda. > > One time I was in one asrama and one senior, elderly > Gaudiya Math > member, > Srila Prabhupada's Godbrother, told me "In ISKCON > people don't > understand > much about how Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krsna Himself. > Therefore they > have a > separate altar for Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In our Gaudiya > Math we put > Radha > Krsna and Lord Caitanya on the same altar." I said to > him simply by > looking > at that Deity nobody will know that Gauranga is Krsna. > Prabhupada wrote > books, 17 volumes of Caitanya-caritamrta glorifying > Caitanya Mahaprabhu > and > broadcasting to the whole world, brhad-mrdanga, that > Caitanya is Krsna. > And > because he also wanted to put Nityananda, because > without the grace of > Nityananda, no one can preach the glories of Caitanya > Mahaprabhu. > Nityananda > has the power to bestow the lotus feet of Lord > Caitanya: > > heno nitai bine bhai, radha-krsna paite nai > > nitai na bolilo mukhe, majilo samsara-sukhe > vidya-kule ki koribe tar > > ahankare matta hoiya, nitai-pada pasariya, > asatyere satya kori mani > > Without the grace of Nityananda, no one can understand > Radha-Krsna's > pastimes. If one does not chant the name of > Nityananda, then he is > immersed > in material life. What is the use of his learning, > what is the use of > his > high parentage? When somebody becomes intoxicated with > pride and > forgets > Lord Nityananda he starts to believe false things to > be true, he > believes > his body to be soul and absorbs into material life. > > Therefore Prabhupada, as the greatest preacher, > established the glories > of > Gaura-Nitai all over the world so Nityananda's mercy > would be expanded > to > all the Jagais and Madhais of the world and they would > all be > delivered. > This is why Prabhupada established Krsna Balarama > temple in Vrndavana > because Balarama is the original guru, He's the > original preacher and > teacher. And by His grace one gets the grace of > guru-tattva and > understands > the mercy of Krsna. > > So by our good fortune, we have received the grace of > Prabhupada who is > like > Vidura. That's an understatement--Prabhupada is like > thousands of > Vidura put > together. Because Vidura told Dhrtarastra to go, leave > home and go and > do > meditation. Dhrtarastra went and started meditating on > impersonal > Brahman. > And he passed his life way in a very auspicious way > and merged in > Transcendence. But Prabhupada saved us from the > calamity of > impersonalism. > Like he said: > > Absolute is sentient > Thou hast proved. > Impersonal calamity > Thou hast moved. > > This was Prabhupada's contribution, > "nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa- > tarine". I never understood why Prabhupada called > pascatya-desa as > nirvisesa > sunyavadi, because nirvisesa-vada and sunya-vada went > from the East to > the > West. But it is fact that now pascatya-desa has become > completely > flooded > with nirvisesa-vada and sunya-vada. Even their concept > of God is > actually > nirvisesa-vada. Because they have no information of > God, now they are > identifying or equating God's servant as God. That's > maya. To think > that > Jesus is God, or the guru is God, is also mayavada. So > even they don't > know, > they are nirvisesa-vadis. If at all they are > Christians, most of them > don't > even believe in God. > > So Prabhupada gave us the highest truth, the most > wonderful spiritual > life. > When Raghunatha Das went to Caitanya Mahaprabhu > finally, he ran way > from > home, then he said that "Krsna is very merciful upon > you and He has > pulled > you out of this stool pit of sense gratification. Your > father and uncle > are > the worms in the stool pit of sense gratification and > being in absorbed > in > the stool pit of sense gratification they consider it > a great > happiness. Now > Krsna has pulled you out of all this, and brought you > to His lotus > feet. You > cannot estimate enough the grace of Krsna." > > The same mercy is extended to all of us as our hearts > are also like > Dhrtarastra. Even after hearing so many wonderful > instructions of Srila > Prabhupada, day in day out, we still don't give up the > hope against > hope. So > here in Navadvipa Dham, we pray to Prabhupada and > Gaura Nitai. This the > most > powerful place for such benediction because Caitanya > Mahaprabhu is the > only > one who can remove these desires out of our heart even > though we are > the > least qualified person. Bhaktivinoda Thakur says "You > please travel in > the > holy dhama of Navadvipa." > > cala gaura-vanam nava-khanda-mayam > patha gaura-hares caritani muda > lutha gaura-padankita-ganga-tatam > bhaja godruma-kanana-kunja-vidhum > > Go and wander about in this Gaura-vana, Navadvipa, > which is divided in > nine > parts. And always read the pastimes of Gaurahari. Roll > yourself in the > dust > of the banks of Ganga which are marked by the lotus > feet of Gauranga. > In > this way you worship the moon of the Godruma. > > smara gaura-gadadhara-keli-kalam > bhava gaura-gadadhara-paksa-carah > srnu gaura-gadadhara-caru-katham > bhaja godruma-kanana-kunja-vidhum > > Remember the wonderful pastimes of Gauranga Mahaprabhu > and Gadadhara > Prabhu > and become a party man of Gaura-Gadadhara. > > Srila Prabhupada ki jai! Gaura-premanande, haribol! > Hare Krsna. Anybody > has > any questions or comments? > > Hare Krsna. Sri Sri Radha Madhava ki jai. Sri Sri > Pancatattva ki jai. > Srila > Prabhupada ki jai! Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir ki > jai! > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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