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Jaya Radhe! Jaya Krsna! Jaya Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! Krsna bhakti janma mula haya sadhu sanga Krsna prema janme tenho punah mukhya anga CC Madhya 22.83 Sadhu sanga - ist the root cause of krsna-bhakti - waters the creeper of bhakti - bring the fruit of krsna-prema - remains the most essential anga of bhakti when krsna-prema was awakened. The sadhus are still here i.e. the boat to cross the ocean of material existence is still here. But not everybody has enough sukriti to take the association of the sadhu. EVERYBODY should be respected according his level. My humble obeissances to all the devotees that read this words. and I not qualified to present my obeisances to all the Vaisnavas that were and will be, where ever they might be.

They first deleted the articles I wrote. And then they made a new Thema and posted the articles there, in a changed form to emphasize that the one and only one Mesia is Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and there would be no living sadhu anymore in our sampradaya. In a way I understand their frustration because the perpetual problems in the mater of spiritual master in that Institution they come from. But the problems maybe evolve because of lack of association with the sadhus, the realized exalted persons, in our sampradaya.

I really mean it, and I know, you know is not prema, is like a ... , I should say vaishnava, or simple bhakta empathy; I have no translations of the six sandarbhas but I try to study carefully Srila Bhaktivinoda's Jaiva Dharma, there are all the graaanthas of our Gosvamis there. So said Gurudeva om visnupada paramahamsa parivrajakaacarya astotara sata sri srimad bhaktivedanta narayana maharaja. You know, you are faire, you have a good understandig, even if gurudeva says that without realization this understanding is no understanding, or maybe you realized these things, but at least is no misconception there (apasiddhanta). you are very dear to me, please accept my humble obeisances, I bow my head at your lotus feet.

Ojection: SP it is avesa avatara. Him no needs nothing, but He is follow all. Him no needs gopala mantra. It is needs for nitya baddha, not for nitya siddha. Refutation: Acording to this logic Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja even did not need diksha from Srila Bhakti-siddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada and the second shloka of his Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami-vandana would be false namas te sarsvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisasa-sunyvadi-pascatya-desa tarine Our respectul obeisances unto you, O SERVANT of sarasvvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the MESSAGE OF GAURA and ... The atempt to minimize the sannyasa guru or bhajana shiksa guru comes from the lack of knowledge concerning the spiritual principle called guru-tattva and especially the truth about the guru (guru-tattva) in our sampradaya. What is the speciality of our brahma-madva-gaudya sampradaya? Oh, this speciality was given by the books of Srila Rupa Gosvami, who is not different from Rupa manjari and who understood the innermost desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. And all the gurus in our line follow Rupa Gosvami. In Srila Prabupada Vandana, second shloka it is stated madhuryojjvala-premadhya-sri-rupa-anuga-bhaktida sri gaura karuna-sakti-vigrahaya namo'stu te Again and again I offer obeisances unto Srila Sarasvati Thakura who is the mercy incarnate of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu (who descended upon the earth to bestow ujjvala-madhurya-rasa, full conjugal prema) and who is the EMBODIMENT OF THE LINE of RUPA-ANUGA bhakti All the gurus in our line are sakhis or manjaris, loving servants of the servants of the divine couple Radha and Krsna, as Srila Visvanatha Cakrsvarti Thakura says: nikunja-yuno rati keli-siddhyai ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya tatrati daksyad ati-vallabhasya Sri Gurudeva is always present with the sakhis planning the arrangements for the perfection of yugala-kishora amorous pastimes within the kunjas of Vrindavan. Because he is so expert in making these tasteful arrangements for Their pleasure, he is very dear to Sri Radha and Krsna. This is our line of bhagavat-gurus, or sad-gurus. In Sri Guru-rupa Sakhi-pranama it is said: radha-sanmukha-samsaktim sakhi-sanga-nivasinim tam aham satatam vande guru-ruupam param sakhim I forever worship my guru , Who in his form as an exalted sakhi is happily immersed In the company of Srimati Radhika and the other sakhis. Only these gurus can give diksa and sannyasa mantra, which is gopi mantra and can give confidential bhajana shiksa. Should nobody think that Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami PrabhupadA, didn't know this things. He is a Rupa-anuga, a follower of Rupa Gosvami. Would he accept the gopi mantra from someone who were not qualified? We are rupa-anugas, not bhaktivinoda-anugas, or prabhupada-anugas (bhktisiddhanta-anugas), even if we need their teachings, and must honour and praise them but Rupa-Gosvami is the one that gave us the palace of rasa, which must be bild on the the fundament of Jiva-Gosvami's Sad Sandarbas.

Objection Prabhupada: So He accepted spiritual... Not spiritual master, but a sannyasa-guru. That is also master, but he's not spiritual master. But he's also considered as sannyasa-guru, spiritual master who offers him sannyasa. Just like myself, I took initiation from my Guru Maharaja, but I took sannysa from a Godbrother who is a sannyasi. Refutation One should't dare to minimize the one that really give the sannyasa mantra, which is the transcendental sound of gopi mantra. He is not less that one that give the transcendental sound of harinama and diksa and later confidential bhajana -siksa. In fact He is the same guru tattva, the embodiment of the mercy of Krsna. In 1968, on the disappearance of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Maharaja, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja said: I did not want to accept this sannyasa order, but this Godbrother forced me . You must. He forcefully made me drink this medicine. Kripambudhi. He did this favour to me Because he was an ocean of mercy. So we offer our obeisaces to the Vaisnavas the representatives of the Lord, they are so kind. They bring the ocean of mercy for distribution to the suffering humanity. So I am offering my respectful obeisances unto His Holiness Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja. (From the Biography of Acarya Kesari Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja)

"Oh my dear Bhataacarya, I have a question on my mind" "What is that?" "I know that Lakshmi Devi, the goddess of fortune, she is a very chaste lady, devoted to the lotus feet of Narayana, so I was wondering how is that she left Him and went to Vrindaban and She was doing austerities there, to get the feet dust of the Son of Nanda Maharaja?" Venkata Bhata said "Oh, why are you saying this? Is there any evidence?" Mahaprabhu said "Yes, have you seen Srimad Bhagavatam " asya na bhavosya na deva vidmahe tamanga renu...adikaraha" (Sorry I cannot spell the Sanskrit, maybe RAGA will help me this time too)" The wives of Kalya serpent when they were praying to Krsna they said "Oh, my Lord we don't know how it is possible that our husband, this veil wicked snake has got your foot dust on his head, because even Lakshmi Devi, she did not attained this even if She did hard austerities for a very long time" When Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed Him this sloka, Venkhata Bhata was astonished. Why? He is a great scholar of Srimad Bhagavatam, but he never noticed this verse. Bhagavatam is like that, is full of secret things. Unless one is not coming in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu he cannot understand Srimad Bhagavatam "jaha ...vaishnava rastane ei kanta rasaya koro caitanya carane" (Please help with the right quotation and spelling) "If you want to understand Srimad Bhagavatam you have to take shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu> and hear it from a vaishnava in his line. So then he was astonished, but he said "listened there is no problem at all because 2siddhanta tvasta bede'pi shrisha krsna svarupaya" (please help with right quotation) according to philosofical principles krsna and narayana are the same person. So if Laksmi-devi would live Narayana to go to Krsna, then She is not unchaste. It is only that Narayana is playing the role of Krsna, so She is not unchaste. Mahaprabhu said that He accepts that She is not unchaste but He has another question. And Venkatha Bhata said "Go on." "If Krsna is actually her husband, and she wanted to take His foot dust, why is it that She did not get it, and She was unsuccessful" Venkhata Bhat said "Oh, what you mean?" Mahaprabhu said "Look Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 " (Sorry for the spelling, please give the right quotation) nayam sri yangam... Udavaji in glorifying the gopi of Vrindaban said "alas alas, this gopis are so great, because krsna give so much mercy to them, that was never given to Laksmi devi (nayam sri yangam), never given to Rukmini and Satyabhama, never given to the associates in Mathura, Dwaraka, Ayodia, Vaikuntha, what to speak of the ladies in the heavenly planets Svargaloka or ladies in this earthly world, never. But krsna gave a special favour to the gopis that was not given to anyone before. What was that ? He danced in rasa-lila with them. He kept His arms around their necks and looked lovingly into their eyes and begged them "oh, please never live me, if you will live me I will die." Did krsna say this to anyone, have you seen krsna doing rasa-lila in Dwaraka? Quiet impossible! Do you think that Narayana has done rasa-lila in Vaikuntha? No, Laksmi-devi has never seen. She was wondering, she heard about rasa lila and She thought "I never knew that my husband could dance, He never dances for me, He never sings for me, I have never seen Him playing flute or anything for me. I want to go and live with Krsna." From this evidence Caitanya Mahaprabhu proved to Venkatha Bhata that Laksmi-devi though She wanted it, though She fulfil everyone's desire, her desire was not fulfilled." Spoken By Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja

The higher the rasa the sweeter is the relation with bhagavan. When His Supremacy and Opulence is totally covered By His Sweetness He has the Form of Brajendra Nandana Sri Krsna. He is not less opulent or supreme, but He is the sweetest. "When Sri Caitanya attained Sri Rangam, He was sorounded by thousands of people. HE has a VERY BEAUTIFUL golden form, tilaka on twelve places of His body, His cloth of the colour of the rising sun, and VERY YOUNG, Whose look is like fifteen, sixteen years old, but very big and strong, His shoulder are broad and His waist is very thin. His body is like the body of a lion, and His eyes, oh, big lotus eyes coming round to His ears, and very long arms, for embracing His devotees. And He came into the temple of Ranganatha and He was doing kirtana there, dancing and crying and trembling. Everyone was struck with wonder. If any sanyasi comes to a town, all the Brahmins there are eager to invite him <come and stay in my house> So all the Brahmins there, they were thinking <perhaps this sanyasi will stay in my house> One prominent personality Venkatha Bhata came forward and extended his invitation. Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted, and went to his home. There He would have Hari katha, every day telling oh, what kind of Hari katha, can you guess? You know He had just come from Godavari, and He has been discussing all Radha tattva with Raya Ramaananda so now His mood is very high, higher than before, because Raya Ramananda gave Him very deep teachings like He had never heard before. So coming in the house of Venkhata Bhata He would tell VERY SWEET pastimes of Krsna From Srimad Bhagavatam: Gopi-gita, Venu-gita... and many people would come like this: next day twice as many, next day three times as many, next day ten times as many. Every day many people would come in and the young boy Gopala Bhata was very happy. Why? Now he is seeing that person he has seen in his dreams and his transcendental vision. So automatically, he was attached to the young sanyasi, that was staying in his home. He was seven years old and he had the chance to serve Him. When He would dress, the young Gopala would massage His feet,..And when He would go to Kaveri to take a bath, The small Gopala Bhata would go along with Him carrying some dry coupin. In this way a very deep love and attachement came between the young boy and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. His father Venkatha Bhata was in the Shri Sampradaya, Ramanuja Sampradaya, and he was very happy to be in the sri sampradaya. Why? <My Lord is Narayana, Lakshmi-Narayana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He worships Krsna, who is an expansion of my Narayana. Narayana is supreme and from Him many avataras, Kurma, Matsya, Varaha, Parashurama, Ramacandra, Krsna comes from.> He was thinking like this. Mahaprabhu seeing His SINCERITY and SERVICE MOOD, He wanted to teach him real siddhanta, the actual conclusion. But Venkatha Batha was an older person and acarya When we are speaking with an older person in a prestigious position, in the vedic culture We cannot give him any advice. Anyway Caitanya Mahaprabhu is sanyasi, so He also has some position of respect in the society but He is very much younger. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not try to teach Him anything, but rather He just lived with Him. Venkatha Bhata told Him after few days:<Look, now rainy season has come. Caturmasya has just begun on guru purnima. Gopala Bhata has disappeared just after one week after guru purnima. I think when he was an old man and catrurmasya came, he remembered the time as he was a child and Mahaprabhu lived with his family, and feeling separation from Mahaprabhu, and could not tolerate and so on this day he met with his Lord forever. Venkata Bhata told Mahaprabhu <You are sanyasi and in caturmasya a sanyasi don't travel here and there, therefore I invite you to spend this four month with us. Mahaprabhu accepted his invitation. So He was staying there and after some time, one month, two months, three months what happened? If someone like Caitanya Mahaprabhu Would stay in your house, than you would have so much love for Him, very deep attachment must come. So not in the beginning but after some time, when Venkata Bhata was so attached to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, so that the awe and reverence and ethikete have slackened, one day in a joke mood Mahaprabhu started to speek with Venkhata Bhata. <Oh my dear Bhataacarya, I have a question on my mind> <What is that?> <I know that Lakshmi Devi, the goddess of fortune, she is a very chaste lady, devoted to the lotus feet of Narayana, so I was wondering how is that she left Him and went to Vrindaban and She was doing austerities there, to get the feet dust of the Son of Nanda Maharaja?> Venkata Bhata said <Oh, why are you saying this? Is there any evidence?> Mahaprabhu said <Yes, have you seen Srimad Bhagavatam < asya na bhavosya na deva vidmahe tamanga renu...adikaraha> (Sorry I cannot spell the Sanskrit, maybe RAGA will help me this time too)> The wives of Kalya serpent when they were praying to Krsna they said <Oh, my Lord we don't know how it is possible that our husband, this veil wicked snake has got your foot dust on his head, because even Lakshmi Devi, she did not attained this even if She did hard austerities for a very long time> When Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed Him this sloka, Venkhata Bhata was astonished. Why? He is a great scholar of Srimad Bhagavatam, but he never noticed this verse. Bhagavatam is like that, is full of secret things. Unless one is not coming in the line of Caitanya Mahaprabhu he cannot understand Srimad Bhagavatam <jaha ...vaishnava rastane ei kanta rasaya koro caitanya carane> (Please help with the right quotation and spelling) <If you want to understand Srimad Bhagavatam you have to take shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu> and hear it from a vaishnava in his line. So then he was astonished, but he said <listened there is no problem at all because <siddhanta tvasta bede'pi shrisha krsna svarupaya> (please help with right quotation) according to philosofical principles krsna and narayana are the same person. So if Laksmi-devi would live Narayana to go to Krsna, then She is not unchaste. It is only that Narayana is playing the role of Krsna, so She is not unchaste. Mahaprabhu said that He accepts that She is not unchaste but He has another question. And Venkatha Bhata said <Go on.> <If Krsna is actually her husband, and she wanted to take His foot dust, why is it that She did not get it, and She was unsuccessful> Venkhata Bhat said <Oh, what you mean?> Mahaprabhu said <Look Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 47 (Sorry for the spelling, please give the right quotation) nayam sri yangam... Udavaji in glorifying the gopi of Vrindaban said <alas alas, this gopis are so great, because krsna give so much mercy to them, that was never given to Laksmi devi (nayam sri yangam), never given to Rukmini and Satyabhama, never given to the associates in Mathura, Dwaraka, Ayodia, Vaikuntha, what to speak of the ladies in the heavenly planets Svargaloka or ladies in this earthly world, never. But krsna gave a special favour to the gopis that was not given to anyone before. What was that ? He danced in rasa-lila with them. He kept His arms around their necks and looked lovingly into their eyes and begged them <oh, please never live me, if you will live me I will die.> Did krsna say this to anyone, have you seen krsna doing rasa-lila in Dwaraka? Quiet impossible! Do you think that Narayana has done rasa-lila in Vaikuntha? No, Laksmi-devi has never seen. She was wondering, she heard about rasa lila and She thought <I never knew that my husband could dance, He never dances for me, He never sings for me, I have never seen Him playing flute or anything for me. I want to go and live with Krsna.> From this evidence Caitanya Mahaprabhu proved to Venkatha Bhata that Laksmi-devi though She wanted it, though She fulfil everyone's desire, her desire was not fulfilled." Spoken By Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja

NANDOTSAVA AND PRABHUPADA'S AVIRBHAVA TITHI 1 September 2002, 8 am Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Math, Mathura SRILA BV NARAYANA MAHARAJA Today is very auspicious. Last night Nanda Baba and Yasoda had a very handsome, beautiful son, and they were so happy. Vasudeva and Devaki also had a son in jail and became happy, but not so happy because there were guards. Who? Putana, Aghasura, Bakasura, Canura, Mustika, Sala, Kosala, so many. Like now, Janma-Bhumi is like a jail. Sala, Tosala, Canura, Mustika and so many demons are there. You cannot enter. I wanted to go yesterday morning and every year on Janmastami I have gone for more than sixty years, but yesterday I could not go. Why? Demons will not allow. They will see what you have, even they will see your beadbag and think there is a bomb inside bomb, bomb, bomb! So I could not go. I am very sorry, but I will go another time. So, Vasudeva and Devaki were very happy but they could not do anything for Krsna. They wanted to donate 10,000 cows and jewels and so many other valuable things, but they could not because they had nothing. They were in prison and did not have a farthing. But on the other hand, Nanda-Yasoda had everything. Nanda donated how many cows? Lakhas and lakhas. However many cows he had, he donated all! Only the calves were with him, the cows went. And after some time, the calves became cows, and again lakhas and lakhas he donated. He donated what he had, keeping nothing for himself in the house. Yasoda said, "My all ornaments and jewels,everything should be given in charity."So Nanda Baba gave away everything. God only knows from where so many jewels and so much wealth were coming, endless, unlimited. And that is why his treasury was always full. This was a very great miracle, because Krsna had come. And everywhere in Vraja: jayati te dhikam janmana vrajah srayata indira sasvad atra hi dayita drsyatam diksu tavakas tvayi dhrtasavas tvam vicinvate Indira, Laksmi devi, the goddess of fortune, wealth and opulence was brooming everywhere in Vrndavana and in the kunjas. She was also brooming in the house of Nanda Baba, so unlimited wealth was coming. Everyone received charity, and at last, there was no one left to donate to. All were satisfied fully and fully. Even demigods came in the shape of gopas and gopis&#8212;all came. And they were taking some donation. They were saying, "O Mother Yasoda, O Nanda Baba, I have come to give you badhai, good wishes and congratulations. You should give me something because I am singing and dancing. You should donate for your son." All the demigods had come, even Brahma and Sankara. Everywhere there was great happiness because the goddess of fortune was there. What was she doing? Brooming, decorating the kunjas and everything in Vraja. It was a great fortune that Abhaya Carana came on this next day, when Nanda Baba was giving in charity. It is not an ordinary thing. On these special days, only high class of devotees may come, otherwise not. So by this, we know that Abhaya Carana Prabhu was not an ordinary person. He was special. Now others should give their glorification. SRIPAD BHAKTIVEDANTA ARANYA MAHARAJA: I was never blessed with the good fortune to have the darsana or the association of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. I never met with him or heard from him, but I have heard some words from the lotus lips of my Gurudeva, and I think that seeing through the ears from the Vaisnavas is more important than seeing through the eyes. On the basis of whatever I have gathered by the causeless mercy of Srila Gurudeva, I will try to speak one or two words in glorification of Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja. Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja received diksa, initiation, from nitya-lila pravista om visnupada astottara-sata Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. This is very very significant. Upon receiving diksa from his Gurudeva, we see that he had the pastime of gradually trying very very hard to follow the order of his Gurudeva. What was that? To preach all over the world, especially in the English language. So even when he was in his household life, a grhastha, he ussed to write so many articles. His talent for writing articles was highly respected and recognized by his godbrothers. Thus, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Gaudiya Patrika (in Bengali) and Sri Bhagavat Patrika (in Hindi), the monthly journals of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, and he contributed many powerful articles. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura departed from this world in 1937, and in 1940, on Aksaya Trithiya, Sri Abhaya Caranaravinda, along with his seniormost godbrother, nitya-lila pravista om visnupada astottara-sata Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja, he took part in the founding of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. His signature is there as one of the first trustees of Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. We see that immediately after the disappearance of his Gurudeva, he came in the anugatya of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja. Along with Srila Kesava Maharaja, Sri Abhaya Caranaravinda and the other godbrothers cooperated together to push on the mission of their spiritual master. He never considered that the mission of his spiritual master was the institution of Sri Gaudiya Math, but rather, namaste sarasvati deve gaura-vani-pracarine, the mission of his spiritual master was "gaura-vani-pracarine"The mission was to explain, to follow and preach gaura-vani, the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Once I remember Srila Gurudeva was explaining what it means when we are glorifying Srila Swami Maharaja by the phrase "gaura-vani-pracarine." Swami Maharaja himself gave this verse to his disciples, so it is very significant. This phrase "gaura-vani-pracarine" refers especially to the message that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given in His Siksastakam (6): nayanam galad-asru-dharaya vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira pulakair nicitam vapuh kada tava nama-grahane bhavisyati Srila Gurudeva explained that Swami Maharaja came to give this "that one should chant, and with melted heart, weeping, ", when will that day come when my eyes will be decorated with tears of love, when my hair will stand on end, and my voice will be choked, gad-gad, completely overwhelmed with emotion, chanting Your names" Then Srila Gurudeva gave an example. Once Krsna came to meet with Srimati Radhika, but Krsna had made some offenses. Radhika had been doing mana (transcendental anger), but now She could no longer tolerate this separation from Krsna. She wanted to look at Him, speak with Him, and embrace Him. But at once, Lalita Sakhi was standing over Her in a very strict mood, and telling Radhika, "Don't look at Krsna. Don't speak with Him. He will take advantage of You." Because She wanted to give up Her mana but Lalita Sakhi was controlling Her, She began to cry. Tears were coming from Her eyes. At that time, Her dasis began to feel the same heart's moods as Radhika. As Radhika was crying, tears were also coming from their eyes. Srila Gurudeva said, This is "nayanam galad-asru-dharaya vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira". This verse is not only applicable after prolongued separation, but there and then, being with Radhika and being with Krsna also, upon chanting, remembering and realizing this pastime, tears will come from our eyes. Srila Gurudeva said, "This is "gaura-vani-pracarine." Swami Maharaja came to give the same message that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu implanted from His own heart into the heart of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada; the same message taught by Raghunatha dasa Gosvami and all of our Guru-vargas. Srila Prabhupada came in this world to give this. We can see that it is very significant that after receiving sannyasa from Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja, Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja went to do bhajana. Where? In Seva Kunja. This Seva Kunja is the heart of Vrndavana and the heart of the rupanuga Gaudiya Vaisnavas. There he was doing his bhajana right next to the samadhi and bhajana kutira of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada. At those times, my Gurupada-padma would go there and associate with him, and they would have hari katha together. At that time Srila Swami Maharaja told my Gurudeva, "I will go to the West and preach there. I don't know if there will be anything to eat there."Prabhupada did not know what it was like in the West. When he arrived there, he used to write letters to Gurudeva and tell him, "Oh, this place is very strange. Everyone has cars and they have to drive a hundred miles to go to work on a highway with five lanes."In this way, he was amazed by the atmosphere. However, before going there, he did not know what it was like. He thought perhaps there was no food there, but he said, "I don't care."And he told my Gurudeva, If I have to do it, I will make a hostel and I will serve meat. Anyone can come. I will serve tea and meat to encourage them to come. And I will tell them the message of Bhagavad Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. This shows how strong his determination was to preach the message of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura all over the world. While he was in Radha-Damodara, Srila Rupa Gosvamipada appeared to Srila Prabhupada in a dream and told him, "Now is the time for you to go. Historically, it was a very perfect time, a great opportunity. It was 1965; 1966 was about to come" a very big revolution was going on in the consciousness, hearts and minds of all the young people of the world. Many of the educated young people were leaving their homes and trying to find spiritual life. So at that time, Srila Rupa Gosvamipada directly ordered Swami Maharaja, "Now is the time to go." Srila Swami Maharaja left with nothing, no money, no man-power, nothing. And he came on a boat, undergoing great difficulties to reach the West. Why? To carry out the order of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja. That crossing on the steamship was very difficult. There were huge storms and during the storm he had two heart attacks. It was as if he was about to leave this world. Swami Maharaja himself told that at that time he had a dream: he saw that Krsna and all Dasa Avataras had come. They were pulling the boat through the water and bringing it to America. Why? Because Krsna and all Avataras, every one was behind Swami Maharaja, and they wanted to take him there because there was something very important that he had to do. When he arrived in America, for one year he was trying to preach, but nothing was happening. He had no followers. He had even typed the Bhagavad Gita and commentary by hand and his manuscript and typewriter were stolen. He had nothing. You can see in his diary, he would write, "Today I have only 250 grams of dal left in my bag. And the next day, he had nothing, and in his diary he wrote, "Today I have fasted because I have no money and nothing to eat. "He was in a completely poverty-stricken condition, trying again and again. Despite having nothing to eat, he kept going and kept going. Then one day he came to Tompkins Square Park in New York only with kartalas, no mrdanga player, no harmonium player, nothing. Standing beneath the tree in Tompkins Square Park, he began to chant, Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivasdi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. And like a miracle, thousands of worms began to crawl out from the stool. He told this later when he came back to India for the first time. Upon his arrival in India, there was no one to meet him no one. There was only one person my Gurudeva, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja was there at the airport to meet him. He came to Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti and he was telling some godbrothers and especially all the disciples of Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Maharaja, You cannot believe it. I began to chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, and you know, worms never leave stool. If they fall out by accident, they will quickly crawl back. But I began to chant the maha-mantra, and so many people, addicted to drugs, addicted to sex, all types of intoxication and meat-eating, began to emerge. These worms, first one, then two, then five, then twenty, and now hundreds and hundreds of worms are crawling out of the stool and putting on tilaka and kanthi mala. As Swami Maharaja was telling this, he began to cry out of compassion for all the jivas of the world. At that time, all the members of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti were struck with wonder and they began to cry, remembering: sri-krsna-caitanya-daya karaha vicara vicara karile citte pabe camatkara (CC Adi 8.15). If one will deliberate on the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, then his heart will be struck with wonder. One must be amazed. Thus, Swami Maharaja began his preaching in a very simple way. In a few years only, he preached all over the world. But after 12 years of preaching, he returned to Vrndavana, where he became completely absorbed. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja was a very rasika Vaisnava. Being in the West, he had no association, and he would cry for this. He would request my Gurudeva, Please come and help, but Gurudeva was busy serving his Gurudeva in Mathura. I have heard from others, from Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja, to whom Prabhupada wrote, "Please come and be with me. "Even on one occasion, when he invited Srila Sridhara Maharaja to come to Mayapura, he showed him the property and said, "Please come and be with me. "Srila Sridhara Maharaja replied, "I am old. I cannot go up the stairs. "Swami Maharaja said, "I will install an elevator for you. We will make an elevator right here to take you up to the roof." So he was always praying and feeling separation from his godbrothers and others. Why? Because he had no one to talk to and reveal his heart. Who was qualified to understand his moods? Prabhupada used to sing before class every day: jaya radha-madhava kunja-bihari gopi-jana-vallabha, giri-vara-dhari yasoda-nandana, braja-jana-ranjana yamuna-tira-vanacari I have heard from my Gurudeva about the purport of "yamuna-tira-vanacari"? Krsna is meeting with Radhika, but She is not entirely satisfied. She also wants Krsna to meet with Her sakhis. So Radhika is taking Krsna by the hand to so many kunjas on the bank of Yamuna and bringing Him to meet with Lalita, Visakha and others to enjoy sweet pastimes together. Swami Maharaja would sing this kirtana for the pleasure of Radha and Krsna and to impart this mood to the hearts of the devotees. But, in his own words, he had no one to speak to. Who could understand his mood? Some of you may have seen Swami Maharaja when he was singing this song Jaya Radha-Madhava, he would go into samadhi; he would begin to cry and become unconscious for a long time. After some time, when he came back into sense, he would just look at his disciples and tell them, "Chant Hare Krsna and be happy! In his final days when Swami Maharaja was in Vrndavana, he told his disciples, Bring a bullock cart. Put me on a bullock cart. I want to go to Govardhana. I want to be in Govardhana. But they did not understand and they told him, "If you go on a bullock cart, your health is so bad, you will leave this world, so we cannot do this to you."But this was his desire. I have heard from the lotus lips of Srila Gurudeva that when Srila Swami Maharaja was telling his disciples, "Put me on a bullock cart and let me go to Govardhana," then what was his mood? pramada-madana-lilah kandare kandare te racayati nava-yunor dvandvam asminn amandam iti kila kalanartham lagnakas tad-dvayor me nija-nikata-nivasam dehi govardhana! tvam As Raghunatha dasa Gosvami in his final days was praying, "O Giriraja Maharaja, O Govardhana, I know that Radha and Krsna are performing their sweet keli-vilasa in the secret caves and kunjas of Govardhana. Because you are the witness of Their sweet pastimes, you have the power to benedict me with the same vision. Please give your mercy to me. Kindly give me eternal residence at Govardhana, especially at Radha Kunda so that I may serve the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in Their pastimes at Radha Kunda and Govardhana, under the guidance of Sri Rupa Manjari. "This was his mood. This is actually the glory of Swami Maharaja, that he was rupanuga, that he was absorbed in the service of the lotus feet of Radha and Krsna in the line of Srila Rupa Gosvamipada, following in the footsteps and guidance of Sri Rupa Manjari. The mysteries of Srila Swami Maharaja are so great that I cannot understand them but whatever I have heard from the lotus lips of Srila Gurudeva and other rasika Vaisnavas, I have tried to convey. Srila Gurudeva has just explained that on Nandotsava, on behalf of Krsna, Nanda Maharaja exhausted his entire treasury. He gave everything. Similarly, on this day Nandotsava, Krsna wanted to give to the world His best donation; He wanted to give everything; what was that? anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasam sva-bhakti-sriyam So on this day Krsna gave His best donation. He gave Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja, to distribute service to the lotus feet of Srimati Radhika to the whole world. SRILA BV NARAYANA MAHARAJA First of all, you should know that Swami Maharaja's glorification is by his pranama mantra gaura-vani-pracarine. Almost all the ISKCON leaders never gave any importance to his acceptance of sannyasa,never. They thought that, Oh, this is an ordinary thing or a formality.They thought that because Prabhupada Sarasvati Thakura had given him the order, he was able to preach in Western countries, but if he had not taken sannyasa from our Gurudeva, could he have preached over the whole world like this? Without sannyasa? Never and never. He could not. Even so many sannyasis prior to him went to Western world, even high class of sannyasis, but they could not do so much. Why? Though he was ordered by his spiritual master, but if he was not given sannyasa, he could not have done anything. So there is great importance in sannyasa ;not only for preaching, but for bhajana also. The highest greed for bhajana is in sannyasa. Gopi-bhava comes by sannyasa mantra, not by another. This is not less than Gopala Mantra. We give even more importance to sannyasa mantra than Gopala Mantra. So it is not a formality only. Second thing: once in this hall many ISKCON leaders were here.They were glorifying him by so many means and ways. But I told and preached "this brought a big revolution" I told that Swami Maharaja had not come only to preach and do kirtana here and there, Hare Krsna Hare Krsna. No, not this. This was not so important. This was not primary, this was secondary. As in Caitanya Caritamrta, it has been told that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu preached sankirtana everywhere, but this was gauna, secondary. What was primary? Sri-radhayah pranaya-mahima kidrso vanayaiva; anarpita-carim cirat karunayavatirnah kalau. This was the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So Rupa Gosvami has fulfilled the mission, the heart&#8217;s desire of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Swamiji has not come only to preach Hare Krsna Hare Krsna here and there. His primary. goal was to preach the mission of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that Rupa Gosvami had fulfilled. He wanted to express all these things, but there was no time. So I have told you, and I have told in so many places, that his main mission was what? To preach Radha-dasya, like Rupa Gosvami told, like Raghunatha dasa Gosvami told. What was the madanakhya-bhava of Srimati Radhika? Swami Maharaja wanted to explain this but Krsna called him, "You have preached everywhere Hare Krsna Hare Krsna and you have established that Krsna is not an ordinary cowherd boy; He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Everywhere He has established this. And everyone accepted this. Even in a very short time he translated so many authentic books, like Gita As It Is, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya Caritamrta, Nectar of Instruction and so many others; I think more than a hundred. He preached his mission everywhere in the whole world in just a couple of years. He made hippies happy. Otherwise, all were hippie, and now you are happy. He used to tell, "India is lame, and Western countries, especially America, are blind. But they can perform so many important things if they are helping each other. Lame person will be where? On the shoulder of blind person, and blind person will carry him. Otherwise, both will fall off the road and they will be finished." He used to say, "My head office is in Bombay, my place of sandhana-bhajana is Navadvipa/Mayapura, and my eternal home is in Vrndavana." Then he became somewhat uneasy and at last he returned to India to Vrndavana. He wanted to be in Govardhana and Radha Kunda but his disciples could not understand him, but I think that his soul is eternally there. Now we will go to offer puspanjali at his lotus feet.

> Offering pranam to the lotus feet of Hari, Guru and > Vaisnavas, I wish to submit for their pleasure, this > brief summary of my experience with Srila Gour > Govinda Maharaja, and his transcendental > relationship with Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana > Maharaja. > > I had the good fortune to stay with Srila Gour > Govinda Maharaja almost continuously from mid 1994 > up until his departure in early 1996. Several > times, the topic of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana > Maharaja was raised. > > In June and July 1995, I was with a group of his > disciples and well wishers who were collecting funds > in Singapore and Malaysia for the completion of the > Bhubaneswar project. While in Kuala Lampur, I had > the good fortune to meet two disciples of Srila > Prabhupada, who were at that time inspired by the > teachings of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja > and were serving him there. I was impressed by > their devotion and faith in him. > > After some weeks, Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja > arrived in Singapore, en route to America for his > preaching tour. At that time he was staying in a > hotel, so we all got the chance to get his darshans > during his stay. > > At the end of his class, I asked: "Srila Gurudeva, > many people are leaving Iskcon and going to Srila > Narayana Maharaja, what is your opinion of that?" > He immediately took on a very grave tone, and > pointing his finger at me, he loudly exclaimed: > "What is the meaning of Iskcon, and who is a member > of Iskcon? Iskcon means the Internacional Society > for Krishna Consciousness, and that devotee who is > 100% Krishna conscious, he is a true and actual > member of this society. You are thinking Iskcon and > non-Iskcon, but this has no place in vaisnavism. If > you get the chance for his association, you should > definitely run there." > > On another occasion, when Srila Gour Govinda > Maharaja was about to depart from the Calcutta > International airport, he was sitting alone in the > departure lounge. I took the opportunity, and > inquired: "Guru Maharaja, what should I do when you > leave your body? What service should I do, and > under whose guidance should I do that service?" He > became very happy, and smilingly said: "You should > immediately run to a siksa guru." I was very > surprised by this. So I asked again: "But who is > qualified and who will I go to?" He laughed again: > "Don't worry, Gurudeva will make all arrangements > for you." > > These two incidents left a deep impression on me, so > when His Grace entered into nitya-lila, I > immediately entrained from Bhubaneswara to Mathura > and went to Sri Keshavaji Gaudiya Math. During this > journey, I had two pressing doubts in mind, that I > knew I would have to ask Srila Narayana Maharaja > whenever I would get the chance to see him. > Firstly, did he know Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja, > and secondly, was he in the same line of bhajan? As > I entered the Math, the first person I ran into was > His Holiness himself. He mercifully came up to me, > while I still had my bags over my shoulder, and > asked me: "Oh where are you from?" I replied: > "From Bhubaneswara." He became choked with emotion: > "Yes I heard he was poisoned, but I don't think > it's true." And he looked at me very deeply and > said: "I knew Gour Govinda Swami so well... and we > are in the same line." > > Many people doubt that Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja > would have wanted his disciples to take the > association of Srila Narayana Maharaja. But he > always used to tell us: "You should never leave > Iskcon, only if they preach apa-siddhanta, only then > you can leave." He constantly used to stress the > utmost importance of sadhu-sanga, so I find it > incredulous that immediately after his departure, > some disciples began to proclaim: "Don't take sadhu > sanga, don't go to the sadhu, don't go to Srila > Narayana Maharaja!" This is a great misfortune and > could only be a source of disapointment to Srila > Gour Govinda Maharaja. > > Every year in the Sri Keshavaji Gaudiya Math, we > celebrate the vyasa-puja of Srila Gour Govinda > Maharaja under the direct guidance of Srila > Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja. The first year we > held it was 1996, and after the program, we entered > into Srila Narayana Maharaja's room. We jokingly > said: "Oh, you did not speak anything > confidential!" He also laughed and said: "No > confidential hearers were there! Then speaking > gravely he said: "The last time I met Sripad Gour > Govinda Maharaja, he weepingly held both my hands > and said - 'Oh Maharaja, soon I will leave this > body, and all my disciples will come to you, please > accept them and give them shelter'. I then told him > - 'Don't worry Maharaja, I will help them all' and > he became very happy." > > O gentle vaisnavas, kindly forgive me for not > presenting this to the public earlier, this is my > own selfishness, and I hope this will help clear any > misconceptions one may have regarding their > transcendental relationship. > > Your servant, > Radhanath das > > _______Ekadasi, (September 3, 2002) Vrinda Kunja, > Pindamonhangaba, Brazil.

Yes, there are many. I remember Srila Bhakti-vaibhava Puri Maharaja, a disciple of Srila Bhaktissidhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, who is over 90 years old, and I met Him last time on Krsna's Appearance Day this year in Viena, He was one time invited in one temple of a western institution in Vrindavan to give lecture, and all the time he spoke about sadhus and told those bhaktas to not stay idle in the holy dhama and take association with the sadhu. There were also sannyasi of that institution there, but He said to all of them, that if they take no association and bhajana-shiksa submissively from the sadhu, they will do no progress. And because of that, at the given time: - they can fall down from their sadhana, - they can misinterpret the holy books, because only a realized person can really understand what another realized person wanted to tell in His books, and in this connection only a realized person can award the Bhaktivedanta title, not any institution of the world - they will criticize sadhus, committing grave vaisnava aparadha. Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja Who was awarded the title Bhaktivedanta in 1952 Is a sadhu, a vaisnava sadhu. He was a junior friend of Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada, who took sannyasi seven years later, in 1959 from the same Acarya Bhakti Prajnana Keshava Gosvami Maharaja as Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja. Some other sadhus from Gaudya Vedanta Samiti, whose cofounder was also Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada are Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja and Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja. In an article entitled "Vedantavitta Krsna"in Sri Gaudiya Patirka in 1957 Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Prabhupada writes "Sri Gaudya Vedanta Samiti is working for the genuine welfare and auspiciousness of the world by preching bhakti-vedanta and I consider it imperative for every Vaisnava to cooperate with this Samiti."

Yes, "adau sraddha tathah sadhu-sango" writes Srila Rupa Gosvami. But where does sraddha come from? Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in Jaiva Dharma "There are differences of nature and faith in accordance with the differences of eligibility of human beings. On the strength of the ASSOCIATION with SADHUS (the tattva darshi, realized souls) one can develop higher eligibility and acquire FAITH in the satvik shastra, which is the root of all auspiciousness. ... Don't criticize anyone because faith is according to eligibility and everyone is working according their own eligibility. Each person will gradually advance when the time is appropriate." Further Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes that to get the association of sadhus, which is the condition to attain sraddha, you need sukriti (eternal pious activities). And then he concludes that "it is a fact that sraddha arises from sukriti quoting Brihan Naradia Purana 4.33 bhaktis tu bhagavad bhakta sangena parijayate SAT-SANGA prapyate pumbhih SUKRITI purva sancite The inclination for bhakti is awakened by the association with the devottes of the Lord And the association with the devotees which are pure (SAT SANGA) can be attained by the accumulated effect of SUKRITI (eternal pious activities) performed over many life times. Further Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains "To converse with pure devotees to serve them to hear their discourses is sat -sanga. These activities are called bhakti -kriya -sanga. Any bhakti activities performed even accidentally are called bhakti kriya and create bhakti poshka SUKRITI - virtue which nourishes devotion." "Hosting vaisnavas hearing their recitatios reading vaisnava holy books are nitya sukriti by which one develop sraddha" But what kind of sraddha? Oh, sraddha for ananya (one pointed) bhakti. This is also stated in Jaiva Dharma. Do we need a sadhu only in the beginning of bhakti? Oh no, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains "jiva cannot EASILY comprehend the spiritual attachement , cid - anuraga which is jiva-svadharma, jivas true nature" jiva is wholly unacquainted with the raga-anuga nature to say nothing of the raga- atmika nature. Only infrequently by the mercy of the SADHUS the raga-anuga nature can be awakened in the hearts of the jivas. "O Lord Acyuta the jivas has been wandering in the cycle of birth of death from a time without beginning. When the time for his release approaches he attains SADHU- SANGA and then (what happens?) he becomes FIRMLY attached to You." S.B. 10.51.53

Oh, I think don't talk about Krsna is not a good advice, whatever will come there after. A bhakta, that practices vaidhi bhakti should talk about Krsna according the angas of bhakti: -sankirtanam (congregational chanting of the Holy Name) -japa (utterance of the holy name and mantras) -vijnapti (submissive prayer at the lotus feet of the Lord) -stava-patha (recitation of songs and hymns in praise of the Lord) and -vaisnava-sastra-seva (serving vaisnava scriptures). For such a bhakta is not proper to say Don't talk about Krsna, love Krsna. A sadhaka, that is on the platform of raganunga bhakti 1. One in whose heart bhava toward Sri Krsna has already manifested 2. who has become qualified to perceive the direct manifestation of the Lord 3. but who has not yet obtained complete freedom from all obstacles, will do the same things because of his spontaneous attraction and love toward the Lord. Do you think, that the advice "Don't talk about Krsna, love Krsna" will make sense for him? A siddha bhakta 1. One who is fully immersed in activities related to Sri Krsna 2. who is completely unacquainted with impediments (vighna) or material distress (klesha) 3. and who incessantly tastes the bliss of prema may come down from his platform in order to distribute the mercy to the fallen non envious jivas. Do you think, that the advice Don't talk about Krsna, love Krsna; will make sense for him? Or maybe your advice was "The more you resort to mundane logic the more you will subjugate your mind to material bondage. The more you strive to initiate the flow of nama rasa the more your material sheckles will become loosened. The truth can be realizend only through the culture of spiritual bliss." as Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura says. Oh, I think don't talk about Krsna is not a good advice, whatever will come there after.

"Veda tells us that if anyone is chanting nama-aparadha, the result is that he may become wealthy. Why? So that his bhakti will be covered by wealth. He may drink, he may eat meat, he may take drugs, and he may engage in so many other sins -- as we saw in the case of Nalakuvera and Manigriva. If there is wealth, it is very hard to do bhajana. Ambarisa Maharaja and others like him can do so, but we cannot do so if we are wealthy. Even a sannyasi may fall down by wealth, and this has also been explained in Srimad-Bhagavatam. Wealth takes us very far away from Krsna. Nityartidena vittena durlabhenatma-mrtyuna (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.19). What is the meaning? [Madhava Maharaja]: ["Wealth is a perpetual source of distress, it is most difficult to acquire, and it is virtual death for the soul. What satisfaction does one actually gain from his wealth? Similarly, how can one gain ultimate or permanent happiness from one's so-called home, children, relatives and domestic animals, which are all maintained by one's hard-earned money?" ](SB 11.3.20)] In earning, in spending . It always gives suffering. Srila Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja: "Those persons cannot do bhajana properly. Gurudeva just gave the example of the sons of Kuvera. Kuvera is the predominating deity of wealth. Janma aisvarya sruta sri. If you come from an aristocratic family, if you have too much opulence, if you are very learned, and if you are very handsome, you cannot do bhajana properly. If you have wealth, then all bad qualities are bound to come to you -- if you have not surrendered yourself to the lotus feet of a bona fide gurudeva and are not in good association. If you have wealth, then even if you are very ugly and you have many bad habits, yet you can keep a learned or handsome person as your servant. Nityartidena vittena durlabhenatma-mrtyuna. Wealth causes you to kill your own soul. Therefore, if you have money, if you have wealth, you must be in good association in order to use it properly. If you are like Ambarisa Maharaja and Yudhisthira Maharaja, then you can be saved. Otherwise, you will be entangled by that wealth, and you are bound to misuse it and spoil your life." A nama-aparadhi can have wealth, a very beautiful husband, a beautiful wife, very good and beautiful children, gardens, dogs, and so on. These things have come due to wealth. If you are not very wealthy, your children will generally not become highly learned and qualified. Bodily paraphernalia is collected by that wealth, which is like a death. How, then, can they do anything to help you? If you are doing nama-aparadha and vaisnava-aparadha, but still you are chanting the name, what will be the result? Especially if you are criticizing Vaisnavas, you will have to go to hell. The holy name cannot bear that anyone criticizes His devotees. Krsna will make another kind of hell for you -- a special kind of hell. These present hells are not enough." Spoken by om visnupada paramahamsa astotara-sata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

I only heard the verse and still do not know the exact quotation; if it comes from S.B. help me! and I don't know sanskrit.

Utpanna-ratayah samyan nairvighnam anupagatah krsna sakshat kritau yogyah sadhakah parikirttitah Sri Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu 2.1.276 1. One in whose heart bhava toward Sri Krsna has already manifested 2. who has become qualified to perceive the direct manifestation of the Lord 3. but who has not yet obtained complete freedom from all obstacles, is called a sadhaka. From this definition we understand that Someone who has attained bhava Is not a pure devotee . At that time there remains in the sadhaka some trace of a great offence commited against a devotee.As such the manifestation of sadhya bhakti or prema bhakti is not possible in a sadhka bhakta. Therefore in Sri Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu 2.1.280 are described the characteristics of a siddha bhakta (one who has attained to the stage of sadhya bhakti or prema bhakti). Avijnatakhila kleshah Sada krsnashrita kriyah Siddhah syuh santata prema Saukhyasvada parayanah 1. One who is fully immersed in activities related to Sri Krsna 2. who is completely unacquainted with impediments (vighna) or material distress (klesha) 3. and who incessantly tastes the bliss of prema is called a siddha bhakta As we see in the siddha bhakta which is an uttama adhikari there is no klesha and there is no offence that could hinder the uttering of pure nama, but in the sadhaka, who is a madyam adhikari of highest level(uttama) klesha and various kinds of offences are still impediments for the continous chanting of pure nama. We should realize all this like Sri Rupa Goswami, by direct experience. May Gurudeva pour His mercy upon us.

Spoken by Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja in Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2001: "adau guru mukhat shravant" Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explained in the purport of this verse: "asesu takshi tapata nanu natha pumsa" that the path to Krsna can be seen through the ears and that hearing must be done from the mouth of sat guru. Question: If the path is transcendental why do you limit it by physical association? Answer: Because it is transcendental therefore any transcendetal thing oh, comes from transcendental source; like harinama, diksa mantras are transcendental hari katha is transcendental srimad bhagavatam is transcendental, so transcendental things come from transcendental source. So, everything in THIS world is material! So, where it will come from? Only when any realized person descende in this world and is carying bhakti-shakti with them, than you can receive what is transcendental. When a pure devotee speaks, mixed within his voice are the safron particle of the lotus feet of Krsna, says Srimad Bhagavatam; so, sound has 4 dimensions: vaikarik, madya, para, pashianti. First dimension is the outer portion of the sound, what you speak, what you hear, and what is going in your tape recorder. Next two levels are on the subtle platform of the mind and intelligence. The fourth level is called shabda-brahma and goes from soul to soul." My dear reader, you have to know that whatever I write is not coming from me, but I heard and recorded from my guru-jana who are coming in bhagavat parampara, giving harinama, diksa mantras and hari-katha through the transcendental sound, which goes directly to the soul. Spoken by Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja in Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2001: "adau guru mukhat shravant" Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explained in the purport of this verse: "asesu takshi tapata nanu natha pumsa" that the path to Krsna can be seen through the ears and that hearing must be done from the mouth of sat guru. Question: If the path is transcendental why do you limit it by physical association? Answer: Because it is transcendental therefore any transcendetal thing oh, comes from transcendental source; like harinama, diksa mantras are transcendental hari katha is transcendental srimad bhagavatam is transcendental, so transcendental things come from transcendental source. So, everything in THIS world is material! So, where it will come from? Only when any realized person descende in this world and is carying bhakti-shakti with them, than you can receive what is transcendental. When a pure devotee speaks, mixed within his voice are the safron particle of the lotus feet of Krsna, says Srimad Bhagavatam; so, sound has 4 dimensions: vaikarik, madya, para, pashianti. First dimension is the outer portion of the sound, what you speak, what you hear, and what is going in your tape recorder. Next two levels are on the subtle platform of the mind and intelligence. The fourth level is called shabda-brahma and goes from soul to soul." My dear reader, you have to know that whatever I write is not coming from me, but I heard and recorded from my guru-jana who are coming in bhagavat parampara, giving harinama, diksa mantras and hari-katha through the transcendental sound, which goes directly to the soul. Spoken by Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja in Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2001: "adau guru mukhat shravant" Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explained in the purport of this verse: "asesu takshi tapata nanu natha pumsa" that the path to Krsna can be seen through the ears and that hearing must be done from the mouth of sat guru. Question: If the path is transcendental why do you limit it by physical association? Answer: Because it is transcendental therefore any transcendetal thing oh, comes from transcendental source; like harinama, diksa mantras are transcendental hari katha is transcendental srimad bhagavatam is transcendental, so transcendental things come from transcendental source. So, everything in THIS world is material! So, where it will come from? Only when any realized person descende in this world and is carying bhakti-shakti with them, than you can receive what is transcendental. When a pure devotee speaks, mixed within his voice are the safron particle of the lotus feet of Krsna, says Srimad Bhagavatam; so, sound has 4 dimensions: vaikarik, madya, para, pashianti. First dimension is the outer portion of the sound, what you speak, what you hear, and what is going in your tape recorder. Next two levels are on the subtle platform of the mind and intelligence. The fourth level is called shabda-brahma and goes from soul to soul." My dear reader, you have to know that whatever I write is not coming from me, but I heard and recorded from my guru-jana who are coming in bhagavat parampara, giving harinama, diksa mantras and hari-katha through the transcendental sound, which goes directly to the soul. Spoken by Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja in Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2001: "adau guru mukhat shravant" Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explained in the purport of this verse: "asesu takshi tapata nanu natha pumsa" that the path to Krsna can be seen through the ears and that hearing must be done from the mouth of sat guru. Question: If the path is transcendental why do you limit it by physical association? Answer: Because it is transcendental therefore any transcendetal thing oh, comes from transcendental source; like harinama, diksa mantras are transcendental hari katha is transcendental srimad bhagavatam is transcendental, so transcendental things come from transcendental source. So, everything in THIS world is material! So, where it will come from? Only when any realized person descende in this world and is carying bhakti-shakti with them, than you can receive what is transcendental. When a pure devotee speaks, mixed within his voice are the safron particle of the lotus feet of Krsna, says Srimad Bhagavatam; so, sound has 4 dimensions: vaikarik, madya, para, pashianti. First dimension is the outer portion of the sound, what you speak, what you hear, and what is going in your tape recorder. Next two levels are on the subtle platform of the mind and intelligence. The fourth level is called shabda-brahma and goes from soul to soul." Hear ends the quotation. My dear reader, you have to know that whatever I write is not coming from me, but I heard and recorded from my guru-jana who are coming in bhagavat parampara, giving harinama, diksa mantras and hari-katha through the transcendental sound, which goes directly to the soul.

Spoken by Srila Bhaktivedanta Aranya Maharaja in Vraja Mandala Parikrama 2001: "adau guru mukhat shravant" Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explained in the purport of this verse: "asesu takshi tapata nanu natha pumsa" that the path to Krsna can be seen through the ears and that hearing must be done from the mouth of sat guru. Question: If the path is transcendental why do you limit it by physical association? Answer: Because it is transcendental therefore any transcendetal thing oh, comes from transcendental source; like harinama, diksa mantras are transcendental hari katha is transcendental srimad bhagavatam is transcendental, so transcendental things come from transcendental source. So, everything in THIS world is material! So, where it will come from? Only when any realized person descende in this world and is carying bhakti-shakti with them, than you can receive what is transcendental. When a pure devotee speaks, mixed within his voice are the safron particle of the lotus feet of Krsna, says Srimad Bhagavatam; so, sound has 4 dimensions: vaikarik, madya, para, pashianti. First dimension is the outer portion of the sound, what you speak, what you hear, and what is going in your tape recorder. Next two levels are on the subtle platform of the mind and intelligence. The fourth level is called shabda-brahma and goes from soul to soul." My dear reader, you have to know that whatever I write is not coming from me, but I heard and recorded from my guru-jana who are coming in bhagavat parampara, giving harinama, diksa mantras and hari-katha through the transcendental sound, which goes directly to the soul.

Acording to ones realization the transcendental sound can appear on his tongue or not. The kanishta adhikari utter nama-aparadha, they do not utter transcendental (pure) nama when they say maha mantra. The madyama- adhikari utter nama-abhasa, they do not utter transcendental pure nama. A madyama-uttama adhikari maybe comes in bhava and utters a pure transcendental name. Only an uttama adhikari, a pure devotte of the Lord, can utter the trancendental nama. And who is an uttama adhikari? Bhagavan Sri Krsna says in the Gita: tad vidhi pranipatena pariprashnena sevaya upadeksyanti te jnanam jnaninas tattva darshina Go to the one that has seen the Truth (tattva darshina) (and who is the truth? according to ones sadhana it is "brahmeti parama-atmeti bhagavan iti shabdya te". For our brahma madhva gaudya (rupa-anuga) sampradaya tattva darshina means to see Brajendra nandana Sri Krsna but how ? Oh, not alone! With Srimati Radhika, with the gopis, gopas ... then we are the family of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who came to give what no avatara has given before: majari-bhava. "gauranga nahito, tabe ke hoito kemone dharita de radhara mahima, prema rasa sima jagate janato ke" If Sriman GAuranga Mahaprabhu had not appeared, then what would have become of us? How could we have tolerated living? In this universe who would have ever come to know the glories of Srimati Radharani and the topmost limit of prema rasa? "madhura vrinda, vipina madhuri pravesha caturi sar baraja-yuvati, bhavera bhakati shakati hoito kar" If Caitanya Mahaprabhu had not come, who could have had the intelligence to join in the sweet madhura rasa of Sri Radha-Krsna's lila in Vrindavana? Who else could have given the power to enter the Vraja ramanis' mood of seva to yugala-kishora?

The Quotation from Brihad Naradia Purana (4.33) "bhaktis tu bhagavad bhakta sangena parijayate sad sanga prapyati pumbhih sukritaih purva sancitaih" is not in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu Bindu but in Srila Bhaktivinoda's Jaiva Dharma. Sorry.

Krsna's name is so powerful. Apaiti nama! sphuranena tat te, prarabdha-karmeti virauti vedah. Throughout the Vedas it has been explained that at the very moment krsna-nama appears on the tongue of the chanter, all karma -- past, present, future, and even this prarabdha karma, is all totally destroyed. But there is something more. Apaiti nama! spuranena tat te. It must actually be the name. In other words it must be suddha-nama, the pure name, chanted without any offence. If that pure name is not coming, but rather nama-abhasa and especially nama-aparadha are there, you will have to taste the fruits of prarabdha karma. On the other hand, if the pure name is coming, that is called sphuranena. Spuranena is the revelation of Krsna as His name. Atah sri-krsna-namadi / na bhaved grahyam indriyaih / sevonmukhe hi jihvadau / svayam eva sphuraty adah (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.2.234). Sphuratyada has the same meaning as spuranena. Krsna is directly revealed as His name. That pure name will come by a certain process, and the first step in that process is sadhu-sanga, association with self-realized devotees. Then, by sadhu sanga, something of tattva, philosophical established truths, will be understood, and then one will realize why he should be initiated and how the desire to serve Krsna can be fulfilled. Guru-nistha, faith in guru, is essential for this, but how will guru-nistha come? It will come by accepting a high class of devotee and taking real diksa. By that factual diksa, di -- divya-jnanam, a thick relation with Krsna, will come. At that time all tattvas, like krsna-tattva, jiva-tattva, maya-tattva, bhakti-tattva, and all other tattvas, will be known. At that time all kinds of 'ksa', bad things like offences, worldly attachments, sense gratification and so on will go away by this quality of name. Also at that time, one serves gurudeva in a visrambha mood. Visrambha mood means lokika sada-bandhuvat, serving gurudeva as an intimate friend, and accepting him as one's very heart. By such chanting of harinama, the pure name will come automatically, and at that time prarabdha karmeti virauti vedah. Prarabdha karma will disappear. If prarabdha karma goes away, however, at once the body will die. Therefore, by Krsna's arrangement the body does not die. If the body dies, how will one practice bhakti-yoga? The body does not die, but if any illness comes to the devotee, or any good or bad events, it will be by the wish of Krsna.

Krsna-prema will never come by the type of chanting Ajamila did. For this, something more will be required. Srila Rupa Gosvami has written: yad-brahma-saksat-krti-nisthayapi, vinasam ayati vina na bhogaih / apaiti nama! sphurena tat te, prarabdha-karmeti virauti vedah. ["O Nama! The Vedas loudly declare that even without a devotee undergoing any suffering, his prarabdha-karma (the karma which constitutes this body), which cannot be eliminated even by resolute meditation on impersonal brahman, is at once mitigated by Your appearance on the tongue." (Sri Krsna-Namastakam verse 4)] What is the meaning? You should write down the meaning in your hearts. Srila Rupa Gosvami is comparing the process of chanting harinama and that of meditating on nirvisesa-brahma (the conception of God without qualities). Even if one is completely absorbed, directly realizing impersonal brahma, his prarabdha-karma will not go away. Remember that there are two kinds of brahma-jnana. The brahma-jnana of the Mayavadis is not jnana but it is aparadha, an offence. The brahma-jnana of Sukadeva Gosvami and the four Kumaras it is right, and that brahma is the rays of the toenails of Krsna. That brahma is referred to in the verse yasya prabha prabhavato, regarding the effulgence of Krsna. On the other hand, nirvisesavada of Sankaracarya is very bogus. If anyone is absorbed in that effulgence which is coming form Krsna, what will be the result? Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda koti/ kotisv asesa-vasudhadi-vibhuti-bhinnam (Brahma-Samhita 5.40). If anyone will meditate on that brahma, all his aprarabdha karma will be destroyed. However, his prarabdha karma, the results of fruitive activities that are fructifying right now in the form of this material body, remains. The body that we have now is our prarabdha karma, and this ! prarabdha karma will not be destroyed by meditation on brahma.

There is a question: Suppose there is a person who is committing many offences, who is a murderer, who slaughters cows, and who is full of bad qualities. Suppose that sinful person somehow chants Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. Will his chanting have any effect or not? What will be the gain? What will be the result? He will be purified. Why does he not realize this at that time? The example is Ajamila. He was a very wicked person. Earlier in his life he was a very good brahmana, but then he associated with a prostitute and he became a murderer. He engaged in all kinds of sins, and he shared the results of his crimes with that prostitute. He chanted, but he chanted the name of his son -- Narayana. What became of him? What was the result of his 'chanting'? Jayati jayati namananda-rupam murare. Namananda-rupam murare. The holy names are the actual rupa, form, of Murari. Mura was a very powerful demon, and Krsna killed him and gave him liberation. Therefore one name of Krsna is Murari, and the form of this Murari is krsna-nama. Katham api sakrdattam. In any way, if one utters only one name of Murari, Krsna, Madhava, Govinda, Rama, and so on, that name gives mukti. The devotee receives mukti very easily, and therefore Krsna has the name Murari. Don't have any doubts. Previously Ajamila could not realize the glory of the name. But then his gurus, the associates of Narayana, came, and in their light he saw, "Oh, I have even crossed over death. Although no one can cross death, still, no death came to me. Oh, they saved me from death." At that time he realized that the name is very elevated and has vast power. Why could he not realize this before? Now he realized his soul. It is by our soul that we can see the effect of the name -- not by this body, not by these eyes, and not by this mental speculation. Even a very wretched, wicked person who chants nama can very easily be liberated and saved from death.

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says: The way to bhakti is the way of shabdha brahma (transcendental sound). The sound has four levels - the outer portion (vaikarik)- that we hear it - the level of mind - the level of intelligence - the transcendental level (that can be uttered by the realized soul and imbibe the audiance with seva vasana (the seed of the desire to serve the DIVINE COUPLE- if the one that utters the sound is a RUPA-ANUGA.) Only a sat guru (the one that have seen Krsna face to face) can give the transcendetal sound. He is the only one who can give real initiation through the transcendental sound in Hari-nama and diksa (Gopala-mantra, Kama-gayatri-mantra, Gayatri-mantra...) but bhaktis tu bhagavad bhakta sangena parijayate SAT-SANGA prapyate pumbhih SUKRITI purva sancite The inclination for bhakti is awakened by the association with the devottes of the Lord And the association with the pure devotees (SAT SANGA) can be attained by the accumulated effect of SUKRITI (eternal pious activities) performed over many life times. (Brihan Naradia Purana 4.33) Quoted by Srila Vishvanatha Cakravarti Thakura in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu Bindu.

We have to try to double our chanting, remembering, reading, worshiping, and all other devotional practices and measure our progress daily by asking ourself, "At what stage was my bhakti yesterday, and what is the standard of my bhakti today. In business, in the evening, before closing shop, the owner of a shop will check his records to see if he has a profit or a loss. If there is a gain, it is good; if there is a loss, it is bad. Similarly, if our bhakti is not increasing, there must be a loophole. "Follow Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, and never slip from the line of bhakti." gurau gosthe gostalayisu sujane bhusura-gane sva-mantre sri-namni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-sarane sada dambham hitva kuru ratim apurvam atitara- maye svantar bhratas catubhir abhiyace dhrta-padah "O my dear brother, my foolish mind! Taking hold of your feet, I humbly pray to you with sweet words. Please give up all pride and quickly develop sublime and incessant rati for Sri Gurudeva, Sri Vraja-dhama, the residents of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, your diksa-mantras, the holy names of the Supreme Lord, and the shelter of Kisora-Kisori, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, the eternally youthful divine couple of Vraja." (Sri Manah-siksa, verse one, by Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami) Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami is saying, "Oh my brother mind, give up all false ego and worldly desires. I pray to you very humbly; follow me. We should chant the maha-mantra daily, and we should also meditate in the morning, midday and evening on the mantras that Gurudeva has given: brahma-gayatri, guru-mantra, guru-gayatri, gaura-mantra, gopal-mantra, krsna-mantra, and kama-gayatri. "Increasing more and more, continue without fail." If we do not follow these principles and we are associating with bad elements, our bhakti will disappear." At last we should remember: tan-nama-rupa-caritadi-sukirtananu- smrtyoh kramena rasana-manasi niyojya tisthan vraje tad-anuragi jananugami kalam nayed akhilam ity upadesa-saram "The essence of all advice is that one should utilize one's full time in nicely chanting and remembering the Lord's divine name, transcendental form, qualities and eternal pastimes, thereby gradually engaging one's tongue and mind. In this way one should reside in Vraja [Goloka Vrndavana dhama] and serve Krsna under the guidance of devotees. One should follow in the footsteps of the Lord's beloved devotees, who are deeply attached to His devotional service." (Upadesamrta, verse 8) This is the essence of all the teachings of Srila Rupa Gosvami. By following this, our life will be successful. Always we should try to be in Vrndavana, where the gopas and gopis performed their pastimes, where Yamuna is flowing, where Giriraja Govardhana gloriously stands, and where Krsna never leaves. Try to go there under the guidance of any qualified rasika Vaisnava who is in the line of Rupa Gosvami. Don't go with an ordinary person. Try to remember the holy names of Radha and Krsna that qualify Them as the Istadevas of the mood for which you aspire, remember the meaning of those names, and also remember your connection with Their sweet pastimes. sri krsna gopala hare mukunda govinda he nanda kisora Krsna ha sri yasoda tanaya prasida sri ballavi jivana radhikesa "Chant Hare Krsna, but with a link to the names' relationship with the sweet pastimes of Krsna. Chant names like these: Sri Krsna, Gopala, Hari, Mukunda, and Govinda. But you will not yet be fully satisfied. Then you will chant, "Ha Sri Yasoda," and then something more, "Sri Ballavi Jivana,and finally Radhikesa." This is the Supreme name. If you are weeping with a melting heart while chanting, you will then see that Krsna is in your heart. Don't expect that your seed will become a big mango tree in one day." In this process we should chant, remember, follow our Gurudeva and Vaisnavas, and remain in the association of self-realized devotees. This is the essence of all the teachings of Sri Rupa Gosvami.