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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.

 

 

 

 

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<center>rahu gaNai tat tapasA na yAti

na cejyayA nirvapaNAd gRhAd vA

na cchaMdasA naiva jalAgni sUryair

vinA mahatpAda rajobhiSekaM

 

Jada Bharata declares to King Rahugana,

 

<font color="blue">"O Rahugana, one does NOT attain this

(state of Divine consciousness of Self-realization)

through asceticism nor through Vedic rituals,

nor again by dealing out food and

other necessaries among the needy,

nor by duly performing one's religious duties

pertainig to household life,

nor through a proper study of Vedic scriptures,

nor through the worship of gods presiding

over water, fire and sun, NOR by ANY OTHER MEANS,</font>

 

<font color="red">EXCEPT by sprinkling one's body, mind and soul with

<big>the dust of feet of exalted Godrealzed saints."</big></font>

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Khona bhagye karo samsara KSHAYON-MUKHA haye

Sadhu-sange tabe krsna rati upajaya

CC Madhya 22.45

 

When the wandering in samsara begin to dimnish

Jiva obtains sadhu-sanga

By the causeless mercy of bhagavan

By that sadhu-sanga jiva obtains rati

 

rati means bhava (the sprout of prema)

 

"sa bhakti SADHANA bhaktir BHAVA bhakti

PREMA bhakti iti trividha

sadahna bhakti punar

VAIDHI RAGA-ANUGA bhedena dvividha"

 

Here sa bhakti means pure bhakti

 

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura writes in Jaiva Dharma

"When Krsna wills it

the sadhaka's relationship with the material world

tends toward its termination.

This stage that avent liberation is khown as KSHAYON-MUKHA

1.svarupa sddhi

- jiva is situated in his svarupa (spiritual body)

- but because the material body remains

- the relationship with the material world remains intact.

2. vastu-siddhi

- when jiva give up the gross and subtle bodies

- and attains the spiritual abode in his siddha-deha

 

When one attains vastu-siddhi

Raga-atmika vriti is awakened

In his svarupa - spiritual body

In his vastu - constitutional state

 

Raga-atmika means

The atma is permeated with raga (spontaneous attachement and love)

 

Raga-atmika prakriti

Is the nature of the eternal residents of Vraja

 

To follow the way of raga (RAGA-ANUGA)

Should be ardently sought by the jivas

 

As long as jiva is not

In the RAGA-ANUGA stage

He remains SPONTANEOUSLY attached to mundane objects.

 

Raga-anuga is the nature

that impels one

to follow the soul's spontaneous attraction toward the Lord.

 

 

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Sri bhagavan uvaca

 

Na rodhayati mam yogo na sankhyam dharma eva ca

Na svadhyayas tapas tyago nesta purttam na daksina

Vratani yahnas cchandamsi tirthani niyama yamah

Yathavarundhe SAT SANGAH sarva sangapaho hi mam

Srimad Bhagavatam (11.12.1-2)

 

Sri Bhagavan said,

 

I am not controlled by those who

Perform yoga,

Study sankhya philosophy

Perform religious duties and pious activities

Study the Vedas

Perform penances and austerities, practice renunciation and accept sannyasa

Perform sacrifice and welfare activities, give donations in charity

Practice fasting and other vows, perform yajna

Chant confidential mantras

Go on pilgrimage and

Follow all the rules and regulations for spiritual life.

However one who accepts SAT SANGA which destroys all material attachments

Can control Me.

 

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All angas of bhakti should be done in

sadhu sanga

 

e ghora samsare padiya manava na

paya duhkhera shesa

<font color="red"> sadhu sanga </font color> kori hari bhaja yadi

tabe anta haya klesha

 

Having fallen into samsara jiva

finds no end to his destress.

If he takes to the worship of Hari <font color="red"> by the association of sadhus </font color>

his trouble comes to an end.

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sadhu-sastra-krpaya yadi krsnonmukha haya

sei jiva nistare, maya tahare chadaya

 

"If the conditioned soul becomes Krsna conscious (attached to Krsna and His beloveds)

by the mercy of saintly persons sadhu

who voluntarily preach scriptural injunctions and

help him to become Krsna conscious,

the conditioned soul is liberated from the clutches of maya,

who gives him up."

(C.c. Madhya 20.120)

 

In this world there is immense facility to hear mundane talks,

but there is great scarcity of hari-katha.

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As stated by Narottama d&#1076;sa &#1062;h&#1076;kura, sadhu-&#1079;&#1076;stra-guru: one has to test all spiritual matters according to the instructions of saintly persons, scriptures and the spiritual master. The spiritual master is one who follows the instructions of his predecessors, namely the sadhus, or saintly persons. A bona fide spiritual master does not mention anything not mentioned in the authorized scriptures. Ordinary people have to follow the instructions of s&#1076;dhu, &#1079;&#1076;stra and guru. Those statements made in the &#1079;&#1076;stras and those made by the bona fide s&#1076;dhu or guru cannot differ from one another.

 

Neither a s&#1076;dhu (saintly person or Vai&#1089;&#1083;ava) nor a bona fide spiritual master says anything that is beyond the scope of the sanction of the revealed scriptures. Thus the statements of the revealed scriptures correspond to those of the bona fide spiritual master and saintly persons.

 

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One should accept a thing as genuine by studying the words of saintly people, the spiritual master and sastra. The actual center is sastra, the revealed scripture. If a spiritual master does not speak according to revealed scripture, he is not to be accepted. Similarly, if a saintly person does not speak according to the &#1079;&#1076;stra, he is not a saintly person. Sastra is the center for all.

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This is guru. Guru means hell always enlighten the disciple with the light of sastra. Not that he will say, "There is no need of sastra. I am incarnation. I, whatever speak, you take it." No.

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'sastra-guru-atma'-rupe apanare janana

'krsna mora prabhu, trata'---jivera haya jnana

 

"The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Krsna through the Vedic literatures,

the realized spiritual master and

the Supersoul.

Through these, he can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, and

he can understand that Lord Krsna is his eternal master and deliverer from the clutches of maya.

In this way, one can acquire real knowledge of his conditioned life and can come to understand how to attain liberation." (C.c. Madhya 20.123)

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