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Sri Advaita Acarya’s Appearance Day 2022
Sri Advaita Acarya Pretends to be an Impersonalist in Order to Be Punished by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu For the pastime of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appearing to Sri Advaita Acarya see https://www.thekrishnaites.org/sri-advaita-acarya-appearance/ Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Chapter 19, Madhya Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada The Lord’s Pastimes in Advaita’s House Text 1 jaya visvambhara sarva-vaisnavera natha bhakti diya jive prabhu kara atmasat//CB, Madhya 19.001// TRANSLATION All glories to Visvambhara, the Lord of all Vaisnavas! O Lord, please deliver the living entities by giving them Your devotional service. COMMENTARY Visvambhara is the maintainer of the universe. He is the object of all devotional service. Induced by…
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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Visits the Dari (Immoralist) Sannyasi
And shows who is eligible for His mercy (and who is not!) Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Chapter 19, Madhya Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Text 28 eka-dina nagara bhramaye prabhu range dekhaye apana-srsti nityananda-sange//CB, Madhya 19.028// TRANSLATION One day the Lord was joyfully wandering about the city looking at His creation with Nityananda. Text 29 apanare `sukrti’ kariya vidhi mane “mora silpa cahe prabhu sadaya nayane”//CB, Madhya 19.029// TRANSLATION Brahma considered himself fortunate, “The Lord is mercifully looking at my artistic work.” COMMENTARY When Brahma, the creator of the universe, saw that Sri Gaurasundara had incarnated in this world, he considered himself fortunate. Lord…
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The Danger of Offending Devotees
Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Madhya Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Texts 29-30 thakura caitanya bale,—“suna sarva-jana sakrt murari-ninda kare yei-jana koti-ganga-snane ta’ra nahika nistara ganga-hari-name tare kariba samhara//CB, Madhya 10.029-30// TRANSLATION Lord Caitanya said, “Listen, everyone, anyone who blasphemes Murari will not be delivered even if he takes millions of baths in the Ganges. Neither the Ganges nor the holy names of Hari will nullify his sins. COMMENTARY In order to remove the sinful mentality of those proud persons who are envious of the devotees and who blaspheme the devotees while considering themselves “engaged in taking bath in the Ganges and in chanting the…
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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s Disappearance Day
“One should give up the association of dharmadvajis, the hypocritically devout,with special care.” Sri Bhaktyaloka – Jana-sanga – Association with Worldly-minded Persons By Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, English translation by Bhumipati dasa The word jana refers to both male and female human beings. Srila Rupa Gosvami has written in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu: sadho sangah svato vare – “a devotee should associate with devotees who are more advanced.” Practicing devotees are generally superior to karmis and jnanis in all respects. In the Bhagavad-gita (7.28) it is said: yesam tv anta-gatam papam jananam punya-karmanam te dvandva-moha-nirmukta bhajante mam drdha-vratah “Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful…
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Srila Prabhupada Speaks to Today’s Devotees
TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 – “Otherwise we can be misled by bogus philosophies.” Srila Prabhupada on the importance of developing good discrimination. Section 2 – “The real preaching is selling books” Quotes on Book Distribution. Section 3 – “Every line is perfect” Quotes about changing Srila Prabhupada’s books and thinking that the spiritual master’s statements are the result of mundane conditioning. Section 4 – “What will happen when I am not here, shall everything be spoiled by GBC?” Premonitions? Warnings by Srila Prabhupada about what could happen in his mission, many of which have already come to pass. Section 5 – “What is the use of producing some rascal…
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Appearance Day of Sri Gadadhara Pandita
Sri Gadadharastakam by Srila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami Text 1 sva-bhakti-yoga-lasinam sada vraje viharinam hari-priya-ganagragam cacisuta-priyecvaram saradha-krsna-sevana-prakacakam mahacayam bhajamy aham gadadharam supanditam gurum prabhum “I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Srila Gadadhara Prabhu, who appears very splendid, engaged in the Lord’s devotional service. He always performs pastimes in Vraja, where he is very prominent among the gopis, who are very dear to Lord Hari. Lord Caitanya, the Son of Saci is the dear Lord of Gadadhara Prabhu, who is preaching the service of Radha and Krsna.”
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Srivasa Thakura’s Appearance Day
The Threat of Srivasa Thakura’s Arrest for Loud Kirtana and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Reavealing His Four Armed Form to him. from Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura’s Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Madhya Kanda, Chapter 2, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada. Very interesting description of the Lord’s view of the living entieties’ free will beginning at verse 305.
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Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s Appearance
Prayers by the Demigods to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the Womb and the Lord’s Appearance from Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Adi Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Chapter 2 Text 136 navadvipe ache jagannatha misra-vara vasudeva-praya tenho sva-dharme tatpara//CB, Adi 2.136// TRANSLATION Sri Jagannatha Misra lived in Navadvipa. He was just like Vasudeva, and he was expert in following his prescribed duties.
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Sri Isvara Puri’s Disappearance
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Meets Sri Isvara Puri at Gaya and Accepts Initiation from Him, from Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Adi Kanda, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Chapter 17 Text 42 carana-prabhava suni’ vipra-gana mukhe avista haila prabhu premananda-sukhe//CB, Adi 17.42// TRANSLATION Hearing the glories of the Lord’s lotus feet from the brahmanas, the Lord became absorbed in ecstatic love. COMMENTARY The phrase carana-prabhava is explained as follows: Imagining the Supreme Lord to be formless, the impersonalists cannot understand the wonders of the Lord’s eternal form, which attracts even self-satisfied souls. The impersonalists’ process of consideration arises from material conceptions. After subduing the impersonal philosophy, the…
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Prakrta-rasa-sata-dusani
(A Hundred Warnings Against Mundane Mellows) By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami English translation by Dasaratha-suta dasa Introduction sri sri guru-gauranga-gandharvika-giridharebhyo namah
