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Brahmana and Vaishnava by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada
Bhaktisiddhanta_Sarasvati_Thakura_Brahmana_and_Vaisnava Click link to view pdf. My Brijbhasi friend Krishna Balarama Swami preaches that for one to be a guru they must be born in a brahmana family. Brahmana and Vaishnava largely refutes that. For Krishna Balarama Swami’s position – Guru Nirnaya Dipika For point for point refutation – The Sarasvata Parampara and The Caste Brahmana Guru by B.V. Giri Maharaja
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Lesser-Known Verse Predicting Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Cited by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada in Commentary to Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Antya Kanda, Chapter 1, Texts 262-265 (English translation by Bhumipati dasa): In the Visnu-sahasra-nama of the Atharva Veda, Third Kanda, it is stated: ity aham krta-sannyaso ‘vatarisyami kalau catuh-sahasrabdopari pancasahasrabhyantare gaura-varno dirghangah sarva-laksana-yukta isvaraprarthito nija-rasasvado misrakhyo vidita-yogo ‘syam. “I will descend from Goloka-dhama and appear on the earth planet during the first sandhya of Kali-yuga—after four thousand and before five thousand years have passed—in Mayapur, Navadvipa, on the banks of the Ganges. I will appear in the form of a brahmana with a large, golden complexioned body measuring four cubits in height and in breadth, endowed…
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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada’s Appearance 2022
This is a reproduction of a conversation with Major Rana N. J. Bahadur at Armadale, Darjeeling on June 14th, 1935. It was originally published in The Harmonist (Vol. XXXI, No.21) on the 27th of June, 1935. Question: I cannot understand this world. Answer: It is camp life. This world is not our original abode. It is meant for certain purposes. After that we are to proceed to our original home. This world is not a desirable place. It is not good to be enticed to stay here for a long time, forgetting our original abode. We stay there with Godhead. We are the eternal servants of Godhead. When…
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The Glories of Lord Nityananda
Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat, Madhya Kanda, Chapter 12, English translation by Bhumipati dasa, Commentary by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada Chapter 12 The Glories of Nityananda This chapter describes Nityananda’s endless childishness; His pastime of swimming in the Ganges; His arrival before Mahaprabhu without any clothes on; Mahaprabhu’s dressing of Nityananda, offering prayers to Nityananda, begging brahmana underwear from Nityananda, and distribution of brahmana underwear pieces to all the devotees; a narration of Nityananda’s glories; the devotees’ drinking the water that has washed Sri Nityananda’s feet; the devotees’ feelings of agitation by the influence of drinking that water; Mahaprabhu’s description of Nityananda’s constitutional position; and the glories of His mercy. During the…
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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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Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s Disappearance 2021
Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day, Los Angeles, December 13, 1973 Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda! Haribol. All glories to Śrī Guru. Haribol. Prabhupāda: Hmm. nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale śrīmate bhaktisiddhānta-svāmin iti nāmine Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura passed away from this material world on 31st December, 1936. So almost forty years past. So there are two phases: prakaṭa and aprakaṭa, appearance and disappearance. So we have nothing to lament on account of disappearance because Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s devotees . . . not only devotees, even the nondevotees, nobody disappears. Nobody disappears, because every living entity . . . as Kṛṣṇa is eternal . . . it is confirmed…
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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…
