26-04-2025 Harikatha

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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj

Topics:
– what is the “anartha“;
– Sravanam, Kirtanam and Sharanagoti – Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Maharaj;
– Dedication and Self-giving to Sweet Lord;
– answer devotees’ questions.
26-04-2025

India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.

English / Russian

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We must not allow any ulterior purpose

Divine Words of His Divine Grace
Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar deva Goswami

We must not allow any ulterior purpose or temptation to induce us to give up our search for Sri Krsna. Let the satisfaction of Guru, Gouranga, Krsna, and the Vaishnavas be our only objective.
Our purity of purpose must always be very scrupulously maintained. We should think, “Alone I shall go on with my duty. I won’t be always searching for someone to come and help me. Let them do their duty. This is my duty.”
We should be conscious that hindrances and obstacles are almost sure to attack us, but we must deal with them with humility and forbearance. So this life is not a life of comfort.
Whatever you do not know about yourself, Krishna knows. What is underground in the innermost subconscious region of your heart, He can also see. If you remember this as you move and live, you cannot but be purified.
At every step towards Him, one feels wonder. We find no end to that feeling. Krishna is infinite; He is the wonderful wonder of wonders.
Though we see many around us falling or retreating, we must go forward.
Prorgress means eliminating one thing and accepting another.
God works wonders. His ways are filled with miracles. We should be prepared for that. We should be prepared that all the knowledge of this world, all our experience, will prove to be wrong.
It is a defect to want to understand everything about divinity. Knowledge may be a qualification here in this world, but in relation to the transcendental truth of the highest order, the tendency to want to know everything is a disqualification.

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.8.5

praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṇa
svānāḿ bhāva-saroruham
dhunoti śamalaḿ kṛṣṇaḥ
salilasya yathā śarat

TRANSLATION

The sound incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Soul [i.e. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam], enters into the heart of a self-realized devotee, sits on the lotus flower of his loving relationship, and thus cleanses the dust of material association, such as lust, anger and hankering. Thus it acts like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water.

Srimad Bhāgavatam 2.8.4

śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaḿ
gṛṇataś ca sva-ceṣṭitam
kālena nātidīrgheṇa
bhagavān viśate hṛdi

TRANSLATION

Persons who hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam regularly and are always taking the matter very seriously will have the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa manifested in their hearts within a short time