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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About glory of Sri Balaram;
– About Guru tattva;
– Congratulations from the devotees;
2023-08-31
India, Kulia Gramm Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
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Glory of Sri Balarama
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About glory of Purushottam maas;
– About 11 texts of Upadeshamrita, commentary of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur from Bhakti Loka;
– About the high importance of “Utsaha” in bhadjan – Enthusiasm;
– About Guru tattva;
2023-08-12
India, Kulia Gramm Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
English / Russian
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About construction of New Temple;
– Discussion about lack of devotion;
– About 2 mantras for Purushottam maas;
2023-07-29
India, Kulia Gramm Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
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Mantras:
mat-tulyo nāsti pāpātmā
nāparādhī ca kaścana
parihāre ’pi lajjā me
kiṁ bruve puruṣottama
Translation
“ ‘Dear Lord, let us inform you that no one is more sinful than us, nor is there any offender like us. Even if we wanted to mention our sinful activities, we would immediately become ashamed. And what to speak of giving them up!’ ”
Purport
This verse is from the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (1.2.154), by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
—
bhūmau skhalita-pādānāṁ
bhūmir evāvalambanam
tvayi jātāparādhānāṁ
tvam eva śaraṇaṁ prabho (3)
Translation
Just as the ground is the only support for those whose feet have
slipped, so also You alone are the only shelter, even for those
who have offended You.
Purport
This verse is from the Śrī Bhajana-rahasya
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About glory of Purushottam month from HariKatha of Srila BR Sridhara Maharaj;
– About glory of Purushottam month from HariKatha of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur;
– Answers to Devotees Questions;
2023-07-15
India, Kulia Gramm Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
English / Russian
A person may have once had good intentions, but after some time he again turns to sinful life.
Why?
It is because he did not spare time to hear the transcendental topics of Hari, or perhaps he became inattentive, only pretending to hear. He did not at all try to stay aloof from his endeavors for apparent happiness; rather, he became busy looking for sensory happiness on the advice of crooked people. If we take shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet, whether we are educated or uneducated, whether we have strength or no strength, there will be no problem. Actually, the living entity is transcendental. It is only when he thinks himself bound by the qualities of material nature that he becomes attached to the material world.
Sri Sarasvati Samlapa
The moment we forget “who am I?” our degradation begins. We become absorbed in various temptations extended to us by material existence. The moment we become even slightly careless, the witch of the illusory energy immediately captures us by the neck and devours us. Unless we constantly hear the topics of the Supreme Lord meant for swanlike persons, there is no way to free ourselves of the clutch of the illusory energy.
Sri Sarasvati Samlapa
Do not have disgust towards the sadhu, thinking: “O, he’s just a man. Why should we do service to him, why should we do vaisnava-seva? Why is it recommended so much in different places, in different scriptures? It is always said, ‘You are to be dependent on sadhu’; but I want God, Himself! Why will he come between me and God?” Do not think like that. Rather, you can understand the importance of the sadhu by the example of the telescope: in a telescope, there are so many lenses coming between myself and the object of my search, but they help my vision. The guru-parampara, the disciplic succession, is working in this way, like a ‘telescopic system’.
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami
atha natvā mantra-gurūn gurūn bhāgavatārthadān
vyāsān jagad-gurūn natvā tato jayam udīrayet
Then, let me bow down before all my spiritual masters: the guru who gave me the divine mantra, as well as all those who have taught me the meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Srila Vyasadeva, the spiritual master of the entire universe and the giver of the all-conquering conclusions of Srimad Bhagavatam.
– One who can protect me from the death that is this material life, is Guru.
– One who can protect me from the fear of death, is Guru.
– One by going to whom I do not have to go to anyone else, by listening to whom I do not have to listen to anyone else, is Guru.
– The reservoir of grace whom the Supreme Lord, the personification of the supreme good, has made responsible for looking after my welfare, is my Guru.
– One by whose grace I can get rid of my controlling ego, is Guru.
– One who brings the revealed truth to us, who by showering us with such truth can make us humbler than a blade of grass and more tolerant than a tree, is Guru.
– One who makes us respectful to others without having any desire for respect from others, who can manifest transcendental kirtan in our mouths by transferring his own potency, of the Lord, is Guru.
– Only the lotus feet of Sri Guru can free us from the shackles of illusion.
– One who gives me the transcendental knowledge that all the people of the world are respectable and worshipable by me, that the whole world is meant for service to Guru and everyone is my Guru, that I am a servitor of Krishna, and that service to Krishna is my only duty, is Sri Guru.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupada
