Audio Record
Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About Devotion and Struggle;
– Answers to devotee’s questions;
24-07-2022
India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
English / Russian
Audio Record
Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About Sri Jagannatha Dev and Sri Ratha Yatra;
– Sri Jagannatha Ashtakam;
– Answers to devotee’s questions;
10-07-2022
India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
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Q. What are the qualities of Sri Jagannatha, Sri Baladeva and Sri Subhadra?
A. Jagannatha is the emblem of God having no other form than the eyes and the hands. They mean to show that God sees and knows and creates. Balarama is the source of Jiva Shakti of God; Subhadra, the Maya Shakti; and Sudarshana is the energy of Will (of God).
“Jagannatha Temple in Puri”
(Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura).
DIVINE WORDS OF
THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION
Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Dev Goswami
jane prayasam udapasya namanta eva
jivanti sanmukharitam bhavadiya-varttam
Hatefully giving up all intellectual attempts to understand the Supreme Truth, those who want to realize You should completely surrender unto You. They
should hear from self-realized devotees about Your holy name and transcendental pastimes. Whatever situation they may find themselves in, they should progress by fully dedicating their mind, body, and words to You. In this way the infinite, who is never conquered by anyone, becomes conquered through love. ( Bhag. 10.14.3)
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About Srila Gadadhar Pandit;
– About Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur;
– Sri Bhaktivinoda Viraha-Dvadasakam
– Answers to devotee’s questions;
25-06-2022
India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
English / Russian
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj
Topics:
– About Kuliagram, Sri Madhava Das bhavan, Aparadha-bhajan-path, Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga Radha-Modan-Mohan Jiu Temple creation;
– Harikatha from letters of Srila Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Thakur from 05-02-1935;
– Harikatha from Srimad Bhagavatam (about 6 types of anarthas and 9 steps of devotion and more);
– Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.17;
– How to celebrate devotee’s birthday;
– Answers to devotee’s questions;
10-06-2022
India, Nabadwip Dham, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM.
English / Russian
The Kuliya gram of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu graciously wished to manifest himself through His dear devotee Srila Bhakti Prappan Tirtha Maharaj. Naturally and simply as the whole divine Holy place of Lila Sri Gaura-Sundara became available to our eyes.
Sri Madhava Das Bhavan, Aparadha-bhajan-path, a place where sinners, abusers and scoundrels like me have found not only forgiveness, but also unconditional Love for God, Krishna-Prema. Lord Chaitanya stayed in this place for some time, thereby making this blessed land worthy of special honors and worship.
Sri Jagadananda Pandit has written a beautiful description of the variegated conditions of the jivas in his book Sri Prema-vivarta (6.2-13).
krsna-bahirmukha hana bhoga-vancha kare
nikata-stha maya tare japatiya dhare
As long as jivas focus their attention on Krsna, they maintain reverence for Him. However, when they turn their attention away
from Krsna, they desire material enjoyment. Krsna’s deluding potency, maya, who is standing near them,
then binds them in her embrace.
pisaci paile jena mati-cchana haya
maya-grasta jivera haya se bhava udaya
The dharma of the jiva who has turned away from Krsna becomes covered, just as a person’s intelligence
becomes covered when he is haunted by a witch.
There are two types of entities: cetana, animate, and jada, inanimate. Animate entities are those that have desire and the power to experience, and inanimate entities are those that do not. There are also two types of animate entities: those who possess full consciousness (purna-cetana) and those who possess minute consciousness (ksudra-cetana). Bhagavan possesses full consciousness, and in His original feature He is Krsna.
From: Sri Prema dhama Deva stotram
— Verse 23 —
godavarya-vama-tira-ramananda-samvadam
jnana-karmma-mukta-marma-raga-bhakti-sampadam
parakiya-kanta-krsna-bhava-sevanakaram
prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram
The famous conversation of Lord Gaurasundar with Ramananda Ray on the banks of the Godavari River is known as the Ramananda-samvad in the Sri Chaitanya-charitamrta. In those discussions, the highest form of dedication is pure love of God in a heart free from fruitive aspirations and scriptural calculation. Also, Lord Krishna, who appeared as the son of Nanda Maharaj, was ascertained as the sole recipient of the sweetness relished in the mellows of parakiya-rasa. I offer my obeisances to that beautiful Golden Lord, Gaurangasundar, the divine form of Krishna prema.
