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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Kamal Tyagi Maharaj
About Glory of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.
03.01.2021
India, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM, Nabadwip.
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DIVINE WORDS OF THE GUARDIAN OF DEVOTION
“Our ideal must be pure and we must strive for it. We may be in a lower position, but if the ideal is clearly before us, that will help us in our real improvement of life. A man who possesses the true ideal is a real ‘capitalist’ in gaining a better position.”
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
If we were to prepare a list of worldly religions born of human knowledge, and if according to that list we analyzed how they formed their conceptions and conclusions, we would understand that other than the sanatana-dharma taught in Srimad-Bhagavatam – the religion Sri Caitanyadeva preached – all other man-made religious systems are full of imagination, concoction, and cheating. Only bhagavata-dharma, or Sri Caitanyadeva’s pure atma-dharma, is free of cheating. Bhagavata- dharma is the eternal Vedic religious system, approved and followed by the supremely nonenvious, swanlike saints. The religious systems of today are imagined by men; they are created by the human mind. None of them is atma-dharma. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 25.45) states:
caitanya-gosani yei kahe, sei mata sara
ara yata mata, sei saba charakhara
“Whatever meaning Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu gives is perfect. Any other interpretation is only a distortion.”
Vaktitavali by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Thakura Prabhupada
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Harikhatha of Srila Bhakti Prapanna Tirtha Goswami Maharaj and Sripad Bhakti Kamal Tyagi Maharaj
About Vayshnava Qualities.
2020-11-11
India, SREE CAITANYA SRIDHAR SEVA ASHRAM, Nabadwip.
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The characteristics of devotional service are described by Rūpa Gosvāmī with evidence from different scriptures. He states that there are six characteristics of pure devotional service, which are as follows:
1. Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.
2. Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
3. Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.
4. Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.
5. Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
6. Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa.
Jay Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Paravrajaka Acharya Astotara Sata Sri Srimad His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev Goswami Maharaja!
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What is Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s instruction to those who are fond of reading literature?
Do not remain confined simply by the discussion of literature. Rather, you should approach saintly persons and Vaisnavas and understand from them the distinction between sdadhana-bhakti, bhava-bhakti, and prema-bhakti. The science of Vaisnavism is not confined within books. The word nirgrantha defines the spiritual master and the Vaisnavas as beyond the books. Therefore the science of Vaisnavism is a mystery, because it has to be understood only from devotees. (Sajjana Tosani 6/2)
Sri Bhaktivinoda Vani from Sri Bhaktivinod Vani Vaibhav
Tolerance
What kind of compassion is indicated by the phrase “more tolerant than a tree”?
The phrase “more tolerant than a tree” indicates that although a tree is cut, it does not protest. Rather, it helps others by its shade, fruits, and flowers. Similarly, Krisna’s devotees should show greater compassion than a tree by helping everyone whether friends or enemies. Such compassion is the ornament of the non envious devotees who chant the holy names.
(Sikshastakam)
Uddhava-Gita
TEXT 17.42|| SB 11.23.42 ||
dvija uvāca
nāyaṁ jano me sukha-duḥkha-hetur
na devatātmā graha-karma-kālāḥ
manaḥ paraṁ kāraṇam āmananti
saṁsāra-cakraṁ parivartayed yat
The brahmana said: These people are not the cause of my happiness and distress. Neither are the demigods, my own body, the positions of the planets, my karma, or time. Rather, it is the mind alone that causes happiness and distress and perpetuates one’s bondage to the vicious cycle of repeated birth and death.
