Article by Damagosha Dasa
HareKrsna
From Hasti Gopala Dasa
Submitted by Yasoda nandana Dasa
The story of Lord Jagannath at Puri during the festival of Odana sasthi
One day at Puri, Pundarika Vidyanidhi arrived in Puri and the devotees were overjoyed to have him in their midst again.Pundarika Vidyanidhi and Svarupa Damoda ra were very close friends, they constantly enjoyed talking about topics related to the Lord together and going for darsana of Jagannatha.
Around this time, the festival of Odana Sasthi began at Puri and Lord Jagannatha was dressed in new clothes–all starched. Although starched cloth is considered improper and impure, the purjaris nevertheless dressed Him in this way. On this day the ceremony of ‘wearing new starched clothes’ was being celebrated with pomp and grandeur. Sri Gaurasundara watched the ceremony along with the devotees. Lord Jagannatha was dressed in various bright colored starched clothes (white, pink and green), and was decorated with garlands and flowers.
Submitted by Damagosha Dasa
Just like if you want to talk with some big man, then you must have qualification. Is it possible that if you want to talk with the big man here, immediately you like? No. You cannot talk. You must be fit to talk with him. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is ready to talk with you.He has come. He has descended in arcā-mūrti (Deity form) to talk with you, to be visible by you. Now you make yourself ready and fit to talk with Kṛṣṇa. Then He will exchange conversation. Santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti. This is possible…… Bombay Dec 4 1974
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Nobody can understand the plan of the Lord….This is an aerial view of the mayapur project in Bengal India. It was predicted centuries ago that there will be a city developed there based upon the vedic teachings. It is already happening… How this will develop in the future, we can only speculate, but it is happening.
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THE THANKLESS TASK OF GETTING PEOPLE IN KALI YUGA TO APPRECIATE AND TAKE TO GOD CONSCIOUSNESS
“…While engaged in preaching work, he has to meet with so many opposing elements, and therefore the sādhu, or devotee of the Lord, has to be very tolerant. Someone may ill-treat him because the conditioned souls are not prepared to receive the transcendental knowledge of devotional service. They do not like it; that is their disease. The sādhu has the thankless task of impressing upon them the importance of devotional service. Sometimes devotees are personally attacked with violence. Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was caned in twenty-two marketplaces, and Lord Caitanya’s principal assistant, Nityānanda, was violently attacked by Jagāi and Mādhāi. But still they were tolerant because their mission was to deliver the fallen souls. One of the qualifications of a sādhu is that he is very tolerant and is merciful to all fallen souls. He is merciful because he is the well-wisher of all living entities. SB 3.25.21 PURPORT
Article by: Radhakrsna das
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa
SOME OBEY HIM WHOLE-HEARTEDLY
This essay describes the various attempts made by individuals, to NOT to follow the clear instructions and words, of Srila Prabhupada, in the name of the multifarious counter-checks of “guru/sastra/sadhu,” “not in his books” and other excuses.
THE FOUR SYNDROMES, OR VADAS OF COMPLICATED MIS-INTERPRETATIONS OF PRABHUPADA’S CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS
1. The PLSBPS-VADA SYNDROME. Or the pre-liberated Sarvabauma Battacarya pastime syndrome. Sarvabauma was an eternal associate of Lord Chaitanya. But in this pastime, he pretended to be a dry logician and preached to Lord Chaitanya his interpretation of the vedas, for 7 days. Lord Chaitanya said that he understood the vedic slokas very clearly, they were like the sun, but his (Sarvabauma’s) interpretations were like a cloud and obscured the clear meaning of the vedas. Sarvabauma pretended to be confused in this pastime, and then was liberated by Lord Chaitanya.
Similarly, Srila Prabhupada has made clear instructions on this current controversy. (See appendix below.) But it has been the fashion for disciples to second-guess what Srila Prabhupada actually meant to say. They will cross reference his instructions with folio research and try to “approve” or discredit his final instructions. This resembles a lawyer trying to find a “loophole” to invalidate the clear evidence. Many criminals have walked away from the courtroom, due to such “loopholes.” But a simple devotee will see the clear hypocrisy in such things, and try to follow Lord Chaitanya’s instructions in this pastime, not to cloud the clear instructions of Srila Prabhupada by cross reference and over-intelligent interpretations. Let us try to liberate ourselves, just as Lord Chaitanya liberated Sarvabauma in that pastime. Srila Prabhupada said what he meant, and meant what he said. We do not need to strain our brains to figure out what he said, rather we need to accept his words in the simple mood of following, in the mood of being his simple servants.
Submitted by: Yasoda nanadana Dasa
Disappearance Day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Hyderabad, December 10, 1976
Srila Prabhupäda: (reading from Back To Godhead) “… simple expression of reverence and love. The disciple, Abhay Charan Dasa, was to become His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedänta Swämï Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of International Society, Krishna Consciousness. ” So whatever I appreciated forty years ago, the same principle is going on. We have no change. What I understood my spiritual master… Practically I met him in 1922 and this poetry was written in 1936.
Hare Krsna–
Below are several directions given by Srila Prabhupada for our benefit, if we are serious about this process of chanting Hare Krsna maha mantra.
If you really don’t care that much about arriving in Krsna loka some day, because you are more interested in plan making within this material world, then don’t bother yourself to read further. After all, its 5 pages long, and that is a long time in computer on line time.
To read further means you are curious, like a normal human being,and want to hear what the real Spiritual Masters of the param para, tells us for this age what exactly we should be doing with our daily lives.
For those curious souls, I think you will find the following information, very useful.
Hare Krsna
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Srila Prabhupada:…”The devotee does not do anything not sanctioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As it is said, vaiṣṇavera kriyā mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya. Even the most learned or experienced person cannot understand the movements of a Vaiṣṇava, a pure devotee. No one, therefore, should criticize a pure Vaiṣṇava. A Vaiṣṇava knows his own business; whatever he does is precisely right because he is always guided by the Supreme Personality of Godhead”
(Srimad Bhagavatam 9.4.68 Purport – ‘Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni’)
