“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Crying out for Krsna.......................Nectarean Mellows

Every vaishnava is so precious. We shouldn’t just see it as a crowd. We should see it as an ocean of nectar. Every individual is such a precious blessing of god. But as long we are in this mood of keeping my own will in the center and demanding, we cannot appreciate Krishna consciousness. We cannot appreciate the blessing of the Lord. It’s not about me, but how can I serve - that is bhakti. And when devotees cry out, cry out for the Lord, it is in the mood of mahaprabhu. The gopis were crying to see Krishna. But they weren’t demanding. They were willing to serve Him with their heart, with their soul unconditionally forever. They were crying out for Krishna for 100 years without seeing Him. But they never became discouraged. They never gave up. “Oh! He is not coming let’s find someone else.” That was the test of their greatness that Krishna didn’t come for over a 100 years; but they kept crying to see Him; and in that crying they were seeing Him within their hearts. It was deeper than anyone else could ever see because they wanted to serve Him, and they wanted please Him.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Be grateful .......................Nectarean Mellows

The great Vaishnavas, whether there is danger or not, they are always in this mood of not demanding from Krishna but just pleading to Krishna - how can I serve you, how can I please you, I’m all yours; and in dealing with other devotees in that mood too. That is a great Vaishnava. Neophyte devotees, they require very serious tragedies to wake them up, but we should cultivate ‘taking Krishna’s blessings’ very seriously, as an act of love, as an act of real affection, not just a reaction to disaster; and then the disasters don’t even have to happen but living in this material world they might anyway. But it doesn’t matter, for one who has love; it doesn’t matter if there is disaster or if everything is perfect; Love means I’m yours Krishna, at every moment, I’m yours. And then you’re focused in your consciousness and you’re grateful. Grateful for the opportunity - I have a tongue and I could chant. Grateful for the opportunity that there is a devotee - I can serve, that I could help. Grateful for the opportunity that - the deities are here.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Because you may die before disaster comes.......................Nectarean Mellows

If you’re on an aeroplane and they announce an emergency landing and you know that within minute it’s very likely that you will die; (then) it’s very unlikely that you’re going to put your earphones to listen to some Hindi bollywood songs. And probably you are not going to be falling asleep when you are chanting the holy names. Why can’t we chant like that all the time? The fact is there is danger at every step, but those dangers make us aware of the reality. Actually all the suffering and miseries of this world are just making us aware of the reality of what this world is. Queen Kunti prayed, vipadah santu tah sasvat tatra tatra jagad-guro
Let the calamities come again and again because those calamities help me to take seriously your mercy and to cry out for you with a single focus mind helplessly. Krishna came to Draupadi when she cried out, when she was in a helpless state. In such state we don’t take anything for granted, there is the opportunity not to. But those situations; we shouldn’t just think that I’ll be Krishna Conscious when disaster comes, because you may die before the disaster comes. Let’s pray for a war so we will all suffer - that’s not a devotee’s mentality. We understand the potential is there, as Vaishnava, we should take shelter of Krishna and serve Krishna whole heartedly with full attention, not just because there is danger around but because we love Krishna, because we want to love Krishna, that’s higher.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

What is the process of connecting to Krsna?.......................Nectarean Mellows

So the demigods were defeated by the demons just as every devotee will be defeated by Maya if we offend other Vaishnavas.  But now they had nothing, now they were under the rule of the asuras, they were helpless, like an elephant afflicted by forest fire. Indra was so big but helpless, it was beyond his powers. He comes to Brahma and Brahma preaches to them, why are you so foolish? And then by Brahma’s mercy they approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears before them. So this is the process, when we are in a suffering condition, we approach a Vaishnava like Lord Brahma, who is the original Guru and he re-connects us to Krishna. So these sufferings are put on our path sometimes and they help us if we are sincere. If we are not sincere, we just give up and take shelter of other things which is not a solution. But if we are sincere then when these difficulties come upon us, we understand the values of the deities, we understand the values of the vaishnava, we understand the value of the holy name and we don’t take it for granted, we need it.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

An internal battle .......................Nectarean Mellows

We are all in a war against Maya and what is the war against Maya? - it’s the war against the asuras within our heart. Yes? It’s an internal battle, its Kurushetra going on within all of us. If we are not fighting that means we have surrendered to the Kurus. Arjuna didn't want to fight, just let things be peaceful but then Duryodhana and the kurus would just continue to reign. So, within our hearts, unless we are fighting that means we are letting Maya just completely have total control, without any resistance, to rule our lives. That’s what this world is - it’s under the rule of Maya. So we are fighting, and we are warned, it’s the first offense against the Holy Name to blaspheme. We blaspheme when we take somebody to be ordinary, avaishnava. We think we can say anything, do anything, it doesn't matter. It’s a type of selfishness, a type of ego. But what happens when you don't appreciate the blessings we receive and because of that lack of appreciation, we misuse it, we offend it then we lose the war, Krsna withdraws His potency to protect us, He withdraws His powers to protect us and we fall down - individually, collectively we just lose.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Appreciate the spiritual value of blessings.......................Nectarean Mellows

Maha Prasad is very precious. It’s very sacred. Our tendency is just to see Maha Prasad as just food, Mahaprasad as a garland. Someone gives you even a little plastic jewel from the Deity as mahaprasad that is more precious than all the diamonds of the world that are not offered. Somebody asked Prabhupada, "What about putting kind of simple inexpensive jewellery on Krsna?" Prabhupada said "When it’s on Krsna's body it becomes more precious than diamonds and rubies and emeralds" because it becomes Krsna's paraphernalia. We have to appreciate the spiritual value of blessings otherwise we get some mahaprasad and we say "I don't like this mahaprasad". We take it ordinary and we are cheating ourselves. For one who is in a place where there is no mahaprasad even if he gets a rotten piece of mahaprasad by material standards, he will take that as more precious than anything else in the world. Absence and separation gives us an appreciation of the value of something.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

The service attitude.......................Nectarean Mellows

We think that I am the center of all existence, all the universe is revolving around me. What makes me happy is good, what doesn’t make me happy is bad. It’s that mentality that keeps us within material existence. So the consciousness of the vaishnava is the opposite. Not to be selfish, but to be selfless. How can I please the Lord? How could I be the servant of the servant of the servant? The deities are here not for my pleasure. I am here for the deities’ pleasure. The vasinavas are not here for simply to satisfy my whims and my desires, I should be here to satisfy their desires. That is the service attitude. That’s what it means dasa dasa dasanudasa – that’s what it means to be grateful and Krishna conscious.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

For previous nectars of Maharaj, please visit - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nectareanmellows/

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

What should be our focus?.......................Nectarean Mellows

I wrote about that devotee I knew, Ghanshyam Baba. He didn’t demand anything, he just wanted to serve. He just wanted to give. This consciousness is Krishna Consciousness. We have a disease, we expect things according to our wish. That’s the source of all suffering. If we expect things to go according to our wish, we have to suffer and we cause suffering to other people as well. What pleases the Lord is the standard of Devotional Service, samsidhir haritoshanam- How to please Him, how to make the vaishnavas happy? That should be our focus. Not to take things for granted and start seeing other devotees, the deities, the holy name in a materialistic way, that how could I use them for my purpose? This is Kaitava dharma, that’s the kind of religious principles that are common in this world.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

How can I serve you?.......................Nectarean Mellows

The miseries of material existence for a devotee are unfortunately sometimes necessary to take things seriously. Unless we suffer we will not take things seriously. Unless we suffer without and understand the need, then we take things cheaply and one of the most abominable ways of taking things cheaply is to be demanding, simply abominable from the perspective of devotional service. na dhanaà na janaà na sundaréà kavitäà vä jagad-éça kämaye/mama janmani janmanéçvare bhavatäd bhaktir ahaituké tvayi - Mahaprabhu teaches us, ‘I do not desire material wealth, materialistic followers or the opposite sex. All I want, life after life, is to serve You’. aslisya va pada ratam pinastu mam ‘You can do as you like with me because I am your servant. You can make me broken hearted by not being before me, you can embrace me, whatever you like’.

Bhakti Vinod Thakur takes this principle, märobi räkhobi-jo icchä tohärä/nitya-däsa prati tuwä adhikärä – ‘My Lord, I am yours. I am not demanding you, I am yours. You demand to me’. When you demand you take the role of a master. Bhakti Vinod Thakur says, “My Lord, if you want to kill me please do that, that’s the perfection of my desires. And if you want to protect me, please protect me that would be the perfection of my desires. I am your servant. You can do anything you like with me.” Srila Prabhupada didn’t demand from Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur anything. Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur told him, “You go to the west.” Srila Prabhupada showed how a disciple treats his guru, no demands. How can I serve? That’s the question. That’s the perfection of all prayers. How can I serve you my Lord? That’s the way we should be among devotees also because we approach the Lord through the devotees. How to serve each other?

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Never take anything for granted.......................Nectarean Mellows

Mukunda dutt he was crying to see the Lord, he wasn’t demanding, he was crying because he was not able to see the Lord, his crying was not out of demand, this is innocence. “I want to see you...why are you being so cruel to me”. Mukunda Dutt was crying, saying, “when will I see the Lord?” The Lord said, “I never want to show Myself to him.” He was crying, “when will I see, when will I see”, he wasn’t demanding. And then the Lord said, “you will see Me after 10million births!” He was in ecstasy, he was grateful. 10 million births is nothing for the gift of seeing the Lord and because of that consciousness he was so happy that all he had to do was carry on devotional service unconditionally for 10 million births and he would see the Lord. He was so happy, it’s guaranteed now for sure. The Lord showed Himself immediately, what does that mean? He is teaching us how to be devotees. Sometimes the sufferings of life wake us up. We take things for granted, unfortunately, shouldn’t be that way. The Ganges is flowing and we see it regularly if we are living in the forest near the Ganga. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was living in Navadwip, He never took the Ganga for granted, everyday he would go. He would do all kinds of playing and sports there, for her pleasure, but he would bow down. Ganges is the mercy of the Lord, Goddess of devotion in liquid form. But an ordinary person may take it for granted. But when there is a forest fire and there is nowhere to go and you are burning, then you jump in the Ganga and the fire can’t touch you, then you will be thankful to the Ganga more than ever before. So the miseries of material existence for a devotee are unfortunately sometimes necessary to take things seriously.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

Devotees will not demand.......................Nectarean Mellows

We could come and see the Deity any time, because it’s so easily accessible, they are so easily accessible. But the tendency is to not to really approach the Deity with heartfelt prayers. The tendency is not to be really grateful at every moment, “I am standing before the Lord; I am being blessed causelessly”. And then the Vaishnavas, to see Vaishnavas as ordinary...…I know devotees who did some mistakes or whatever and they are in prison or due to some occupational requirement, they are sent to some place where there are no devotees. Such people are starving for the association, looking for the association of devotees and dying without the association of devotees. And here, we see them everywhere and we just walk by them as if we didn’t care, we take it for granted. Here Srila Prabhupada warns us, that a real devotee never demands from others. This consciousness of demanding from others is the mentality of ungratefulness. Devotees will not demand from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they will not demand from the Guru, they will not demand from another Vaishnava; because as long as we have this demanding mentality, it is impossible to make any spiritual progress. It’s simply completely materialistic, it’s not Krishna Consciousness.
Jivera swarupa hoi krishnera nitya das...we are servants, that is our eternal position. Devotional service means we want to give, we want to see the Lord. We may want the Lord to favor us in certain ways, but if we demand, the Lord will go away from us, we lose the mercy. We serve and it’s the Lord’s sweet will - how the Lord gives us His sweet mercy.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

One of the greatest stumbling blocks in Krishna Consciousness.......................Nectarean Mellows

A person that has very little, whatever little he or she could get, is seen as a great favor and one appreciates. But the problem is that when you have so much of everything then the tendency is not to take seriously all of these blessings of the lord. We take them to be something ordinary; we take them cheaply, for granted. This is one of the greatest stumbling blocks in Krishna Consciousness, and it’s something that devotees always have to seriously focus on. The holy name is Krishna Himself, and the holy name is so merciful, Radha and Krishna make Themselves so available at every moment. But all Their potencies, everything is within the holy name. Krishna is there, the whole spiritual world is there, His Lilas are there, just waiting to reveal themselves to us, according to our yearning, our longing, and our desire. But our tendencies is this, we take it cheaply. I could chant anytime, so let me occupy my mind on something else. What a trick of maya! I could chant anytime so let me focus on something else now, but then you never chant, you never focus on your chanting and your mind is somewhere else because your thinking well, I have so many days I could chant, so many hours I could chant, I might not be attentive today but I’ll be attentive tomorrow. In this way day after day after days goes by and we are not attentive in our chanting of the holy names.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u    m u k h a     p a d m a    v a k y a"

The only qualification to receive the mercy of Lord Gauranga.…..…………...... Nectarean Mellows

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He came to give this name of Krsna without discrimination to everyone and to anyone. In fact in Sri Caitanya Charitamrita it is described by Sri Krsna Das Kaviraj Goswami, the author, that Lord Caitanya is the top most Supreme of all incarnations of God; He is Krsna Himself from His original form but acting in a superior way; in the sense that He was magnanimous. This magnanimity is the special feature that makes Lord Caitanya the most merciful from all incarnations; and then Krsna Das Kaviraj Goswami explains what is the meaning of Lord Caitanya’s being magnanimous; that; He is giving pure unalloyed selfless love of God, the ultimate happiness of the soul, to anyone and everyone without discrimination. He does not consider who is qualified and who is unqualified, the only qualification to receive the mercy of the Lord is simply the eagerness to accept it; that’s all. Whether you are sinful, whether you were born in kind of adverse conditions, it doesn’t even concern; what you have done or what you haven’t done. Are we eagerly willing to accept the mercy when it comes and what is that mercy; to associate with the Lord and His devotees and to chant His Holy Names.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.

“G u r u m u k h a p a d m a v a k y a"

No one as beautiful, so great, so merciful as Lord Gauranga.…..…………...... Nectarean Mellows

We are most fallen. We don’t even have the power to control our senses. But if we surrender to Krishna; if we fall at the feet of Krishna and call out His holy name offenselessly, call out the holy name of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu; then He delivers us. Lord Chaitanya is all-powerful. He is patita pavana. He can give the most degraded, the highest gift of prema bhakti. We must understand these things because if you don’t understand these things, then you will not understand the power of mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhhu. That is the only purpose - to understand the power and the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Do not try to understand the power of His mercy on basis of relative conception that He is an ordinary person like us. When we understand what heights of the gifts that He is giving to the most fallen, degraded creatures on this earth, then we understand that there is no one as beautiful, so great, so merciful as God in the form of Sri Gauranga. Yes in this life, you can attain this stage, if you accept His mercy.

H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä

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trinad api sunicena, taror api sahishnuna, amanina manadena, kirtaniya sada Hari

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Humility is not just a part of devotional service; it is the heart of devotional service.

To see a Vaishnava and not become happy is an offence. – Skand Puran

It is important to remind ourselves that at the end of the day, all we really have is each other.