Dressing Like a Vaishnava

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "A first class Vaisnava is he whose very presence makes others chant the Holy Name of Krsna." CC. Madhya-lila 16.74

1. There should be no compromise in our Vaisnava appearance. We are representatives of Srila Prabhupada. We should aim to be first class representatives. 2. We need to be aware of the bonafide standard of appearance, maintain it and preach it. In the age of Kali deviations easily become the standard. We should be alert to this.

Vaishnava Aparadhas

"In Krsna consciousness every man is so important because all of the activities of a devotee of Lord Krsna is beneficial to all living entities." SP letter to Sivananda (June 15, 1969)

The Greatness of A Vaishnava Quotes from Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa 1. Devotees of Hari are very rare in the age of Kali. The position of the devotee is more elevated than the position of Lord Brahma and Lord Rudra. 2. The presence of a devotee at the time of death elevates even the killer of a brahmana

Treating Women as Mothers

In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates did not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not, nor where such distribution should or should not take place. They made no conditions. CC. Adi-lila 7.23

1. In essence, duality means that we forget that we are part and parcel of Krsna. We want to enjoy separately from Him, we want to play the controller. This controlling tendency culminates in sex desire. 2. Man/woman concept is synonymous wit

Etiquette with in Relationships

1. The Vaishnava society is very meticulously structured, where the juniors always respect seniors and juniors always receive affection and blessings from the seniors. 2. The Vaishnava society is structured according to varnasrama, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra; and sannyasi, vanaprastha, grhastha and brahmacari. 3. There are considerations of seniority according to initiation among Godbrothers. Devotees who have received initiation earlier are considered se

More on the Behavior of a Vaishnava

It is the characteristic of a devotee to observe and protect the Vaishnava etiquette. Maintenance of the Vaishnava etiquette is the ornament of a devotee. CC. Antya-lila 4.129-130.

1. The consciousness of a devotee is manifested by his actions. 2. If one has any depth of realization, the jewels of Vaishnava behavior will naturally pace all of his dealings and activities. 3. We need to be aware that the vast majority of our exchanges are with devotees and the inn

Basic Principles of Vaishnava Behavior

Vaishnava etiquettes are not superficial or un-essential. Having heard all these details, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, greatly pleased, spoke as follows:

tathapi bhakta-svabhava-maryada-raksana maryada-palana haya sadhura bhusana

"My dear Sanatana, although you are the deliverer of the entire universe and although even the demigods and great saints are purified by touching you, it is the characteristic of a devotee to observe and to protect the Vaishnava etiquette

My Lord and Master His Divine Grace
(Composed on 62nd. Birth anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
By His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhpada
Bengali poem translation by H.H. Sri Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj

                        

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Adore adore ye all the happy day
Blessed than heaven, sweeter than May
When he appeared at Puri, the holy place
My Lord and Master, His Divine Grace

se shubhodiner aradhana kore jagore jagat-vasi
chaitra madhur, swarga-medur shubha laganera rashi
y

How to Become a Devotee

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

Recently I was listening to a wonderful lecture on Srimad Bhagavad gita verse 9.34, by our beloved Guru Maharaja and I would like to share the transcendental messages for the benefit of all the readers.

Srimad Bhagavad gita 9.34:
man-manaa bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaaji maam namaskuru
maam evaisyasi yuktvaivam
aatmaanam mat-paraayanah
"Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, o

So kalpa-taru means whatever you want you can get from that tree. Because everything is spiritual. For example, he can give you... Just like you are a spiritual being, I am also a spiritual being. If I say, "Bring me a glass of water." You'll bring. "Give me some fruit." You'll give me. "Bring this." You'll bring. Because you are spirit soul, you can supply me whatever I want. This is the spiritual idea.

So when there is no material obstacles, then the spiritual world can be utilized for any pur

So, as I said in my previous day blog, that since, it was almost 2 AM, Kanai Thakur Prabhu announced that it was not compulsory for us to attend the morning Mangal aarti but how can we be in that place and dare miss a Mangal aarti? Most of us were there in the temple hall. J

The first look at Radha Madhav was magnificent. I could bet, all of us fell in love with them. Now, that is what I would call as love in first sight. :)

The Mangal Aarti would start with Radha Madhav and Panchtattva simultaneo

Hare Krishna!!

Pamho!!

2^nd day of the yatra and I understood the effect of association.

Normally, when you have a long train journey you definitely don’t find anyone getting up early in morning by 4 and start worshiping or chanting. I have seen people sleeping and just lying down for hours and hours till their stop is arrived or in day time… max, you see is people talking to each other and sometimes leading to good friendship. But, what a beautiful atmosphere was there around me when few devotees s

Hare Krishna!!

Pamho!!

So, after the Mayapur yatra is over and resting for 2 days, let me again start with Mayapur yatra in my memory from Day 1 and in the course, transcript all the lectures which we heard.

To start with, there were most devotees who travelled in Azad Hind Express and some in Duronto Express and few in flights as well. We all met in Mayapur directly. Let me not skip the wonderful train journey which seemed tiring to non-devotees and blissful to us. The train (Azad Hind) was schedu

Being Devoid Of Krishna Is Danger

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

In the fifteenth chapter of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, we find that Arjuna comes back from Dwaraka after hearing the news of the departure of Lord Krishna to His eternal abode and seeing the unprecedented dejection of Arjuna, Maharaja Yudhistira asks him about the reason for his grief. At that time, Arjuna with strong feeling of separation from Krishna, speaks a number of verses remember

Showing great compassion for all living entities Lord Krishna’s lila avatar and literary incarnation Krishna Dvaipayana Vedavyasa composed the authentic historical treatise known throughout creation as the Mahabharata. The eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad-Gita are found in the Bhisma-parva, chapters 25 to 42 of the Mahabharata and they are the exact words that Lord Krishna spoke in Sanskrit on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, India over five thousand years ago in 3137 B.C. The proof that the Maha

Pearls of Wisdom

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

It has been our greatest good fortune that our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaja was here in Abudhabi from 29th of November to 3rd December, immersing all of us in transcendental bliss with his nectarean instructions. We have very limited capacity to even collect the pearls of wisdom that were flowing from his lotus mouth. Whatever we could assimilate, according to our limited c