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All glories to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to His associates, past and present!
For the pleasure of the devotees, on this Gaura Purnima day festival, we present the drama “Lord Chaitanya & Ramachandra Puri.” Let us all become immersed in the pastimes of the most munificent Sri Krishna Chaitanya and become eager for His mercy. Haribol!
Cast (in order of appearance):
Nanda dd – Madhavendra Puri/devotee
Kirtaniya dd – Isvara Puri/Govinda/devotee
Akuti dd – Ramachandra P
By Gopi Gita Schomaker
Hey! I made it to the park, but on crutches. David, who lives in the ashram with us, accompanied me. I couldn’t have done it without him. We sat at a bench bathing in the sun. People walked by, many of whom were wearing green. Yes, of course, it’s St. Patrick’s Day and those who take to the green carry the spirit.
David and I were talking and wondering if anyone really knows much about him aside from him being some very kindly man from Ireland. “I think he has something to do with a shamrock, o
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अध्याय तेईस – देवताओं को स्वर्गलोक की पुनर्प्राप्ति (8.23)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: जब परम पुरातन नित्य भगवान ने सर्वत्र मान्य शुद्ध भक्त एवं महात्मा बलि महाराज से यह कहा तो बलि महाराज ने आँखों में आँसू भरकर, हाथ जोड़कर तथा भक्तिभाव के कारण लड़खड़ाती वाणी में इस प्रकार कहा।
2 बलि महाराज ने कहा: आपको सादर नमस्कार करने के प्रयास में भी कैसा अद्भुत प्रभाव है! मैंने तो आपको नमस्कार अर्पित करने का प्रयास ही किया था, किन्तु वह प्रयास शुद्ध भक्तों के प्रयासों के समान सफल सिद्ध हुआ। आपने मुझ पतित असुर
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अध्याय बाईस – बलि महाराज द्वारा आत्मसमर्पण (8.22)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजन! यद्यपि ऊपर से ऐसा लग रहा था कि भगवान ने बलि महाराज के साथ दुर्व्यवहार किया है, किन्तु बलि महाराज अपने संकल्प पर अडिग थे। यह सोचते हुए कि मैंने अपना वचन पूरा नहीं किया है, वे इस प्रकार बोले।
2 बलि महाराज ने कहा: हे परमेश्वर, हे सभी देवताओं के परम पूज्य! यदि आप सोचते हैं कि मेरा वचन झूठा हो गया है, तो मैं उसे सत्य बनाने के लिए अवश्य ही भूल सुधार दूँगा। मैं अपने वचन को झूठा नहीं होने दे सकता। अतएव आप कृपा करक
Not the best weather for walking. It’s rather damp. The rain came periodically. Drizzle. Regardless, I’m not getting a piece of that action. I’m inside but I can view it so well. The trees are happy, I’m sure. The wind guides them in yoga stretches. Yes, they are definitely budding artists.
Inside our temple (I’m in a corner of the building) there is much joy because of the day that is today. It’s a fast day to honour everyone’s favourite monk, Sri Chaitanya. While I’m restricted from participa
By Josh Hawley
This topic is more relevant at this point in time than any other in modern history. We stand at a crossroads of mankind. If the enlightened leadership of mankind can catch a clue from Bhagavatam, and take note of the cause of the “pinprick through out the social body at large, wherein large scale quarrels take place over even less important issues,” then there is hope.
The problems arising from gross mis-identification with matter is what is unfortunately being perpetuated by the
अध्याय इक्कीस – भगवान द्वारा बलि महाराज को बन्दी बनाया जाना (8.21)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने आगे कहा: जब कमलपुष्प से उत्पन्न ब्रह्माजी ने देखा कि भगवान वामनदेव के अँगूठे के नाखूनों के चमकीले तेज से उनके धाम ब्रह्मलोक का तेज कम हो गया है, तो वे भगवान के पास गये। ब्रह्माजी के साथ मरीचि इत्यादि ऋषि तथा सनन्दन जैसे योगीजन थे, किन्तु हे राजन! उस तेज के समक्ष ब्रह्मा तथा उनके पार्षद भी नगण्य प्रतीत हो रहे थे।
2-3 जो महापुरुष भगवान के चरणकमलों की पूजा के लिए आए उनमें वे भी थे जिन्होंने आत्मसंयम तथा वि
By Lilasuka dasi
Any activity that you begin on Gaura Purnima day becomes very auspicious. There is a special, true story in this regard. On the afternoon of Gaura Purnima, a few of us were chanting bhajans in the temple room for the pleasure of their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai. As we were doing so, a large group of about twenty-five students came in and Gauranatraj das began to give them a tour of the temple room.
He began his tour in front of Srila Prabhupada and then they visited each alt
I want to wish everyone a happy Gaura Purnima for tomorrow, and may the magic of that day wear on. It is the birthday of Sri Chaitanya, great philosopher, pragmatist and idealist; the Supreme in many ways. His coming to the world is found in texts such as The Bhagavatam. My whole day, in lock-down, is not really stressful at all. I have the chance to read, write and of course continue my encouragement calls, as well as dwell on Chaitanya.
After a good sleep, I woke to see my first cardinal of t
With the coming birthday of Sri Chaitanya on Sunday, the 28th, I wanted to share this poem; a sort of rewrite of His eight verses known as sikshastakam.
Chaitanya’s Versus
Victory to the sacred sound that cleanses all around
There’s filth in the heart, piled up from the start
Many births of desires, have burst up like fires
Therefore, the kirtan charge, is for humanity at large
It’s a practice so cool, like the rays of the moon
It’s the fruit of wisdom, with joy that’s arisen
So sweet to the
By Giriraj Swami
From Amrit Vani, “Nectarean Instructions for Immortality,” gleaned from the instructions of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and presented in the form of questions and answers.
Is the favor given by Mahaprabhu the highest favor?
There has never been nor will there ever be better benefactors than Mahaprabhu and His devotees. No other type of human welfare work can compare; all those others simply perform a great disservice to humanity. The favor offered by Mahaprabhu an
‘Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts.’
by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakura:
“This account originally appeared in a short work by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura entitled, ‘Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: His Life and Precepts.'(dated 20th August 1896.)”
This was taken from “Prologue” to “Teachings of Lord Caitanya”(A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. 1974. pages xiii-xxii.)
Who better could we find to include here than the pure unalloyed devotee, and foremost scholar in Vaisnava circles Srila Bhakti
By His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
Actually all the Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The path of fruitive activities, speculation, knowledge and meditation do not actually lead one to the perfectional stage, but the Lord actually becomes approachable by the process of devotional service; therefore one is recommended throughout all the Vedic literature to accept the process of devotional service. Lord Chaitanya quotes in t
From Back to Godhead
By Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who was also known as Visvambhara (“Lord of the universe”), appeared in Bengal, India, 489 years ago and taught love of Krsna. The Vedic scriptures, such as the Vedas, Upanisads, Vedanta-sutra and especiallyBhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, all reveal Krsna to be the Supreme Truth and the dearmost friend of every living being. Lord Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita “Give up all other forms of religion and surrender to Me. I
अध्याय बीस – बलि महाराज द्वारा ब्रह्माण्ड समर्पण (8.20)
1 श्रील शुकदेव गोस्वामी ने कहा: हे राजा परीक्षित! जब बलि महाराज को उनके गुरु एवं कुलपुरोहित शुक्राचार्य ने इस प्रकार सलाह दी तो वे कुछ समय तक चुप रहे और फिर पूर्ण विचार-विमर्श के बाद अपने गुरु से इस प्रकार बोले।
2 बलि महाराज ने कहा: जैसा कि आप कह चुके हैं, जो धर्म किसी के आर्थिक विकास, इन्द्रियतृप्ति, यश तथा जीविका के साधन में बाधक नहीं होता वही गृहस्थ का असली धर्म है। मैं भी सोचता हूँ कि यही धर्म सही है।
3 मैं महाराज प्रह्लाद का पौत्र हूँ।
