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Sarasvati Thakur
The mentalities of living in the dhama and enjoying the dhama
๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐-๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ขt ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎl๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐-๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐จ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข are ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐.
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakur Prabhupadaโs concern for women devotees
It is necessary to have such an exemplary neighborยญhood so that women can read scripยญtures every day, discuss devotional topics with each other, and have ishta-gosthi about devotional topics, so they can give up all luxury and live an exemยญplary, saintly life and always chant the holy name and take care of the ingredients of Sriman Mahaprabhuโs service and serve Him in every way.
Amara Prabhura Katha
We are presenting herein excerpts from a series of articles by jagad-guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada that were published under the title โAmara Prabhura Katha โ My Master And His Teachingsโ. They first appeared in the magazine Sri Sajjana-tosani, Year 19, Issues 5โ6. We are also presenting excerpts from whatever Srila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada spoke regarding the supra-mundane and transcendental life and teachings of Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja on the occasion of his tirobhava-tithi, the day of his sacred disappearance from this world.
The One Absolute
ลrฤซ Kแนแนฃแนa Caitanya told us that we should first acquire self-determination, without which we will mistake the mind for the soul. Mind is quite different from soul. The mind conducts all the activities of the physical plane. It receives impressions from Nature through the medium of the senses and through the functions of our body, that is, through the mindโs interfacing with external objects, which are made of matter.
Sri Gaura ki Vastu? (Who is Sri Gaura?)
The unfortunate Mayavadi, being deprived of the association of devotees, fails to understand the words spoken by the devotees and considers the devotee to be a babbler like himself. But who is ultimately cheated by this? The devotee, by rejecting the bad association of the Mayavadi and by dint of serving Hari, has reached the highest position. The Mayavadi, along with a few more backwards materialists, thinks that he has preached gaura-bhakti (albeit mixed with Mayavada). In reality, it is like stealing iron from a blacksmith and they are simply creating an unsubstantial, materialistic, greedy sampradaya. Comparatively, if one follows the path shown by the Rupanugas and mentally leaves the association of uselessly argumentative, atheistic Mayavadis, then hari-bhajana becomes easy.
Srimad BhagavatamโLecture Two
The living entities who are averse to the service of the Lord try to become the objects of service in this material world and so they become entangled in the wheel of fruitive activities. Such activities are most insignificant. When we try to become the enjoyer and engage our senses in seeking limited pleasure, we become contaminated and thus invite our own ruination. We have no alternative than to take shelter of those whose grace can certainly award us all auspiciousness.
Sambandha. Abhidheya & Prayojana
In His instructions to ลrฤซla Sanฤtana Gosvฤmฤซ (sanฤtana-ลikแนฃฤ), ลrฤซ Caitanya Mahฤprabhu has said, โThe Veda discussesย sambandhaย (the relationship between the living entity and the Supreme Entity),ย abhidheyaย (the means for attaining the object of pursuit) andย prayojanaย (the very object of pursuit). ลrฤซ Kแนแนฃแนa, whose service is to be attained, is the person with whom we are to haveย sambandha.ย
Thakur Bhaktivinode
What are the Scriptures? They are nothing but the record by the pure devotees of the Divine Message appearing on the lips of the pure devotees. The Message conveyed by the devotees is the same in all ages. The words of the devotees are ever identical with the Scriptures. Any meaning of the Scriptures that belittles the function of the devotee who is the original communicant of the Divine Message contradicts its own claim to be heard. Those who think that the Sanskrit language in its lexicographical sense is the language of the Divinity are as deluded as those who hold that the Divine Message is communicable through any other spoken dialects.
Prakrita sahajiyฤ and their misconception about rลซpฤnuga bhajan
All those lฤซlฤ-vilas topics of ลrฤซ Kแนแนฃแนa should not be discussed here and there, very careful about this-very careful. A disciple of ลrฤซmad Bhaktivinod แนฌhฤkura can never go to attend hari-katha from those sahajiyฤs.ย
Listening to Harikatha
This life is short in comparison with the eternal life. We should pay more attention to preparation for that life. We may attend to some of our primary necessaries of this life and need not be deprived. But this need not lead us to forget that this is not the summum bonum and to consider that we should have purely mundane interest and should have no interest in the eternal Transcendental.
Ekadasi
On one Ekadasi most devotees remained at the Matha to observe fasting, but Sripada Asrama Maharaja took anukalpa-prasada and went out to preach. Srila Sarasvati Thakura commented, โHe has understood the principle of the Gaudiya Matha.
Harmonist’s Feeble Voice
The method of submissive listening to the tidings of the spiritual world, which transcends without ignoring this phenomenal universe, from the lips of emancipated souls who serve eternally and exclusively the real Truth, is only way of obtaining the grace of Divine enlightenment. The Harmonist stands for this principle by theory and practice. She is by principle and practice the eternal and exclusive servant of the servants of the Lord and her sole duty is to try to please only them, and thereby continue the method and purpose of Thakur Bhaktivinode, embodied in the Sajjanatoshani, the humble maid-in-waiting on the servants of the Lord.
Initiation into Spiritual Life
The questions that are frequently asked are as these:โโWhy should it be at all necessary to submit to any particular person or to subscribe to any particular ceremony for the purpose of realising the Absolute Who by His Nature is unconditioned? Why should Krishna require our formal declaration of submission to Himself? Would it not be more generous and logical to permit us to live a life of freedom in accordance with the principles of our perverted nature which is also His creation? Admitting that it is our duty to serve Krishna, why should we have to be introduced to Him by a third party? Why is it impossible for one to serve Sri Krishna directly?