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Real Darśana of Śrī Jagannātha-deva
In Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s transcendental vision, darśana of Śrī Jagannātha is as follows: “pratimā naha tumi, sākṣāt vrajendra-nandana—You are not an idol; You are, before my very eyes, the son of the king of Vraja.” In the context of explaining this statement, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Prabhupāda has conveyed the following: “Śrī Jagannātha-deva is adhokṣaja-tattva, the Absolute Truth that exists beyond the grasp of our material senses. He is not an object to gratify anyone’s senses. We cannot behold Him by the power of our own wish and knowledge.
My Advice
We are not the operators of the instrument, but only the instruments. We must always bear this in mind. The triple staff Bhikshus are the living mridangas (clay drums) of Sree Chaitanya. We must constantly give forth our music beneath the lotus feet of Sree Guru. We should practise the function of the peripatetic preacher (paribrajaka) of carrying aloft the victorious banner of the Commands of Divine Sree Gaursundar by constant submission to Sree Guru and the Vaishnavas, fixing our eye on the polar star of the heard transcendental voice.
THE GAUDIYA CREED
We have been talking plainly and systematically on the plight of the religions in the hands of their pseudo-followers, in the pages of this Journal, for the last 30 years. We deprecate no religion, our remarks only apply to the principle of evil which is masquerading in the garb of religion. The pseudo-religionists have always attempted to prevent plain speaking specially on the subject of religion. They are the greatest enemies of religion. Intolerance of evil in the garb of religion must not be confounded with the intolerance of religion itself.
Slow and Steady
amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ We should take resort to kīrtan always, but Mahāprabhu recommends that our attitude should be such: tṛṇād api sunīcha, taror api sahiṣṇu, amānī mānada. It is generally upwards, all towards high. Our attitude will be humble,...
God-realization
To err is human. However learned and intelligent a man may be, he is prone to error and evil. The greatest philosopher should always remember that human nature is apt to make various errors at every moment, especially when we try to judge that which is spiritual and eternal using our empiric knowledge.
“Pleasing Śrīla Gurudeva Gives Me Life”
"Many of the disciples of our Śrīla Gurudeva, jagad-guruparamārādhyatama Śrī Śrīla Prabhupāda, gave their bodies, minds, words and wealth to assist in fulfilling his heart’s deepest ambitions. Although he was immensely pleased by their service, or anuśīlana, it is...
The Lotus feet of Sri Guru
If in order to carry out the command of the Vaishnava guru I have to be arrogant, to be brutish, to suffer eternal perdition, I am prepared to welcome such eternal damnation and even sign a pact to that effect. I will not listen to the words of other malicious persons in lieu of the command of the gurudeva
Bhaktivinod –Gaura –Sarasvati Vani Seva Center already have started Nama Sankirtan Yagya on the eve of Akshaya Tritiya tithi
The ceremony of the Nama Sankirtan Yagya together with Harinam Japa Yagya was observed at the Bhaktivinod –Gaura- Sarasvati Vani Seva Center on the auspicious occasion of Aksaya Tritiya tithi with full enthusiasm (It was éclat success). A lecture on the subject—“Sankirtan yagya in Kali Yuga” was delivered there by His Holiness Srila Shyam Das Babaji Maharaja. Srila Maharaj started with the sloka
Society – Community – Math
The principle of a religious community is based on a form of sublimated selfishness covered under the mask of “love” for one’s “Godbrother” or even for “God”. But is it possible at all to call an attitude of expecting reward for some pseudo-renunciation of some selfish interests by the name of “love”? Practically everything is done on payment. Even religions that contain some hint at the implicit truth of nature of the spiritual Subject, objects and their relation, follow this method of ethical and emotional materialism in their practices. We are expecting material profit and are strengthened in the tendency by the injunctions of the Scriptures of these religions.
One Must Correctly Identify a Vaishnava
It is insufficient merely to dwell on how much the Vaishnavas love us or consider us to be their own. This is because the personal satisfaction that comes from thinking we are loved by the Vaishnavas is nothing but an external symptom of the desire for sense gratification, which lurks in the deepest region of our hearts. If, instead, we begin to measure how much we have become bound in affection to the Vaishnavas, it indicates that we are on our way to attaining the very perfection of all desires. Until we can identify Vaishnavas and develop an intimacy with them in which we regard them as our bosom friends, we will be unable to realise the true nature of their affection for us.