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Any amount of shortage of faith in Guru-Vaishnav- Bhagavan or His Dham, Nama, beauty, glory or paraphernalia etc. can invite Mayavad or Impersonalism to contaminate our heart knowingly or unknowingly
Mayavad-vicar (Impersonalism) can come in countless different forms which is impossible for common devotees to understand. Maybe sometime this can come in form of morality or honesty or truthfulness, or dutifulness etc. But we should remember one vital point that...
An Ācārya, can never be selected through election (voting system) because this is self-manifested tattva
Sometimes we see that so-called devotees will make mentally-concocted remarks about who is a Vaishnava and who is not. But who cares to listen to such speculation? We cannot expect pure siddhanta from a crazy man. In order to protect their own personal interests they will utter all kinds of speculative remarks
Sree Gopala Bhatta Goswami
The ‘Six Goswamins’ of the Gaudiya community viz., Sree Rupa, Sanatan, Raghunath Bhatta, Jiva, Gopala Bhatta and Raghunath Das who are the traditionally recognised authorised exponents of the teachings of Srirman Mahaprabhu, are not authors and geniuses in the ordinary sense. They are spiritual teachers of the world and saints.
The qualities of the real preacher Part 2
One special consideration is whether my Siksha Guru shows enough respect for my Diksha Guru from whom I have received Sambhanda Gyana. If he does not, surely I cannot accept him as my Siksha Guru. The first duty of a Siksha Guru is to give me lessons that increase my faith in and respect for the Lotus feet of my Diksha Guru.
Adjustment of oil and water never possible, but still absolute adjustment is always possible for a absolute personality (pure sadhu) – We should realize this point
If we go through Puranas we can see that never demons can get adjusted with demigods. Why? Because their samskara is just opposite just like oil and water. To prove that their heart is more liberal than sadhu sometime some clever saying that—“All the same—learned or...
Brother Sahajiyā are you Gauḍīya (1st flow of our siddhānta-vicar)
(Topic: Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatīpada and Śrīla Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī not one and the same) Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda told that–“Śrīla Prabodhānanda Sarasvatīpada and Prakāśānanda Sarasvatī not the...
The worship of Sree Vyasa Deva
Sree Vyasa Deva is the medium of the appearance of the Divine Spiritual Power for helping us to understand the real meaning of the Transcendental Sound identical with Godhead, and thereby to attain the inclination for His spiritual service by willing subserviency to the Powers of Light…
Just like a false sadhu who is always busy passing lecture only, a parrot can speak without any realization
One parrot was there with a man in a house which was just adjacent to a sub forest. That pet-parrot used to stay freely without any bondage by his master. The master trained the parrot to speak a line always, because some hunters usually used to travel around that...
We should cultivate unending patience in Guru-Vaishnava-seva!
Usually at the time of Diksa most of us cannot show 100 %submission, but without 100 % submission Diksa procedure is not complete. Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur speaking that sometime one devotee shows 80 % submission, maybe 20 % gaping there , but anyway by...
How to Attain Perfection in Harināma-japa?
A bonded soul can never truly chant harināma. Even if one forcefully sits for ten or twenty hours to chant, still it cannot be called actual harināma. Harināma Prabhu and Hari Himself are non-different, so naturally, such a transcendental objective cannot reveal its...