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How to feel a genuine Harikatha from heart
Gaudiya Gosthi Patih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Gosvami Prabhupada used to speak that—“ Genuine Harikatha is just like a bullet, which can touch our heart heavily to change our life.” Srila Prabhupada also used to say that—“We will have to charge the...
What Qualities Endear One To Srila Prabhupada?
“I am a big orator. I am a very good instructor. I can captivate everyone with my classes and speeches. I have so much capability. So many people are coming to the maṭha due to my lectures. I am therefore a prominent and dear disciple.” Śrīla Prabhupāda never considered those with such a mentality to be exalted servants. The aptitude for bhakti is something else. It is only attained by extreme good fortune.
How to Knock
“KNOCK, and the door will be open unto you”—so says the Holy Bible. Let us see what it means. We may at once say, the general run of readers of the Bible understand it in quite a different light from the Indian Transcendentalists.
The servant of Guru is honourable to me
Gaudiya Gosthi Path Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Gosvami Prabhupada told that Guru tattva is a unique and undivided tattva. Svayam Rupa Bhagavan Brajendra Nandan Sri Krsna’s first expansion vigraha is Bhagavan Baladev. Though non-different from Sri Krsna, Baladev is still in the form of sevaka Bhagavan (asraya vigraha).
Srila Lokanatha Goswami
(From the book ‘ Sri Chaitanya: His Life and Associates’ by Srila Bhakti Ballabh Tirtha Maharaj) lokanathakhya-gosvami sri-lila-manjaré pura | Lokanatha Goswami was known as Lila Manjari in Krishna lila. (Gaura-ganoddeça-dipika 187) Lokanatha is considered to be...
How we can feel the heart of Srila Prabhupada (his writing or speech)?
Taken from , class SBen200619 The Prabhupad & his unique Acharyaship 33, activities of Vishva Vaishnava Raja Sabha If at all an investigation of comb operation can be conducted throughout the world, then surely there is a doubt about how many devotees we can get,...
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.