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| Caitanya Caritamrta – The Essence Of Everything! Posted: 05 Jun 2011 03:16 PM PDT (Transcribed by Yamuna Devi Dasi) (Kadamba Kanana Swami)
Sometimes when we are looking at the Pandavas and all of the other heroes of the Mahabharata – they are impressive. Arjuna can fight with ten thousand men, and that's quite the number. Just think about it – ten thousand is a big number! He can singly defeat ten thousand men. Is there any Arjunas here? We are lucky if we can defeat one, right? I always say that there are two types of people in this world – those who are strong and those who are fast! You know what I mean! With Bhima, do you realise that he is stronger then Asterix and Obelix? Do you realize that even Spiderman is nothing compared to Bhima, who is stronger then ten thousand elephants. I saw Spiderman having a lot of trouble stopping a train, but if you have strength of ten thousand elephants then you just knock the train off the railway track! That is if you want to. So, my point is that although the heroes of the Mahabharata and the heroes of the Bhagavatam are very amazing, with wonderful personalities. In some ways they are further away from us, but when we look at Caitanya Caritamrta, we find that we are dealing with devotees who are like us. Many are grhasthas by maintaining their families, and yet they are chanting Hare Krsna! In the Caitanya Caritamrta, we are following the process of chanting Hare Krsna, and by following the four regulative principles. Therefore, more than anywhere else in the Caitanya Caritamrta, we find our identity as practitioners. After all we are following the process of sadhana bhakti – this is also outlined in the teachings from Rupa and Sanatana, which are very essential chapters in the Caitanya Caritamtra. In these teachings we find how the process of sadhana bhakti is outlined – or devotional service is practised. The Caitanya Caritamrta in particular addresses pure devotional service, where one is naturally attracted to Krsna. |
| This World is a Fools Paradise! Posted: 05 Jun 2011 01:35 PM PDT (Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005)
" I hope there are no snakes in these fields". The next moment, I saw a whole field of snakes…all these snakes! The whole field was full of snakes! I thought: " Stay calm… turn around. Just turn your back and look the other direction! Just look in the other direction!" And there were no snakes on the other side…lucky. What if there would have been snakes on the other side. It could have been easy to stay calm and walk away. So, what can we say! Anyone who thinks that this world is paradise….Srila Prabhupada says: " He's right! This world is a paradise! It is…. fools paradise! It's a fools paradise!" So therefore, one who is looking for knowledge begins to think deeper and sees that happiness is the distress in this world, and then says: "What's the point in trying to enjoy it, when you are destined to get distressed". Therefore we want some liberation. We want some relief from this distress! |
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