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| Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:15 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Maharaja, 10 December 2011, Drakensburg, SA)
In spiritual life we have three major stages and the first stage is the connection stage, the second stage is the purification stage and then you get the ecstasy stage, the ultimate goal. This is known as sambandha, abhideya and prayojana. These are essential elements in spiritual life and one has to understand this. We are seeing that our acaryas have installed the Deities of Madana-Mohan, Sri Sri Radha Govinda and of Gopinatha. And mantras have been dedicated by Krsnadas Kaviraja to these various Deities. It is describing how Madana-Mohan is attracting. Madana-Mohan is Krsna's form of attracting the devotees and that is the beginning- sambandha. So it's interesting how it all begins with attraction. And that's true; it begins with attractions and doesn't begin with regulative principles because they come after we have sort of initially attracted. So attraction is the basis of Krsna consciousness and that is a fact. Therefore we should take some time to have a good time in Krsna consciousness. |
| Revealing something extraordinary! Posted: 15 Dec 2011 03:44 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Mayapur, November 2011) Lecture – Caitanya-caritamrta
"Do you remember Haridasa when they were taking you to the market place and when they were whipping you? Do you remember Haridasa?" "Yes, of course I remember.” "Do you remember, Haridasa how you didn't feel any pain?" "Yes I remember.” "Well Haridasa, you know when actually these guys were whipping you, I was coming down from the spiritual world with my Sudarsana cakra, and I was going to cut the hands of these culprits, but then you started praying…..my Lord please forgive them….then what could I do? Okay, so I didn't kill them, but then I put my back over your back and it is I who took all that beating on my back!" Lord Caitanya turned around and his back was full of whipping marks! Haridasa fainted in shock. Like this He was showing many things in the 'Nadiya Prakash lila'. In Advaita Acarya's case there was a story about a verse in the Bhagavad Gita: 'sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaṁ tat "Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes heads and faces, and He has ears everywhere. In this way the Supersoul exists, pervading everything". So if you look at the verse in sanskrit, it doesn't really say the Supersoul. In the translation the Supersoul is there but not in sanksrit, since it is nowhere to be found. Advaita Acarya was puzzled by this verse. He was doing the daily lecture from the Bhagavad Gita, and had difficulty in explaining this verse in devotional context. Sometimes it happened to him when he had some difficulty with the verse and then Advaita Acarya became very upset, because he didn't want to find any fault with the Gita, but only with his own explanations, and would fast until he knew it. At night Lord Caitanya would appear in his dream and say: "Please don't fast. You do not need to fast!" And then Lord Caitanya would be giving the explanation, and in this way he was instructed by Lord Caitanya, particularly on this verse! |
| Srimad Bhagavatam classes in Durban Posted: 15 Dec 2011 12:40 AM PST
In these classes, Maharaja very much establishes the importance of having firm faith and a strong connection with the acaryas in our gaudiya vaishnava sampradaya. He also discusses the pros and cons of studying books other than Srila Prabhupada’s. To download the lectures, just click on each title. KKS-SB_11_22_5-Durban-07_11_12 KKS-SB_11_22_6-Durban-08_11_12 |
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