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| Surcharging the world with happiness Posted: 19 Dec 2011 02:20 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Mayapur, November 2011) Lecture – Caitanya-caritamrta Part 2
The absolute truth is Sri Krishna, and loving devotion to Sri Krishna exhibited in pure love is achieved through congregational chanting of the holy name which is essence of all bliss. The sun and moon dissipates the darkness of the external world and thus reveals external material objects, like pots and plates. But these two brothers, Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda had dissipated the darkness of the inner core of the heart and thus they help one meet the two kinds of bhagavatas (person or things in relationship with the Lord). In the Mangalacarana, the line: 'hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ' (C.c.Adi1.4). 'Hṛdaya-kandare' - means deep caves or cavities in the heart, or the inner most chambers…….. One of the bhagavatas is the great scripture – Srimad Bhagavatam and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in mellows of loving devotion. In these actions of the two bhagavatas, the Lord instils the mellows of the transcendental loving service in the heart of the living being, and thus the Lord (in the heart of His devotees) comes under control of the devotee’s love. The first one is that both brothers appear simultaneously, and other is that they illuminate the inner most dance of the heart!   |
| Joan of Arc in the Bhagavatam? Posted: 19 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST (Kadamba Kanana Swami, Mayapur, November 2011) Lecture – Caitanya-caritamrta Part 2 "You know Joan of Arc? Was she in the Srimad Bhagavatam?" Prabhupada replied: "Eh!" I have listened to this lecture so many times on the tape……….But Srila Prabhupada was thinking in a liberal mood and says: "Yes! She is a devotee, and yes she is also in the Bhagavatam, because the life of the devotee is the Bhagavatam". So in one sense, we see how important this connection is with the devotee and with the devotees ……..and then there is another reference where Srila Prabhupada was shown a drawing of Krishna and Prabhupada said: "It is not Krishna, because there is no one in the drawing apart from Krishna. This is not Krishna, because Krishna is never alone! There is always a devotee with Krishna!" So in the Bhagavatam, when we speak about Krishna, then we are speaking about Krishna in a relationship with his devotees. Or we are speaking about his devotees in a relationship with the Lord !  |
| Posted: 19 Dec 2011 01:35 PM PST
Srimad Bhagavatam When we come to the spiritual platform, we think it's only love and only peace, that there's only one feeling, one emotion… LOVE and PEACE. But no, no, no… true spiritual emotions are not only 'lovey dovey', it is also YOU RASCAL! We know one of Prabhupada's favourite words was rascal. In fact, I didn't even know the word before I started reading Prabhupada's books. I learnt the word from Prabhupada. It may even be an out-dated word but in Iskcon it's a bit of an endearing word. When people were doing all kinds of things, Prabhupada was ready to call them rascals! The whole world is engaging in all kinds of abominable activities and in a modern way of thinking, we start to think of them more and more like victims… a victim of the circumstance. But Prabhupada would say rascal! Because it would make people responsible… because you know what you are doing… and you know what you supposed to do… you know it's wrong…and still doing it… rascal! So the paramahamsa platform means to take responsibility to rearrange one's life. But ohhh, so much work (one may say), then lazy rascal… too lazy to rearrange your life! Well, it's so difficult, it takes so much energy. I mean I'm trying… No, trying is not good enough, you must do it. Trying basically means that you are not doing it… that means RASCAL! Like that Prabhupada has this refreshing spirit of being rebellious and had a fighting spirit. Not just being defeated… ohhh, it's so difficult. And we make it more difficult than it already is so that we don't have to do anything about it and everybody will say: Well, that's very reasonable. You have presented so many points there and we understand. Because everyone, in the back of their mind, is thinking that tomorrow it may be my turn. This is a pact that the rascals have with each other!  |
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