srilagauraharidas

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ecstatic Japa, kirtan & devotional discussion

[srilagauraharidas]

[srilagauraharidas]

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If you don't manufacture its simple to be Spiritual Master

" Everything is there. Satāṁ prasaṅgān. From a bona fide spiritual master you receive knowledge, because he will present as he has received from his spiritual master. He'll not adulterate or manufacture something. That is the bona fide spiritual master. And that is very easy. To become spiritual master is not very difficult thing. You'll have to become spiritual master. You, all my disciples, everyone should become spiritual master. It is not difficult. It is difficult when you manufacture something.Srila Prabhupada Vyasa puja lecture.

Comment Srila Gaurahari Das: This verse from Srila Prabhupada's lecture has so much meaning to me. He is so right how it can be very easy to be a bonafide Spiritual Master if one does not change or manufacture a different meaning of the previous Acaryas opinion from his books than which is actually stated there plainly. Why then don't we see so many authorized spiritual masters now who can actually spiritually purify and deliver their disciples? Bhagavad Gita explains the reason. " To those who worship me with Love( loving ecstacy) I give them the understanding of how to come to me". BG 10.10

I think it is safe to say that hardly anyone of Srila Prabhupada's disciples( even Gurus) have come to platform of pure ecstatic devotion for Krishna yet. Therefore when reading Srila Prabhupada books and the pure devotional conceptions in them one cannot undertand these deep philosophical devotional conceptions because of lack of purity of the heart. They just can't get the right undertanding from the verses. Srimad Bhagavatam also confirms this dificulty to present the parampara genuine devotional conclusions in Srila Prabhupada's books stating, " Only the pure in heart can fully undertand this Srimad Bhagavatam" SB 1.1.2 Inorder to achieve a pure heart worship the Supreme Lord Krishna with pure ecstatic devotion is the only way to achieve a pure heart so that one can undertand the true confidential meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam.

This lack of the awakening of pure unalloyed love of God is the reason why very few persons now days can undertand the self evident meanings in Srimad Bhagavatam and also why those rare persons who have such an awakening do when their devotion has reached a stage of maturity. Then how can one have ones dormant love of God awakened quickly and cultivated into maturity so that one can become a real Spiritual Master? Instead of trying to imitate the position to try to keep the organization going, yet falling short of the real standard of Gurudeva, who is supposed to be the transcendental deliver of their disciples.? Well its easy if a real Acarya appears who teaches the real Bhagavatam as it is. You will know him for when people seriously hear from him they have serious spiritual experiences and make quick spiritual advancement. Pure ecstatic devotion arises in the hearts of those who deeply have faith in his words and true teachings which are the actually Bhagavatam teachings. This is in simple and conclusive way was confirmed by Lord Caitanya when he said to a father who had his pure devotion to Krishna awakened by his son. " Yes it is correct those who awaken devotion to Krishna are certainly the spiritual master" CC madya lila

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Why most vaishnavas won't be liberated in this lifetime

In Lord Rama's lila their is a famous scene where Laksmin orders Sita to stay in the protective circle he has drawn around her. He said don't step out of this circle and you will be safe. Well as the story goes is a wolf in sheep's clothing appeared who was a demon in the dress of a brahman and inticed her to step out of the circle and was kidnapped and taken to his kingdom of the demons.

From one angle of the truth is Laksmin represents the bonafide Spiritual Master. Sita represents his disciple who's has recieved the seed of pure devotional love for God and is cultivating it. The ravanas are everywhere especially in religion and even in Vaishnava religion. Most of the leaders in religion are wearing the dress of not only just brahmins but the dress of Sanyasis and Spiritual Masters and claiming to be saviors of their disciples which is very far from the truth. They fain being inteligent, humble, and bonafide transcendental representives of God or Krishna. The general mass of Vaishnavas believe them because they are so called senior members of a religious organization. They teach only superficial religious principals, rules, regulations and make their disciples work very hard and still they make very little spiritual advancement other then in superficial understanding of the religious scriptures. Under such insufficient guidence it is almost guaranteed that such disciples along with their unqualified gurus will not be liberated in this life and will continue to rotate in the cycle of birth and death. Of course they will get human bodies just for having faith in the Name of Krishna, Vedas and the Acaryas even though they do not undertand them very well. Many are happy with this arrangement and don't desire anything more than a good life in this world and the next even though they miss the deeper mark of real Vaishnavism which is the development of Spontaneous Devotional service which completely liberates one from the cycle of birth and death and gives so much more! This is Vaishnava religion of today. It is ruled by demons and demigod types, still full of subtle material qualities of deceptiveness, envy, competition, false prestige which is in perceptible them and to those who have taken their shelter. They have made a truce with each other so they can enjoy the spoils in the form of wealth, women, prestige of those they have conquered by twisting and juggling the scriptures to suite their own needs. All this is under the guise of performing external worship tceremonies and rituals with great pomp and opulance. What do you expect this is Kali Yuga it is expected to see such things going on if you have the eyes of devotion to percieve it.

Is it any wonder that Krishna says, "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear". BG 18.66. Still such blind followers and their masters can not abandon the religion they are trapped in until one finally surrenders to Krishna through submissive hearing from the real bonafide Spiritual Master, who is the representive of Laksmin/ Nityananda in the Vaishnava lineage. One then very quickly recieves the real seed of bhakti. It is cultivated in the inner circle drawn by the spiritual master to protect one's budding devotion from the false gurus who do have the power to cross into the circle of conclusive truth spoken by the real Spiritual Master. Only when a disciples bhakti is still young and weak is it possible for them to be inticed to go outside of the circle of truth, by the baby bhakti killers, servants of Putana, who are always trying to bewitch the young disciples to leave the association of the real Spiritual Master.

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Why Current Vaishnava Societies are Failing to Achieve Prema Bhakti in this Life? Part One

CC Ādi 1.98 — But these two brothers [Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityānanda] dissipate the darkness of the inner core of the heart, and thus They help one meet the two kinds of bhāgavatas [persons or things in relationship with the Personality of Godhead].

CC Ādi 1.99 — One of the bhāgavatas is the great scripture Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the other is the pure devotee absorbed in the mellows of loving devotion.

CC Ādi 1.100 — Through the actions of these two bhāgavatas the Lord instills the mellows of transcendental loving service into the heart of a living being, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control of the devotee’s love.

Comment by Gaurahari Das: First off we are very lucky to have Srila Prabhupada's books. They are one important half of the equation to solve the problem of achieving the platform of pure devotional service in this very lifetime as the above verses clearly point out. Yet the direction of these verses are not clearly understood or taught by the modern day leaders to their Vaishnava followers. Srila Prabhupada’s books are so empowered with true knowledge and devotional potency that they can awaken pure devotional love of God in those who cherish and understand them. Yet why don't we see more Prema Bhaktas and instead Vaishnavas who are still after many years of faith in Vaishnavism, still wholly and solely devoted to Varnashram Dharma or the very basic yet still external or material platform of Vaishnavism?

If one really understood the essence of the teachings inside Srila Prabhupada’s books, like in the above verses in Caitanya Caritamrita, one would understand the complete formula for achieving Prema Bhakti or love of God quickly in this very life, and act according to those verses. Due to complete understanding of them, they would seek out the genuine ecstatic association of devotees that Lord Caitanya is sending us, but because the Leaders are not yet examples of experiencing the mellows of pure devotion, they cannot direct their followers to where they can achieve real deliverance from the cycle of birth and death in this very lifetime.

At the present moment, because of lack of true understanding, the Vaishnava leaders and their followers do not clearly understand the meaning of Guru Tattava which is the very foundation and door to achieving the blissful ecstatic platform of devotional service. The clearest explanation of where the real path of how the mellows of pure devotion are awakened in the heart is in the first chapter of Caitanya Caritamrita called “ The Spiritual Masters” ; yet because no one is hearing properly from a devotee Bhagavata who conforms to the conclusive statements of the above quoted verses, who is steeped in the mellows of devotion, one cannot act accordingly and complete the formula, quickly achieving the platform of awakening of pure devotion. Therefore it is rare that anyone yet is achieving a genuine transcendental relationship with Krishna through the spontaneous awakening of love of God.

Lord Caitanya once met a illiterate Brahman who was just looking at the picture of Krishna in Bhagavad Gita and crying in ecstatic love. He said to him” Because of your ecstatic devotion whatever you say about the Gita, constitutes the real purport and undertanding of the Gita.” Caitanya Caritamrita

The sum and substance or purport of these verses for those who are looking for a bonafide Guru to guide them either formally or informally, will find the real deal in a devotee of Krishna who chants the Holy Name and Fame of Gaura/Krishna with great devotional ecstatic intimacy. Because they worship the Lord and bonafide Vaishnavas with spontaneously awakening of ecstatic love, the real confidential purports are revealed to them automatically. The devotional potency naturally purifies the material dust from their hearts and this also naturally exposes the real confidential meaning of Srimad Bhagavatam and all of the revealed scriptures. Lord Caitanya met a illiterate brahmin who was just looking at the picture of Krishna in Bhagavad Gita and crying in ecstatic love. He said to him” Because of your ecstatic devotion whatever you say about the Gita, constitutes the real purport and undertanding of the Gita.”

As long as the Vaishnava’s continue to act in contradiction to the direction of the book Bhagavata’s real explanation of of Guru Tattva by accepting as their saviors or Spiritual Masters those who have not genuinely realized Krishna, modern day Vaishnavas will fail to achieve the platform of deep ecstatic intimate love of Krishna, no matter how sincerely they are following those leaders who also do not yet understand the above verses; therefore they cannot direct their followers in the right way to quickly achieve the desired result of rapid awakening of pure Love of Krishna.

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Attempting Guru Parampara Suppression Always Fails.

Real successors of real spiritual masters always get flack from the flock they hail from.  Jesus taught what they did to him they would do to his real disciples. Srila Prabhupada’s godbrothers criticised him for taking the title Prabhupada and most of my godbrothers criticise me for accepting titles recommended by my disciples like Srila or Bhaktivedanta. I have no problem accepting them as they are appropriate to be used by a real spiritual master who fits the standard in the book Bhagavata of one who is capable of delivering his sincere disciples and can prove it in real real living examples of disciples having their devotion to Krishna awakened. Anyone claiming to a Gaudiya Vaishnava Spiritual Master who is afraid or unwilling to accept such a exalted title is certainly not qualified or empowered to do such a impossible task as Spiritual Master or Acarya. Success in this position is made possible by the  special mercy of a real guru parampara and Gaura/Krishna.

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Revival of Free Premabhakti Distribution is Now!!!

“The heart is like a mirror but it’s covered up with so much layers of dirt, thick like the Himalayan mountain; huge amount of dirt is there accumulated from many, many lakhs of lives. How it will be cleansed up? Any material scientist can cleanse it? They don’t know how to clean. They may clean the intestines, but they cannot cleanse the heart from this material contamination accumulated there from time immemorial. The process is, you engage yourself in hari-sankirtan, chanting ‘Hare Krishna’ then your heart becomes cleansed of all contaminations there, all layers of dirt are finished.” Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharja, Purport by Srila Gaurahari Das: CC Ādi 8.16 — If one is infested with the ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, despite his endeavor to chant the holy name for many births, he will not get the love of Godhead that is the ultimate goal of this chanting. The above statement of  Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharja, is certainly true yet is the external or surface meaning. One who just follows this instruction, without deeper understanding, it will take one many lifetimes, due to ones offenses, to get the desired result of Krishna prema as almost all vaishnava gurus conclude. Practically we see that from the followers of Srila Bhaktisidanta, and Srila Prabhupada hardly more than one person can we say may have attained this rare gift of Premabhakti. Therefore, inorder to speed up the process of attaining the valuable jewel of Premabhakti in this lifetime one must undertand a great secret...  In the following verse the great secret is revealed and our explanation here unlocks this mysterious confidential truth for all who listen attentively. CC Ādi 8.21 — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, is fully independent. Therefore, although it is the most confidentially stored benediction, He can distribute love of Godhead to anyone and everyone without consideration. When Lord Caitanya appeared in this world with his confidential associates 500 years ago he freely distributed devotion to Krishna or prema bhakti so that engaging in hearing and chanting the Holy Name would cause ecstatic devotional love for Krishna to arise in ones heart. He then disappeared from our external vision and continued the distribution of his confidential treasure of Love of God through empowered Spiritual Masters like Srinivasa, Narotama and Syamananda. Then quickly the great jewel of love of God wained  in its distribution due to lack of personal associates being sent to continue the distribution of premabhakti. To begin this Bhakti movement of free distribution of prema or ecstatic devotion, which makes worshiping Krishna name every transcendentally sweet, he empowers his devotees.  They relish premabhakti themselves and due to this, are naturally empowered to distribute it to others who believe in their preaching and ecstatic mode of worship. So by good fortune this free distribution of devotion to Krishna is going on at the time of this writing here in our humble sanga. The first fruits of this unprecedented revival of premabhakti worship of Krishna can be practically seen in our witnesses who have recieved this wonderful mercy flowing through our grace place. Proof is in the pudding and people can say they don't believe it because no one else is able to distribute this outstanding mercy but the proof his here in the witnesses personal testimonies of their experiences of following this path taught here.

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