Re: Lord Nrsimhadeva - destroyer of material desires

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
Yes, wonderfully, dear Sarvabhauma Prabhu das!Thank you for sharing this verse. I just want to add one more point to discussion.  We may have many material desires but in the same time  we should aspire to attain suddha -pure bhakti. It is very significant for us to notice thet " no material desires" does not mean no desires at all! Impersonalists and some budhists want to attain stage of merging with Absolute, state when all desires are simply gone. It is not possiable, because desire is part of jiva. We desired to be in material world at first place. We can not annihilate desires. It is simply unnatural. To be free from desires or to have no desires means that we dont have material desires and that we are accepting Sweet Will of Supreme Lord Krsna as our desire. In last verse of Siksastaka Lod Gauranga Mahaprabhu is teaching us how we should surrender to Lord's desire:

aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam
adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

Therefore, devotee is full of transcendental desires to satisfy Supreme Lord and His Associates on unlimeted ways, but in the same moment he is free from desires because nature and motive of such actions are not material.Our hearth is full of many inauspicious desires but if we pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva He will surely help us to overcome such obstacles and to chant Nityananda Gauranga and Hare Krsna and on that way make our life perfect.

Sri Sri Prahlada-Nrsimhadeva ki jay!
Dasso'smi
Bhakta Igor

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Lord Advaita Acharya cheats the cheater

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata, Madhya Khanda, Chapter 2:

"One day the Lord and Gadadhara Pandita visited the house of Advaita Acarya Prabhu. Entering his house, They saw that the Acarya was busy offering water and tulasi to the Lord. With raised hands he was calling out, "Hari! Hari!", sometimes laughing and sometimes crying, completely oblivious to himself. He emitted loud, roaring sounds like a mad lion full of raging fury, as if He were the incarnation of the Lord of destruction, Rudra. When Lord Visvambhara saw Advaita Acarya Prabhu overcome with spiritual emotions, He fell down unconscious.

Due to pure devotional insight Advaita Acarya Prabhu could see that this person, Lord Visvambhara, was his most worshipable Lord. He thought to himself, "Today I have captured You, You are a thief. How will You escape from me today? All this time You have been hiding Your real identity from me and everyone, but now somehow You have come here. You cannot always cheat me. I know who You are, and now I will cheat the cheater."

Advaita Acarya Prabhu made all arrangements to worship the Lord, and reveal to the world the supreme absolute position of Lord Visvambhara, who so far had very cunningly hidden His true supreme spiritual identity. He brought all the different paraphernalia for worshiping the Lord. He offered incense, flowers and lamp to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya while repeating one verse over and over again, "My Lord, You are the well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas, and You are the well-wisher of the entire human society and world."

Sri Advaita was very happy to recognize the Lord of his heart, and he cried tears of joy, washing the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya with his tears. He stood with folded hands before Him and worshiped His lotus feet, chanting one sloka continuously.

A little amused, but nevertheless respectful, Gadadhara Pandita told Advaita Acarya Prabhu, "Oh Gosvami, it does not befit you to behave like this with someone so much younger than yourself, a mere lad."

Advaita Acarya Prabhu slightly laughed at Gadadhara Pandita's words and replied, "Oh Gadadhara Pandita! How long are you going to see Him as a mere lad?" A more profound thought dawned on Gadadhara Pandita's heart and he said, "Is He the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?"

Yours aspiring for the mercy of Lord Advaita Acharya,
Matus

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Re: Thank you Button on each post for both Guests and Members

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! That is a good idea. Using "Thank you" as a kind of rating system. But that would need adding more tables and queries to the database and I am a little weary of it since it may slow down the forum pages and the forum. But I will look into it.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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Re: Lord Nrsimhadeva - destroyer of material desires

Dear Bhakta Igor,

Thank you for the wonderful post. Yes, I also feel that praying for Lord Narasimhadeva�s mercy is very essential in successfully getting rid of our demonlike material desires. Here is another beautiful prayer by Shri Prahlada Maharaja. Actually he didn�t want any benediction from the Lord but when the Lord insisted here is what Prahlada said:

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.10.7

yadi dasyasi me kaman
varams tvam varadarsabha
kamanam hrdy asamroham
bhavatas tu vrne varam

�O my Lord, best of the givers of benediction, if You at all want to bestow a desirable benediction upon me, then I pray from Your Lordship that within the core of my heart there be no material desires.�

PURPORT by Srila Prabhupada

   Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu taught us how to pray for benedictions from the Lord. He said:

                   na dhanam na janam na sundarim
                     kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
                      mama janmani janmanisvare
                   bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

    "O my Lord, I do not want from You any amount of wealth, nor many followers, nor a beautiful wife, for these are all materialistic desires. But if I have to ask You for any benediction, I pray that in whatever forms of life I may take my birth, under any circumstances, I will not be bereft of Your transcendental devotional service." Devotees are always on the positive platform, in contrast to the Mayavadis, who want to make everything impersonal or void. One cannot remain void (sunyavadi); rather, one must possess something. Therefore, the devotee, on the positive side, wants to possess something, and this possession is very nicely described by Prahlada Maharaja, who says, "If I must take some benediction from You, I pray that within the core of my heart there may be no material desires." The desire to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not at all material.


Thank you!

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna!

Your servant: Sarvabhauma das

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Re: NITAI MORA JIVANA

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
It is excellent interpretation and rime dear Sarvabhauma Prabhu Das! Please write some more!
Nitaai Gauraaaaa

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Re: Thank you Button on each post for both Guests and Members

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Thank You dear Swami Gaurangapada Gurudeva for this feature. i have one question resp. suggestion: Is there a way to display the number of "thanks" next to each post in the main forum page, so that devotees/guests can see straight away which post is most appreciated by the others?

Yours, Matus

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NITAI MORA JIVANA

NITAI MORA JIVANA
"Lord Nityananda, the Wealth of My Life"
(by Srila Locana dasa Thakura)

1)
nitai mora jivana dhana nitai mora pati
nitai bihane mora ana nahi gati

O my Lord Nityananda, wealth of my life! O my master Nitai!
I have no other means of deliverance except the mercy of Nitai!

2)
samsara sukhera mukhe tuilya dia chai
nagare magiya khaba gahiya nitai

Leaving behind all worldly pleasures, I want to reduce the happiness of family life to ashes.
Like a mendicant I shall live begging in town and glorifying the holy names of Lord Nitai.

3)
ye dese mora nitai nai sei dehe na yaba
nitai vihina kara mukha na dekhiba

Places where Lord Nityananda is not present I will not enter.
At peoples faces I wish not to look. Only Nitai I want to see.

4)
ganga yara pada jala harasire dhara
hena nitai na bhajiya dukha paiya mare

The water of the Ganga has emanated from His lotus feet and Lord Siva has accepted it on his head.
In great distress the non-devotees give up their lives without worshipping Lord Nityananda.

5)
locana bale mora nitai yeba nahi mane
anala bhejai tara majha mukha kane

Locana dasa says, "I will light a fire in the mouths of those who do not worship my Lord Nityananda."

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Below is my poetic interpretation of the meaning of the song for the pleasure of all devotees on the forum. Please excuse me for any discrepancies, but English is not my native language and poetry is not my forte. This is just a loving offering to all of you for the wonderful sanga that you are providing. Thank you! Nityaananda Gauraanga Hare Krishna!

My dearest Lord Nitai! You are my life�s great treasure!
You are my only master! Thy mercy I can�t measure.
Without Your glance of kindness my life will soon get shivered
Because of Your compassion only I hope to be delivered

The happiness of home and children has rendered me astray
All worldly, sensual pleasures - O, when they�ll fade away?
I shall be living only begging both from low and high
And spent my time to glorify the Names of my Nitai.

I have no interest in places where His presence is not felt
Where singing and glorification of His name is never held
And even glance at people�s faces I will surely quit
I wish to only always see Lord Nityananda�s lotus feet.

These lotus feet which are the source of holy Ganga river
the force of which on Earth is mitigated by Lord Shiva
The death of faithless persons will be horror if they try
To never worship just for moment that most merciful Nita.i

Devoid of Nityananda�s worship their lives are but a shame
The mouths of such unconscious people deserve to be aflame
Thus Locan das is beautifully singing the glories of Nitai
I hope you bear with this pretense interpreting of mine.

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Re: Tommy Gouranga's Audio Jukebox

More audios have been added in the above player.

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Thank you Button added to each post both for Guests and Members

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranams! The Thank you button has been added to the bottom right of each post (next to the Quote button) on the NITAAI Yoga Forums. An unique thing about it is that now (for the first time) even the non-logged in Guests who are browsing the Forums can anonymously say "Thank you" to a post they like and express their appreciation to the author. Registered and logged in  member devotees can of course thank the post author is more personal way since their name will appear when they click the "Thank you" button. This is a great way to show our kind appreciation and encouragement to devotees who are posting wonderful spiritual nectar on NITAAI.com. A "Thank you" from another devotee or a guest greatly enthuses the author of the post to keep on postiing enlivening Bhakti Kathaa for the benefit of all. So don't be lazy to say "Thank you" via just one click since it is quite fast and will not take much of your time but in turn will help to develop a good community spirit of mutual respect and appreciation.

Daaso'smi, Swami Gaurangapada.

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NITAAI Veda 4.0 has been released

Dear Devotees, Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Pranaams to all. NITAAI Veda 4.0 has been released. The Website is at http://nitaaiveda.com and the eBook can be downloaded from: http://nitaaiveda.com/veda.zip .

Yours in service,
The NITAAI Veda Devotees.

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The Magnanimous Nature of Sri Nityananda Prabhu

from "The Magnanimous Nature of Sri Nityananda Prabhu" by Srila
Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaj

   "Sri Nityananda Prabhu came and applealed, "Come to Gauranga, He is the depot, He is the dynamo to send you there very easily. He sang these names of Gauranga on the banks of the Ganges. Bhaja gauranga, kaha gauranga, laha gauranga nam je jan gauranga bhaje se amar prana; all you people come and take refuge under the divine feet of Gauranga, give up everything and come fall at the feet of Gauranga, give up everything and come fall at the feet of Gauranga. Take His name, remember Him and throw yourself wholly at His disposal. He is my own life, I consider Him to be my life, my soul, my everything." Nityananda Prabhu saying this began to roll at the door of the householder, "Householders! you must do this." He is rolling and crying, "Accept Gauranga, you don't know what great benefit you will receive by doing this." He is rolling in the dust at the door of the householders with such an appeal. He came to the ordinary masses to give them shelter at the lotus feet of Gauranga, that is Nityananda Prabhu. He came to give Mahaprabhu even to Jagai and Madhai and he appealed to all from door to door to accept Gaurangadeva. You do not know what will be your prospect in life, the highest prospect in life!

Nityananda Prabhu is our only hope, He is so benevolent, so generous, so gracious, that very easily we can draw his attention and we can get his recommendation. Gauranga Deva will not be able to disregard his recommendation, and when we have got the grace of Gauranga then the Radha-Krishna lila is within our fists. Nityananda Prabhu's grace means to get Mahaprabhu's grace within our clucthes and to get Mahaprabhu, means to get Radha-Govinda. Vrindavana, and then everything is within our fists."

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
Nitaai guna mani amaar nitaai guna maani
Dasso'smi
Bhakta Igor

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Going to Vraj - Land of Love

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"Birth after birth we seek love, by unconditional mercy the most fallen find home is the heart" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"The heart is a land where every movement is dance, where every voice is song, where there are green pastures and wish-fulfilling cows, and that land I choose in total freedom" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"Freedom of choice is the very foundation of love" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"Vraj is the land of cows, Vraj means to go...." (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"If I choose to live in Vraj, all is perfect and complete" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"The key to the inner chamber of my lover is the Holy Name" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"The inner chamber of the heart is truth, satisfying, cooling, and saturated with the bliss of love" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

"Always choose love and chant the Holy Name, showing no disrespect to others, then Sri Gauranga will show himself in all beatitude" (Nava Gauranga dasa)

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