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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

First step - Sambandha jnana


Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Shrila Bhakti Dayita Madhava Goswami Maharaja wrote:

The day I realise that I belong to Sri Bhagavan and that all my relationships are with Sri Bhagavan, then my real self will become manifested, and spontaneously, all my actions will be for Sri Bhagavan and Sri Bhagavan alone. Identifying my interests with those of Sri Bhagavan, I will then surrender myself and all that belongs to that self to Sri Bhagavan. Only in that specific situation is love and devotion for Sri Bhagavan possible. The grace of the bonafide guru or preceptor will enable us to realise to whom we are actually related. Prior to this knowledge of relationship, it is not possible to have any idea of Sri Bhagavan. When we do not exert much effort to understand the nature of this relationship, our realisation is understandably delayed. After establishing this relationship, we can start our sadhana (abhidheya or spiritual practices) and begin to understand our real needs (prayojana). The scriptures of sanatana-dharma and all the wise sages have discussed three important points in great detail: (1) sambandha, the conditioned soul�s relationship with the Supreme Lord, (2) abhidheya, the regulated activities for reviving one�s relationship with the Supreme Lord, and (3) prayojana, the ultimate goal of life to be attained by the conditioned soul, i.e., Krishna- Prema, love of God.

In spiritual life then, the first step is toward sambandha-gyana�knowledge of relationships.

Your servant,
Matus



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2.Srila Prabhupadas Unterweisungen Nityananda Gauranga zu chanten (1)


2.Srila Prabhupadas Unterweisungen Nityananda Gauranga zu chanten
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada:

(Srila Prabhupada in Cc Adi 8.31 Erl.)�Am Anfang sollte man sehr regelm�ssig den Heiligen Namen Sri Gaurasundaras und dann den Heiligen Namen Sri Nityanandas chanten. So wird das Herz von allen unreinen W�nschen nach materiellem Genuss gereinigt. Dann kann man sich Vrindavana-dhama n�hern, um Sri Krischna zu verehren.�...�Ein neuer Sch�ler, der noch nicht gen�gend ausgebildet oder erleuchtet ist, sollte sich nicht der Verherung Sri Radhas und Krischnas oder dem Chanten des Hare-Krischna-Mantras widmen. Selbst wenn er dies tut, kann ihm nicht das gew�nschte Ergebnis zuteil werden. Man sollte daher die Namen �Nitai-Gaura� chanten und Sie ohne falsches Streben nach Ansehen verehren.�



Kommentar von Swami Gaurangapad:

Srila Prabhupada stellt eindeutig fest, dass ein Neuling ohne ausreichende Verwirklichung, nicht direkt das Hare Krischna Mahamantra chanten soll, ohne vorher ganz und sehr regelm�ssig Zuflucht bei den Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga genommen zu haben. Wenn er es trotzdem tut, kann er das gew�nschte Resultat, n�mlich das Erlangen reiner Liebe zu Gott, mit dem Chanten des Mahamantras nicht erreichen, weil er nicht angemessen Zuflucht bei den Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga gesucht hat. Srila Prabhupada f�hrt weiter aus, dass man sehr regelm�ssig und ausdr�cklich die zwei Namen Nityananda und Gauranga chanten soll, um daf�r qualifiziert zu werden, das Mahamantra zu chanten und nach Vrindavan zu gehen, um Krischna zu verehren. Das Chanten des Pancha-tattva Mantras enth�lt diese zwei Namen Gottes, aber Srila Prabhupada hat uns ausdr�cklich nahegelegt, das Pancha-tattva Mantra nicht sehr oft zu chanten, mit der Begr�ndung, dass es nicht auf der Gebetskette in Runden gechantet werden sollte, und nur drei Mal vor dem Kirtan. Dem gegen�ber erkl�rt er, dass das regelm�ssige und h�ufige Chanten der zwei Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga den Neuling bef�higen wird, sich dem Namen, der Form, den Spielen und dem Aufenthaltsort von Gott, Radha-Krischna, anzun�hern.

Wir sind fest davon �berzeugt, dass wenn man nur das Pancha-tattva Mantra 20 bis 30 mal pro Tag chantet, nicht die Rede von �regelm�ssig und oft� sein kann, so wie uns Srila Prabhupada angewiesen hat, die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga zu chanten. Das regelm�ssige Chanten von den Namen Krischnas bedeutet, mindestens 27648 Namen von Krischna (16 Runden vom Hare Krischna Mahamantra) t�glich zu chanten. Also wie kann �regelm�ssig und oft�(very regularly) Nityanandas und Gaurangas Namen zu chanten, bedeuten, Sie nur 20 bis 30 mal pro Tag zu chanten? Sie sollten mindestens 1000 mal t�glich, wenn nicht Tausende von malen oder sogar st�ndig gechantet werden. Srila Prabhupada sagt in einem Zitat: �Immer Nitai-Gaura chantend...� Deshalb werden alle Studenten und Gottgeweihten von Gauranga Dharma und Gauranga Yoga, welche die Wissenschaft vom Bhakti-Yoga unter unserer Anleitung aus�ben, dazu angehalten, jeden Tag mindestens je 10 Runden  von den Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas zu chanten (1000 mal jedes Mantraraja = 2000 Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga pro Tag), und dann stufenweise das Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas zu erh�hen, bis zur h�chsten und sehr kraftvollen Stufe, also von 10 auf 32 Runden, dann auf 48, 64, 128, 192 und schliesslich auf 256 Runden t�glich von jedem Mantraraja, zusammen mit dem Chanten des Hare Krischna Mahamantras. Dann wird der angehende Spiritualist sehr schnell auf die Ebene des Chantens ohne Vergehen der 16 t�glichen Runden Hare Krischna Mahamantra gelangen.



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01 Warum Nityananda Gauranga chanten


Nityaananda Gauraanga Naama
By His Holiness Bhaktiratna Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada
Translated into German by Bhakta R.

1. Warum Nityananda Gauranga chanten?

Der Herr Shri Shri Radha-Krishna erschien als die h�chst grossm�tige, vereinte goldene Form von Herrn Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu am 18. Februar 1486, Herr Shri Balarama erschien als Herr Shri Nityananda Prabhu am 11.Januar 1473, Shri Vrindavana-Dhama erschien als Shri Navadvipa Dhama (130km n�rdlich von Calcutta), alle ewigen Gef�hrten von Radha-Krishna erschienen als die ewigen Gef�hrten von Nityananda-Gauranga, Shrimad-Bhagavata erschien als Shri Chaitanya-Bhagavata und die Mantras �Nityananda� und �Gauranga� erschienen als die K�nige aller Mantras (Mantrarajas) zusammen mit dem Hare Krishna Mahamantra um das ganze Universum im Kali-Yuga (jetziges Zeitalter) zu erl�sen.

Die h�chste Herrlichkeit des regelm�ssigen Chantens des Nityananda Mantrarajas und Gauranga Mantrarajas auf einer Japa-Mala (Gebetskette) und im Kirtana (religi�ser Gesang mit instrumentaler Begleitung) zusammen mit dem Hare Krishna Mahamantra, von welchen alle drei ewig im spirituellen Himmel strahlen, wird in diesem Buch beschrieben, mit ausf�hrlichen Quellenangaben aus den �berlieferten Schriften. Nach dem Navadvipa-dhama-mahatmya entfernt regelm�ssiges Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga- Mantrarajas die zehn Vergehen beim Chanten des Hare Krishna Mahamantras und dies ist das Geheimnis aller Geheimnisse, welches die von Maya verwirrten Seelen nicht kennen. Die goldene und sehr vertrauliche Gelegenheit des regelm�ssigen Chantens vom Nityananda (Haladhara Balarama) Mantraraja und vom Gauranga (Gaura Gopala) Mantraraja zusammen mit dem Hare Krishna Mahamantra erleichetrt den raschen Erfolg im Erreichen von Gauranga-Krishna-prema (Liebe zu Gott), weil die Vergehen und die unerw�nschten Dinge in unserem Herzen sofort ausgel�scht werden, wie es alle offenbarten Schriften und die acharyas best�tigen, und was in diesem Buch beschrieben wird. Die Herrlichkeit der Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga ist unbegrenzt und selbst wenn wir nur ein unendlich kleines Tr�pfchen dieser Herrlichkeit in diesem Buch ber�hren k�nnen, wird diese Bem�hung als erfolgreich angesehen werden. Wie im Prema-vivarta erl�utert wird, k�nnen sogar die h�chsten Herren Nityananda-Gauranga Selbst die unendliche Herrlichkeit Ihrer Namen nicht vollst�ndig beschreiben, ganz zu schweigen von irgendeinem Lebewesen, welches nur ein winziges Teilchen von Ihren Herrschaften ist.

Diejenigen, welche absichtlich versuchen, den h�chsten Wert dieses vertraulichen Buches nicht zu erkennen, es vors�tzlich missachten oder zur�ckweisen, oder es wagen, es auf irgendeine Weise herab zu w�rdigen oder zu kritisieren, vors�tzlich versuchen es nicht zu verherrlichen oder absichtlich nicht zu lesen, sogar nachdem sie die Gelegenheit dazu in dieser menschlichen Lebensform haben, sind direkt daf�r verantwortlich, die m�chtigsten Namen von Gott herabzusetzen: Nityananda und Gauranga, welche die einzige Hoffnung f�r die Seelen im Kali-Yuga sind. Indem sie so handeln, zeigen sie ihre Abgeneigtheit gegen�ber dem h�chsten Vorgang des Chantens der m�chtigsten Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas. Auf diese Weise werden sie die ernsthaften Reaktionen f�r diese Abgeneigtheit gegen�ber dem Vorgang des Chantens dieser sehr barmherzigen Namen Leben f�r Leben erdulden m�ssen.



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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008


Please accept my most humble obesiances at Your lotus feet. Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna.

I am not at all qualified to offer You prayers so instead I might take a different approach. You are my main inspiration and on Your auspicious Vyasa Puja day it is proper I take Your advise to heart and glorify Your dear Lord, Sri Nityaananda Rama. Here is a simple poem that I am offering at Your lotus feet. I am not at all qualified to compose either, but this was a simple thing that I wanted to give to You so that You may instruct me further on how to improve.


Came to this world as the son of Padmavati Devi
He gave this miserable Kali Yuga the light to see
That Gaurasundar Vishwambar is our real master
Let us start running to him, faster and faster

Hadai Pandit could not leave Nitai alone anywhere
He always took his beloved son with him everywhere
Their love grew and grew until their bodies melted together
Seeing this the happiness increased within the mother
   
But Nityananda�s parents couldn�t keep him for long
In came a sanyassi singing his heartbreaking song
Just like king Dasarath, his father felt the knife
And out of intense separation soon gave up his life

Nityananda prabhu toured all the holy places
And in each he found many interesting cases
    But only until he met Madhavendra Puri did he feel grateful   
Why, without Vaishnava association nothing is fruitful

A sudden inspiration told him to meet his brother
He was going to establish the samkirtan movement and none other
So Nitai set off to find his Lord on foot
And on the way he worked on people�s hearts, removing the soot

The meeting between the two Lords is indescribable
I can only relate what I am able
That day the most fortunate person was Nandanacharya
Otherwise why would this auspicious event take place in his griha?

Nitai�s Vyas Puja occurs in Srivas Angan
It was ecstatic with everyone glorifying Sri Radha Raman
The house of Srivas became a storehouse of ecstasy
And everyone could now understand the Lord�s supremacy

Then one day on the order of his Lord
He went to transcendentally bind the people with his �cord�
But Jagai and Madhai were filling him with dismay
They hated this Harinam movement and hit him with a pot made of clay

Then Vishwambar came as angry as fire
The Sudarsan came upon his fiery desire
Nityananda however interrupted
And by his desire the rogues became liberated

Such are the glories of Nityananda
His entire personality was filled with prema
The Vedas describe of his appearance and disappearance
However of his glories there is no clearance!
One day Lord Chaitanya called Lord Nityananda near
He said, �Come close dear Nitai, and carefully hear�
The smarta brahmanas are making the world chaos
To defeat them I have decided to take sannyasa

Lord Nityananda�s heart immediately broke
He knew the Lord was speaking no joke
He sent out the news to Saci, Gadadhara and Brahmananda
Not to forget Chandrasekhar and the amazing singer Mukunda

Lord Chaitanya became a sannyasi and got his ekadanda
Here in the Nityananda Charitamrita starts the Antya Khanda
Lord Nityananda broke his danda in three
The Lord was outwardly angry but continued to declare, �Nityananda is dear to me!�

At Raghava Pandit�s house did Nityananda have his grand bathing
In ecstacy the devotees were not aware of anything
Lord Nityananda was chanting �Haribol!� and around the room he was prancing
Lord Chaitanya secretly came just to witness his dancing

Some envious people decided to steal Lord Nityananda�s jewels
They came to Hiranya Pandit�s house at night with knives and many tools
By Nidra devi, Yogamaya and the demigods they were deceived
They were not successful in their original plan but Nityananda�s mercy they received

A brahmana had on Lord Nityananda some baseless thoughts
Lord Chaitanya�s advice he sought
The Lord made sure those doubts were dispelled
And then Lord Nityananda made sure all the brahmanas anarthas were at once expelled

The Subal of Krishna-lila was Gauridasa Pandita
And his brother was no other than Suryadasa Pandit
Lord Chaitanya had ordered Lord Nityananda to marry
And in following the Lord�s order Nityananda did not tarry

He married the first daughter of Suryadasa Pandit named Jahnava
One day he was being served prasadam by the second daughter, Vasudha
Her sari was slipping but she manifested two more arms to put it on her head
Seeing this Nityananda asked for her hand. �Take her!� Suryadasa said

The time came for Nityananda to leave
Krishna bhakti was fixed so no one was left to grieve
He went back to Ekachakra where he appeared and merged into Sri Banka Raya
No one could find him no matter how hard they did try

Such are the glories of Nityananda
His entire personality is filled with prema
The Vedas describe of his appearance and disappearance
However of his glories there is no clearance!

I hope this humble attempt at poetry will please Your Divine Grace.

I end with the following, which is coming from my heart:
'tomara koruna na hoile khandiya khandiya prana na rakhibo ara'

I also take this opportunity to ask forgiveness at Your lotus feet for all the offenses I have committed. A Guru is particularly magnanimous on the Vyasa Puja Day so I hope that You will forgive me.

Your most insignificant servant,
Sridevi Sandhini dasi



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Are martial arts favorable?


Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

i would like to know, if training-exercising of martial arts, like for example judo, favorable is for a devotee?

Thank You very much,
Matus



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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008


Dear Guruji and all Vaisnavas,

     Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Jaya Guru Parampara!

     With all humility I offer you my deepest respect and love on your glorious appearance day. The Lord is indeed merciful to grant the worst of sinners like me to have your glorious association which has managed to sow the seed of devotion in the midst of unlimited filth that resides in my heart. I have been the recipient of Lord Nityananda's infinite mercy which wouldn't have been possible if it had not been for your wondrous preaching which has opened the doors not only for me but for countless devotees both in the present and in the future. All glories to the mercy that you have shown to me though your devoted disciple Hadai Nityananda Dasa prabhu!

     I was greatly inspired and felt the power of the names of Nityananda and Gauranga when I heard them uttered from your holy lips in your videos.

     I know not any great words that are suitable to praise your glories and your accomplishments , i.e. inagurating the preaching of Nityananda Gauranga naama against all odds in the age of Kali. I again offer my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet and I hope I will attain higher levels of devotional service to all Vaisnavas and the Lord under your guidance.

The most vile sinner,

Vignesh



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