Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Dear Gurudev,

Nityanada ! Gauranga ! Hare Krishna !

I am feeling very guilty to write so late. Unfortunately I realized about this just today. May be this is a good lesson for me to know how much behind I am in spiritual progress compared to the young and elder devotees here.

My heart really has unlimited love for you but I am finding it very difficult to put them in words here.

I still remember when I chatted with you for the first time in April this year I was criticizing Nityananda Gauranga Naam. Yet you were so merciful, you patiently kept on explaining the truth to me and finally by your mercy I got convinced about the truth. I agree that for offending you that time I should have been punished but still by your mercy you made that association into a benediction for me.

I have been so selfish in talking to you. I always kept on disturbing you with my material problems ( even till date ) still you so kindly and patiently kept on hearing it and kept on increasing my enthusiasm in bhakti.

I know I am very weak in bhakti but as long as I have your association I am simply not scared of any fall down. I have associated with lots of devotees but only association with you has proved to be a benediction for me. Of course this proves that you are such a powerful representative of Lord Nityananda. So many times simply thinking of you have brought tears in my eyes. I still remember just recently I cried continuously for hours thinking about the mercy you showed to me by patiently hearing me all the time. When I don't talk to you either by chat or phone I get totally mad and have thus made it a habbit to talk to you regularly. As I said I am not being able to express my love for you properly in words here but I am sure you have read the love in my heart for you. One thing I want to tell you for sure about which there is no doubt. You are the best guru in past, present and future and I am PROUD to be your disciple.

Jaya Gurudev ! Jaya Guruparampara !

Your Eternal Servant,
Mihir.

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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Dear and most respected Swamiji and all the Viashnavas,

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

  I' m very sorry for coming so late on this forum. I fall at your feet a hundred times and beg forgiveness. I was out of station and returned only today.

    This most worthless and worst sinner has been given the most merciful names of Nityaananda! and Gauraanga! by your grace. And this rascal doesn't have the courtesy to arrive in time for your vyasa puja. Im so sorry. If it weren't for you and Hadai prabhu this dog would have been residing in the worst hells as long as the creation existed.

   Indeed the Vaishnavas are moist merciful. Else how could the most glorious names Nityaananda Gauraanga come out of my mouth. With as straw in mouth I fall at the feet of all Vaishnavas and ask forgiveness for all offences I have commited at your lotus feet.

    This open preaching of these most merciful names Nityananda and Gauranga as inagurated by you is a very bold and courageous move to throw all the confidential secrets into the open for the benefit of all the fallen souls in the Kali Yuga inspite of all the opposition faced by stereotyped prejudices and misconceptions. Books like Navadvipa Dham Mahatmya are virtually screaming from the spiritual world to make all of us chant Nitaai Gaura, yet it takes a genius who has the full mercy of the Lord and Guru to notice that treasure right before our eyes and understand its importance.

      And regarding the poem; What a compositon!!! Marvelous!! Indeed Sridevi Dasi, you have recieved the full mercy Nitaai and Guru! It has given us so much inspiration. You are so fortunate to chant the holy names Nityananda Gauranga and Hare Krishna at such a young age. You pleased Swamiji a lot and we all pray you continue the Lord all the Vaishnavas with your marvelous service.

      With this, I agree with Srinath and I also commit myself to work more sincerely and serve you better Swamiji and all Vaishnavas. I am sorry for my sloppy chanting and all other offenses and I promise to put that behind and be more sincere from now on.

Most worthless and insincere fellow,

Venkat

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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! I fully agree with Srinath. Sridevi's Nitaai Lilaa offering is easily one of the best merciful compositions in the English poem form which I have read. Sridevi's Nitaai and Ekachakraa Nishtha is certainly unique and remarkable at such a young age which proves that she is continuing her strong Nitaai Sambandha from previous lives. Also, she likes to read Nitaai Kathaa and our Acharyas books and remembers those pastimes with a humble mood, which is a very good quality. Though I don't know how to sing properly, I will endeavour to sing this English song after a few days, for my own purification. I already sang it to myself today and found myself in tears.

Daaso'smi, BRS Swami Gaurangapada.

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Shri Kamyavana Forest Video

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Our Kamyavana forest visit was most ecstatic. I cannot express it in words. It is something to be realized, relished and cherished forever. I took an ecstatic bath in the Vimala Kunda. After the bath, I felt as if I am associate of the Lord. I prayed to the Lord to fulfill my most cherished desire of Nityaananda Gauraanga Naama spreading all over the world to deliver all the living entities. The most ecstatic moment was the Holy Darshan of Shrimati Vrindadevi's original Deity. Vrinda Devi is a red deity with big black eyes. This deity of Vrinda Devi has ten arms, which are always covered by her dress. I felt like dancing jubilantly before Shrimati Vrindadevi and receive instructions from her on how to serve Shri Shri Radha Krishna and the Gopies. This deity of Vrinda Devi was originally installed by Vajranabha 4,900 years ago. This deity was rediscovered by Shrila Rupa Gosvami on the bank of Brahma Kunda, in Vrindavana. He installed the deity in a small temple next to the Radha Govinda Temple. Later, due to fear of an attack on the temples in Vrindavana by the Muslims, the king of Jaipur decided to take Vrinda Devi, Radha Gopinatha, Radha Madana-Mohan, and Radha Govinda to Jaipur. But when they reached Kamyavana, Vrinda Devi refused to go any further. So it is not just a Deity, it is Vrindadevi herself. No can pariticipate in the pastimes of Shri Shri Radha Krishna without Vrindadevi. Other places to see are Kameshvara Shiva, Charana Pahadi, Chaurasi Khamba, Dharma Kunda, Setubandha, Bhojana Thali, Vyomasura's cave etc.

Daaso'smi, BRS Swami Gaurangapada.

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The Forest of Shri Kokilvana Video

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Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Our visit to the Vraja forest of Shri Kokilavana was very ecstatic. Jatila refused to send Shrimati Radha outside so Lord Krishna would dress up like a cuckoo bird here and cry out in a voice imitating the sound of a cuckoo. Even though everyone could feel the distinct sweetness of the voice of this Krishna cuckoo, only Shrimati Radha and the Gopies were able to identify that it is Lord Krishna Himself. As you can see the video, the kirtana in the Shri Shri Radha Kokileshvara temple was very ecstatic. I felt quite absorbed in the mood of hearing the voice of Lord Krishna as a cuckoo crying out for Shrimati Radhika. I received a glimpse of the separation which Lord Krishna felt for Shrimati Radha. I was so grateful to the Lord. When one goes to a specific pastime place and sincerely engages in Gaura Vihita Kirtana, one can feel and realize the Pastimes at that specific place by the mercy of the Lord.

Daaso'smi, BRS Swami Gaurangapada.

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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Dear Vaisnavas,

         Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Jaya Guru Parampara! Please accept my respectful obeisances!

         I am only 19 years old now and a college student. So are many of my friends on the sanga. But since you have mentioned you are only 14, I see the practical proof that in bhakti age is no bar or qualification to serving the Lord and Vaisnavas. I have a lot to learn from youngsters like yourself as on the spiritual platform, devotion to the Lord and the Vaisnavas is the only qualification. Consider the case of Markandeya Rishi who offered obeisances to the then 12-year old Parasara Muni saying, "A person's real age is the number of years he has remembered Visnu." By that standard I am only an infant.

         Our gurudeva is also an outstanding example as he has been preaching Nitaai Gaura naam right from his college days onwards. In the eyes of the external world he is only 36 years old but on the platform of devotion ........... well what can I say except the fact that I am so fortunate to come into the association of such a great soul and his devoted disciples even though I am completely unworthy of all this mercy.

          This new year, let us all sincerely resolve to commit ourselves even more sincerely to the service of sri-gurdeva and the Lord and all the Vaisnavas. I believe that is the best thing we can give back to the spiritual master for all that he has done for us. We are so insignificant that we may never realise the full value and glories of the guru and how finding a genuine spiritual master is so rare in this degraded age of Kali, where 99.99% of all so-called gurus are merely cheaters of themselves and those who come to them. 

          We must all forgive ourselves and each other for our limitations and look beyond and see everyone as devotees of the Lord with their rightful place in the Lord's party.  This will help one and all to overcome the differences which they may have had and all offenses that may have been committed knowingly or unknowingly. The entire ocean of the eternal religion of the Vaisnavas is summed up in one line : "To serve with loving devotion" Therefore we must always continuously aim to serve better and better. Even if we make a million slips, we must never give up in the name of shame. The more one becomes the servant of the servant of the servants, the more and more the Lord becomes pleased.  Therefore another line : "Never give up! There is no top. The higher a devotee's progress, the more the scope for progressing higher still."

           Saying all this I admit that my progress this year has been almost nil, with all the input only from the side of the guru and his disciples, and I have not made any sincere attempt. Asking you to forgive me for that, this time I will definitely try to better my service card and I am happy that I have all of your association on this sanga despite everything and I pray that it will continue in the future also.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath

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Re: Vyasa Puja Dec 1 2008

Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna!

Srinath prabhu: Please don't embarrass me with Your words that are so filled with humility. I am only 14 years old, and spiritually and materially speaking all of the devotees here are my seniors. So please shower me with Your blessings if You are pleased upon me, and when You all see me straying, please instruct me.

We should only praise the pure Vaishnavas, like Srila Gurudeva, and Sri Nitaai Himself. Praise is equal to poison for a person like me.

Today I humbly beg at the lotus feet of all the Vaishnavas to forgive me for all of my offenses. I am young and do not know good from bad. All of You Vaishnavas are extremely merciful, so I have hope that You will all shower Your mercy upon this maha papi.

I especially want to ask forgiveness from Srila Gurudeva, Bhakta Matus and Nava Gauranga prabhu. I have conversed more often with these great souls, so probably I have committed more offenses unto Them.

Jai Nitaai!

Your insignificant servant,
Sridevi Sandhini dasi

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