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Thursday, April 30, 2009

2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (31)


(31) SEKTIERERTUM IM SPIRITUELLEN LEBEN

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur im Krischna Samhita 8.22, Vers und Erl�uterung stammen von ihm:

sampradaya-virodho 'yam davanalo vicintyate

�Das elfte Hinderniss f�r die Vaishnavas ist das Sektierertum, welches die Form eines Waldbrandes annimmt. Durch Sektierertum kann eine Person jemand ausserhalb der eigenen Gruppe nicht als einen Vaishnava annehmen, und als Folge davon ist er mit vielen Hindernissen auf der Suche nach einem spirituellen Meister und der Gemeinschaft mit ernsthaften Gottgeweihten konfrontiert. Deshalb muss der Waldbrand unbedingt durch Aufgabe dieser Haltung gel�scht werden.�

Srila Prabhupada schreibt: �Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami respektiert alle Prediger der Bewegung von Caitanya Mahaprabhu gleichermassen, welche mit den �sten eines Baumes verglichen werden. ISKCON ist einer dieser �ste.� (Caitanya Caritamrita Adi-Lila 10.7, Erl�uterung)

�Es gibt viele Gesellschaften und Gemeinschaften von reinen Gottgeweihten, und wenn jemand mit nur wenig Glaube anf�ngt, in solch einer Gesellschaft Gemeinschaft zu pflegen, wird sein Fortschritt zu reinem hingebungsvollem Dienst rasch erfolgen.� (Nektar der Hingabe, Kapitel 19, Seite 41)

�Gruppendenken � der grosse Feind der Wahrheit � wird den Wahrheitssuchenden immer verwirren, welcher die Wahrheit in den religi�sen Schriften seines Landes sucht, und ihn glauben lassen, dass die absolute Wahrheit nirgendwo ausser in seinen alten religi�sen Schriften zu finden sei.� (Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)

�Bez�glich der Sch�lernachfolge von Arjuna her kommend, bedeutet Sch�lernachfolge nicht unbedingt, dass man offiziell eingeweiht werden muss. Sch�lernachfolge bedeutet, die Schlussfolgerung der J�nger anzunehmen.� (Srila Prabhupada in einem Brief an Dinesh, Tittenhurst, 31.Oktober 1969)

�Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada erkl�rt, dass es zwei Arten von Sch�lernachfolge gibt:  Bhagavata und Pancaratriki. Pancaratriki bedeutet die Linie vom Guru zum J�nger, oder Vater zum Sohn, aber die Essenz k�nnte verloren gehen. Dahingegen kann jemand in der Bhagavata parampara weit entfernt wohnen und nicht formell von einem Guru eingeweiht sein, aber er hat den Geist von Caitanya verstanden. Die Pancaratriki parampara wird unausweichlich im Laufe der Zeit zerfallen.� (Aus dem bald erscheinenden Buch von  Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja �ber Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada)

�Ein Sannyasi sollte eine Institution haben, deren Ziel das Predigen vom Krischnabewusstsein ist.� Srimad Bhagavatam 7.13.34

�Als Kesava Bharati zu Ihm nach Hause kam, fragte ihn der Herr, ob er Ihm den Lebensstand der Entsagung gew�hren m�ge. Das war eine Formsache. Der Lebensstand der Entsagung muss von einem anderen Sannyasi angenommen werden.� (Srila Prabhupada in der Einleitung zum Bhagavatam)

�Von all diesen ist der Lebensstand der Entsagung, der Stand eines Sannyasis, der h�chste von allen, und der Sannyasi ist der rechtm�ssige spirituelle Meister der anderen St�nde und Abteilungen.� (Bhagavatam 1.3.13 Erl�uterung)

Caitanya Caritamrita Adi-Lila 17.265, Erl�uterung: �Von allen spirituellen St�nden ist der Stand des Sannyasa der h�chste. Deshalb ist der Sannyasi der spirituelle Meister aller Varnas und Ashramas, und auch von einem Brahmana wird erwartet, dass er einem Sannyasi Ehrerbietung darbringt.�

�Man ist verpflichtet, einem Sannyasi Respekt zu zollen, weil ein Sannyasi als der Meister aller Varnas und Ashramas angesehen wird.� (Einleitung zum Bhagavatam S.15)

�Jemand, der ein Haush�lter ist, aber von einem Sannyasi eingeweiht wurde, ist verpflichtet, das Krischnabewusstsein zu Hause zu verbreiten ... Es gibt vielf�ltige Literatur um das Krischnabewusstsein zu verbreiten, und es ist die Pflicht eines jeden Haush�lters von seinem spirituellen Meister �ber Krischna zu lernen.� (Bhagavatam 3.21.31, Erl�uterung)

�Im Varnasrama-System wird der Sannyasi, oder derjenige im Lebensstand der Entsagung, als Oberhaupt oder spiritueller Meister aller gesellschaftlichen Stellungen und St�nde angesehen.� Bhagavat Gita 16.1-3, Erl�uterung)

�Darum k�nnen die Sannyasis in der Linie von Caitanya Mahaprabhu �berall vom Krischnabewusstsein sprechen, und wenn jemand aufrichtig gewillt ist ein Sch�ler zu werden, wird ihn der Sannyasi sicher annehmen. Ohne die Sch�lerzahl zu vermehren, kann das Krischnabewusstsein nicht verbreitet werden.� (Srila Prabhupada im Nektar der Hingabe, Kapitel 7)

�Der Gedanke einer organisierten Kirche in einer verst�ndlichen Form, ist tats�chlich das Ende einer lebendigen spirituellen Bewegung. Die grossen kirchlichen Einrichtungen sind wie die Deiche und D�mme, welche den Strom aufhalten sollen, welcher durch solche Vorrichtungen nicht gehalten werden kann. Sie sind vielmehr ein Ausdruck des Wunsches seitens der Masse, eine spirituelle Bewegung f�r ihre eigenen Zwecke auszun�tzen. Sie zeigen auch unzweifelhaft das Ende der absoluten und unkonventionellen F�hrung des erm�chtigten spirituellen Lehrers auf. Die Menschen dieser Welt verstehen vorsorgliche Systeme, sie k�nnen keine Ahnung vom unvorbereiteten, positiven ewigen Leben haben. Auch kann es keine irdische Erfindung geben, um das Leben ewig auf dieser weltlichen Ebene f�r die Masse zu erhalten.� (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, Harmonist 29.7)

�Warum gibt es diese Politik? Das ist nicht gut. Wenn die Politik anf�ngt, wird das Predigen zum Stillstand kommen. Das ist die Schwierigkeit. Sobald es Politik gibt, wird alles zerst�rt.� (Klasse von Srila Prabhupada am 30.September 1975)

�Wir sollten vorsichtig sein mit Machtk�mpfen. Unser alleiniges Ziel sollte sein, dass ein jeder Gottgeweihter sich ganz Krischna hingibt, dann wird alles gut gehen.� (Klasse von Srila Prabhupada vom 19.Juli 1973)

Kommentar von BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada:

Ein Acharya wie Srila Prabhupada ist ein Jagadguru, genau wie die Sonne. Die Sonne ist nie indisch, amerikanisch, chinesisch u.s.w. Jeder kann sich in jedem Land im Sonnenlicht sonnen. Genauso kann jeder �berall auf der Welt den Anweisungen des Acharyas folgen und predigen, um ihn und die Herrschaften Sri Sri Nityananda-Gauranga zufrieden zu stellen, ungeachtet ob er offiziell innerhalb der Gesellschaft ist, welche dieser Acharya gegr�ndet hat, oder ausserhalb von ihr, oder auch in einer anderen Organisation. Die �usserliche Zugeh�rigkeit zu einer bestimmten Organisation hat �berhaupt nichts mit der praktischen Anwendung der Lehren und Anweisungen des erhabenen Acharyas zu tun.

Tats�chlich ist die wirkliche und wahre Gesellschaft des Acharyas da zu finden, wo ein Gottgeweihter ernsthaft versucht den Lehren des Acharyas zu folgen, ob innerhalb oder ausserhalb der vier W�nde einer Institution. Manchmal mag eine Person �usserlich innerhalb der vier W�nde der Organisation, welche vom Acharya gegr�ndet wurde, sein, aber wenn man abweicht von den Anweisungen vom spirituellen Lehrer, den Heiligen und den Schriften (guru, sadhu, shastra) kann man nicht wirklich in der reinen Vaishnava Gesellschaft sein, wie es vom Acharya vorgesehen war. Das ist was mit Krischna- oder Gauranga- Bewusstsein gemeint ist. W�nde haben kein Bewusstsein, es ist in den Herzen der Gottgeweihten. Die Treue zu den Lehren eines Acharyas ist keine sektiererische Erscheinung. Auch sollte man zuerst sein Haus reinigen, bevor man behauptet, dass niemand ausserhalb des Hauses rein sein kann.
Wie Srila Bhaktisiddhanta in seinem aussergew�hnlichen, obengenannten Zitat aufzeigt, mag eine organisatorische Einrichtung, geschaffen von einem unkonventionellen Acharya, welcher von der spirituellen Welt hinabgestiegen ist, in seiner k�rperlichen Abwesenheit bestehen oder auch nicht; aber seine ewigen Lehren sind in Wahrheit das Leben und die Seele seiner Nachfolger, welche auch erst in tausend jahren geboren werden m�gen. Der Bhagavat Gita zufolge, wurde sogar die Parampara, welche von Krischna selbst angefangen wurde, durch den Zerfall der Zeit unterbrochen. Also macht es keinen Sinn, einfach an den Schatten oder den �usserlichen vier W�nden einer Organisation festzuhalten, welche sowieso vom Zahn der Zeit verwittert wird. Was man wirklich beachten muss, ist das Vani der Acharyas. Weil sie durch dieses Mittel ewiglich in dieser Welt bleiben um ihre Nachfolger zu f�hren, welche vielleicht �usserlich in einer anderen oder gar keiner Organisation sind.

Eine Vaishnava Organisation zum Predigen sollte als einen der �ste der Gaudiya Parampara verstanden werden. Wenn sie aber darauf besteht, dass sie der einzige Zweig ist und die Gottgeweihten anderer Organisationen abweist, begeht sie die gr�ssten Vergehen durch parteiische, intolerante und dogmatische sektiererische �berlegungen, welche zu Vaishnava Aparadha in grossem Umfang f�hren. Dies ist in der Vergangenheit wiederholt geschehen und jedermann kennt auch die Folgen davon. Aber immer noch scheinen Menschen nicht von ihren eigenen Fehlern oder den Fehlern anderer aus der Vergangenheit zu lernen und deshalb scheuen sie nicht davor zur�ck, andere sogleich zu kritisieren, aus einem engstirnigen, intoleranten und sektiererischen Verst�ndnis heraus. Tats�chlich wurde es zu einer Art von Angewohnheit oder Berauschung, sich damit zu besch�ftigen, Gottgeweihte ausserhalb der eigenen Gruppe herabzuw�rdigen. Niemand denkt an die ernsthaften Folgen, falls diejenige Person, welche herabgesetzt wird, ernsthaft den Wunsch hat, Guru und Gauranga zufriedenzustellen, auch wenn er scheinbar anders handelt oder predigt, in einer �usserlich anderen Gruppe, als diejenige, welche ihn kritisiert. Aber es erstaunt nicht, da man sich sogar innerhalb der Gruppe gegenseitig kritisiert, also kann man offensichtlich auch erwarten, dass sie jeden ausserhalb der Gruppe oder diejenigen welche die Gruppe verlassen, ebenfalls  kritisieren, ohne sich im geringsten um die Beweggr�nde zu k�mmern. Sowohl innerliche wie �usserliche Schlammschlachten werden zu einem Bestandteil des Lebens oder zu einer starken, un�berwindbaren Angewohnheit in diesen engstirnigen, weltlichen Gruppierungen.

SCHLUSSFOLGERUNG: Man sollte deshalb Gemeinschaft mit Gauranga Bhaktas pflegen und von ihnen h�ren, und nicht auf der Basis eines solch weltlichen Verst�ndnisses von Organisationen. Vielmehr sollte man auf ihr Festhalten an den Lehren von Guru-Sadhu-Shastra achten und wie sch�n sie die Anweisungen von Guru und Gauranga umsetzen, und wie viel Vertrauen sie in das Chanten der heiligen Namen von Nityananda, Gauranga und Hare Krischna haben.



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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Re: 03 The Science of the Mantra Healing Seminar 26-04-09 Video


Dear Gurudev,

Nityaananda ! Gauraanga ! Hare Krishna !

Dandavat Pranaams.

Unfortunately I am in a place where computers with good speakers are not available. I am not able to hear such wonderful videos posted. May be when Lord Nitaai grants permission I will be able to hear such necterful videos.

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Mihir.



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2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (30)


(30) ALLE BEWOHNER VON NAVADVIPA CHANTEN IMMERZU DIE NAMEN VON NITYANANDA UND GAURANGA

Aus dem Jaiva Dharma Kapitel 3 von Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:

Der heilige Entsagte (Sannyasi) sagte: �Ah! Jetzt kann ich diesen wundervollen, segensreichen heiligen Ort sehen. Das Ufer der Ganga ist pr�chtig, ges�umt mit dem Licht zahlreicher Juwelen-Pal�ste, Tempel und S�ulenhallen. An vielen Orten erschallt lautstarkes Chanten der Namen von Hari. Hunderte von Gottgeweihten spielen auf der Vina, chanten und tanzen wie Narada Muni.�

�An einem Ort erscheint der Herr der Halbg�tter, Shiva in einer weissen Form. Indem er auf einer Dambaru-Trommel spielt, chantet er: �Oh Gauranga, Erhalter des Universums, bitte sei mir gn�dig!� Immer wieder wild tanzend f�llt er schliesslich zu Boden.�

�Woanders h�lt der viergesichtige Brahma zu einer Versammlung von Weisen einen Vortrag �ber die Veden. Er zitiert die Verse und erkl�rt diese Worte dann genau (Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.12): �Die h�chste Pers�nlichkeit Gottes ist Gauranmga Mahaprabhu, welcher transzendentale Erleuchtung ausstrahlt. Nur schon mit Ihm zusammen zu sein ist genauso wie im unzerst�rbaren Bramajyoti zu sein.�

�An einem anderen Ort springen Indra und die Halbg�tter hoch und chanten: �Ehre sei Gauranga! Ehre sei Nityananda!� Die V�gel auf den Zweigen zwitschern: �Gauranga! Nityananda!� Alle sind berauscht vom Trinken des Nektars von Gaurangas heiligen Namen. Aus den G�rten in den vier Himmelsrichtungen kommen summende Ger�usche. Berauscht vom Nektar von Gaurangas heiligem Namen, erf�llt Prakriti-devi (die G�ttin der Natur) alle Orte mit Sch�nheit und Pracht. Jetzt, da ich Sri Mayapura sehe, was kann ich nicht sehen? Was sehe ich jetzt?�

Indem er an seinen spirituellen Meister dachte, sagte er: �Oh Meister, jetzt kann ich es verstehen. Dank deiner Barmherzigkeit kann ich das spirituelle Mayapura sehen. Von diesem Tag an werde ich mit den Geweihten von Gauranga zusammen bleiben, und Seinen Namen chanten. Nachdem ich das spirituelle Mayapura gesehen habe, werde ich Tulasi-Perlen und Tilaka tragen, und die Schrift der heiligen Namen. Dies werde ich tun.� Indem er es immer und immer wieder sagte, wurde der Heilige f�r eine kurze Zeit bewusstlos.

Nach einer Weile kam er wieder zu sich. Aber er konnte die wunderbare spirituelle Vision, welche er gesehen hatte, nicht mehr sehen. Er weinte sehr und sagte: �Ich bin sehr ungl�cklich. Dank der Gnade meines spirituellen Meisters konnte ich f�r einen Augenblick den heiligen Ort von Sri Navadvipa sehen.�



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Monday, April 27, 2009

03 The Science of the Mantra Healing Seminar Video


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Sunday, April 26, 2009

2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (29)


(29) DER NAME VON GAURANGA IST DER WICHTIGSTE ALLER HAUPT-NAMEN VON KRISCHNA

(I) Im Brihad-vishnu-sahasranama-stotra, Uttara-khanda, Padma Purana (72.335) steht:

rama rameti rameti, rame rame manorame;
sahasra-namabhis tulyam, rama-nama varanane.

Shiva spricht zu seiner Frau Durga: �Oh Frau mit dem sch�nen Gesicht (Varanana), ich chante den heiligen Namen von Rama, Rama, Rama, und erfreue mich auf diese Weise immerzu an diesem wundersamen Klang. Der heilige Name von Ramacandra ist gleichwertig wie tausend heilige Namen von Vishnu (Vishnu-sahasra-nama-stotram).�

(II) Im Padma Purana wird erw�hnt:

vishnor ekaika naampi, sarva vedadhikam matam
tadrk naam sahasrena, rama naam samasmritam

�Jeder Name von Vishnu ist gr�sser und kraftvoller als alle vedischen Schriften zusammen, und Ramas Name ist m�chtiger als tausend Namen von Vishnu.�

(III) Im  Brahmanda Purana heisst es:

sahasra-namnam punyanam, trir-avrittya tu yat phalam; ekavrittya tu krishnasya, naamikam tat prayacchati.

�Die frommen Ergebnisse, die man f�r das dreimalige Chanten der tausend heiligen Namen von Vishnu erlangt, und diejenigen f�r das dreimalige Chanten des heiligen Namens von Rama, k�nnen auch durch das einmalige Aussprechen des heiligen Namens von Krischna erlangt werden.�

(IV) Prabhasa Khanda vom Padma Purana erkl�rt:

namnam mukhyataram naam,
krishnakhyam me parantapa;
prayascittam aseshenam papanam mocakam param.

�Oh Arjuna, der heilige Name von Krischna ist der herausragendste (mukhyataram) aller Gottesnamen. Man kann f�r unz�hlige S�nden b�ssen, indem man den heiligen Namen von Krischna chantet, welcher der h�chste Zerst�rer aller S�nden ist.�

(V) Und schliesslich steht im  Brahma-Rahasya:

krishna-caitanyeti naam, mukhyan mukhyatamam prabhoh;
helaya sakrid uccarya, sarva-nama-phalam labhet.

�Der heilige Name von Krischna Caitanya oder Gauranga ist der allerh�chste (mukhyan) aller wichtigen und erhabensten (mukhyatamam) heiligen Namen von Krischna. Durch das einmalige Chanten dieses Namens erlangt eine Person die spirituellen Resultate (punya) des Chantens aller anderen heiligen Namen von Gott.�

Also k�nnen wir aus diesen f�nf �beraus wichtigen Versen ohne weiteres zum folgenden Schluss kommen:

Zweitrangige Namen von Gott wie Brahma, Paramatma, Srishtikarta u.s.w. bringen uns nur zu den himmlischen Planeten oder gew�hren uns bestenfalls Befreiung (Mukti). Aber die folgenden Hauptnamen von Gott k�nnen die Seele zu den Vaikuntha Planeten in der spirituellen Welt erheben:

Vishnus Name: Der Hauptname von Gott, m�chtiger als alle Veden zusammen.

Ramas Name: Wichtiger (Mukhya) Hauptname Gottes, entspricht tausend Namen von Vishnu.

Krischnas Name: Wichtigster (Mukhyataram) Hauptname Gottes, entspricht drei Namen von Rama oder 3000 Namen von Vishnu.

Gaurangas Name: Allerwichtigster (Mukhyan) Name unter den wichtigsten (Mukhyatamam) Namen Krischnas, die Summe alle spirituellen Resultate vom Chanten der anderen Namen (Krischna, Rama und Vishnu) k�nnen erlangt werden.

Bitte beachte, dass f�r die befreiten Seelen �berhaupt kein Unterschied besteht zwischen den heiligen Namen von Krischna und Gauranga (sie sind gleich m�chtig und v�llig gleich), aber f�r die bedingten Seelen ist der Name von Gauranga noch segensreicher als der Name von Krischna. Deshalb sind die obengenannten Unterschiede, wie sie in den Schriften beschrieben werden, nur in Bezug auf den spirituellen Nutzen, den die bedingten und nicht die befreiten Seelen erlangen, wenn sie diese Namen chanten. Da es keinen Unterschied zwischen Krischna und Gauranga gibt, erzielen die vergehensfreien, befreiten Seelen das gleiche Resultat mit dem Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas wie mit dem Chanten vom Hare Krischna Mahamantra, also k�nnen sie irgendeines davon chanten und den gleichen, ganzen Segen erhalten. Aber das gilt nicht f�r die bedingten Seelen, weil ihre Vergehen auf der bedingten Stufe das volle Licht und die ganze Kraft des Hare Krischna Mahamantras daran hindern, zu ihnen durchzudringen. Aber gem�ss dem Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya (aparadha sattva jiva labhe prema dhana and aparadha badha tara kichu nahi kare) ist die ganze Macht und Kraft der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas auch f�r die bedingten und vergehensvollen Chanter uneingeschr�nkt zug�nglich.

Mukhya ist die erste Stufe,  Mukhyataram die zweite und Mukhyatamam ist die dritte Stufe der Gewichtung. Somit ist gem�ss den obengenannten Versen aus den Schriften Ramas Name Mukhya, Krischnas Name  Mukhyataram und Gaurangas Name Mukhyan Mukhyatamam.

Im Visnu-yamala heisst es:

krishna-Chaitanya-namna ye, kirtayanti sakrin narah;
nanaparadha-muktas te, punanti sakalam jagat.

�Diejenigen, die den Namen von Krischna Caitanya oder Gauranga auch nur einmal chanten, werden von allen Vergehen befreit und reinigen die Welten allein durch ihre Gegenwart.�

Srila Jagadananda Pandita sagt im Prema-vivarta Kapitel 4:

gaura ye visala naam sei naam gau;
anya saba naam-mahatmya sei name pau.

�Die m�chtigsten Namen Gottes sind die Namen der m�chtigsten Inkarnation Gottes, welche als Gauranga bekannt ist. Die Herrlichkeit und Macht aller anderen Namen vom Vishnu Tattva, von Gott und den Halbg�ttern sind vollst�ndig in den Namen von Gauranga Mahaprabhu enthalten und deshalb sollten diese immerzu gechantet werden.�

gaura bina guru nahi ei bhava samsare; sakala gauranga bhakti shikhau sabare.

�Es gibt in der Welt keinen gr�sseren Lehrer als den Namen von Gauranga und den Herrn Selbst. Also lehre jeden, den du antriffst, den Vorgang von Gauranga Bhakti durch das Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas und des Hare Krischna Mahamantras.�

Wer in dieser Welt wird also, angesichts dieser anerkannten Aussagen der Schriften �ber die h�chste  Herrlichkeit des Namens von Gauranga, nicht die Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas zusammen mit dem Hare Krischna Mahamantra chanten? Und wer kann den Mut aufbringen, die zitierten vedischen Aussagen herauszufordern, und andere davon abzuhalten, die h�chst barmherzigen Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga mit dem Mahamantra zu chanten?



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Friday, April 24, 2009

2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (29)


(28) MAN KANN GLEICHZEITIG GAURANGA DURCH DAS CHANTEN DES GAURA-GOPALA MANTRAS UND RADHA-KRISCHNA MIT DEM HARE KRISCHNA MAHAMANTRA VEREHREN

Nach einem der bedeutendsten vedischen B�cher, Jaiva Dharma von Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, gibt es drei Arten von Gottgeweihten, welche Einlass in den heiligsten Ort Goloka Vrindavana haben (Jaiva Dharma, Kap. 17):

Vrajanatha: Was ist die letztendliche Bestimmung einer Seele, welche sich Gauranga hingegeben hat?

Babaji: Krischna und Gauranga sind nicht verschieden. Sie sind beide Beh�ltnisse der Eigenschaft von S�sse (Madhurya-Rasa). Es gibt einen Unterschied. Die S�sse des Herrn (Madhurya-Rasa) hat zwei Eigenschaften: Anmut (Madhurya) und Barmherzigkeit (Audarya). Wenn die Anmut �berwiegt, manifestiert sich Krischna. Wenn die Barmherzigkeit �berwiegt, manifestiert sich Gauranga. Die spirituelle Welt von Vrindavana ist in zwei heilige Orte aufgeteilt: in den Ort von Krischna und den Ort von Gauranga. Die ewig vollkommenen und befreiten Seelen, f�r welche zuerst Anmut und dann Barmherzigkeit kommt, wohnen im heiligen Ort von Krischna. Sie sind Krischnas Gef�hrten. Die ewig vollkommenen und befreiten Seelen, f�r welche zuerst Barmherzigkeit und dann Anmut kommt, wohnen im heiligen Ort von Gauranga. Sie sind Gaurangas Gef�hrten. Einige Seelen zeigen zwei Formen, und wohnen an beiden Orten gleichzeitig. Andere Seelen manifestieren nur eine Form, und sind so nur an einem dieser heiligen Orte und nicht am anderen. Seelen, welche in ihrer spirituellen Praxis nur Gauranga verehrt haben, werden, wenn sie die Vollkommenheit erlangt haben, zu Gaurangas heiligem Ort gehen und Ihm dort dienen, Seelen, welche w�hrend ihrer spirituellen Praxis nur Krischna verehrt haben, werden, wenn sie die Vollkommenheit erlangt haben, zu Krischnas heiligem Ort gehen und Ihm dort dienen. Seelen, welche w�hrend ihrer spirituellen Praxis sowohl Krischna als auch Gauranga gedient haben, werden, wenn sie die Vollkommenheit erlangen, zwei Formen manifestieren und zu Krischnas und Gaurangas heiligen Orten gehen, und in ihren zwei Formen beiden Herrschaften gleichzeitig dienen. Die Wahrheit, dass Gauranga und Krischna gleichzeitig eins und verschieden sind, ist ein sehr vertrauliches Geheimnis.

Kommentar von BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada:

Es wird also sehr deutlich, dass es drei Arten von Seelen gibt, welche den allerh�chsten Vaikuntha Planeten Goloka erreichen, welcher wiederum in zwei Teile aufgeteilt ist, Navadvipa und Vrindavana. Diejenigen, welche nur Gauranga durch das Chanten der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas verehren, kommen nach Navadvipa und diejenigen, welche nur Krischna durch das Chanten des Hare-Krischna-Mahamantras verehren, kommen nach Vrindavana, aber erst wenn sie von allen Vergehen frei geworden sind, was sehr lange dauern kann. Die dritte Art von Seelen sind diejenigen, welche gleichzeitig sowohl Gauranga als auch Krischna verehren, indem sie beide Namen chanten, sie werden gleichzeitig Navadvipa und Vrindavana in zwei spirituellen K�rpern betreten, nachdem sie die Vollkommenheit erlangt haben. Sogar die Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas k�nnen uns gem�ss dem Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya nach Vrindavana bringen, und sogar das Hare Krischna Mahamantra kann uns nach Navadvipa bringen, weil beide g�nzlich nicht-verschieden sind. Das gr�sste Problem ist aber, dass das Hare Krischna Mahamantra und der Name von Krischna f�r die bedingten Seelen die zehn Vergehen ber�cksichtigt, und so m�gen sie den offenbarten Schriften zufolge wohl keinen dieser beiden heiligen Orte erreichen, selbst nicht nach tausenden von Leben des alleinigen Chantens vom Hare Krischna Mahamantra.

Es ist sehr ungl�cklich und ungl�cksverheissend f�r die Welt, dass einige Gottgeweihte zwar t�glich die Bildgestalten Ihrer Herrschaften Nityananda-Gauranga verehren, aber gleichzeitig den erhabenen Vorgang des t�glichen Chantens der heiligen Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga auf der Gebetskette kritisieren. Dies ist ganz klar ein grosses Vergehen, wenn man zwischen der Bildgestalt (Form) des Herrn und Seinem heiligen Namen unterscheidet.

Stell dir vor, ein Gottgeweihter st�nde vor den Bildgestalten von Nityananda-Gauranga in einem Tempel. Und tausend Besucher fragen ihn an diesem Tag, was das f�r Bildgestalten sind, er w�re gezwungen die Nityanada- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas je tausend mal t�glich zu chanten. Also kann es nicht verboten sein. Nur weil du die am st�rksten reinigenden Tulasi Perlen in deiner Hand h�ltst, w�hrend du die Nityanada- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas chantest, wird es f�r einige zum Tabu. Zu sagen, dass Krischnas Name in der Form des Hare Krischna Mahamantras auf der Gebetskette gechantet werden kann, aber Gaurangas Name in der Form der Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas nicht, ist ganz klar eines der schlimmsten Vergehen, indem man n�mlich zwischen den heiligen Namen von Krischna und Gauranga unterscheidet.



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Re: My humble request


Dear lowerthanarat prabhu,

      Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble pranams!

       Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's complete verse by verse translation of the Chaitanya Bhagavata is available at krishna.com in these links: The adi khanda edition of this translation is available for download online in a number of places.

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       In the international website the total set is $133. Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta's purports to CB are so nectarian and detailed. He even explains the Bengali so that people may understand.

        We have purchased all the 7 volumes from India where it is much cheaper ($42 total) and it is incomparable nectar with all the original verses.

        I will see if there is a version that has the orignal slokas with the translation only. Thank you for requesting.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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Murari Gupta's realization


Dear devotees,

    Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! My humble pranams and obeisances!

    Chaitanya Bhagavata is the real treasure trove of devotion and contains the key to awakening Gaura bhakti in the hearts of all living entities. It is such pleasure to read and listen to these pastimes again and again. I would like to share with you one insight I got on Madhya Khanda Chapter 20.

     When Murari Gupta approached Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda, he offered obeisances to Lord Gauranga first. Lord Gauranga then corrected him in a dream saying that Lord Nityananda is older. But why did it appear like a 'violation' of etiquette? Murari Gupta is one of the greatest authorities of nyaya shastra in his own right and Lord Chaitanya regularly argued logic with him in his scholarly pastimes. He knows very well all the codes of etiquette.

     One layer of understanding is that Murari Gupta knew Lord Gauranga was the original source of all sources and Lord Nityananda is his expansion, so he offered obeisances to Lord Gauranga first. But this understanding was more of a logical sequence to me rather than a realization.

     But by the Lord's mercy another insight came which was so wonderful. Murari Gupta knows very well that Lord Nitaai is older to Lord Gaura by 12 years, why did he offer obeisances to Lord Gauranga first? The answer is that Murari Gupta is actually none other than Hanuman, the dearest servant of Lord Rama. He is totally devoted to Lord Ramachandra and according to his devotion Lord Gaurachandra reveals himself as Lord Rama to Murari.

     When Murari came to see the two Lords, he saw them as Lord Rama (Gauranga) and Lakshmana (Nityananda). Lakshmana is the younger brother in Rama lila so Murari offered obeisances to Lord Rama first, then he offered obeisances to Lakshmana. When asked about it, he said that he only followed the internal mood of Hanuman in his heart.

      Lord Gaurachandra was very pleased internally to see the devotion of Murari Gupta, but he also desired to reveal the speciality of this incarnation to him. In his dream Lord Gauranga appeared as Krishna and Lord Nitaai as Balarama to show Murari Gupta some truth about their forms of Krishna and Balarama. He wanted to show Murari Gupta that Krishna being the original source of all expansions, when he descends, all his incarnations including Lord Rama, Lord Vishnu, Lord Narasimha and all other expansions enter into him. Therefore in this incarnation, Lord Nityananda is Balarama with Lakshmana having entered into him and he is Krishna with Lord Rama's forms entered into him. At the time when Lord Gauranga appears, he takes precedence over all his expansions which bow before him and surrender all their opulences to him. Therefore, actually it is Lord Nityananda who is elder and Lord Gauranga who is younger being Balarama and Krishna respectively.

       Lord Gaura also revealed something about the mood of Krishna lila to Murari who is from Rama lila, telling him that Lord Ramachandra has entered into him and therefore the mood of Gaura Nitaai has taken over that of Lord Ramachandra-Lakshmana. The mood of Lord Rama and Lakshmana has now been superseded by that Lord Krishna Balarama as they are the original source of Lord Rama and Lakshmana and it is this relationship that is predominant in the pastimes of Gaura lila. It's very inconceivable to logic, but in the spiritual pastimes, the mood is what matters over the tattva. Now the Lord's original mood manifests over that of his expansions and therefore that is the mood that has to be given predominance.

       Realising the glories of Lord Nitaai, Murari Gupta got up and chanted "Nityananda! Nityananda!" over and over again as he saw that in this incarnation, Lord Nitaai is the older brother and so next time he offered obeisances to Lord Nityananda first then to Lord Gauranga. Now he said, "My Lord I only follow." Previously he followed his internal mood, now he followed the same mood that the Lord was openly manifesting as he revealed it to him showing that a devotee has no other desire accept to follow the Lord as He desires.

       Yet another realization from this is that seeing the Lord externally in person is indeed superior to seeing him internally in meditation. Murari Gupta always keeps Rama and Lakshmana in his heart literally so. In Ayodhya (Ramayana Uttara Khanda) he tore his heart open only to reveal that. But now Lord Gaura and Nitaai went into his heart and then when Murari Gupta left for home, Lord Nitaai Gaura stayed in his heart, as they do eternally always. Really these pastimes are all eternal!

       In Rama Lila Lakshmana always kept himself as a humble servant trying to hide behind Lord Rama. So in Gaura lila Lord Gauranga has kept it reverse so that the glories of Lord Nityananda can be revealed to all of existence and to all living entities.  It only goes to re-iterate the earlier realization I had that Lord Nityananda can be revealed only by Lord Gauranga's mercy. It is Lord Chaitanya who again and again reveals Lord Nityananda's glories everywhere. To understand the truth about Lord Nitaai, one has to get Lord Gauranga's mercy.

        The verse which says that only Hanuman received such mercy from Lord Ramachandra was the verse that revealed all this to me.

       How many truths of spiritual mellows are hidden in Chaitanya Bhagavata! It reveals the mood of every incarnation of Godhead and how all the devotees of all different mellows are united in one mellow in Gaura lila. This also shows the mercy of Lord Gauranga -- he reveals his topmost orignal form to devotees of all different moods and abodes and pastimes. Which is why they all experienced even more bliss than in their own unique lila. It is a fact that the bliss of all the Lord's expansions can be realized in the single form of Lord Gaurachandra himself. Everything is included in Him.

        How merciful is the Lord to reveal to this most useless wretch a glimpse of the heart of Murari Gupta, who is the first servant of Lord Gauranga-Ramachandra. It was so beautiful to get a glimpse of all these truths in one moment. I am not able to properly express my amazement at how many oceans of realization lie with a 2 line sloka of the Chaitanya Bhagavata. Lord Nityananda dictated the Chaitanya Bhagavata and his words have unlimited potency. Hidden under the mask of extreme simplicity is an unlimited ocean.

        I only share these realizations to you devotees because it is my desire to give you back atleast one drop of what you have given me with my incompetent ability. I only want to please you and give you a lot of bliss through this.

        All this is only due to the mercy of Hadai Nityananda Dasa prabhu and Swamiji who have so mercifully brought me to spiritual life. I am unable to express my gratitude to them -- for all that they have helped. Jaya Murari Gupta! Jaya Gurudeva!

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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My humble request


Respects to all

Sri Vrndavan das Thakura

We all love to read Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat for me it much sweeter then Sri Krsna Lila, and not so difficult to read as Sri Chaitanya caritamrita. I first read this book in 1998 as I was given photo copy of the complete book.

When I got my computer a few months later I started searching the internet other translations of the same book. Around the year 2000 I bought the one volume English translation.

Over the years I was still searching for a complete English translation with slokas, and a far as I know there is only one complete translation being made, and I had a few volumes.  I did not like them.

Srila AC Bhakti Vedanta Swami Prabhupada my diksh guru was empowered by Lord Nityananda Prabhu to spread Gauranga Krsna consciousness all over the world, and translate books with his purports.

Since his leaving his earthly pass time's others have tried to translate in the same vain. When I read I would like to read Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat as it is; verse by verse; this way I would get the feel of Sri Vrndavan das Thakura telling his story of Sri Nitai Gaurangas pass times.

As with the English Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat translation I hardly ever put it down until I finished it. Such nectar on every page.

The purport translated Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat version; it was very hard to follow the flow of the book even if I just reading the slokas and translation of the book it became too much for me turning three or more page untill he next sloka.

All these years and we are still waiting for a completed Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat with slokas.

My humble request please some one complete the sloka translation of Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat.

The bengali Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat is almost pocket size.


lowerthanarat



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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Re: Burning MP3's onto CD's


Nityananda!! Gauranga!! Hare Krishna!! Yes, Kyros. They were recorded by us in a studio and you can distribute them to one and all.

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.



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Burning MP3's onto CD's


Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

I recently stumbled upon the audio section of the site, and I found those very beautiful mp3's with Ratnamukhi Prabhu singing the Mantraraja's and the Hare Krsna Maha-Mantra.

I was wondering if it was okay to burn these mp3's into a cd and distribute them to people?



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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Visvanatha Chakravarthi's advice for sadhakas


Dear Vaishnavas,

    Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Bhakti Begins with Faith

The pilgrim undertaking a journey on the path of devotion must have faith (sraddha), a faith synonymous with the firm conviction to act on the words and the instructions of devotional scriptures. Faith is of two kinds: svabhaviki (natural) and balotpadika (inspired by an external force). Faith gives birth to the desire to surrender to a bona fide spiritual master and to learn from him the proper rules and etiquette of the devotional science. Sincerely following the spiritual master's instructions bestows upon a disciple the good fortune of wanting to associate with an elevated saint experienced and absorbed in the same devotional mood as the disciple himself aspires for-min other words, a like-minded saintly instructor. At this point begins the stage of bhajana-kriya, the platform of serious devotional activities.

Bhajana-kriya

Bhajana kriya is divided into two parts anishthita (unsteady) and nishthita (steady). When devotional activities are performed on the anishthita platform, there is no fear of deviation or lethargy. Anishthita (unsteady devotional service) is further divided into six gradations:
utsahamayi (sudden enthusiasm)
ghana-tarald (sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes lethargic)
vyudha- vikalpa (a stage when doubts assail one's resolve)
visaya-sangara (a stage of internal tug-of-war with material sense enjoyment)
niyamaksama (although one practises regularly, full justice is still not done to the process)
taranga-rangini (attachment to wealth, adoration, distinction, and so on).

Let us first discuss the beginning stage of bhajana-kriya�the stage of utsahamayi. When a young student begins higher education he is very proud, thinking himself to be a praiseworthy scholar. Such thoughts encourage the student to apply himself and to perform well. Similarly, when a novice commences spiritual life he takes to it so enthusiastically, thinking himself to be somebody special.
The example of the same young scholar explains the stage of ghanataral. At times the student concentrates deeply on his studies, but sometimes, because of his inability to understand something, he becomes apathetic. In devotional activities the neophyte goes through similar spells of opposing attitudes sometimes enthusiasm, other times lethargy.

Vyudha-vikalpa is an interesting stage on the path of spiritual life. sometimes the devotee thinks �I shall convince my wife and family to become Vaishnavas and serve the Supreme Lord. I shall convert my house into a temple and remain there happily practicing devotional service.� At other times he thinks, �I shall leave my family, home, and the rest of my worries behind me and go to Vrindavana. I shall reside there, for it is the holiest of places, and I shall cultivate devotional surrender through the nine practices of devotion.� Or he will say, 'Ultimately, I have to give up my home and all my other attachments, then should I not first plunge into the pool of sensual pleasures until I am satisfied?�

Or he may think, The scriptures speak of family and wife being like a dark and dismal well. Should I not leave home this very moment? Sometimes the scriptures encourage me to perceive that this material life, family connections, wife, children are abominable and to renounce them. Yet how can I do that? My parents are old and infirm, who will take care of them? Besides, if I should leave home prematurely, with my material desires to enjoy still unfulfilled, my mind will continue to dwell on sense pleasures until my final days. This would be a disaster! Therefore, I can understand from my own thoughts that I am too weak to follow the Lord's instructions and renounce family life. For now I shall live simply. When the proper time comes I shall hasten to Vrindavana and spend my days and nights in deep meditation on the pastimes of the Supreme Lord.�

The scriptures (SB. 11.20.31) say that neither knowledge nor renunciation is helpful in performing devotional service; since renunciation cannot give birth to bhakti, practicing renunciation separately is unnecessary. After one is situated in devotional service, however, renunciation is an asset because then renunciation proves not only the effectiveness of bhakti but also its superiority. it is both wrong and foolish to cultivate knowledge and renunciation separately once a person enters the path of devotional service.

A famous aphorism in logic is, �When the renunciate goes begging from door-to-door, he finds all the family larders full with grains because he is given charity.� Basing his argument on this logic the aspiring devotee thinks, �I must take up renunciation�. Next moment he comes across another scriptural maxim (SB.10.14.36) stating that unless one develops loving devotion to the Lord his home is a prison. So he says to himself, �Must I remain in household life and try to develop devotional surrender to the Lord? Maybe I should practice hearing about Krishna or chanting Krishna's name and fame. Should I emulate Ambarisa Maharaja and simultaneously perform all the nine devotional activities?� When bhajana-kriya goes through this state of doubt and vacillating resolve it is known as vyudha-vikalpa.

Visaya-sangara is the stage when conflicting doubts and arguments are resolved in the devotee's heart and he is convinced about the path of renunciation. Scripture states that just as an object lost in the west cannot be found in the east, similarly, a person engrossed in materialistic activities will never become attached to Krishna. The devotee feels that his desires for sensual enjoyment are forcing him towards fulfilling them, and so his attraction for chanting and devotional service becomes weak. Therefore he thinks he should immediately discard those desires and wholeheartedly chant the holy name, although even in the process he may sometimes fall victim to sense gratification. The devotee still remains convinced of the scriptural truth that perfection can be achieved through devotional service. And although he may fall prey to sense enjoyment, he rebukes himself and feels remorseful, always continuing his devotional practices. Thus the devotee wages a war against his desire for sense gratification: sometimes the victor, sometimes the defeated. When he does fall victim, the devotee at this stage of unsteady devotional service still feels regret and revulsion at his weakness.

The next stage of unsteady devotional service is niyamaksama, where the devotee vows to increase his devotional activities. He resolves to chant sixty-four rounds daily, offer one hundred prostrated obeisances to the Deities and the Vaishnavas; serve the senior devotees; avoid talking about mundane topics; shun the company of materialistic minded people, and so on. Daily he makes these vows, but at the last moment he is unable to honor them. The difference between visayasangara and niyamaksama is that in the former the devotee is helpless to give up material sense pleasures, and in the latter he is unable to increase and improve his devotional activities.

Now let us discuss taranga-rangini the last stage of anishthita devotional service. In describing the nature of bhakti it is said that everyone is attracted towards the reservoir of bhakti, the devotee. The devotee himself becomes a treasure-house of good qualities and mercy. These characteristics attract people who, in turn, crown the devotee with wealth, adoration, distinction and position. Although these accolades come to him as by-products of bhakti they nevertheless may stunt the spontaneous growth of the creeper of devotion if he uses them for his self-aggrandizement. Taranga means �waves� and rangini means �play�. Therefore, in the vast unlimited ocean of bhakti these by-products are waves that create tempests in devotional life. The devotee aspiring for pure devotion sees these waves to be harmless,-only gleefully playing and cresting.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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Monday, April 20, 2009

2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (27.5)


Krischnas Name und Gaurangas Name sind gleich, aber es gibt doch einige Unterschiede:

1. Beim Chanten von Krischnas Name sollte man zehn Vergehen vermeiden, w�hrend bei Gaurangas Name keine Vergehen ber�cksichtigt werden.

2. Zwar ist Krischna Gauranga, aber Gauranga ist Audarya Vigraha. Im  Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya wird gesagt, dass wenn man Krischna ohne Gauranga verehrt, die Gottesliebe (Krischna Prema) nur nach einer sehr langen Zeitspanne kommt, aber wenn man Gauranga zusammen mit Krischna verehrt, dann wird Krischna Prema schon nach kurzer Zeit kommen.

Diejenigen, welche behaupten, dass das Krischna-Mantra alles enth�lt, und deshalb sei es nicht n�tig, das Gauranga-Mantra zu chanten, sollten sich �berlegen, warum das Obengenannte in den Schriften steht. Das wahre Verst�ndnis ist, dass Krischna Prema sehr rasch durch das Chanten von Gaurangas Name erreicht werden kann. Wenn nur Krischnas Name ohne Gaurangas Name gechantet wird, dann dauert es gem�ss dem Weisen Narada und Pushkara Tirtha im Navadvipa Dhama Mahatmya Millionen und Abermillionen von Jahren, um Krischna Prema zu erwecken.

Warum heisst es, dass mit dem Chanten von Gaurangas Namen, zusammen mit Krischnas Namen, Krischna Prema sehr schnell erlangt wird? Weil Gaurangas Name alle Arten von Vergehen gegen den heiligen Namen von Krischna ausl�scht.

�namaaparaadham sakalam vinasya
chaitanya naamasrita maanavaanaam�

3. Nityananda Prabhu sagt, dass in Vrindavana vergehensvolle Menschen bestraft werden, sie aber in Navadvipa Krischna Prema erhalten.
4. Im Anubhasya Kommentar zum Caitanya Caritamrita sagt Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, dass obwohl Krischnas und Gaurangas Namen nicht verschieden sind, so zeigt sich doch Krischnas Name gegen�ber befreiten Seelen gn�dig, und Gaurangas Name ist gn�dig zu gefallenen und vergehensvollen Lebewesen. Deshalb empfiehlt er, Nityanandas und Gaurangas Namen zu chanten.

Wir m�ssen abw�gen, ob es wohl f�r die gefallensten Seelen des Kali-Zeitalters ausreicht, wenn sie das Pancha tattva Mantra dreimal vor dem Kirtan und einmal vor dem Hare Krischna Mantra chanten.

Wenn Prabhupada sagte, wir sollen Krischnas Name chanten, hat er immer das Hare Krischna Mantra gemeint, aber wenn er sagte, wir sollen Gaurangas Name chanten, hat er immer das Gauranga Mantra gemeint, und nicht das Pancha Tattva Mantra. Das wird aus der Tatsache ersichtlich, dass er sagte, man soll Gaurangas Name immer chanten, aber nicht das Pancha tattva Mantra, welches nur dreimal vor dem Kirtan und einmal vor jeder Runde Hare Krischna Mahamantra gechantet werden soll.

Alle anerkannten Vaishnava Mantras k�nnen auf der Tulasi-Gebetskette gechantet werden. Wenn Gottgeweihte von Narashima das Narashima-Mantra auf der Gebetskette chanten k�nnen, Gottgeweihte von Rama das Rama Mantra auf der Gebetskette chanten und Gottgeweihte von Narayana das Narayana Mantra auf der Gebetskette chanten k�nnen, warum sollten dann Gottgeweihte von Gauranga Mahaprabhu, welche ausschliesslich Gauranga verbunden sind, nicht das �usserst echte und erhabene Gauranga Mantra auf der Gebetskette chanten? Vor allem wenn man bedenkt, dass Gauranga der letztendliche Ursprung aller obengenannten Vishnu-Tattvas und die h�chste Pers�nlichkeit Gottes ist.

Srila Prabhupada sagt, dass Christen und andere Menschen, auch die echten Namen von Gott, welche in ihrer Religion bekannt sind (Christus, Allah u.s.w.), auf der Gebetskette chanten k�nnen. Bitte vergleiche dazu das Buch �Die Sch�nheit des Selbst�. Warum sollte also Srila Prabhupada etwas gegen das Chanten von Gaurangas Name auf der Gebetskette haben, wenn er doch eigens gekommen ist, um Gaurangas Name auf der ganzen Welt zu predigen, gem�ss seinen eigenen Worten in diesem Buch?



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Nityananda Gauranga Mantrarajas to Brazil


Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah !!!
Dear Swami Gaurangapada, please accept my dandavats pranams.

Initially I ask that His Holiness and the devotees to forgives me for my poor domain of the English language and also for my lack of time in answering possible answers quickly due to not having connection with the internet in my house nor close of me. Forgive-me also for to take your precious time with this extense email, what is a first attempt of establishing a connection with His Holiness.

Few days before, I send a short message to your orkut�s profile.
My name is Kirttan Lilamoye das, I live in Brazil in S�o Paulo State.

After to read and to observe sincerely the content of your pages in the web, I believe that found His Holiness due to the Divine direction and blessings of Sri Sri Nitay Gauranga. Thank you very much for your wonderful work to the vaisnava world!!!

I found your connection for the net, exactly in one moment where had matured the idea and the decision of beginning a non sectarian vaisnava mission, that ransom the supremacy and the superexcelence of Nama Rasa and service to Sri Nityananda-Gauranga.

Since my early and initial practices in Krishna temples, decades behind, I feel a great attraction for Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and for Sri Nityananda Prabhu, and just as I found in our granthas, always considered to be appropriate, mainly to western aspirant devotees first of all, to obtain the Lord Nityananda�s mercy before to proceed in to acquire something real and not simple "abh�sic" in our spiritual lives. 

And just now, in front of the current situation of the sankirtan movement in this country (as it is in others latin america countries): Free dissemination of vaisnava aparadha sadhu ninda, fighting sectarian spirit, lack of sadacara and vulgarization of the transgression of basic principles , weak sadhana, drastic reduction of jive-doya preaching work, sahajiya dissemination, etc, The Sri Nityananda�s intervention becomes essential and urgent.

So, I am like this right that to have found His Holinees it was due to the blessing of Sri Bhaktivinode, Mahaprabhu and Nityananda, because your person and thought come to the encounter of Gaudiya Vaisnavism that we have been seeking, that believed and we needed.

It is natural the subject to appear, and it is like this important that I clear that is not possible to begin this humble service in connection with the math (as well as of the other ones) to which I am linked up to now, because the principal mentors ( in this country) of this above mentioned sectarian spirit, that in spite of we consider them in high esteems, they are the priests and main representatives of that missions and don't accept to give diksa or siksa to anyone, if this person don't accept that the specific Guru of their missions and so, their missions like "The True Supreme And Single one Guru".

The unhappy fact is that the people that receive diksa through these representatives end for they have not the minimum of connection with the represented Guru or else that end up being exclusively driven and (Badly) guided by these representatives instead of they be guided directly by your Gurus.

Therefore we have been seeking for an acarya that has the non-sectarian spirit. This dogma that have been disseminated for here and that have been provoking a lot of disharmony between the vaisnavas and applicants as well as the detriment of the Sri Gauranga mission.

The inspiration interns that more I cannot reject, it indicates me that should address the people where and for who I have the certainty that will be appropriately guided and sheltered far away from the smallest possibility of the mad elephant of vaisnava aparadha.

The Samaja that we are beginning lowly and without resources will call "Gauranga Samaja or Visva Vaisnava Raja Sabha Seva Sanga", and it bases on the text with the same name uttered by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur and with base in the committees of work of the visva vaisnava raja sabha when it was presided by Srila Bhaktissidhanta Sarasvati Thakur.

So, our concern was like this exactly in the subject of giving a non-sectarian connection to those that are arriving and the those that are in a moment of confusion in your own missions and for this needed shelter.

I also plan to commit to the auxiliary these applicants in the line that you are emphasizing of singing always of the mantrarajas Nityananda Gauranga, before the maha mantra and of maintaining them connected with your teachings and inspiration.

What I want to leave with clearness is that we don't have any intention of usurping your name to legitimate our samaja, as based on the assertive ones that His Holiness left clear in your instructions to your disciples and devotees just as we see in NITAAI.com home page:

" ...He will give his spiritual support to such institutions, orgs etc. from outside if they are for the purpose of spreading the pure Holy Names and Pastimes of Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna and he will personally come and preach and reside in such preaching centers for sometime. But if he finds out that complicated politics, beaureaucracy and aparadha have entered into such institutions and centers started by his own disciples and devotees, then he may not be able to visit or personally guide such centers or institutions."

Our seva is still in gestation and we thanked if  H.H can send your illuminated suggestions for our intention. I ask for His Holiness, that is a Nitaai Parsada, that prays to Sri Nityananda so that our intention is blessed and victorious, because we will knows like this that we can continue without any type of fear.

We thanked for your Divine Inspiration and we will be awaiting your response to this email. 
Wanting to stay always a servant of the Vaisnavas of Sri Nityananda Gauranga and of Sri Sri Radha Krsna.
 
Kirttan Lilamoye das / visva vaisnava dasanudasa



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Re: Illness pastimes?


Dear Srinath,

Nityaananda ! Gauraanga ! Hare Krishna !

Pure devotees are already liberated souls as the original Lords reside in their heart so any so called distress makes no difference to them.

If you have any problems please feel free to ask, I have done a lot of research on various health problems and I may be of some help to you.

ys,
Mihir.



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Re: Gujarati, Marathi and Telugu Shri Chaitanya Charitaamrita


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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Re: Lord Nityananda and Lord Chaitanya's Naam in Devanagiri


Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!

Thank you so SO much!

I'm tired of this material life and I want to associate with Lord Nityananda and Lord Chaitanya.



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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Re: Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata Verses about Nitaai Gaura Naama


Dear Swamiji and Vaishnavas,

     Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams to you all!

    On reading and hearing Chaitanya Bhagavata for the first time, I immediately felt that lots of truths of Nityananda Gauranga and their holy names must be here as it is the original Bhagavata of Gaura lila itself.  Feeling inspired by the Lord and his devotees, I began this work and what I have seen is miracle after miracle.

      In coming up with this list, I have gone through each and every verse in the Chaitanya Bhagavata to compile this list and submit it for your service and for the service of Vaishnavas worldwide. I am unable to fully express my feelings at the end of such an undertaking. Gold mine after gold mine kept coming and the Chaitanya Bhagavata has broken all record and surpassed every other literature in direct references to Nitaai Gaura naama. It was a very ecstatic research and even eating and sleeping became secondary while doing it. I only now realise a little bit of the glories of Chaitanya Bhagavata and the glories of Vaishnava Vani seva. Nothing can compare to Chaitanya Bhagavata.

      Even if all books of knowledge in the world are destroyed by time, if only the Chaitanya Bhagavata remains, it will still be more than enough for the job. I do not minimize the glories of any other scripture by specially glorifying Vrindavana Dasa Thakur's book. Therefore I humbly request you not to take my juvenile words offensively.

      Directly or Indirectly, Nityananda Gauranga are there in every verse of the Chaitanya Bhagavata. Therefore I have just tried to find out the ones which express it most prominently. Where I could not find direct references, I included indirect ones as far as possible where the meaning is implied.

      I sincerely submit my prayer to Guru, the Vaishnavas and the Lord that these verses be revealed to all those who want to know about the true glories of the mantrarajas. I pray that even those who are antagonistic to the continuously chanting of Nitaai Gaura naam along with Hare Krishna maha-mantra also receive the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Bhagavata and realise the glories of Gaura Nitaai. This service is especially meant for these people.

      By no means is this research perfect or complete. I am a fool full of errors and in my hurry I would have overlooked many things. Some verses I put up may be far too indirect. I may have put up such long lists that it may have been cubersome and time consuming to go through them. The verses are also not in order as they were found at different times and places.

      What still remains is putting up the original verses for each of these translations, in the same order. I humbly request some devotee(s) to help me out in this as right now I am bound up with huge amounts of college work and exams and hard pressed to devote any time or energy for a massive compilation like this and I won't be able to come back for atleast 3 weeks or more. If we have the original verses, then we can make our own book of Nitaai Gaura naam in all the Gaudiya Vaishnava scriptures. Chaitanya Bhagavata's single contribution alone has been greater than everything else put together.

      Yet despite all this my humble prayer is that I never get egoistic but always remain humble and always remain honest. These two qualities are most important for devotion and they can be obtained only by serving you devotees. So I pray that you will overlook all my limitations and always engage me in some service or the other. I pray that I remain devoted to the parampara and to the chanting of Nityananda! Gauranga! and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Raama Hare Raama Raama Raama Hare Hare and to Sri Gurudeva and all Vaishnavas.

       Please feel free to express your opinions and replies for improving this or if you have found any more verses outside this list.

      With this I entrust this compilation to you. Please accept this humble offering.

Your humble servant always,
Srinath



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Friday, April 17, 2009

Re: Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata Verses about Nitaai Gaura Naama


Dear devotees,

    Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Madhya Chapter 4

(Indirect)
Text 67 He voluntarily serves the Lord in many ways. If He makes one qualified, a person becomes able to serve the Lord.
Text 68 Even Lord Siva, who is very powerful, a great yogi, a great Vaishnava, and the first of the demigods, does not know the end of Lord Nityananda's glories.
Text 69 Persons who, not understanding His very profound pastimes, criticize Lord Nityananda, find that their devotional service to Lord Vishnu becomes stopped.

Madhya Chapter 5

(Indirect)
Text 1 Glory to Lord Chaitanya, who is Lord Krishna Himself, He is the lamp of Navadvipa and the lion who attacks the offenders. On a knotted string He chants a fixed number of His own holy names.

Text 111-113
Even though He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, even though He is supremely independent, even though He is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of the material universes, even though He is all-pervading within the material universes, even though He continues to exist after all the material universes disappear, and even though the Vedas affirm that he is limitless and eternal, Lord Ananta Sesha is always delighted to serve Lord Krishna with great love.

Text 119 Please know without doubt that Lord Nityananda is Lord Ananta Sesha Himself.
Text 120 Anyone who sees that Lord Nityananda and Lord Balarama are different persons is bewildered in his heart.

Text 130 Lord Nitaai thinks : "Anyone who offers prayers to Lord Chaitanya and to Me, and who glorifies Me as a servant of Lord Chaitanya, will certainly attain Me."
Text 148 The scriptures affirm that a devotee who has no love and devotion for Lord Balarama is the lowest of devotees.

Madhya Chapter 6

Text 151 In one form He describes His Lord. In another form He meditates on Him. In another form He becomes His bed and parasol. In another form He sings songs glorifying Him.
Text 165 "In home after home I will preach the sankirtana movement. The whole world will sing My glories and dance.

Madhya Chapter 8

Text 190-191 How wonderful it is that the Supreme Lord, the dancing of whose servants destroys all obstacles and purifies all the worlds, now personally dances and sings His own holy name. What result will come from the Lord dancing and singing His own holy name? Can the Puranas describe that result?
Text 193 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the bliss of whose holy name makes Lord Siva forget his clothing,  whose glories make Lord Siva dance, now personally dances.
Text 194-195
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose holy name made Valmiki Muni wealthy with renunciation, whose holy name made Ajamila attain liberation, and whose holy name, when heard, cuts the bonds of birth and death, has personally descended in this world. Now He dances in the Kali-yuga..
Text 196-197
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose holy name Sukadeva and Narada sing as they wander in this world, whose glories Ananta Sesha sings with a thousand mouths, and whose holy name is the great atonement for all sins, now personally dances. Anyone who sees Him dance became very fortunate.

Text 285 By Lord Chaitanya's order the kirtana stopped. Roaring, the Lord revealed the truth about Himself.
Text 286 He said, "In Kali-yuga I am Krishna. I am Narayana. I am He, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Devaki.
Text 287 "I am the master of countless millions of universes. I am the person whose names you sing. You are all My servants.
Text 288 "Taking all of you with Me, I have descended to this world. The offerings that You make to the Deity form of the Supreme Lord are actually offered to Me.
Text 289 "Now you should give all those offerings to Me." Then Shrivasa said, "Lord, everything is Yours."

Madhya Chapter 13

Text 175 Bewildered with wine, they said, "What's Your name?" Nityananda replied, "My name is Avadhuta.
Text 204 "Please be merciful to me. I will chant Your name. Only You, and no one else, can deliver me."
Text 251 "Glory, glory to the Lord, the great teacher who enjoys pastimes of chanting His own holy names! Glory to Lord Nityananda, who fulfills Lord Chaitanya's order!

(Indirect)
Text 264 "Ajamila chanted Your holy name. Therefore it is not surprising that he attained liberation.
Text 354 "Who are Your father, mother, and guru? No one knows. You only eat. And everyone calls You `Avadhuta'."

Madhya Chapter 14
Text 55 Filled with love for Lord Krishna, the great-devotee demigods returned to their cities. Only Lord Chaitanya's glories, and nothing else, was on their tongues.

Madhya Chapter 15
Text 8 When they remembered their previous violent activities, they wept and fell unconscious to the ground.
Text 9 They called out, "Father Chaitanya, O savior of the fallen!" Remembering Lord Chaitanya, they wept again and again.
Text 68 "Anyone who worships Lord Chaitanya is My very life. Yuga after yuga, I rescue him.

Madhya Chapter 19
(Indirect)
Text 116-117 A person who is not delighted by Lord Chaitanya's glories, glories always described by the mouths of Brahma, Siva, and Goddess Lakshmi, the mother of all, has uselessly accepted sannyasa. He uselessly studies Vedanta.
Text 272 "Dvija", "vipra", and "brahmana" are three names for the same thing. In the same way Nityananda and Balarama are different names of the same person.

Madhya Chapter 22
Text 135 By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know Lord Chaitanya. By Lord Nityananda's mercy I know the Vaishnavas.
Text 136 By Lord Nityananda's mercy offenses are destroyed. By Lord Nityananda's mercy one attains devotion to Lord Vishnu.
Text 139 A person who has only a little good fortune will not become Lord Nityananda's servant, for Lord Nityananda's servant is able to see Lord Chaitanya.
Text 140 Anyone who hears this story of Lord Visvarupa becomes a servant of the limitless Supreme Personality of Godhead. He feels that Lord Nityananda is his very life.
Text 141 Lord Nityananda and Lord Visvarupa do not have different bodies. This Mother Saci knew. Some other great souls also knew.
Text 142 Glory to Lord Nityananda, who takes shelter of Lord Chaitanya! Glory, glory to Lord Nityananda, who is thousand-faced Ananta Sesha!
Text 143 O Lord Nityananda, O king of Gauda-desa, glory to You! Who can attain Lord Chaitanya without first attaining Your mercy?
Text 144 Anyone who loses Lord Nityananda will not be happy in this life.

Madhya Chapter 23
(Indirect)
Text 43 "If an outcaste takes shelter of Me, then he is Mine, and I am his. Know that without doubt.
Text 44 "If a sannyasi does not take shelter of Me, then he is not Mine. I speak the truth.
Text 201 Overcome with bliss, Lord Chaitanya danced in a kirtana of His own holy names. All auspiciousness came there.
Text 329 "The power of the Supreme Lord's holy name made Varanasi into the king of holy places. The liberated residents of Svetadvipa always chant the Lord's holy name.
Text 330 "It is the power of the Supreme Lord's holy name that made the demigod Siva worshiped by all. Now the whole world has heard chanted the Lord's name.

Text 331 "Renounce all sins and chant the Lord's holy name. Worship Lord Chaitanya. Then I will not kill you."

Madhya Chapter 24
(Indirect)
Text 69 Anyone who will not say, "Lord Chaitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all", is a sinner, and is never fit to be seen by Vaishnavas.

Madhya Chapter 26
Text 73 How handsome was Lord Chaitanya in the mood of Balarama! Gazing and gazing at Him, the devotees no longer felt any of the troubles of this world.
Text 74 Everyone gazed at His indescribable moonlike face. Very loudly He called, "Nityananda! Nityananda!" (Lord Gaura Himself calls Nityananda)

Madhya Chapter 28
Text 192 Anyone who with his own mouth says, "I am a servant of Nityananda" will some day see Lord Chaitanya. That is inevitable.
Text 193 Nityananda is most dear to Lord Chaitanya. I will never leave the company of the Lord's servants.
Text 194 I worship Lord Chaitanya. Lord Nityananda gives to the whole world the gift of ecstatic love for Lord Krishna.
Text 195 Beyond this world of birth and death lies the ocean of pure devotional service. Anyone who wishes to dive in that ocean should worship Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda.

Antya Chapter 2
Text 179 Everyone said, "He is our master. Perhaps you have heard His name: Shri Krishna Chaitanya.
Text 180 "We are all His servants." When these words were spoken, tears flowed from the devotees' eyes.
Text 305 The Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose mantra makes His Deity forms come alive, now bore the name Shri Krishna Chaitanya.

Antya Chapter 3
(Indirect)
Text 123
He said:

kalan nashtam bhakti-yogam nijam yah
    pradushkartum krishna-chaitanya-nama
avirbhutas tasya padaravinde
    gadham gadham liyatam citta-bhringah

    "Let my consciousness, which like a honeybee, take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has just now appeared as Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to teach the ancient system of devotional service to Himself. This system had almost been lost due to the influence of time."*

Text 124-125
This verse means: May my heart stay at the lotus feet of the Lord who bears the name Shri Krishna Chaitanya and who, to again reveal the truth of devotional service to Him, a truth that by the power time had become hidden after some days, descended to this world.
Text 126
Then Sarvabhauma said:

vairagya-vidya-nija-bhakti-yoga-
    sikshartham ekah purushah puranah
shri-krishna-chaitanya-sarira-dhari
    kripambudhir yas tam aham prapadye

    "Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Shri Krishna, who has descended in the form of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service, and detachment from whatever does not foster Krishna consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender at His lotus feet."*

Text 127 This verse means: To teach His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Krishna consciousness, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has mercifully descended to this earth.

Text 154 Anyone who hears Lord Chaitanya's glories crosses beyond the world of birth and death and goes to Lord Chaitanya's spiritual abode.

Antya Chapter 4

(Indirect)
Text 68 Even that Muslim king honored Lord Chaitanya. Therefore only a blind person will not honor Lord Chaitanya.
Text 69 Though they may shave their heads and wear sannyasi's garments, these blind people burn in their hearts when they hear Lord Chaitanya's glories.
Texts 70-72
Anyone who is not happy to hear Lord Chaitanya's glories, glories that fill the numberless universes, glories that crush ignorance into powder, glories that make Lakshmi, Siva, Brahma, and Ananta Sesha wild with happiness, glories that the four Vedas always sing, finds that all his virtues become faults.
Text 130 Staying for some days in that village, Lord Chaitanya fearlessly performed the sankirtana of chanting His own holy names.

Antya Chapter 5

Text 192 King Prataparudra prayed, "Sate me! Save me, O master of all living entities, O ocean of mercy! Please place Your glance of mercy on me, a sinner.
Text 193 "Save me! Save me, O independent Lord who enjoy whatever pastimes You wish, O ocean of mercy! Save me! Save me, O Shri Krishna Chaitanya, O friend of the poor!
Text 194 "Save me! Save me, O Lord before whom all the demigods bow, O beloved of Goddess Lakshmi! Save me! Save me, O only object of the devotees' love!
Text 195 "Save me! Save me, O Lord whose form is pure and spiritual! Save me! Save me, O Lord Krishna eager to enjoy pastimes of sankirtana!
Text 196 "Save me! Save me, O Lord whose nature, names, and virtues are beyond the understanding of mere human beings! Save me! Save me, O abode of gentleness and virtue!
Text 197 "Save me! Save me, O Lord before whose graceful feet Brahma and Siva bow! Save me! Save me, O ornament of sannyasa-dharma!
Text 198 "Save me! Save me, O Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu! O Lord, please give Your mercy to me! Please never leave me!"

Text 220 It is because of Lord Nityananda's mercy that even today the whole world sings of the Supreme Lord's descent as Shri Chaitanya to this world.

Text 329 Accompanied by the devotees, Lord Nityananda sang kirtanas glorifying Lord Shri Krishna Chaitanya
Text 592 Whoever worships Lord Nityananda's feet and remembers them breaks all obstacles into pieces.
Text 623 "Who has the power to throw me into all these calamities? Lord Nityananda is my only shelter, I have no other shelter."
Text 626 The brahmana prayed, "Save me! Save me! O Nityananda, O cowherd boy Krishna, O master, O protector of all living entities, please save me!
Text 627 "A person who trips and falls to the ground takes shelter of the earth.
Text 628 "In the same way a person who commits offenses against You must meditate on You. On then can he be delivered from his sufferings.
Text 629 "You forgive all offenses. You are merciful to the fallen.
Text 630 "I have killed many brahmana and many cows. O Lord, no one is a greater offender than I am.
Text 631 "Still, even the greatest sinners may find shelter in You and break into pieces the bonds that tie them to this world of birth and death.
Text 632 "From the moment of birth You protect the lives of the living entities, O Lord, and at the end of their lives You protect them also.
Text 633 "O Lord, please protect me today from these dangers. If I remain alive, I will have learned my lesson.
Text 634 "Birth after birth I am Your servant, O Lord. Whether I live or die, I only wish to be Your servant."
Text 647 "Save me, Father Nityananda, purifier of the fallen!", the brahmana roared, his arms raised.
Text 692 He called out, "Lord Nityananda! Master! Purifier of the sinners! Please give the shelter of Your feet to me, a sinner!

Text 700 In no other incarnation did the Supreme Lord act in this way. Lord Nityananda always chanted, "Chaitanya!"
Text 704 O my brothers, please worship, please worship Lord Nityananda. By His mercy you will attain Lord Chaitanya

Antya Chapter 7

Text 12 Accompanied by His associates, overcome with bliss, and always singing of Lord Chaitanya's names and virtues, Lord Nityananda departed.
Text 16 Streams of tears always flowed form His eyes. "Shri Krishna Chaitanya!", He roared.
Text 124 Gadadhara had no desire to see the face of anyone who criticized Lord Nityananda.
Text 125 Gadadhara Pandita would not look at the face of anyone who did not love Lord Nityananda.
Text 126 After some time becoming peaceful again, the two Lords sat down together and talked about the auspicious glories of Lord Chaitanya.

Antya Chapter 9
Text 308-309
Lord Chaitanya has all power and all devotion. His power begins and ends everything. He knows everything. A person who knows this sincerely worships Lord Chaitanya.

And Finally, for the grand finale

Text 182
The two moons Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Nityananda are my life and soul. I, Vrindavana dasa, sing the glories of Their feet.

Thus ends Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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Re: Lord Nityananda and Lord Chaitanya's Naam in Devanagiri


Nityaananda!! Gauraanga!! Hare Krishna!! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara! Welcome to the NITAAI.com Kyros. I am so happy that you are interested in NITAAI Lekhana Yoga. I, myself, perform this writing of the Devanagari syllables of Nityaananda Gauraanga Naama daily and it is one of the most inspiring part of my sadhana. It is ever-fresh and rewards me with so many intimate realizations about the pastimes of Lords Nityannda Gauranga and Shri Shri Radha Krishna. I have found it is so powerful that it enables me to remain deeply in the Lord's consciousness even while talking to others, reading, hearing kirtans etc. The llink to the Sanskrit syllables is here.

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.



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Mahaprabhu performing seshashayi pastime with Advaita Acarya


Dear Swamiji and all devotees,

      Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!

      In their Puri Pastimes, when Mahaprabhu assumed the form of Vishnu, Srila Advaita Acarya manifested his potency to carry him and they enacted the pastime of Seshashayi Vishnu.

      But isn't this job done by Lord Nityananda usually? Isn't it very surprising that Lord Advaita, who is none other than Maha Vishnu himself lying down on Ananta Sesha is now doing the job of Ananta Sesha carrying Lord Gauranga? Lord Chaitanya is always carried by Lord Nityananda, but here Advaita Acharya has taken that role. What is the meaning of this?

      I am very amazed by this surprising pastime. I have no qualifications, and I may be most unworthy to know more about it, but nevertheless I felt like asking this for the pleasure of all devotees. What is this mysterious pastime?

Murkho'smi,
Srinath



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Lord Nityananda and Lord Chaitanya's Naam in Devanagiri


Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and Paramapara

Is there a picture of Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga's name in devangiri anywhere? I would like to start doing the writing yoga but I don't know how exactly the Lord's name goes.

I can read and write the devangiri script ( I cannot speak Hindi though), so if someone can tell me which characters I can use to write the names, that would work. I've only seen the names in Latin script, but it's not reliable to translate the Lord's name from Latin (English) to Sanskrit because of the way the language is designed. Those who know the difference can understand what I'm saying.

Haribol



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2. Die höchste Herrlichkeit der Namen Nityananda und Gauranga (27.4)


Diejenigen, welche sagen, dass Gauranga Mahaprabhu, obwohl Er Krischna selbst ist, nur als ein Gottgeweihter verehrt werden sollte, und dass man deshalb Seinen Namen nicht chanten soll, und dass nur Krischnas Name gechantet werden soll, unterliegen einer grossen Illusion. Sie sollten die folgende Schilderung eines wunderbaren Spieles aus dem Sri Caitanya Bhagavata von Srila Vrindavana Dasa Thakura lesen:

Eines Tages, als er in einer ausserordentlich gl�ckseligen Stimmung war, sagte Advaita Acharya zu den Gottgeweihten: �Meine lieben Br�der im Herrn, lasst uns heute nur den Namen von Gauranga chanten, weil Er der Ursprung aller Inkarnationen und der Freigiebigste von allen ist. Heutzutage sind wir Gottgeweihten in der Gesellschaft nur angesehen, weil Gauranga selbst das gemeinsame Chanten des Heiligen Namens verk�ndet hat. Jetzt m�chte ich, dass ihr alle die Herrlichkeit des Namens von Gauranga chantet und besingt, w�hrend ich tanze. Wenn ihr bef�rchtet, dass der Herr es herausfindet, dann singt umso lauter, um eure Angst zu �bert�nen.�

Gauranga hat immer versucht, Seine wahre Identit�t zu verschleiern. Deshalb hatten die Gottgeweihten Angst davor, Seinen Namen zu chanten und Ihn als die h�chste Pers�nlichkeit Gottes zu verherrlichen. Sie konnten sich nat�rlich den Anweisungen von Advaita Acharya nicht wiedersetzen, und so begannen sie laut zu chanten und zu singen. Nachdem er eine Weile getanzt hatte, �bernahm Advaita Acharya die Leitung des Kirtans und sang seine eigene Komposition: �Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu ist kein anderer als Narayana, der Gnadenozean und Freund der Verzweifelten. O Herr, bitte sei mir gn�dig.�

Die Gottgeweihten antworteten, indem sie �Jaya Sacinandana!� sangen. Nach einer gewissen Zeit sang Advaita Acharya ein anderes Lied, welches er verfasst hat: �Jaya Gaurasundara, du unendlicher Ozean des Mitleids. Alle Ehre dem Prinzen von Vrindavana, welcher jetzt als der Held von Navadvip erschienen ist. Bitte gew�hre mir gn�digerweise den Schatten Deiner Lotusf�sse.�

Der Gesang wurde immer schneller und Advaita tanzte voller Ekstase. Weil es f�r die Gottgeweihten neue Lieder waren, sangen sie mit mehr Freude als gew�hnlich. Weil er den Kirtana vernahm, tauchte Gauranga am Ort des Geschehens auf. Er erblickte ein ein grossartiges Spektakel. Die Gottgeweihten erstrahlten voller transzendentalem Gl�ck und in ihrer Mitte tanzte Advaita Acharya in Ekstase. Die Gottgeweihten f�rchteten sich nicht, als sie laut Gaurangas Name chanteten und Er vor ihnen stand.

Gauranga Mahaprabhu pflegte immer eine Gem�tsstimmung des dem�tigen Dienens. Er sagte immer: �Ich bin der Diener von Krischna.� Niemand wagte es, Ihn in Seiner Gegenwart als den h�chsten Herrn zu bezeichnen. Jetzt hingegen, durch die Kraft der Gegenwart Advaita Acharyas, sangen die Gottgeweihten ohne Scheu und verherrlichten Gauranga als den h�chsten Herrn. W�hrend Er der Verherrlichung Seines eigenen Namens lauschte, erschien der Herr �usserlich besch�mt, aber innerlich war Er sehr erfreut. Nach ein paar Augenblicken verliess Er den Ort wieder.

Schliesslich, nach einem langen und enthusiastischen Kirtan, gingen die Gottgeweihten weg, um Gauranga zu sehen. Nachdem er den Kirtan verlassen hatte, wobei Er selbst verherrlicht worden war, legte Er sich hin, �usserlich sichtlich ver�rgert. Govinda, der Diener des Herrn kam zu Ihm, und erz�hlte Ihm, dass alle Gottgeweihten an der T�re warteten, in der Hoffnung Ihn zu sehen. Der Herr wies Govinda an, alle hineinzubitten. Die Gottgeweihten kamen also herein und sahen, wie Gauranga dalag, und Er w�rdigte sie keines Blickes. Da sie sehr nerv�s und voller Angst waren, begannen sie zu beten, w�hrend sie �ber die Lotusf�sse des Herrn meditierten.

Nach einer kurzen Weile stand Gauranga auf und sagte: �Mein lieber Srivasa, Meine lieben Gottgeweihten, indem ihr die Herrlichkeit von Krischna beseite liesset, welche Inkarnation habt ihr heute besungen? Erkl�rt das bitte.� Da er ein sehr talentierter Redner war, antwortete Srivasa Pandit: �Mein Herr, die Lebewesen sind nicht unabh�ngig. Wie Marionetten handeln sie nach dem Willen Gottes. Dies ist, was heute geschehen ist. Wir sangen, was der h�chste Kontrollierende wollte, dass wir es singen.� Der Herr erwiederte: �Ihr seid alle gebildete Gelehrte. Warum legt ihr offen, was ein Geheimniss bleiben soll?� (Den Schriften zufolge sollte die Tatsache, dass Gauranga die h�chste Pers�nlichkeit Gottes und nicht verschieden von Krischna ist, solange geheim bleiben, wie Gauranga Seine Spiele in dieser Welt vollf�hrt, und erst sp�ter den Menschen der ganzen Erde  offenbart werden, welche dann Seinen Namen chanten und Ihn als den H�chsten verehren.)

L�chelnd streckte Srivasa Pandita seine zwei Arme gegen den Himmel, als wie wenn er seine Augen vor der Sonne sch�tzen wollte. Gauranga fragte: �Srivasa, was bedeutet das?�. Srivasa antwortete: �Es ist doch offensichtlich, dass ich versuche, die Sonne mit meinen H�nden abzudecken. Aber ist das wirklich m�glich? Genauso, kann Dein Name und Ruhm verborgen bleiben? Sogar wenn es irgendwie m�glich sein sollte, die Sonne mit der Handfl�che abzudecken, so ist es Dir trotzdem nicht m�glich, Dich und die Herrlichkeit des Chantens Deines Namens zu verbergen. Dein Name und Deine Herrlichkeit sind �berall bekannt. Jetzt gerade findet in Brahmaloka zu Deiner Verherrlichung ein Kirtan statt. Wie viele von uns wirst Du nun daf�r bestrafen?�

Dann geschah etwas wunderbares. Tausende von Menschen aus ganz Indien, welche gekommen waren, um Jagannatha zu sehen, erschienen vor Gaurangas T�re und wollten Ihn sehen. Ihre Stimmen ert�nten: �Alle Ehre sei Sri Krischna Caitanya, dem H�chsten, welcher Seinen eigenen Dienst geniesst! Alle Ehre sei dem H�chsten Gauranga, welcher das Gewand eines Sannyasis angenommen hat.�. Auf diese Weise chanteten, sangen und tanzten Tausende voller Ekstase. Srivasa Pandita sagte: �Mein Herr, wo willst Du Dich jetzt verstecken? Die ganze Welt chantet jetzt und in Zukunft Deinen Namen und Deine Herrlichkeit. Du kannst es nicht aufhalten. Du bist unsichtbar, nicht manifestiert und nicht wahrnehmbar, und doch bist Du aus Deiner grundlosen Barmherzigkeit pers�nlich erschienen. Du versteckst Dich und dann, nur aus Deinem eigenen Willen, erscheinst Du wieder. Nur diejenigen, welche Deine g�ttliche Gnade empfangen haben, k�nnen dies verstehen.�

Der Herr Gauranga antwortete: �Srivasa, du hast deine mystischen F�higkeiten gezeigt, indem du diese Menschen dazu gebracht hast, so zu chanten und zu singen wie sie es getan haben, und somit hast du Mich bezwungen. Du bist sicherlich vollst�ndig erm�chtigt wegen deines hingebungsvollen Dienstes, und deines Wunsches, die Herrlichkeit des Chantens Meines Namens zu verbreiten.�.



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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Re: Gargle your mouth 10 times with water after eating or drinking


respects to all All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga

I just want to share something with you All. Way back in 1966 I went to my dentist as I had a mouth infection and the dentist gave me a prescription for hydrogen peroxide and he said put in a little water and gargle your mouth with it 2 or 3 time daily. It worked wonders.

Over the years I used hydrogen peroxide for many things like cuts, infection, sore throats, bleeding gums, and it works everytime.

It comes 20% or 10 % volumes. 20%  use now straight. If its too strong for you add water. You can buy this in India drug shops but the bottles are small I get it in 100ML bottles.

Nitai Gaur

lowerthanarat



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Illness pastimes?


Dear Guruji,

      Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble and respectful pranams!

      Sadhakas suffer illnesses because the Lord has purification for them. But why do even perfected sadhakas show such symptoms?

      Also why do the Nitya Lila devotess manifest illness like blindness or chronic diseases and old age pastimes if their body is spiritual?

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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Dear Swamiji,

     Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!

     I've had a history of tooth problems with 5 extractions, 6 fillings, a root canal (very long and painful procedure) along with a longer jaw which is responsible for mouth breathing and so these problems. When the dentist wanted corrective crano-facial  surgery, I had enough of it and refused A surgery would be a total disaster for a month.  Thanks to braces though the problem with teeth  have gone in and realigned and it seems to have stopped.

     Mental japa or murmuring isn't very effective for me as loud japa or kirtan as it simply seems to strain my throat hoarse. It's effecitveness on me is almost hopeless because of my very unstable mind. The 2 worst illnesses I really find intolerable are throat and tooth problems as it stops me from chanting. I am totally dependent on loud chanting and I get very upset if something stops that.

      But really it is all the mercy of you and the Lord. I am always praying that I never lose my voice at anytime as without it I am lost. Previously when I used to chant, there was so much throat strain and I used to get throat infections later. But the Lord has been merciful to give me solutions. Recently with music I am learning to use my voice correctly to avoid all strain. Increasing breath capacity, being able to take deep and quick breaths, singing from the diaphragm and being able to hold one praana kriya for 1 or two minutes without taking another breath. Chanting from the diaphragm is what allows me to chant better. Though I still have to put this to full use and perfect it.

Daaos'smi,
Srinath



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Dear Swamiji,

     Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!

     I've had a history of tooth problems with 5 extractions, 6 fillings, a root canal (very long and painful procedure) along with a longer jaw which is responsible for mouth breathing and so these problems. When the dentist wanted corrective crano-facial  surgery, I had enough of it and refused A surgery would be a total disaster for a month.  Thanks to braces though the problem with teeth  have gone in and realigned and it seems to have stopped.

     Mental japa or murmuring isn't very effective for me as loud japa or kirtan as it simply seems to strain my throat hoarse. It's effecitveness on me is almost hopeless because of my very unstable mind. The 2 worst illnesses I really find intolerable are throat and tooth problems as it stops me from chanting. I am totally dependent on loud chanting and I get very upset if something stops that.

      But really it is all the mercy of you and the Lord. I am always praying that I never lose my voice at anytime as without it I am lost. Previously when I used to chant, there was so much throat strain and I used to get throat infections later. But the Lord has been merciful to give me solutions. Recently with music I am learning to use my voice correctly to avoid all strain. Increasing breath capacity, being able to take deep and quick breaths, singing from the diaphragm and being able to hold one praana kriya for 1 or two minutes without taking another breath. Chanting from the diaphragm is what allows me to chant better. Though I still have to put this to full use and perfect it.

Daaos'smi,
Srinath



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Re: Nitai Gaura's and their devotee's record breaking mercy


Dear devotees,

      Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!

      There are lots of references to Gaura naam, but comparitively very few to Nitaai naam. Only the very choicest verses directly indicate him in all known scriptures. The majority are indirect references. Why is this?

      The answer is that Nityananda is very, very confidential. His mercy is so great and so unique that it is not obtained easily even by liberated souls, although it is the ultimate solution for the material world.

    Nitaai, his names, pastimes, forms, abodes, qualities and servants are all very confidential even to the scriptures. This is because the humility of Lord Nitaai is so much that he keeps Himself hidden behind Lord Gauranga in every possible way always wishing to be the servitor Godhead.

Vrindavana Dasa Thakura has himself said

Text 134 Even a merchant, or a lowly person, or a fool who chants Lord Nityananda's name becomes able to purify the entire world.
Text 169 In this incarnation of the Lord some people sing the names of Lord Chaitanya, but when they hear the name of Lord Nityananda, they jump up and run away.
Text 170 They are like persons who worship Lord Krishna but do not honor Lord Siva. These sinners go to Yamaraja's abode.
Text 171 In this incarnation Lord Nityananda is carefully hidden. Only if Lord Chaitanya Himself reveals Him can anyone see Lord Nityananda.
Text 172 Persons who, not understanding the truth, blaspheme Lord Chaitanya or Lord Nityananda find great obstacles blocking their progress in devotional service to Lord Vishnu

   In these verses it is totally revealed the reason for the incredible confidentiality of Nitaai naam. In Adi Khanda Chapter 1, Vrindavana Dasa Thakur says, "Now days some impersonalists claim in which scripture are Lord Balarama's pastimes descirbed?",

   Indirectly he indicates that those ignorant of Lord Nitaai's glory will challenge where his names and glories, form, qualities, abode and pastimes are described. When Haridasa who was Prahlada and Brahma and Shrivasa who was Narada went to look for Nitaai, they could not find him even despite their powers. They taught us a lesson that no one can find Nitaai by their own seeking processes, scholarship, Vedic knowledge, speculation, or any effort from ourselves.

     But Lord Gauranga is always eager to reveal the glories of Lord Nitaai even against Lord Nityananda's will. Only He can reveal He who keeps himself so hidden. He goes into total ecstasy on hearing the name 'Nityananda'. It is Lord Nityananda who is the object of Lord Gaura's love.

     Throughout Chaitanya Bhagavata and Chaitanya Chaitamrta it is Lord Gauranga who time and again and yet again, reveals Nityananda's true glories to everyone. Lord Gauranga just wants us to show a little humility and a little particle of real faith in Lord Nityananda and he immediately makes all arrangements to reveal all of Lord Nityananda.

   The two Lordships are ready to dive headlong into the hearts of even the materially fallen souls, liberated or not, and arrange their spiritual progress just for chanting "Nityananda" a few times. Even the liberated souls hanker for this type of mercy and those who chant "Nitaai! I am yours" are saved. Whatever happens to them externally, on the absolute platform, their place in the Lord's party has been secured and they will be inspired to attain it somehow or the other. They may keep trying to deviate, but even the most unexpected or dull moments in their life can re-inspire them to come back, just because Lord Nityananda arranged it so.

    Our movement which has openly declared the chanting of Nityaanada naam is possible only due to the mercy of Lord Gauranga. Without Lord Chaitanya's mercy, no one can even know of Lord Nityananda's glories. Those who chant Nityananda Gauranga are very fortunate to have received the special mercy of Lord Gauranga which he offered only to his own circle. Even one devotee who takes the name of Nityananda immediately gets all the record breaking mercy and can deliver the entire universe.

    How can I even write the feelings of gratitude I sometimes feel for those who have revealed this treasure to me? Words are not sufficient. I consider myself to be a most worthless fool and I am sooooo grateful to you for giving this very rare mercy to souls like myself and I pray that I should sincerely remain a humble and sincere servant of your lotus feet always.

Daaso'smi,
Srinath



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