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Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.
Dear Swamiji,
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Dandavat pranams! How can we upload videos in my hard disk onto the forum pages? Can I do it via youtube, google video or any other way?
Requesting help,
Srinath
Dear Vaisnavas,
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!
I have a few questions which I humbly request you all to clarify.
1)Please educate me about the things which ONLY THE LORD can do. I refer to activities or powers or potencies or anything that is exclusive to the Lord alone and which cannot be done by anyone else. I want to know a little about these things. In the Lord's manifest pastimes, there are many miraculous incidents that occurred. But among those things, there are certain incidents which only the Lord is capable of enacting and which others, not even Lord Brahma or Lord Siva are capable of.
2)These days it has become a fashion for fake 'avatars' to declare themselves God by imitating His activities by doing some mystic siddhis, or by surprising people by knowing things which only they know, pretending to be omniscient, etc. Please tell me one thing which all these people cannot do that will expose their fraudulent claims of being 'incarnations'.
3) Now-a-days if I go wrong somewhere, it is as though people are just waiting to pounce and say, "Look, this guy's a devotee and he does these things, etc..etc. They sometimes curse us heavily for our mistakes." It becomes very disheartening at times. We feel, "What's the use? Am I always going to remain like this. Is my chanting all for nothing?" I have asked this question in private, but I would like to put it up on the forum too and hear your guidance.
3)When one is being exposed to all types of Mayavada philosophy and put under pressure to accept, how can we stand our ground? If I were to say anything, they would say that I was only a kid, teenage rebel, upstart and I had no qualifications, I had no good habits, no good character, made so many mistakes, ungrateful, and that I don't have any right to talk.
This is like we are dragged to the impersonal or atheistic altar and forced to bow down to the Mayavada philosophy. Whenever these philosophers come, they make my life and the life of my friends miserable as our near and dear ones go and listen and then come back and force us or ridicule our practice, and if we object we have to hear all blasphemy of devotees, and we are labelled as 'brainwashed' and everything gets banned and we have to do everything underground. Everyone moans that it is their cursed fate and that we are going to ruin everyone's happiness. We also are not allowed to say a word to even tell our position.
Now when it reaches breaking point, it has aroused my anger and sometimes I feel that these philosophies must be beaten to ashes and chopped up. I however always feel very sorry for all those atheists and that they must somehow be saved from the danger they are inviting. How can I deal with this situation in the interests of myself and those around me?
Inquisitive to ask some spiritual questions for all beginners,
Srinath
Dear Vaisnavas,
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! My humble pranams!
I have a few questions which I humbly request you all to clarify.
1)Please educate me about the things which ONLY THE LORD can do. I refer to activities or powers or potencies or anything that is exclusive to the Lord alone and which cannot be done by anyone else. I want to know a little about these things. In the Lord's manifest pastimes, there are many miraculous incidents that occurred. But among those things, there are certain incidents which only the Lord is capable of enacting and which others, not even Lord Brahma or Lord Siva are capable of.
2)These days it has become a fashion for fake 'avatars' to declare themselves God by imitating His activities by doing some mystic siddhis, or by surprising people by knowing things which only they know, pretending to be omniscient, etc. Please tell me one thing which all these people cannot do that will expose their fraudulent claims of being 'incarnations'.
3) Now-a-days if I go wrong somewhere, it is as though people are just waiting to pounce and say, "Look, this guy's a devotee and he does these things, etc..etc. They sometimes curse us heavily for our mistakes." It becomes very disheartening at times. We feel, "What's the use? Am I always going to remain like this. Is my chanting all for nothing?" I have asked this question in private, but I would like to put it up on the forum too and hear your guidance.
3)When one is being exposed to all types of Mayavada philosophy and put under pressure to accept, how can we stand our ground? If I were to say anything, they would say that I was only a kid, teenage rebel, upstart and I had no qualifications, I had no good habits, no good character, made so many mistakes, ungrateful, and that I don't have any right to talk.
This is like we are dragged to the impersonal or atheistic altar and forced to bow down to the Mayavada philosophy. Whenever these philosophers come, they make my life and the life of my friends miserable as our near and dear ones go and listen and then come back and force us or ridicule our practice, and if we object we have to hear all blasphemy of devotees, and we are labelled as 'brainwashed' and everything gets banned and we have to do everything underground. Everyone moans that it is their cursed fate and that we are going to ruin everyone's happiness. We also are not allowed to say a word to even tell our position.
Now when it reaches breaking point, it has aroused my anger and sometimes I feel that these Mayavada philosophies must be beaten to ashes and chopped up. I however always feel very sorry for all those atheists and that they must somehow be saved from the danger they are inviting. How can I deal with this situation in the interests of myself and those around me?
Inquisitive to ask some spiritual questions for all beginners,
Srinath
Dear Bhaktatommy,
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Please accept my obeisances! The word 'ca' is pronounced like 'cha' as in charge, or chaitanya. Here's an audio of the sloka pronunciation.
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Daaso'smi,
Srinath
Man sollte versuchen, die Zitate von Srila Prabhupada zu verstehen, worin er feststellt, dass ein fortgeschrittener Gottgeweihter nicht in ein Schema hineingepresst werden kann, sondern dass es seine erste Pflicht ist, Mittel und Wege aus den Schriften zu finden, zu entwickeln und einzuf�hren, um das Gauranga- und Krischna-Bewusstsein zu verbreiten und in die Blutbahn der leidenden Gesellschaft einzuimpfen, damit Millionen von Menschen es annehmen und raschen Fortschritt im spirituellen Leben machen k�nnen.
Die Acharyas, welche direkt aus der spirituellen Welt herabgestiegen sind, k�nnen den aparadhi jivas (Seelen, welche Vergehen begehen) direkt das Mahamantra geben, indem sie diese Seelen unmittelbar dazu bef�higen, es zu chanten. Ihre T�tigkeiten sollten von uns nicht nachgeahmt werden, aber ihre Anweisungen aus ihren B�chern m�ssen befolgt werden. Und diese Anweisungen sind klar: ein Neuling soll nicht sofort damit anfangen, nur das Hare Krischna Mahamantra zu chanten, und wenn er es trotzdem tut, wird er wegen seiner Vergehen nie das Resultat erlangen. Hingegen betonen die Acharyas, dass der Neuling damit anfangen soll, sehr oft und regelm�ssig die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga zu chanten. Sie haben wiederholt die Anweisung erteilt, die Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantras zu chanten, aber sie sind nicht dazu verpflichtet, ihre eigenen Lehren zu befolgen und sind frei, zu predigen, was immer sie w�nschen. Wir hingegen sollten versuchen, ihre Lehre strikt zu befolgen, und nicht t�richterweise nachzuahmen, was sie getan haben. F�r uns sind ihre Unterweisungen wichtiger, als ihre unverst�ndlichen und transzendentalen Aktivit�ten, welche nie nachgeahmt werden k�nnen.
Ein Acharya muss die Anweisungen in seinen B�chern selbst nicht genau befolgen, weil er so unabh�ngig ist, wie Gott selbst. Aus diesem Grunde sagte Srila Prabhupada, dass ein Neuling nicht sofort das Hare Krischna Mahamantra chanten, sondern zuerst bei den Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga Zuflucht nehmen sollte. Aber Srila Prabhupada braucht nicht seinem eigenen Grundsatz zu folgen und kann direkt das Mahamantra einf�hren (wie er es in den meisten F�llen getan hatte), weil er als naher Gef�hrte von Gauranga unabh�ngig ist. Seine Nachfolger hingegen k�nnen und sollten die Anweisungen in seinen B�chern befolgen, damit sie raschen spirituellen Fortschritt machen k�nnen, und auch um zu predigen.
Ein Acharya kann das Chanten von Mantras, welche von den Schriften nicht unterst�tzt werden, und die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga enthalten, wie �bhaja nitai-gaura radhe-shyam...� missbilligt haben, aber diese �usserungen sollten nie auf das h�chst anerkannte Gaura Gopala Mantra �Gauranga� angewendet werden, welches von allen unseren Acharyas gechantet wurde und in allen echten Schriften erw�hnt wird. Es gibt keinen einzigen Hinweis irgendwo in den �berlieferten Schriften, dass man das Gauranga Mantraraja nur im Kirtan chanten soll, und nicht auch auf der Gebetskette. Tats�chlich haben viele Acharyas wie Shivananda Sena und alle ewigen Gef�hrten des Herrn Gauranga in Goloka, aber auch Parvati, Shiva, Markendeya Rishi und die Sapta Rishis und noch viele andere, das Gauranga Mantraraja auf der Gebetskette gechantet, und Srila Prabhupada hat es mehr als einmal best�tigt, wie man aus den obengenannten Zitaten entnehmen kann.
A song by Srila Vrindavana dasa Thakura
mana nityananda bali daka
emana dayala prabhu ara na paibe kabhu
hridaya kamale kari rakha
kiba se madura lila natana kirtana kala
atiba ganbhira avatara
apanara gupudhane ani martte kari dane
trana kaila e tina samsara
parasa manira gune tuccha lage mora mane
lei parasile hema kare
nitai caitanya gune gana kare katajane
ratana haila ghare ghare
amode baliya hari nama sankirtana kari
premabese pade lotaiya
kahe vrindavana dasa emata karila asa
banchita rahinu abhagiya
O my mind, please chant the name of Nityananda.
You�ll never get such a merciful Lord again.
Keep Him within the lotus of your heart.
His sweet pastimes of chanting and dancing are wonderful.
He�s the most merciful avatara.
He distributed His hidden treasure to everyone.
He thus delivered the three worlds.
The touchstone�s quality of turning iron into gold seems insignificant to me.
But many persons glorify the qualities of Nitai-Caitanya.
They made jewels in every house.
I happily do hari-nama-sankirtana
I roll on the ground in ecstatic prema.
Vrindavana dasa says I desire Their lotus feet since I�m the most unfortunate.
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!
Please accept my humble obeisances,
Dear Holy Swami Gaurangapada and surrendered souls,
Would someone be so kind to educate me in the proper pronunciation of the Sanskrit word (Ca) especially in the instance of the following :
vande�ham sri-guroh sri-yuta-pada-kamalam sri-gurun vaisnavams ca
sri rupam sagrajatam saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam
sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam
sri-radha-ksna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca
[�I offer pranamas to the lotus feet of Sri Gurudeva (who includes sri diksa-guru and bhajana-siksa-guru), guru-varga (our entire disciplic succession) and all other Vaisnavas, to Sri Rupa Gosvami, his elder brother Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Jiva Gosvami and their associates, to Sri Advaita Prabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates, and to the lotus feet of Sri Radha and Krsna accompanied by Sri Lalita and Visakha and all the other sakhis.� (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila 2.1)]
grateful,
bhaktatommy
