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It is a sad day. Shri BV Puri Maharaja Disappearance and Samadhi in Puri is almost bringing the era of the illustrious disciples of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta to an end.
Re: Lord Nityaananda and His Name are non-different and all powerful
Dandavats Maharaj�s and vaisnavas.
Dear Mihir from these few verses from Bhagavad Gita we can understand so many wonderful things.
First let me tell you I am not an advanced soul as you put it. Yes I had the good fortune to be in Srila Prabhupadas movement and have his association, but did not take full advantage of it.
Regarding to being elderly to you that is right, but however its by our good fortune that we take up nitai gauranga consciousness as Lord Krsna say�s in Bhagavad gita
43) O son of Kuru, within one of the births I have just described to you, that unsuccessful yogi revives, from the practices of his previous life, his intelligence centered in the worship of the Supersoul. Thereafter, with renewed vigor, he again endeavors for the perfection of seeing Him.
44) Although undesirous due to some obstacle, he again becomes attracted to yoga, by dint of the practice he applied in his last life. And though he may be a practitioner still striving for perfection, he surpasses the path of fruitive action mentioned in the Vedas, and achieves a far superior fruit.
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So we can see its not about seniority of course some respect is due, but in my case no respect is required.
Its by good fortune (sukrti).
Why do we see people practicing 30 or 40 years and not advancing, but a person may start their practice and make more progress than us; so we should not be envious of them, but help them all we can.
Dear readers it very important to read Bhagavad Gita
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36) In My consideration, no doubt the yoga described by Me for controlling the mental faculty is difficult for the person of unrestrained mind. But one who zealously subjugates the mind by the authentic practice is definitely successful in yoga.
37) Arjuna said: O Krsna, a mediocre person may, due to his faith in scripture, engage in yoga practice. However, lacking proper practice and abnegation, he subsequently deviates due to mundane propensities. It seems that he will surely be unsuccessful in yoga. What, then, is his destination?
38) O mighty hero, O Krsna, having deviated from the yoga path of attaining the Absolute, shelterless and fallen from the paths of both action and meditation, is not such a person utterly lost like a fragmented cloud?
39) O Krsna! No one but You can dispel this doubt of mine. Please mercifully slash it at the root.
40) The Supreme Lord said: O Arjuna, son of Kunti, the unsuccessful yogi does not suffer ruination either in this life or the next. He is not deprived of the pleasures of the heavenly planetary systems in this universe, nor is he denied the chance to personally see the Supersoul in the divine realm. This is so, O dear one, because a person who perform virtuous actions never becomes illfated.
41) After residing for many years in all those heavenly planets that are attainable by the performers of great sacrifices such as the Asvamedha, the unsuccessful yogi takes the supreme goal.
42) On the other hand, if a person falls from his attempt in yoga after a considerably long period of practice, then certainly he takes birth in the home or lineage of teachers of yoga who are absorbed in yoga practice. Know that birth in such a location is very rarely atteined.
43) O son of Kuru, within one of the births I have just described to you, that unsuccessful yogi revives, from the practices of his previous life, his intelligence centered in the worship of the Supersoul. Thereafter, with renewed vigor, he again endeavors for the perfection of seeing Him.
44) Although undesirous due to some obstacle, he again becomes attracted to yoga, by dint of the practice he applied in his last life. And though he may be a practitioner still striving for perfection, he surpasses the path of fruitive action mentioned in the Vedas, and achieves a far superior fruit.
45) With more arduous endeavor than previously, the yogi who fully purifies his consciousness by rejecting the filth of all worldly desires and mental images, finally achieves the fruit of many lifetimes of yoga practice. Thereafter, he reaches the supreme goal.
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Shri Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja Leaves us
Dear Devotees, Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shrila Guru Paramparaa! Pujyapada Shri Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja, the Hari Naama Disciple of our Parama Gurudeva Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabbhupada, has passed away from this world in Vishakhapatnam. Today is a sad day for us because we have become deprived of his advanced association. Personally, I found his extraordinary qualities of full attachment to staying in Jagannatha Puri Dhaama (Gundicha), publishing wonderful books of our Acharyas, speaking very siddhantic philosophy without making it cheap (he never deviated from the pure teachings of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada) and quoting many Sanskrit versess. The wonderful era of the direct disciples of Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada is almost ending now.
He was supposed to go to Shri Mayapura Dhaama today. But instead due to some sick feeling they took him to Vishakhapatnam where he left the world. His body is being brought here to Jagannatha Puri for the Samadhi ceremony as he has wished. We offer our heartfelt dandavats to all his beloved disciples around the world and pray for their strength in these extremely difficult times for them. We will try to record it by video for his disciples who will not be able to attend it in person. To lose one's Gurudeva's vapuh association is the greatest loss in this material world. Sometimes we understand our good fortune and it's full importance only when we lose it. We may take it for granted when we it is available.
Shri Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja Tirobhava Ki Jaya!!! Shri Bhakti Vaibhava Maharaja Ki Jaya!!! se sanga na paiya kande narottama dasa...
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A Brief Life History of Sri Srimad Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami Maharaj
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CONTENTS
Sri Srimad Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami Astakam
A Brief Life History of Sri Srimad Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami MaharajQuestions and Answers
Preceptor's Precepts in Brief
List of Temples Around India
List of Publications
SRI SRIMAD BHAKTI VAIBHAVA PURI GOSWAMI ASTAKAM
sada pujya Gurudeva dayanidhe
gatidayak parag Vedamate
bhati tvadiyamananta dharmadhanam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(1)
bhakta sarbottama he Bhakti Vaibhava
puri goswami nama dharin he deva
rupanugariteh karosi bhajanam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(2)
abatirnah subarna-sujoge bhubi
nityam jiba hite rata krsnapremin
bhabasagar tarana kirti jutam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(3)
jibamoksakarye prabho cabatirna
harinamno bitaraneapyagraganya
prabalambya tu hrdaye gauramatam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(4)
sarbabidya-bisarada bhaktasrestha
sarbasamsaya mocane asi balisthah
sada bhabayasi hrda radhadhabam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(5)
dhyeyam siddha saraswati subhrapadam
krsnebhakti vrindabane cahoratram
tatha rai ramanandasya pujakarjyam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(6)
biswe chaitanya cetana kathakarin
hrdi jagannath bibhumaladharin
mukhe piyuse sadrsam subacanam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(7)
karomi manasa Sripada pujanam
sugrahyam bhabatu mama nibedanam
adhamaya mahyam dehi dibyagyanam
pranamami Guroh taba padapadam(8)
Sri Bhakti Vaibhavapadyam Purigoswaminh Stabam
Trikalam jah pathennityam sah jati paramam gatim(9)
iti Sri Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswamyastakam Sampurnam
All glory to the Divine Master and Lord Gauranga
Nama Om Vishnupadaya Krishnapresthaya Bhutale
Srimate Puri Goswami Bhakti Vaibhava Namine
Gaurabani Pracharaya Dridha Sankalpa Murtaye
Krishna Shakti Swarupaya Sri Bhakti Pradaine Namah
Great souls say- It is heard from sastras that the living entities are liberated from this material world simply by singing the glories and past times of Vaishnavas .
We discuss about the Life History of ideal persons who dedicated themselves to the cause of self realisation and for the benefit of mankind at large. So many Karmees, Jnanis and Yogis had given many pieces of advice through their conduct while preaching according to the interest of the people . They are not beneficial for the liberation of one's soul even though one gets benefit of one's body and mind by following their precepts through daily discussions . We may be benefited for the upliftment of our souls if we develop a taste for discussing the conduct and teachings of the Sadhus and great devotees of the Lord through their Life Histories. There is no other way than this for the benefit of one's soul. It is easy to get facilities for the enjoyment of one's body and mind in every state and in every birth. But the benefit of realisation one's self could be attained only in this human life. So great personalities coming to this world give us precepts through their personal conduct and rigorous practice. Teaching for our benefit and their Teachings are flourished through our self-conduct and adherence to the principles laid. So if we follow their precepts through our lives then certainly it will be beneficial for our souls. So the well-wishers of their self-souls progress in their devotional path by studying and understanding the Life Histories of Spiritual Masters and Vaishnavas .
The Lord Vishnu appears in this world on His own accord, when there is flourishment of irreligions and disgrace to the religion, in order to establish Bhagavata Dharma and to protect his devotes. Spiritual masters of the Vaishnava cult, either with the for permission of the Lord or on their own accord, appear in this world which is the abode of the Lord to re-establish religion by eradicating the disgracement to the Religion and to make the Truth Seekers drink the nectar of the loving devotionalservice of the Lord. When the atheists being offensive have lost their mental power and try to destroy the real truth as preached by the Lord Himself, the Lord makes His devotees appear in this world as His representatives to re-establish His doctrine.
It may be right in the beginning to worship the Lord alone as a neophyte devotee does so in a natural way leaving the worship of the great devotees of the Lord and Sadhus. But the Lord's devotees and the spiritual masters come to this world in order to bestow the living entities the joy of service to the Lord. In this way the devotees come to this world from time to time in order to preach the Lord's doctrine and redeem the fallen souls from the dark well of material existence . Among those devotees, Sri Srimad B.V. Puri Goswami, the Founder
President and Acharya of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission, is one of the great disciples of the world spiritual master 108 Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. He always engages himself in the services of Sri Varsabhanavi devi as if he is Her maid-servant.
'Shakti shakti matoyavedah'. The Lord's potency is the source of all the energies and the Omnipotent Lord is a non-different . It is said in the scriptures that energy is non-different from the Omnipotent Lord. The Lord is the source of potency in reality and the spiritual master being sent by the Lord is like the potency of the Lord. The Omnipotent Lord under the influence of His Para Shakti manifests his Wonderful lilas in this World. The Omnipotent Lord manifests His wonderful lilas through Sri VyasaDeva and other spiritual masters in line of disciplic succession. A spiritual master is well versed with all the scriptures. He churns all the scriptures to find the butter as the Lord's devotion and he declares to the living entities ascertaining their duties as the devotional service of the Lord with reverence.
It is offensive to consider a spiritual master or a sadhu to belong to a particular caste by his birth, as it is offensive to consider the Lord to be a Boar seeing His Boar form or to consider Hanuman who is in a monkey form to belong to a Monkey family.
BIRTH AND PARENTS
The Spiritual master Srimad B. V. Puri Goswami Maharaj appeared on this material plane on 5th day of the waning period of the Moon of Magha in 1913, in the house of his grand-father, in the village Fulta, which is just 5 kms away from Berhampur in Ganjam District of Orissa State in India, Bharata Varsha, the most sacred place in the world. His mother's name is Srimati Devi and his father's name is Sri Damodar. They had four sons and Srila B.V. Puri Maharaj is the second son having no sisters. The parents named our Maharaj on an auspicious day as Nrusimgha. His father came with his family from the village Tulasi near Ichhapur to the village Kutharsingi in Ganjam District.
STUDY EDUCATION AND YOUTH
Srila Maharaj received his primary education from a teacher at Kutharsingi. After that he received his higher education in a high school at Surangi near Ichhapur which is few kilometres away from his village. At the encouragement of his elder brother he joined in Khallikote College, Berhampur for higher education and receivedhis B.A. degree. Srila Maharaj was beneficial, noble, truthful and unenvious from his student career, so Mahatma Gandhi's principle of truth and non- violence as well as the 1930's Civil Disobedience Movement had great impact on him. He became the president of the district freedom fighters association and he was a great freedom fighter himself.
INTEREST IN AYURVEDA
Gradually he developed interest in Ayurveda and decided to learn it. He successfully completed his study about Ayurveda from the renowned Kaviraja Sripad Madhusudan Sharma who took initiation with his wife from Srila Prabhupada and after finishing Ayurvedic learning Srila Maharaj daily discussed Srimad Bhagavata and Goswamis' scriptures after the class and was encouraged by the teacher. In the meanwhile he also used to discuss with Sharma about the magazine 'The Gaudiya' and The news paper ' Daily Nadia prakash '. In this way some days passed and at the encouragement of Sripad Sharma he received his initiation from the world spiritual master Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada, on 3rd August, 1936, the advent day of Balarama in presence of Sripada Madhusudan Dasadhikari at Sridham Mayapur. After returning from that place by the encouragement of Sripada
Sharma he opened an Ayurvedic charitable hospital at Bhanjanagar. After earning a good experience in the line of Ayurvedic treatment he came to be known as Sri Nrusingha Kaviraj. He was well versed with the scriptures of the Vaishnavas as well as Ayurvedic literature. Exactly at that time the staunch followers of Srila Prabhupada who were sannyasis or Brahmacharies came to Ganjam District for preaching the doctrine of Mahaprabhu and stayed at Bhanjanagar. The disciples of Srila Prabhupada advised Srila Maharaj to live with them in a math, seeing his wonderful zeal in preaching the Lord's doctrine and his self interest in reading scriptures.
DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS GURUDEV SRILA PRABHUPAD
After some days a telegram was received by Sripad Madhusudan prabhu and it stated the disappearance of Srila Prabhupad on 1st January 1937. Srila Maharaj attended with Sripad Sharma in that commemoration ceremony. In this way he practised his doctorship and left his house for Mayapur on 25th June, 1937.
DIKSHYA
He received Dikshya from Srila Ananta Vasudeva Para Vidyabhusan Prabhu as per the advice of the seniormost Sannyasis but later on left him for unavoidable circumstances.
1937-1942 IN CHARGE OF KOVVUR GAUDIYA MATH
One day Srila Maharaj met with Srila Bhakti Rupa Vilas Maharaj at the Sribas corridor at Mayapur . He finished his study in Sanskrit upto Bhagavata Acharya while staying at Mayapur. Bhakti Rupa Vilas Maharaj requested Puri Maharaj to stay with him in the Ashram. Puri Maharaj used to write articles for the monthly magazine 'The Gaudiya' staying there. Seeing his high standard articles Srila Bhakti Rupa Vilas Maharaj asked Puri Maharaj to write staying with him. But another envious person became furious at this. In the year 1937 Lord Krishna provided a munificentopportunity to Puri Maharaj by sending him to Sri Raya Ramananda Gaudiya Math at Kovvur in Andhra Pradesh as the chief of that monastery, by the secretary of the Gaudiya Math Sripad Bhakti Sudhakar Prabhu. He proved his administrative capabilities by managing the Gaudiya Math at Madras (Chennai) while he successfully managed the functions of the Kovvur Math as well.
During those days he was affectionately addresed as Nrusinghananda Prabhu by one and all. He used to go for alms to the nearby villages. He used to keep and maintain all the accounts of the Math always of today. As alms he was getting rice, dal and sugar candy for the deities. Srila Maharaj has great reverence for Srila Raya Ramananda. So he reconstructed the temple, corridor of the temple, and constructed a house for sadhus and a big hall for taking prasad a part from collecting money for the cooking utensils by his personal attempt. After finishing all these constructions he invited all the Gaudiya sannyasis and Brahmacharis for the installation ceremony. All the invitees participated enthusiastically in the ceremony and involved themselves in the 7 days' congregational religious meetings, which was a grand success. Even though every one is praising Srila Maharaj, Maharaj is double-cautious to see that, knowingly or unknowingly, no vaishnava aparadham is committed at any level. At the end of the ceremony Srila Maharaj pleased all the Sadhus, Sannyasis and Brahmacharis by paying due respects to all of them and saw that they are honoured with new cloths etc., apart from money and articles enabling them to serve the Lord better. While doing all these works as a Lord's dedicated worker, he remained peaceful and simple thinking about the Trunadapi sunichena Verse from Sri Sikshastaka, the eight fundamental Regulations enunciated by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
It was in 1942 that in order to instill discipline among the inhabitants of the math and to fix responsibility and caution in rendering the devotional service to the Lord, Puri Maharaj left for Mayapur making them to take charge of the Math. Before he reached Mayapur he went to Kharagpur and then proceeded to Midnapore. At that time the installation ceremony of the Ashram was going on at Midnapore. A great many sadhus like Srila Keshab Goswami Maharaj, and Srila Sridhar Goswami Maharaj had come to that place. Maharaj gave him all sorts of assistance for this ceremony. On account of Maharaj's extraordinary qualities several sannyasi devotees of Srila Prabhupad wanted to give Maharaj the fourth order of sannyasa. But Maharaj wanted to remain impartial towards them and to keep good companionship with all of them. He invited the grace of the Lord to rescue him at this delicate juncture. Even though he used to give assistance according to his capacity to all, he had great love for Srila Sridhar Maharaj and so he used to help him in all kinds of devotional services, Srila Sridhar Maharaj had no servitors with him. Therefore Srila Maharaj brought his followers to engage them for the Lord's service.
As per the request of Srila Sridhar Maharaj, he remained with him in his Ashram with Sripad Ananda Lilamaya Prabhu. Ananda Lilamaya Prabhu used to cook there for the Lord and Srila Maharaj used to worship the Lord. Ten full time devotees gathered there at the encouragement of Srila Maharaj. It was the month of Vaishakha, Srila Maharaj arranged to read Bhagavata at Nadanghata in the house of a Landlord Sripad Panchu Singh. He gave his discourses on Bhagavata for one month and the people of that place were very much pleased. The next year he was engaged in reading Bhagavata for seven days. After the discourses, kirtan was performed.
1942-1948 MAHARAJ STAYED AT MAYAPUR
Srila Maharaj used to go to the banks of Jahnavi during his five years' stay at
Mayapur. There he used to meet the crest Jewel of Paramahansa's, Sri Srimad
Bansidas Babaji Maharaj. But Srila Babaji Maharaj did not talk with any one, he only
used to show his pipe. The disciple of Srila Babaji Maharaj used to offer coffee to
Srila Maharaj because Babaji Maharaj used to drink coffee. He used to make notch-
potch. Sometimes that was also available to Maharaj. Srila Babaji Maharaj was a
Maha Bhagavata. He had earned success in parental love for Goura Nitai. His main
peculiarity was that he remained always in trance position. He incessantly used to talk
with his worshipping deities. Sometimes he laughed by playing jokes with the deities,
sometimes he cried and at other times he cried bitterly calling "Oh Hari" who is
affectionate for his devotees," O life of my soul Hari", "O Gopal", "O the son of
Nanda" etc. In this way he used to call the Lord in His different names. A great deal
of people visited him on the banks of the Ganga, but he did not talk with any one and
used to talk only with his worshipping deities in a parental loving manner . Though he
was very old, he cooked himself for the deities. Sometimes he was under such a
trance that he forgot for the service of the deities and even to eat for himself for days
together. lt was his significance.
Foot prints of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu were established by Puri Maharaj in a
quick span in the old and ancient temple of Sri Radha Madan Mohan in Northa
District. That was the first service to Srila Rupa Goswamy. Maharaj had intimate
association with Srila Bhakti Rakshaka Sridhar Maharaj and Bhakti Vijaya Prabhu.
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SRILA PRABHUPADA GREAT SUCCESS
In 1947 a Grand celebrations were organised for seven days at Brahmapur Town
Hall, on occasion of the 10th commemoration ceremony of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. And for that occasion Srila Baikhanas Maharaj, Srila
Nityananda Prabhu and Srila Maharaj had tried their level best with all their full
energies. Srila Maharaj did every thing, accompanied by Srila Baikhanas Maharaj.
The donation of Sri Balaji Sahu, the proprietor of 'Ganjam Amala' was very
significant. Different sadhus from different pilgrimages attended that meeting held at
Brahmapur Town Hall and delivered their discourses. For their boarding some rooms
of Khallikote College and Hostel were spared with the help of the then principal of
the college. People from nearby villages poured into that meeting to hear the
discourses. On every evening Srila Maharaj with more than 300 devotees was going
in a procession starting from Balaji Pentha street upto Town Hall with big banners
and flags. The important Sadhus who were present in that great religious meeting
were the sannyasi disciples of Srila Prabhupad, like Srila Srauti Maharaj, Santha
Maharaj, Jajabara Maharaj and Brahmacharis. .
MAHARAJ KNOWN TO BE THE BHAGAVATACHARYA AT RAMANANDA GOUDIYA MATH AMONG MAYAPUR SANNYASIS
When Maharaj used to stay at Mayapur he attended the classes on Bhagavata of
Srila Bhakti Pradeepa Tirtha Maharaj. Srila Tirtha Maharaj loved him very much. He
became the monitor of that Bhagavata class. He could give correct answers of all sorts
of questions on Bhagavata. Maharaj at that time used to take Bhagavata classes at thedirection of Srila Tirtha Maharaj and Srila Tirtha Maharaj used to sit along side with
him. In this way Srila Maharaj got his recognition as a Bhagavata Acharya at
Mayapur. Still now Srila Maharaj gives the correct annotation of any verse from
Bhagavata at his present advanced as of 85 years. Maharaj has remembered most of
the verses of Srimad Bhagavata. He usually takes water or any food after reading
Srimad Bhagavata.
1948-1966 IN CHARGE OF GOUDIYA MATHS, KOVVUR, MADRAS
At that time the things were settled between the Gaudiya Maths and Kunjada
received some maths. After that Maharaj again became the chief of the previous two
maths situated at Kovvur and Madras (Chennai).
LEAVING GAUDIYA MATH AT KOVVUR
Once he went on a pilgrimage to the south with Srila Nityananda Prabhu giving
the charge of the math to Purushottam Brahmachari. Maharaj never allowed
indiscipline in the devotional service to the Lord. One Sannyasi took charge of the
math from Sripad Purushottam Prabhu. Srila Maharaj saw this incident to his utter
displeasure after returning from his pilgrimage and mentally decided to leave the
Math. He left the math with Srila Janardana Maharaj, Srila Nityananda Prabhu, Srila
Ananda Prabhu and Srila Ramamohan Prabhu. At that time the followers of the math
who were renounciates or house-holders requested him, "This is your place, you stay
here". Though they requested Srila Maharaj to stay there, he did not stay with them
and told, "I have not come to establish any math, building, etc. If Sriman Mahaprabhu
wants that I should preach His doctrine, then I can establish 10 to 15 maths. Why
should I stay here ?" Leaving that place he took shelter in the house of a Fortunate
devotee named Garpati Subamma at her humble request. He used to go for alms and
remained in her house. He cooked himself the alms and offered to the Lord . He alone
continued his preaching activity and achieved the task.
TOOK SANYASA IN 1966 FROM SRILA GIRI MAHARAJ
The aged sannyasis who were loving him wanted to make him their sannyasi
disciple seeing Maharaja's great devotion, service to Vaishnavas, and his
thoroughness in scriptures. He consulted with Srila Baikhanas Maharaj about taking
sannyasa and at last on 7th February, 1966 he took sannyasa in Mayapur at Sriman
Mahaprabhu's birth place according to the scriptural injunctions, from Srila Bhakti
Swarupa Giri Maharaj in presence of his Vaishnava circle. After this he came to Srila
Keshaba Maharaj with Srila Giri Maharaj. Srila Keshaba Maharaj became angry upon
Srila Giri Maharaj and said, "Why did you give sannyasa to him? He is ours." But
Srila Giri Maharaj in order to avoid this told, "I am your servitor." Everyone wanted
to make Maharaj his own disciple. The main reason behind it was that Maharaj was
apt in management of maths and he was well versed in Bhagavata. Everyone wanted
to give him the charge of their maths.
ESTABLISHED SRI KRISHNA CHAITANYA ASHRAM IN KAKINADA IN 1966
After so much effort Srila Maharaj wanted to stand up himself and to manage an
Ashram. He formed one registered board named 'Sri Krishna Chaitanya Ashram' in
Kakinada of Andhra Pradesh in June, 1966. He became The president of that
registered board. A Retd. Police officer was the cashier of the registered board and the
secretary was a local devotee named Satyanarayan Murty (A Retd. Chemistry
Lecturer). After some years some maths were established.
FORMED THE PRESENT SRI KRISHNA CHAITANYA MISSION
In 1983 he formed a new registered board at Itota in Sridhama PURI making Sri
Chaitanya Chandra Ashram the centre place of the Mission and Srila Purushottam
Tirtha Maharaj became the Secretary of that registered body. From that time onwards
this body is functioning and the number of maths under the mission raised to 18. (list
of addressess even at the end of this book.)
On the one hand Srila Maharaj is devoid of lust and thinks himself to be an
ordinary devotee and on the other hand he was a noble worker of the Congress and is
beneficial to all. He is a lover of truth and non-violence. Once Srila Maharaj was
returning from Mayapur after finishing the advent ceremony of Sriman Mahaprabhu,
Srila Jajabar Maharaj came from the Ashram of Srila Sridhar Maharaj and met him at
Howrah railway station. He asked Maharaj to accept the charge of the math. Maharaj
refused to accept anything. He tells to his disciples, "You get together for one
purpose, that is the service of the Lord and try to preach the doctrine of Mahaprabhu
after me. You keep good relations with yourselves and stay in the Ashram."
ADHERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES
Srila Maharaj has never tasted any kind of intoxicants and he can not tolerate
any one using them. He comments against the intoxicants telling that these are the
disciples of this iron age. Once a Brahman came to the Ashram at Rajahmundry. He
took his dinner and asked some money for taking betel. Maharaj became furious and
scolded him. That Brahmin also became furious and cursed him saying, "You cut the
root after allowing one to climb a tree." Maharaj gave scriptural evidences in support
of his comment. After that the Brahmin understood his fault and left that place. So
Maharaj tells during his discourses every human being should try to rectify his
personal fault.
VAISHNAVA APARADHA IS NEVER TOLERATED
Maharaj can not tolerate denouncing Guru-Vaishnavas or doing anything against
scriptural injunctions. Even in the meeting if one tells something sounding so, he asks
him to stop his discourse or if there is chance he rules it out by quoting scriptural
verses. Once a conference of sadhus was organised at Bhakti Vinod Ashram in
Brahmapur. One scholar described that a farmer's utterance of the name of Hari only
once before going to bed is greater than the incessant chanting of Narada. Hearing this
Maharaj stopped him to say any more. The reason behind it is that the incessant
chanter Narada, Who is a stalwart devotee, is incomparable to a farmer who is a mere
Karmee. This goes against Mahaprabhu's doctrine. He says chant always Hari. In this
way Srila Maharaj establishes any matter which goes against scriptural injunctions
with strong arguments basing on scriptures.
INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP WITH A.C. BHAKTI VEDANTA SWAMY
The founder Acharya of ISKCON, Srila A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swami Maharaj
was an intimate friend of Srila Maharaj. He liked Maharaj very much among all the
sannyasis of Gaudiya maths. .The Vaishnavas of all other Gaudiya Maths were
disliking Swami Maharaj. Srila Maharaj liked him very much and that's why he was
invited by Srila Swami Maharaj while installing new temples or conducting religious
meetings. Srila Maharaj accepting his invitation used to attend the ceremonies
arranged by Srila Swami Maharaj. Srila Maharaj went around the streets of the town
Visakhapatnam with Srila Swami Maharaj and he arranged prasad and boarding for
all the foreign devotees who came with Srila Swami Maharaj. Especially he helped
them in preaching Mahaprabhu's doctrine and being pleased in his service Srila
Swami Maharaj loved him very affectionately . Before the disappearance of Srila
Swami Maharaj he called his disciples and told them, "You take advice of Srila
Sridhar Maharaj or my most dear friend Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami
Maharaj on any matter regarding scriptural injunctions or temples." At the last time of
his disappearance Srila Swami Maharaj wanted the presence of Srila Puri Maharaj at
Sridham Brindavan.
In 1971 Srila Maharaj invited Swamy Maharaj to inaugurate a new temple at
Rajahmundry on the banks of Godavari. In 1973 A.C. Bhakti Vedanta Swamy
Maharaj visited our Visakhapatnam Ashram with 15 senior disciples and stayed for
about 20 days. They discussed lots of issues in Practice of Bhakti and its preaching.
Srila B.V.Puri Maharaj went to Mayapur to lay foundation to the present
Chandrodaya Temple of ISKCON. Thus a thick friendship was established between
them.
The aged and most experienced sannyasis and Brahmacharies of other Gaudiya
Maths were also attending with Srila Maharaj while installing new temples or
constructing buildings for sadhus. They also were making success to the religious
meetings following the words of their spiritual master. Now also the justified disciples
of Srila Swami Maharaj request Srila Maharaj for attending the installation
ceremonies and joining in the religious meetings.
MAHARAJ LOVES KIRTAN AND LOUD CHANTING
Maharaj used to say at universal conference of sadhus, "should Vaishnavas go
ahead of a procession with loud chanting." The aim of such advice was to attract
persons to the procession and to make them realise the effect of kirtan, so that the
people of that place would come to the meeting place for hearing the discourses
delivered by pure devotees and to benefit themselves. He always wants to fulfil the
desires of Guru and Gauranga. It is also his aim to encourage persons to follow good
conduct leaving bad conduct of this iron age and to serve the Lord by remaining away
from quarreling themselves.
KEEN INTEREST ON THE SONGS OF NAROTTAMA THAKUR
Srila Maharaj liked the songs written by Narottama Thakur. The songs which
are loved by Maharaj, written by Narottam Thakur are, "Gora Panhu na Vajiyamainu" and Narottama Dasa "kene nagela mariya". He says that the songs written by
Lochana Dasa are good but advisory. Similarly the songs written by Bhakti Vinoda
Thakur are systematic but those are only his feelings. The songs of Narottam Dasa
Thakur have great impact on the neophytes. "The Prema Bhakti Chandrika" of Srila
Narottam Thakur is the best of all his songs. He tells about the preaching in West
Bengal. Srila Jajabar Maharaj had a good voice and he was also a good singer. While
Srila Keshaba Maharaj was doing kirtan Srila Maharaj rythmically used to repeat the
same song. At the time of preaching he used to sing with other sannyasis.
MERCY OF THE VAISHNAVAS IS ESSENTIAL
Srila Maharaj has observed the conduct and behaviour of great Vaishnavas
staying with them. So he says it is very difficult to get the Lord's feet by any one who
has not stayed with great personalities or pure devotees of the Lord.
EYES WITH TEARS
Srila Maharaj comes into trance with full of tears in his eyes while narrating the
pastimes of Gauranga or commenting on the verses of Srimad Bhagavata. He is very
sentimental. He does with utmost care the service to Tulasi, circumambulating the
temple of the Lord, worshipping the deities or singing the names of the Lord. These
are his daily routine work and ideal principles. He daily discusses in his friends' circle
and with his disciples 'Sri Chaitanya Charitamruta', 'Srimad Bhagavata', scriptures of
Gaudiya philosophy, etc. He being accompanied by his disciples always teaches how
to serve the Lord. Every day in the morning he with his disciples reads Srimad
Bhagavata, Srimad Bhagavata Gita, Brahma Sanhita, Stotra Ratna and sometimes
does it by the help of his disciples. He becomes furious if any disciple does not sit for
kirtan and he points out the errors of his disciples through his lecture with strong
words in order to rectify them. His main teaching is that if one wants to take shelter
under one's spiritual master's feet then he should have perseverance to accept his
spiritual master's ruling. Tolerance is one of the good qualities of an Ashram dweller.
It is not possible on one's part to develop without tolerance.
MOST OF THE INTIMATE ASSOCIATES OF THE MAHARAJ LEFT THIS MATERIAL WORLD
Srila Maharaj had great friendship with Srila Nityananda Prabhu, Srila Tirtha
Maharaj, Srila Ananda Prabhu and Srila Janardana Maharaj. He used to send some
money to Ananda Prabhu in every month while he was in Brindavan. He also helped
Srila Nityananda Prabhu in his difficulties and he also used to send money and paper
to Nityananda Prabhu for printing books. He comes to Brahmapur at the time of the
commemoration day of Srila Prabhupada and at some other times. Sometimes two
friends talked with each other in a friendly way. He was loving very much to Srila
Tirtha Maharaj thinking that he would look after him the developmental work of the
Ashrams but he had lost almost all his true friends. So Srila Maharaj is in deep sorrow
due to the separation of Vaishnavas. He is now staying in this world to give chance to
the fallen souls for their upliftment by the God's will and doing the work of installing
Ashramas and publishing scriptures on Vaishnava philosophy besides guides the
temple incharges in execution of their daily devotional work effectively.
EFFORTS IN ESTABLISHING A MATH IN BRINDAVAN
By the desire of his friends' circle he wanted to establish a math in Brindavan.
His spiritual master, who had given him sannyasa, Srila Giri Maharaj, had a math at
Brindavana and Srila Maharaj was the only disciple of Srila Giri Maharaj. So Srila
Giri Maharaj wanted to make him his successor and handover his math at Brindavan.
But at God's will Srila Giri Maharaj fell ill and while he was in the hospital the
disciples of Srila Madhava Maharaj were looking after him. Still then he wanted to
handover his math to Srila Puri Maharaj. Hearing this one of the householders told to
Giri Maharaj, "Srila Puri Maharaj is not here. He is in Andhra Pradesh. So please
handover your math to Srila Madhava Maharaj." So Srila Giri Maharaj handed over it
to Srila Madhava Maharaj.
BRAJAVASIS DESERVE OUR SERVICE
Now as per the causeless mercy of Sri Brusabhanunandini Srimati Radharani, he
has a temple near Her place of sporting called Sebakunja in Brindavan. He says his
disciples, "We have come to this place for serving the Lord but not to receive service
from the Brajabasis." So he denies to ask alms from the inhabitants of Brindavan
Dham. At the request of his disciples and some householders he has accepted some
foreign disciples and he has now established a math at Sridham Mayapur, the advent
place of Sriman Mahaprabhu. Though Srila Maharaj was driven out indirectly from
the Raya Ramananda Gaudiya Math at Kovvur in Andhra Pradesh, he has constructed
many maths, by the will of Mahaprabhu, on the donated lands as per the request of the
local people. Now he has 18 maths, some charitable hospitals and libraries. Still then
he has formidable promise to preach and distribute the doctrine of Sriman
Mahaprabhu.
ESTABLISHED BOOK TRUST AND PUBLISHING SEVERAL BOOKS
He has published many books on Vaishnava philosophy in different languages
like Telugu, Oriya, Hindi and English in order to supply books on unalloyed devotion
to the public. After the demise of Srila Nityananda Prabhu he established a book trust
named "Sri Bhakti Bigyana Nityananda Book Trust" in the name of Srila Nityananda
Prabhu on 28th July, 1988. As the president of the trust he advises the trust at
different times to publish different books. These books are printed with the help of a
printing machine which was established by Srila Nityananda Prabhu and Srila
Maharaj. The printed books are sent to different maths of this mission for the benefit
of the devotees. Now he is the chief editor of the monthly magazine "The Siddhanta"
which was published under the able guidance of Srila Nityananda Prabhu before his
disappearance.
IMPORTANT BOOKS AT LOW COST
He has high ambition to fulfil the will of his spiritual master, Srila Prabhupad by
publishing books from the printing press which is called "Bruhata Mrudanga." Now
he desires to publish Srimad Bhagavata which was written by Sri Krishna
Dwaipayana Veda Vyasa but it has not been done. It may be fulfilled if Lord so
desires. He spends money in printing books. He is always very particular for the get
up of the books, errorless printing and low cost of the books. He thinks that peopleshould be able to buy books at low cost so that they can read them and get benefit out
of them. He gives strong instructions to the charge holders of various maths to pay the
cost of the books sent to them. He wants that small booklets should be published on
the teachings of Srila Prabhupad, the life histories of great souls, the life histories of
Associates of Sriman Mahaprabhu, the philosophy of Sriman Mahaprabhu, the main
theme of Srimad Bhagavatam and the teachings of Sri Krishna in Gita.
AFFECTIONATE TOWARDS DISCIPLES BOTH FOR GRUHASTAS AND THYAGIES
Srila Maharaj is affectionate to his disciples. He is eager to dispel the doubts of
his disciples. He asks his disciples how do they chant, what do they feel and so on?
He never tries to disrespect others. He also does not tolerate any kind of disrespect to
others. He tells his disciples that who does not chant even residing in maths, his life is
spoiled due to the misutilisation of a golden opportunity given by the Lord. One's
song or kirtan should be impressive as per his advice. He always says that prayers
should make oneself to feel as insignificant as a blade of grass. He does not like to
sing like a tape-recorder without proper feeling. He praises one seeing one's serving
attitude and encourages him to do so. He does not tolerate any one's negligence in
performing his service to the Lord and he scolds him.
GOOD COMMAND ON DISCOURSES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Srila Maharaj has a great power in delivering speech without a pause in Oriya,
Telugu, Hindi, Bengali and English languages. The listeners are wonderstruck by
hearing his speech. Though Maharaj has strong faith on Sri Radha Krishna, he has
also strong devotion for Nrusinghanath. He has success over Nrusingha mantra and so
he advises to mutter Nrusingha mantra while one is under illness. Maharaj knows
Nrusingha dev eradicates all the difficulties in the path of devotion and He also
eradicates all other sorts of difficulties, while bestowing the things that are beneficial
to one's self.
VISITS ABROAD IN HIS PURSUIT OF PREACHING
He went on tour for two months to the Western countries like Italy and Spain on
5th May, 1997 as per the request of the foreign devotees and delivered devotional
discourses on unalloyed devotion in the religious meetings arranged in Schools,
Colleges, Universities and public places. The devotees of those places were very
much pleased by his speech. Now he has been donated a large plot for establishing a
centre in the foreign country to distribute unalloyed devotion as preached by Sriman
Mahaprabhu.
It should be remembered that the will of God is mighty. Srimati Radharani has
kept Her associates to spread serving attitude to the Lord among the fallen souls for
their liberation.
TEAM SPIRIT IN TRAINING A GROUP OF DISCIPLES
Now Maharaj has arranged to learn Sanskrit by his disciples at Sridham
Brindavan so that after him they would engage themselves in preaching the unalloyeddevotion of Lord Gauranga. It is his will that these devotees should be well versed in
scriptures and scriptural conclusions, so that they can redeem the fallen souls after his
disappearance. He has great desire in preaching. He wants a vehicle to go round the
villages of Orissa in order to preach the devotional path. He says quoting from
Prabhupada's words, "One should preach till he breathes his last." The preacher
controls himself while preaching, he follows the real path and he can engage others to
follow the path of reality. He is not in support of preaching without good behaviour.
So he advises his disciples to have good conduct. He has collected the conduct rules
and has published a book named "Sankhipta Sadachara".
PUBLISHED IN NUTSHELL
It is not possible to glorify the vaishnavas whose mercy can liberate the people
of the world. Even the demigods are unable to glorify the Vaishnavas. So the little we
glorify them is a mark of our inability. The life history of our spiritual master is very
deep and inexpressive. It is impossible on our part to touch it as we are foolish and
ignorant. As we are much delighted to discuss his life history we tried to publish it in
a nut-shell.
PRAY FOR LONG LOVE
Let Srila Maharaj live long for more years to preach the doctrine of the Lord,
publish books, establish temples, install deities, etc. Nowadays we see Vaishnavas
leave this world one by one and the world is felt to be empty of Vaishnavas. So the
presence of Srila Maharaj will certainly give encouragement, inspiration and
provocation to Vaishnavas. So let the Lord Brajendra Nandan keep alive him among
his disciples and devotees for more years so that he would keep the flow of Gaura
Saraswata Bhakti Vinoda stream eternal. This is the sole prayer at the lotus feet of Sri
Radha Brindavana Chandra and Sri Godruma Bihari.
ALL GLORY TO MAHARAJ
All glories, all glories to the crest jewel of Paramahansa's Om Vishnupad 108
Sri Srimad Bhakti Baibhava Puri Goswami Maharaj. All glories, all glories to Sri
Guru Gauranga Gandharbika Giridhari Radha Vinod Bihari and their associates.
( N.B:- Due to some difficulties the life history of Srila Maharaj has not been
published in detail. If the spiritual master and the Vaishnavas will be graceful then we
will be able to publish his elongated life history in a large volume.)
SOME IMPORTANT PRECEPTS OF OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER
SRILA BHAKTI VAIBHAVA PURI GOSWAMI MAHARAJ
THROUGH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q:- When can a living entity live peacefully ? A:- A living entity can not enjoy peace until he is under the fruits of his past
deeds. He is weak, inefficient and incomplete. So he can not attain eternal peace until
he surrenders himself to the lotus feet of the Lord.
Q:- This material world is treacherous soil, so under this circumstances what is
the duty of a devotee ?
A:- Though the material world makes a living entity to enjoy different kinds of
sorrows, a devotee is not affected by such sorrows. So a devotee should proceed in the
path of devotion with enthusiasm and perserverance.
Q:- What is the duty of the human society ? What is the result of following one's
duty ?
A:- The sole duty of the human society is the congregational chanting of the
holy name of Lord Krishna. Sriman Mahaprabhu is the most munificent incarnation as
He has guided us to take the shelter of Sri Krishna name or He has provoked us to
chant the name of Krishna incessantly. A living entity is empowered to relish the
devotional mellows of Sri Krishna by chanting His name which is not attainable even
by the demigods.
Q:- Everyone in this world is selfish. What is your opinion on this point ?
A:- It is natural that the people of this material world are engaged themselves in
their personal benefit. But we are eager to gain the devotion at the lotus feet of the
Lord. We are fully selfish because the only object of our worship is to please Lord
Krishna and we think we are the servitors of Krishna.
Q:- In which way an intelligent person would utilise his selfishness ?
A:- We have no any other desire except serving the Lord Krishna and our
spiritual master. Thinking in this line one should utilise his intelligence for serving
both the above persons.
Q:- Can a living entity do any beneficial work for himself ?
A:- A living entity can not attain one's ultimate goal by reading hundreds of
scriptures and engaging himself in singing, worshipping, etc. according to his
personal will and pleasure.
Q:- Can a living entity become Brahma ?
A:- It is not possible to get curd out of water. Similarly, a living entity can not
become Brahma. The living entity has some similar qualities like the Supreme Lord
and so he is endowed with the power to serve the Lord. As God is above all the living
entities and demigods, it is not possible on the part of a living entity to occupy His
position .
Q:- Everyone says that one should marry to have a son. What is the significance
of this proverb ? A:- A son delivers his parents from the hell named 'Pun' and so he is called a
son. A son who does not serve the Lord and engages himself in other deeds, according
to scriptures he is an unwanted son. It is just like doing enviousness to the living
entity by giving birth to such a son. The son who serves the Lord and the father who
makes his son serve the Lord, such type of parental relation with the son is beneficial
for their clan.
Q:- Can a person be benefited by denouncing or praising others character ?
A:- It is never so. The benefit of the soul can not be attained by denouncing or
praising others character. Moreover it is better to discuss over personal loopholes than
discussing over others faults. To control the mind is one type of yoga. The discussion
over others character means discussion over the deeds of a person who is not in a
position to serve the Lord. So it is not beneficial for the soul. But the word 'Para'
means the Lord. So by discussing over the Lord's pastimes, names, etc. we can be
benefited in a true sense.
Q:- What should we do at every moment ?
A:- It is always required to discuss relating to our resort, then we can free
ourselves from material entanglement. When a devotee gets devotion towards the
Lord, he always discusses over the names and deeds of Hari and this helps him in
attaining the summum bonum of life.
Q:- How many kinds of Vaishnavas are there and how would we identify them ?
A:- There are three kinds of Vaishnavas like neophytes, middle order
Vaishnavas and superior Vaishnavas i.e. who are engaged in the service of the Lord
after attaining perfection. A Vaishnava's position is considered according to his
attachment for chanting the Lord's name. The neophytes have interest to worship the
Lord but they do not have the knowledge about Krishna, His devotees and His self-
soul. They are like Vaishnavas. The middle order Vaishnavas have inward mentality
and they serve the enlightened devotees attentively. The Superior Vaishnavas are
impartial to the living entities and they have no discrimination over the name and His
person.
Q:- To which kind of reality Sri Jagannath, Sri Balarama and Sri Subhadra Devi
belong ?
A:- Sri Jagannath is the symbol of the Lord having the form of the Lord with
eyes and hands. The meaning of this is that the Lord sees everything, knows
everything and creates everything. Balarama is the potency of the Lord who has the
capacity to create living entities. Mother Subhadra is the illusory potency of the Lord
and Sudarsana represents His will power.
Q:- Why Brahma and Siva are called the demigods ?
A:- Brahma and Siva belong to the differential potency of the Lord. So they are
considered as demigods. Q:- Which method is the better one to enter into the transcendental world ?
A:- There is no other way except congregational chanting to enter into the
transcendental world for the living entity.
Q:- How can one attain the highest qualification to enter into the spiritual life ?
A:- The association with sadhus bestows a living entity to enter into the spiritual
life.
Q:-What is the result of association with good persons and bad persons ?
A:- A living entity attains love for Krishna by the association with Saints but by
the association with unholy people men become like beasts and can not discriminate
between good and bad. The association with the unholy persons deviates one's mind
from serving Lord and the real duty of a person.
Q:- It is said that one should give up imitation and should follow the path of
good persons, what is the difference between the two?
A:- It is seen that people act like Narada in a drama. But it is quite different
from following the devotional path shown by Narada. When one imitates others, he is
devoid of benefiting himself but by following the devotional path of saints one attains
devotion to the Lord.
Q:- What is the difference between muttering and chanting the Lord's name ?
A:- Utterance of an incantation with a murmering voice without the movement
of the lips is called mutter. But when one chants with the movement of his lips is
called kirtan. Kirtan is more beneficial than muttering. Utterance of the Lord's name,
quality and pastimes with a loud voice is called chanting.
Q:- What is the first hand information about Krishna and what is the
significance of Krishna's name ?
A:- The first hand information about Krishna is His holy name. The name of
Krishna has the attractive power and it is the most powerful reality in itself. One
should chant Krishna's name for attaining Krishna Himself .
Q:- It has been told that five types of accomplishments are there to attain
success in devotional path. Are they not self-sufficient ?
A:- Leaving chanting of Lord's name, no accomplishment is complete in its
nature That means leaving chanting, dwelling in Mathura, association with saints are
imperfect. Chanting of the Lord's name gives us the fruit of dwelling in Mathura,
association with saints, worship of deities and reading Bhagavata.
Q:- It is known that the chanting of the Lord's name is the means as well as the
and. How far is it true ? A:- Lord's grace is the only way to attain accomplishment. Any other kind of
deed or knowledge is not counted as the chief accomplishment. The name of the Lord
and His person are nondifferent. So the attainment of one's objective is itself the
attainment of the Lord as the Lord Himself is in the form of His name.
Q:- Why people treat the pastimes of Krishna as the deeds of an ordinary person
?
A:- The character of Sri Krishna is clear and devoid of misconduct as seen in his
meditation by Vyasadeva. The historical characters are entangled with material
existences but the pastimes of Krishna are not considered so. The pastimes of Sri
Krishna has no relationship with a country's time, place and person or it is not related
with any kind of material happiness.
Q:- Many people think ill of Krishna as He has stolen the clothes of the Gopies.
What is the significance of this pastime ?
A:-Those who want to serve the Lord, have nothing to conceal before the Lord.
In order to teach this to his devotees the Lord enacted this pastime.
Q:- How Sri Radha and Krishna are related to each other ?
A:- The persons who have accepted the doctrine of Sriman Mahaprabhu know
that the conjugal love for Sri Krishna is the greatest serving attitude. The persons who
are the followers of Srimati Radha Rani can taste this mellow. Sri Krishna is the truth
in reality and Srimati Radharani is His eternal consort. Sri Radha and Krishna are one
and the same and they glorify the mellows of Their service. They appear in two
forms. They are like the two sides of the same coin.
Q:- What is the difference between Goloka and Gokula ?
A:- There is no difference between Goloka and Gokula. The eternal abode of the
Lord is called Goloka and when it comes down to this material world is called
Gokula, as the mark of Sri Krishna's sporting place.
Q:- Is it possible to see the manifested Dhama with our material eyes ?
A:- One should have transcendental eyes to see a Dhama in its real form. Those
who receive transcendental vision by the grace of the Lord, are eligible to see the
transcendental abode of the Lord.
Q:- Why is it required to take shelter under the lotus feet of Sriman Mahaprabhu
?
A:- The propagator of the congregational chanting of Sri Krishna's name is Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He enlightens in their hearts and encourages them with
Krishna Prema. They gain devotion for the Lord with the help of Sri Krishna
sankirtan and taste the mellows of conjugal love. So it is the foremost duty of a living
entity to take shelter under the lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya. Again one should take
shelter of the staunch followers of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu like Sri SwarupaDamodara, Rupa Goswami etc. in order to get the grace of Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu.
Q:-Why is it said that the incarnation of Gauranga Mahaprabhu is unconceivable
?
A:- The significance of taking incarnation in this iron age is to preach kirtan and
distribute Krishna Prema among the living entities. Though this incarnation has its
own significance, it is secret to the ordinary people.
Q:- What will one attain by remembering the pastimes of Gaura and Sri Krishna
?
A:- There are two compartments in the Brindavan, which is above this material
universe. There exists the servitors who are generous. But sweetness is the main
character of this abode. In the place of Gauranga generosity is main but there also live
the persons who have taken shelter of sweetness. At the time of acomplishment those
who worship both Krishna and Gaura, attain at the time of perfection spiritual bodies
and stay simultaneously in both the places.
Q:- Who are the disciples of this iron age ?
A:- To worship Gauranga with the incantation of Krishna and worship Lord
Krishna with the incantation of Gaura is the one and the same. Those who consider
them to be different are called the disciples of this iron age.
Q:- Who worships Gauranga and who worships Sri Krishna ?
A:- When a living entity is not free from material entanglement he worships
Gaurasundar and when he is freed from material attachment, Sri Krishna becomes his
worshipable Lord.
Q:- The religion of this Kali Yuga is congregational chanting of Lord's name.
But why do you engage your devotees in constructing temples and buildings ?
A:- Everyone has not that qualification which is required to chant the sacred
name of the Lord. So they are asked to construct buildings to create serving attitude
towards the Lord. At the grace of the Lord one becomes the servitor of the Lord and
the transcendental name of the Lord dances on his tongue.
Q:- How can we be freed from sense gratification ?
A:- By the grace of the Spiritual Master when the transcendental name of the
Lord purifies our ears we are freed from sense gratification mentality.
Q:- When can a living entity be freed from material attachment?
A:- When we engage ourselves in chanting the name of Hari thinking ourselves
to be Karmees, we attain religion, name and fulfilment of our desires. Then we do
offence at the transcendental name. So we get only material benefit. When we chantthe name of Hari having no ambition for salvation, we are freed from material
entanglement.
Q:- What are the favourable situations for chanting the name of the Lord ?
A:- At first we shall be freed from enviousness to the Vaishnavas because it
causes misfortune in this material world as well as in the transcendental world. This
material world is the testing place. We find here only sorrow. Tolerance, feeling
insignificant and praising others are helpful for chanting the Lord's name.
Q:- How can we make this material body favourable towards devotion ?
A:- One should not try to do any thing against the will of Lord Krishna. If one
serves the Lord he feels comfort with his body, mind and soul. If one keeps oneself
away from the service of the Lord it stands against him in doing service to the Lord.
Q:- Are the names uttered by us transcendental ?
A:- It is not possible to utter the transcendental name of the Lord with His form,
attributes and pastimes with the help of our natural eyes, ears and tongues. With
serving attitude of the senses the Omnipotent Lord manifests Himself before us.
Q:- What is the result of chanting offensive name ?
A:- By chanting offensive name we shall be dragged towards hell. This stands
against utterance of transcendental name.
Q:- How can we be freed from mental speculation ?
A:- After hearing the scriptures one can be freed from mental speculation. After
hearing the scriptures all kinds of mental speculations against the scriptures are
removed.
Q:- When does one attain the wealth of transcendental name ?
A:- The Lord and His devotees manifest in this material world for distributing
the wealth of Baikuntha. Vaishnavas are transcendental in nature. They know the
temporal existence of this material world and that's why they inform us about the
transcendental matter.
Q:- While chanting the Lord's name mundane thoughts come to our mind. So
this chanting becomes valueless. Then how can we be freed from its clutches ?
A:- It is not wise to leave chanting of the Lord's name, thinking that the material
thoughts come to our mind while chanting the transcendental name. Gradually by
accepting the transcendental name these unnecessary thoughts vanish and the
transcendental name will arise as a Sun with its self-eflulgence.
Q:- What is the system of serving the Lord ? A:- Sri Krishna Dasa Kaviraj Goswami has taught to worship one's Spiritual
master at the beginning, then Sri Gauranga and at the end Gandharvika Giridhari.
Q:-To which thing one should be conscious while chanting the Lord's name ?
A:- If one chants the Lord's name Krishna in a clear heart, the senses don't go
away from the Lord's transcendental form, attributes and pastimes. One should have
keen interest for the unbreakable manifestation of the Lord's form, attributes and
pastimes.
Q:- Why is the human form considered as the most valuable form ?
A:- Human form is the most valuable form because it is attained as a result of
congregation of good deeds in different births. This is attained by travelling through
80 Lakhs of births. It has been said in the 11th canto 2nd chapter and 29th verse of
Srimad Bhagavatam that this temporary human form is very much valuable form
which is attained after the accumulation of good deeds in different births. Due to
ignorance animals and birds don't have the knowledge to serve the Lord. They don't
have sacrificing mentality. This human form is suitable for serving the Lord. So the
human form is considered as the most valuable form.
Q:- Is there any remedy for death ? How can one conquer it ?
A:- Yes, one can overcome death. But atheists can not overcome death. They
can never escape from the hands of death. Only the devotees of Krishna can overcome
death, like Bhisma who accepted death at his own will. One can overcome death by
taking shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord Krishna. Lord has told in Bhagavata in
the 2nd canto 3rd chapter 17th verse that the sunrise and sunset destroys man's life
span, if they are not utilised for discussing the Lord's pastimes. Those who spent their
time in discussing Lord's pastimes, are not under the control of death. Lord Sri
Krishna has also told to Arjuna in Srimad Bhagavata Gita 9th chapter 31st verse, "O
Arjuna, O, the son of Kunti, I declare it properly that my devotee is never destroyed. I
will protect him."
Q:- Then what should a person do at the time of death ?
A:- When a person is at the doorstep of death he should take complete shelter of
Krishna, His name, attributes, form and pastimes should be remembered. He should
associate with saints and should hear and chant Hari. Once Khatwanga Maharaj had a
life span of only a moment. Knowing this he took complete shelter under the lotus
feet of the Lord and then he went to the transcendental abode of Lord Hari. It is said
in Vishnu Smriti by the Lord, "O Sadasiva, O Mahadeva, I promise, My name
'Krishna' is very secret. What can I say more about it as it protects one from death."
So always remember the name of Krishna.
Q:- What is called the doctrine of Bhagavata ? Let me tell this gracefully.
A:-The Lord Shyamasundar has expressed the easiest method to attain Him. To
offer Lord Sri Krishna all the deeds done either due to enforcement of one's nature orfate with mind, speech, sense organs, intelligence or heart is called the doctrine of
Bhagavat.
Q:- What do people feel when Mahaprabhu manifested Himself in Nabadwipa ?
A:- When Mahaprabhu appeared in this world at Nabadwipa, the fallen souls,
fools, Muslims and illiterate people felt happy and the people of the world chanted the
name of Hari and received Krishna Prema which is even unattainable by Brahma.
Q:- Can the remnants of Lord Jagannath be compared with the ordinary food ?
A:- Not at all, the remnants of the Lord, the name of Krishna are transcendental
in nature as per devotees of the Lord. So the transcendental objects are not related
with the local time, place and person.
Q:- Does the pastimes of the Lord like killing of demons occur in the
transcendental abode of the Lord which is above this world?
A:- Goloka is eternally transcendental abode of the Lord. There is no place for
illusion. There, the servitors of the Lord enjoy the meIIows of conjugal love by
thinking themselves as the servitors of the Lord.
Q:- Are Brahma, the Super Soul and the Lord different reality and why Sri
Krishna has more importance ?
A:- Though they are same in nature, one realises the reality as per his
accomplishment and one thinks that to be the most desirable thing. Krishna is the
embodiment and one thinks that to be the transcendental form, the Super Soul and
Brahma.
Q:- What quality should one possess to enter into the abode of the Lord and how
can it be attained ?
A:- In order to enter into the Lord's abode or to attain His name one has to
acquire four attributes- 1) One should think himself to be as insignificant as a blade of
grass, 2) He should be tolerant more than a tree, 3) He should give up the desire of
name and fame, and 4) He should be compassionate towards the living entities. These
four qualities are required to chant Hari Nama . There is no other way except the
possession of these attributes.
Q:- Does the Lord is served by serving His deity ?
A:- There is no difference between the service of the deity and the Lord. He
manifests Himself in the worshipable form. We know that the writers of the scriptures
declare that His name, form and God are nondifferent things. He who has no
devotion, says the deity is an idol. One who knows the method of creating electricity
with the help of a wire, can say that the wire itself is the current. But the person
having no knowledge about it will say it is a wire. Similarly a material thing becomes
transcendental. Q:- What is the object of a devotee ?
A:- A devotee wants to give satisfaction to the Lord. He chants the holy name of
the Lord with a serving attitude. He has no other ambition.
Q:-What quality should we possess to serve the Lord ?
Q:- The things that are favourable in the line of serving the Lord are tolerance,
feeling insignificant and praising others. Unless one has tolerance, one can not have
strong faith in the Lord. Tolerance is the ornament of a Vaishnava. One can not praise
another person unless one feels oneself to be inferior. So these are the attributes
helpful in the line of serving the Lord.
Q:- Why shall we call a Mahabhagavata to be the Universal spiritual master ?
A:- Mahabhagavata sees all the living entities as his spiritual master. This great
attribute makes him great and gives him the fame of Universal spiritual master.
Q:- Maharaj ! Everybody has emanated from the Lord. Then why should articles
be offered to Him and what significance has it ?
A:- This is a good question. The persons who like arguments think that
existence of God is not at all required. So it is not required to offer food to Him. They
think that the things created by the Lord when offered to Him, make one think the
Lord's godly qualities to be transformed into mere human qualities. They argue
against the requirement of prayer, meditation and eulogy for the benefit of our souls.
All the work should be directed for pleasing the Lord and, there should not be any
thought of personal benefit. The love for the Lord shows that the beautiful Lord sits
before us and enjoys Himself as a father feels arranging food for his children.
Similarly God has arranged food for us. For the pleasure of the father the children
collected food and offered to their father as a mark of love to obtain blessings. Father
lovingly blesses them and returns them all the food articles and says, "O my dear
children, these are for you. You offer me as a symbol of love for me. But I don't
require anything. I accepted a little of your offering which is nothing but the
unalloyed love and selfless affection." When we accept Mahaprasad we become
happy.
Q:- Are the attainment of service of Lord Sri Krishna and realisation of Him
equally significant ?
A:- A living entity is the servitor of Lord Krishna by nature. By chanting the
transcendental name of Lord Krishna one attains eligibility to serve Lord Krishna,
who is a Cupid . When one is interested with a particular type of service, His real
form and realising His real form are equally important.
Q:- When a living entity is entitled to utter the transcendental name of the Lord
?
A:- When one is mentally prepared to serve the Lord for His happiness, then the
transcendental name would dance on his tongue automatically. Q:- What is the duty of a man, whose birth is temporary ?
A:- An intelligent person engages his energy fully in the service of the Lord
without wasting a moment insignificantly because he knows very well that his life
span is very short.
Q:- What should a devotee do being effected by grief ?
A:- One should tolerate it knowing that it has been created by the grace of God.
There is no other way to overcome it, other than waiting for the receipt of Lord's
grace.
Q:- Maharaja! What is the aim of begging alms from door to door?
A:- This begging system is for the benefit of pure devotees, but the religious
hypocrites misutilise this system to fulfil their belly.
Q:- What is the most beneficial pity for the living being ?
A:- The preach of devotional path is the most ideal benevolence for the living
entities, it keeps away from sinful activities and drags them to the Lord.
Q:- Why does a living being disbelieve in the existence of the Lord ?
A:- Atheists learn to argue irrelevantly due to their association with bad persons
from their childhood and being effected by this, he does not believe God's existence.
He harms himself and there is no loss to the God.
Q:- Though a living being is an eternal servitor of the Lord, why does he
disbelieve in Him ?
A:- Those who don't have transcendental eyes can't see the Lord, and so they
think that God does not exist. As the blind can't see the light of the Sun, so also an
atheist doesn't have belief in God .
Q:- Who can not be termed as a human being ?
A:- What is the world ? Who am I ? Who has created this world? What is my
duty ? Those don't have ideas over these things can't be termed as human beings.
A:- What are the five states of a living entity ?
A:- A fallen soul has five states like conceived conciousness, contracted
conciousness, blossomed conciousness, flourished conciousness and perfect
conciousness.
Q:- What is called birth ?
A:- When a fallen soul's astral body is covered with its material body according
to the fruit of his action is called the birth of a living entity. Q:- What is called death ?
A:- When the material body of a living being is detached from its astral body is
called death.
Q:- What is called egoism ? How long does it stay with a living being ?
A:- As long as the astral body is not destroyed the living entity feels egoism in
contact with the material body.
Q:- In which body does a living entity enjoy the material things and what is the
effect over him ?
A:- The cause of one's willingness to enjoy the world is due to the existence of
astral body encircled with aspirations . The astral body is the cause of a living being's
happiness, sorrow, fear and unhappiness. That's why a living being is entangled with
this material world .
Q:- Which body favours the living being to serve the Lord ?
A:- A living being cannot serve the lord until he has an astral body along with
the material body. When one realises his ownself by pure devotion, the serving
attitude of the soul is aroused and he gets the right to relish the ecstatic bliss related to
the service of Lord Krishna.
Q:- By whom a living being is effected and cann't know himself?
A:- The knowledge of a living being in captivated by the Lord's illusory
potency. His outward knowledge is effected by that prime natures of a living being.
So he cann't think himself to be devoid of prime natures.
Q:- Who feels sorrow due to birth and death ?
A:- A person who saves more than his requirement is called a thief, he always
enjoys the sorrow due to death and birth
Q:- What is an absolute knowledge ?
A:- To know one's object of worship and real self form is called absolute
knowledge .
Q:- How can we know that we are endowed with devotion ?
A:- It is possible to be related with God by devotion. Devotion is the only way
to gain the service of the Lord. When our transcendental eyes are cleared with
devotion we are able to know the God in His real form. The God manifests Himself in
the Heart of a pure devotee.
Q:- What happens when a living being comes to the state of contemplation and
state of loving attitude to the Lord ? A:- In the State of contemplation one attracts the Lord Krishna with his
associates but in the loving state one relishes the devotion to the Lord sporting with
His associates .
Q:- What in devotion ? Please explain it graciously ?
A:- The state of mind which thinks over Krishna in a conducive way being
devoid of jnana, karma and yoga is called unalloyed devotion. Devotion is internal in
nature . It is not a thing to show outwardly.
Q:- Can a living being serve the Lord without the grace of his resort deity ?
A:- It cann't be so. One's spiritual master is the resort deity and his disciples
belong to the resort class of servitors or the dust particles of the resort deity. When
one realises this he can serve the Lord. When one serves His spiritual master properly
he attains the service or Lord by his grace. It is not possible to get the service of Lord
through personal attempt .
Q:- Let me know the difference between knowledge and devotion ?
A:- One can remove the forgetting attitude to the Lord by devotion. Knowledge
roots out the virtue and vice arising out of one's pursuits. But devotion destroys the
seed of pursuits causing virtue and vice and also destroys completely the main root of
ignorance . Devotion destroys the sinful fruits of past deeds and present deeds .
Q:- Why is the mind entangled with sorrow and happiness ?
A:- As long as the mind is under the control of primal quality of birth and
goodness second basic quality of a human being and ignorance, it remains being
absorbed in sense gratification with its senses of knowledge and senses related to
actions.
Q:- What is the real form of a soul ?
A:- All the things in the transcendental world have emanated from the Sandhini
potency of the Lord. Knowledge and will power has emanated from Sandhini potency
and chit potency is the cause of bliss. The embodiment of these three potencies is the
real form of the Jiva Soul.
Q:- What is the significance of the Lord ?
A:- The Chitpotency, Sambit potency and Hladini potency are minutely present
with a living being, whereas they are in complete form with the Lord. There lies the
significance of the Lord .
Q:- What is the difference between the mind and soul ?
A:- The soul never tries for sense gratification whereas the mind is engaged in
sense gratification. This is the difference between the two.PRECEPTOR'S PRECEPTS IN BRIEF
1. A living being attains devotion to the Lord as a result of congregational
chanting of the Lord's name. He relishes the devotional mellow. So one should take
shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord Sri Chaitanya Dev. It is concluded that one
gets the grace of the Lord by loving the followers of Chaitanya Dev like Swarup and
Rupa.
2. A living entity is an eternal servant of Lord Krishna. One realises his ownself
by chanting the transcendental name of Lord Krishna which is a service of Lord
Krishna, the Cupid .
3. Encouragement and perseverance are the two main qualities of a devotee. The
material world cann't give displeasure to a true devotee.
4. One should chant the name of the Lord Krishna in a clear heart. One should
be attentive not to allow the detachment of his senses from meditation on Lord's form,
attributes and pastimes .
5. I am completely selfish because my object of worship is Krishna and I belong
to Krishna. I have no love for any other thing unrelated to Krishna.
6. We have no aim other than serving the spiritual master as well as Lord
Krishna. An intelligent person should guide his intelligence to acquire this.
7. The human society has one duty that is to chant congregationally the name of
Lord Krishna. This is the most munificent quality of Sriman Mahaprabhu, because a
living being attains Krishna Prema which is not attainable by the demigods .
8. Association with the saints endows one with the capacity to lead a spiritual
life.
KRISHNA CHAITANYA MISSION (Regd.)
LIST OF TEMPLES AROUND INDIA
1. Sri Chaitanya Chandra Asham
I. Thota, Puri, Orissa,
Pin 752002
Ph. 06752-24455
2. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Ashram
Radha Vrindavan Chandra Mandir
208, Seva Kunj mahalla,
Vrindavan Dt., Mathura,
Pin 281122, U. P.
Ph:6565-443603
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