Re: NITAAI.com Devotee Map
Dear devotees of the sangha,
Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! This map may be used to fill up your details if you like. Since this post is old and many new members have joined, maybe it could still prove useful.
Daaso'smi,
Srinath
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A Loving God and the Joy of Gratitude - a two way relation
Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna!
Dear Swami Gaurangapada and assembled devotees, please accept my simple obiesances.
I am privately studying presently Transpersonal Psychology and the writings of Dr. Stanislav Grof, with an aim (by God's grace) of applying myself in the healing profession in some small way here in Australia in due course. For some reason I was born with an ability to live 'within' non-ordinary states of consciousness very easily, through music, drumming, dance etc. As I have grown older, insight into the nature of my mind has developed, and gradual realizations of a truer reality of consciousness experience. The most difficult thing for me is not having a support network in my current local society to talk about these things. Therefore I am slowly working toward oneday giving a little back to my society here...and helping those who suffer illness.
One of the most wonderful gifts and kindness of God is to come in contact with the'bhakti tradition' as taught by Srila Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada. So as I enter more mainstream life now as a householder (leaving behind the dream to be a monk), the ability to remain focused on God in all action has developed to some degree, and, is of the utmost importance! It is so important to keep this devotional mood as the centre-piece of one's private inner devotional life (and encounter). A life of application and surrender.
Here is today's reading from 'The Holotropic Mind by Stan Grof'. Some devotees may not understand why I read literature other than Gita etc, but for me it is necessary to have a practical life as a householder and utilize my disposition in service and thoughts of God. As I was reading the below passages my heart over-flood with joy and my subtle body erupted in shivers. We truly are in a relation with the most beautiful, gentle, and kind Person imaginable - God! The last few lines of the below description ( of a non-ordinary state of consciousness) speaks to me manifold of my Lord and master...
I wished to share these verses with you all, because I aspire to love you all. Please forgive my offences which are many, you know who you are - I am sorry.
y.s. Nava (Neil)
"....For the next several hours, this Consciousness took him on an extraordinary
tour of the universe. It was as if it wanted to show him its work. He
was convinced that this consciousness was the Creator of our entire physical
universe. It would take him somewhere, or open him up to experiences,
and he would eventually come to understand the hidden workings of the
cosmos. Over and over again, he was overwhelmed at the magnitude, the
subtlety, and the intelligence of what he was witnessing. The beauty of the
design was such that he was constantly left breathless by what he was seeing.
He continues:
This tour was the most extraordinary journey of my life. The vistas
of intelligent design repeatedly swept me into cognitive ecstasy.
Though these experiences were amazing in their own right, the
most poignant aspect of today's session for me was not the discovered
dimensions of the universe themselves, but what my seeing
and understanding them meant to the Consciousness I was with.
It was so happy to have someone to show its work to. I felt that it
had been waiting for billions of years for embodied consciousness
to evolve to the point that someone could at last see, understand,
and appreciate what it had accomplished.
I felt the loneliness of this Intelligence having created such a
masterpiece and having no one to appreciate its work, and I wept.
I wept for its isolation and in awe of the profound love that had
accepted this isolation as part of a greater plan. Behind creation, I
felt a Love of extraordinary proportions. All of existence is an expression
of Love. The intelligence of the universe's design is equally
matched by the depth of Love that inspired it.
Somewhere in here I realized that I was not going to be able
to take back with me the knowledge I had gathered on this journey.
The Intelligence I was with also knew this, making our few
hours of contact all the more precious to it. There was nothing I
was going to be able to do with this knowledge, except experience
it now. My greatest service was simply to appreciate what I was
seeing. It seemed extremely important to mirror existence back to
its Creator in '''' loving appreciation''''. To see, to understand, and to
appreciate.....end quote"
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Die höchste
(21) GAURANGA SELBST SAGTE VORAUS, DASS SICH DAS CHANTEN SEINES NAMENS �BER DIE GANZE WELT VERBREITEN WIRD
Gauranga selbst sagte im Caitanya Bhagavata (Antya-Lila 4.126) voraus, dass sich Seine heiligen Namen �ber die ganze Welt verbreiten werden:
prthivite ache yata nagaradi-grama;
sarvatra pracara haibe mora naam.
�Mein Name wird in allen verschiedenen D�rfern, St�dten, L�ndern und Kontinenten der Welt verbreitet und verherrlicht werden.�
Diese Namen sind Gauranga, Nityananda, Gaura, Gaurahari, Sri Krischna Caitanya, Nimai, Sacinandana, Gaurasundara Nitai u.s.w., zusammen mit dem Hare Krischna Mahamantra und den Namen Krischnas.
(22) WARUM ERLANGEN GWEW�HNLICHE MENSCHEN KEINE LIEBE ZU GOTT, OBWOHL DIE HERRLICHKEIT VON KRISCHNAS NAME (KRISCHNA-NAMA-DHAMA) IN ALLEN SCHRIFTEN BESCHRIEBEN WIRD? DAS IST DAS GR�SSTE GEHEIMNIS, �BER WELCHES DIE VERWIRRTEN SEELEN NIE NACHDENKEN. WAS IST DIE L�SUNG?
(A) ara eka gudha katha suna sarva jana;
kalijive yogya vastu gaura-lila-dhana
�Bitte erfahre ein sehr vertrauliches Geheimnis. Das Geeignetste f�r die bedingten Seelen im Zeitalter des Kali ist der Schatz von Gaurangas Name und Spielen.�
(B) krsnanama krsnadhama mahatmya apara;
sastrera dvaraya jane sakala samsara
�Die unbegrenzte Herrlichkeit von Krischnas Name (Mahamantra) und Krischnas heiligem Ort (Sri Vrindavana) sind der ganzen Welt durch die offenbarten Schriften bekannt.�
(C) tabu krsna-prema sadharane nahi paya;
ihara karana kiba cintaha hiyaya.
�Sogar dann wird die reine Liebe zu Krischna vom gew�hnlichen Menschen nicht erlangt. Bitte meditiere �ber den tieferen Sinn dieser Tatsache.�
(D) ihate achaye ta eka gudha-tattva sara;
maya-mugdha jiva taha na kare vicara.
�Der Grund daf�r ist das gr�sste aller Geheimnisse. Die von Illusion (Maya) verwirrten Seelen denken �ber diesen Grund nicht nach.�
(E) bahu janma krsna bhaji prema nahi haya;
aparadha punja tara achaye niscaya.
�Sogar wenn man Krischna w�hrend mehrer Leben verehrt hat, kann man nicht reine Liebe zu Krischna erlangen. Der Grund daf�r liegt zweifelsfrei im riesigen Berg von Vergehen im Herzen.�
(F) aparadha sunya haya laya krsna-nama;
tabe jiva krsna premalabhe avirama
�Nur wenn ein Lebewesen das Mahamantra ohne Vergehen chantet, wird es best�ndige reine Liebe zu Krischna erlangen.�
(G) sri Chaitanya avatara bada vilaksana;
aparadha-sattve jiva labhe prema-dhana.
�Aber die Inkarnation von Gauranga ist sehr m�chtig und freigebig. Durch Seine Gnade kann ein Lebewesen reine Liebe zu Krischna erlangen, auch wenn es noch nicht von den Vergehen befreit ist.�
(H) nitai-Chaitanya bali yei jiva dake;
suvimala krsna-prema anvesaye take.
�Wenn man regelm�ssig die Namen von Nityananda und Gauranga chantet, wird die h�chste Liebe zu Krischna (Krischna-prema) eine solche Person aufsuchen (nach ihr suchen).�
(I) aparadha badha tara kichu nahi kare;
nirmala krsna-preme tara ankhi jhare.
�Die Vergehen, welche noch im Herzen sein m�gen, stellen kein Hinderniss mehr dar auf dem Pfad hin zu dieser Liebe, und Tr�nen von reiner ekstatischer Liebe werden aus den Augen st�men.�
(J) svalpa kale aparadha apani palaya;
hrdaya sodhita haya prema bade taya.
�In k�rzester Zeit werden die Vergehen verschwinden und das Herz wird vollst�ndig gereinigt werden, und so kann die Liebe noch mehr zunehmen.�
Alle Ehre sei den Nityananda- und Gauranga-Mantrarajas und dem Hare Krischna Mahamantra!
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