Disappearance Day of Srila Ishwar Puri 25th Feb 2025

Date: 25 February 2025
Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Topic: Disappearance Day of Srila Ishwar Puri
HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj:

Hari Hari!

When the mouth speaks, actually the soul is speaking. The ears do not hear unless the soul permits. The nose smells due to the presence of the soul. So, one must understand the concept of body and the soul,which means the body and the one who resides in the body.

Bg. 2.13:

dehino ’sminyathādehe
kaumāraṁyauvanaṁjarā
tathādehāntara-prāptir
dhīrastatranamuhyati

Translation:

As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. The soul drives the body

Bg. 2.20:

najāyatemriyatevākadācin
nāyaṁbhūtvābhavitāvānabhūyaḥ
ajonityaḥśāśvato ’yaṁpurāṇo
nahanyatehanyamāneśarīre

Translation:

For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.

Bhagavad Gita says we are not the body; we are the soul.

Krsna has many Gopa friend in Vrindavan in Vishrabha Bhava, like Madhu Mangal and so on. They serve the Lord in sakhyabhaav – mellow of friendship and not awe and reverence. Hey! Krsna you are not a specialpersonality! You are our Shyam. They would often say.

All entities have some or the other qualities.

CC Madhya 22.107:

nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhunaya
śravaṇādi-śuddha-cittekarayeudaya

Translation:

“Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens.

I am the younger brother but I have become a guru and my family members are now my disciples. So, I too have to maintain certain etiquettes with them.

Today is the disappearance day of Srila Ishwar puri. It was the 500th appearance festival and ISKCON was celebrating 1486 years.

Disappearance day is the day of joy and distress. The joy is that they will meet with the Lord after leaving this body and the distress is that we will not be able to associate with them.

We were coming to Mayapur by pada yatra. We stopped at Kumara Hatta, the birth place of Srila Ishwar puri. I was giving my first initiation there and the chief yagya pujari was HH Bhakti Charu Swami Maharaj. I initiated only 4 disciples and one of them was from my village. We went from Gujarat to Aravade too. We had to go to south India to all the places where Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu also travelled. A young boy also joined us. He joined from my village and was initiate. Others were Jai Vijaya who were Americans. Others were Shyam kunda and Radha kunda – they were husband and wife.

When we moved from Halisar, another initiation ceremony took place where HGSahastranamPrabhu was the second candidate. Like this, 2-3 small initiation ceremonies took place. Then in Pandharpur my sister, Sita Mataji got initiated.

For a while no one was taking initiation. Then my brother Nanda Lala Prabhu, his name was Nivrutti which means the one who is renounced, joined. He would sing Tukaram bhajans the entire night especially during Ekadashi. That initiation was conducted in Aravade. Then eventually others also joined. Now at least there are 40-50 initiated devotees in my family.

This is the mercy of Srila Ishwar puri! If we would not have the mercy of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and who would have spread the glories of boundless devotional love of Radha Rani!

The first acharya to spread the love of Krsna was Srila MadhavendraPuri. He is the first founder Acharya of Gaudiya lineage. Srila Ishwar puri was like the small off shoot of the devotional tree which further evolved into a huge stem. With proper nutrition, then Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu became the future tree of Devotional service. So, Srila Ishwar puri was the disciple of Srila Madhavendra puri and he received the opportunity to serve Srila Madhavendra puri in Remuna in Orissa. When Srila Madhavendra puri would come to collect sandalwood, he would go to Vrindavan. But the deity of Gopal told him to offer sandalwood paste in Orissa itself and no need to come to Vridnavana every time. He was old and was served nicely by Srila Ishwar puri as one needs a lot of help, depends in his old age. Srila Ishwar puri once came to Mayapur and stayed with Srila Gopinath Acharya. We hear about him in Jagannath puri. He was originally from Puri but was living in Navadwipa.

Once while doing morning walk Srila Ishwar puri met Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and surely it was love at first sight! The sun is also known as Bhaskar. Which means it can spread its rays and brightness to everyone. Nimai invited Srila Ishwar Puri to his house. Sachi cooked a special meal. She offered the same to her home deities and then offered the same to Srila Ishwar Puri. She invited her relatives to also take darshan of Srila Ishwar puri. At that time, he was writing a book which was based on the past times of Krsna. He also met Srila Gadadhar pandit. Ishwar Puri came to know about the loving nature of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. So out of utter love for Nimai pandit, he recited the same in front of Nimai. He wanted Nimai pandit to correct if any mistakes. To this Nimai pandit replied that when a devotee recites Krsna’s glories, only a sinner will find faults. Vishnave namaha is correct. But only gyaya or-the educated will know.There is some grammar also involved.

So, Mahaprabhu says that Kṛṣṇa is Bhavya grahi Janardan. He accepts whatever is offered with devotion. Beware, do not take undue advantage of this fact though. One must endeavour to learn nicely and even then, if there is any mistake then Krsna forgives. Eventually when Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu goes to Gaya, near Falgun River to offer oblations to his ancestorsand requested His guru to give Him shelter which alone could deliver Him!

CC Ādi 7.71:

prabhu kahe — śuna, śrīpāda, ihārakāraṇa
guru more mūrkhadekhi’ karilaśāsana

Translation:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied to PrakāśānandaSarasvatī, “My dear sir, kindly hear the reason. My spiritual master considered Me a fool, and therefore he chastised Me.

Eventually He received the mercy of Srila Ishwar Puri, in Gaya and He also heard many instructions from His guru Maharaja. Instantly all this happened!he was completely engrossed in love of Godhead.

CC Ādi 7.81:

kibā mantra dilā, gosāñi, kibātārabala
japitejapite mantra karilapāgala

Translation:

“My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply by chanting this mahā-mantra!”

All the potencies of Krsna are present in His holy names. In Vrindavan, there are 64 samadhis and one of them is Srila Ishwar puri’s Pushpa Samadhi. Before leaving his body, he initiated two of his disciples Kashishwar and Govind and asked them to serve their God brother Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. And he did so.

Sri Guru-vandana By Srila Narottama Das Thakur:

guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittetekoriyaaikya,
arnakoriho mane asa

Translation:

My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth.

All Glories to Srila Ishwar Puri!

All glories to HG Nand Laal Prabhu ji!

Summary of Navadwip Parikrama 7th Mar 2025

Japa Talk by H.H Lokanath Goswami Maharaj
Date: 07-03-2025
Srila Gurudev speaks

Main Theme: Summary of Navadwip Parikrama

Sub Theme : Glories to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

ajanu-lambita-bhujau kanakavadatau sankirtanaika-pitarau kamalayataksau visvambharau dvija-varau yuga-dharma-palau vande jagat priya-karau karunavatarau

Translation

offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, whose arms extend down to Their knees, who have golden yellow complexions, and who inaugurated the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Their eyes resemble the petals of a lotus flower; They are the maintainers of the living entities, the best of the brāhmaṇas, the protectors of religious principles for this age, the benefactors of the universe, and the most merciful of all incarnations.[CB 1.1.1]

Chaitanya Bhagavd starts with this prayer that I just recited. Srila vrindavan das Thakur is the compiler of Chaitanya bhagavat. He was none other than Srila Vyas dev . He compiled the Mahabharat also. He appeared again 500 years ago. It’s written in our scriptures. In Vridnavan all the holy Dhamas exist. There is Naimisharanya also in Vridnavan where the srimad bhagvatam is recited.

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ

Translation

May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love. [CC Adi 1.4]

Once Lord Shiva himself attended one such discourse of srimad Bhagavatam. He was sitting on a Nandi bull. But it was very slow. So he thought he would miss hearing the discourse. So Shivji parked the bull in Brahma Lok and sat on a crane , the vehicle of lord Brahma. Gaura katha happened in Madhya dwipa. Where one can find lord Brahma and Shivji deities both. This is the most ancient. But that’s not right. This dhama exists from time immemorial.

We jivas are also eternal part and parcels of Krsna. The parikramas are going on in nawadwipa. Nawadwipa means 9 islands. So devotees are performing parikrama of these 9 islands. They are performing non stop kirtan too. They only stop for distributing Prasadam

Then they also perform kirtan at every step.

cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambhdhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtanam

Translation

Glory to the Shri Krishna sankirtana (congregational chanting of the Lord’s holy names), which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. That sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious. [Shikshastakam 1]

They are truly fortunate to have realisations in the holy dhama. Just like Shivji comes running to madhya dwipa to hear Krsna katha. Thus in every Yuga and kalpa the past times of the Lord are recited. So Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appears once in a kalpa – 1 day of Brahma.

Nawadip is full of Shiva ji. He is the security personnel of this holy dhama. He once brought Parvati maiya too. He was singing Gauranga Gauranga !Oh who is your Gauranga ! Pls shower mercy on me too !So in simanta dwipa Gauranga Mahaprabhu gives darshan to shiv and Parvati maiya !Parvati maiya now puts the dust of the lotus feet of Mahaprabhu in the parting of her hair

That’s why it’s known as Simanta dwipa.

Sub-Theme: Glories of Simanta Dwip

We can have Darshan of Sri Simantini devi performing penance for Gauranga Mahaprabhu in our Jagannath temple in Rajapur.

Śrī-prahrāda uvāca
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ
sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

iti puṁsārpitā viṣṇau
bhaktiś cen nava-lakṣaṇā
kriyeta bhagavaty addhā
tan manye ’dhītam uttamam

Translation

Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge. [SB 7.5.23-24]

The Nine islands represent nine type of Devotional service or bhakti, these nine islands are
Simanta Dwip – Sravana bhakti
Godrum Dwip – Kirtan Bhakti
Antardvipa, Shri Mayapur (surrendering everything);
Simantadvipa, (hearing);
Godrumadvipa, (chanting);
Madhyadvipa, (remembering);
Koladvipa, Navadvipa city (serving the lotus feet);
Ritudvipa, (worshiping);
Jahnudvipa, (praying);
Modadruma-dvipa, (being a servant); and
Rudradvipa, (being a friend).

Sub-Theme: Glories of Godrum Dwip

So lord Shiva performs kirtan in Godruma dwipa. He is a famous kirtaniya, performing Grand Gaura arati. Even when “kiba jaya Jaya Gorachander is sung … Aarati Karena Brahma adi deva gane” Kiba Shiva Shuka narada preme gada gada

Lord shiva is also known as pinaki Dhar. He has his own style of performing dance and kirtan by playing the damru. He also performs tandav during annihilation. He is the topmost of the vaishnavas.

In all rivers – Ganga is the topmost. In all the puranas – srimad bhagvatam is the top most

Amongst all the 33 crore Devas – Krsna is the topmost

Sub-Theme: Glories of Ritu Dwip

You will be awestricken in all the islands. In Ritu dwipa all seasons exist simultaneously !

Many flowers bloom. Usually it’s hot or cold in all places. But in Ritu dwipa the environment is very pleasing. This happens to please Krsna. All the holy rivers also flow here, in a criss cross pattern. Nawadwipa has rivers passing around all islands

The seven stars also reside here. Demigods also reside here. It’s a complete dhama. Indra also comes here. He showered torrential rain in Vrindavan. But Krsna forgives him. Nevertheless indra was still lamenting for his mistake. So he came along with Surabhi cow in Godrume dwipa. Godrume means Go- means cow, Drume means – trees. Hence the name

Many cows and cow herd boys reside here. Just like in Goloka , many cows and cow herd boys reside. So when Mahaprabhu performs kirtan , a cowherd boy named Bhima called out to Him and offered Mahaprabhu Goras and sweet meats

Sub-Theme: Glories of Godrume Dwip

Once Markandeya muni also reached this Godrume dwipa. He was blessed to live until 7 kalpas which is equivalent of 7 days and 7 nights of Brahma. Once when there was annihilation , markandeya muni was very distressed floating in the water. He was tossing in the waves of the ocean. He would breathe in distress. He was looking for some piece of land to rest. Then while he was thus floating , he passed by nawadwipa dhama and saw a tree somewhere. He caught hold of a stem of the tree. And saw that the dhama was untouched by annihilation!

Surabhi cow gave him milk. This was the first hand experience of Markandeya muni !

Same goes for Ayodhya dhama , Pandharpur and so on

All the dhamas exist eternally !And those who have taken shelter of the dhama also become eternal !539 years ago Gauranga Mahaprabhu appeared here. In every day of lord Brahma , He appears.

The Ganga reached Gomukh along with king Bhagirath. All the pits nawadwipa were being filled up by the Ganga river. This is Janu dwipa. The flow of the river interrupted the meditation of Janu muni. So he drank the entire Ganga river. When king bhagirath turned back to see where was Ganga , she had disappeared

But on the request of King bhagirath Ganga Maiya again started to flow. So Ganga Maiya performed Nirjala fasting !It was gaura poornima then

nimna-gānāṁ yathā gaṅgā
devānām acyuto yathā
vaiṣṇavānāṁ yathā śambhuḥ
purāṇānām idam tathā

Translation

Just as the Gaṅgā is the greatest of all rivers, Lord Acyuta the supreme among deities and Lord Śambhu [Śiva] the greatest of Vaiṣṇavas, so Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the greatest of all Purāṇas. [SB 12.13.16]

In that Yuga Krsna and Mahaprabhu appeared… it’s a continuous process. Just like the hands of a clock that keep rotating. The refugees take refuge in a place while travelling. Similarly one becomes eternal by taking shelter of the holy dhama.

The devotees always serve Krsna in the holy dhamas. He has a form , past time , fame and so on. Thus scriptures like Chaitanya Bhagavat , Chaitanya Mangal , Chaitanya charitamrita are compiled.

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ

Translation

After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare. [BG 7.19]

To glorify the holy dhama , devotees, holy places. In this way by reading scriptures we get to know the glories of Krishna’s Holy abode rivers , his pastimes etc

And all this was due to the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

All these glories were made accessible to us by Shrila Prabhupada

If he had not done translation of Chaitanya Charitramrita in English. Not many could have read in Bengali

If Shrila Prabhupada was not there then Chaitanya Charitamrita or Chaitanya Mangal would have remained in Bengal itself, in Bengali language

All glories to Shrila Prabhupada

Guru and Gauranga ki jai

Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu the supreme Personality of Godhead as per Chaitanya Bhagavat 10th Mar 2025

Japa Talk By H.H Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Date: 10-03-2025
Main Theme: Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu the supreme Personality of Godhead as per Chaitanya Bhagavat

Hare Krishna

It was a Saturday, the 18th of February 1486.The day of Full moon of the Lunar month of Phalgun. This year it is the 539th Appearance Day of Mahaprabhu

dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvanenai,
emonadoyala data
pasupakhijhure, pashanavidare,
suni’ janraguna-gatha

Translation

My dear brother, just try and examine this. Within the three worlds there is no one like Lord Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt. [The Mercy of Sri Gaura and Nityananda(from Dhamali) by Locana Dasa Thakura Text 3]

parama koruna, pahu dui jana
nitaigauracandra
sabaavatara-sara siromani
kevalaananda-kanda

Translation

The two Lords, Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful. They are the essence of all incarnations. The specific significance of these incarnations is that They introduced a process of chanting and dancing that is simply joyful. [The Mercy of Sri Gaura and Nityananda(from Dhamali) by Locana Dasa Thakura Text 1]

Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt. Listen everyone Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful.

anarpita-carīṁcirātkaruṇayāvatīrṇaḥkalau
samarpayitumunnatojjvala-rasāṁsva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥpuraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadāhṛdaya-kandaresphuratuvaḥśacī-nandanaḥ

Translation

May the Supreme Lord who is known as the son of ŚrīmatīŚacī-devī be transcendentally situated in the innermost chambers of your heart. Resplendent with the radiance of molten gold, He has appeared in the Age of Kali by His causeless mercy to bestow what no incarnation has ever offered before: the most sublime and radiant mellow of devotional service, the mellow of conjugal love. [CC Adi 1.4]

Srila Kaviraj Goswami says,

Mahaprabhu descends once in a Kalpa not every Yuga. The devotees of Krishna are called kārṣṇa, What is kalpa, it is one day of Bharhma. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Lord itself, after long time He descends. After descend He offered causeless mercy.

He Distributes Parikya Bhava in Vraja, i.e Radha Bhava or Gopi Bhava. Sri Chaitanya maha prabhu relished and shared this bliss or nectar to all.

Srila Bhakti Siddhant was known for his siddhants – principles “ Apa Siddhanta Dhari neya” . He introduced some philosophy i.e The devotees of Krshna are called karnas, Devotees of Vishnu are called Vaishnavas, while devotees of Srimati Radharani are called Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Such glorious is Vaishnavism. Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave Gopi Bhava or Radha Bhava to the whole world.

mahātmānastumāṁpārtha
daivīṁprakṛtimāśritāḥ
bhajantyananya-manaso
jñātvābhūtādimavyayam

Translation

O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. [BG 9.13]

The great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu performed devotional service as a devotee. One who worships is aradhak and one who is being worshipped is aaradhya.

ārādhyobhagavānvrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāmavṛṇdāvanaṁ
ramyakaścidupāsanāvraja-vadhu-varga-vīryakalpita
śrīmad-bhāgavatamamalaṁpurāṇaṁpremāpum-arthomahān
śrī-caitanyamahāprabhormatamidaṁtatradaraḥnaparaḥ

Translation

“‘The object of worship is Bhagavān, the Son of Vraja’s king. His abode is Vṛndāvana. The lovely worship [that is to be performed] is that which is performed by the ladies of Vraja. The flawless pramāṇa [i.e., means of knowing these conclusions] is the śāstra [Śrīmad] Bhāgavatam, and the [rightful ultimate] aim of a human being is prema.’ This is the view of Gaura Mahāprabhu, and thus we have the highest regard for it.” [Caitanya-matta-manjusa1.1 commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam by Srinath Chakravarti.)

The way we worship is aradhana. So aradhak(we) do aradhana( process) to please aradhya( His deity or Istadev). Aradhana includes mood and feelings, our devotion as shown by Srimati Radharani and this is the mood of Sri Chaitanya. Gaudiya Vaishnavas is glorious

I have Chaitanya Bhagavatam in my hand. I am sitting in ISKCON Ulta Danga. This is the very place where Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Prabhupada met Abhay babu preach to the western world in English.

Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Prabhupada has written a commentary on Caitanya Bhagwat. Hence whole world came to know about Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Earlier there were very few people who knew about Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. In few days from now Gaur Purnima will be celebrated in about 150 countries. Now millions of people who have become Gaudiya Vaishnav will celebrate this festival.

Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Prabhupada has written a commentary on Caitanya Bhagwat. His commentary is called Gaudiya Bhashya. We should read this.

Caitanya Bhagwat is written by Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur( Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)He is none other than Srila Vyasadev himself. Srila yasadev is not some ordinary person, he is the Shaktyavesa incarnation. So the Actual Author of SrimadBhagwatam is Lord Krsna himaelf

kṛṣṇa-līlābhāgavatekahe
veda-vyāsacaitanya-līlāravyāsa

Translation

As Vyāsadeva has compiled all the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, ṬhākuraVṛndāvanadāsa has depicted the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. [ CC Ādi 8.34]

And the author of Sri Chaitanya Bhagwat is Sriman Mahaprabhu himself. It is Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu only who is speaking here

manuṣyeracitenāreaichegranthadhanya
vṛndāvana-dāsa-mukhevaktāśrī-caitanya

Translation

The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of ŚrīVṛndāvanadāsaṬhākura.[ CC Ādi 8.39]

konhetukrishnacandrakareavataraka’ra
shakti ache tattva janitetahara-

Translation

Who has the ability to know why krishnachandra incarnates [CB Adi Khanda 2.15]

tathapi shri bhagavate, gitaya ye kaya
taha likhi, ye-nimitte ‘avatarahai

Translation

Still, I am giving whatever reasons are described in the ŚrīmadBhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.16]

yadāyadā hi dharmasyaglānirbhavatibhārata
abhyutthānamadharmasyatadātmānaṁsṛjāmyaham

Translation

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.17]

paritrāṇāyasādhūnāṁvināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāyasambhavāmiyugeyuge

Translation

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.18]

śrī-rādhāyāḥpraṇaya-mahimākīdṛśovānayaivā-
svādyoyenādbhuta-madhurimākīdṛśovāmadīyaḥ
saukhyaṁcāsyā mad-anubhavataḥkīdṛśaṁvetilobhāt
tad-bhāvāḍhyaḥsamajaniśacī-garbha-sindhauharīnduḥ

Translation

Desiring to understand the glory of Rādhārāṇī’s love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when She realizes the sweetness of His love, the Supreme Lord Hari, richly endowed with Her emotions, appeared from the womb of ŚrīmatīŚacī-devī, as the moon appeared from the ocean. [CC Ādi 1.6]

krsnavarnamtvisakrsnasangovangastraparsadam
yajnaihsankirtanaprayairyajantisumedhasah

Translation

In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.[SB 11.5.32]

Bhagavata rupejanmahailasabara
Krsna se janenayanraamsejanmayara

Translation

Only Gaura-Kṛṣṇa knew which associate took birth as which devotee [CB Adi-khanda 2.30]

Karo janmanavadvipe karo catigramekeha
radheodhra dese srihattepascime

Translation

Some took birth in Navadvīpa, some in Caṭṭagrāma, some in Rāḍhadeśa, some in Orissa, some in Śrīhaṭṭa, and some in the West. [CB Adi-khanda 2 .31]

sarvavaisnaverajanmanavadvipadhame
sona maha priyadaserajanmaanyasthane

Translation

Most of the Vaiṣṇavas took birth in Navadvīpa, and some beloved associates appeared elsewhere. [ CB Adi-khanda 2.33]

Lord Krsna says in the Bhagwad Gita

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanirbhavatibharata
abhyutthanamadharmasya
tadatmanamsrjamyaham

Translation

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself. [Bg. 4.7]

golokam ca parityajya
lokanamtrana-karanat
kalaugauranga-rupena
lila-lavanya-vigrahah

Translation

In the Kali-Yuga, I will leave Goloka and, to save the people of the world, I will become the handsome and playful Lord Gauranga. (Markandeya-Purana)

But the purpose of Thedescendence of Mahaprabhu is different. Lord Krsna is thinking that Srimati Radharani always wins in love. And a desire rose in his heart to experience what Srimati Radharani feels for Lord Krsna.

How sweet the sugar is.?Sugar cannot answer this question

But the ants can.So this is a very special purpose and no other incarnation has appeared with such purpose. Mahaprabhu established the HarinamSankirtan Dharma

He accepted Sannyasa, he travelled Across the country. He preached HarinamSankirtan movement.

kali-kālenāma-rūpekṛṣṇa-avatāra
nāmahaitehayasarva-jagat-nistāra

Translation

“In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered. [CC Ādi 17.22]

But in the last 12 years, he resided in Jagannath Puri majorly in seclusion. So many of his eternal associates appeared during the same era to participate in pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Kavi Karnapura writes about them in his book. Gaura-GanoddeshDespika. The name literally means the Purpose of the appearance of the associates of Mahaprabhu. Who were they in Krsna lila.

Sri Krsna becomes Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Balaram becomes Nityananda prabhu, Yasoda Maiya becomes mother Saci, Nanda Maharaj becomes Jagannath Misra, Kansa becomes Chand Kazi. Many of his associates appeared before him and set the scene. Everyone is appearing in nearby places of Navadwip.

How Nilambar Cakravarti relocated to Navadwip and Jagannath Misra also shifted to this place. Nimai appeared then. Advaita Acarya moved to Santipur. He had appeared 50 years before Mahaprabhu. Haridas Thakur, Advaita Acarya, Nilambar Cakravarti and others are older generations. Advaita Acarya invoked the Lord to appear by worshipping his Saligram shila.

“tulasi-manjari-sahita ganga-jaleniravadhisevekrishne maha-kutuhale … ye dhvanibrahmandabhedi’ vaikunöhetebaje”

Mahaprabhu appears to deliver everyone from the material engagements and entanglements. As a reciprocation to the call of Advaita Acarya. The Lord descends, Advaita Acarya’s voice reaches Goloka and Lord makes his mind. Mother Saci had delivered 9 girls who had died immediately after birth. The 10th child was Visvaroopa

Then Mahaprabhu appered. First he appeared in the mind of Sri Jagannath Misra. Then he moved to the heart of mother Saci. Then he was situated in the ocean like womb of mother Saci from where Nimai appeared like a full moon. The Normal Jiva is born out of sperm. And gradually develops a body in the womb of a mother

najāyatemriyatevākadācinnāyaṁbhūtvābhavitāvāna
bhūyaḥajonityaḥśāśvato ’yaṁpurāṇonahanyate

Translation

Just like the demigods offered Prayers to the Lord in the womb of Mother Devaki, They also came to offer prayers to Nimai in the womb of Saci devi. Then Mahaprabhu appears and so beautiful he is.All the women have come to bless him. Mother Saci named the child as Nimai as he was born under a neem tree.

I shall now go for Darshan

Today is Ekadashi

Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (From Chaitanya Bhagavat) 11th Mar 2025

Japa Talk By H.H Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Date: 11-03-2025
Main Theme: Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ( From Chaitanya Bhagavat)

Hare Krishna

It was a Saturday, the 18th of February 1486. The day of Full moon of the Lunar month of Phalgun. This year it is the 539th Appearance Day of Mahaprabhu

dekho ore bhai, tri-bhuvane nai,
emona doyala data
pasu pakhi jhure, pashana vidare,
suni’ janra guna-gatha

Translation

parama koruna, pahu dui jana
nitai gauracandra
saba avatara-sara siromani
kevala ananda-kanda

Translation

Caitanya or Lord Nityananda. Their merciful qualities are so great that upon hearing them even birds and beasts cry and stones melt. Listen everyone Nitai-Gauracandra, are very merciful.

Translation

Srila Kaviraj Goswami says,

He Distributes Parikya Bhava in Vraja, i.e Radha Bhava or Gopi Bhava. Sri Chaitanya maha prabhu relished and shared this bliss or nectar to all.

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
bhajanty ananya-manaso
jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

Translation

ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛṇdāvanaṁ
ramya kaścid upāsanā vraja-vadhu-varga-vīrya kalpita
śrīmad-bhāgavatam amalaṁ purāṇaṁ premā pum-artho mahān
śrī-caitanya mahāprabhor matam idaṁ tatradaraḥ na paraḥ

Translation

“‘The object of worship is Bhagavān, the Son of Vraja’s king. His abode is Vṛndāvana. The lovely worship [that is to be performed] is that which is performed by the ladies of Vraja. The flawless pramāṇa [i.e., means of knowing these conclusions] is the śāstra [Śrīmad] Bhāgavatam, and the [rightful ultimate] aim of a human being is prema.’ This is the view of Gaura Mahāprabhu, and thus we have the highest regard for it.” [Caitanya-matta-manjusa 1.1 commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam by Srinath Chakravarti.)

Srila Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Prabhupada has written a commentary on Caitanya Bhagwat. His commentary is called Gaudiya Bhashya. We should read this.

Caitanya Bhagwat is written by Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur ( Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) He is none other than Srila Vyasadev himself. Srila yasadev is not some ordinary person, he is the Shaktyavesa incarnation. So the Actual Author of Srimad Bhagwatam is Lord Krsna himaelf

kṛṣṇa-līlā bhāgavate kahe
veda-vyāsa caitanya-līlāra vyāsa

Translation

As Vyāsadeva has compiled all the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Ṭhākura Vṛndāvana dāsa has depicted the pastimes of Lord Caitanya. [ CC Ādi 8.34]

And the author of Sri Chaitanya Bhagwat is Sriman Mahaprabhu himself. It is Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu only who is speaking here

manuṣye racite nāre aiche grantha dhanya
vṛndāvana-dāsa-mukhe vaktā śrī-caitanya

Translation

The subject matter of this book is so sublime that it appears that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has personally spoken through the writings of Śrī Vṛndāvana dāsa Ṭhākura.[ CC Ādi 8.39]

kon hetu krishnacandra kare avatara ka’ra
shakti ache tattva janite tahara-

Translation

Who has the ability to know why krishnachandra incarnates [CB Adi Khanda 2.15]

tathapi shri bhagavate, gitaya ye kaya
taha likhi, ye-nimitte ‘avatara hai

Translation

Still, I am giving whatever reasons are described in the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam and the Bhagavad-gītā. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.16]

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata
abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

Translation

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.17]

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām
dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

Translation

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. [CB Adi-Khanda 2.18]

śrī-rādhāyāḥ praṇaya-mahimā kīdṛśo vānayaivā-
svādyo yenādbhuta-madhurimā kīdṛśo vā madīyaḥ
saukhyaṁ cāsyā mad-anubhavataḥ kīdṛśaṁ veti lobhāt
tad-bhāvāḍhyaḥ samajani śacī-garbha-sindhau harīnduḥ

Translation

Desiring to understand the glory of Rādhārāṇī’s love, the wonderful qualities in Him that She alone relishes through Her love, and the happiness She feels when She realizes the sweetness of His love, the Supreme Lord Hari, richly endowed with Her emotions, appeared from the womb of Śrīmatī Śacī-devī, as the moon appeared from the ocean. [ CC Ādi 1.6]

krsna varnam tvisa krsna sango vangastra parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana prayair yajanti sumedhasah

Translation

Bhagavata rupe janma haila sabara
Krsna se janena yanra amse janma yara

Translation

Only Gaura-Kṛṣṇa knew which associate took birth as which devotee [CB Adi-khanda 2.30]

Karo janma navadvipe karo catigrame keha
radhe odhra dese srihatte pascime

Translation

Some took birth in Navadvīpa, some in Caṭṭagrāma, some in Rāḍhadeśa, some in Orissa, some in Śrīhaṭṭa, and some in the West. [CB Adi-khanda 2 .31]

sarva vaisnavera janma navadvipa dhame
sona maha priya dasera janma anya sthane

Translation

Most of the Vaiṣṇavas took birth in Navadvīpa, and some beloved associates appeared elsewhere. [ CB Adi-khanda 2.33]

Lord Krsna says in the Bhagwad Gita

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata
abhyutthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam srjamyaham

Translation

Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion – at that time I descend Myself. [Bg. 4.7]

golokam ca parityajya
lokanam trana-karanat
kalau gauranga-rupena
lila-lavanya-vigrahah

Translation

In the Kali-Yuga, I will leave Goloka and, to save the people of the world, I will become the handsome and playful Lord Gauranga. (Markandeya-Purana)

But the purpose of The descendence of Mahaprabhu is different. Lord Krsna is thinking that Srimati Radharani always wins in love. And a desire rose in his heart to experience what Srimati Radharani feels for Lord Krsna.

How sweet the sugar is.? Sugar cannot answer this question

But the ants can. So this is a very special purpose and no other incarnation has appeared with such purpose. Mahaprabhu established the Harinam Sankirtan Dharma

He accepted Sannyasa, he travelled Across the country. He preached Harinam Sankirtan movement.

kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāra
nāma haite haya sarva-jagat-nistāra

Translation

But in the last 12 years, he resided in Jagannath Puri majorly in seclusion. So many of his eternal associates appeared during the same era to participate in pastimes of Lord Caitanya. Kavi Karnapura writes about them in his book. Gaura-Ganoddesh Despika. The name literally means the Purpose of the appearance of the associates of Mahaprabhu. Who were they in Krsna lila.

“tulasi-manjari-sahita ganga-jale niravadhi seve krishne maha-kutuhale … ye dhvani brahmanda bhedi’ vaikunöhete baje”

na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na
bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate

Translation

Just like the demigods offered Prayers to the Lord in the womb of Mother Devaki, They also came to offer prayers to Nimai in the womb of Saci devi. Then Mahaprabhu appears and so beautiful he is. All the women have come to bless him. Mother Saci named the child as Nimai as he was born under a neem tree.

I shall now go for Darshan

Today is Ekadashi

Gaur Purnima 2025 14th Mar 2025

Japa Talk by Guru Maharaj
Date- 14^th March 2025
Theme- Gaur Purnima

Gaur Purnima Mahotsava ki Jay!Today is so auspicious day. When I said this, I remembered that in Caitanya Bhagavat it is written that ‘on this day, all auspiciousness, mangalya,not only from one brahmanda, but from all brahmandas reached and spread all over in Navadvipa.’

patita-pāvana-hetutavaavatāra
mosamapatita prabhu nāpāibeāra

Translation-

Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first. (From śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu doyā koro more)

Patitanampavanebhyo, we are fallen souls and that Gauranga who delivers us or only Gauranga can delivers the fallen souls of Kaliyuga. We are very fallen and that’s why Lord has to be more magnanimous. So being very magnanimous, Lord appeared on today’s day.

Till that day this Purnima was called as ‘Falgun Purnima’. But from that day, 539 years ago, this Purnima became Gaur Purnima. Just like that ashtami became ‘Krishna Janmashtami’ and that Navami became ‘Ram Navami’, like that. That chaturdashi became ‘Narasimha Chaturdashi’, similarly this Purnima became ‘Gaur Purnima’.

This is all history, or whatever events happened that day, this is history, Itihas. Iti ha āsa, so it happened. Such events have happened or this is a historical event. This is factual, not imaginary and not even mythology. Intellectuals keep saying ‘Hindu mythology’. From ‘myth’ came the word ‘mythology’. Anyways, no need to tell you all this, because all of you accept that, really,actually Lord appeared on this day. Gauranga!

Demigods do know that the Lord is going to appear. So, the Demigods arrived in the sky of Navadvipa. They reached there in their vehicles. There was a traffic jam. Everybody wanted to go as close as possible, so that they could have a darshan.

śrī-bhagavānuvāca
su-durdarśamidaṁrūpaṁ
dṛṣṭavānasiyan mama
devāapyasyarūpasya
nityaṁdarśana-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Translation-

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, this form of Mine you are now seeing is very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so dear. (BG 11.52)

In Bhagavad Gita, when Lord was talking with Arjuna, it was the time of Virat Rupa, at that time Lord Himself described His beauty. So there, Krishna said, such a form is going to appear. Which form? su-durdarśamidaṁrūpaṁ, which is very difficult to see. It is difficult even to Brahma to have its darshan. devāapyasyarūpasyanityaṁdarśana-kāṅkṣiṇaḥ, demigods were very eager to have darshan; so those demigods have reached and they are doing Garbha stuti. Very similar, if not same, similar. Just like in Mathura mandal, when Krishna was going to appear, demigods reached there, and their Garbha stuti prayers are famous in the second chapter, tenth canto of Srimad Bhagavat. So just like that, Garbha stuti prayers were spoken here in Navadvipa. Gauranga is in the womb and is about to take birth.

sūtauvāca
yaṁbrahmāvaruṇendra-rudra-marutaḥstunvantidivyaiḥstavair
vedaiḥsāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadairgāyantiyaṁsāma-gāḥ
dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatenamanasāpaśyantiyaṁyogino
yasyāntaṁnaviduḥsurāsura-gaṇādevāyatasmainamaḥ

Translation-

SūtaGosvāmī said: Unto that personality whom Brahmā, Varuṇa, Indra, Rudra and the Maruts praise by chanting transcendental hymns and reciting the Vedas with all their corollaries, pada-kramas and Upaniṣads, to whom the chanters of the Sāma Veda always sing, whom the perfected yogīs see within their minds after fixing themselves in trance and absorbing themselves within Him, and whose limit can never be found by any demigod or demon — unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead I offer my humble obeisances. (SB 12.13.1)

By saying this, we want to tell you that the child who is going to appear is not any ordinary child. He is not ordinary soul like you and me. Supersoul, Paramatma or Lord Himself is going to appear here. So, demigods have arrived to receive Him, to welcome Him, to greet Him. They are also going to perform arati of the Lord. āratikorenbrahmā-ādi deva-gaṇe.That is the position of Gauranga. Gauranga!

There was lunar eclipse on that day. Acharyas say, moon made excuse. ‘Oh, what is today?’ ‘Today is eclipse. So, I will not show myself to the world.’ But the internal reason was something else. Moon was thinking, ‘today is the appearance day of Caitanyacandra.’ Krsnacandra, Caitanyacandra, Ramacandra, how are they?

bahu-koticandrajini’ vadanaujjvala
gala-deśebana-mālā kore jhalamala

Translation-

The brilliance of Lord Caitanya’s face conquers millions upon millions of moons, and the garland of forest flowers around His neck shines. (Text 6, Gaura-arati by ŚrīlaBhaktivinodaṬhākura)

His whole vapu and face is just like bahu-koticandrajini’ vadanaujjvala, so much effulgence, so much radianceemanates from His entire body; He is all beautiful, radiant, effulgent.So today in front of Him how can I show my face which have so many stains and faults. Thinking like that, ‘okay, okay, today will be lunar eclipse.’ So, making such excuse, that day moon hid his face.

On that Gaur Purnima day, 539 years ago, two appearances took place. One was Sacidananda Vigraha, Nimai; this child’s name will be Vishvambhar. In the future he will be known as Mahaprabhu. ‘And your name is’, when He was given sannyasa, ‘Sri Krishna Caitanya.’ Like that there are many names of Gauranga Mahaprabhu. There is ‘Gauranga Sahasranam’ also and not only ‘Vishnu Sahasranamam’. So, such Nami, whose name is like this, was going to appear. So Nami was going to appear and Nama was also going to appear. Nami, personality, that personality to whom Sachimata was going to give birth. Nama and Nami are two, but at the same time one and the same. Abhinnatva! So, in the evening Sacidananda Vigraha, Nami was going to appear and in the day, Lord appears in the form of His name.

kali-kālenāma-rūpekṛṣṇa-avatāra
nāmahaitehayasarva-jagat-nistāra

Translation-

In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kṛṣṇamahā-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered. (CC Adi 17.22)

This is all arranged, designed, programmed. There is no accident or last moment arrangements. No. This is all pre-planned.

mayādhyakṣeṇaprakṛtiḥ
sūyatesa-carācaram
hetunānenakaunteya
jagadviparivartate

Translation-

This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again. (BG 9.10)

Who am I? I am the superintendent. I control all activities, creation maintenance and everything of living and nonliving beings. So,He had arranged everything. So according to that, various events were happening on that day. So, in the day, as there was lunar eclipse, many people were reaching to Navadvipa as it was holy place and there was Ganga Maiya ki Jai! They were gathering there to bathe in Ganges. They were performing kirtan. Magnanimous Lord started to manifest His magnanimity. He has not yet appeared, but His mercy was visible in the day itself. The fallen souls who had no connection with dharma and pious activities, such fallen souls were running towards Ganges and Navadvipa. Not by their own desire, but by the will of the Lord. And Lord was making them chant ‘Hari Bol! Hari Bol!’ Everyone was chanting ‘Hari Bol’ or they might be chanting ‘Har Har Gange’ as well, or Hare Krishna Hare Krishna KrishnaKrishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama RamaRama Hare Hare!

So, the time came and Nimai appeared. The name was not yet decided at that time. After birth there will be Name giving. In Shantipur, Advait Acharya and Haridas Thakur came to know about His appearance; so, in Shantipur they started to dance, ‘Hari Bol! Hari Bol!’ ‘Thank you, thank you!’ Because Advait Acharya called Him, requested Himand He came. So,Advait Acharya was very thankful. He sent his wife, Sita Thakurani. Mothers and gents from all over the brahmandaand demigods also reached there in Yogapith to greet the child.

This name ‘Nimai’ was the idea of Sita Thakurani. So, the child was named as ‘Nimai’. He was appeared under Neem tree, that’s why the name ‘Nimai’. And Sachimata had given birth to nine daughters and soon after the birth they died. Tenth child was Visvarupa and He was alive, yet there was fear, ‘what will happen to this child?’ So, for the protection of the child, Neem tree is considered as a protector. It is bitter in taste but it gives sweet results. So, the child was named as Nimai. And after that there were many more names. Another name which He got naturally was Sachinandana.

brajendra-nandanajei, śacī-sutahoilo sei,
balarāmahoilonitāi
dīna-hīnajatachilo, hari-nāmeuddhārilo,
tāraśākṣījagāimādhāi

Translation-

Lord Kṛṣṇa, the son of the King of Vraja, became the son of Śacī, and Balarāma became Nitāi. The holy name delivered all those souls who were lowly and wretched. The two sinners Jagāi and Mādhāi are evidence of this. (From Hari hari! Bifale by Narottam Das Thakur)

Nandanandan has become Sachinandana. Jaya SachinandanajayaSachinandana, Jaya Sachinandana Jaya Sachinandana, Jaya Sachinandana Gaura Hari! Sachimatapranadhana Gaura Hari! And in the future, Nadia Bihari Gaura Hari! Yuga Avatari Gaura Hari! Gaura GauraGaura Hari! Nitai Gaura Premanande Hari Hari Bol!

Aradhana 28th March 2025

Japa Talk
Date- 28th March 2025
Speaker- Guru Maharaj
Theme- Aradhana

Sub-theme: Aradhana retreat of Sachidananda Prabhu

Gaur Nityananda Ki Jai! This address is for everyone. As I am in Pandharpur, so Pandharpur’s devotees are sitting here in front of me and zoom temple is houseful. They are always the audience of Japa talk. But today’s Japa talk is specially focused on those devotees who have reached Mayapur Dham. Mayapur Dham ki jai! They are now going to Ekachakra gram. Around 300 to 350 devotees have reached Mayapur and from there they are going to Ekachakra gram. And I am seeing not all but some of those devotees. So, all these devotees have reached there for retreat. Sachidanand Prabhu takes retreat to somewhere once or twice a year. And this time they have reached Mayapur. I do not have full information, but I came to know that the main topics of this retreat are Aradhana, meditation, forgiveness and like that. So, this Japa talk is for retreat devotees. And everyone is welcome. Everyone can hear this. Special welcome and congratulations for those devotees who have reached for retreat. And many thanks to Sachidanand Prabhu for organizing such retreats and for giving more and more education to the devotees. Educated devotees become initiated. Time to time keep giving such education by retreat. So only few thoughts I can present.

Sub-theme: Radha, who does Aradhana

Aradhana! If meditation is the topic, then meditation is also Aradhana. Aradhana, worship is not complete without meditation.

anayārādhito nūnaṁ
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
yan no vihāya govindaḥ
prīto yām anayad rahaḥ

Translation-

Certainly this particular gopī has perfectly worshiped the all-powerful Personality of Godhead, Govinda, since He was so pleased with Her that He abandoned the rest of us and brought Her to a secluded place. (ŚB 10.30.28)

This is Radha. There is pastime. ‘Hey! Whose lotus feet are these?’ When Gopis were searching for Krsna, first they saw symbols of Krsna’s lotus feet or they saw Braj marked with Krsna’s lotus feet prints. Then after going little further, they saw someone’s foot prints beside Krsna’s foot prints. That means someone was going with Him. Some Gopis inquired, “Whose lotus feet could these be?” So, one gopi said, “you fool, don’t you understand? Otherwise, whose lotus feet could these be?” anayārādhito nūnaṁ, definitely, these must be Radha’s lotus feet. How is Radha? The one who does aradhana. Radha’s name is Radha because She does Aradhana. The topmost worshiper is Radha. Jai Sri Radhe! And then the whole world does worship.

Sub-theme: Worship of the devotees is superior than the worship of the Lord

ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ
viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param
tasmāt parataraṁ devi
tadīyānāṁ ārādhanānāṁ

Translation-

“[Lord Śiva told the goddess Durgā:] ‘My dear Devī, although the Vedas recommend worship of demigods, the worship of Lord Viṣṇu is topmost. However, above the worship of Lord Viṣṇu is the rendering of service to Vaiṣṇavas, who are related to Lord Viṣṇu.’ (CC Madhya 11.31)
Lord Siva has said this. ‘Among all worshipable lords Lord Visnu’s worship is topmost.’ Don’t worry. Krsna is Supreme, but here ‘Visnu’ is mentioned. Yeah, such things happen in the scriptures. Visnu means Krsna or when Vaikunth is mentioned, but it indicates Vrindavan only. Or sometimes love is called as lust. Lord is sometimes called as Brahma, so Brahma means the Supreme Lord. Or lust means love. Visnu means Krsna. Vaikunth means Vrindavan. So, Sivaji told Parvati, ‘Worship of Lord Visnu is topmost. He should be worshipped.’ But Sivaji doesn’t stop by saying this. Further he said tadiyanam samarcanam. Tasmat parataram devi, wait, wait, superior to the worship of Lord Visnu is worship of tadiyanam. Tulasi krsna preyasi namo namah, tulasi is also tadiya or cow is also tadiya. Tadiya means his; madiya means mine. Ganges in tadiya. What about Lord’s devotees? Lord’s devotees too are tadiya. For the Lord they are madiya; for us they are tadiya. Worshipping them is superior to worshipping the Lord.

ādaraḥ paricaryāyāṁ
sarvāṅgair abhivandanam
mad-bhakta-pūjābhyadhikā
sarva-bhūteṣu man-matiḥ- (ŚB 11.19.21)

mad-bhakta-pūja abhyadhikā- Lord Himself has said, My devotees are more worshipable than Me.

Sub-theme: Lord’s worship is incomplete without worshipping the devotees. Recently I was in Mayapur and there

bhaja gaurāṅga kaha gaurāṅga laha gaurāṅgera nāma re
ye jana gaurāṅga bhaje sei amāra prāṇa re

Translation-

Worship Gauranga, chant Gauranga, speak about Gauranga day and night. Whoever serves Gauranga is as dear to me as my very own life.
Chant Gauranga’s names, at least do this much worship; but those who worship Gauranga, sei amāra prāṇa re, they are my life. Devotees keep saying- radha krsna prana mora jugala kishor. Radha and Krsna are the life of devotees, but along with that, other devotees are also the life of devotees. When the priest offers arati to the Lord, at the end of offering every item he turns and offers arati to all the devotees present there. Maybe you do not understand ‘what’s going on? Lord’s arati is going on and at the end, every item is offered to the devotees as well.’ Sri krsna caitanya prabhu nityananda sri advaita gadadhara sri vasadi gaura bhakta vrnda. Gaura bhakta vrnda, all devotees of Lord Gauranga. Gaura bhakta vrnda, the devotees of Lord Gauranga cannot be separated from Gauranga. They are inseparable. Meditation or worship of Panchatatva is complete when we worship Gaura bhakta vrnda. If we worship the Lord, but commit offenses at the lotus feet of His devotees, then we remain third class. Lord considers them third class. He worships, glorifies the Lord with full heart, but blasphemes the devotees.

Yasya deve para bhakti yatha deve tatha gurau
Yasya ete kathotha hi artha prakasyanta mahatmanah

Translation-

Anyone who has developed unflinching faith in the Lord and the Spiritual Master can understand the revealed scripture unfold before him. (ŚU 6.23)
This is very special statement. Among the devotees there are spiritual masters; they perform the role of gurus. So here it is said yasya deve para bhakti, Your para bhakti, supreme devotion; deve, means ‘the object of meditation’ in Saptami vibhakti (sanskit). Deva becomes deve. Yasya deve para bhakti, who have para bhakti in the Lord, yatha deve tatha gurau, gurau is Saptami, means ‘in the guru’. Deve and gurau, the Lord and the spiritual masters, both of them should be worshipped. Then that worship is complete.

Sub-theme: We do Aradhana in Mangalacaran

Vande aham, in the first line of mangalacaran we are doing Aradhana, Vandana, worship, śrī-yuta-padakamalaṁ, yuta means two, ‘of both feet’. If they are having only one foot, first thing is we should not see like that. To see faults in the body of the devotees, ‘he is black, he is lame’, to see or think like this is an offense. So be cautious. So,

vande ahaṁ śrī-guru śrī-yuta-padakamalaṁ śrī-gurūn vaiṣṇavāṁś ca
śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam
sa advaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ
śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś ca
Svāhā. Svāhā. Svāhā.

Gurun, siksha gurus and vaisnavan, everyone is included in this mangala caran. The Aradhana, worship of Sad-goswamis, and then Panchatattva; do you remember the mangala carana? First Guru then Vaisnava, then come down, next sloka is for Sad-goswamis and then Panchatattva, then finally Radha Krsna, and not only Radha Krsna, but with Them, Lalita Vishakha and anvitāṁś, other Asta-sakhis and Gopis and Manjaris.
Sub-theme: Sankirtan yajna covers all processes of worship in all Yugas
These are few thoughts regarding Aradhana. In fact, the method of Aradhana

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah

Translation-

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti, call it Aradhana or yajanti, worship which comes from ‘yaj’ dhatu; so, in Kaliyuga we worship by performing yajnas. But in SB 11.5.32 it is mentioned that which yajna should be performed in Kaliyuga? Sankirtan yajna! By this yajna devotees will yajanti, worship the Lord. It is strong recommendation of Jiva Goswami that when we worship the Lord, Sri vigraha Aradhana nitya nana, we do sringar, offer arati, do abhishek and all, then there must be Harinama with that. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare! Or we can sing the glories, bhajan or Sandhya arati, mangal arati. Aradhana is complete when it is done with such singing.

In Satya Yuga Lord is worshipped by doing meditation. You have reached there in Mayapur for retreat and now going to Ekachakra gram, so you were taught by Sachidananda Prabhu, how to meditate, how to do meditative chanting, how to meditate on the Lord’s form, first fixing the object of meditation. So, in Satya yuga meditation was the process of worshipping the Lord. But when we perform sankirtan or kirtan, then it is complete in itself.

nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś
caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ
pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto
’bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ

Translation-

The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kṛṣṇa’s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. Since Kṛṣṇa’s name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with māyā. Kṛṣṇa’s name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa Himself are identical. (CC Madhya 17.133)

When we do chanting we do meditation, which is the process of worship of Satya Yuga. ‘Mantra Meditation’. In Hari bhakti vilas the process of chanting is given. Mantrartha cintanam, we should meditate on the meaning of the mantra. If we have not done this meditation then this is one of the biggest offenses. Vaisnava aparadha is the topmost offense. Topmost is very bad. Don’t think that ‘Vaisnava aparadha is supreme, so let’s do this supreme work.’ Be careful. This is most degradable, not supreme. So, there are ten offenses against the Holy name, but ‘not to chant with attention’, no other offense can match with this offense. So, chanting without attention is one great offense. When we meditate while chanting and doing kirtan, then we are doing Aradhana like Satya Yuga. What is the process of worship in Treta yuga? Tretayam yajatau makhai.

ye yad dhyāyato viṣṇuṁ
tretāyāṁ yajato makhaiḥ
dvāpare paricaryāyāṁ
kalau tad dhari-kīrtanāt

Translation

Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viṣṇu, in Tretā-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvāpara-yuga by serving the Lord’s lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. (ŚB 12.3.52)

Svaha, svaha, perform yajna. This Hare Krsna Mahamantra is Sankirtan yajna. We do sankirtan yajna means the process of worship of Treta Yuga is covered. Dvapare paricaryayam, in Dvapara the process is Aradhana, worship. Doing chanting in itself is Aradhana, worship. This Harinama is complete, nitya mukto and purna suddho, purna, complete. So, you did chanting, kirtan, then everything is complete. You did meditation also and you did yajna also and you did Aradhana, arcana too. That’s why it is said

harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā

Translation-

In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari. (CC Ādi 17.21)

When we do Harinama, then everything is covered. It is complete. This is the beauty of this sankirtan or chanting of Mahamantra.

Sub-theme: Avoid Dham Aparadha

So, these are few thoughts regarding Aradhana. As there are ten nama aparadha, there are ten dhama aparadha also. You devotees who have reached Mayapur for retreat and doing parikrama also, I think you were doing 64 rounds chanting as well, for few days everyday 64 rounds. So, you were doing Aradhana and parikrama. When we do dham parikrama, we serve the dham. It is considered as Pada-sevanam.

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥsmaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁsakhyam ātma-nivedanam

Translation-

Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)—these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge. (SB 7.5.23)

When we do pāda-sevanam, as you have done Mayapur parikrama, not complete parikrama, but you have visited some places and you are going to Ekachakra gram, there also you will do parikrama. So, remember dham aparadhana and make sure that you avoid them. Do not commit offenses at the feet of Dham. Among Dham aparadha, the biggest aparadha is to commit offense at the lotus feet of those who reveal dham unto us. As in Nama aparadh topmost is Vaisnava aparadh, here in Dham aparadh, first offense is those who narrate the pastimes of the dham,

adyapiha sei lila kare gaura-raya
kona kona bhagyavan dekhibare paya

Translation-

Śrī Caitanya eternally enacts His transcendental pastimes in the holy dhāma of Māyāpura, but only those who—by dint of their innumerable pious deeds—have a pure heart are able to see them. (Navadvip Mandal Mahatmya)

They will tell you, ‘even today Lord is performing His pastimes here.’ Like that they will introduce, reveal dham to you. To commit offense at the lotus feet of such devotees is dham aparadha. Those who narrate katha in dham, those who are engaged in dham seva, why to commit offense against them? What we should do? We should serve them, we should worship them, as we were hearing few minutes before. In our Gaudiya Vaisnava there is famous statement ‘Guru gaurango jayatah’, all glories to guru and Gauranga. All glories to the assembled devotees. So, those who have assembled in dham, serve them.

yasyātma-buddhi-kuṇape tri-dhātuke
sva-dhiḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ
yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij
janeśv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ

Translation-

One who identifies his self as the inert body composed of mucus, bile and air, who assumes his wife and family are permanently his own, who thinks an earthen image or the land of his birth is worshipable, or who sees a place of pilgrimage as merely the water there, but who never identifies himself with, feels kinship with, worships or even visits those who are wise in spiritual truth — such a person is no better than a cow or an ass. (ŚB 10.84.13)

We went there and considered the dham, tirtha as the place of bathing. Let’s bathe in some pond or Ganges. When bathing is done, then yatra is complete, it’s finished; now let’s run towards airport or station. Such offenders, ignorant are compared to go-kharaḥ. What should be done? na janeśv abhijñeṣu sa eva go-kharaḥ, jña means the knower and abhijña means one who knows everything. So, the priest of the dham, the guru, we should reach at their lotus feet and should hear from them.

Sub-theme: How to purify the mind?

You were not performing such offense as you were engaged most of the time in sravanam and kirtanam. You were hearing from Sachidananda Prabhu. You must have taken bath also. You should. Ganga Maiya ki Jai! We are not against bathing, but only bathing will not work. Sarvatma snapanam, your soul’s, sarvatma, body, mind and soul; body is also called as atma. Only body should not be cleaned in dham, but mind should also get purified and that is possible when we will spend time with abhijña, the knowers.

Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur once asked to one disciple when he left in between the class, ‘where had you gone?’ ‘Oh, I went to have darshan. Arati was going on.’ He thought after hearing this, Bhakti Siddhant Saraswati Thakur will be happy and will say, ‘well done!’ and to the other devotees he will say, ‘You fools, why didn’t you do that? He left in between to attend the arati. He is saying he took darshan. You fools, you haven’t taken darshan.’ He must have thought like that. Okay, time is up. We had more topics.

Sub-theme: Contemplate on what you heard

This Sravan kirtan is Aradhana. When we hear such seminars, we do mediate with knowledge, if you listen carefully and with faith. ‘Hey what happened? You are taking only one person to Vaikuntha.’, Gokarna said,’ You have brought only one plain and taking only one person, but katha was heard by thousands of devotees.’ So, in the answer the Visnudutas, the airhosts said, ‘Yeah, they may have heard, but in between they were sleeping. Their bodies were here, they were sitting here, but their minds were somewhere else. Or even if they heard the katha, when they went back to their work, they forgot everything.’ So, what should be done? Whatever is heard in the katha, seminars should be contemplated on. After Sravanam kirtanam first comes smaranam. Smaran should be the result of Sravan kirtan. And this smaran should be kept nicely in the heart. That’s why one should contemplate on it, manan, place it nicely in the heart. Just like cows or animals eat two times. First, they just swallow and then they sit down and bring back that food to their mouth and then chew it. This nicely chewed food becomes juice and then blood and all. The contemplation is called as nidhi-dhyasan. Then comes dhyan. When should one do dhyan? All the times. What gopis used to do?

smartavyaḥ satataṁ viṣṇur
vismartavyo na jātucit
sarve vidhi-niṣedhāḥ syur
etayor eva kiṅkarāḥ

Translation

‘Kṛṣṇa is the origin of Lord Viṣṇu. He should always be remembered and never forgotten at any time. All the rules and prohibitions mentioned in the śāstras should be the servants of these two principles.’ (CC Madhya 22.113)

Smartavyah, one must remember. Gopis and Radharani used to remember Krsna all the time. See, here Gopis are remembering, but it is said smartavyah satatam visnuh. Here Visnu means Krsna. And vismartavyo na jatucit. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, you want to worship the Lord, do Aradhana, then how should be that Aradhana?

ārādhyo bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayas tad-dhāma vṛṇdāvanaṁ
ramya kaścid upāsanā vraja-vadhu-varga-vīrya kalpita
śrīmad-bhāgavatam amalaṁ purāṇaṁ premā pum-artho mahān
śrī-caitanya mahāprabhor matam idaṁ tatradaraḥ na paraḥ

Translation-

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is to be worshiped along with His transcendental abode, Vṛndāvana. The most pleasing form of worship for the Lord is that which was performed by the gopīs of Vṛndāvaṇa. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the spotless authority on everything, and pure love of God is the ultimate goal of life for all men. These statements, for which we have the highest regard, are the opinion of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. (Caitanya-mañjusā)

Aradhana, Upasana, the way vraja-vadhu-varga did, do such Aradhana. There must be meditation and remembrance. By Sravan kirtan we can remember, ‘Ahh, we remember Krsna’. Soul gets reminder. ‘Yeah, Krsna is like this.’ So, we should remember things related to Krsna or related to the devotees of Krsna. Visnu and Vaisnava, this is the pair; and then Vaikuntha. And Aradhana should be performed for both of them.

We were in Melkote. There also we did smaran. Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted two specialties from each Vaisnava Sampradaya. One of the two specialties of Sri Sampraday is Vaisnava sevan, serving the devotees. We should learn this and do Aradhana and service to Lord Visnu and Vaisnavas. We offer bhoga to the Lord and prasad to the Vaisnavas. This is Aradhana, seva, love for them. We should love not only the Lord, but also the devotees.
Okay, thank you. Happy journey to all those who have reached for retreat. Have a good time and you can share your realizations with those who could not come for retreat. Share with others whatever you have learned in retreat. By doing this you will serve those devotees. Now it is your turn of guhyam akhyati prscati. Hare Krsna!

Service of the Manjaris and Contemplation on Divine Mellow (Rasa) 10th April 2024

Speaker H.H Lokanath Goswami Maharaj
Date: 10-04-2025
Main Theme: “Service of the Manjaris and Contemplation on Divine Mellow (Rasa).”
Sub-Theme: Process of Chanting with intensity

When we hear and then we follow whatever we have heard it gives knowledge and then when we apply it it is scientifically called “Vigyan”.
Or one can say While chanting you go deep in meditation as it is said “sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam” while chanting we meditate on lord Vishnu that is krsna for us Gaudiya Vaishnavas. Srila Vishvanatha Charavarthi thakur in his commentary on the Vishnu Saharatranam, has written and proved that how each name of Vishnu is krsna’s name, we have to meditate and from that we develop love.
When we meditate or Chant, we remember, incase there is any person on place, you say now I remember, “re” – it means we knew him once or return where we have been before so remembering what we have forgotten by remembering we develop love he is wonderful. In case we remember Krsna we start thinking about Him.

shri-radhika-madhavayor apara- madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam
prati-kshanasvadana-lolupasya vande guroh shri-charanaravindam

Translation

The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the unlimited conjugal pastimes of Radhika and Madhava, and Their qualities, names, and forms. The spiritual master aspires to relish these at every moment. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.[Guru Ashtakam Text 5 by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura

krsna is famous or distinguished for his conjugal pastimes prem Madhuri, lila Madhuri, venu Madhuri and rupa madhuri
This makes him stand apart from all other incarnations for example Lord Sri Ram and due to this he becomes more loveable. Then we feel we should love him this person is more lovely or sweet etc. Vallabhacharya mentions everything that is loveable about the lord eyes, heart, smile, form, walk etc

Sub-Theme: Remembering Sweetness of the Lord Sri Krsna

adharaṃ madhuraṃ vadanaṃ madhuraṃ nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram |
hṛdayaṃ madhuraṃ gamanaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram

Translation

His lips are sweet, His face is sweet, His eyes are sweet, His smile is sweet, His loving heart is sweet, His gait (walk) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness.[ Madhurashtakam Text 1 by Vallabhacharya]

vacanaṃ madhuraṃ caritaṃ madhuraṃ vasanaṃ madhuraṃ valitaṃ madhuram
calitaṃ madhuraṃ bhramitaṃ madhuraṃ madhurādhipaterakhilaṃ madhuram

Translation

His words are sweet, His character is sweet, His dress (garment) is sweet, His posture is sweet, His movements are sweet, His wandering (roaming) is sweet, Everything is completely sweet about the Lord of Sweetness. [ Madhurashtakam Text 2 by Vallabhacharya]
When we remember this all the soul wants to love Krsna is the object of love, he does not care for the beauty love of the world renunciation appears and he develops krsna focused love love for everything related to krsna, like his abode, devotees, associated etc. One becomes Krsna focused with His name, form, pastimes, abode and not only krshna but also His related associates or devotees. He starts loving each one of them When Lord Chaitanya mahaprabhu appeared.

rupa goswami said
namo mahā-vadānyāya
kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te
kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanya-
nāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ

Translation

“O most munificent incarnation! You are Kṛṣṇa Himself appearing as Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu. You have assumed the golden color of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and You are widely distributing pure love of Kṛṣṇa. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You.
This love was not given by Chaitanya mahaprabhu alone the entire goloka Vrindavan appeared. Nawadwipa is hidden Vrindavan all the associates also appeared and together they made a joint effort to give this love of godhead to everyone. You can call it a team to deliver love of Godhead.

Srimati Radharani came also Nandababa who is jaganath Mishra, Yashoda as Sachi mata and 12 cowherd boys (Dwadhash Gopal) came too.

kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

Translation

All the associates who were practioners parental love, friendly mellow, Lalita appeared along with vishaka and the 8 sakhis (Ashta Sakhi’s), many gopis appeared to like group leaders.

Sub-Theme: Service and Mellows of Manjaris

Left winged right winged like this there are 5 types of gopis, manjaris have also appeared.

rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau
caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ
rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam

Translation

“The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in Their identity, They separated Themselves eternally. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.” [CC Adi 4.55]

The dealings of love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are displayed as the pleasure potency of the Lord.
The six goswamis- plus two i.e The eight Goswamis The eight famous goswamis of Vrindavan are: Rupa Goswami, Sanatana Goswami, Raghunatha Das Goswami, Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, Gopala Bhatta Goswami, Jiva Goswami, Lokanatha Goswami, Krishnadas Kaviraja Goswami They are none other than the Asta Manjaris in Krishna lila

kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau premāmṛtāmbho-nidhī
dhīrādhīra-jana-priyau priya-karau nirmatsarau pūjitau
śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau bhuvi bhuvo bhārāvahantārakau
vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau

Translation

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Krishna and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.[ “Prayers to the Six Gosvamis” by Srinivasa Acarya]

8 gopis and 8 manjaris appeared they are male in their external form, cowherd boys also appeared they disclose the lord Krsna, who is personification of love

akhila-rasa-amṛta-mūrtiḥ — the reservoir of all pleasure, in which exist all the mellows of devotional service, namely śānta, dāsya, sakhya, vātsalya and mādhurya;

Kavi karnapura wrote Gaura Gannodadesha dipika where he explains a list of who played what character from the krsna lila to gaura lila
they all have distributed the love of godhead, by displaying it, relishing it, writing about it these were all confidential words and knowledge unknown to even brahma and shiva, what to speak of quran readers what to speak about them others out side gaudiyas also do not know this treasure.

śrī-caitanya-mano-‘bhīṣṭaṁsthāpitaṁ yena bhū-talesvayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁdadāti sva-padāntikam

Translation

When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet.

The leader of millions of manjaris is rupa manjari who appeared as rupa goswami and he was advised by lord Chaitanya to write about the mellows there are mostly books in 2 categories based on tattva or Philosophy or rasa – mellows
Most sampradayas writings are on philosophy but gaudiayas books are on different mellows. You see 5 rasa there and various more rasas as we go deeper where even the gopis are not allowed in the deepest of mellows the manjaris enter those groves and know those pastimes, so mahaprabhu brought it

dharma-sthāpana-hetu sādhura vyavahāra
purī-gosāñira ye ācaraṇa, sei dharma sāra

Translation

“A devotee’s behavior establishes the true purpose of religious principles. The behavior of Mādhavendra Purī Gosvāmī is the essence of such religious principles.” [CC Madhya 17.185]

Learn this verse you are all trying to be preacher, so you must make it a goal that your behavior should establish the true purpose of religious principles.

yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa

Translation

“Instruct everyone to follow the orders of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa as they are given in the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in this land.” [CC Madhya 7.128 ]

Initially not much was happening then Srila prabhupada the Senapati bhakta prepared us as the army who follow mahaprabhu by
1 relishing this
2 distributing this

We as members of ISKCON we must continue what lord Chaitanya started as the Sankirtan movement. He said this sankirtan movement will be victorious, so we must do something and if we do we have the advance blessing of gaurang to be victorious.

cheto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
shreyah-kairava-chandrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambhdhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamritasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtanam

Translation

anarpita-carīṁ cirāt karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
samarpayitum unnatojjvala-rasāṁ sva-bhakti-śriyam
hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
sadā hṛdaya-kandare sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandanaḥ

Translation

manushya-janama paiya, radha-krishna na bhajiya,
janiya suniya visha khainu

Translation

O Lord Hari I have spent my life uselessly. Having obtained a human birth and having net worshiped Radha and Krsna, I have knowingly drunk poison. [Hari Hari Bifale 1]

He came to this dead material desert, he saw not a drop of rasa, but people here are drinking poison everyday. Knowingly another point is there is no rules

nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis
tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ

Translation

“ ‘My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many names, such as “Kṛṣṇa” and “Govinda,” by which You expand Yourself. You have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard and fast rules for remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your holy names, I am so unfortunate that I commit offenses while chanting the holy name, and therefore I do not achieve attachment for chanting.’ [CC Antya 20.16]

For yagyas or dhan, and other rituals in karma Kand followers there is specified time and place, if you do not do it accordingly then it might have an opposite effect as well. They are bound by rules and regulations, but we are lovers, there is no specified time to love, no one looks at the watch and loves or when should we love?

smartavyaḥ satataṁ viṣṇur
vismartavyo na jātucit
sarve vidhi-niṣedhāḥ syur
etayor eva kiṅkarāḥ

Translation

“ ‘Kṛṣṇa is the origin of Lord Viṣṇu. He should always be remembered and never forgotten at any time. All the rules and prohibitions mentioned in the śāstras should be the servants of these two principles.’ [CC Madhya 22.113]

Always love and never forget love there is only 2 conditions always love all the time. Never stop loving at anytime, this means, always be remembered and never forgotten at any time

teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ
bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
yena mām upayānti te

Translation

To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.. [Bg. 10.10

Devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
ahaituky apratihatā
yayātmā suprasīdati

Translation

The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self. [SB 1.2.6]

The ritualistic practices (karma-kanda) and intellectual pursuits (jnana-kanda), without devotion or spiritual realization, can bind one to the material world rather than liberating them.

Karma Kand Jnana-Kanda Keval Vishera Bhand

Translation

“”All rituals and knowledge are like poisonous bonds or pots.”

Hence it is recommended
satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ
yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ
namasyantaś ca māṁ bhaktyā
nitya-yuktā upāsate

Translation

Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.[BG 9.14]

nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis
tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ
etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi
durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ

Translation

The book by rupa goswami called BHakti Rasamrita sindhu, Srila prabhupada said it is science of Bhakti Yoga, or it is syllabus for Bhakti Shastri in VIHE or other institutes, it also includes Nectart of Instruction, Bhagavad Gita, Isoupanisad etc courses. BHakti Rasamrita sindhu gives details on dasiya rasa, Shakya rasa, vatsalya rasa and conjugal love. All these mellows are discussed here, then Rupa goswami. said I just hinted loving mellows, so he wrote one specific on conjugal mellows. The name of that book is Ujvala Nila mani. It gives details about loving mellows.

Rupa manjari has daily dealings with krsna so she is the most qualified to write this and you all have to become qualified to become student of this.

Srila prabhupada said bhagavad Gita is Graduation, Srimad Bhagavatam is Post Graduation then there are other books also.by Jiva Goswami and some other Gaudiya books by Narotam das thakura Like Prem Bhakti Chandrika , etc are all an ocean of love

avatirne gaurachandre
vistirne prema-sagare su-prakasita-ratnaughe
yo dino dina eva sah

Translation

“The advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within that ocean is certainly the poorest of the poor.” [Sri Caitanya-candramrta]

It refers to divine pastimes of Chaitnaya Mahaprabhu and His ocean of love (prem sagar).

Mahaprabhu wrote on Sikastakam this is to His credit; he has also written Shivashtakam, when he was going to Jaganath puri on the way is a Nataraj Temple. It is all taugh in VIHE which is Vrindavan Institute for Higher Education. So reading all these gaudiya books higher studies post graduate is attained. Is it higher than your Biology, Chemistry etc. You go abroad for higher studies. But this is higher studies. Read Srila Prabhupada’s books and other Gaudiya Vaishnav Literature.

Bol Premanande

Lets Chant Together 16th April 2025

Date: 16 April 2025
Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Topic: Iskcon Nagpur (IVCC)
HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj:

Hare Krishna!
Keep chanting.
Jnyaneshwar said, “say Hari Hari”.

There is so much peace. We are in Nagpur in IVCC (Iskcon/ International Vedic Cultural Centre). We are here seeing the construction work. It’s a houseful here. There will prasadam also after this Japa Talk. But the zoom attendees could not honour prasadam. This is the only drawback of zoom.

Nectar Of Instruction, 4:
dadāti pratigṛhṇāti
guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati
bhuṅkte bhojayate caiva
ṣaḍ-vidhaṁ prīti-lakṣaṇam

Translation:
Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one’s mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting prasāda and offering prasāda are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.

Ekant or being alone is being with Krishna only. His phone number is of 16 words, this mahamantra. No one has such the largest contact number. By this we can assume that only God can have such a number. when we call, we address someone and then we get response. Addressing means calling out ‘Oh Radhe!’. This language is a very big benefit to us. All our thoughts, culture is in this language.
Do you want be cultured and civilized?

But now a days we find highly educated least cultured people. In the mahamantra, there are 16 names and how many letters? “32”.
You should say that quickly. That is the effect of Kaliyuga. Everyone is slower, Mandah.
Now a days, mobile phones are starts but people are not. Devotees must be smart one.

kṛṣṇa yei bhajei sei hayata catur
māyā jei bhaje sei hayata phatur

Translation:
Those who worship Krsna are indeed the wise. Those who worship māyā are indeed poverty-stricken.
Who worships Krishna is very intelligent. When we chant, we call the lord. We talk to him and another understanding is that lord answers, not that some one else answers. He takes it very seriously. He responds in different ways. Whatever we pray when we chant or do kirtan.
If our chanting is full of offenses the lord is pleased that you are chanting. But how much he is pleased depends upon how we chant. When we chant lord is pleased, if we do kirtan, He is more pleases, and if its Nagar kirtan, it’s even more.
When we chant, we chant for our self. Some benefitted and it is also in a way selfish.

ŚB 7.5.31:
na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ
durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ
andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās
te ’pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ

Translation:
Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or guru a similar blind man attached to external sense objects, cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and engage in the service of Lord Viṣṇu. As blind men guided by another blind man miss the right path and fall into a ditch, materially attached men led by another materially attached man are bound by the ropes of fruitive labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they continue again and again in materialistic life, suffering the threefold miseries.
Prahlad Maharaj said, people don’t know how to be really selfish. We think our body as self, our mind as self. Ātmavat manyate jagat. “Everyone thinks others like himself.”

Bg. 3.27:
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni
guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ
ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā
kartāham iti manyate

Translation:
The spirit soul bewildered by the influence of false ego thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by the three modes of material nature.
A survey was raised that which word is repeated by people. The word was: Me and mine.
Those who are intelligent they know that the self is the soul. For it we don’t do anything. We do for others. This body is others. So, when we chant, we desire the lord.

ŚB 11.5.32:
kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

Translation:
In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions.

Lord is more pleased with our kirtan than our japa. Who wants us to get the Lord back? The lord wants us more than we want Him. He is sitting in our heart and waiting for us with this desire. When the child is sad the parents are first to be sad. The parent of the soul is God. If the child is lost of in a foreign land, they may forget, but the parents never forget. So, we can understand God, and His feeling by our own experiences. We are revolving in this cycle of birth, death, old age, and disease. Does he not know this? He knows, we are in this world of misery. He has made it. So, he knows it.

Vithu maza lekurwala sange gopalancha mela

My Vithala is a family man and he has many relations. We see the painting where the lord is seen, holding his devotees like kids. We all are children of the Lord. Modern science says that we evolved from amoeba that evolved into apes and then humans.
There was no amoeba, the very first one is Vithoba. Then Swayam bhu came from Vithoba. But Vedas says that from God came brahma and from him, he created 8400000 species all together. So, we are not coming from apes, but from Krishna. So much misinformation is spread in the world!
if Gaura had not come what would have happened? How would we live this life?

(yadi) gaura nā hoito, tabe ki hoito,
kemane dharita de?
rādhāra mahimā, prema-rasa-sīmā,
jagate jānāta ke

Translation:
If Lord Gaura had not appeared as the yuga-avatara in this age of Kali, then what would have become of us? How could we have tolerated living? Who in this universe would have ever learned about the topmost limits of loving mellows that comprise the glory of Sri Radha?
Her love is limitless, shore less ocean.

CC Antya 20.12:
ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ
śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam
ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ
sarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam

Translation:
Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step.
Gaura got that ocean of love and spread it all over the world starting from Mayapur.

avatīrṇe gaura-candre vistīrṇe prema-sāgare
suprakāśita-ratnaughe yo dīno dīna eva saḥ

Translation:
The advent of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu is just like an expanding ocean of nectar. One who does not collect the valuable jewels within this ocean is certainly the poorest of the poor.

Then many preachers took it out from Mayapur, like channels or canals taking the ocean of love, like it has reached Nagpur today. The goal is to take it to every town and village. Srila Prabhupada said to padayatra so. Not just town and village, but even in between. This is Srila Prabhupada’s mercy on his centennial, we did Padayatra in 100 countries in 1984. We celebrated 40 years of padayatra, 300000 kilometres, 8 circumambulations of the entire earth.

I went to the US in 1978, and I saw for the first time, an ambulance. I thought we are 100 years behind, when Prabhupada had gone there. He saw hippies now all that has come here. When I saw the disease stats I understood where there is enjoyment, disease will come.
Stop being Indians be Bharatiya. Bha means light. One name of sun is Bhaskar means one who gives light. One who is immersed in light is Bha -rat. Our Vedas say go from darkness to light, what going to light? Going to the source of all knowledge and light, that is God.
Srila Prabhupada preached this Krsna Consciousness. He recognized true Bharat and put it on the world map.

India was seen as a beggar’s country. Because every time an Indian came to the west, it was always to take something higher education. They don’t even know that the highest knowledge is spiritual knowledge.

When Prabhupada was asked by a UK reporter, why have you come to our country? He replied: you all came to my country, and looted all the valuables, not just diamonds but even coals, silk, cotton etc. I have not come to take but to give the wealth of my country: The Bhagavad Gita as it is, my culture and the Holy Name.

Hare Krishna Hafe Krishgna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Today the whole world is benefiting from his contribution, his culture, books, mahamantra, prasad. What is he give to us?
He gave Krishna in our life. Srila Prabhupada gave us Krishna in pour lives. There is a lack of Krishna. We should understand that. So, we should get Krishna and share it to others. You are all capable to give Krishna. So, realise Krishna every day and distribute him. Take it yourself and give it to others.

Srila Prabhupada said, “I could have preached from under a tree, but who would come there? So, I should make a place where people will be attracted,” and so, he made temples.

Srila Prabhupada was asked in 1977, Kumbhamela, “Why are you building more temples, there are so many temples already?”
Prabhupada asked, “who is this with you?”, “my wife and my son” he replied.

Prabhupada said there are many children in the world why you need one more child. He said this is my child. So, there are many temples but this is my temple.

So, you all are helping in building this new temple. The progress is very good. Add more people to this project.

ŚB 10.22.35:
etāvaj janma-sāphalyaṁ
dehinām iha dehiṣu
prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā
śreya-ācaraṇaṁ sadā

Translation:
It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.
Vaishnava Song by Bhakti Vinod Thakur:

mānasa, deho, geho, jo kichu mor
arpilū tuwā pade, nanda-kiśor!

Translation:
Mind, body, and family, whatever may be mine, I have surrendered at Your lotus feet, O youthful son of Nanda!
We can help with our life, our money, our intelligence, and our words. This is Prabhupada’s desire. Are you all ready to fulfil it?
Hari Bol!
Hare Krishna!

Appearance of Dwarkadhish in Pandharpur 30th May 2025

Japa talk
Date: 30th May 2025
Speaker: Guru Maharaj
Theme: Appearance of Dwarkadhish in Pandharpur

Hare Krishna. Radha Pandharinath ki Jai! Vitthal Rukmini ki Jai! Construction of Bhuvaikuntha project is going on. Along with that we are also doing some re-editing and corrections in our book ‘Bhuvaikuntha’ and that is why I am staying here.

Earlier also it was mentioned in this book that Lord Vitthal is a special Vigraha, Deity. Sachidanand Vigraha! There is some bheda and abheda between Him and other Vigrahas. I am giving more emphasis on this topic in my writing.

Sub-theme: Pronology of Lord’s pastimes

When Lord appeared, Lord’s Prakat Lila, manifested pastime, He appeared in Mathura, and then He goes to Gokul and Gokul becomes His abode. ‘Krishna jinaka nam hai, Gokul jinaka dham hai!’ He resides in Gokul for three years and eight months. On ‘Damodar Lila day’ from Gokul He goes to Vrindavan Dham. On the way to Vrindavan from Gokul, first He goes to Chatikara. Have you heard this name before? In scriptures it is called ‘Shaktavart’. There, Krishna lives for the next three years and eight months. From there He moves ahead and stays in Nandagram. According to Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur there also He stays for three years and eight months. Then from there He goes to Mathura. Akrura comes and takes Krishna Balaram to Mathura as per Kamsa’s plans. Then for eighteen years the Lord stays in Mathura. Most of the time He was playing war with Jarasandha. On the eighteenth time He did not show any interest in the war as He has to get married and almost everyone was shifted to Dwarka. Hardly anyone remained in Mathura. For safety the Lord sent them to Dwarka.

Lord departs for Dwarka. ‘Ranchod Ranchod!’ That time Jarasandha had said ‘coward’. He was forgotten for how many times he himself ran away in fear. Seventeen times he narrowly escaped or the Lord left him alive. And now he was saying, ‘coward, Ranchod’. Lord Krishna Balaram ki Jai!

When They arrived in Dwarka They had a grand welcome by Dwarkavasis. “Ranchod Ray ki Jai! Good that You left the battlefield; otherwise You would have stayed there and we would have missed Your association and Your darshan. Good that You left the battlefield and came to Dwarka.”

Then the Lord gets married in Dwarka. It starts with Rukmini. Rukmini was kidnapped from Kaundinyapur. There also we have ISKCON project; we have to build a temple there too. So Lord had 16108 marriages and Lord used to live with each one of those queens.

Sub-theme: Gopi Talav pastime

Once Radharani and Gopis came to Dwarka from Vrindavan to meet Krishna or to play with Him. Lila means play. There is ‘Gopi Talav’ near Dwarka. All of you or Gaudiya Vaisnavas use Gopi Chandan for tilak which comes from this talav, pond, where Krishna played Rasalila with Radha and Gopis. This is a very confidential pastime. When queens of Dwarka were watching this Parakiya bhava pastime, paramour rasa pastime, and the deep love and special reciprocation between Krishna and Radha and Gopis,

rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād
ekātmānāv api bhuvi purā deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau
caitanyākhyaṁ prakaṭam adhunā tad-dvayaṁ caikyam āptaṁ
rādhā-bhāva-dyuti-suvalitaṁ naumi kṛṣṇa-svarūpam

Translation: The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in Their identity, previously They separated Themselves. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself. (CC Ādi 1.5)

Pranaya is superior to prema, love. praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī śaktir asmād, seeing this pranaya, most of all the queens, Rukmini was upset. She got angry and she even left her home, left Dwarka, left all pleasure giving things and then Pandharpur Dham ki Jai! She left for Dindirvan.

Sub-theme: Lord’s meeting with Bhakta Pundalik

And then Dwarkadhish had to come in search of Rukmini. Lord came and He did convince Rukmini, and along with that He met Bhakta Pundalik. When Pundalik was Muchukunda in his previous birth, at that time Krishna had promised him that He would give him Darshan when he, Muchukunda would take birth again. So when Lord met Pundalik, Pundalik requested Him, ‘You stay here’. And the Lord agreed. What else could He do? He says

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
ahaṁ bhakta-parādhīno
hy asvatantra iva dvija
sādhubhir grasta-hṛdayo
bhaktair bhakta-jana-priyaḥ

Translation: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said to the brāhmaṇa: I am completely under the control of My devotees. Indeed, I am not at all independent. Because My devotees are completely devoid of material desires, I sit only within the cores of their hearts. What to speak of My devotee, even those who are devotees of My devotee are very dear to Me. (ŚB 9.4.63)

So, Lord stays here as well. He spent many years in Dwarka. As Dwarkadhish, for eighty to ninety years Lord was in Dwarka. That is why, what Gujarati people say? ‘Krishna is Gujarati’. But where is He spending most of His time? Ten eleven years in Vrindavan, eighteen years in Mathura, eighty ninety years in Dwarka and in Pandharpur? From that time until now and forever!

Sub-theme: Lord eternally resides in Pandharpur

Lord Vitthal is not installed as a Deity. It is Lord’s prakat lila. Lord has prakat lila and aprakat lila, manifested pastime and unmanifested pastime. Lord appeared in Mathura and then He went to Vrindavan, then Mathura and then Dwarka. From Dwarka He went to many places like Kurukshetra, Indraprastha etc. When He was going to other places, He was returning back to Dwarka, but when He came here, He never returned back. In one sense He did not return and in another sense He returned and kept on performing His pastimes and from there Lord returned back to His abode. But when Lord came here from Dwarka, that form stayed here forever.

Mahaa-Yoga-Piitthe Tatte Bhiimarathyaam
Varam Punnddariikaaya Daatum Muni-[I]indraih |
Samaagatya Tisstthantam-Aananda-Kandam
Parabrahma-Linggam Bhaje Paanndduranggam ||1||

Meaning:

(Salutations to Sri Panduranga) In the Seat of Great Yoga (Maha Yoga Peetha) (i.e. at Pandharpur) by the bank of river Bheemarathi (has come Panduranga),(He has come) to give Boons to Pundarika; (He has come) along with the great Munis, Having arrived He is standing like a Source of Great Bliss (of Parabrahman), I Worship that Panduranga, Who is the veritable Image (Lingam) of Parabrahman. [Pandurangashtakam- composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya ]

There is a possibility that such vigraha is not present in the whole universe. Panduranga! Panduranga Vitthal Bhagavan ki Jai! Vitthal Rukmini ki Jai! As far as I understand, there is no other place like this, advitiya, one and only. Just like

harer nāma harer nāma
harer nāmaiva kevalam
kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva
nāsty eva gatir anyathā

Translation: In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name of Lord Hari. (CC Ādi 17.21)

Vitthal Vitthal hi kevalam! And that same Vitthal, Radha Pandharinath ki Jai! He is giving darshan in the form of Radha Pandharinath. When Radha Pandharinath’s installation took place, Lord Vitthal Rukmini or Radha Krishna were installed in Them. So for us Radha Pandharinath is none other than Vitthal Rukmini. Gaur Premanande Hari Hari bol!

Art Of Chanting 13th May 2025

Date: 13 May 2025
Speaker: HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj
Topic: Art Of Chanting

HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj:

You have to hear yourself while chanting. You don’t need to hear me while doing chanting. There is a difference in kirtan and chanting. You have to chant and hear the Mahamantra. This is Sravanam and kirtanam and then you can remember (smaranam).

We should chant in solitude place or at the place where you are alone with the Lord.

BG 10.25:

maharṣīṇāṁ bhṛgur ahaṁ
girām asmy ekam akṣaram
yajñānāṁ japa-yajño ’smi
sthāvarāṇāṁ himālayaḥ

Translation:

Of the great sages I am Bhṛgu; of vibrations I am the transcendental oṁ. Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [japa], and of immovable things I am the Himālayas.

What we were doing was the Japa Yoga. Yoga means link. There is a root stem in Sanskrit “Yuj”, that means to connect.

Chaitanya Maharprabhu used to say, “Kirtaniya sada Hari”.

Sri Shikshashtakam, Shloka 3:

trinad api sunicena
taror api sahishnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harihi

Translation:

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

There are two types of kirtan. One is with mridanga.

Udilo Aruna Puraba Bhage By Srila bhakti Vinode Thakur:

udilo aruṇa pūraba-bhāge,
dwija-maṇi gorā amani jāge,
bhakata-samūha loiyā sāthe,
gelā nagara-brāje

‘tāthaī tāthaī bājalo khol,
ghana ghana tāhe jhājera rol,
preme ḍhala ḍhala soṇāra ańga,
caraṇe nūpura bāje

Translation:

When the rising sun appeared in the East, the jewel of the twice-born, Lord Gaurasundara, awakened, and, taking His devotees with Him, He went all over the countryside towns and villages. The mrdangas (khol) resounded “tathai, tathai,” and the jhanjha [large metal karatalas that look like small cymbals] in that kirtana played in time. Lord Gauranga’s golden form slightly trembled in ecstatic love of Godhead, and His footbells jingled.

When there used to be the sight of the sun in the morning, even today, we are seeing the sun in this world or should we say we have a vision of Sun. Are you doing this or is the sun watching us?

Prabhupada also used to say that We should act in a way that God comes to see you.

You are doing this Japa Yagya, that was also seen by the Sun. Sun is also the potency of the Lord, the eyes of the Lord.

BG 7.8:

raso ’ham apsu kaunteya
prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ
praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu
śabdaḥ khe pauruṣaṁ nṛṣu

Translation:

O son of Kuntī, I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable oṁ in the Vedic mantras; I am the sound in ether and ability in man.

You are very fortunate that you don’t have to go anywhere to chant. Everyday, you chant your japa in the same location and same time. This helps to chant attentively.

A week ago, I was in Vrindavan. I was chanting on the Jahnava Baithak at Radha Kunda on the auspicious day of appearance day of mother Jahnava.

Then we moved forward and reached Nagpur. There we chanted with the devotees of Nagpur. After sitting there we were waiting and then we moved forward, we have to move forward, so we reached Nakpur.

But one morning in Nakpur Then we moved forward, we went to Kondinipur and met Mother Rakmini on the auspicious appearance day of Mother Rukmini, Rukmini Dwadashi. We chanted with the devotees there. Thgen moving forward, we reached Amrawati and chanted there with devotees. Moving Forward, we reached Avantipur. Iskcon temples are equivalent to Dham. There is a very big profit to chant in the temples or Dham.

This chanting is like to call means to talk. When we call in Dham, chanting is a calling.

Saying Hare Krishna is calling or addressing Lord.

Tulsi Aarti:

ei nivedana dhara, sakhira anugata koro
seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi

Translation:

I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.

If we chant in the association of Tulsi Devi, it will be more benefitted. Srila Haridas Thakur was also did like that.

It is said that we say it, we also hear it, which We say that we pray for it also, there is a state called hearing also and there is a state even bigger than this, Manan.

Manan is done by the mind. The deep remembrance of what we hear and what we say is called manan.

When should do mantra Arth Chintan while Chanting. Everything is in this Mahamantra.

We can remember the Tulsi Maharani’ Aarti while chanting. Tulsi is like a desire tree. Every desire will be fructified.

The vision and the thoughts of Gaudiya vaishnavas are involved in the prayers of Tulsi Maharani. We can do the same prayers while chanting.

mora ei abhilasha, vilasa kunje dio vasa
nayana heribo sada yugala-rupa-rasi

Translation:

My desire is that you will also give me a residence in the pleasure groves of Sri Vrindavana-dhama. Thus, within my vision I will always behold the beautiful pastimes of Radha and Krishna.

ei nivedana dhara, sakhira anugata koro
seva-adhikara diye koro nija dasi

Translation:

I beg you to make me a follower of the cowherd damsels of Vraja. Please give me the privilege of devotional service and make me your own maidservant.

This is the aim of Gaudiya vaishnavas.

Caitanya-matta-manjusa commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam by Srinath Chakravarti:

aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam
ramya kacid-upasana vrajavadhu-vargena ya kalpita
srimad-bhagavatam pramanam-amalam prema pumartho mahan
sri caitanya mahaprabhur-matam-idam tatradaro nah parah

It is the conclusive opinion of Lord Chaitanya that the most worshipable form of the Lord is that of Sri Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. Vrindavan-dhäma is the topmost worshipable abode. The highest and most pleasing type of worship of Krishna is done by the Vraja gopis. Srimad-bhagavatam is the spotless authority on everything. And krsna-prema is the fifth and highest goal of life.

We can accept the damsel of Gopis, sakhas, Nand baba, Mother Yashoda according to our Bhava.

This is necessary to meditate on such prayers. Chanting should not be mindless. Mantra can deliver us from suffering. And we are chanting the Mahamantra. We even can’t imagine what can it do!

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare – Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

It is recommended that we should recite Sri Shiksha Ashatakam And ten offences towards holy name before chanting. We can meditate on that also for attentive chanting.

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has explained his feelings in Sri Shiksha Ashtakam. He is Lord himself and appeared as a devotee to teach us.

Seven advantages and glories of chanting Holy Name is explained in the first verse.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 1:

Translation:

We should know these glories and deep rooted it in our heart.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 2:

namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-shaktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalaha
etadrishi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrisham ihajani nanuragahah

Translation:

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names, you have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach you by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

Lord has inherited himself in this holy name. Hare, Radha Rani is the potency of the Krishna.

There are no hard and fast rule for chanting. There are so many advantages of chanting, but this is my unfortune I have no attraction for them.

CC, Adi Lila, 7.81:

kibā mantra dilā, gosāñi, kibā tāra bala
japite japite mantra karila pāgala

Translation:

‘My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply by chanting this mahā-mantra!

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is saying in the Shiksha Ashatak that we have no attraction for Chanting. He has all the attraction but he is saying that on our behalf. Because we don’t accept our reality.

How to achieve that attraction?

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 3:

trinad api sunicena
taror api sahishnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harihi

Translation:

In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.

Today there are clouds in the sky. I was remembering that Gopis reminds Krishna when they see clouds. There are many indications of remember Krishna; Sun, Wind, clouds, water, and so many things.

BG 7.9:

puṇyo gandhaḥ pṛthivyāṁ ca
tejaś cāsmi vibhāvasau
jīvanaṁ sarva-bhūteṣu
tapaś cāsmi tapasviṣu

Translation:

I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics.

What should be our state of mind?

trinad api sunicena

We should understand and follow the instruction of Sri Shiksha Ashtakam. In the last chapter of Chaitanya Charitamrita, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gives commentary to Sri Ramanand Ray and Swarupa Damodar on each and every verse.

If we can control our flicker mind, we should read that chapter also.

Humility, tolerance, respect others and don’t have urge to take respect, in such a way we can chant constantly. We should practice that for our whole life. We should start this practice assoon as possible.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 4:

na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isha kamaye
mama janmani janmanishvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

Translation:

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

We should have desire to serve the lord.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 5:

ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mam vishame bhavambudhau
kripaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhuli-sadrisham vichintaya

Translation:

O son of Maharaja Nanda [Krishna], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.

Keep the mind busy to meditate on such verses. Then it will never flicker.

These five verses are for sadhana Bhakti. Next Verses are for Bhava Bhakti.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 6:

nayanam galad-ashru-dharaya
vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nichitam vapuh kada
tava nama-grahane bhavishyati

Translation:

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?

Udilo Aruna Puraba Bhage By Srila bhakti Vinode Thakur:

kabe ha’be bolo se-dina amar
(amar) aparadha ghuci’, suddha name ruci,
kripa-bale ha’be hridoye sancar

Translation:

When, oh when will that day be mine? When my offenses ceasing, taste for the name increasing, when in
my heart will your mercy shine, when, oh when will that day be mine?

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 7:

yugayitam nimeshena
chakshusha pravrishayitam
shunyayitam jagat sarvam
govinda-virahena me

Translation:

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.

Missing Krishna in life. Are we missing Krishna? We miss money, our wife, our children. Are we ever miss Krishna?

When will the day come when we will miss Krishna.

kṛṣṇa-nāma-sudhā koriyā pān,
jurāo bhakativinoda-prāṇ,
nāma binā kichu nāhiko āro,
caudda-bhuvana-mājhe

Translation:

Drink the pure nectar of the holy name of Krsna. There is nothing but the name to be had in the fourteen worlds. It has filled the soul of Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura.

We should miss Krishna. We should feel grief on the lack of Krishna in our life.

Sri Shiksha Ashtakam, Verse 8:

ashlishya va pada-ratam pinashtu mam
adarshanan marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparaha

Translation:

I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me broken hearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.

This verse is saying by the Radha Rani in the form of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

CC, Adi Lila, 1.5:

Translation:

The loving affairs of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are transcendental manifestations of the Lord’s internal pleasure-giving potency. Although Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are one in Their identity, previously They separated Themselves. Now these two transcendental identities have again united, in the form of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya. I bow down to Him, who has manifested Himself with the sentiment and complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī although He is Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Radha Rani is saying that you are free to do anything, but you are the only shelter of mine.

Vaishnava Song, Radha krishna prana Mora by Narottama Das Thakur:

radha-krishna prana mora jugala-kisora
jivane marane gati aro nahi mora

Translation:

The divine couple, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them.

These types of thoughts are compulsory not only necessary.

We are Gaudiya Vaishnavas and Rupa nuga. They have given us everything. Chanting is the primary and central activity. All the progress in krishna consciousness is depend upon how we chant. We should practive to chant and to practice to improve chanting. Take chanting seriously. Don’t take it lightly. This is the mecry of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. What transaction happen at the time of initiation?

Spiritual master gave you Harinam and you take an ought to chant offense less minimum 16 rounds chanting and to serve the lord and spiritual master.

Srila Prabhuapada used to say that the meaning of the chanting is to ask for some service. Now, if you are chating, then some service will be given to you.

Become free and chant.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare hare krishna Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

CC, Madhya Lila, 17.133:

nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś
caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ
pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto
’bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ

Translation:

‘The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kṛṣṇa’s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. Since Kṛṣṇa’s name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with māyā. Kṛṣṇa’s name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa Himself are identical.’

BG 4.34:

tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevayā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ

Translation:

Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth.

You should not follow blindly. You can ask questions for your doubts.

Hare Krishna!