Day 10 - Mayapur Yatra

Day 10

Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur’s Samadhi – Surabhi Kunj

By Gurudeva:

Gäy gorä madhur sware – we sang this vaisnava song.

This is a very special place as BVT was the power house who revived Mahaprabhu’s movement, every acarya has to work within a specific environment that requires a special skill in presenting the philosophy of KC. There is no teacher in our line came into the world who didn’t face challenges. The people of the world are opposed to the teachings of KC.

From BG 7.26, K says living entities are born with this aversion to KC and attraction to material nature and someone is teaching the material nature people think it’s going against them. With BVT there was a great influence of the British and they wanted to undermine the culture of India. The British knew that SB was especially objectionable. They hence undermined these ideas. From the early writings of BVT he questioned some of the comtemporary writers, he was a voracious reader. To understand SB we need to have a sadhu ex – SP’s purports and there we see how he is depending on the previous acaryas in our line.

Gaudiya Vaisnavism was in disarray after the gosvamis had left. Hence there were multiple groups of different teaching based on Rupa Gosvami’s teachings and hence people in general thought the Gaudiya Vaisnavism got degraded.

At this time he found the CC. The literature is very imp, it’s a container as it holds culture and knowledge of the time and gives it to others. The literature wasn’t abundantly available. It’s very important to distribute these literatures and Gurudev gave an example how Gopiparadhana pr used a microscope to read the SB by Sridhar Swami.

Whenever a pure acarya comes we notice the movement goes closer and closer so people can come closer to K. After he had read all the different religious scriptures BVT was convinced by the SB that this is the highest truth. Hence he was considered the 7^th gosvami – They brought together all the scriptures into one which is the most meaningful and this is the religion of all jiva souls. Real dharma is giving this mercy to everybody. He was the eastern savior and this religion would take root all over the world.

By BVT’s mercy we got all the mercy, he had 10 kids, a lawyer and still wrote multiple books. Sankirtan devotees feel at home here as we know what BVT’s mission was and if we can tune our frequency to the right station

Class by HG Satyadeva Pr

BVT wrote many Vaisnava bhajans  and just singing these bhajans are so potent that we can change our consciousness. “Be Here Now” – Always be there for Krsna every moment we are doing devotional service. It came by the mercy by BVT’s songs and Vaishnava songs. Just sing them, meditate on his songs and we can purify our consciousness.

Class by HG Rajendrananda:

Please read the 7^th goswami book as that will change our consciousness. He is our guru and he is ALIVE. Just follow in his footsteps by spreading the sankirtan movement.

Srila Gaura Kishore das babaji maharaj’s bhajan kutir is right next to Srila BVT’s so he could get inspiration from BVT and do his bhajan here. He was worshipping Gaura Gaddhara. He is Kamala manjari in the spiritual world, please read the Navadwip Mahatmya by BVT. His diksha guru is Vipin Bihari in the line of Jahanava and Nityananda Prabhu. He was the servant of ananga majari. He prayed to both Jhananva, Nityananda and Vipin Bihari in each chapter of the book. His siksha guru was Jagannata das babaji. Whoever we are, whatever we be, all we can do is to do service to our Guru and please him and what will please maharaj is spreading the sankirtan movement. Naam hat (BV) is also from BVT – BVT went door to door, village to village to spread sankirtan movement, wrote 100 books. BSST understood the mood of his father BVT and hence he spread the sankirtan movement by printing literature and distributing it. Our mood should hence be to distribute literature more and more so we can please our parampara. People are suffering like crazy and hence it our only dharma is to spread the sankirtan movement.

Then we went upstairs and see the room of BVT and BSST and sang - Boro Sukher Khabor Gäi— Däläler Gétä “The Song of the Broker” From Vaiñëava-Siddhänta-Mälä Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura

After that we had Ganga Snan

Evening class by Gurudev

CHAD – 17

Austerity Of speech – it should be like NVC (Non Violent Communication) = Austerity of speech consists in speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and also in regularly reciting Vedic literature.

Try and be friends with anyone and if you have those relationships and friendship with trust then you can make suggestions. If they follow it then fine if not don’t be attached to it.

Also should use this in book distribution – in the 5 secs we have we should follow the austerity of speech and develop a quick friendship to share and preach KC to anybody and everybody.

To achieve this stage of having austerity of speech is to do well to others. Give mercy to others and then you get satisfaction.

Keep your mind always occupied in KC, by either memorizing slokas, rearrange the environment in such a way that it is always KC. Ex – in America there was concern about political concerns so Gurudev made a vow to make sure that he will withdraw all his senses from that realm and make sure he absorbs himself in something which is KC – read books, Slokas, hearing of lectures. Always try to be on KC realm. The highest realm is on KC. Make boundaries for the mind so you can tell the mind – (forethought) that you shouldn’t go there its dangerous and we will fall down. If we fall down due to some reason, regroup, make a plan and again make boundary and plan for following it.

When devotees are  in the circle of influence which is by KC, it is available to me and I can do something about it and devotees are joyful constantly. Don’t worry about the circle of concern because yes there is a concern but we can’t do anything about it. Example – where there is a war or tornado – we have a circle of influence and circle of concern, just do the things in your circle of influence and don’t worry about the circle of concern. Srila Prabhupada was very measured in his external symptoms but only show steadiness– sustained interest in KC and also do your sustained service. When they speak we know their internal state of their joy. Artificial joyfulness is a real disturbance to the Vaishnava society, sometimes the neophytes devotee show over exuberance and that shows the devotee is doing it artificially. Senior devotees/advanced devotees always know how to act and they know how to act in the environment and time and circumstance. Vaishnavs always express themselves appropriately with time place and circumstance.

The dasavatra strotram is a grave song yet joyful.
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