Katha at Jagannath Temple, Rajpur
We sang the Jagannath Astakam here and then had a wonderful katha by Gurudeva.
We are all feeling a lot of separation from Puri this year as we spent time in Calcutta and Mayapur this year. But the separation has gone as I'm here at Rajpur. Jayananda prabhu's puspasamadhi is here and he was my bhakta leader and first devotee I met. The first service he gave was to put the gigantic wheels of the cart into the garage.
Vipralambha kshetra, Mahaprabhu shares that Puri and Mayapur are just too rooms with a passage between the two rooms. The journey was all done by foot from Navadwip to Puri and back. Lot of inconveniences. Sivananda Sen went ahead and got lodging for all and all devotees got angry. Nityananda prabhu got cranky and cursed Sivananda Sen's sons to die as they were all got hungry. Sivanandana Sen said to his wife, we are the most blessed with whenever he curses us. Nityananda prabhu then kicked Sivananda sen in his chest. Sivananda Sen's nephew went ahead of the party and went to Mahaprabhu to complain but Mahaprabhu understood his heart and knowing this the nephew's heart was pacified.
In Kurukshetra, once all the gopis came there because there was going to be an eclipse and Krsna also came with all his associates and it is said it was a very beautiful meeting and all the residents of Vrindavan especially the gopis wanted to take Krsna back to Vrindavan. Radharani says to Krsna that we can't see you with the elephants, crowns, entourage and we want you to be in Vrindavan very simple. Same way in Puri it happens once a year the devotees pull His chariot from the temple to the Gundica temple and pulling Krsna into your heart which is like Vrindavan.
How to make advancement in devotional practice - there are 6 items favorable to devotional practice and first is Utsahan or enthusiasm. When Mahaprabhu went to Puri asked Nityananda Prabhu to come behind him because he had broken his danda. When Mahaprabhu went to Puri he just became unconscious due to the separation seeing Jagannatha. When he fell down, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya had Him carried to his house.
Mahaprabhu used to stand by the Garuda Stambha. We are going to be seen by the deity and not to see the deity. When Krsna looks He will look for Garuda and when Krsna sees Garuda, Krsna will see me at his lotus feet. Make Krsna see you. Mahaprabhu used to go like this to see Jagannath, Baladev and Shubadra absorbed seeing them and once an old woman came there and put a foot on Garuda Stamba and one foot on Mahaprabhu. Govinda, servant of Mahaprabhu told her to get down. Mahaprabhu then chastised Govinda and said this woman has so much eagerness to see the Lord. That is the laulyam we need, that's the only price to get Bhakti.
Only when we have intense desire should we get there. Another very beautiful story is of Maharaja Prataparudra. Mahaprabhu would not want to meet the king because He was very very careful. If there is any discrepancy of any etiquette of a sanyasai, everyone will notice it. All associates of Mahaprabhu then requested Mahaprabhu to meet the King. Mahaprabhu then gave his tadiya, higher than the worship of Vishnu is the worship of the Tadiya of Lord Vishnu or worshiping the dear associates of Krsna. The king provided menial service by sweeping in front of the cart of Jagannatha.
Mahaprabhu expanded himself to be in all the kirtan parties. If you can get lecha of prasada, little mercy of the Lord then He will protect you but if you try with yourself then it can take millions of years and we need to do menial service. When we do menial service then Krsna sees that. Jayananda used to do menial service, clean the car, go to the grocery story and SP used to love that. SP had so much service attitude, always in the background doing service. Same way, devotees allowed the king to arrange to massage Mahaprabhu when he took a break from the dancing. He sang beautiful slokas and Mahaprabhu embraced him. From Gopi Gita.
For full mercy of the Lord - intense desire for the Lord and doing menial service for the Lord.
Mahaprabhu organized so well the kirtan party. Like a pujari is always thinking how to dress the deity so beautifully, same way the kirtan leader is always trying to make it sound beautiful for Krsna. Mahaprabhu did it personally. Be meticulous and organization.
In Sankirtan, we want to continuously refine everything and it matters to Mahaprabhu.
Rajendranandana Prabhu
Mood of separation - Vipralambha is expressed by Govinda Gosh
Prabhu spoke about the beautiful pastimes of Kolavesh Sridhar.
Navina Nirada Prabhu
Sivananda Sen would always take care of the devotees and would also finance everyone's yatra. Once during the yatra, a dog joined the party and the dog got lost and the dog went all the way on his own to Puri and met Mahaprabhu and the dog was having the remnants and next day the dog went back Home. So moral is, just stick to a kirtan group, get an affectionate Vaishnava, never leave them and then Mahaprabhu will give mercy. Similarly, we have to be like the puppy dog and we can have the wonderful place in Mahaprabhu's heart. Krsna is always watching you, Bhakti is a very personal movement.
SP said how to get mercy of Jagannatha - You get the festival of chariots as grand and as beautiful as you can, people were captured and pleased by the spirit of the festival that everyone joined in and it became renounced in the city that it the Rath Yatra day. It's the oldest Ratha Yatra in the world after Puri.
We should imbibe the mood of Sivananda Sena how to facilitiate others to come closer to Krsna and that will make Jagannatha very happy and that was the mood of SP. Just chant! SP wrote 80 books to get us to chant purely!
Evening Class
We sang the beautiful song Bhajo Bhajo Bhai and read from Adi Lila CC.
Videos from today:
Class at Jagannatha Temple, Rajpur
Evening Class
Pictures from today:
We sang the Jagannath Astakam here and then had a wonderful katha by Gurudeva.
We are all feeling a lot of separation from Puri this year as we spent time in Calcutta and Mayapur this year. But the separation has gone as I'm here at Rajpur. Jayananda prabhu's puspasamadhi is here and he was my bhakta leader and first devotee I met. The first service he gave was to put the gigantic wheels of the cart into the garage.
Vipralambha kshetra, Mahaprabhu shares that Puri and Mayapur are just too rooms with a passage between the two rooms. The journey was all done by foot from Navadwip to Puri and back. Lot of inconveniences. Sivananda Sen went ahead and got lodging for all and all devotees got angry. Nityananda prabhu got cranky and cursed Sivananda Sen's sons to die as they were all got hungry. Sivanandana Sen said to his wife, we are the most blessed with whenever he curses us. Nityananda prabhu then kicked Sivananda sen in his chest. Sivananda Sen's nephew went ahead of the party and went to Mahaprabhu to complain but Mahaprabhu understood his heart and knowing this the nephew's heart was pacified.
In Kurukshetra, once all the gopis came there because there was going to be an eclipse and Krsna also came with all his associates and it is said it was a very beautiful meeting and all the residents of Vrindavan especially the gopis wanted to take Krsna back to Vrindavan. Radharani says to Krsna that we can't see you with the elephants, crowns, entourage and we want you to be in Vrindavan very simple. Same way in Puri it happens once a year the devotees pull His chariot from the temple to the Gundica temple and pulling Krsna into your heart which is like Vrindavan.
How to make advancement in devotional practice - there are 6 items favorable to devotional practice and first is Utsahan or enthusiasm. When Mahaprabhu went to Puri asked Nityananda Prabhu to come behind him because he had broken his danda. When Mahaprabhu went to Puri he just became unconscious due to the separation seeing Jagannatha. When he fell down, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya had Him carried to his house.
Mahaprabhu used to stand by the Garuda Stambha. We are going to be seen by the deity and not to see the deity. When Krsna looks He will look for Garuda and when Krsna sees Garuda, Krsna will see me at his lotus feet. Make Krsna see you. Mahaprabhu used to go like this to see Jagannath, Baladev and Shubadra absorbed seeing them and once an old woman came there and put a foot on Garuda Stamba and one foot on Mahaprabhu. Govinda, servant of Mahaprabhu told her to get down. Mahaprabhu then chastised Govinda and said this woman has so much eagerness to see the Lord. That is the laulyam we need, that's the only price to get Bhakti.
Only when we have intense desire should we get there. Another very beautiful story is of Maharaja Prataparudra. Mahaprabhu would not want to meet the king because He was very very careful. If there is any discrepancy of any etiquette of a sanyasai, everyone will notice it. All associates of Mahaprabhu then requested Mahaprabhu to meet the King. Mahaprabhu then gave his tadiya, higher than the worship of Vishnu is the worship of the Tadiya of Lord Vishnu or worshiping the dear associates of Krsna. The king provided menial service by sweeping in front of the cart of Jagannatha.
Mahaprabhu expanded himself to be in all the kirtan parties. If you can get lecha of prasada, little mercy of the Lord then He will protect you but if you try with yourself then it can take millions of years and we need to do menial service. When we do menial service then Krsna sees that. Jayananda used to do menial service, clean the car, go to the grocery story and SP used to love that. SP had so much service attitude, always in the background doing service. Same way, devotees allowed the king to arrange to massage Mahaprabhu when he took a break from the dancing. He sang beautiful slokas and Mahaprabhu embraced him. From Gopi Gita.
For full mercy of the Lord - intense desire for the Lord and doing menial service for the Lord.
Mahaprabhu organized so well the kirtan party. Like a pujari is always thinking how to dress the deity so beautifully, same way the kirtan leader is always trying to make it sound beautiful for Krsna. Mahaprabhu did it personally. Be meticulous and organization.
In Sankirtan, we want to continuously refine everything and it matters to Mahaprabhu.
Rajendranandana Prabhu
Mood of separation - Vipralambha is expressed by Govinda Gosh
Prabhu spoke about the beautiful pastimes of Kolavesh Sridhar.
Navina Nirada Prabhu
Sivananda Sen would always take care of the devotees and would also finance everyone's yatra. Once during the yatra, a dog joined the party and the dog got lost and the dog went all the way on his own to Puri and met Mahaprabhu and the dog was having the remnants and next day the dog went back Home. So moral is, just stick to a kirtan group, get an affectionate Vaishnava, never leave them and then Mahaprabhu will give mercy. Similarly, we have to be like the puppy dog and we can have the wonderful place in Mahaprabhu's heart. Krsna is always watching you, Bhakti is a very personal movement.
SP said how to get mercy of Jagannatha - You get the festival of chariots as grand and as beautiful as you can, people were captured and pleased by the spirit of the festival that everyone joined in and it became renounced in the city that it the Rath Yatra day. It's the oldest Ratha Yatra in the world after Puri.
We should imbibe the mood of Sivananda Sena how to facilitiate others to come closer to Krsna and that will make Jagannatha very happy and that was the mood of SP. Just chant! SP wrote 80 books to get us to chant purely!
Evening Class
We sang the beautiful song Bhajo Bhajo Bhai and read from Adi Lila CC.
Videos from today:
Class at Jagannatha Temple, Rajpur
Evening Class
Pictures from today:
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