Our Bhakta Bandhav Transcriptions of Srila Gurudeva’s hari-katha.
Our religion is not Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, or any other. The aim of the practice of modern day religions is to have a good position in society and to live peacefully in this world. Ancient sages practiced Sanatana-dharma. They established a system that combined all the people and inspired them…
…There was a devotee called Arjuna Misra. He would regularly read and explain the Bhagavad Gita. On one such perusal of the Bhagavad Gita, he came across the line, “Yoga-ksemam vahamy aham.” Thinking that Krishna Himself will not carry what His devotee needs, he cut the line…
Svamiji has never controlled or ordered anyone. They were controlled by his love and affection. We should control devotees with love and affection so they do not give up their holy master’s lotus feet. Those who have left should be brought again to their holy master’s feet and given energy to serve their holy master’s lotus feet with renewed vigor and confidence. By doing so they will break the chain of birth and death and will surely have…
He was a very, very renowned astrologer. That is why he was given the name, “Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati”. The prefix — bhakti was added later. Prabhupada made a calendar; we follow that calendar. He has done so many things. He has written so many books. So, you can follow what Prabhupada has said…
Ravana wanted to build a staircase to heaven; he proposed to build it on the same day he was going to fight with Ramacandra. The war between Ramacandra and Ravana was fought for many days, and only one day remained for the war to be finished. So Ravana wanted to build a stair-case to heaven, where anyone, regardless of any prior qualification or merit could climb the staircase and enter heaven…
The devotee may not know who a rupanuga is and what love and affection is. And, he will worship. But he will think Radha-Krsna to be Laksmi-Narayana or less than Narayana. He will think that Nrsimhadeva, Krsna, and Narayana are in the same category. He will think Varahadeva and all other incarnations are in the same category. But he is an ignorant person…
Aprakrta means a transcendental abode of Radha-Krsna, gopas, gopis, Nanda-Yasoda, and all the Vrajavasis. This is called aprakrta knowledge and the love and affection there is visuddha (immaculately pure). Caitanya Mahaprabhu has…
I served him in so many ways. He was so much pleased with me. After some time, he gave me sannyasa. I met Swamiji in Calcutta, at Bhag Bazaar on Bhospara lane. Swamiji came there. He was a very big personality and shared joking moods with my Gurudeva. They sat on the same asana. Guruji was a sannyasa and he was a grhasta, but yet they both were sitting on the same platform…
What is hypocrisy? We say that we are devotees, but still we take so much nice tasty mahā-prasāda. Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to give all tasty sweets and tasty mahā-prasāda to the devotees, but He didn’t take Himself. He only used to take boiled spinach with or without salt. Rūpa Gosvāmī used to take a little spinach without salt and nothing else…