Our Bhakta Bandhav Transcriptions of Srila Gurudeva’s hari-katha.
The glory of mahat-sanga is super-astounding. By the influence of that glory, Jana Sarmas life immediately became successful, like that of his Guru, Svarupa. He became a personal friend of Sri Krsna by the association of Svarupa, who was known as Gopa Kumara in this world. That he immediately attained bhagavat-prema demonstrated the immense value of association with a great…
On Raganuga-bhakti – We become happy to see this… Only Rupa Manjari and Rati Manjari are present on this occasion. Srimati Radhika’s head is in the lap of Krsna. If both were lying down, as the babajis say, it would not be possible for Her head to be on Krsna’s lap. Actually Krsna is sitting, and Srimati Radhika is lying down with Her head on His lap. Krsna has Her head in His hand…
They misunderstood Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s teachings. According to their conception of siddha-deha, Gaudiya bhajana meant traveling to Vrndavana, living there, and having children with other’s wives. They considered that by doing this they had become gopis. “Come on, come on,” their guru would say to them. “I’m giving you siddha-deha and siddha-pranali…”
“O Prabhu, I am so guilty, I am worthless, I am stupid, and I am more of a nonsense than Jagai and Madhai. I am more nonsense than the worms in stool. You are merciful, so merciful, that You have invested Your whole power in Your name — and I can chant that name. I will very quickly be free of these impurities, and I will be able to have Your service. By having done this…”
…This is the background of the Gītā. Some people don’t know the Gītā’s teachings deeply because they think that Kṛṣṇa is telling Arjuna to fight. Why fight? If anyone wants to realize Gītā, what are the teachings? Then you will have no doubt about this. Kṛṣṇa has not come to create fighting or anything like this. He has come to give peace of mind, tranquility, and happiness, and establish the love that I have told before. He gave the Gītā and its teachings to understand what is yoga. Without following the rules and regulations, and accepting the teachings of Kṛṣṇa, or yoga, we cannot be happy. Everyone wants happiness. No one wants sorrow or suffering but yet we are suffering. The whole world attempts to be happy but yet why are we quarrelling to become happy? At last we see that what we do to get happiness is in vain. We will have to be born, we will have to die…
Even in an animal there is so much gratitude, and Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami says that Nityananda Prabhu’s gratitude is just like this. For one minute that barber removed a thorn from the lion, and for so many years the lion remained grateful. That animal, which is so fierce that it kills innumerable other animals and people also, remained grateful for its entire life, and we see the same quality of gratitude in the life of Nityananda Prabhu…
How beautiful! Krsna takes His flute and places it to His lips. What is He playing? He utters these names through His flute: “Gopi, gopi!,” “Radhe, Radhe!” Sometimes His flute calls Syamali, Davali, Kavali, and Syamala, which are also names of His cows. But He is not calling the cows; He is calling the gopis. He wears a vaijayanti-mala all around his very beautiful body. I think that if all beauty of the world is combined together in one place, it would still not be able to touch the feet of Krsna’s beauty.
In a faultless manner, the people of the nation, as well as all respectable leaders, must increase the pressure on the government to stop cow slaughter. Otherwise, not only the government, but the entire nation will have to suffer the horrible result…
Krishna told the gopis, “You should return to your homes now that you have seen the beautiful scenery of this Vrindavana forest. The moon is shining radiantly, the water of the Yamuna is sparkling. All the peacocks and parrots are making such enchanting, sweet sounds! You have seen how lovely the forest is, but now you should return and serve your husbands…”