The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 2

The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 2, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
In the preface to the Upadesamrita or nectar of instruction, Srila Prabhupada says: "The first duty in all spiritual matters is to control the mind and the senses. Unless you control your mind and your senses, you can not advance anything in the spiritual life. " In Bhagavad-Gita 6: 34-35 it is said: "Because the mind is restless, turbulent, stubborn and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it, I believe, is more difficult than controlling the wind. Lord Sri Krishna said: Oh, you, son of Kunti, the one of the powerful arms! To contain the restless mind is undoubtedly something very difficult to do, but this is possible through proper practice and detachment. And in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says: "By detaching the mind from activities that are not consecrated to the Lord, it becomes very easy to learn vairagya. Vairagya means detachment from matter and make the mind to dedicate itself to the spirit. Impersonal spiritual detachment is more difficult than attaching the mind to Krishna's activities. This is practical, because when one hears Krsna, one automatically attaches oneself to the Supreme Spirit. That attachment is called paresanubhuti, spiritual satisfaction. " And Srila Prabhupada in the same meaning instructs us: "It is something like curing a disease through expert treatment and proper diet. Thus, hearing about the transcendental activities of Lord Krishna is the expert treatment for the alienated mind, and eating the food that has been offered to Krishna is the right diet for the suffering patient. That treatment constitutes the process of Krishna consciousness. " I want to share with you a lecture given by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Gosvami Prabhupada given in Calcutta on 7-12-1936, entitled "The Evil Mind." This evil mind, which can not be trusted, must be beaten with the broom every morning with the following warning: "Do not be anxious to find fault in others, or declare yourself a pure devotee of God or Krishna truly sincere and authentic, which certainly is not, "there is a teaching in the saying:" A man who is accustomed to criticize the conduct of others, will never prosper. " Let others do what they want, it does not concern me, rather I must find fault in my doomed mind and think like the Vaisnava Mahajana who sang: "Always engaged in vicious activities ... and without the tiny virtue in me, liar as I am, always lamenting to see the pleasures of others and enjoy seeing the grief, problems and worries of others. We must always remember this song and occupy our mind unceasingly in Hari-bhajan. We should not run around attacking others with dissuasive policies, such conduct is only appropriate for deceiters, not preachers. In connection with the subject, there are very powerful instructions in Srimad Bhagavatam 5.11.17. The devotee Jada Bharata instructs King Rahugana: "That mind out of control is the greatest enemy of the living entity. If we are not careful with it and we give it a chance, it will become more and more powerful and it will conquer us. Although it is not real, it is very powerful, and covers the constitutional position of the soul. Oh king, please try to beat that mind with the weapon of service at the lotus feet of the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Put all your efforts into it. " And in the meaning Srila Prabhupada says: "There is a weapon with which it is very easy to overcome the mind: to ignore it". Conclusion: We advise you to read the Sri Mana Siksa. Instructions to the mind by Srila Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, here we are going to show you verse 1. Oh, my dear sister, my silly mind! After having fastened your feet, I humbly pray you with sweet words. Please abandon all pride and quickly develop a sublime and incessant rati or attachment to Sri Gurudeva, Sri Vraja Dhama, the residents of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, your mantras of diksa, the holy names of the Supreme Lord, and the refuge of Kisora-kisiri, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna, the eternally young divine couple of Vraja.
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DIPAVALI ( DIVALI) 2017 KI JAYA

Dipavali [Diwali} Thursday,  October 19, 2017  and October 20, 2017 [Mayapura, West Bengal, India time] 

compiled by Yasoda nandana dasa

Srila Prabhupada explains the actual meaning of Dipavali celebration of Lord Krsna breaking the pot of yogurt and being bound by Yasodamayi 

Srī-śuka uvāca

ekadā gṛha-dāsīṣu

yaśodā nanda-gehinī

karmāntara-niyuktāsu

nirmamantha svayaṁ dadhi

yāni yānīha gītāni

tad-bāla-caritāni ca

dadhi-nirmanthane kāle

smarantī tāny agāyata

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā—one day; gṛha-dāsīṣu—when all the maidservants of the household were otherwise engaged; yaśodā—mother Yaśodā; nanda-gehinī—the queen of Nanda Mahārāja; karma-antara—in other household affairs; niyuktāsu—being engaged; nirmamantha—churned; svayam—personally; dadhi—the yogurt; yāni—all such; yāni—such; iha—in this connection; gītāni—songs; tat-bāla-caritāni—in which the activities of her own child were enacted; ca—and; dadhi-nirmanthane—while churning the yogurt; kāle—at that time; smarantī—remembering; tāni—all of them (in the form of songs); agāyata—chanted.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: One day when mother Yaśodā saw that all the maidservants were engaged in other household affairs, she personally began to churn the yogurt. While churning, she remembered the childish activities of Kṛṣṇa, and in her own way she composed songs and enjoyed singing to herself about all those activities.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, quoting from the Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī of Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, says that the incident of Kṛṣṇa’s breaking the pot of yogurt and being bound by mother Yaśodā took place on the Dipavali Day,or Dīpa-mālikā. Even today in India, this festival is generally celebrated very gorgeously in the month of Kārtika by fireworks and lights, especially in Bombay. It is to be understood that among all the cows of Nanda Mahārāja, several of mother Yaśodā’s cows ate only grasses so flavorful that the grasses would automatically flavor the milk. Mother Yaśodā wanted to collect the milk from these cows, make it into yogurt and churn it into butter personally, since she thought that this child Kṛṣṇa was going to the houses of neighborhood gopas and gopīs to steal butter because He did not like the milk and yogurt ordinarily prepared.

While churning the butter, mother Yaśodā was singing about the childhood activities of Kṛṣṇa. It was formerly a custom that if one wanted to remember something constantly, he would transform it into poetry or have this done by a professional poet. It appears that mother Yaśodā did not want to forget Kṛṣṇa’s activities at any time. Therefore she poeticized all of Kṛṣṇa’s childhood activities, such as the killing of Pūtanā, Aghāsura, Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta, and while churning the butter, she sang about these activities in poetical form. This should be the practice of persons eager to remain Kṛṣṇa conscious twenty-four hours a day. This incident shows how Kṛṣṇaconscious mother Yaśodā was. To stay in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, we should follow such persons.

Srimad-Bhagavatam : Canto 10: "The Summum Bonum" : SB 10.9: Mother Yasoda Binds Lord Lord Krsna : SB 10.9.1-2 : 

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu observed the dipavall festival 

ei-mata rāsa-yātrā, āra dīpāvalī

utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā dekhilā sakali

SYNONYMS

ei-mata—in this way; rāsa-yātrā—rāsa dancing of Lord Kṛṣṇa; āra—and; dīpa-āvalī—a row of lights, the day of Dīpāvalī; utthāna-dvādaśī-yātrā—the festival of Utthāna-dvādaśī; dekhilā sakali—participated in all of them.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees participated in all the festivals known as Rāsa-yātrā, Dīpāvalīand Utthāna-dvādaśī.

PURPORT

The Dīpāvalī festival takes place on the dark-moon night in the month of Kārttika (October-November). The Rāsa-yātrā, or rāsa dancing of Kṛṣṇa, takes place on the full-moon night of the same month. Utthāna-dvādaśī takes place the day after Ekādaśī in the waxing fortnight of the moon in the same month. All the devotees of Śrī CaitanyaMahāprabhu participated in all these festivals.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Madhya-lila : Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasada at the House of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya : Madhya 15.36 

 The roads, streets and lanes of Hastināpura were all sprinkled with fragrant water through the trunks of intoxicated elephants. In different places of the city there were colorful festoons and flags decorating the houses and streets. At important road crossings there were gates with golden decorations, and at the two sides of the gates there were golden water jugs. These beautiful decorations glorified the opulence of the city. Participating in this great ceremony, all the citizens of the city gathered here and there, dressed in colorful new clothing, decorated with ornaments, flower garlands, and fragrant scents. Each and every house was illuminated by hundreds and thousands of lamps placed in different corners of the cornices, walls, columns, bases and architraves, and from far away the rays of the lamps resembled the festival of Dīpāvalī (a particular festival observed on the New Year's Day of the Hindu calendar). Within the walls of the houses, fragrant incense was burning, and smoke rose through the windows, making the entire atmosphere very pleasing. On the top of every house flags were flapping, and the gold waterpots kept on the roofs shone very brilliantly.Books : KRSNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead - 1970 Edition : Volume 2 : KB 2-16 / Lord Krsna in Indraprastha City 

Letters : 1967 Correspondence : October : Letter to: Pradyumna -- Calcutta 17 October, 1967 : 67-10-17 :

Ramacandra's victory celebration is observed in the last day of Durga Puja. Vaisnavas are not concerned with Durga Puja. Dipavali or Devali is observed as new years day by certain mercantile community. The Vaisnavas have nothing to do with this ceremony but just on the last day after Devali the Vaisnavas observe Annakuta ceremony. This celebration is the day when Lord Krishna lifted the hill & Madhavendra Puri established the temple in Gopala.

Srila Prabhupada explains the story of celebration of Dipavali: Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after killing Ravana

DIWALI FESTIVAL: 10th October. 1968,
(Letter from Srila Prabhupada to Hamsadutta dasa written from Seattle., Letters book Vol 1. p.549.)

Diwali ceremony can be observed in the temple by illuminating 100’s of candles, indifferent parts of the temple, and offering a special Prasad to the Deity. This ceremony was observed by the inhabitants of Ayodhya, the Kingdom of Lord Ramachandra, while Lord Ramachandra was out of His Kingdom due to His 14 years banishment by the order of His father. His younger step-brother Bharat, took charge of the Kingdom and the day on which Lord Ramachandra took back the charge again from His brother, and seated on the throne, this is observed as Diwali, and Deepabali. Deepabali means the same thing – Deepa means candles, and bali means numerous. When numerous candles are lighted it is called Deepabali. In India, this Deepavali function is celebrated in a special auspicious occassion. This Deepabali function can be observed on 21st October, and Prasad can be distributed on 22nd October, during daytime, which is known as Govardhan Puja and Annakuta Ceremony. In India, in all Vaishnava temples, this ceremony is observed and 100’s of people are given prasadam according to the capacity of the temple.

So I understand that last year the Deepabali ceremony was held in the temple, and there was collection of $130.00. So you can do the needful. Hope you are all well.

Your Ever Well Wisher.
A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami
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The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 1

The mind, the madwoman of the house Part 1, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
In Spain there was a Santa who was called Santa Teresa of Avila, she compared this body with a house where the soul lives and the mind called the madwoman of the house. The function of the mind is to accept and reject, a very practical example of this is in the life of Jesus Christ, Palm Sunday thousands of people accepted him as their Savior and spent only 4 days and the same people shouted to be crucified. The first duty in the spiritual life is to control the mind and the senses, once a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada how I can control my mind and my senses, and Srila Prabhupada replied that you can not by yourself, but when you occupy your mind and your senses in the service of God or Krishna, He controls you personally. In the meaning of the maha-mantra Hare Krishna Srila Prabhupada says that the cultivation of Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition that is made to the mind, this consciousness is the original energy of the living entity, which revives when we hear the transcendental vibration , and when in fact we are in the plane of the spiritual understanding, having surpassed the levels of the senses, the mind and the intelligence, we are placed in the transcendental plane.
Most relationships with people are based on the mental plane, and most people have their mind dirtier than a dump, mind is full of lust, envy, fanaticism, doubts, prejudice, anger and ignorance. Most people are accustomed to relate to others based on what I can get out of this person, and when they see that there is a person who wants to relate with love and trust without wanting anything in return, people grab fear and they become defensive. Practically people in this age are like animals or lower than animals, finding a person who is happy and free is very difficult. The whole problem is false ego, pride, no one goes through life posing as the number one fool, everyone thinks I'm something very special, I'm God, and I can do whatever I want and it's not going to pass anything.
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Mayavadi Philosophy

Mayavadi Philosophy, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada says in his books that the Mayavadi movement is the most envious and demonic of Vedic culture, and that the destiny of the mayavadis is that they all go to hell. They preach that God has no hands, legs, face, offend God at every moment and that God is impersonal and that Krishna or God and devotional service and devotees of God are all Mayan, that's why they are called mayavadis, fanatics of Maya. Their specific mission is to separate people from devotion to God, and thus act out of the great envy they have of God and the genuine devotees of God. The Vaisnava philosophy is a scourge against the mayavadis, the mission of all Acharyas is to break into pieces all Mayavadi philosophy. That is why in the pranam-mantra of Srila Prabhupada we say that nirvisesa sunyavadi you have come to free us from impersonalism and nihilism. Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu always said Mayavadi Krishna aparadi, the mayavadis are the most offensive to God or Krishna, and that the greatest offense that can be done to God or Krishna is to believe that when He comes to this material world assumes a body made of maya or ignorance, that is complete atheism, any contact with the mayavadis is ruining a person's spiritual life, ignorant and sentimental people do not understand anything .... only the awakened person in the spiritual life can see things as they are .... in the Bhagavad gita Krishna says clearly that I come by my spiritual energy, and those deceivers say that it comes by the material energy, that they do so that people think that God and we are the same, God has come by the material energy and I also, that means that we are equal, Srila Prabhupada always set a very good example, the Governor is going to inspect the jail, and the prisons think that the Governor is also a prisoner, now we are all Governors, ..... jajajajajaja.
It is all in the books of Srila Prabhupada, in Srimad-Bhagavatam 4, 28, 48, Srila Prabhupada says that when the Acharya comes, he establishes the principles of religion, but when he leaves, disorder and thieves, bandits and opportunists take advantage of it. of the situation. That is what has happened in their movement, the first thing that the leaders of Hare Krishna did is to remove Srila Prabhupada from the center of their movement and to put themselves as the center, they also changed the orders of Srila Prabhupada on the initiations, it is said in the Sri Harinama Chintamani that the result of offending the guru is that one becomes a mayavadi, so these people externally pretend to be followers of Srila Prabhupada, but internally they envy Srila Prabhupada a lot, and all they do is that no one serves nor love Srila Prabhupada, they want service and love for them, these people are the most envious, strange and dangerous, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada denounced all this in a book that called him the business of the guru and then killed him.
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Quotes from the books of Srila Prabhupada

Quotes from the books of Srila Prabhupada, by Javier Figuerola
With love and trust I share some quotations from the books of Srila Prabhupada. BG means Bhagavad gita, SB means Srimad Bhagavatam and CC means The Chaitanya Charitamrita.
In BG 4, 42 it is said that an authorized spiritual master is in disciplic succession from eternal time ..... in BG 11, 49 it is said that he who sees an injustice and does not protest is an accomplice ....
In SB 4, 8, 54 it is said that one should receive initiation from a guru authorized by the guru who preceded him ... in SB 4, 28, 48 it is said that when the Acharya comes, it establishes the principles of religion , but when he leaves the disorder and thieves, bandits and opportunists take advantage of the situation .... in SB 3, 27, 20 it is said that souls come to the material world by the desire to enjoy matter and by the envy that we have to God or Krishna ..... in SB 10, 3, 23 is said to make us feel fearful if the demons will kill this movement of Krishna consciousness in SB 3, 16, 26 it is said that the conclusion is that from Vaikuntha or the spiritual world no one falls, for that abode is eternal .... in SB, 1, 6, 37 it is said that surrendering to the spiritual master is to achieve a life of complete freedom .. in the SB, 5, 23, 3 it is said that only the Deity of the Sun, Surya Narayana is an incarnation of God .... in SB, 9, 24, 58 we are said to have all been Br Ahma the creator.
In CC, ML, 6, 261 it is said that Sri Caitanya did not approve the change Sarvabhauma Bhakttacharya made mukti for bhakti .... CC, AL, 3, 50 it is said that the next 10,000 years will be of Krishna consciousness and then, all of them will become melechas and yavanas, the lowest of humanity ..... CC, ML, 1, 220 it is said that the election of a guru is not made by votes ..... CC, ML, 15, 108 it is said that as long as we are not initiated by a genuine spiritual master, all our devotional activities are useless .... CC, AD, 1, 35 says that a devotee should have only one initiating guru, because in Scripture always prohibited to accept more than one ...... CC, ML, 25, 9 describes the devotee maha-bhagavata or higher devotee ..... CC, ML, 18, 128 it is said that the word guru is applies equally to vartma-pradarsaka guru, diksa guru and siksa guru ..... CC, ML, 7, 130 says that it is best not to accept disciples ..... CC, ML, 1, 218 and 220 it is said that in this movement there is pe They are disguised as vaisnavas but are very envious people and must be ignored ......
In book 36 of the talks page 367 Srila Prabhupada says that they are poisoning me and in the books of the talks says on May 28, 1977 that you will be guru when I order it, there is no document signed by Srila Prabhupada to say that he orders your disciples will be gurus, but when admirers, disciples and journalists asked him how his movement will continue when you died, Srila Prabhupada always answered that I will never die, but will always live in my books and you will use them.
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Envious, strange and dangerous

Envious, strange and dangerous, by Javier Figuerola or Haripada dasa
According to The Bhagavad-Gita, the cause of our being in this world of suffering and temporal is the envy we have of God or Krishna, the process of Krishna consciousness is the practice of devotional activities, the result of these practices is that one is freed from envy and awakens his natural love for God or Krishna, envy is very subtle and expands, Srila Prabhupada always said that people eat meat because he is envious of animals, so Srila Prabhupada always said that the preliminary steps to be a devotee of God or Krishna is to practice non-violence and morality, the idea is to feed by doing the least violence to Nature. According to Srimad-Bhagavatam, eighty percent of the present population are envious, strange and dangerous people, I will now describe the qualities of these people: "Envy, strange and dangerous people always live full of fears, doubts, fanaticisms, prejudices and intolerant, dirty-hearted, only seek to be respected and they respect no one, are very envious and do not believe in God or Krishna, they themselves think that they are God or Krishna. They are very skilled at exploiting and controlling others. Their greatest suffering is to see good and happy people in the consciousness of God or Krishna. If a person associates with good people ends up being a good person and if he associates with strangers ends up being a strange person, tell me who you walk with and I'll tell you who you are. When envious, strange and dangerous people see good happy people instead of rejoicing they envy them, and thus they become more envious, strange and dangerous people. "
The most envious, strange and dangerous people are politicians, Srila Prabhupada always said that all politicians can do is put humanity closer to destruction.
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