7 Spiritual riddles

7 Spiritual riddles, by Haripada dasa
1- In which part of Srimad Bhagavatam Srila Prabhupada glorifies Columbus for discovering America.
2 - In which part of the Srimad Bhagavatam the personified death serves the devotee.
3 - The spiritual potency of Krishna has 3 aspects, Hladini, (bliss), Samvit (knowledge) and Sandhini (existence), the personification of Hladini is Srimati Radharani, which is the personification of the other two.
4- In Bhagavad gita 4, 42 at the end of the meaning Srila Prabhupada says that a bona fide spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from the eternal time, which means this.
5 - It is said that Sri Gauranga comes in each day of Brahma, on a day of Brahma there are many Kali yugas, who come in the other Kali yugas.
6- In a meaning of Bhagavad-gita Srila Prabhupada says that this is the essence of the Gita and in another meaning it says that therefore, this verse is considered as the essence of the Bhagavad-gita, what are these two verses.
7- God or Krishna has created the universe for all living entities to make ajnata sukriti, ajnata sukriti means to do service for Krishna without one knowing, how is this.
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I am very happy and happy

I am very happy and happy, for Haripada dasa
A while ago I prayed to Srila Prabhupada and to God or Krishna to send me devotees of Krishna mature and pure, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna, now I am associating with such devotees, I am very happy and happy, it is not necessary to mention their names, because such devotees are very humble and do not like to be glorified, thanks to one of them I have learned of the glories of the perfect devotee of Srila Prabhupada, said devotee named Jayananda Prabhu practiced Krishna consciousness for 10 years 1967-1977 and he sacrificed his life to please Srila Prabhupada, and when he left the body Srila Prabhupada wrote a very nice letter and said that he was now in the spiritual world, in Goloka Vrindavana, there are two disciples of Srila Prabhupada who have a very ecstatic web, it is: krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com I feel that these devotees have a lot of love for Srila Prabhupada, and they want everyone to serve and love Srila Prabhupada. One can see how powerful this chanting is. The Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J of Jota), it is said in the Sacred Scriptures that by chanting the word Krishna only once, one can counteract all sinful activities, of course one has to sing on the pure platform, in the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra there are three stages, one is the offensive chant, there are 10 offenses that are made when singing, then there is the explanatory stage, and then the pure singing, it is said in El Chaitanya Charitamrita that if one sings with offenses there can be millions and millions of lives singing and one will never reach the goal of singing what it is to have love for God. That is why there are very demonic people who dress as devotees and pose as devotees, but all they do is cheat and take advantage of innocent people, only a pure devotee can understand another pure devotee.
What I want to say with this message is that the most important thing in the spiritual life is association with the devotees, once a devotee told Srila Prabhupada that Jesus Christ said that I am the way, the truth and the life, and Srila Prabhupada He told him that this is very true, because without the association of a pure devotee, no one can become a pure devotee, I am very happy and happy to see that there are still devotees of Srila Prabhupada who have very clear things and without wanting anything in return. They share all their experiences with everyone, I sense that people are already fed up with so many deceptions, that people want to live the truth, the truth will set you free, I remember a program on television and there was a psychologist who said very interesting things , I remember that he said that the result of material and atheistic life, he was a very believing person in God, is that people suffer a lot, and the most important and necessary people for now will be the spiritual advisors, for I assume that these spiritual counselors will be pure devotees of God and will not deceive people by charging money.
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Harming others

Harming others, by Haripada dasa
People believe that true happiness is in harming others, the more harm you do to others, the happier you are, as 99'99 percent of people, parents and educational institutions think today. they have no interest in people living without harming others, people do not know how to live without harming others. Now there is bullying, a student with no reason to harass him to make life impossible, and sometimes the child desperate suicide, I have heard that in Spain are introducing meditation in schools, because they have seen that children so small and they are full of anxieties. Let's not forget that we live in the world of envy, all the activities of people are based on envy, Srila Prabhupada always said that people eat meat because they are very envious of animals, and also says in their books that nobody can get there to be a devotee of God or Krishna but practice nonviolence and morality.
The message of the Vedic literature is that come out of the darkness and come to light, I remember that when I distributed the first chant of the Srimad Bhagavatam I showed the parents the painting that the activities of Kali yuga, animal killing, games are seen of chance, illicit sex and drinking alcohol and getting high, and next to that darkness comes the light of godly life, chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama , Hare Hare (the H is read as J de jota), devotional festivals, respect maha prasada, food offered to God or Krishna, etc., and I asked the parents you that you choose that life or the other for your children, and most stayed with the book. Srila Prabhupada says that the cause of all the chaos that we are living now is the lack of devotees of God or Krishna, the hypocritical people to feel that they are good people, they go to the Churches, Temples and Mosques, but we see in practice that nobody knows neither loves God, is all pure deception, have no interest in knowing and loving God. The difference between a true devotee of God or Krishna and an ordinary person is that the devotee suffers when he sees others suffer, leads a pure life and does not do sinful activities and is always making arrangements to help people get out of the dark ignorance, and an ordinary person is happy when he sees others suffering, from getting up until he goes to bed only doing sinful activities and the greatest suffering for that person is when he sees the devotees of God or Krishna happy chanting Hare Krishna and dancing full of devotional love. I share this message from the 7th chapter of the Nectar of devotion that says no pain to any living entity. This is a comment found in The Mahābhārata: "A person who does not bother or cause pain in the mind of any living entity, who treats everyone as a loving father treats his children, whose heart is very pure, certainly coming very soon to be favored by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. " In the so-called civilized society, there is sometimes agitation against cruelty to animals, but at the same time regular slaughterhouses are always maintained. The devotee of God or Krishna is not like that. A devotee of God or Krishna will never be able to support the killing of animals, nor will it cause pain to any living entity.
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Before and after

Before and after, by Haripada dasa
Before it means before Srila Prabhupada entered his lila samadhi, and then it means after Srila Prabhupada entered his lila samadhi, I have the 23 DVDs of the ITV collection about Srila Prabhupada, there one sees devotees very happy and Shining in Krishna consciousness, there Srila Prabhupada was the center and the Acharya founder and all were very close to please Srila Prabhupada, the desire of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna is that when Srila Prabhupada entered his lila samadhi, everything will continue just as before, that is why Srila Prabhupada ordered his disciples to initiate in his name, and he would continue to be the center and the spiritual master of all, that is called Jagat guru, the guru of the whole universe, unfortunately the disciples of Srila Prabhupada they made changes in the books of Srila Prabhupada and did not obey the order to initiate in his name, and in an artificial way that is by votes (Srila Prabhupada says in El Chaitan and Charitamrita, Madhya Lila, 1, 220, that the election of a guru is not made by vows), they became gurus because they think that they are on the same level as Srila Prabhupada, when Srila Prabhupada's Gurudeva entered his lila samadhi. a very similar thing, there is a letter that Srila Prabhupada sent to Rupaguna explaining what happened, there Srila Prabhupada says that his Gurudeva said openly that they created a GBC and that they all worked together, and if they see someone who is self-effulgent they have to accept as my successor, did not obey these orders and the result is that now all claim to be Acharyas, although they may be kanisthas adhikaris without ability to preach, therefore, it is possible that we make the same mistake in our ISKCON. Actually, among my spiritual brothers nobody is qualified to become Acharya. So it is better not to mix with my spiritual brothers very intimately because instead of inspiring our students and disciples they can sometimes contaminate them. This attempt was made previously by them, especially Madhava Maharaja, Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja, but in one way or another I saved the situation.
We accept that Srila Prabhupada is that self-effulgent person, but Gaudiya Matha, that does not recognize him, we do not mix with the Gaudiya Matha. We do not mix with the disciples of Srila Prabhupada who are betraying and offending Srila Prabhupada, they live in unconsciousness and that is the reason why they do not want to obey Srila Prabhupada, Srila Prabhupada, Krishna and everyone else would like to Iskcon is led by people who obey and love Srila Prabhupada, it is always better to pray for others than to criticize, we pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna so that these people obey Srila Prabhupada and so we would all be together and happy and bright in the Krishna consciousness. I have served in Iskcon 1984-2011, Krishna has distributed through me more than a quarter of a million books of Srila Prabhupada and from my collection I have given them more than 700,000 dollars, they have deceived me but I do not hold any resentment , they already have enough bad luck to be as they are. Now I feel happy and free in Krishna consciousness.
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The differences

The differences, by Haripada dasa
I will try to expose the differences between the materialistic people and the devotees of God or Krishna, the materialists think that they think badly of others and you will be right, they think so because they are full of envy, fear, doubt, fanaticism, speculation, prejudice and are full of sinful activities, the devotees of God or Krishna think that if I think badly of another devotee then Krishna will kick my head with his lotus feet just as he did with Kaliya to take out all my poison, the materialists are scammers and deceivers, a man tells a woman that I love you very much, I would give my life for you, have sex, the woman becomes pregnant and the man tells the woman that I'm not ready to be a father and leaves, and that's where everything, pure deception, marriage in Krishna consciousness, man and woman help one another to please Krishna and His devotees, thus creating an atmosphere of peace and harmony, the most They are politicians, here in Spain there is a party that says that if they sent people to retire at age 60, they know that this is not possible, but they say it so that people vote, that is cheating, devotees of Krishna do not deceive themselves or others, they are honest people and live with a lot of inner peace because they know that everything is of Krishna, because He has created everything, they use everything to satisfy Krishna and His devotees, and have full faith that Krishna and His devotees are my best friends, the materialists do not know how to relate to each other, because the basis of their relationships is envy, the devotees of Krishna relate to love and trust through these 6 transcendental activities: 1.- Offer gifts as charity, 2.- Accept charitable gifts, 3.- Reveal the mind confidentially, 4.- Ask confidentially, 5.- Accept prasada or food offered to Krishna and 6.- Offer prasada. (Upadesamrita, verse 4).
The materialists criticize the devotees of Krishna saying that because they do not eat meat, fish or eggs, because they do not do sex like monkeys, because they do not play games of chance and because they do not take alcohol and drugs, and we tell them to take a life full of sense gratification is like drinking poison, that we have already experienced before being devotees, but now we are experiencing a higher happiness, therefore we have had two experiences in life, one is leading a full life of complacency of the senses and the other is a life full of love and devotion for Krishna and His devotees.
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The group on Facebook

Hare Krishna, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and Vanessa's courtesy, we already have the group on Facebook, it's called The Iskcon as it is - The Iskcon as it is, it will be in English and Spanish, we will try to make a million of members, as Srila Prabhupada always said, you have to go for the rhino, if you want to be a member ahead, and you can also tell your family and friends to become members, the purpose of making the group is that the iskcon as it is has the intention to connect with people interested in knowing and loving Srila Prabhupada, that differentiates us from the false Iskcon and others, in the Iskcon as it is we obey Srila Prabhupada's order to initiate in his name, and we are very against the changes they have made to the sacred books of Srila Prabhupada. Hare Krishna
In the service to Srila Prabhupada, the administrator of the group, Haripada dasa.

The books of Srila Prabhupada

The books of Srila Prabhupada, by Haripada dasa
Srila Prabhupada's books are no different from Srila Prabhupada, when one reads his books one is associating with Srila Prabhupada, he always said that one who obeys his instructions given in his books will live with him, some very strange people say that one should of having a living guru, I tell you, what happens that Srila Prabhupada and all the gurus of the parampara system are dead gurus? What happens is that when one goes to Vrindavana and prays to Srila Rupa Goswami in his samadhi, he does not listen your prayers Srila Prabhupada's books are like the Sun that dispels all darkness, Srila Prabhupada's books dispel all the ignorance of Kali yuga, Kali yuga is the sinful age, the dark age, the age of arguments, the age of hypocrisy and the era of quarrel, there is a prophecy that says that Srila Prabhupada's books will be the law books for all mankind for the next 10,000 years, I remember a class in Los Angeles, USA, Srila Prabhupada said that the philosophy of the Krsna consciousness is very easy, since we do not have to invent anything, we just repeat the message of the guru-parampara, that's all, the message of the guru-parampara is eternal and is practiced with joy.
I will try to expose those eternal truths that Srila Prabhupada taught us, the first lesson to be understood and accepted is that we are not the temporary material body but eternal spiritual souls, we are parts and portions of God or Krishna, and our happiness is in serving God or Krishna and His devotees, taught us that God is Krishna and gave us a process to awaken our latent love that we all have for God or Krishna, and as there is only God or Krishna and His energies in a natural way when we love God or Krishna, we will love everyone and everything, he taught us that everything is from God or Krishna because He created everything, and that a person becomes honest and wise when he uses everything to serve God or Krishna and His devotees, he taught us that There is the spiritual world, and that the goal of human life is to go back home, back to Godhead. He taught us that the real problems are liberating us from birth, death, old age and diseases, he taught us that the only spiritual process that exists in Kali yuga or the present era is to chant the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna , Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J de jota), and taught us that the pure and intimate devotees of God or Krishna never die, they live eternally in their instructions, and those who obey his instructions live with them. When humanity obeys these eternal truths there will be peace and prosperity in the world.
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The month Purusottama

I share the glories of the month Purusottama, this year is from May 15 to June 13, It is very interesting and gives many blessings.
The glories of the Month of Purusottama
Once, thousands of sages gathered in the sacred place called Naimisaranya to perform sacrifices. For his good fortune, the great sage Suta Goswami who had been traveling to different places of pilgrimage, arrived there accompanied by his disciples. The wise people present were very excited to see it. They immediately stood to pay their respects to the great sage and offered him a comfortable vyasasana and with their hands joined in reverence. they asked him to sit on it. The sages of Naimisaranya told Suta Goswami with their joined hands: "Oh Sutaji! We humbly ask you to tell us something about the wonderful activities and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are many thousands of such narrations but we wish to hear the most perfect and so, by its observance, we can all be liberated from this material ocean and return to the Supreme. Having heard the request made by the sages headed by Saunaka risi, Suta Goswami began to speak: "Oh sages, please listen to me. First I went to Puskara tirtha and then after visiting thousands of sacred places, I arrived at Hastinapura. There on the banks of the Ganges, I saw thousands of sages sitting next to Pariksit Maharaja. At that time, the great sage Sukadeva Goswami appeared and all the sages present presented him with the appropriate respects, rising from their seats with palms joined. All the sages unanimously offered the vyasasana to Sukadeva Goswami who would speak Krishna katha to Pariksit Maharaja. Suta Goswami said: "Oh sages, I have just arrived from Hastinapura where I heard recite the Srimad Bhagavatam from the lotus mouth of Sukadeva Goswami. And now, I will tell you about the activities and hobbies all attractions of the Lord. Once a long time ago, Sri Narada Muni came to Badarikasrama the residence of Sri Narayana Risi. The Alakandanda River flowed from His lotus feet. Narada presented his obeisances to Narayana and prayed: "O Lord of the demigods, O ocean of mercy! Oh master of creation! You are the truthful whole, the essence of all truths. I offer my obeisances to You. Oh Lord! In this material world, all living entities are busily engaged in the gratification of the senses. All of them have forgotten the ultimate goal of life. Therefore, please explain something that will be beneficial both to the heads of family and to the wise in the renounced order of life as I do, something that will help us to become attached to self-realization and return to the Supreme. " Hearing the sweet words of Narada Lord Narayana smiled, He said: "O Narada, please listen to the narrations about the supremely pious pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, because this will diminish all sinful reaction. You already know about the activities of the Supreme Lord but for the benefit of others, you are asking me again. So now I will tell you about the glories of the sacred Month of Purusottama, which is fully powerful to bestow not only all material happiness but also to qualify a person to return to the Supreme at the end of his life. Naradaji inquired "Oh Lord! I have heard the glories of all the months including Kartika, Chaitra, etc. But what is this month of Purusottama ?. Oh! Ocean of mercy, please tell me about this holy month. What is the way to glorify this month? What should I do during this month? How should I take a bath, give charity, etc.? What should I sing? How should I love it? Should I observe fasting during this month? Please tell me everything in detail. "
Suta Goswami said: "Oh wise! After hearing all of Narada's questions, Lord Narayana began speaking from His beautiful lotus mouth like the Moon "Oh Narada! I will tell you something that was previously explained by Lord Sri Krishna to Maharaja Yudhisthira. Once, Dharmaraja Yudhisthira lost everything, his empire, his palace and even his caste wife Draupadi, in front of Duryodhana in a gambling game. At that time, Draupadi was insulted by Dusasana in front of the entire royal assembly. But when Dusasana tried to strip Draupadi, she was saved from such a dangerous situation by Lord Sri Krishna. After this incident, Maharaja Yudhisthira accompanied by his brothers and his wife left his kingdom and lived in Kamyavan, Vrindavan. "Once Sri Krishna, the Son of Devaki, visited the Pandavas in that forest. All the Pandavas, including Draupadi, were very happy to see their Lord and immediately forgot the painful life they had in the forest. They felt that they were enriched with a new life just by taking darsan from Lord Sri Krishna. They paid obeisances to the Lotus Feet of the Lord. Seeing the miserable condition of the Pandavas, Lord Krishna felt very dazed and at the same time he felt very angry towards Duryodhana. It seemed as if the Lord was ready to destroy the entire universe and the Pandavas felt fearful and began to pray to the Lord in a very humble way. Hearing the humble prayers of Arjuna, the Lord composed himself and said: "Oh Arjuna! I feel very pleased with all of you, the Pandavas and being controlled by your devotion and friendship towards Me I will now tell you the wonderful story of the Month of Purusottama.
It happened that once by arrangement of providence an extra month appeared in this world. Everyone took this month as the most inauspicious and was even considered as a month excrement. Just as no one should touch the excrement, this month was considered untouchable. He was constantly unprotected and blasphemed and rejected by all as an improper time for any auspicious and religious activity. Being rejected by all human beings and constantly listening only to bad words and blasphemies, the Personality of this extra month felt very sad. She went to Vaikuntha to explain her painful situation to the Lord. Upon seeing Lord Visnu in His simhasana, she paid obeisances at His lotus feet in a mood of pain and sorrow. Tears fell profusely from his eyes. She prayed to the Lord: "Oh! Ocean of Mercy! I have come to You because I am helpless. I have been rejected and blasphemed by all the people of the world. Please protect me; Please show me Your mercy. Please do not be indifferent to me. " Saying these words, the extra month continued crying in front of Lord Visnu and he sat before Him feeling very discouraged. Observing the humble and pitiful position of the extra month, Lord Visnu was very merciful to her and said: "Do not lament, I will grant you My protection of all your miseries. Please stop crying. It is not appropriate to lament after having taken shelter of My lotus feet. "
"Being comforted in this way by the Lord, the extra month said:" Oh Lord! You know my painful condition, nobody is in such a miserable situation in these three worlds more than me. First of all, all the other months, years, days, nights, addresses, etc. They are being protected by You, and that is why they are always passing without fear in their unique and charming ways. But I (an Extra month) have no name or protector whatsoever or a husband who gives me refuge. All the demigods and human beings have rejected me for any auspicious activity. For this reason, O Lord, I wish to die immediately. " Oh Narada, then this Extra month said again and again: "I want to die! I want to die! I want to die! "and then fainted at the Feet of the Lord.
At the request of Lord Visnu Garuda began to fan the extra month. After a while, she got up and started talking again: "Oh Lord of the Universe! I'm in need of Your refuge, please protect me." "Lord Visnu spoke thus to the extra month:" Oh girl! Please do not lament, your misery will end very soon. Stand up and come with me to Goloka Vrindavana, which is even unattainable for the great yogis. Goloka is the abode of Lord Sri Krishna. Here Lord Sri Krishna is present in His two-armed form, surrounded by the gopis and is enjoying His eternal pastimes. The Supreme Sri Krishna of Goloka will free you from all your miseries, please come with me. " Then, Lord Visnu took Malamasa (the Extra Month) to Goloka holding her by the hand. From a distant place, Lord Visnu and Malamasa observed the effulgence of Goloka. This dazzling effulgence automatically forced Malamasa to close her eyes. Therefore, keeping the extra month behind Him, Lord Visnu advanced ahead until they reached the front door. There the gatekeeper paid his respects to Lord Visnu. "Having attained the Supreme Abode, Lord Visnu encountered Lord Sri Krishna, who was surrounded by many devotees Gopis. Lord Visnu husband of Rama devi, bowed before Lord Sri Krishna. Then, He made the extra month also offer obeisances to the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Krishna, even though she was crying out loud. Immediately Sri Krishna asked: "Why are you crying? She is in Goloka Vrndavana ... why is she crying? Upon hearing these words of Lord Sri Krishna, Lord Visnu rose from His seat and began to explain to Him the miserable condition of the extra month. He begged him to please protect His helpless month. "There is no one except Your Lord Krishna who can save this month from his hellish condition and give him full protection." Having said these words, Lord Visnu stood before Lord Krishna with the palms of His hands joined.
"Purusottama Sri Krishna said:" Oh Visnu! You have done an enormous feat bringing this extra month before My presence. You will become even more famous for having performed this act. Because you have accepted Malamasa I will also accept it. I will make this poor extra month just like Me in qualities, fame, opulence, fulfillment, successes and in giving blessings to the devotees. This month will be equal to My potential. I am granting all of My Divine Qualities to this abused month. Named after Me, this month will be famous in this world as the Month of Purusottama.
"Oh Janardana! Now that she has been imbued with My qualities, I myself will become the husband and protector of this month Purusottama. And being equal to Me, this month will be the master of all other months. Now, this month will become adorable for each and every one. Everyone should pay obeisances, and everyone should adore her. This month, it is equally powerful that I to offer any kind of blessings to your observer. He who adores this month will be able to burn all his past sinful reactions to the ashes and after enjoying a happy life in the material realm, he will return to the Supreme.
"Oh Garudadhwaja!" Continued Lord Krishna. "My Kingdom of Goloka is unattainable for those who perform austerities for those mahatmas involved in pious activities, for people who maintain celibacy, or for those who fast for the entire duration of their life. But simply by observing the Purusottama Month and becoming a devotee one can easily traverse this material ocean and return to the Supreme. The observance of this Month of Purusottama is the best of all austerities. Just as a farmer produces a rich harvest by planting seeds in a pleasant cultivated land, so an intelligent man who practices devotional service to the Supreme Lord in this month of Purusottama will enjoy an auspicious life as long as he remains in this world and After leaving the body, he will return to the Supreme.
"An unfortunate ignorant man who does not perform japa, who gives nothing in charity, who does not pay respect to Lord Sri Krishna and His devotees, who does not behave properly with brahmanas, who practices enmity with other people and who blasphemes a month of Purusottama will be driven to hell for an unlimited period of time. " Lord Sri Krishna continued, "How can a person make his life an event unless he performs devotional service in this month of Purusottama?" A person who is fully dedicated to the gratification of the senses and does not give any special importance to this sacred month, becomes the best candidate to go to hell. All human beings must perform some devotional service in this month of Purusottama, by:
Adore Me, Sri Krishna, sing My sacred Name, study the Srimad Bhagavatam and the Bhagavad Gita, especially the fifteenth chapter: Purusottama Yoga. Offer charity, Offer daily a lamp of ghee (ghee diya).
"A fortunate person who follows My instructions and observes this month of Purusottama correctly, and worships Me in a faithful way, will attain fame, opulence and a good son in this very life. After enjoying a happy life that person will return to Goloka Dham. Following My instructions all should worship this holy month. I have made him the best among all the other months. Oh husband of Rama Devi! (Visnu) give up all kinds of mental speculation about this additional month, just take this month from Purusottama and take it with you to Your Abode of Vaikuntha.
"After telling this brief story about the Purusottama month, Lord Sri Krishna directed a very merciful glance at Yudhisthira and Draupadi, and then began to speak to Arjuna:
"Oh! Lion among men, can you now understand the reason why you Pandavas are suffering? You did not recognize or honor the presence of the month of Purusottama, which has just ended. This month, which is the most loved by Vrindavan Chandra, has already passed, but you Pandavas were in the forest and did not worship the Purusottama month, that is why you are now suffering. You have been following the ritualistic principles given to you by Vyasadeva, but unless you worship the Month of Purusottama, you can not perform pure devotional service for Me. "
"Lord Sri Krsna continued:" Now I am going to recount a famous historical event related to the previous birth of Draupadi. In her previous birth Draupadi was the daughter of a great brahmana sage named Medhavi. Her mother died when she was a little girl and so she was under the care of her father. Day after day she grew up to her full youth. She was very beautiful but her father was not interested in arranging any marriage for her. Seeing other brides with their husbands and their young children, she spent her days in a very unfortunate way. Meanwhile his father left this material world while pronouncing the sacred name of Hari. "This made her daughter even more miserable. Fortunately the great sage Durvasa Muni appeared in his asrama shortly after the death of his father. Seeing the great sage, the young woman bowed and respectfully worshiped him. He offered flowers and fruits to that great sage. When he was pleased by the reception he had given her, she began to cry and to wail in front of him. The wise man, worried, asked him the cause of his lamentation; the young brahmana began to tell her: "Oh great saint Durvasa! You know everything, past present and future. I have no refuge in this world. I have lost all my relatives. My relatives have left the body and I have no older brother. I'm not married either, and that's why I do not have a husband to protect me. Oh great sage! Do something, please help me! Please give me some advice that will relieve me of this miserable condition. "
After listening to his request Durvasa Muni began to consider the misfortune condition of the girl and decided to be merciful to her. "The sage Durvasa began to say:" Oh beautiful young woman! Counting three months from now, the most auspicious month of Purusottama will begin. This holy month is the most beloved of Lord Sri Krishna. Only by taking a holy bath during this month can any man or woman become completely free of sin. This month of Purusottama is more glorious than any other month, including the month of Kartika. The glories of all the other months do not amount to even a sixteenth of the glories of the month of Purusottama. The merit of a person who takes a holy bath even once during this month, is equivalent to the merit obtained by taking baths in the Ganges for 12,000 years, or the merit accumulated by a person taking a bath in the Ganges or Godavari when Brihaspati enters Leo. If you take a holy bath, give charity and chant the Holy Name of Krishna during this month, all your miseries will disappear. You will attain all kinds of perfection and all your desires will be fulfilled. Please follow my advice. Please do not forget to worship very sincerely the next month of Purusottama. "
"After these words, the sage Durvasa remained silent. Unfortunately the young brahmana did not believe in her words. Moreover, he became angry and began to blaspheme "Oh great sage! You're lying. How is it possible that this additional month which is also called Mala - masa (month excrement) is superior to other great months like Magha, Kartika and Vaisakha? I can not believe your words. You are trying to deceive me. This additional month is known to be the most abominable to perform all kinds of pious activities.
"Listening to the words of the young brahmana, Durvasa felt very angry her whole body started to burn and her eyes went red. But remembering the desperate condition of the girl, she consciously regained self-control.
"The sage Durvasa told the young woman:" Oh ignorant woman! I'm not going to curse you because your father was a good friend of mine, and you are in a helpless condition. Being an ignorant girl you can not understand the sastric conclusion. I will not take your offenses seriously towards me but at the same time, I can not and I must not tolerate your offenses towards the Month of Purusottama. In your next life, you will certainly reap the results of your offensive words. " Then the great sage Durvasa hurriedly left that place to render his service to Lord Narayana.
"Lord Sri Krishna spoke to Arjuna" Oh impeccable! When Durvasa Muni left that place the young brahmana (Draupadi in her previous birth) lost all her opulences at once. Because she was an offerer of the Purusottama month her body began to look very ugly, and she lost all of her corporeal effulgence. That being the case, she decided to worship Lord Siva who is known as Ashutosh, the One who is very easy to please.
"The young Brahmani began performing great austerities to please Lord Siva, Parvati's husband. He continued his austerities for a period of 9,000 years. In the summer season he sat to meditate surrounded by fire and under a hot sun. In the winter season I meditated submerged in water at the point of freezing. Observing their great austerities even the demigods were fearful. Then, Lord Sankara appeared to the young woman, because he was very pleased by his worship and austerities. When Lord Siva appeared before the girl in His spiritual form, she immediately stood up rejuvenated. In the presence of Lord Siva all his physical weakness disappeared and once again he began to look beautiful. Seeing Lord Siva in front of her he began to worship him in his mind and to recite beautiful prayers to please him.
"Feeling very pleased with the girl, Lord Siva said:" Oh austerity practitioner! All good fortune be to you. And now please ask me for a blessing. I'm pleased with you, I'll grant you anything you want. "
"Upon hearing these words from the mouth of Lord Siva, the young woman said:" Oh friend of the poor! If you are pleased with me then please give me a husband. " She repeated the same words five times: "Give me a husband" and then remained silent. Lord Siva replied: "so be it." You have asked me for a husband five times so you will get five husbands. Upon hearing the words of Lord Siva, the young woman was very ashamed. She said: "Oh Lord! For a girl, having five husbands is most abominable. Please withdraw your words. " Then Lord Siva spoke to him very gravely: "That is impossible for me, what you have asked for will be granted to you, you will get five husbands in your next life. Previously, you offended the month of Purusottama for not following the kind advice of the sage Durvasa, oh Brahmana! There is no difference between Durvasa's body and mine. All the demigods including Lord Brahma and all the great saints like Narada worship this month of Purusottama according to the order of Lord Sri Krishna. A devotee of the month of Purusottama attains all good fortune in this life and at the end of his life, he returns to Goloka Dham, the Abode of Lord Sri Krishna. For being an offender of this sacred month of Purusottama you will have five husbands in your next life. " The young woman was very sorry, but Lord Siva immediately disappeared from the place. After the departure of Lord Siva the young brahmana felt ill-tempered and fearful thinking about her future life. In this way after a few days the girl left the body for an arrangement of providence.
"Lord Krishna then said:" Oh Arjuna! Meanwhile the great King Draupada had been making an elaborate sacrifice. From this fire of sacrifice took birth the young brahmana. He appeared as the daughter of Maharaja Draupada. Oh Arjuna! The same daughter of Medhavi Rishi has become famous in this world as Draupadi. She is none other than your current wife. As she blasphemed the Purusottama month in her previous life, she was insulted by Dushasana in front of the entire Kuru assembly and in the presence of all her Pandava husbands. Fortunately she reminded me and took My refuge. Forgiving her offenses I protected her from the most abominable situation and I saved her from the hands of Dushasana. Oh dear Pandavas! Please do not forget to worship the next month of Purusottama. A person who blasphemes the month of Purusottama will never achieve good fortune. This month is completely powerful in terms of fulfilling all your wishes and removing all miseries. Soon his fourteen years of life in the forest are coming to an end. Please worship this month Purusottama sincerely and that is why all good fortune will be poured out on you. " After having consoled the Pandavas in this way, Lord Sri Krishna left for Dwaraka.
"After a time when the Purusottama month appeared Maharaja Yudhisthira reminded his young brothers and his wife Draupadi of the words of Lord Sri Krishna. All of them followed the instructions given to them. They worshiped Purusottama Sri Krishna in various ways during this holy month. By the merit gained by practicing Purusottama vrata, they regained their lost kingdom and after enjoying a happy life they all returned to the Supreme Abode by the grace of Lord Sri Krishna.
"An intelligent person should engage in listening to Krishna katha of a pure soul. In this way he should always meditate on Krishna and discuss His pastimes with other devotees. You should rest thinking of Lord Sri Krishna within your heart. If he is a grihasta he must practice his home duties in a peaceful and authoritative manner. He should not commit violence with others and should have mercy on holy people, as well as on the poor. The protection of animals, speaking truthfully, mercy and nonviolence are some of the important principles that a grihasta must follow ".
"Suta Goswami continued to relate this discussion between Lord Narayana and Naradaji to the sages of Naimisaranya:" Oh brahmanas! The great sage Narada Muni was very pleased to hear all about the Purusottama month from the mouth of Lord Narayana. He offered obeisances again and again to Him and began to say: "Oh! This month Purusottama is the best of all months, it is the best of all kinds of vratas and austerities. Even if one simply hears the glories of the Purusottama month faithfully, he will attain devotional service to the Supreme Lord Purusottama and all his sinful reactions will be immediately annulled. Someone who practices Purusottama vrata, and appropriately worships the Purusottama month, will get unlimited merit and will therefore rejoin Goloka.
"Narada Muni said to Lord Narayana:" Oh Lord! Now I am completely satisfied, in my heart and in my mind, all the glories to You! "After explaining these glories of the Purusottama month, Srila Suta Goswami requested permission from the wise men of the assembly to go for a bath in the Ganges and practice your other regular duties. The sages gratefully agreed and Suta Goswami offered them humble obeisances and went to the Ganges. The sages of Naimisaranya stayed talking among themselves "Oh! This sacred month Purusottama is the most glorious and its history is very old. It is so merciful that it fulfills all the wishes of a devotee as well as a wish tree. How glorious is the Purusottama month !!! "
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The only mercy

The only mercy, by Haripada dasa
I feel fortunate to have come to the conclusion that the only mercy that exists today is the books of Srila Prabhupada. The very envious people of Srila Prabhupada changed some things from the books of Srila Prabhupada, surely that God or Krishna will have made a special hell for these sinners to suffer, in spite of the changes any serious and sincere person can understand that the only process for To understand God or Krishna is devotional service. Srila Prabhupada presented Krishna consciousness to the world as a spiritual science, as a spiritual culture and as the universal religion. In chapter 7 of the Nectar of devotion Srila Prabhupada says that if we carefully read Bhagavad gita, Srimad Bhagvatam, Teachings of Lord Chaitanya and The Nectar of devotion, we will gain the knowledge necessary to understand the science of the consciousness process of Krishna.
Thanks to this verse of Srimad Bhagavatam, 5, 12, 12, we understand and accept that only by the mercy of a devotee, one becomes a devotee.
My dear King Rahūgaṇa, only those who have the opportunity to anoint their entire body with the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees will be able to understand the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth can not be understood by the simple practice of celibacy [brahmacarya], nor by strictly following the rules and regulations of married life, leaving the home as vānaprastha, entering the sannyāsa order or submitting to severe austerities, such as stay underwater during the winter or surround yourself with fire under the scorching summer sun. There are many other processes to understand the Absolute Truth, but the Absolute Truth is revealed only to one who has obtained the mercy of a great devotee.
MEANING:
The pure devotee can bestow the true knowledge of transcendental bliss on the whole world. Vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau. To obtain the perfection of the spiritual life it is not enough to follow the guidelines of the Vedas. One must go to a pure devotee: anyābhilāśitā- śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam. By the grace of that devotee, we can understand Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, and the relationship that binds us to Him. Materialists sometimes think that to understand the Absolute Truth it is enough to stay at home doing pious activities. That is denied in this verse. And, to understand the Absolute Truth, it is not enough to follow the rules and regulations of brahmacārya (celibacy) either. You have to serve the pure devotee. Unfailingly, that will help us understand the Absolute Truth.
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Nobody controls you

Nobody controls you, by Haripada dasa
I share that when I left Iskcon in 2008 I prayed to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to please bless me so that if I feel that someone wants to control me immediately break the relationship with that person, I want to live free and happy in Krishna consciousness, and by the grace of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna that's how it has been, I had to break relationships with people who pretended to be friends, but behind me they criticized me and wanted to control me, now by the grace of Srila Prabhupada and from Krishna I feel free and happy in Krishna consciousness. I am going to tell a very interesting story, after Srila Prabhupada entered into his lila samadhi, Tamal Krishna invented that no one can go to Srila Prabhupada but receive my mercy, the other gurus thought that if this invention of Tamal Krishna succeeds we will not we will have disciples, then all the gurus stayed with Tamal Krishna to speak with him in Los Angeles at the house of Nrisimhananda, there Tamal Krishna said that in reality Srila Prabhupada did not leave anyone as a guru, but ordered us to initiate the people in the name of Srila Prabhupada, in an artificial way we have become gurus because we have the desire to control people, that statement did not please anyone and they said that here we are all gurus, we are going to break all tapes that have been taxed This conversation, but a devotee kept the tape without anyone noticing and that's why these things are known, so the desire to control the others s is very strong in this world, I heard that in the US Obama wanted to put a chip to all US citizens to control them, thanks to the Evangelists who relied on the Bible saying that what Obama wants to do is the mark of the devil and that it is prophesied in the Bible, and that stopped that idea.
It is not the same to be controlled by a person full of lust, greed and anger that being controlled by Srila Prabhupada and by Krishna, the control of Srila Prabhupada and Krishna is full of pure goodness and transcendental love, that control is very pleasant, one he feels that he is an instrument in His hands, and everything that one does is full of pure goodness and transcendental love, there is no false ego and one acts in his constitutional position as eternal servant of Krishna and His devotees.
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Partisan feelings and sectarianism

Partisan feelings and sectarianism, by Haripada dasa
It is said in the prologue to the teachings of Lord Chaitanya, that He declared that partisan sentiments and sectarianism were the two great enemies of spiritual progress, I remember reading in the science of self-realization, that in a Vyasa Puja of his Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada presented his Gurudeva not as the founder of the Gaudiya Matha, but as the Jagat Guru, the guru of the universe, by understanding and accepting this point all partisan sentiments and sectarianism disappear. It is very interesting that Srila Prabhupada says in The Bhagavad gita, 4, 42 that a spiritual master is in the disciplic succession from eternal time, this statement has a very deep meaning, Srila Bhaktisiddhatna Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada always said that there are two kinds of gurus , one sent by God or Krishna from the spiritual world to preach Krishna consciousness on all the planets of all the Universes, for example Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Srila Prabhupada, Budha, etc., these gurus are called authorized or Saktyavesa avatara and are in the chain of disciplic succession from eternal time, (BG, 4, 42), this kind of guru is for very serious and sincere people in the spiritual life, there are supposed disciples of these gurus who are called guru-druha, those people instead of serving his gurudeva with love and devotion, betray him, envy him and offend him, the future of these people is very dark, and as God has to please everyone and there is nta people who want to be deceived, there are false or unauthorized gurus, these people are made gurus by artificial means, without the authorization of the Acharya that preceded them and these people deceive themselves and others, and become very strange, envious, hypocritical, abominable and very dangerous, and the result of falling into their clutches is that your spiritual life is destroyed. False gurus speculate that you have to have a living guru, but I tell you that perhaps Srila Prabhupada and all the guru-parampara gurus are not living gurus, when Srila Prabhupada was asked who will be his successor when you die, Srila Prabhupada always answered that I will never die, I will live forever in my books, and those who obey my instructions will live with me.
I served in Iskcon from 1984 to 2008, I distributed Srila Prabhupada's books in Spain, 16 Latin countries and in the USA, then I sent many messages to Iskcon's leaders to rectify their mentality, I told them that we should help the people to know Srila Prabhupada and love him, so his spiritual life will achieve success, you are educating people to serve you and give you their love, that is pure false ego, Srila Bhaktisiddhatna Saraswati Thakura Prabhupada always said that a spiritual soul should never want another spiritual soul to serve it, Srila Prabhupada is the Jagat-guru, the guru of the Universe, the guru of all, because they do not preach that, the result was that nobody answered my messages, so it is better to pray than to criticize, now I pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to obey Srila Prabhupada and so we will all be happy in Krishna consciousness, and all the partisan feelings and the sectarian ism will be finished.
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SRILA RAMANANDA RAYA KI JAYA

Subject: re: Sri Ramananda Raya Tirobhava tithi [disappearance day]  friday, May 5, 2018 [ Los Angeles, California time] Saturday, May 5, 2018 [Mayapura, West Bengal, Bharata Bhumi time]

compiled by Narasimha dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa 

From: Joseph Langevin <yasoda1008@yahoo.com>

Subject: Sri Ramananda raya tirobhava tithi [disappearance day] 

compiled by Damaghosa dasa, Narasimha dasa and Yasoda nandana dasa

Srila Prabhupada explains the unique position of Sri Ramanada Raya

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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught His principles through four chief followers. Among them, Rāmānanda Rāya is exceptional, for through him the Lord taught how a devotee can completely vanquish the power of Cupid. By Cupid's power, as soon as one sees a beautiful woman he is conquered by her beauty. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, however, vanquished Cupid's pride. Indeed, while rehearsing the Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka he personally directed extremely beautiful young girls in dancing, but he was never affected by their youthful beauty. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya personally bathed these girls, touching them and washing them with his own hands, yet he remained calm and passionless, as a great devotee should be. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu certified that this was possible only for Rāmānanda Rāya. Similarly, Dāmodara Paṇḍita was notable for his objectivity as a critic. He did not even spare Caitanya Mahāprabhu from his criticism. This also cannot be imitated by anyone else. Haridāsa Ṭhākura is exceptional for his forbearance because although he was beaten with canes in twenty-two marketplaces, nevertheless he was tolerant. Similarly, Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī, although he belonged to a most respectable brāhmaṇa family, was exceptional for his humility and meekness.

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In Jagannātha Purī Lord Caitanya lived at the house of Kāśī Miśra, who was the priest of the king. Later this house was inherited by Vakreśvara Paṇḍita and then by his disciple Gopālaguru Gosvāmī, who established there a Deity of Rādhākānta. The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (193) states that Kāśī Miśra was formerly Kubjā in Mathurā.. Pradyumna Miśra, an inhabitant of Orissa, was a great devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Pradyumna Miśra was born of a brāhmaṇa family and Rāmānanda Rāya of a non-brāhmaṇa family, yet Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to take instruction from Rāmānanda Rāya. This incident is described in the Antya-līlā, Chapter Five.

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Bhavānanda Rāya was the father of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya. His residence was in Ālālanātha (Brahmagiri), which is about twelve miles west of Jagannātha Purī. By caste he belonged to the karaṇa community of Orissa, whose members were sometimes known as kāyasthas and sometimes as śūdras, but he was the governor of Madras under the control of King Pratāparudra of Jagannātha Purī.

rāmānanda rāya, paṭṭanāyaka gopīnātha

kalānidhi, sudhānidhi, nāyaka vāṇīnātha

SYNONYMS

rāmānanda rāya—of the name Rāmānanda Rāya; paṭṭanāyaka gopīnātha—of the name Paṭṭanāyaka Gopīnātha; kalānidhi—of the name Kalānidhi; sudhānidhi—of the name Sudhānidhi; nāyaka vāṇīnātha—of the name Nāyaka Vāṇīnātha.

TRANSLATION

The five sons of Bhavānanda Rāya were Rāmānanda Rāya, Paṭṭanāyaka Gopīnātha, Kalānidhi, Sudhānidhi and Nāyaka Vāṇīnātha. Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Adi-lila : Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree : Adi 10.133

ei pañca putra tomāra mora priyapātra

rāmānanda saha mora deha-bheda mātra

SYNONYMS

ei—these; pañca—five; putra—sons; tomāra—your; mora—Mine; priya-pātra—very dear; rāmānanda saha—with Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya; mora—Mine; deha-bheda—bodily difference; mātra—only.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Bhavānanda Rāya, "Your five sons are all My dear devotees. Rāmānanda Rāya and I are one, although our bodies are different."

PURPORT

The Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (120-24) states that Rāmānanda Rāya was formerly Arjuna. He is also considered to have been an incarnation of the gopī Lalitā, although in the opinion of others he was an incarnation of Viśākhādevī. He was a most confidential devotee of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, "Although I am a sannyāsī, My mind is sometimes perturbed when I see a woman. But Rāmānanda Rāya is greater than Me, for he is always undisturbed, even when he touches a woman." Only Rāmānanda Rāya was endowed with the prerogrative to touch a woman in this way; no one should imitate him. Unfortunately, there are rascals who imitate the activities of Rāmānanda Rāya. We need not discuss them further.

In Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's final pastimes, both Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara always engaged in reciting suitable verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to pacify the Lord's ecstatic feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. It is said that when Lord Caitanya went to southern India, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya advised Him to meet Rāmānanda Rāya, declaring that there was no devotee as advanced in understanding the conjugal love of Kṛṣṇa and the gopīs. While touring South India, Lord Caitanyamet Rāmānanda Rāya by the bank of the Godāvarī, and in their long discourses the Lord took the position of a student, and Rāmānanda Rāya instructed Him. CaitanyaMahāprabhu concluded these discourses by saying, "My dear Rāmānanda Rāya, both you and I are madmen, and therefore we met intimately on an equal level." Lord Caitanya advised Rāmānanda Rāya to resign from his government post and come back to Jagannātha Purī to live with Him. Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu refused to see Mahārāja Pratāparudra because he was a king, Rāmānanda Rāya, by a Vaiṣṇava scheme, arranged a meeting between the Lord and the King. This is described in the Madhya-līlā,Chapter Twelve, verses 41-57. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was present during the water sports of the Lord after the Ratha-yātrā festival.

Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī to be equal in their renunciation, for although Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was agṛhastha engaged in government service and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī was in the renounced order of complete detachment from material activities, they were both servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who kept Kṛṣṇa in the center of all their activities. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was one of the three and a half personalities with whom Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu discussed the most confidential topics of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu advised Pradyumna Miśra to learn the science of Kṛṣṇafrom Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya. As Subala always assisted Kṛṣṇa in His dealings with Rādhārāṇī in kṛṣṇa-līlā, so Rāmānanda Rāya assisted Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu in His feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was the author of Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka. Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Adi-lila : Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree : Adi 10.134

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Pratāparudra Mahārāja, who belonged to the dynasty of the Gaṅgā kings and whose capital was in Cuttak, was the Emperor of Orissa and a great devotee of Lord CaitanyaMahāprabhu. It was by the arrangement of Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya that he was able to serve Lord Caitanya. In the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā (118) it is said that King Indradyumna, who established the temple of Jagannātha thousands of years ago, later took birth again in his own family as Mahārāja Pratāparudra during the time of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Mahārāja Pratāparudra was as powerful as King Indra. The drama named Caitanya-candrodaya was written under his directio.

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In the Antya-līlā of Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Chapter Two, verses 104-106, there is a description of Mādhavīdevī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu considered her one of the maidservants of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Within this world, Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half very confidential devotees. The three were Svarūpa Gosāñi, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śikhi Māhiti, and Śikhi Māhiti's sister, Mādhavīdevī, being a woman, was considered the half. Thus it is known that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had three and a half confidential devotees.

vidyāpati, jayadeva, caṇḍīdāsera gīta

āsvādena rāmānanda-svarūpa-sahita

SYNONYMS

vidyāpati—the author of the name Vidyāpati; jayadeva—of the name Jayadeva; caṇḍīdāsera—of the name Caṇḍīdāsa; gīta—their songs; āsvādena—tastes; rāmānanda—of the name Rāmānanda; svarūpa—of the name Svarūpa; sahita—along with.

TRANSLATION

The Lord used to read the books of Vidyāpati, Jayadeva and Caṇḍīdāsa, relishing their songs with His confidential associates like Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and SvarūpaDāmodara Gosvāmī.

PURPORT

Vidyāpati was a famous composer of songs about the pastimes of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. He was an inhabitant of Mithilā, born in a brāhmaṇa family. It is calculated that he composed his songs during the reign of King Śivasiṁha and Queen Lachimādevī in the beginning of the fourteenth century of the Śaka Era, almost one hundred years before the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The twelfth generation of Vidyāpati's descendants is still living. Vidyāpati's songs about the pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa express intense feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished all those songs in His ecstasy of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

Jayadeva was born during the reign of Mahārāja Lakṣmaṇa Sena of Bengal in the eleventh or twelfth century of the Śaka Era. His father was Bhojadeva, and his mother was Vāmādevī. For many years he lived in Navadvīpa, then the capital of Bengal. His birthplace was in the Birbhum district in the village Kendubilva. In the opinion of some authorities, however, he was born in Orissa, and still others say that he was born in southern India. He passed the last days of his life in Jagannātha Purī. One of his famous books is Gīta-govinda, which is full of transcendental mellow feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa. The gopīs felt separation from Kṛṣṇa before the rāsa dance, as mentioned in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, and the Gīta-govinda expresses such feelings. There are many commentaries on the Gīta-govinda by many Vaiṣṇavas.

Caṇḍīdāsa was born in the village of Nānnura, which is also in the Birbhum district of Bengal. He was born of a brāhmaṇa family, and it is said that he also took birth in the beginning of the fourteenth century, Śakābda Era. It has been suggested that Caṇḍīdāsa and Vidyāpati were great friends because the writings of both express the transcendental feelings of separation profusely. The feelings of ecstasy described by Caṇḍīdāsa and Vidyāpati were actually exhibited by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He relished all those feelings in the role of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and His appropriate associates for this purpose were Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. These intimate associates of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu helped the Lord very much in the pastimes in which He felt like Rādhārāṇī.

Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura comments in this connection that such feelings of separation as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu enjoyed from the books of Vidyāpati,Caṇḍīdāsa and Jayadeva are especially reserved for persons like Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara, who were paramahaṁsas, men of the topmost perfection, because of their advanced spiritual consciousness. Such topics are not to be discussed by ordinary persons imitating the activities of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu. For critical students of mundane poetry and literary men without God consciousness who are after bodily sense gratification, there is no need to read such a high standard of transcendental literature. Persons who are after sense gratification should not try to imitate rāgānuga devotional service. In their songs, Caṇḍīdāsa, Vidyāpati and Jayadeva have described the transcendental activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mundane reviewers of the songs of Vidyāpati, Jayadeva and Caṇḍīdāsa simply help people in general become debauchees, and this leads only to social scandals and atheism in the world. One should not misunderstand the pastimes of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa to be the activities of a mundane young boy and girl. The mundane sexual activities of young boys and girls are most abominable. Therefore, those who are in bodily consciousness and who desire sense gratification are forbidden to indulge in discussions of the transcendental pastimes of Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Adi-lila : Adi 13: The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu : Adi 13.42

paṇḍita-gosāñi ādi yāṅra yei rasa

sei sei rase prabhu hana tāṅra vaśa

SYNONYMS

paṇḍita-gosāñi—Gadādhara Paṇḍita; ādi—headed by; yāṅra—whose; yei—whatever; rasa—transcendental mellow; sei sei—that respective; rase—by the mellow; prabhu—the Lord; hana—is; tāṅra—his; vaśa—under control.

TRANSLATION

Personal associates like Gadādhara, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rāmānanda Rāya, and the six Gosvāmīs (headed by Rūpa Gosvāmī) are all situated in their respective transcendental humors. Thus the Lord submits to various positions in various transcendental mellows.

PURPORT

In verses 296 through 301 the emotional devoted service of Śrī Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita Prabhu and others has been fully described. Describing such individual service, the Gaura-gaṇoddeśa-dīpikā, verses 11 through 16, declares that although Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared as a devotee, He is none other than the son of Nanda Mahārāja. Similarly, although Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu appeared as Lord Caitanya's assistant, He is none other than Baladeva, the carrier of the plow. Advaita Ācārya is the incarnation of Sadāśiva from the spiritual world. All the devotees headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura are His marginal energy, whereas the devotees headed by Gadādhara Paṇḍita are manifestations of His internal potency.

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Advaita Prabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu all belong to the viṣṇu-tattva category. Because Lord Caitanya is an ocean of mercy, He is addressed as mahāprabhu, whereas Nityānanda and Advaita, being two great personalities who assist Lord Caitanya, are addressed as prabhu. Thus there are two prabhus and one mahāprabhu.Gadādhara Gosvāmī is a representative of a perfect brāhmaṇa spiritual master. Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura represents a perfect brāhmaṇa devotee. These five are known as the Pañca-tattva.Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Adi-lila : Adi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Youth : Adi 17.301

rāja-ājñā lañā teṅho āilā kata dine

rātri-dine kṛṣṇa-kathā rāmānanda-sane

SYNONYMS

rāja-ājñā—the permission of the King, Pratāparudra; lañā—getting; teṅho—Rāmānanda Rāya; āilā—returned; kata dine—in some days; rātri-dine—day and night; kṛṣṇa-kathā—talks of Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes; rāmānanda-sane—in the company of Rāmānanda Rāya.

TRANSLATION

Upon the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya took leave of the King and returned to Jagannātha Purī. After he arrived, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhuvery much enjoyed talking with him both day and night about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes.
Books : Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 1975 Edition : Cc. Madhya-lila : Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu : Madhya 1.128