Name: The Secret of Spiritual Breakthrough by ISKCON SoulLab
Duration: 58 min 51 s
Description: In February of 2011 I gave a talk in Zagreb on the keys to approaching the threshold of spiritual breakthrough, based on lessons from a pilgrimage to Vrindavana four year earlier. This is a recording of that talk.

WHEEL OF TIME
from the prayers of Prahlada Maharaja
Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9 

Life in this world is a fearful thing
It crushes like a grinding stone
For the wheel of time brings birth and death
And the feeling of being alone

I was born in a family who denied You, Lord
Ignoring You from the start
That same desire to enjoy life without You
Is the darkness in the core of my heart   

Oh but You have benedictions to give me
Something no one else can do
So I ask one thing be taken away:
The darkness of my forgetting You
 
I am drowning in an ocean of sadness
Lamentation is always near
People I love are taken from me
And troubles I don't want always appear

Still I strive for unending, happy life
But here in this world, that's a fantasy
Because the body I'm living in will die
And this body made of matter isn’t me

On the other side of the River of Death
You are always there somehow
O Lord, on this side I suffer repeatedly
Kindly look upon me now

Your messenger came to say words of Truth to me
I will always serve that person by whose grace I now can see

That it is You who cares for everyone
You who makes our lives secure
For without Your sanction, no parent can protect
And no physician can cure

Only we who are subject to birth and death
Can hardly understand who You are
Yet our senses and minds are made of Your energy
As are the planets and every star    

O Lord, You possess all power
So please excuse the one who was hurtful to me
Only by my own past misdeeds
Was I put into such company

Love of God is the best acquisition
The completion of my soul, it's true
And as Your loving servant, I would never expect
Some reward in return for what I do

But this love for You has caused concern in my heart
For everyone else's happiness
So please, don't liberate me alone
But free all others from all their distress

It is Your form that bestows fearlessness
And Your nature is ever sublime
To remember You and all the things You do
Is to stop the crushing wheel of time
Remembering You stops the wheel of time


Wheel Of Time / Prahlada Maharaja

(from the prayers of Lord Brahma, "Krishna Book" Ch.14)

O Lord Krishna, the most worshipable Supreme Person
Your body is the color of clouds filled with water
Your clothing glitters with a silver-electric aura
A bugle and a cowherd stick are under Your arm
Your flute is tucked, there, beneath Your belt
Garlanded with forest flowers,
You wear a peacock feather upon Your head
Your face is beautiful, and ‘tho You stand before me
With small, lotus-like feet
I cannot estimate Your power and Your greatness
So I offer my humble prayers just to please You

Dear Lord Krishna,
I tried to examine the wonder of Your person
So I stole Your friends and calves
Just to see what You would do
But You have energies that are inconceivable to me
Now all that I can say is just consider today:

I took away your friends and hid them all   
In a moment I came back and found You were all alone
Then and there, You expanded Yourself
Into a set of the very same boys with their calves
Their forms were all Your own

And when these friends each turned into a Vishnu form
Being adored by creators like me
Then I knew You were the Source of everyone
And the Maintainer of everything we see

Suddenly each Vishnu was wound up into You
All by Your invisible command
And there you were, wandering alone again
Searching for Your friends and calves
And eating food out of  Your hand

Thus I saw You outside, and I see you are within
You are where I stop, You are where I begin
Expanding to become each one of us
You then reside, inside, to accompany us
O source and substance of spiritual light
Seeing You, there’s no more beautiful sight
You are where we end, You are where we start
I pray I may always see You in my heart

This material world is like a flashing dream
And its fleeting nature disturbs the minds of everyone
But gaining Your shelter, one no longer lives
in this dream that holds us sway
And the spiritual sky is not at all far away

Though always expanding, You are always complete
No second identity can compete
One may journey through darkness in search of what’s true 
But the best thing is wanting just to be with You
O source and substance of spiritual light
Seeing You, there’s no more beautiful sight
Hearing your glories, we’re never apart
I pray I may always see You in my heart

See You In My Heart / Lord Brahma-mohana lila

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Srila Prabhupada performs Savarana Sri Gaura Mahima by Narottama Dasa Thakura.  The Bengali lyrics with English translation follow.....

(1)
gaurāńgera duṭi pada, jār dhana sampada,
se jāne bhakati-rasa-sār
gaurāńgera madhura-līlā, jār karṇe praveśilā,
hṛdoya nirmala bhelo tār

(2)
je gaurāńgera nāma loy, tāra hoy premodoy,
tāre mui jāi bolihāri
gaurāńga-guṇete jhure, nitya-līlā tāre sphure,
se jana bhakati-adhikārī

(3)
gaurāńgera sańgi-gaṇe, nitya-siddha kori’ māne,
se jāy brajendra-suta-pāś
śrī-gauḍa-maṇḍala-bhūmi, jebā jāne cintāmaṇi,
tāra hoy braja-bhūme bās

(4)
gaura-prema-rasārṇave, śe tarańge jebā ḍube,
se rādhā-mādhava-antarańga
gṛhe bā vanete thāke, ‘hā gaurāńga’ bo’le ḍāke,
narottama māge tāra sańga

1) Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service.  If one is captivated by the pleasing pastimes of Lord Caitanya, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed.

2) One who simply takes the holy name of Gaura-sundara, Sri Krsna Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God.  To such a person I say: Bravo!  Very nice!  Excellent!  If one appreciates the merciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna.

3) Simply by understanding that the associates of Lord Gauranga are eternally free from material contamination, one can immediately be promoted to the transcendental abode of Lord Krsna.  If one simply understands that the land of Navadvipa is not different from Vrndavana, then he actually lives in Vrndavana.

4) If one says: “Let me dive deep into the waves of the nectarean ocean of the transcendental loving movement introduced by Lord Caitanya”, he immediately becomes one of the confidential devotees of Radha and Krsna.  It does not matter whether one is a householder living at home or a vanaprastha or sannyasi living in the forest, if he chants “O Gauranga, and becomes a devotee of Lord Caitanya, then Narottama dasa begs to have his association.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab

Srila Prabhupada Bhajans:  Savarana Sri Gaura Mahima:

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In February of 2011 I gave a talk in Zagreb on the keys to approaching the threshold of spiritual breakthrough, based on lessons from a pilgrimage to Vrindavana four year earlier. This is a recording of that talk.

The Secret of Spiritual Breakthrough

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Learned from Aindra in Vrindavan

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"Lord Chaitanya taught us in a verse which is like golden rule for vaishnava..."

Golden rule for kirtan

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