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श्री वृन्दावन महिमामृत भाग - ३ | Śrī Vrndāvana Mahimāmrta - Part 3 | Amarendra Dāsa

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Discussion among bhakta brothers on the 10th verse of Sri Gopi-gita (SB 10.31.10)

A Faint, Fragrant Breeze of Sri Gopi-Gita  (SB 10.31.10)

Opening prayers and talk given at the New Jharikhand forest sanctuary in Monticello, Florida - morning of 12 November 2022.  An attempt to set the mood and intention at the start of a 10-hour chanting sacrament.  After the sankirtan was completed there was more storytelling and discussion by the fireside in the evening.

"Jharikhanda Jungle Jam" - Introducing the Sankīrtan-yajña

(mangalacaran at 6:20, katha begins about 13:00)
I got invited at the last minute to a beach house retreat weekend in St Augustine, Florida with some vaisanava brothers.  These gentlemen have been keeping an online Srimad Bhagavatam group going for a long time and I was a new addition, a foreigner.  It was very kind of them to open up their clan space and welcome me in, and the kirtans were wonderful.  So heartfelt and powerful.  On the last day they invited me to speak some katha.  My pranamas to all

Sharing with Brothers at the Seaside

una charla sobre Shiva-Shakti, nuestras padres cosmicas

Shiva-Ratri - El Matrimonio Sagrado(Español)

An excellent summary of major themes for the Path.  Especially at the end touching upon the theme of arcana-smarana, or manasi-puja; the science of Discipline + Affection + Imagination to culture rich sambandha-ruci and make real progress in bhakti-yoga.  

Radha-Govinda Mandir, Alachua.  February 2023

(pictured is the wonderful Osmanthus mentioned in the class)

Raga-Pravrtti-Vaidhi-Bhakti (The Essential Formula)

(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

For the Progressive Vaisnavism 'Out of the Box' Zoom conference.  22 July 2023

World-Affirming & World-Denying Approaches to Bhakti

Melbourne AU

Krsna Cares (SB 7.10.24) (Melbourne 1/12/23)

Verse 1,2&3

My Gurudev, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaj, said the greatest expression of love and affection in the world is the giving and receiving of hari-katha (narrations of the glory of God).  But he would also tell us that  recording it or listening to recordings will cheat us of the real thing.  We cant make a personal relationship with that living, transcendental sound vibration through a mechanical device.  To imbibe the sacred wisdom and devotional sentiments which a sadhu pours out from the inner dimension of his pure heart by speaking katha, it is necessary to sit at his lotus feet.  

Moreover, we will have to sit there having offered our ears and mind and heart and life to that saintly person.  There must be a bridge of affection between us.  Then we can 'overlap' with him and his inner things will transfer to us when we listen like that, with so much faith and trust.  That is the essence of association.  "O Gurudeva, i am actually mad, insane, bewildered and powerless to sort myself out.  I lay my scrambled mind and self before you.  May your words, your pure conceptions and moods mold me and make me like you.  And O Hari-katha Prabhu, i know You are Sri Hari Himself, descending in the form of sound just to deliver me.  Please, i am opening the sanctum of my heart with these open ears and begging You to please come sit on the altar here; conquer me and control me in every way, Prabhu.  I am Yours."  

This is the secret science of proper and progressive hearing.  Bow down, give honor, and try to somehow serve  the Hari-katha Himself, the speaker of the katha, the listeners of katha, the place of katha, and the organizers who made it possible for katha and us to be together.  Without 'meeting' that sadhu and katha by deep honor and affection and submission we will only catch the material sound and the shadow of the meaning.  

How can you make a reciprocal exchange of love and honor with a computerized sound file?  The recorded sadhu cannot bathe you with his compassionate glance, and the recorded sound wave isn't comprised of the same trans-auditory nectar which flows from his lips.  Spiritual realization and mood come by personal association.  From recordings we can only get some knowledge.  

Since i am not a saint, hearing from me directly or recorded is about the same.   No question of spiritual realization or moods, this is nuts and bolts stuff - knowledge.  And knowledge has its positive utility too - so long as it is backed by eagerness to know, love and please God.  If not, then even so-called spiritual knowledge will just make us proud and derail us from the path to real happiness.  I present this information here online in hope that even one honest aspirant for true love will be somehow a little bit supported.  Out of the hundreds of millions of people atrophying in cyber-passivity, maybe some wandering pilgrim who still has a shred of will to advance themself by the necessary honest interior labor will come here and be served by these recordings.  

With so much verbiage, finally i am kind of just always saying the same things:   Repair integrity.  Allow for dark grace. Pray for real.  Make affectionate association with transcendental persons your top priority. One Love.  Sri Radhe.

For my many mistakes and faults and pride, please forgive me.  If anything i say helps, that is to the credit of my holy masters only.  To make a donation, chant
 'Hare Krishna'. 

~Sri Gadadhar-Amavasya~
28 April 2014

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