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«…Вчера по вашей милости попал на программу в 17:00, которую проводил Прим Прайоджана Прабху. Позвольте поделиться с Вами своими впечатлениями:
Это был настоящий праздник души и, похоже не только моей, но и всех душ которые там присутствовали. Еще не понимаю, что но в ней (моей душе) происходило и происходит до сих пор, но знаю, что точно… нечто удивительно прекрасное, что невозможно так просто забыть и рассказать. Истории о Кришне и Радхаки из уст этого замечательного преданного так сладостны, что мой ум как будто просто влип в них как в банку с медом. Я побывал на 3-х встречах и это состояние все больше пребывало, хотя после первой и второй встреч казалось что это просто предел экстаза. Но следующий раз оказывалось, что
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Джая Шрила Гурудев!
Вот расписание российского тура
Шрипад Бхактиведанты Падманабхи Махараджа 2007
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Некоторые Братья-Сёстры жалуются, что не получали эту историю о фестивале в Бэджере. Что ж, пересылаю снова.
Джая Шрила Гурудев!
С 19 по 25 июня проходил 12-й фестиваль нашего Шрилы Гурудева (Шри Шримад Бхактиведанты Нараяны Махараджа) в Нью-Врадже (Бэджер, Калифорния, США).
Бэджер - небольшое поселение в горах юго-восточной Калифорнии, в сторону Дакоты. С давних времён там жили ученики Шрилы Бхактиведанты Свами Прабхупады, не разделявшие политику GBC. Многие из них были шикша-учениками Шрилы Бхакти Ракшака Шридхары Махараджа. В 1996 году, когда Шрила Гурудев впервые отправился проповедовать на Запад, Шрипад БВ Падманабха Махарадж (тогда Урукрама Прабху) привёз Шрилу Гурудева в Бэджер, и Гурудев тут же покорил сердца всех жителей селения. С тех пор Гурудев приезжает в Бэджер каждый год во время своих проповеднических туров, а фестиваль в Нью-Врадже стал одним из наиболее значительных событий в его мировой проповеди.
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TOUR PHOTO REPORT
GERMANY
JULY 8-13, 2007
The European Hari-katha Festival with Srila Narayana Maharaja was held from July 8th to July 14th in a scenic Holiday Park about 2 hours from Frankfurt. There, approximately eight-hundred devotees and guests from all around the world assembled for one of the largest devotional gatherings in the West.
Every evening at 5pm, after the devotees had chanted their beautiful devotional songs accompanied by mrdanga, harmonium and kartalas, Srila Narayana Maharaja began his discourses. He spoke about the glories of Srimad-Bhagavatam, pure devotional service, and the sweet pastimes of Sri Krsna. Almost every morning, from 10:00 am-11:45 am, he held an audience for the devotees and guests of various countries; a few countries each day.
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Arrival
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Bharat-natyam dance presentation before class.
During the first evening’s discourse, Srila Narayana Maharaja explained how Sri Suta Gosvami began his reply to the sages’ questions by first glorifying his own spiritual master, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami. In this way he would receive power from his spiritual master to speak. Sri Suta Gosvami said:
yah svanubhavam akhila-sruti-saram ekam
adhyatma-dipam atititirsatam tamo 'ndham
samsarinam karunayaha purana-guhyam
tam vyasa-sunum upayami gurum muninam
[“Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto him (Suka), the spiritual master of all sages, the son of Vyasadeva, who, out of his great compassion for those gross materialists who struggle to cross over the darkest regions of material existence, spoke this most confidential supplement to the cream of Vedic knowledge, after having personally assimilated it by experience.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.3)]
“This Srimad Bhagavatam is the very essence of the whole Vedic literature, the Puranas, and Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad-Gita and all scriptures. The Srimad-Bhagavatam is also like a lamp. By the help of a lamp we can see ourselves and others in the darkness. By reading and following Srimad-Bhagavatam and hearing from any bona fide Guru, we can see transcendental Krsna together with His associates and sweet pastimes.
“Srila Vyasadeva taught his son with
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Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
HERA-PANCAMI
From “The Origin of Ratha-yatra”, Chapter 7
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[Dear Readers,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
July 18 (in the Americas) and July 19, 2007 (for the rest of the world) is the holy day of Hera-pancami. This is the final installment of the series of excepts from "The Origin of Ratha-yatra", sent for the celebration of the Ratha-yatra festival.
Your aspiring servants,
The Hari-katha team]
The meaning of Hera-pancami is as follows. On the fifth day of the Chariot Festival, Laksmi-devi becomes very worried and thinks, “Where has my husband gone? He told me, ‘I am going for a change of environment for some days, and I will return very soon.’ It has been five days now, and still He has not come back.” Unable to tolerate this, she becomes very angry and gives orders to all her associates as though they had to fight with the enemy: “Take up your weapons!” Then she becomes the commander-inchief of her “army,” and goes to “attack” her husband.
During the Ratha-yatra Festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to taste the mellows of Hera-pancami. In early morning He went to Sundaracala along with His associates and took darsana of Jagannatha, Baladeva, and Subhadra in the Gundica Mandira. Whenever He went to Jagannatha’s temple, He used to see Jagannatha as Krsna, Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara, with a peacock feather in His crown, a flute in His hands, with very beautiful lotus eyes, and with all the other attributes of Krsna when He is with the gopis in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu never saw Baladeva, Subhadra, or Sudarsana cakra, because Krsna never carries Sudarsana in Vrndavana. Mahaprabhu never prayed to Baladeva or to Subhadra in the temple. He saw them both during the Chariot Festival, but otherwise He saw only Jagannatha. This was all very wonderful.
Jagannatha had gone to Sundaracala (which represents Vrndavana) from His temple in Nilacala (which represents Dvaraka) and, on the evening of the fifth day, Laksmi arrived at Sundaracala with all her associates. [See Endote 1] She was decorated with many precious ornaments made of gold and jewels, and she wore very beautiful and opulent garments. The previous day, Kasi Misra, who was the guru of King Prataparudra, had advised the King, “Bring Laksmi-devi very valuable gold and jeweled ornaments, and decorate her with them. Make such a beautiful festival for her that everyone will be struck with wonder. They should think they have never seen anything like this before. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wants to taste all the mellows of this festival.” Accordingly, Laksmi was decorated with gold and jeweled ornaments, opulent garments, and other paraphernalia.
At the Simha-dvara (lion gate) in front of the Jagannatha Temple, Kasi Misra gave very beautiful seats to Mahaprabhu and His associates such as Srivasa Pandita, Sri Svarupa Damodara, and Sri Raya Ramananda. Soon after they were seated, Laksmi arrived with all her associates and opulence, as if she was coming to attack Jagannatha. First she “attacked” Jagannatha’s associates, who were actually Mahaprabhu’s associates, like Sikhi Mahiti, Vakresvara Pandita, and so on, and then she tied them up and bound them like prisoners. Her associates then punished them all by striking them with “whips” made of soft cloth, and she accused them, “Oh, you should admit your guilt and pay something. You have taken my husband. Where are you keeping Him? Bring Him here right now.”
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was extremely happy to see this pastime and, tasting its mellows, He said, “I have heard that when Satyabhama used to exhibit mana, She would remove all Her golden ornaments. Then she would enter a dark, private room, put on dirty garments, scratch the ground with her nails, and weep continually. But here I see another kind of mana in Laksmi. She is like a commander-in-chief going to attack with many soldiers. I have never seen anything
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We should try to come to the level of madhyama-adhikara and realize all these truths. A kanistha-adhikari will not understand, so try to enter madhyama-adhikara and keep high-class association. This is the only process. Reading books will not be sufficient. They can never help you completely because the lock and key to understanding them is in the hands of the pure, self1 realized devotees. The pure devotees can open the lock, and then you can realize these topics.
yaha bhagavata pada vaisnavera sthane
ekanta asraya kara caitanya-carane
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila 5.131)
[“If you want to understand Srimad-Bhagavatam, You must approach a self-realized Vaisnava and hear from him. You can do this when you have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.”]
Mahaprabhu had asked Sri Svarupa Damodara why Krsna did not take Laksmi-devi with Him to Sundaracala; what harm would there be in that? Svarupa Damodara replied to Mahaprabhu’s inquiry:
svarupa kahe – suna, prabhu, karana ihara
vrndavana-kridate laksmira nahi adhikara
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.122)
[“Svarupa Damodara replied, ‘My dear Lord, please hear the reason for this. Laksmi-devi, the goddess of fortune, does not have the proper qualifications to enter the Vrndavana pleasure-pastimes.’”]
[209x372]Laksmi-devi in Baelvana
Laksmi-devi is not qualified to enter Vrndavana. There are eight prominent queens in Dvaraka, headed by Satyabhama and Rukmini, and 16,100 others as well. These eight are special, but none of them is qualified to go to Vrndavana. First they will have to take birth from the wombs of gopis, marry gopas, and then cheat their husbands and become Krsna’s paramours, as all the gopis are. They will have to give up their husbands and everything else. They will be able to serve Krsna in Vrndavana if they are under the guidance of the gopis; otherwise such service will not be possible. Laksmi-devi could not enter Vrndavana, even though she performed severe austerities in Baelvana. She wanted to cross the River Yamuna and see the rasa-lila, but she could not.
Yogamaya is greater than Laksmi, and she can control everyone. When she saw Laksmi’s austerities, she approached her and said, “You are a chaste lady, a brahmani, married to Narayana. Can you give up your husband and marry somebody else – a gopa?”
Laksmi replied, “I cannot do it. How is it possible?”
Yogamaya said, “Can you make cow dung paddies?”
Laksmi replied, “Oh, I cannot do that. I don’t know how.”
Yogamaya asked, “Can you milk cows?”
Laksmi replied, “I have never done it before.”
Then Yogamaya told her, “You cannot go to Vrndavana, because you are not qualified. First you would have to take birth from a gopi’s womb, associate with the gopis, and try to follow them. You would have to marry a gopa like Durmukha, Durmada, Abhimanyu, or Govardhana Malla. Then, when you have given up that husband, you would be able to go to Krsna and make Him your beloved. This is the only process.”
In one kalpa it was Yogamaya who questioned Laksmi-devi, and in another it was Krsna Himself, but both of them had to tell her the same conclusion: she is unfit for this rasa.
Svarupa Damodara continued:
vrndavana-lilaya krsnera sahaya gopi-gana
gopi-gana vina krsnera harite nare mana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 14.123)
[“In the pastimes of Vrndavana, the only assistants are the gopis. But for the gopis, no one can attract the mind of Krsna.”]
Was Svarupa Damodara telling a lie? The gopas are also there in Vrndavana, but he did not mention them. Rather, he said that no one but the gopis can control and steal away Krsna’s heart, and Krsna Himself has confirmed this by His statement in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.32.22):
na paraye ’ham niravadya-samyujam
sva-sadhu-krtyam vibudhayusapi vah
ya mabhajan durjaya-geha-srnkhalah
samvrscya tad vah pratiyatu sadhuna
[“[When the gopis were overwhelmed with dissatisfaction due to Lord Krsna’s absence from the rasa-lila, Krsna returned to them and told them:] My dear gopis, our meeting is certainly free of all material contamination. I must admit that in many lives it would be impossible for Me to repay My debt to you because you have cut off the bondage of family life just to
Сегодня я получила письмо от моего друга из ИСККОНа, Игоря, которого пригласила на фестиваль. решила часть письма опубликовать.
«...Большое спасибо за приглашение.
В понедельник и вторник я был на программе на Семеновской.
Вы подарили мне 2 не забывающих дня в моей жизни. Я почувствовал, что на маленький шажок приблизился к пониманию, что же такое любовь и кто же такой Кришна.
Я почувствовал, что в моем сердце произошел очень серьезные перестановки, что-то начало меняться...»
Важность Тилаки
Тилак занимает пространство между бровей, которое символизирует память и способность к размышлениям. Это - место непроявленной мудрости и концентрации ума, которая так необходима при поклонении. В языке йоги это
место известно как Аджна-чакра. Все тело, равно как и область межбровья аккумулирует в себе энергию в форме электромагнитных волн. Именно поэтому беспокойства вызывают жар и приводят к головной боли. Тилака охлаждает лоб, защищая нас и предотвращая потерю энергии.
В письме от 3 августа 1969 года Шрила Прабхупада писал: "Поэтому солдаты армии Кришны должны в любых ситуациях иметь на своих лбах тилаку."
Урдхва-пундра представляет собой две вертикальные линии, которые ставятся на лбу и других частях тела и символизируют преданность Господу Вишну.
Двенадцать частей тела, на которые наносятся знаки урдхва-пундры, имеют особое значение. Это - особо чувствительные места, которые способны легко поглощать духовную энергию, генерируемую именами Вишну и медитацией на Господа. Человек без урдхва-пундры ничем не лучше мертвеца. А тот, кто носит горизонтальные знаки, тем самым разрушает храм Вишну, который символизируют вертикальные линии урдхва-пундры. Такой человек отправляется в ад.
Увидеть кого-то с вайшнавской тилакой считается очень благоприятным. В "Падма-пуране" Господь Шива говорит Парвати, что человек, который увидит брахмана-вайшнава, украшенного тилакой, освобождается от всех грехов. А если
он еще с преданностью вспомнит имя такого вайшнава, он обретет результат, равносильный тому, как если бы он роздал все свое имущество на благотворительность.
В "Брахма-пуране" Господь говорит: "Даже если человек родился в семье чандалы или собакоеда, но в момент смерти на нем будет знак тилаки, то независимо от того, в каком месте он умрет, духовный аэроплан с Вайкунтхи
прилетит за ним и отвезет его ко Мне. Если человек пригласит к себе домой вайшнава, который носит тилаку, и накормит его, Я освобожу двадцать поколений его родственников из ада."
Если преданный наносит на свое тело знаки Господа и воспевает Его имя, Господь становится удовлетворен им и сам пребывает в нем. Благодаря этому материальное тело становится освященным храмом Господа. В "Брахманда-пуране" говорится, что преданный, который наносит тилаку очень старательно, смотря при этом в зеркало или в свое отражение в воде, отправляется в духовную обитель Господа
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Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
KRSNA MEETS THE GOPIS
From "The Origin of Ratha-yatra", Chapter 6
[Dear Readers,
Please accept our humble obeisences. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
Please accept this tear-jerking description of the gopis meeting Krsna at Kuruksetra. This meeting is the essential deep meaning of Ratha-Yatra.
Your aspiring servants,
The Hari-katha team]
That time has passed
As Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu dances at the Ratha-yatra Festival, He remembers a poem from a mundane Sanskrit literature called Sahitya-darpana. He raises His arms and recites that poem in a loud voice:
yah kaumara-harah sa eva hi varas ta eva caitra-ksapas
te conmilita-malati-surabhayah praudhah kadambanilah
sa caivasmi tathapi tatra surata-vyapara-lila-vidhau
reva-rodhasi vetasi-taru-tale cetah samutkanthate
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 13.121)
["That very personality who stole away my heart during my youth is now again my master. These are the same moonlit nights of the month of Caitra. The same fragrance of malati flowers is there, and the same sweet breezes are blowing from the kadamba forest. In our intimate relationship, I am also the same lover, yet still my mind is not happy here. I am eager to go back to that place on the bank of the Reva under the Vetasi tree. That is my desire."]
Mahaprabhu sings, "In our teenage years, when we were twelve or fourteen, we used to meet on the bank of the Reva river, where there were so many fragrant kadamba trees and vetasi canes." Cane cannot be uprooted, even if there is a strong wind. It will bend according to the direction in which the wind blows, and even a flood cannot uproot it. It will simply bend this way and that. Devotees should be like this vetasi cane in their practice of bhakti.
Mahaprabhu continues, "Although there are thorns in the groves of vetasi cane, we never cared for them when we were meeting. We never cared about any problems. We engaged in very sweet talks on the river bank, opening our hearts to one another in love and affection, and there was no one to create any walls or problems. But some time has passed, and now we are married. You are my husband and I am your wife, but I am not happy. I was happy then, but I am not happy now. We are meeting here, and there is no obstruction. We can live in our home together without any shame, because we have permission. We can meet now, because we have a ‘passport’ to meet. No one will criticize us now, but we don’t have the love and affection that we had at our first meeting. How glorious, how beautiful, how sweet and pleasing was that love! I want you to come to those very groves on the banks of the Reva river, and I want our love and affection to be renewed. I want it to be t he same as it was before."
Mahaprabhu remembers this scene, and He is dancing and weeping, and reciting this verse at the same time: "yah kaumaraharah – He who stole our youth and teenage years, and played with us, has now become our husband. Our kaumara age has been stolen away by marriage."
A girlfriend and boyfriend meet together without being married. They meet very secretly here and there, and enjoy themselves. Then, if after some time they get married, there is no longer any restriction at all, and they can meet freely. Mahaprabhu’s mood is like this, though not exactly the same. In other words, in the mood of the gopis, and especially in Radharani’s mood, He is actually
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The gopis’ accusations
The moods of Lord Jagannatha’s Chariot Festival are very, very mysterious. It seems from an external point of view that Krsna simply instructed Srimati Radhika and the gopis, "You should chant, remember, and meditate on Me. Then you can realize My lotus feet in your heart, and by that meditation you will come out of the well of worldly attachment." It also seems that the gopis appreciated this instruction and simply replied, "You have given us good instruction. From now on we will meditate on You and remember You, and then we will be able to come out of the well of worldly life and give up all kinds of attachments."
However, as I have already explained, the actual mood of the gopis is quite different. Externally their words seem to have a particular meaning, but Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja has revealed their inner purport. He heard this meaning from Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, who had understood everything from Srila Svarupa Damodara and Srila Rupa Gosvami, and had noted it all down. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami’s explanation therefore follows the words of Svarupa Damodara, and especially those of Rupa Gosvami.
Although the gopis are not satisfied at all by Krsna’s instruction, their anger is also a tie of love and affection – a crooked tie. The gopis are actually saying, "You’ve just told us to meditate, and You previously sent Uddhava and Baladeva Prabhu, who also delivered Your message: ‘Meditate on
’ You must be joking! Where is our attachment to this world? Where is our family attachment? We’ve never had any. ‘Who am I?’ ‘Where am I?’ We have forgotten these things. We have completely forgotten everything, including all of our senses. Where has our attachment gone? To You! We are always remembering You when You were in Vrndavana. We remember how we sometimes played together at Radha-kunda and Syama-kunda, and sometimes under Bhandiravata, or in Nandagaon, and how we sometimes used to meet together at Tera-kadamba as well. How glorious it was!"
In those days, Srimati Radhika used to go from Yavata to Yasoda-bhavana with all Her sakhis, headed by Lalita and Visakha, to cook for Krsna. Meanwhile, Krsna was milking His cows midway, at Tera-kadamba. As Radhika walked with Her sakhis, Lalita said, "We should change our direction and go by that other path. This cheater has blocked our way. He’s only milking His cows here because He knows that we will come this way. Better that we change paths." Radhika replied, "Oh, why fear? We will not change our course. Let us see what happens." As She continued walking, Krsna began milking a cow in such a way that Her whole face was splashed with milk, and everyone began to laugh. The gopis always remembered all these pastimes. There were so many pastimes that Krsna Himself would not be able to describe them all, even if He were to have thousands and thousands of mouths.
Now the gopis say, "We only remember those pastimes! We already feel so much separation from You, and now You are telling us, ‘You should meditate on My lotus feet.’ We’re not happy with this instruction. We’re not like the four Kumaras. Grandfather Bhisma and Narada can meditate on You, but we want to forget You altogether! We don’t want to think about You, because You are very cruel and ungrateful."
Krsna wanted to hear all this. He held His head down in shame and enjoyed thinking, "All the gopis are blaming Me."
The gopis continue, "Previously, when we were in Vrndavana, You told us, ‘I am coming back tomorrow. If not, then surely I will come the day after tomorrow.’ But You never came! You never returned! You told Uddhava, ‘Tell them that I am coming right away. I am coming after only four days.’ After that Baladeva came to Vraja, and He said on Your behalf, ‘Oh, don’t be worried. Krsna is coming very soon.’ But You never came."
nahe gopi yogesvara, pada-kamala
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["After Lord Krsna heard Srimati Radharani’s statements, His love for the inhabitants of Vrndavana increased, and His body and mind became very perturbed. After hearing of the Vrajavasis’ love for Him, He immediately considered Himself to be always indebted to them. He began to pacify Srimati Radharani as follows:"]
prana-priye, suna, mora e-satya-vacana
toma-sabara smarane, jhuron muni ratri-dine,
mora duhkha na jane kona jana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 13.149)
"[My dearest Srimati Radharani, please hear Me. I am speaking the truth. I cry day and night simply upon remembering all you inhabitants of Vrndavana. No one knows how unhappy this makes Me."]
When Krsna heard the gopis’ desperate words, and especially when He heard from Radhika, He became restless and could not control Himself. He thought, "I cannot repay the Vrajavasis," and He began to pacify all the gopis, especially Radhika. He began to weep as He replied: "Prana-priye, suna, mora e-satyavacana – My most beloved, I am telling you the truth with My pure heart. Toma-sabara smarane, jhuron muni ratri-dine, mora duhkha na jane kona jana – My body is there in Dvaraka, but My heart is with You in Vrndavana. I am always restless, day and night, and I feel unbearable separation. There is no one in Mathura to whom I can reveal My heart. I sent Uddhava to Vraja to be admitted into the school of gopis so that he could learn something about the meaning of prema. I thought that if he were to become expert, then when he would return I could describe to him the extent of My separation and he would realize My heart. But I see that I cannot sha re My heart even with Uddhava, nor with Rukmini or Satyabhama. I thus lament continually."
vraja-vasi yata jana, mata, pita, sakha-gana,
sabe haya mora prana-sama
tanra madhye gopi-gana, saksat mora jivana,
tumi mora jivanera jivana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 13.150)
[Sri Krsna continued: 'All the inhabitants of Vrndavana-dhama – My mother, father, cowherd boyfriends, and everyone else – are the same as My life. Amongst all the inhabitants of Vrndavana, the gopis are directly My life and soul. And You, Srimati Radharani, are the chief among the gopis; so You are the very life of My life.'']
toma-sabara prema-rase, amake karila vase,
ami tomara adhina kevala
toma-saba chadana, ama dura-dese lana,
rakhiyache durdaiva prabala
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 13.151)
["My dear Srimati Radharani, I am always subservient to the love and affection that you all have for Me. I am under your control only. The creator is very cruel, for he has separated Me from You and made Me reside in distant places."]
We are all helpless when it comes to stopping death. Actually, we are helpless in every way. Similarly, Krsna is saying, "Now I am helpless, and You are also helpless. The creator has forcibly taken Me very far away from You and from My birthplace in Gokula. This is My misfortune."
priya priya-sanga-hina, priya priya-sanga vina,
nahi jiye, e satya pramana
mora dasa sone yabe, tanra ei dasa habe,
ei bhaye dunhe rakhe prana
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya-lila 13.152)
["When a woman is separated from her lover, or a man from his beloved, neither of them can live. It is a fact that they only live for each other, for if one dies and the other hears of it, he or she will die also. "]
Krsna continues, "It is true that a woman cannot maintain her life without her beloved. And that beloved can also not maintain his life without his dear one. Mora dasa sone yabe, tanra ei dasa habe, ei bhaye dunhe rakhe prana. Why does a woman not die when she is separated from her lover? She remains alive only by thinking, ‘If I die, my beloved will weep bitterly, and he may also die. So I should not die. I don’t want to give him any suffering.’ Her lover also thinks, ‘If I die, she will suffer grievously, and then she may die of separation.’ For this reason, neither want to die."
sei sati premavati, premavan sei pati,
viyoge ye vanche priya-hite
na gane apana-duhkha, vanche
Харе Кришна!
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сегодня (18.07.07) подключайтесь к нам с 18:00 по Московскому времени! сама лекция начнется приблизительно в 20:00, до этого будет киртан.
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Вчера состоялась вторая совместная лекция Шрипад Падманабхи Махараджа и Шрипад Прем Прайоджана Прабху в Москве.
В рамках фестиваля, встречи будут продолжаться еще несколько последующих дней. За это время пройдут, как совместные, так и раздельные программы. Подробно о времени и месте проведения, нужно узнавать в храме. фото, сделанные на этих встречах, можно посмотреть в моем фотоальбоме "наш храм" - имена файлов: "ШПМ и ППП", "ШПМ".
...Мне очень понравился настрой собравшихся, все были несказанно рады видеть столь возвышенных преданных, которые, по беспричинной милости, почтили своим присутствием наш московский храм.
…Программа традиционно началась киртаном в 18:00 и он продолжался около двух часов. Ритм исполнения всех песен был невероятно зажигательный, истинно бенгальский! Два часа непрерывного драйва! :0)) Как уже рассказывалось ранее, буквально только что закончился недельный тур Джагат-Мохини ди ди, которая умеет необыкновенно живо и красочно передать весь колорит традиционных бхаджанов и киртанов, и вот снова на нас пролилась милость старших преданных под руководством Гурудева!
…Затем был небольшой перерыв и лекцию начал Шрипад Падманабха Махарадж. После вступления и произнесения дандават пранам он рассказал историю о Гундича-марджана, (полностью истории приведены ниже), историю о том, как Шри Чайтанья Махапрабху, в глубоком духовном экстазе, приветствовал преданных и Господа Джаганнатху, как Господь Чайтанья распределял преданных в группы санкиртаны, чтобы преданные пели во славу господа Джаганнатхи, историю про царя Ориссы – Махараджа Пратапарудру и еще много, много других вдохновенных рассказов.
Все лекции есть в записи и хранятся в нашем храме, чтобы каждый желающий смог ознакомиться с ними и лучше понять глубокую и возвышенную ведическую культуру.
…Примерно через полтора часа снова был киртан, даже еще более динамичный чем прежде. К песням, в конце концов, как и положено, добавились танцы! Атмосфера праздничного Вриндавана не покидала храм все время, восторг и вдохновение – были повсюду!
…еще через некоторое время, после окончания киртана, прославление Господа продолжил Шрипад Прем Прайоджана Прабху. Было уже десять часов вечера, а нектар катхи все лился и лился в открытые сердца, очищая нас, и многократно усиливая любовь к Господу…
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Часть I
ДАЖЕ КРИШНА НЕ МОЖЕТ ЗНАТЬ
[272x357]Тад-виддхи пранипатена парипрашнена севайа. Обратившись к полностью сознающему себя духовному учителю, покорно задавая ему вопросы и служа ему, можно разрешить все противоречия. Таким образом понимание всего придет само собой. Ваши умозрительные рассуждения не удовлетворят вас. Вы можете быть образованным человеком, но даже ваша образованность не поможет вам — она подведет вас.
Вчера я объяснил чувства гопи на Курукшетре, а также смысл того, что сказал им Кришна. Вы можете прочитать это сами, но вряд ли вам удастся прочувствовать глубину происходившего там. В качестве примера я приводил шлоку из «Радха-раса-судха-нидхи»:
йо брахма рудра шука нарада бхишма мукхйаир
алакшитона сахаса пурушасйа тасйа
садйо вашикарана чурнам ананта-шактим
там радхика чарана-ренум анусмарами
Брахма, Рудра (Шанкара), Бхишма, Нарада и другие подобные им очень продвинутые гьяни-бхакты являются аптакама и атмарама (полностью удовлетворенными как внутри, так и снаружи). Но даже они лишь изредка имеют возможность лицезреть Кришну, что же говорить о том, чтобы удостоиться даршана Радхики. Они приходили во время раса-лилы Кришны, но они видели только танцующего и поющего Кришну. Они не видели гопи. Однако их жены видели Кришну с гопи и падали без сознания. Автор этой молитвы, Шри Прабодхананда Сарасвати, говорит, что, если у кого-либо есть мельчайшая пылинка с лотосных стоп Шримати Радхики и Кришна знает об этом, Он целиком и полностью отдаст Себя такому преданному.
13.07 закончился месячный тур Джагат-Мохини ди ди. Тема лекций "Пять видов преданных".
Впечатления: Неоценимо преимущество Хари Катхи на русском (без перевода), поток информации интенсивней в два-три раза. Эмоциональный план доносится во всей полноте.
Результат: Преданные были очень вдохновлены, приводили своих знакомых.
Вывод: нужно культивировать русских проповедников.
Р-р д.
На фотографии Джагат-Мохини ди ди в кругу московских преданных.
[622x692]
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THE MEETING AT KURUKSETRA
Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Mahraja
THE MEETING AT KURUKSETRA
[410x580][Dear Readers,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
This is a continuation of a series of lectures from Srila Narayana Maharaja's book entitled "The Origin of Ratha Yatra". We are sending this in celebration of Lord Jagannatha's Ratha-Yatra festival, July 16, 2007.
Your aspiring servants,
The Hari-katha team]
Mahaprabhu’s mood at Ratha-yatra
At the beginning of the Ratha-yatra Festival, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu offers a prayer to Jagannatha-deva, not to His form as Lord Jagannatha or Vasudeva-Krsna, but to His form as Vrajendra-nandana Sri Krsna:
jayati jana-nivaso devaki-janma-vado
yadu-vara-parisat svair dorbhir asyann adharmam
sthira-cara-vrjina-ghnah su-smita-sri-mukhena
vraja-pura-vanitanam vardhayan kama-devam
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.90.48)
[“Sri Krsna is He who is known as jana-nivasa, the ultimate resort of all living entities, and who is also known as Devaki-nandana or Yasoda-nandana, the son of Devaki and Yasoda. He is the guide of the Yadu dynasty, and with His mighty arms He kills everything inauspicious, as well as every man who is impious. By His presence He destroys all things inauspicious for all living entities, moving and inert. His blissful smiling face always increases the lusty desires of the gopis of Vrndavana. May He be all-glorious and happy.”]
Caitanya Mahaprabhu is praying in the mood of Srimati Radhika meeting Krsna at Kuruksetra. There, by their mood, the gopis bring Krsna to Vrndavana and decorate Him with flowers. By their mood they forcibly give Him the flute He left in Vrndavana with Mother Yasoda, along with His peacock feather, and they whisper in His ear, “Don’t say that Your father and mother are Vasudeva and Devaki. Don’t say that You are from the Yadu dynasty and that You are a Yadava. Say only that You are a gopa.” Krsna replies, “Yes, I will follow your instructions.”
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu prays, jayati jana-nivaso devakijanma- vado. This sloka, which Sri Sanatana Gosvami has quoted in his Brhad-bhagavatamrta, has many profound meanings. If Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Srila Sanatana Gosvami were to explain it, they would do so with a hundred different meanings, each deeper and more unfathomable than the previous one. It contains the entire Srimad-Bhagavatam from beginning to end.
The general meaning of jana-nivasa is, “You are always in the hearts of all as Paramatma.” However, Krsna cannot live as Paramatma in the hearts of the Vrajavasis; He can only be present there in the form of Vrajendra-nandana Syamasundara. Jana also means nija-jana (near and dear), and therefore it means Krsna’s personal associates. All the Vrajavasis are Krsna’s nijajana, for He is the jivana (life-air) of Nanda, Yasoda, all His friends, and especially of the gopis. He is also radhika-jivanera jivana, the very life of Radhika’s life, and He always resides in Her heart. This relationship is reciprocal; the Vrajavasis are His life, just as much as He is theirs.
Devaki-janma-vado. Only Mathuravasis and worldly people can say that Krsna took birth from the womb of Mother Devaki. General people say this, but actually He is the son of Mother Yasoda; she is His real mother. [274x501]
Yadu-vara-parisat svair dorbhir. The members of the Yadu dynasty are the nija-jana of Dvarakadhisa-Krsna, for they are His associates. It seems that this sloka refers to Vasudeva-Krsna, and describes Arjuna, Bhima, and His other associates as His arms. Vasudeva-Krsna fought in the Mahabharata War and in various other battles, and He fought with Paundraka Vasudeva and other demons. The sloka seems to describe dvaraka-lila, but actually, in its deeper meaning, it glorifies Vrajendra-nandana Krsna. In Vrndavana, Krsna killed Putana and other demons with his own arms. Moreover, in Vrndavana He killed the greatest demon – the feelings of separation felt by Srimati Radhika and the gopis.
Sthira-cara-vrjina-ghnah su-smita-Sri-mukhena vraja-puravanitanam. In Vrndavana, Krsna always took away all kinds of problems and suffering,
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THE REASON BEHIND LORD JAGANNATHA'S APPEARANCE
Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
THE REASON BEHIND LORD JAGANNATHA'S APPEARANCE [369x230]
[Dear Readers,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.
July 16, 2007 (in Europe) and July 15 (in America) is Ratha Yatra, the famous and glorious chariot festival of Lord Jagannatha. For your pleasure, we are now sending you the second history behind the divine appearance of Lord Jagannatha in this world.
Your aspiring servants,
The Hari-katha team.]
You have now heard the first history, but it does not fully explain why Jagannatha desired to manifest in a form that appeared to be incomplete. That explanation is contained in a somewhat different history, which was discovered by the Gosvamis in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's line. It is not written down anywhere in its entirety; it exists only in the hearts of pure devotees, especially those devotees who have received Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy. Actually, there are two histories like this, not just one, and they are both very beautiful. Srila Sanatana Gosvami has included part of the first of these histories, which is most interesting, in his Brhad-bhagavatamrta.
Krsna took birth in Gokula. He manifested Himself partially in Mathura as well, but He Himself is fully the son of Mother Yasoda and Nanda Baba. In Mathura He did not appear as a son – He appeared with four hands, and was sixteen years old. He was wearing golden ornaments, a golden crown, and very opulent clothing, and His wavy hair was very long. In Gokula, on the other hand, He emerged from the womb of Yasoda as a baby, along with His younger sister. He was actually the son of Nanda and Yasoda, not their adopted son. Sometimes it is written that He was the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, but the Vrajavasis do not accept that idea. They personally saw Him come from the womb of Yasoda, so how could they believe that He took birth in Mathura? There was no birth ceremony in Mathura, but in Vraja, Nanda Baba gave thousands of cows to the brahmanas on Krsna's birthday. He donated everything and kept nothing in his house, but his house still filled up with wealth again. It was s uch a good festival.
Krsna was raised in Gokula, where Yasoda bound Him to the grinding mortar by her love and affection, and where so many other sweet pastimes took place. When Krsna became older, He went cowherding with His friends, playing sweetly on His flute. Over a period of time, He killed Trnavarta, Bakasura, Aghasura, and other demons. He performed the rasa-lila in Vrndavana, and He played at Vamsivata and Kesi-ghata. Then, after some time, Akrua came to Vrndavana and told Krsna, "Kamsa wants to kill Your father and mother, Vasudeva and Devaki." Krsna replied, "My father is Nanda Baba and My mother is Yasoda-maiya. But Vasudeva and Devaki are friends of My father and mother, so I should go and save them." He immediately went with Akrura, killed Kamsa, enthroned Ugrasena as the king, and after some time He went to Dvaraka.
Sri Sanatana Gosvami's Brhad-bhagavatamrta relates the following pastime that took place while Krsna was residing in Dvaraka. You have heard of Sri Narada Muni, who is very expert in performing many unfathomable pastimes to please Krsna. He is very near and dear to Krsna, and he always discovers new ways by which he can glorify Krsna's various manifestations and pure devotees. It may be said that Narada Muni is very "tricky," because no one can comprehend what he is doing, or why, or how, or where he is going. Krsna is "tricky," and so are His gopis, His mother, His Vraja, His Yamuna, and His devotees. Similarly, wherever Narada goes, only for the purpose of serving Krsna, he is always busy inventing unique ways to glorify his holy master Krsna, along with Radhika, the gopis, and the devotees.
Once Narada went to Dvaraka in order to see the ever-increasingly new glories of Krsna and the gopis. No one would understand who are the greatest devotees if Narada had not revealed this knowledge. He went to Dvaraka to discover a scheme to glorify them.
In the palace of Rukmini, Narada saw a big festival taking place. All the 16,108 queens were present, headed by the eight prominent queens, such as Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Bhadra, Mitravinda, and Nagnajiti; and other Dvarakavasis were also there. Narada approached Rukmini, Satyabhama, and the other queens and said in their assembly, "You are