Napoleon , Nityananda Prabhu , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , Srila Prabhupada. Straight to the point.
One may wonder what possible connection can there be between Napoleon , Lord Nityananda, and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , and the mission of Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada .Srila B.R .Sridhar Swami tells the story.
When Napoleon came to lead the military , he uniquely and unexpectedly used new and surprising tactics .Generally , military commanders would first attack the weakest points of the opposing army . However, when Napoleon took charge, he immediately attacked the strongest elements of the enemy , this caught the enemy by complete surprise, and thus, they retreated from the battle in shock being unfamiliar with such boldness and these types of straightforward tactics.
Similarly , Srila B.R. Swami says that Nityananda prabhu attacks the strongest elements of Maya , those who are the most degraded receive immediate relief . One can say mercy above justice . In doing so , those that are afflicted by Kali yuga and who are feeling the strongest influences are very quickly lifted , and extraordinary it is that such rescued persons become the teachers of the rest of humanity at large .Sometimes in spiritual consciousness what appears as simple is the most exhalted. Krishna Himself took the position of a chariot driver and Arjuna ordered Him to move the Chariot .Jesus Christ was born in a stable. Many examples within the Vedas can be given in those regards .
Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja demonstrated through his strong preaching that the whole of society is to be challenged. This was another side of Lord Nityananda and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The purposes of both the Gaudia math and ISKCON missions were to face Kali yuga head on in with strong vigorous argumentations on all fronts . Through science , sociology , religion , politics , the arts , as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja did . He issued major challenges to the status quo both within spiritual and socio-political circles. Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada followed this boldness in his world preaching.
Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja lived in Calcutta during his preaching efforts of facing down the challenges of contemporary industrialised materialism ,as well as scientific materialism. People would say, “Why don’t you live in the Holy places ,” he responded by saying that he would live where the greatest preaching opportunities were and where he could bring his bold challenges . As far as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami was concerned, there was no shortage of anything except Krishna consciousness. He once said if all the books in the British library were to disappear, there would be no loss as long as the Srimad Bhagavatam remained.
We know Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami carried that spirit deep within his heart . Calling out Darwinian scientists as cheaters. Who presented the hypothesis as fact based sciences, and he also called out hypocritical political leaders as rascals . Modern-day economics is driving men to work like unthinking asses , AC Bhaktivedanta Swami would say .Preaching means no compromise , but everything should be explained in a balanced, rational way and logically.
So real Gaudia Vaisnava followers don’t beat about the bush , but rather challenge those who are rascals and cheaters or who are political hypocrites and who mislead society .
At times, modern spiritual movements lose this spirit and concern themselves with a softer safer approach, yoga kirtan , temple building, and practically finding no problems with modern economics . It’s become very popular to teach psychology in one form or another these days and have smiling Gurus. AC Bhaktivedanta Swami and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj would look very, very stern at times and unleash uncompromising statements and challenges.
Guest: Could you explain further, purification of the senses? You said that you had to purify your senses before you can see God.
Devotee (1): Purification of the senses.
Prabhupāda:” Yes. Just like in a diseased condition of your eyes, you can not see. In the diseased condition of your hand, you can not touch. In the diseased condition of your leg, you can not walk. All your senses, in diseased condition, cannot work. Similarly, in material diseased conditions, you can not understand what God is. You have to cure yourself from this diseased condition. Then you will see, you will touch, you will perceive, you will know, you will feel—everything.
Those who are unable to cure the disease, they want to kill. Just like a patient is suffering in very bad type of disease. The physician cannot kill, then…, cannot cure him, then he thinks, “Let me die. Let me commit suicide.” So this voidism or impersonalism is a symptom of frustration, not being able to cure the disease. But actually, the living entity is eternal. Just like a rascal or foolish man thinks that “I am suffering so much. Let me commit suicide, and it will be a great relief.” It is foolishness. He will be put into further torture after this life. He will become a ghost.
So because they do not know that living creature is eternal, they want to make the ultimate solution as void, zero. Ie , there is no God , or if there is its impersonal Brahman. But it can not be zero. It is not possible because you are eternal, full of bliss, and knowledge. Therefore, you have to cure the disease, and that curing process is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
Its a big problem for some persons who are in a diseased condition , if they won’t educate themselves of the particular disease , one should and must recognise it and treat it . Ignoring a medical condition due to a lack of education, denial, or avoiding treatment is a massive problem that can lead to severe, irreversible consequences. In the case of the spiritual disease, it means further karmic synchronicities must be played out in the responsive universes where 8,400,000 different species of life are on offer , with each being individually experiencing each in unique ways .When people do not understand what is happening to their bodies, they cannot advance their own health , both in this world and the health of consciousness, we are blissful by nature , but in the material energies we are diseased by lust ,anger ,greed , envy , madness and illusions of innumerable kinds .The Dangers of Health Avoidance , Minor, easily treatable issues can escalate into chronic or life-threatening emergencies. In spiritual life, a good human form of life is wasted, and one becomes a street dog next life . Untreated conditions often damage other organs or systems over time (e.g., untreated high blood pressure leading to kidney failure). The karmic consequences of all kinds of actions are full described within the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam along with examples. Treating an advanced disease is almost always vastly more expensive than early prevention or management , certainly, it costs the soul dear to lose out on the full potential of human life . The anxiety of knowing “something is wrong” but avoiding the doctor often causes more psychological stress than facing the diagnosis directly. Similarly, many persons ignore essential philosophical inquiries or are misled by others .People avoid the truth. Understanding why people do this helps us address the root problem. Usually, it comes down to a few major barriers: Fear of the diagnosis, fear of pain, or fear of death. Relying on unverified internet sources or myths instead of medical professionals , or in the case of spiritual knowledge, relying on Darwinian hypothisis or speculative sciences who teach scientific materialism as fact based sciences . Feeling embarrassed or ashamed of certain conditions (like mental health issues or addiction) , some ignore health issues, some persons put of spiritual life thinking they are not good enough for God or they do not want to admit to the laws of karmic synchronicities. When patients take the time to learn about their health, everything changes. Similarly if we approach a real saintly person our lives can change , we become well equipped with spiritual knowledge and detachment in healthy ways . Health patients are able to recognize early health warning signs and communicate clearly with doctors .In the case of spiritual life attachments and unfavorable circumstances can be discussed with spiritually advanced souls and help is on hand.
The Srimad Bhagavatam illuminates the path of many types of therapeutic progressions towards a perfection of consciousness for everyone. It sets out many yogic paths that are also highlighted in the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna Himself. Everyone has a particular karmic and spiritual location in more ways than one , and there are many jumping on points within the yogic paths that can take anyone to a perfection of yoga . Everything within life seems complicated. However, bringing in the Gaudia Vaisnava dimension , life can be understood practically and easily. It is intended that everyone benefits scientifically , objectively , practically, and spiritually bestowed with insights to important subjects and with a proper sensitivity and utilising God given logic and rationale . Divinity obviously must be a rational being, and He has open communications available with everyone and through His Cit Sakti can easily open up to further and further degrees .
As such, in regards to where we are currently situated within our occupational duties or in any of our likings , they can all be linked to Divinity in a sacrifice to please Him . These practical linking processes are described with Gaudia Vaisnavism, and Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has laid them out in his writings. Everything can be carried out in just ways and dutifully without harm towards others . The self-evident truth of the equality of all beings before Divinity is central to Vedic cultures. All persons and all creatures and the environment are pleasing and are in balance when Divinity is pleased .This is the central theme of Vedic culture .When one is aligned with Divinity in any way, greater knowledge and good fortune automatically develop for every and everything.
These two verses give us the idea they are from the Srimad Bhagavatam.
sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati
Synonyms
Translation
The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.
dharmasya hy āpavargyasya nārtho ’rthāyopakalpate nārthasya dharmaikāntasya kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ
Synonyms
Translation
All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for only material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification.
In spiritual life, you simply add Krishna consciousness to what you are already doing. Whatever you can do , do it as a sacrifice for Divinity . Being directed by the Divine is obviously the superior choice , The Demoniac instructions should be ignored, Krishna tells us how they work in the Bhagavad Gita.
Everything that is contained within the Vedas is objectively verifiable. The science of self realisation and knowledge of dualism is self-evident truth , anyone who says different is basically unscientific in their approach to life and develops perverse worldviews . Even Richard Dawkins says design is everywhere but ” ignore it “
Albert Einstein says .
Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.
Consciousness study is the Vedic way, and consciousness perfection is its goal .
Know and treat disease, especially the disease of external coverings .
Guest: Could you explain further, purification of the senses? You said that you had to purify your senses before you can see God.
Devotee (1): Purification of the senses.
Prabhupāda:” Yes. Just like in a diseased condition of your eyes, you can not see. In the diseased condition of your hand, you can not touch. In the diseased condition of your leg, you can not walk. All your senses, in diseased condition, cannot work. Similarly, in material diseased conditions, you can not understand what God is. You have to cure yourself from this diseased condition. Then you will see, you will touch, you will perceive, you will know, you will feel—everything.
Those who are unable to cure the disease, they want to kill. Just like a patient is suffering in very bad type of disease. The physician cannot kill, then…, cannot cure him, then he thinks, “Let me die. Let me commit suicide.” So this voidism or impersonalism is a symptom of frustration, not being able to cure the disease. But actually, the living entity is eternal. Just like a rascal or foolish man thinks that “I am suffering so much. Let me commit suicide, and it will be a great relief.” It is foolishness. He will be put into further torture after this life. He will become a ghost.
So because they do not know that living creature is eternal, they want to make the ultimate solution as void, zero. Ie , there is no God , or if there is its impersonal Brahman. But it can not be zero. It is not possible because you are eternal, full of bliss, and knowledge. Therefore, you have to cure the disease, and that curing process is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”
Its a big problem for some persons who are in a diseased condition , if they won’t educate themselves of the particular disease , one should and must recognise it and treat it . Ignoring a medical condition due to a lack of education, denial, or avoiding treatment is a massive problem that can lead to severe, irreversible consequences. In the case of the spiritual disease, it means further karmic synchronicities must be played out in the responsive universes where 8,400,000 different species of life are on offer , with each being individually experiencing each in unique ways .When people do not understand what is happening to their bodies, they cannot advance their own health , both in this world and the health of consciousness, we are blissful by nature , but in the material energies we are diseased by lust ,anger ,greed , envy , madness and illusions of innumerable kinds .The Dangers of Health Avoidance , Minor, easily treatable issues can escalate into chronic or life-threatening emergencies. In spiritual life, a good human form of life is wasted, and one becomes a street dog next life . Untreated conditions often damage other organs or systems over time (e.g., untreated high blood pressure leading to kidney failure). The karmic consequences of all kinds of actions are full described within the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam along with examples. Treating an advanced disease is almost always vastly more expensive than early prevention or management , certainly, it costs the soul dear to lose out on the full potential of human life . The anxiety of knowing “something is wrong” but avoiding the doctor often causes more psychological stress than facing the diagnosis directly. Similarly, many persons ignore essential philosophical inquiries or are misled by others .People avoid the truth. Understanding why people do this helps us address the root problem. Usually, it comes down to a few major barriers: Fear of the diagnosis, fear of pain, or fear of death. Relying on unverified internet sources or myths instead of medical professionals , or in the case of spiritual knowledge, relying on Darwinian hypothisis or speculative sciences who teach scientific materialism as fact based sciences . Feeling embarrassed or ashamed of certain conditions (like mental health issues or addiction) , some ignore health issues, some persons put of spiritual life thinking they are not good enough for God or they do not want to admit to the laws of karmic synchronicities. When patients take the time to learn about their health, everything changes. Similarly if we approach a real saintly person our lives can change , we become well equipped with spiritual knowledge and detachment in healthy ways . Health patients are able to recognize early health warning signs and communicate clearly with doctors .In the case of spiritual life attachments and unfavorable circumstances can be discussed with spiritually advanced souls and help is on hand.
We can say Mahavisnu , as Adwaita Acarya, is calling Lord Krishna and Lord Balarama to help Him in His task of rectifying the misconceptions of the living brings in their pursuit of “fake Rasa “. Somehow or other the living beings being driven by their own free will have not made wise choices and are hopelessly entangled within the material responsive universes . The ecstatic moods of trancendental bliss displayed freely have been turned away from . Even the impersonal Brahman bliss has been compared to the water in a calves hoof print , whereas the rasa of the spiritual kingdoms are like unending, unlimited tumultuous oceans of loving bliss , especially within Goloka Vrndavana where the Queen of Vrndavana Srimati Radharani displays Her confidential pastimes with Krishna . Hare Krishna means an exchange of increasing trancendental love , and the waves of this ocean of love rise and fall and are reflected by the union and separation of Krishna with Radharani , although in the highest realms of prema vivarta union and separation are one .
So Maha Visnu calls Krishna to rescue the living beings in the material worlds , Krishna comes and brings with Him His trancendental abode of Vrndavana and importantly and essentially Srimati Radharani.
Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Krishna are one and the same , except , as Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , He is in the mood of Srimati Radharani and feels predominantly the extreme separation that Radharani feels when Krishna in not personally present. Krishna in Vrndavana is predominantly in union with Srimati Radharani in Vrndavana. These trancendental tattvas are explained very nicely and in more detail by Srila Gour Govinda Swami, the beloved disciple of Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Within the Panca Tattva ,Srimati Radharani makes her indirect appearance as Gadadha prabhu, and Her more direct appearance as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Krishna has come to relish Srimati Radharanis moods of love that She feels for Krishna.
Srila Narada muni also assists Maha Visnu as the pure Vaisnava who is capable of distributing Krishna consciousness all over the world, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami has demonstrated the power of the pure devotees.The original spiritual master is Balarama and Balarama has come as Nityananda prabhu who is the power and trancendental preaching powerhouse, Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasked Nityananda prabhu to distribute Krishna consciousness throughout the universes.
Chanting the Holy names of God is the best programme to understand the Panca Tattva , Krishna, and Radharani as well as Goloka Vrndavana.This is understood only by going through Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu and the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas headed by Sri Rupa and Ragganatha Goswami’s.
The Vedas indicate the total universe is currently approx .155 trillion years old . According to the different elements of Vedic time calculations , parts of our universe are temporarily devastated and practically destroyed , but only to be rebooted after a 4.5 billion rest period .Then another 4.5 billion year stretch begins , these cyclic movements last for 311 trillion years .The process of rebooting begins with sound , sound is like an order that is carrying subtle information into the ethereal plane , this plane devolves into fire in the form of the electrical charges within atoms and the resulting electromagnetic charges , which in turn form atomic structures that make up of the elements and compounds allowing the formation of the molecular structures. When consciousness enters into the material energies it carries the ethereal package of information that processes the forms of the variates of species, tailor made bodies to suit karmic synchronicities are offered. After the previous devastating destruction , life reforms in the reboot , exactly where the particular particles of consciousness had previously left off , before the previous destruction.
Initially, after the reconstituted planets begin again to form , water is predominantly present. Thus, aquatics have facilities. This is somewhat demonstrated in the fossil records and illudes to the early Cambrian explosion . Gradually land appears as some of the water begins to dissipate , giving way to trees , plants , insects , and the multitude of creatures. Finally mankind is resituated . Before this current complete multidimensional universe existed , which will last 311 trillion years , the universes existed countless of trillions of years beforehand, and they will also be in existence countless of millions of years to come in the future . The 8,400,000 species scattered throughout the multitudes of multidimensional universal planes come and go , come and go for eternal time . These bodies are suitable machines consisting of mater , mind intelligent and within is the deeper original consciousness particle that are experiencing . Its a life of desire and deserves.
Each conscious particle is like a universe in itself , it’s all borrowed energies , stemming ultimately from the supreme consciousness known as Maha Visnu who manifested these realms .
The supreme consciousness lies in one part of the entire existence of spiritual and material realms and through His Yogic nidra trancendental sleep and dream , gives facilities for the night time and day time dreaming of the living beings each of which are awarded temporary body ,minds and intelligences , on loan from the supreme consciousness . Original speciation took place countless of trillions of years ago , but it is a cyclic movement with some variables of species according to time periods within the 4.5 billion year total period.
Teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja
The Pearls of Instruction by His Divine Grace Om Visnupada Paramahansa Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada:
1. We are constantly put to test and trial in this world. Only those who attend and participate in the kirtana of the devotees can succeed.
2. Every spot on earth where pure discourses on God are held is a place of pilgrimage.
3. Possession of objects not related to Krishna is our main malady.
4. Let me not desire anything but the highest good for my worst enemies.
5. As dalliance with the body in luxury increases, so wanes the spirit of service of the Lord.
6. Those favored by God find their paths set by thorns.
7. There is no peace or happiness in our worldly life. Circumstances create turmoil and annoyance.
8. Chant the Holy Names loudly and with attachment. This will drive away inertia, worldly evils and pests.
9. Be indifferent to bazaar gossips, stick firmly to your cherished goals, no lack or impediments of the world will ever stand in your way.
10. Pay due respects to the extroverts of the world, but do not be appreciative of their manners and conduct. They are to be shaken off from your mind.
The Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas have taught the important oneness and differences and the essential elements of kirtan, Jappa , deep sastric understanding, and deep medative smaranam leading to greater esoteric practices. Srila Rupa Goswami has outlined all of these things systematically and adds the essential elements of services to Sri Guru and the param para acaryas, the representatives of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu. Everything should be clear and purposeful about the importance of each of the practices and why it is so .
Without deep scriptural understanding and dedicated service to the Guru, performing kirtan can become mere sentimentality or temporary emotional displays . To elevate one’s spiritual practice, a practitioner must study the sastras (sacred scriptures) rigorously and actively serve the parampara (disciplic succession) mission.
Why Sentimentality Falls Short
Emotional highs during kirtan can be experienced by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, but they must be understood as such , and a constant desire to please Krishna should be cultivated , without a strong philosophical foundation spiritual taste may fade as material attachment takes hold .
A Sentiment-driven devotion is somewhat beneficial but can waver if external circumstances change , the mind can be easily distracted or disturbed . When strong philosophy is absent internal initial enthusiasm can fade. Without scriptural boundaries, providing checks and balance sometimes personal imaginations or speculations can the distort absolute truth that is presented in the Sastras or by Sri Guru and the param para leading to further speculative practices. Emotional displays can sometimes mimic stages of devotion without the underlying purity.
Scriptures act as the spiritual compass that validates and stabilizes our devotion. Studying texts like the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam firmly establish faith in logic and cosmic truth and the complete sciences and processes of perfect spiritual development and in humble ways can be established in one’s heart . Knowledge shields a practitioner from misconceptions (apasiddhanta) and superficial understandings of Vedic philosophies. True realization of scriptural truths deepens the quality of all the limbs of Bhakti including kirtan, transforming it and maturing it into a profound offering of love to Krishna.
Service to Guru and Parampara are essential elements , Chanting and services are most potent when backed by a life dedicated to the mission of the spiritual masters.
Kirtan is not for personal entertainment , it is meant for the pleasure of the Guru and Krishna as any service, everything is an offering . Serving the parampara means spreading the message, helping others, and maintaining the institutions established by the pure devotees , it can be done in numerous ways.
Serving the mission purifies the heart, which directly helps the servant to clear the offences one may commit when chanting , and this will allow the holy name to manifest with its full power and from their deeper meditations can arise by mercy .
Did Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj and Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada indicate we could rescue the world just by kirtan or also through stong criticism and systematic philosophy including sciences and the introduction of the socio-political Devi varna Ashram system within societal affairs
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj, and Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada unequivocally indicated that while nama-sankirtan (congregational chanting) is the ultimate spiritual weapon of this age, rescuing the world requires a multi-dimensional, total application of energy. This includes sharp, uncompromised philosophical criticism (kutina-nati / exposing misconceptions), establishing scientific and systematic educational systems, and introducing a socio-political structure known as Daivi Varnashrama Dharma. They did not advocate for a sentimental, passive “just chant” methodology. Instead, they demanded an active revolution against material illusion (maya) across all spheres of human civilization. 1. Sharp Criticism of False Ideologies (The “Lion Guru” Approach) Cutting Down Illusion: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati was known as the “Simha Guru” (Lion Guru) for his fierce, uncompromising destruction of atheism, impersonalism, and deviant pseudo-Vaishnava sects (apasampradayas). He taught that true compassion does not mean coddling ignorance; it means using the “mace” of truth to shatter philosophical errors . The “Brihat Mridanga”: He famously called his printing presses the “Brihat Mridanga” (the great drum). A regular drum can be heard a few blocks away during kirtan, but books containing rigorous, critical analysis of materialistic science and flawed philosophies can be heard globally and across generations. Srila Prabhupada’s Boldness: Following his spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada ruthlessly criticized modern “rascal” scientists, bogus politicians, and speculative philosophers in his purports and lectures, demanding that his disciples boldly defeat these paradigms.2. Systematic Philosophy & Science Intellectual Engagement: Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur pioneered sending English Vaishnava literature to Western academic institutions, such as McGill University, to challenge Western intellectuals on their own terms. Scientific Dialogue: Srila Prabhupada established the Bhaktivedanta Institute, specifically tasking his scientifically trained disciples (like Dr. T.D. Singh / Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami) to use chemistry, physics, and biology to defeat Darwinism and materialistic reductionism. He insisted that Krishna consciousness is a science (vijnana), not a blind faith or sentimental hobby.3. Re-establishing Daivi Varnashrama Dharma. Socio-Political Structure: Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur directly instructed his son, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, to institute Daivi Varnashrama Dharma to rectify the corrupt, birth-based caste system and organize modern society into functional, spiritually aligned divisions (intellectuals, administrators, merchants, and workers). Prabhupada’s 50% Incomplete Mission: Srila Prabhupada noted toward the end of his life that while he had established the spiritual foundational framework (the sankirtan movement), 50% of his mission remained unfinished: the socio-political implementation of Daivi Varnashrama. He stressed that unless there is a sane social structure with God at the center, human society will collapse under the weight of mechanized, chaotic industrial life. It should be noted Srila Prabhupada wanted to create an intelligent class of men who could eventually become the badly needed intelligensia the world needs . They are those expert person Bhagavats , the Sattvic Brahminical classes and the Vipras, scholars of all kinds , all these persons are men and women of excellent learning and of high character .
We could perhaps say Lord Balarama has taken on a burden of love , three-quarters of the spiritual kingdoms are full of Nitya siddha devotees, the balance is the multidimensional material planes and universes where we reside . Lord Balarama, who has expanded Himself for increasing Krishna’s pleasure happily and blissfully, takes up the task of lovingly guiding those who have attempted to find love outside of Krishna. Unless the living beings love God they remain unfulfilled and frustrated to different degrees and are captured by the illusory energies that provide unlimited alternatives in 8,400,000 different formats, but within each format there are innumerable ethereal formats of subtle thinking and fake independence.
“Brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva, guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja” [1]
Literal Meaning of Each Word:
Brahmāṇḍa – Throughout the entire universe / material world
Bhramite – Wandering or transmigrating from one life form to another
Kona – Some specific, rare
Bhāgyavān – Most fortunate
Jīva – Living entity / soul
Guru – The spiritual master
Kṛṣṇa – Lord Krishna
Prasāde – By the mercy of
Pāya – Obtains or receives
Bhakti-latā-bīja – The seed of the creeper of devotional service [1, 2]
Understanding the Meaning
According to their past karma, countless living entities (jīvas) are wandering and trapped in a continuous cycle of birth and death across millions of planetary systems in the universe (brahmāṇḍa).
Out of all these millions of wandering souls, one very fortunate person gets the opportunity to connect with a true spiritual master (guru) by the grace of Lord Krishna. By the combined, absolute mercy of both the Guru and Krishna, that fortunate soul receives the seed of pure devotion (bhakti-latā-bīja) to escape material life and return to the spiritual world.
Everyone wants to love , and does love , even if its only their pet dog , and even the pet dog loves it’s pups , but the fulfilled heart is only ever achieved by loving God , sat cit ananda, full knowledge, full bliss and increasingly so , in eternal existence. Beyond atoms, elements, and compounds. Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed the secrets of original love , the Ragatmika marg. Following the hearts of the residents of Vrndavana, headed by Srimati Radharani, and understanding how they love Krishna . We have to learn to love God , by the residents of Vrndavana’s grace , they will bestow their love and trancendental widom on us . The Maha mantra is the call of love , without the Maha mantra, this Ragatmika marg can not be approached . This Mantra and any of the names of God are the accepted process that is acceptable by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His representatives.
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Woman Interviewer: What are other major beliefs besides love, understanding of Kṛṣṇa, understanding of oneself, which you would like to impart to me?
“Prabhupāda: Love is the basic principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and love is the basic principle of all our activities. So love is there, dormant, but that love is not being properly utilized. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the movement to revive that original love and the original person with whom that loving transaction can be executed.”
The trancendental technical science is as follows, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur outlined everything..
Thākura Bhaktivinoda in his Bhajana-rahasya describes four types of anarthas and four categories within each type, that hold up the flow of trancendental love . The four types of anarthas are: 1) tattva-vibhrama – illusion about spiritual knowledge 2) hṛdaya-daurbalya – weakness of heart 3) aparādha – offences 4) asat-tṛṣṇa – material desires
Illusion about spiritual knowledge is of four types: 1) sva-tattva bhrama – illusion about one’s original posi- tion as a taṭasthā-jīva 2) para-tattva bhrama – illusion about the Supreme Lord 3) sādhya-sādhana bhrama – illusion about the processes of sādhana and prema-bhakti 4) virodhi-viṣaya bhrama – illusion regarding subjects unfavourable to Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Weakness of heart is of four types: 1) tucchāsakti – attachment to objects not related to Kṛṣṇa 2) kuṭināṭī – deceitfulness 3) mātsaryam – enviousness 4) pratiṣṭha – desire for fame
Offences are of four types: 1) kṛṣṇa-svarūpa-aparādha – offences to the form of the Lord 2) nāma-aparādha – offences to the Holy Name of the Lord 3) kṛṣṇa-tadīya-aparādha – offences to the devotees 4) jīva-aparādha – offences to other living entities
Material desires are of four types: 1) aihikeṣvaiṣana – desire for material objects 2) para-trikeṣu – desire for heavenly comforts 3) bhūti-vāñcha – desire for mystic powers 4) mumukṣa – desire for liberation
