Srila Sridhar Swami served his Guru Maharaja Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja in many essential and glorious ways . In one poem, Srila Sridhar Swami wrote about the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas , their connections to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and particularly of the Six Gosvamis of Vrndavana . It had been particularly noted by Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja because it clearly indicated Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur as fully understanding the Rasa Tattva of Vrndavana and particularly that of Radha Dasyam taught by Rupa Ragganatha and Sanatana Gosvamis.
Srila Sridhar Swami the great friend of Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON also served Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in many many ways , reinforcing Tattva and bringing complete clarity to the philosophy of Gaudia Vaisnavism, he was the master of it , and was appointed by Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja as the store keeper of it .
Although many early members of ISKCON were misunderstanding about his intentions, and some still today they should know the problem lies with them and not in the pure heart of Srila BR Sridhar Swami. That’s why Srila Prabhupada left instructions if philosophical matters of matters of Vaisnava tattva is unclear to any of my disciples when I leave ” Go and see Sridhar Swami “
ISKCON is moving forward nicely, and Srila BR Sridhar Swami served ISKCON very beautifully and continues to do so by his trancendental words and expressions of Krishna consciousness.
In terms of managing the details of a world wide movement, that is not the service of Srila Sridhar Swami , he never wanted or thought himself able , but in giving absolutely essential assistance to it , he was always happy to do . He greatly appreciates AC Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada preaching and found it astounding and he once remarked , ” something has gotten into my old friend Swami Bhaktivedanta ” meaning the spirit of Nityananda prabhu and Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Srila BR Sridhar Swami could clearly see it and was bowing down before it .
The Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas have clearly explained that an over emphasis on the oneness of the living being with God or an over emphasis on a difference from God is incorrect. Thus, simultaneously and inconceivably, oneness and difference is the correct tattva , or understanding, the progressive steps to this tattva are taught by Madhava ,Ramanuja, Visnu Swami , and Nimbarka acaryas. The great scholar Srila Jiva Goswami in his Tattva Sandarbha says God makes the impossible possible. Thus, simultaneously being one and different from God should be understood.
When we exhibit our inherant nature and volunteer our love to God, this is an exhibition of the part and parcel of God , who is different from God , uniting in love with God in a “oneness of love ” As such, there is no robotic rasa, love is not z pretence, and God does not exactly know when or how deeply our exhibition of love will occur. We are not machine like robots . As God is individual, so are we , we have tiny independence, and God has unlimited independence. Love is volunteered, and love for the unlimited has an unlimited capacity to increase, and the ever increasing ocean of blissful life is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana. The clue is .. Prabhupada says we are not dead stones .. The high court judge knows the destination of the criminal. Do you think the high court judge knows the destination of an honest man ?
Further, to understand the principles of Bhakti in conditioned life , you have to learn to love .. Why some spirit souls spontaneously loved Krishna in His various forms and why some didn’t initially…is the exhibition of freewill , of who or what we love ….We , being the expansions of Balarama or Mula Sankarsan , some of the expanded beings , it appears , due to an independent spirit , were transferred to Mahavisnu, from the Tatastha regions or Brahman . This was because they could not feel that pure spontaneous love immediately. The transportational glance from the Bramhajyoti into matter takes place , where the living beings attempt to find loving relationships . It is never found in fullness. Only Divinity can provide it .
Thus, here we are , still searching.
Love is always voluntary.. When you choose to love God is your free will , the potential for love is inherant but sometimes misplaced . Love is also ever expanding, so it’s newer and newer in quality. Krishna does not know exactly when we will fully love him or how it will feel in terms of intensity….that’s our choice of freedom.
As we previously noted, Prabhupada said .. ” We are not dead stones,” As a high court judge knows the destination of the criminal . Similarly, God knows how conditioned nature responds , His energies bind the conditioned souls. i.e.,within the determinism of the responsive universe , karmic synchronicities. Thus, in conditioned life, God knows everything of our life and choices and how exactly we are conditioned . But Narada Muni is free to wonder anywhere because pure love is always trusted ….and exhibited freely and unpredictability. The more we learn to love God, the more freedom and unpredictability of our loves emotions , and they are expressed without God knowing how they exactly will be ..that brings the highest pleasure to God . We are not predicable downloads of God . There is no robotic rasa .
In the higher realms of Rasa, one can be at one with the residents of Vraja.( pranaya) and the unpredictability becomes even more unpredictable , such as the crooked path of Parikiya rasa . The union and separation of love are described by our acaryas. Directed by the assistants of the Supreme Goddess of Fortune Srimati Radharani, one can be graced and enter into some understanding of this pranaya oneness of love . The more conditioned a person is, the more predictable they become, its a forgone conclusion how a sex , drug, or drink addict will act .
Socialism in every respect is the Vedic way , a system of governance that produces social and spiritual mobility based on the self-evident truth of the equality of all beings and their individual rights . The Vedic intelligentsia see to it that education and opportunities are readily available, the highly cultured share their good fortune. At times in every culture the intelligentsia are challenged by those of lower grade consciousness, but the best of men and ladies must be educators because the best of the best of life’s opportunities must be taught in society to everyone. Lower consciousness and lower lifestyles can be facilitated but carefully administered . The Vedas covers all practical topics in life , for instance, it allows for honest, free market economics that are primarily locally based , with only essentials needs imported .The Vedas encourage countries to depend on themselves, not interferences from other nations, so one looses independence. Capitalism is sold as free market economics but is not so , monopolies are the global conglomerates strategy , they want everyone to depend on them .Their narratives are cheating the public and other leaders of countries. They say that their capitalism is creating wealth for all the world and lifting it out of poverty , quite the opposite. Truth is, nature provides everything for every creature , every one is fed , clothed, and housed and live happily when they remain closely aligned to natures ways and relying on localised economies and localised workforces,
Worldwide trading has become so ludicrous that someone in the UK exports popcorn to the USA . A person buying his bread in the UK has it brought by a lorry hundreds of miles away from his hometown , and the wheat is imported from a country thousands of miles away . The major financial systems have become far too centralised and monopolised . The stock and currency markets, as well as worldwide commodities market and currency markets, have been designed to suit a few insiders and are clearly currupt. The world is so very, very far from free markets . Central government allows light touch regulations , and plenty of instant internet trading goes on with shares rising or falling in micro seconds. For those who actually monopolise such markets, they are doing very nicely, thank you . They effectively have centralised capitalism and world wide financial industries working with unintelligent governments control Capitalism lock stock and barrel. This currupt system has been sold as the idea greed is good and that the benefits of greed will trickle down to everyone all over the world. The reality is entirely different . Such ruthless capitalism benefits the most greedy of persons at the cost of the environment , it causes unfair trade deals , it causes poverty and wars with every country fighting over limited resources that will inevitably run dry in no time. Such unfortunate worldwide situations are instigated by the capitalist and their political freinds , who they sponsor. Currently, these demons are desperate for precious minerals and precious earth , essential for computer science. The unthinking capitalists should never have a free run and have any influence in politics. Rather, the Vedic societies were thankful for money makers who built economies, but they were legislated against , when encroachments were seen to be happening in any circumstances immediately it was halted . The communist idea was utilised in Vedic culture but in the sense of the equality of all beings , and the truth that ultimately everything is the property of God , and needs to be used in harmonious ways , but at the same time ownership was encouraged along with sensitivities and care , greed and encroachment were a no no . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
In the Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto, the autumn seasons and the various changes that take place within Vrndavana are described in very many wonderful and analogous ways that recount spiritual truths and material entanglements.
One such analogy is describing the pathways of Vrndavana that get washed over and covered in all kinds of twigs , branches ,stones, and mud .
The Vedic truths are very clear, but in the course of time, they become covered by speculations and interpretations, and original meanings become unclear , and those travelling down the Vedic path can become lost .Richard Feynman has said even a man with pockets full of PHD’S can be a “complete idiot ” what to speak of lesser degrees , the Vedic scholars are not idiots of course but they can loose their way due to speculative interpretation.
The seekers of truth must find a bone fide representative of the Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the summary of all the Vedas, and the natural commentary on the Bramha sutras . Such a person clears the path of all mishaps and all of the debris of interpretations and speculations .They are easily swept out the way, as once again, crystal clear knowledge is revealed.
The bone fide spiritual master is a representation of Divinity Himself, and the truth he or she imparts opens up the sincere heart who is inquisitive to understand absolute truth . Krishna Himself , within the heart , reveals the crystal clear path and bestows buddhi yoga ,meaning trancendental intelligence . All materially conditioned notions are eradicated, and the destination can be arrived at .
The Vraja gopies know all the secret paths in Vrndavana that lead to the trysting grounds where Krishna enjoys unlimited trancendental bliss in their company
In Kali yuga, the current age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the great benedictions of Mahaprabhu are at play . He opens up the doors of the Bhajananandis, steals their nectar, and distributes it to one and all openly , even to those who are unqualified. The path of deep Bhajan and preaching collide , and many rough diamonds became perfectly polished as the wisdom of Devi Varna Ashram and deep bhajan collide and interact perfectly together. Thus, Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu in Navadwipa , South India, and importantly in Jagganath Puri . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Why, because they are fully balanced in character and well read in philosophy, sciences , social sciences, political Science and theological sciences.
They fully understand the psychological needs of members of society and guide the social and spiritual mobility . They also have room for those due to their particular place within the modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance, namely those in lower modes, i.e.,ignorance , who need facilities for life . However , in Vedic culture, the lower modes and lifestyle never supercedes the higher modes, which exhibit the highest of freedoms within culture . In the name of freedom and democracy , the lower modes are seen to degrade society and cause pain and misery to everyone.
Fanatical kings , fanatical political leaders, or fanatical religious leaders have no place in Vedic culture, and it’s clear by a thorough understanding of all of the sciences who those fanatics are .
Everyone has their place, and all have rights , including the ants .
Rascals always need removing and they are ” Self effulgent ” by their behaviour , as are saintly persons who are everyone’s well wisher .
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has clearly outlined the Vedic themes. And in time they will be further researched , understood and the clear advantages to everyone will be clear to see .
Albert Einstein would say if you can’t explain things simply and in a short time , then you don’t understand them .
The founder acarya of ISKCON caused some controversy amongst the media in the USA in the 1960s pointing out that on average, men’s brains are larger than women’s brains.
Recently, studies show that male brains are typically 8-13% larger than female brains . This difference in size is not related to intelligence, as both male and female brains are, of course, similar, and it’s clear ladies and men are as equally intelligent in their own ways and also intelligence differs according to one’s karmic position and of course there are different types of intelligence . The Vedas indicates that the greatest use of intelligence is to have the wisdom and insights to be able to separate consciousness from matter . The objective world of dualism.
It’s the role that ladies play in modern times that have changed from former times . So has much in life and especially the economy. Everything is mighty expensive, and everyone is encouraged to become as rich as possible, and if you want a big house, big car , and big everything else, both mothers and fathers have to work hard . Schools and other educational institutions provide all kinds of directions to children and from an early age .
Ladies in historic times have always played an intelligent and important role in supporting their husbands and children, and they still do. In modern times however Vedic cultures can be and are adapted . The priorities and principles of ladies supporting their men , who do their duties properly, and work hard for the family is a good one, of course . It’s the essential that brings stabilised families that are healthy in body , mind, and spirit. With the mothers spending as much time as possible with their children. The choices are how much money we need , but equally how to give the best of times and security for the family.
So the Vedic life of simple living and high thinking with family orientated traditions and loyalties is good for everyone. Along with automatically further development in one’s consciousness without the hindrance of dealing with broken relationships and all that brings.
Modern life and liberalism can be troubling, especially if it’s centred around the speculations and teaching of Darwinian scientific materialism of one life, one death , so what the hell .
Srila Narrottama das Thakur who was the Siksa Guru of Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur, encourages us all to take to the mercy , and immediately so , of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu, putting down the baggage and burdens of our own Karmic synchronicities . He says we should associate with Gaudia Vaisnavas hear and serve their missions and understand the essence of Mahāprabhu’s teachings , which means to become an associate of Sri Sri Radha Krishna , making friends with Their freinds and taking up the process of Bhakti yoga with great devotion and follow the systematic methods of how to advance the consciousness to pure spontaneous attraction and devotion towards Radha Krishna . Once and for all be done with this material world . The material world will be what it will be ….
In the material world, we get the impressions of eternal youthful enjoyment we see this in generations after generations , but we also see them appearing and then disappearing , like waves rolling one after the other at the sea , unfortunately in no time at all they crash to the shore and disappear. However, the ever new waves of trancendental bliss that Srila Narrottama das Thakur speaks of are forever rolling in , this eternal and unlimited ocean of transcendental bliss is within Goloka Vrndavana , the personal abode of Radha Krishna. Just one drop of this type of ocean can drown all the inhabitants of the material world’s in trancendental Bliss …..what to speak of the trancendental ananda , spiritual bliss , of the ocean itself.
The Srimad Bhagavatam and the writings of the Rupa and Ragganatha Goswami’s elaborate on the teachings of the Srimad Bhagavatam. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
1) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are always engaged in chanting the holy name of Krsna and dancing. They are just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord Caitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in the material universe.
2) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krsna.
3) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very much enriched in understanding of Lord Caitanya and who are thus expert in narrating His transcendental qualities. They can purify all conditioned souls from the reactions of their sinful activities by pouring upon them transcendental songs about Govinda. As such, they are very expert in increasing the limits of the ocean of transcendental bliss, and they are the saviors of the living entities from the devouring mouth of liberation.
4) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who kicked off all association of aristocracy as insignificant. In order to deliver the poor conditioned souls, they accepted loincloths, treating themselves as mendicants, but they are always merged in the ecstatic ocean of the gopis’ love for Krsna and bathe always and repeatedly in the waves of that ocean.
5) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were always engaged in worshiping Radha-Krsna in the transcendental land of Vrndavana where there are beautiful trees full of fruits and flowers which have under their roots all valuable jewels. The Gosvamis are perfectly competent to bestow upon the living entities the greatest boon of the goal of life.
6) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were engaged in chanting the holy names of the Lord and bowing down in a scheduled measurement. In this way they utilized their valuable lives and in executing these devotional activities they conquered over eating and sleeping and were always meek and humble enchanted by remembering the transcendental qualities of the Lord.
7) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were sometimes on the bank of the Radha-kunda lake or the shores of the Yamuna and sometimes at Vamsivata. There they appeared just like madmen in the full ecstasy of love for Krsna, exhibiting different transcendental symptoms in their bodies, and they were merged in the ecstasy of Krsna consciousness.
8) I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in Vrndavana, shouting, “Queen of Vrndavana, Radharani! O Lalita! O son of Nanda Maharaja! Where are you all now? Are you just on the hill of Govardhana, or are you under the trees on the bank of the Yamuna? Where are you?” These were their moods in executing Krsna consciousness.
For generations, the West had sought to shape the Middle East and the world its way . Just recently, its ambitious reshaping has had a kick back , and not only in the Middle East , but within Europe and the big China showdown hasn’t happened yet . The unipolar world is no longer , and that’s for sure , either financially or otherwise. There are other people living on the planet, after all, and with different cultures, different traditions, political systems, and different theological outlooks , they should be respected and understood and worked with rather than against. This is all quite natural in a world of diversity. The globalists’ vision of artificial unity based on exploitation and false equalities is fundermentally flawed , and that’s not the worlds reality . Even locally speaking, society and people’s thinking and outlooks differ .The Globalists are planning to infiltrate cultures and historic traditions by utilising Ai to shape generational thinking and put to sleep multicultural and their truths , this is their long-term brain wash plan . Theologically speaking, the Vedas say natural diversity is due to karma, free will, and determinism…and the psychological modes of nature which interact and are endlessly mutable and moving from predominantly a mode of goodness to the lower modes of ignorance , Difference in ways of life and cultures reflect differently.
In the spiritual kingdoms which are approximately two thirds greater in size that the millions of material universes there are no conflicts or wars , but although there are conflicts that cause pure trancendental bliss . When you understand how that can be , you have truly understood consciousness and its full potential and purposes ..
The Krishna lila Kaliya serpent pastimes show how ignorance and its tendencies can reside even in places that are thought to be Divine . The river Jamuna is certainly such a divine place, but Kaliya, the serpent, lived near its banks . The poisons emanating from him were so strong that the whole atmosphere became enveloped. The birds became affected just by flying above Kaliya’s lagoon , as all the surrounding areas became toxic . Eventually, Krishna resolved the issues being caused by Kaliya , and the wives of Kaliya also helped bring the serpent to his senses, as many good wives can offer good advice to their husbands . In the scientific , political, or social sphere’s it just takes one or two persons to mislead and they can create misunderstanding and a poisonous atmosphere in religious , philisophical , political, or social structure develops and increase the toxicity for all . The Vedas define truths and what are correct calculations and warns against Kaliya like serpants who seek to do harm and pose themselves as leaders or as an influencer . Ultimetely good always prevails , Krishna’s desire is always to give societies the best of good council, and that always eventually comes to pass , via his representatives. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Persons like Greta Thunberg , who have mounted demonstrations against ISRAEL, all glories to them all , have had a drip drip effect on our insensitive political leaders , who in reality need leading . One by one, leaders woke up to the demands of the people , and countries began to recognise Palestine.. Trump and the USA had no choice but to follow .. They had other plans . The Arabic states also had to respond, and like the USA , they let down the Palestinians, and 670000 citizens were killed , including 20000 children . Power to the people in this case worked, but it took two years . Netenyaho achieved nothing nor did the USA of EU .. Palestine will get its independence. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
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