Lord Krishna took birth in Nandagram. Everything became auspicious and the weather became warm and summertime even though it was not summer yet and the flowers all bloomed after his birth. Mother Earth decorated itself for svayam bhagvan. The water, lakes, sea, sky – everything. The wind gave fragrances of roses and flowers. The clouds said my friend Syamsundara & Ghan-Syam is coming. Mother Yashoda gave birth to Lord Krishna in Gokul in the middle of the night. He was born in both, Mathura – Vasudev – 4 arm form (Aishvarya) and Gokul Vrindavan (Madhurya). Vaisnavapada Das Babaji
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The Glory of Vrindavan and Radha-Kund – Ananta Das Babaji
Vraja dham is in the present world. However Vraja dham is not in the material world it is a transcendental place. Narayan Vaikuntha then higher is Goloka dham then top and higher is Gokul Vrindavan. This 168 miles – this Vraja dham. By your sense organs you can feel this present Vraja dham. This is prakat prakash. God’s mercy. You can come and stay. The place of Sri Krishna’s pastimes. Sense organs cannot touch the eternal and spiritual Vraja dham. That is transcendental. We cannot see. Aprakat prakash is only seen by attainment of prema. If you have no prema the prakat prakash – anybody can come and stay here in Vraja. Stay for one day and you will attain prema. Nam offences. Dham offences. Stay and you will overcome these offences. Kripa-dham. The mercy of the dham. Mathura Mandal – 168 miles (84 kosas). Vrindavan is better due to the rasa-lila. Better than Vrindavan is Giriraj Govardhan. Best is Radha Kund. Radha Kund is direct Radha. Syam Kund is direct Krishna. After Sri Krishna Lila, Radha Kund disappeared and Syama Kund disappeared. Mahaprabhu rediscovered both. Parikrama, dandavat, flowers and tulasi – anybody can offer this to Radha Kund. After […]
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Sphurti – Divine Visions – Ananta Das Babaji
Sphurti – Divine Visions – Ananta Das Babaji Sphurti (divine visions) come, that time when the sadhaka has rati. Sadhana rati means bhav, that time comes prema also. Dhyan – Meditation, then Sphurti. These eyes will become transcendental. Sphurti begins in rati – the heart, mind and eyes become fully transcendental. Divine visions will begin. Anybody who drinks nectar his whole body will become nectar, one who drinks Krishna Bhakti nectar – his body will become transcendental. Spiritual body. When rati or bhav comes this will begin. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Srimad Bhagavatam – Ananta Das Babaji
There is no manjari-bhav in Srimad Bhagavatam. Manjari-bhav is coming from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the Six Goswamis. Rasa Lila is sakhi-bhav. Rasa-Lila is Gopi mood. Srila Rupa Goswami has given the definition of a manjari in his Sri Krishna Ganodesa Dipika. This is the first time the definition of a manjari is presented. Lalita and Visakha are sakhis. Srimad Bhagavatam has sakhi-bhav. It is important to read for cleaning of the heart and for purification. In Bhagavatam verses there is so much power and for purity of the heart. For those who always have material attraction for that of course we need purification from all the verses in Bhagavatam. In order to taste Radha-Krishna bhav. This Vraja bhav is very high. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Does the guru take karma or papa of a disciple? – Ananta Das Babaji
No. That is not correct. Guru destroys karma. The guru does not take the karma of the disciple onto themselves. That is not our scripture. This is wrong and artificial thinking. An artificial matter. This is wrong Gaudiya siddhanta. Diksha destroys karma. Take shelter of hari-nam. Hari-nam can destroy at once millions of karma. Pray to Hari-nam. Take shelter of Hari-nam. Hari-nam is very powerful. Hari-nam is very merciful. Hari-nam will advise you; your mind, knowledge and onto the pure devotional path. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Who is Radha? – Ananta Das Babaji
Who is Radha? – Ananta Das Babaji Radha is like…Krishna is direct god that means Svayam Bhagvan. Radharani is his fullest power. Like milk and the white colour of milk – same. No difference. Radha and Krishna are the same. Krishna is the fullest god and Radharani is fullest spiritual power of god. Radharani is full prema, from Radharani’s lotus feet to hair is all maha bhav. One drop of prema can sink whole world. Millions of worlds. An ocean of prema. One drop can sink the whole universe. Rasa and Prema. Radharani is the fullest prema ocean. Nobody can explain. Radharani is Radharani. Nobody can explain or teach what is Radharani? Take Radharani’s name and take shelter of Radharani’s lotus feet, automatically mercy will come from Radharani, and your nice heart will find how is Radharani? Beauty, Prema, Nectar, Happiness, Ocean – that is Radharani. Without Radharani mercy nobody can taste Krishna. Krishna’s mercy comes only by prema, that prema similarly Radharani. When Radharani bhajan and devotion, mercy will come then you can taste what is god and what is spiritual. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Mahaprabhu – Ananta Das Babaji
If Mahaprabhu is not there then Gaudiya Vaishnavas they are nothing. If Mahaprabhu is there madhurya is there. Radha-Krishna everywhere. Wherever Mahaprabhu is there it is the Vrindavan mood. There is only one Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The Gaudiya Vaisnav mood is manjari-bhav. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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What is Vaisnavism? – Ananta Das Babaji
Vaisnavism is devotion. Vaisnavism is bhakti. The soul is a servant of Krishna. Krishna seva is your own soul’s welfare. The whole of samsara (reincarnation) is maya (illusory). So much suffering. From that time, away from Krishna, came this maya, all jivas (soul) are suffering. Our sastra (scriptures) and rishis (saints) whose heart is clean reveal the path. Sampraday, this is Krishna’s power and that power of devotion comes via Parampara, that is sampraday. Mahaprabhu is direct Krishna. Radha-Krishna. During Vraja-lila Krishna wanted to taste Radharani’s prema or love. How is her prema? I will taste that. For that desire, the result is Mahaprabhu. Mahaprabhu came for tasting Radharani’s prema. Mahaprabhu came with all his Vraja parshadas (associates), they came here and they all gave publicity to the whole world of Vraja-prem, Radha-prem and Radha-dasyam. That is our Gaudiya-Vaisnavism. Vaisnavism and Gaudiya-Vaisnavism is different. Narayan seva only gives dasya-rasa. In our Gaudiya it is madhurya-rasa and Vraja bhav. Mahaprabhu. That is Gaudiya Vaisnavism. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Spiritual and Material – Ananta Das Babaji
Spiritual and Material. Atma and this Body. When anyone dies the atma (soul) leaves this body. God has three powers. God is transcendental. One is internal. The svarupa-sakti is made of sandhini, samvit and hladini. Radharani shakti power. That is transcendental. Then jiva-sakti and maya-sakti – another two. Jiva-sakti is in the middle side. One side is antaranga power. One side is maya-sakti. Jiva sakti is the middle. Antaranga-sakti power comes to him, he will go to god’s place. That is spiritual. If maya-sakti attachment comes – you will go to the material world. That direction is only God’s power. That power will only come by devotion and Krishna-bhajan. So do Sri Krishna-bhajan so you can feel what is spiritual and material. Like light and dark. Spiritual is light and Material is dark. When you begin sadhana (spiritual practice) gradually your heart will become clean, name chanting and other devotion. Then you will know what is spiritual and material. Sri Ananta Das Babaji
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Lecture by Vinod Baba on following our acharyas.
English translation by Radhanath Das. The seed imprinted by maya stays birth after birth. It does not go away. However god does not want to cause pain or suffering but if the sadhaka gets even a slight bit of happiness, they get affected /infatuated (mohit) by that. They get a taste of that happiness and sleep very peacefully. They do bhajan but the thing stuck in the heart does not go away. At the time of doing bhajan they think “we are getting the grace of thakurji” but that desire for bhagavad-prapti (attaining Bhagavan) and that anasakti (detachment or disgust) for this world, this bodily identity, transmigatory existence (samsara) , the cycle of birth and death, the pain and sadness etc … it does not come. That seed (of attraction for maya) does not go. Bhagavan says “first of all I make my bhaktas unhappy, unhappy, unhappy, unhappy in all respects and then when there is no other way out for them they become surrendered unto me. I take out that seed of desire (vasana). Ram das kathiya baba was a very big saint of Vrindavan. He was very well respected. One old saint used to live with him. He […]