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Imported quote 15629 "In the Dvapara-yuga people should worship Lord Visnu only by the regulative principles of the Narada-pancaratra and other such authorized books. In the age of Kali, however, people should simply chant the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." The Hare Krsna mantra is specifically mentioned in many Upanisads, such as the Kali-santarana Upanisad, where it is said:
(More...) krsna iḍyaḥ eko 'pi san bahudha yo 'vabhati "Krsha is the one controller, all-pervading and the object to be worshiped. Although one, He appears as many." (Gopala-tapani Upanisad 1.21) amatro 'nanta-matras ca "He is partless and with infinite parts." (Gauḍapada Karika 1.29) asino dūram vrajati sayano yati sarvataḥ "While seated in one place, He goes far away. While lying down, He goes everywhere." (Katha Upanisad 2.21) etasmaj jayate praho manaḥ sarvendriyani ca kham vayur jyotir apaḥ prthivi visvasya dharihi "From Him are produced the life air, the mind and all the senses, as well as ether, air, fire, water and earth, which is the support of all these." (Muhḍaka Upanisad 2.1.3) na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate parasya saktir vividhaiva srūyate svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca "God does not have any action to perform, nor does He have any organs. No one is seen to be equal to or greater than Him. His supreme energy is said to be manifold and is intrinsic to Him as knowledge, power and action." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.8) anor aniyan mahato mahiyan natma guhayam nihito 'sya jantoḥ tam akratum pasyati vita-soko dhatuḥ prasadan mahimanam isam "Smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest is the Supersoul situated in the heart of the creature. When one sees Him as untainted by material activity, he becomes free from sorrow." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.20) sahasra-sirsa purusa· sahsraksa· sahasrapat sa bhūmim visvato vrtva aty atisthad dasaõgulam "The Personality of Godhead has thousands of heads, thousands of eyes and thousands of feet. After covering the worlds on all sides, He surpassed it by ten inches." (Rg Veda 10.90.1) From these texts it appears that the Lord possesses naturally contradictory qualities. Since He has innumerable energies (parasya saktir vividhaiva srūyate) and His form is transcendental and inconceivable (divyam acintya-rūpam), we must accept that mutually contradictory qualities are harmonized in the transcendental body of the Lord by His inconceivable power. One may object that by relying wholly on scripture as the final authority on this issue leaves no room for logic and reasoning. If scripture says that instead of burning the wood, the fire dampened it, are we to accept this? For this reason, the Vedic scriptures should not be made the ultimate authority for understanding spiritual questions. To this Sri Vyasadeva replies, srutes tu sabda-mulatvat, because the Vedas are not the invention of imperfect beings but are the word of God, they are the infallible means of understanding all spiritual matters. If we think that some parts of the scriptures are true, but others may not be, then we are faced with the dilemma that God has revealed some truths and some falsehoods. Thus, He becomes a liar! If we suppose that some parts may be wrong due to original error given by God or by later meddling by men, we find ourselves in the predicament of trying to ascertain which parts are authentic without having a norm or standard by which to do so. It is logical that things should have powers beyond the comprehension of our minds. In chemistry, mathematics, physics, biochemistry, astronomy and other branches of science, there are innumerable things which are inexplicable. No one can explain why axioms are true and absolute. How is a whole body preplanned and contained in a DNA molecule? Why does the color green produce the psychological effect of calmness, whereas red stirs up the passions? That there are inconceivable things which have to be accepted as they are is, therefore, a very real part of our existence. Of the three pramahas or means of verifying truth, namely pratyaksa or direct sense perception, anumana or inference and sabda or the revealed scriptures, the revealed scriptures are the most authoritative and reliable because they are the word of God given by Him. accepts this fact and says, srutes tu sabda-mūlatvat: the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not conceivable by an ordinary man; He can be understood only through the evidence of Vedic injunctions. The Skanda Purana confirms, acintyaḥ khalu ye bhava na tams tarkena yojayet: "Matters inconceivable to a common man should not be a subject for argument." We find very wonderful qualities even in material jewels and drugs. Indeed, their qualities often appear inconceivable. Therefore if we do not attribute inconceivable potencies to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we cannot establish His supremacy. It is because of these inconceivable potencies that the glories of the Lord have always been accepted as difficult to understand.
(More...) In three out of the four millenniums, namely the Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga and Dvapara Yuga, there was honor in understanding transcendence through the path of disciplic succession. In the present age, on account of Kali, people have no interest in the matter of the disciplic succession, but they have invented many paths of argument and logic. Such an ascending process of understanding transcendence is not approved according to the Vedic way. The Absolute Truth must descend from the Absolute platform. It is not to be understood by the ascending process. The Holy Name of the Lord, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is a transcendental vibration. Therefore it comes down from the transcendental platform, the Supreme Abode of Krishna. And, because there is no difference between Krishna and His Name, therefore the Holy Name of Krishna is as pure, as perfect, and as liberated as Krishna Himself. For understanding the transcendental nature of the Holy Name of God, the academic scholars have no entrance by their logic and argument. The single path to understanding the transcendental nature of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, is to chant these Names with faith and adherence. Such chanting will release one from the designated conditions of gross and subtle bodies.
(More...) In the Bhagavad-gita [4.13] Krsna says that there are four divisions of society, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sūdra. That is natural. Some are inclined toward spiritual advancement, and these are the brahmanas. Now we are training boys who are spiritually inclined, and they are unnecessarily being forced into military service. The foolish have no knowledge that some boy is being trained up in higher science. Why should he be destroyed when he is being perfected? The intellectual persons, those boys who have brahminical qualifications, are being restrained in brahmacarya student life: they don't take to meat-eating, they don't take part in intoxication, they don't take part in gambling, they don't take part in illicit sex. They are being trained as complete brahmanas, the highest intellectuals, the most purified persons in society. If there is one brahmana in a whole family, then the whole family-the whole society-becomes sanctified. But today they have no knowledge of how to train a brahmana, or how to train a ksatriya. In the other fields of action, in the work of sūdras and vaisyas there is nice training. If anyone wants to be a businessman, there are colleges or technological schools. That's very nice. But why should everyone be dragged into technology? Just as in your body: for proper maintenance we require the head, the arms, the belly and the legs. All these parts of the body are required. You cannot say, "We do not require the head." That is nonsense-we require everything. Suppose there is a body without a head-it is a dead body. If the body is now intact, but there is no head, it is called a dead body. The head is considered to be the intellectual part of the body. Similarly, if there is no brahmana in the society, it is a dead body. If there is no spiritual man in the society, it is a dead society.
(More...) In the Narada Pancaratra it is stated that all the Vedic rituals, mantras and understanding are compressed into the eight words Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare. Similarly, in the Kali-santarana Upanisad it is stated that these sixteen words, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, are especially meant for counteracting the degrading and contaminating influence of the materialistic Age of Kali.
(More...) Imported quote 15652 Prabhupada & Ananda Prabhu: gauḍa-manḍala-bhūmi yeva jane cintamani, tara haya braja-bhūme vasa [ Song 38- Savarana-Gaura-mahima(The Glories of Lord Gaurahga ) gaurahgera duti pada ja'ra dhana sampada se jane bhakati-rasa-sara gaurahgera madhura-lila jara karne pravesila hrdaya nirmala bhela ta'ra je gaurahgera nama laya ta'ra haya premodaya tare muni jai balihari gaurahga-gunete jhure nitya-lila tare sphure se jana bhakati-adhikari gaurahgera sahgi-gane nitya-siddha kari mane se jaya brajendra-suta-pasa sri-gauḍa-manḍala-bhūmi jeba jane cintamani tara haya braja-bhūme vasa gaura-prema-rasarnave se tarahge jeba ḍube se radha-madhava-antarahga grhe va vanete thake ha gaurahga bale ḍake narottama mage ta'ra sahga PURPORT by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada This is a song by Narottama dasa Thakura in praise of the glories of Lord Caitanya. Gaurahga refers to Lord Caitanya, who has a fair complexion. One who has a fair complexion is called gaura, and since Lord Caitanya was very fair, just like molten gold, He was also named Gaurasundara. Narottama dasa Thakura says, gaurahgera duti pada, jara dhana-sampada, se jane bhakati-rasa-sara. Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya can understand the true essence of devotional service. Devotional service is very difficult. It cannot be understood by any ordinary man. As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, out of many thousands of persons who are trying to achieve the perfection of human life, only some actually become perfect and realise the self. And out of many thousands of such self-realised persons, only one can understand Krsna. Without understanding Krsna, how can one engage himself in the service of Krsna? Therefore, the devotional service of Krsna is not an ordinary thing. But fortunately, if one follows in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya (gaurahgera duti pada) by following the path shown by Lord Caitanya-the process of simply chanting Hare Krsna-he can very easily understand what devotional service is. Therefore, Narottama dasa Thakura prays that one take shelter of Lord Caitanya and follow in His footsteps, for then one can understand the essence of devotional service. Lord Caitanya's pastimes are very pleasing, because the basic principles of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's movement are chanting, dancing, and eating krsna-prasada. He made His headquarters in Jagannatha Puri and would dance, chant, and then immediately call for prasada to be distributed to the devotees. They were so pleased that every day hundreds of men would come to chant and dance with Lord Caitanya. The temple proprietor, the King of Orissa, Maharaja Prataparudra, had an open order to the workers in the temple to supply as much prasada to Lord Caitanya's devotees as they wanted. Therefore, His pastimes are very pleasing-chant, dance, and take prasada. If one is captivated by the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, simply by chanting and dancing and eating prasada, the dirty things in his heart will all become cleansed. The heart of anyone who takes to this movement of chanting, dancing, and eating krsna-prasada will surely be cleansed of all dirty material contamination. Narottama dasa Thakura says, very rightly, gaurahgera madhura-lila, ja'ra karne pravesila, hrdaya nirmala bhela ta'ra: if one wants to cleanse his heart, he must take to the movement of Lord Caitanya-Krsna consciousness. Lord Caitanya is so nice that one who simply takes the holy name of Gaurasundara, Sri Krsna Caitanya, will immediately develop love of God. Generally, devotees first chant sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda, for the preliminary process of cleansing the heart is to invoke the mercy of Lord Caitanya, Lord Nityananda and Their associates. Lila means "pastimes." Without associates there cannot be pastimes, so Caitanya Mahaparabhu is always accompanied by associates-Nityananda, Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa, and many other devotees. Tara means "his," haya means "it is effected," and premadaya refers to development of love of God. Simply by chanting sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda one immediately develops love of God. To such a person Narottama dasa Thakura says, "Bravo!" to encourage him in chanting Lord Caitanya's name and dancing. Just as we clap and say, "Bravo!" similarly he says, jai balihari "Very nice, Excellent!" Then he says, gaurahga-gunete jhure, nitya-lila ta're sphure: if one appreciates the merciful pastimes of Lord Caitanya and feels ecstasy and sometimes cries, this process will immediately help him to understand the pastimes of Radha-Krsna, which are called nitya-lila. The loving affairs between Radha-Krsna are not a temporary things. Here in this material world we can see loving affairs between boys and girls, but that is temporary. That is simply for a few months, a few years, or maybe a little more. But then all that so-called love will go to hell. They are not permanent affairs. But if one really wants permanent love affairs, he must enter into the pastimes of Radha-Krsna. Simply by appreciating Lord Caitanya's movement one can immediately enter into or understand Radha-Krsna's eternal pastimes. One who can understand the transcendental, eternal pastimes of Radha-Krsna reaches the highest perfectional stage of devotional service. The next line is, gaurahgera sahgi-gane. Sahgi-gane means "associates." Lord Caitanya is always associated: He is not alone. We never see a picture of Lord Caitanya alone. At least there must be Lord Nityananda or Gadadhara Panḍita. Actually, wherever Lord Caitanya was present, many thousands of devotees would assemble. Such devotees, especially those who were His nearest intimate associates, were nitya-siddha. In the devotional line there are three kinds of perfect devotees. One is called sadhana-siddha. This refers to a person who has very rigidly performed the regulative prescriptions and thereby reached the perfectional stage. Reaching the perfectional stage by executing the regulative principles is called sadhana-siddha. There is another kind of devotee who is called krpa-siddha. He may not have executed the regulative principles very rigidly, but by his service mood he is specifically blessed by the spiritual master or Krsna. He is immediately promoted to the perfectional stage. This is called krpa-siddha. Nitya-siddha is one who was never contaminated by the material nature. The sadhana-siddhas and the krpa-siddhas were supposed to have once been in the contamination of material nature, but nitya-siddhas never came into contact with the material nature. All the associates of Caitanya Mahaprabhu are nitya-siddhas, or eternally perfect. Nityananda Prabhu is Balarama, the immediate expansion of Krsna; Advaita Prabhu is Maha-Visnu (He is also visnu-tattva); Gadadhara Prabhu is an expansion of Radharani; and Srivasa is an incarnation of Narada. They are nitya-siddha, or eternally perfect. They were never imperfect. They were never in contact with material contaminati
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