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Jaya Srila Gurudeva

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja

Sua graça Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja é o discípulo de Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, que foi um dos mais proeminentes discípulos de Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada.

Srila Narayana Maharaja nasceu em um vilarejo chamado Tewaripur localizado próximo das margens do sagrado rio Ganges em Bihar, Índia. A área é renomada por ser o lugar onde o Senhor Ramacandra e Visvamitra Muni vieram e mataram o demônio Taraka. Ele nasceu em Amavasya (lua nova) dia 16 de fevereiro de 1921, em uma família brahmana Trivedi muito religiosa.Durante sua infância ele teve muitas oportunidades para regularmente acompanhar seu pai ao ir realizar kirtanas e assembléias pravachan.

Em fevereiro de 1947 ele teve seu primeiro encontro com seu Gurudeva em Sri Navadvipa Dhama, Bengala ocidental.Ele tinha viajado de seu vilarejo após ter encontrado um discípulo de Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura chamado Srila Narottamananda Brahmacari, que estava viajando e pregando a mensagem de Sri Caitanyadeva na região. Após iniciais discussões com este devoto, ele ficou convencido da preeminente posição da filosofia dada pelos acaryas na linha de Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada, e dentro de dias ele deixou sua casa para ingressar na missão de seu mestre espiritual e entregou sua vida.

Quando ele chegou em Sri Navadvipa Dhama, o parikrama anual estava no caminho e ele juntou-se ao grupo. sob sua compleição em Gaura-purnima, a ele foi dada ambas, iniciações harinama e gayatri por Srila Kesava Maharaja e recebeu o nome de Sri Gaura Narayana. Logo após, posteriormente, seu Gurudeva também lhe concedeu o título de Bhakta-bandhava, que significa “amigo dos devotos”, porque ele estava servindo sempre todos os Vasinavas de uma maneira muito satisfatória.

Ele viajou extensivamente junto com Srila Kesava Maharaja em sua viagem de pregação através da Índia nos 5 anos subseqüentes, e em 1952, em Gaura-purnima, seu amado Gurudeva lhe concedeu a iniciação na sagrada ordem de sannyasa. Em 1954 Srila Kesava Maharaja colocou-o no encargo de abrir um novo templo em Mathura chamado Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha. Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja começou a despender parte do ano em Mathura e outra parte na Bengala, executando extensivos serviços em ambas as áreas. Isto tudo ocorreu sobretudo nos 14 anos subseqüentes. Ele também foi indicado por Srila Kesava como Vice-Presidente de sua instituição, a Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, e o editor-chefe de suas publicações em Hindi e da revista mensal Sri Bhagavat Patrika. Em 1968, Srila Kesava Maharaja partiu deste mundo, e Srila Narayana Maharaja realizou todas as coisas necessárias para o ritual cerimonial para seu sepultamento no samadhi.

Durante este período, como um humilde servidor da Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, Srila Narayana Maharaja começou a organizar o anual Parikrama de Karttika Vraja Mandala, que ele continua a executar até agora.Srila Narayan Maharaja foi requisitado pelo seu Gurudeva para traduzir os livros de Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura do Bengali, para sua língua nativa, Hindi.Ele executou este pedido ao traduzir alguns dos mais preeminentes livros de Bhaktivinoda Thakur, tal como: Jaiva Dharma, Caitanya-siksamrta, Bhakti-tattva-viveka, Vaisnava-siddhanta-mala, estes são os nomes de alguns deles.

Todos estes livros estào sendo no momento traduzidos para o inglês pelos seus seguidores. Ele continua a palestrar em Hindi, Bengali e Inglês através da Índia. Todos os seus discursos são gravados e gradualmente sendo transcritos bem como traduzidos para o inglês para publicação.

Uma expressiva relação na vida de Srila Narayana Maharaja foi sua associação com Sua Divina Graça A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja Prabhupada, o mais famoso pregador do Gaudiya Vasinavismo e Fundador-Acarya da Sociedade Internacional para a Consciência de Krsna.Eles se encontraram em Calcutá em 1948 na ocasião da inauguração de um novo ramo da Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti (co-fundada por Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja) em Ghosh Para Lane, onde ambos tinham vindo para oferecer seus serviços.Sua associação continuou poucos anos mais tarde quando Srila Narayana Maharaja acompanhou Srila Kesava Maharaja para Jhansi onde Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja tinha se empenhado em iniciar uma sociedade Vaisnava chamada A Liga de Devotos. Poucos anos mais tarde, próximo da década de 50, Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja veio para residir em Mathura na Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, a convite de seu irmão espiritual, Srila Kesava Maharaja, onde ele permaneceu por alguns meses. Por ter regular intercâmbio devocional com ele e profundas discussões de Vaisnava siddhanta, Srila Narayana Maharaja desenvolveu um relacionamento muito íntimo com ele durante este período, considerando-o como seu senior e superior, bem como seu amigo.

Em 1959 Srila Kesava Gosvami Maharaja lhe iniciou na sagrada ordem de sannyasa, dando-lhe o nome e o título de Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja. A cerimônia Védica de sacrifício de fogo e todos os rituais foram realizados por Srila Narayana Maharaja.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja havia anteriormente residido em Vrindavana, durante este período, primeiro no Vamsi Gopala Mandira e depois, no Radha Damodara Mandira.Srila Narayana Maharaja deveria freqüentemente lhe visitar. Deveria cozinhar para ele, honrar prasada com ele, e ter íntimas discussões sobre filosofia Vaisnava.

Quando srila Bhaktivednata Svami Maharaja foi pregar no ocidente,e sucedeu de estabelecer o primeiro templo de Radha e Krsna na América, Srila Narayana Maharaja enviou a primeira mrdanga e karatalas para ele, para serem usados em sankirtana. Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja manteve regular correspondências todo mês ou a cada dois meses com Srila Kesava Maharaja e Srila Narayana Maharaja até 1968 quando Srila Kesava Maharaja entrou em nitya-lila. E, após isto, ele continuou a escrever a Srila Narayana Maharaja até sua própria divina partida.

Com respeito ao fim de sua vida, ele pessoalmente requisitou a Srila Narayana Maharaja inúmeras vezes para gentilmente lhe dar sua associação para seus discípulos ocidentais e lhes auxiliar a entender as profundas verdades da filosofia Vaisnava na linha de Srila Rupa Gosvami Prabhupada. Srila Narayana Maharaja humildemente concordou em honrar seu pedido, lhe considerando como um de seus mais adoráveis siksa gurus. Ele também solicitou a Srila Narayana Maharaja para tomar toda a responsabilidade de realizar todos os rituais para seu sepultamento em seu samadhi, após sua partida. Ambos estes pedidos de Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja demosntram claramente a firme e absoluta confiança que ele mantinha em Srila Narayana Maharaja.

Por um período que atravessou sobre duas décadas de sua partida em Novembro de 1977, Srila Narayana Maharaja tem decididamente executado este pedido final por proporcionar compreensiva direção e refúgio amoroso para todos àqueles que vem a ele buscando por isto, e através de seus livros em inglês ele está gora, dando sua purificante associaçào e divinas realizações para sinceros buscadores da verdade em todo o globo.

Por meio século Srila Narayana Maharaja tem demonstrado e exemplificado a pura, inadulterada vida e total dedicação e serviço amoroso a seu Gurudeva, Sriman Mahaprabhu, e ao Divino Casal, Yugala-kisora, Sri Sri Radha-Krsna. Srila Narayana Maharaja,como seu íntimo servo, continua a iluminar o caminho para aqueles que desejam descobrir e mergulhar profundo no oceano de êxtase de radha-dasyam, o serviço para o radiante belos pés de lótus da mais amada de Sri Krsna, Srimati Radhilka.

Those who think they are God, are like tiny glow worms.

In this age of Kali there are many personalities on this earth like scientists, political leaders, etc., who pose themselves as being very expert and advanced in knowledge. They are like glow worms, and their glowing attracts the innocent people who become misdirected and confused in this way. Although impersonalist philosophers claim that every living entity is equal to God, they callously step over the heads of their so-called spiritual masters and freely speculate on the nature of the Absolute, giving their own whimsical opinions in defiance of the impersonal whims of their so-called gurus. In other words, although Mayavadi impersonalists claim that everyone is God, they ultimately show an offensive mentality toward the Supreme Personality of Godhead in rejecting the reality of His eternal form and pastimes. Thus, they unwittingly belittle the eternal position of all living beings by denying their eternal personality and activities in the kingdom of God. The impersonalists, through their mental concoctions, try to minimize the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living entities who are part of Him, reducing them theoretically to a formless, nameless light, which by their concoction they claim to be the Absolute God. The Vaisnavas, however, welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead and easily understand that the unlimited Supreme Personality has nothing to do with the conditioned, limited, mundane personalities we find in the material world. The impersonalists arrogantly assume that there could not be any transcendental or unlimited personality beyond our present experience. But the Vaisnavas intelligently understand that there are many wonderful things far beyond our limited experience. Therefore they accept the words of Krishna, who states in the
Bhagavad-gita (15.19) Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is the knower of everything. He therefore engages himself in full devotional service to Me, O son of Bharata.

It is not possible for the mayavadie impersonalists would like to be gods, to understand the Krishna consciousness movement; therefore we do not value their philosophical conclusions. However expert such quarrelsome impersonalists are in putting forward their so-called logic, we defeat them in every respect and go forward with our Krishna consciousness movement. Their imaginative mental speculation cannot deter the progress of the Krishnaconsciousness movement, which is completely spiritual and is never under the control of such Mayavadies


Jaya Srila Gurudeva , Jaya Srila Prabhupada !

compassion

to those who are innocent, the devotee should be merciful, just to awaken their Krishna Consciousness - Srila Prabhupada

Gaudiya Math Kirtan outside Iskcon Mayapur

Nagar Sankirtan outside Iskcon Mayapur during Gaur Purnima 2009

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaj leading kirtan, Je anila prema dhana, after Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj departure

Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj with Iskcon

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaj performing Nagar Sankirtan with Iskcon

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Maharaj and Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayan Gosvami Maharaj performing samadhi with His own Hands for Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj



Jaya SrilaGurudeva , Jaya Srila Prabupada !

-Sri Gurvastakam--- Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura

---Sri Gurvastakam---
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, page 13

samsara-davanala-lidha-loka-
tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam
praptasya kalyana-gunarnavasya
vande guro sri caranaravindam

mahaprabhoh kirtana-nrtya-gita-
vaditra-madyan-manaso rasena
romanca-kampasru-taranga-bhajo
vande guroh sri caranaravindam

sri vigraharadhana-nitya-nana-
srngara-tanmandira-marjanadau
yuktasya bhaktams ca niyunjato'pi
vande guroh sri caranaravindam

catur-vidha-sri-bhagavat-prasada-
svadv-anna-trptan hari-bhakta-sanghan
krtvaiva trptim bhajatah sadaiva
vande guroh sri caranaravindam

sri radhika-madhavayor apara-
madhurya-lila-guna-rupa-namnam
prati-ksanasvadana-lolupasya
vande guroh sri caranaravindam

nikunja-yuno rati-keli-siddhyai
ya yalibhir yuktir apeksaniya
tatrati-daksyad ati-vallabhasya
vande guro sri caranaravindam

saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair
uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih
kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya
vande guro sri caranaravindam

yasya prasadad bhagavat -prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto'pi
dhyayam stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guro sri caranaravindam

srimad guror-astakam etad uccair
brhme muhurte pathati prayatnat
yas tena vrndavana-natha saksat
sevaiva labhya januso'nta eva

vande guro sri caranaravindam
vande guro sri caranaravindam
vande guro sri caranaravindam
vande guro sri caranaravindam


Jaya Gurudeva! jaya Gurudeva
Gurudeva jaya Gurudeva
Jaya jaya Gurdeva
Gurudeva jaya Gurudeva

The Hidden Meaning In Srila Prabhupada's Pranama Mantra

The Hidden Meaning In Srila Prabhupada's Pranama Mantra
Monday, 28 May 2001

Srila Narayana Maharaja performs archan and puja for Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on Srila Prabhupada's appearance day.



Alachua, Florida : May 28, 2001
Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja



[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] What is the second sloka in the pranama mantra of your Gurudeva?

[Drstadyumna dasa:] namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani pracarine nirvesesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] What is that gaura-vani he preached?

[Drstadyumna dasa:] There are four reasons for which Lord Caitanya came to this world. One was to establish the yuga-dharma of the chanting of the holy name, another was because Advaita Acarya had called Him to come, and…

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] I want to hear what was that gaura-vani of your Gurudeva.

[Drstadyumna dasa:] In simple words it was to chant Hare Krsna, and that meant to worship…

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] Sri Advaita Acarya may have given this. So many acaryas have given this. Even Maha-Visnu can give the chanting of the holy name, but He cannot give that gaura-vani.

[Drstadyumna dasa:] It was to give an understanding of the essence of the feelings and mood of Srimati Radharani and…

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] What is that gaura-vani he gave?

[Drstadyumna dasa:] Would it be the mood of the manjaris; service to the Divine Couple?

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] Was this his vani? I want to hear about that vani. What is that gaura-vani he preached throughout the world? It has been explained in the words of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also explained it.

aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas tad-dhama vrndavanam

ramya kascid upasana vraja-vadhu-varga-ya kalpita srimad-bhagavatam amalam puranam prema pumartho mahan sri-caitanya mahaprabhor matam idam tatradarah na parah

This is the special gaura-vani. Krsna is our highest worshipable Deity, but there are so many manifestations of Krsna. Dvarakadhisa Krsna is the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. Is He our worshipable Deity? He may be for so many others, and there is no harm in that. He is worshipable for them, and He should be. We do namaskara to Him, but we worship that very Vrajendranandana who took birth from the womb of Yasodamaiya.

At the time of His birth, Vrajendranandana Krsna had no long hair, no decorations, and no ornaments. He appeared as a simple baby, weeping, "Kya, kya, kya!" All the Vrajabasis understood that He was born from the womb of Mother Yasoda. We worship that very Nandanandana.

You should know that Nandanandana is always nava-kisora natavara. He is eternally an ever-fresh cowherd youth, and Mother Yasoda thinks, "He is my son." We worship this very Krsna who was bound by His mother in Vrndavana. She ran faster than Him, caught hold of Him, and bound Him. That is why He is called Damodara-Krsna. He killed Putana, who tried to take His life by poisoning Him, and He gave her a motherly position in Goloka. We worship that Krsna who was playing in the courtyard of Nanda Baba and Mother Yasoda, and who was controlled by them with affection and love. We worship that Krsna who was always surrounded by His friends like Dama, Sridama, Sudama, Vasudama, Stokakrsna, Lavanga, Arjuna, Subala, Madhumangala, and so on. They used to defeat that Krsna, and, being defeated, Krsna was very happy. That Krsna always played with the gopa-ramanis.

Aradya bhagavan. Although He is Bhagavan, His bhagavata (Godhood) has been covered. All His opulences are covered by Yogamaya, and thus He has no idea that He is Brahma, Parabrahma, or Bhagavan. That very Krsna is our aradhya, our object of worship. Another manifestation of Krsna is the husband of Rukmini and the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. He should be the aradhya of the Mathuravasis and others. Let them worship Him in that way, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu is saying, "Aradyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanaya tad dhama vrndavanam." That Krsna is always in Vrndavana. He never gives up Vrndavana. He never goes elsewhere. His manifestations may go to Kuruksetra, to Dvaraka, and to Mathura. They can go, but that Krsna never leaves Vrndavana.

Ramya karcit upasanam vrajavadhu. The process of serving Krsna that was adopted by all the gopis to please Krsna, especially by Radha and Her group, is the highest. They can even place their feet on His head. They can chastise Him - to please Him. They can order Him to do so many things, and He will very happily carry out their orders. He does not feel so much happiness by hearing the prayers of Brahma, Sankara, and all others like them, but He wants the gopis to chastise Him and call Him 'thief.'

Srimad bhagavatam pramanam amalam The way and the process by which the gopis pleased Krsna cannot be attained by anyone else, and to understand this, Srimad Bhagavatam is the highest evidence among all sastras. Only in Srimad Bhagavatam can you see all these truths. Caitanya Mahaprabhu offers pranama to the Upanisads and all other scriptures because they are all the breathing of Krsna, but He particularly glorifies Srimad Bhagavatam. In Srimad Bhagavatam, Krsna Himself told the gopis, "Na paraye 'ham niravadya-samyujam. I cannot repay you, My dear gopis. I cannot repay you in thousands of thousands of births. Be pleased, therefore, by your own bhakti to Me. Be merciful to Me." Srimad Bhagavatam is revealing all this. This truth has been told there, but you can only realize it by the commentaries of Srila Sanatana Gosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, and Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.

Prema pumartha mahan. Prema is the ultimate goal, and the prema in the heart of Radhika is supermost. Hanuman also has prema, Dhruva Maharaja also has prema, and Prahlada Maharaja also has some love and affection. The Pandavas and Uddhava also have some prema, and all the queens of Dvaraka have so much love and affection. The sakhas and sakhis of Vrndavana, and Mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja all have prema, but no one has that prema of Srimati Radhika. Hers is the highest love and affection towards Krsna. Her love is in the heart of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He Himself is telling about it. This is gaura-vani. This vani (message or teaching) is the vani of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. No one ever preached this before Him. Only "You should do nama-sankirtana" was preached. So many acaryas in Kali-yuga have told us that we should perform kirtana, but no one gave that love and affection given by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He preached love and affection, Vraja-prema, through nama-sankirtan. This is His vani.

ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-mahadavagni-nirvapanam

sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidyavadhu-jivanam anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri krsnanama-kirtanam

This is gaura-vani.

trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna

amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih

No one ever explained this before. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu became very happy when, by His order and inspiration, Sri Rupa Gosvami explained the glory of the name:

tunde tandavini ratim vitanute tundavali-labdhaye karna-kroda-kadambini ghatayate karnarbudebhyah sprham cetah-prangana-sangini vijayate sarvendriyanam krtim no jane janita kiyadbhir amrtaih krsneti varna-dvaya

"I do not know how much nectar the two syllables 'Krs-na' have produced. When the holy name of Krsna is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert." (Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 1.99)

Hearing this verse, Srila Haridasa Thakura began to jump, laugh, and chant, "Hari Bol! Hari Bol!"

Give up all worldly sense gratification. Don't pray for a very good wife, good family, salvation, or anything else. Only pray for causeless bhakti, the bhakti that is in the heart of Srimati Radhika. That bhakti is established when hladini and samvit manifest in ones heart, on the platform of sandini.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu is telling us who we are.

ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram

patitam mam visame bhavambudhau

krpaya tava pada-pankaja-

sthita-dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya

We always want to be a particle of dust at the lotus feet of the son of Nanda Maharaja. No one had ever told all this before. Especially, no one had previously told:

nayanam galad asru dharaya

vadanam gadgada ruddhaya gira

pulakair nicitam vapuh kada

tava nama grahane bhavisyati

Hairs standing on end, voice choked, and all kinds of asta-sattvika-bhavas were present in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When will a day come that I can chant like this: weeping, with my bodily hairs standing on end, and my heart melting? No one had ever seen all these symptoms before Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu exhibited them. Valmiki had some symptoms, and Dhruva Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja also had some, but not like this. This wonderful thing was taught by Mahaprabhu. Moreover He taught:

yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam

sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahena me

There are hardly any qualified persons to realize all the truths in this verse. If a rare person realizes this, he will give up his body - because the material body cannot tolerate the emotions of prema.

Moreover:

aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam

adarsanän marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato

mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

"Lord Krsna, who is the lover of many devotees (women), may embrace this fully surrendered maidservant or may trample me with His feet. Or, He may render me brokenhearted by not being present before me for a long duration of time. Still, He is nothing less than the absolute lord of my heart."

The transcendental emotions revealed in this verse cannot be found in this world. This is only found in Goloka Vrndavana-dhama. We should pray that a day will come that we can serve under the guidance of the gopis, especially being the maidservant of Srimati Radhika, under the guidance of Lalita, Visakha, and Rupa-manjari. This is gaura-vani.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja preached this, but in the beginning he had to cut so many jungles of mayavada, nirvesesa, and sahajiya philosophies. He saw that in order to make the land of the world fertile, it would take a long time. He therefore put all these truths in his transcendental literatures. He thought that if any of his disciples would be qualified to go deep into those truths, all this vani would be taught there. He wanted to preach it also, but it was rare to find a student who could go so deep. Most of his students could not follow him, and that is why so many fell down even from sannyasa. They made many offenses to him, and they are now burning in hell.

You should know all this vani, and be very strong in preaching and in glorifying your Prabhupada. Gaura-vani-pracarine. Krsna has sent him for this.

After our Srila Rupa Gosvami, Srila Jiva Gosvami, and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami came, Srila Narottama dasa Thakura, Srila Syamananda prabhu came, and after that Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji Maharaja, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, and then our Gurudeva and so many associates of Srila Prabhupada. One of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's hands was Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja, who came to the western countries, and in a couple of years preached everywhere. We should try to know his glories. Gaura-vani has so much deep meaning, but the meaning is very hidden. Don't think there is no reason for the word 'gaura-vani.'

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati is described in his pranama mantra to be gaura-vani murti. [Namaste gaura-vani sri murtaye dina-tarine.] Murti means embodiment. He is the embodiment of gaura-vani, and Srila Swami Maharaja, your Prabhupada, is in the same line. He is not different from Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. The term 'Prabhupadanuga' is a wrong idea. Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura are both followers of Srila Rupa Gosvami, and therefore they are rupanuga. Following them, we are all rupanuga.

We have now told in brief about the vani of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has also, in a brief form, collected gaura-vani in his Dasa-mula siksa. You should note it very carefully in your heart. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote down that vani in his Jaiva-dharma, his last and best book. It is an authentic literature, and is the essence of all the Vedas, Upanisads, Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta, and all the books of our Gosvamis. The essence of all sastra is there in Jaiva-dharma.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written:

amanayaha praha tattavam harim iha paramam sarva saktima rasabdhima tata bhinansansa ca jivan prakritir kavalitan tada vimuktansa ca bhavada bhedabheda prakasam sakalampi harch sadhanam sudha bhaktim sadhayam tata pritim eva iti upadesayati janan gauracandra savayam saha

"The authoritative knowledge of the Vedas, received through the bona fide disciplic succession, establishes the following fundamental truths:style='font-size: 10.0pt'>

1. Hari is the supreme absolute truth.

2. He is omnipotent.

3. He is the reservoir of all mellows.

4. The living entities are His separated parts and parcels.

5. The conditioned souls are covered by Maya.

6. The liberated souls are beyond the influence of Maya.

7. The entire cosmic manifestation is simultaneously one and different from Him.

8. Suddha-bhakti is the only means to achieve love of Godhead.

9. The goal is to attain love of Godhead.

These teachings have been instructed by Gauracandra Himself."

Gaura Premanande.

Transcriber: Srimati Premanidhi devi dasi
Typist: Srimati Radhika devi dasi
Editor: Srimati Syamarani devi dasi

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