Month: March 2016

Difference between Rasa and Tattwa

This is a very important topic on Bhakti. Generally when we discuss Bhakti we refer to Sastras but do not look at the practical side of how Sastras can be applied in “real” life and make it work for us. This topic of Rasa and Tattwa have to be dealt with objectively to see how these two aspects work to make us good devotees.

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Harinam, Deeksha and Conception of the highest – Parivaras of Radhakund

Harinaam Samskaar: This is a terminology used by the Parivars. (The 6th Parivar I missed out is the Gadadhara Parivar which is popularly found in Radha Kunda, Jagannatha Puri and Nabadweep).During this process Srila Gurudeva hands over the Hari Nama by means of “Shabda Brahma” to the disciple

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Harinaam, Diksha and Conception of the highest

References for the below article:

  1. The Bhakti Trilogy – Translation of Bengali writings by Srila Visvanath Chakravarthy Thakura
  2. Prema Bhakti Chandrika – Narottama Thakhura Mahasaya
  3. Raga Vartma Candrika – Visvanath Chakravarthy Thakura
  4. Walking with a saint – Morning Walks with Srila Narayana Maharaj
  5. Elucidations about Siddha Deha by Gurudeva – Param Pujya Premdasa Babaji Maharaj

There is a hell of a confusion amongst many people I met in the past about initiation and the various connotations of the word initiation itself with respect to thevarious institutions. I shall try to elaborate on the topics based on a study of the above books and clarifications provided to me by Srila Gurudeva himself.

There are these following terms : Initiation, Hari Nama Samskar, Deeksha, Brahmaniyam , Siddha Pranali or Guru Pranali. Continue reading “Harinaam, Diksha and Conception of the highest”

True Devotional Service

The movement of Sriman Mahaprabhu needs to be understood in the proper perspective as to “What is exactly meant by devotional service”. In simple terms anything done for the pleasure of Lord Krishna alone is termed as Devotional Service. This is the general understanding and rightly the correct understanding. However the “mood” is where the entire ideology can get mangled and what we call pleasure of Krishna can turn into a saga of  “unending hypocritical nightmare”.

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The Parampara Line in Gaudiya Vaishnavism

Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu established the Acintya-Bheda-Bhed principle based on 4 major Vaishnavic principles namely Shuddha Advaita, Dvaita Advaita,Vishishta Advaita and Dvaita of the 4 Acaryas namely  Vallabhacarya and/or Visnuswami ,Nimbaditya, Ramanuja and Madhwa and Himself adopted the Brahma Madhwa Sampradaya , the non-Tattvavadi school called Gaudiya Vaishnavism because this thought emerged from Gauda Continue reading “The Parampara Line in Gaudiya Vaishnavism”

Institutions and Bhakti

This is the excerpt for your very first post.

“Jiver Swaroop Hoye Nitya Krishner Das” are the famous words of Sriman Mahaprabhu. This means that even if we are not aMahaprabhuware of it ; we are anyways the eternal servants of Krishna. A servant who is in search of his Master automatically comes to know when his master approaches him. Similarly when Krishna approaches the living entity ; the living entity becomes cognizant of his mas
ter even when the master has not manifested Himself in His original form. This is a fact.

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