Krishna Bhajana is for everyone. It is said in the Bhagavat Gita that anyone who spreads the names and glories of Krishna are specially favoured by the Lord. This is the Lord’s promise. Continue reading “Evangelism of Purity”
Category: Institutions
Keep Bhakti Simple
The old system before the advent of Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was quite a different one. The old concept of Bhakti was complicated. The old days relied more on Shastras based on the Upanishads and the Puranas. People who were good at quoting Shastras were considered as eligible Bhaktas.
Power of being Negative
Often people talk of “Being Positive”. Yet in Prema Bhakti in a particular sense “Being Positive” has no value. The western thought promotes positive thinking and Positive visualization. In the context of Gaudiya Vaishnava Bhakti however this concept fails to attain the goal although it may not cause any harm particularly. The aspect of “innocence” is the highlight of the Power of Negativity.
The Raganuga Transformation
The Krishna Conscious movement comes in various flavours. One of the most intense flavours is the Raganuga Rasa Sadhana. However it is important to understand how human consciousness becomes a fertile ground for Continue reading “The Raganuga Transformation”
Tenacity of Character
The ultimate resolution of a sadhaka in the achievement of his Prayojana is determined by his character. This includes both his inner mood of service as well as his external demeanour. Continue reading “Tenacity of Character”
Three Stage Bhakti Schools
By the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu this material world has fortunately become a school of Bhakti. There are many organizations all over India and the world which preach the gospel of devotion to Krishna. The Supreme Lord has mercifully been divided into three distinct classes of Bhakti Yoga. Continue reading “Three Stage Bhakti Schools”
Chaitanya-ism
Bhakti is the essence of our eternal relationship with the Lord. As living entities we have been separated parts and parcels of the Lord. Bhakti is that process which revives the lost link with the Lord. The world is populated with myriads of such living entities that have been traversing the eight point four million species Continue reading “Chaitanya-ism”
A bazaar back to Godhead
The aspect of Krishna Bhajana that deals with the living entity’s ultimate goal or Prayojana has three touch points. These are the Sadhu, Sadhguru and Shastra. Any other means that is used to relate the living entity and Krishna Bhajana may appear to be useful but it is not quite so. Depending on the hidden desires and motives of human beings (living entities who take up to Bhakti) ; various arrangements are done by the Supreme Lord usually arranged by an aspect of His sandhini potency or Yogmaya. Yogmaya has setup various institutions and setups that dish out various flavours of how to perform Krishna Bhajana and the means to reach Him so that “One goes back home, back to Godhead”. The offer is quite attractive but not entirely useful in achieving the objective. Depending on the sincerity and the spiritual greed of living entities; Yogamaya takes the living entity to the widely spread out Spiritual Bazaar so to say. Continue reading “A bazaar back to Godhead”
Distributing Love of Godhead
I got a phone call at 4:00 PM ; from my once mentor in Bhakti from an erstwhile Gaudiya Mutt connection. When I started my bhakti path approximately a decade ago ; this mentor of mine had a great influence on me. He was (is now also) very passionate about Bhakti ; the movement of Lord Caitanya and the movement of Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta and Srila A.C Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada. As I heard him on phone today I rolled back a decade ago when Continue reading “Distributing Love of Godhead”
The original movement
Thanks to the great work carried out by Srila Bhakti Binode Thakhura , Srila Prabhupada Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakhura and above all A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. If these great masters had not carried out their work we would not have had this group. We all owe our allegiance to these great masters.
Charan Pahari 