As joy is at the heart of the life of the absolute, the person of Krishna represents the absolute in its ultimacy, enjoying intimately with those souls whose love knows no distinction between God’s desires and their own. But honestly I could not recommend any one … Srila Prabhupada was able to produce phenomenal accomplishments only because he was on the highest state of self-realisation and therefore divinely empowered. April 2nd, 2021 | by srila-prabhupada-compilation-by-guru-krsna-das. As a photographer, she travelled with and photographed Srila Prabhupada and his students in India, Europe, and the United States. Srila Prabhupada : “There Is Gradual Evolution Of The Soul” Posted on October 13, 2010 by prabhupadaonreincarnation Student (4): When some new animal or person is born, is the soul always a reincarnation of some previous soul, or can it be that a new soul has… Sri Gita leads us to the Bhagavatam, and the Bhagavata to the Sri Caitanya. This body/soul metaphor leads naturally to the conclusion that book publishing, the soul of Srila Prabhupada, is more important than his corporate institution. explaining the importance of the literary contribution of Srila Prabhupada by shortly describing the philosophy/theology it propounds in the BG As It Is, Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya Caritamrta, Nectar of Devotion, and its being an extension of the literary work of the previous acaryas before Prabhupada, His message: love of Krishna is the goal of life. It is not enough to say that everything is in his books. This lila covers three chapters of the Bhagavatam that are in one sense the most important chapters of the Purana. Lively, insightful commentary on contemporary issues facing spiritual practitioners. Knowing the mind of the author is the most comprehensive means of understanding that which he or she writes. It is the safe and most expert way. Srila Prabhupada fell silent in the middle of the Bhagavatam‘s discussion of the brahma-vimohana lila. The ritvik wouldn’t have been fool proof but it may have somewhat lessened or helped avoid some of the damage done to the institution by the self proclaimed gurus and their adventures. As many of us here years ago embraced the body of Srila Prabhupada in the form of his Iskcon, let others today embrace the particular mission of their choice. Knowing the mind of the author is the most comprehensive means of understanding that which he or she writes. It is not enough to say that everything is in his books. Philosophical articles on Gaudiya Vaisnavism that focus on the tradition's scriptural conclusions as well as its feeling for the nature of ultimate reality. When he heard all seventeen volumes would be published in nine months, two books per month, he replied, “I want all books in two months.” Flabbergasted, his disciples surprised no one more than themselves when they accomplished this task, imbibing the spiritual power to do so from Srila Prabhupada’s order itself. Acquaintance with Indian aesthetic theory and Vedanta philosophy as taught by Srila Rupa Goswami and represented by Srila Prabhupada in his Nectar of Devotion summary study reveals that, were one to enter all that the perfect object of love would embody into one’s computer, the print out would be the two syllables “kr, sna“, the asraya, or ultimate shelter described in Srimad Bhagavatam. In doing so he supports all of his rasa theology, in which the object of all aesthetic experience or love is Sri Krishna, with examples primarily from Srimad Bhagavatam. Our beloved Srila Prabhupada, following in his gurudeva‘s footsteps, painted that same logo on the front gate of his world headquarters in Sri Dhama Mayapur. The uddipana vibhava or stimulus of this experience is the sound of the drum, or in the dynamic sense the sound of the booting of the brhat mridunga, Macintosh or Windows. Since the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, the Srila Prabhupada of our Srila Prabhupada, book publishing has been further distinguished from temple worship in our sampradaya. Recognition of the spirit soul within this body, that is first education. Srila Prabhupda’s actions speak louder than my words in this regard. Prabhupada: No, let me finish this. Download, Q&A: recognizing true Spiritual Advancement If anyone should raise the objection that the body/soul metaphor I began with is not valid, claiming that it does no apply because the body of Srila Prabhupada in the form of Iskcon is a spiritual one, non-different from its soul, then let them see things in that way. Thus Srila Prabhupada’s departure from our mortal vision in he midst of the brahma-vimohana lila serves to underscore that which he labored so hard to impress upon the world. Understanding Krishna is still more difficult. The text discusses at length the abhideya, or means by which love of Krishna can be realized. All three of them are godbrothers and direct disciples of his parama-gurudeva Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada. If People Approached Running Like They Approach Meditation, Despite COVID challenges, Kumbh Mela will be held in Haridwar. He reasoned that the small clay drum used in congregational chanting could be heard only a short distance, while the big drum of the printing press could be heard around the world. I have always been more sympathetic to the ritviks just because I think it was a simpler way of doing things in Iskcon and given the contamination of the Kali-yuga. Leading Exponent of the Science of Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in the West and the World’s Most Distinguished Teacher of Vedic Religion and Thought. Since the time of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, the Srila Prabhupada of our Srila Prabhupada, book publishing has been further distinguished from temple worship in our sampradaya. Sri Gita leads us to the Bhagavatam, and the Bhagavata to the Sri Caitanya. One symptom of a soul who is fully surrendered to Lord Krsna is his consequent detachment from bodily affectation. how kirtana is stressed more than ritual worship in the temple, It is natural … Srila Prabhupada taught that each soul is part and parcel of God and that one could find true happiness through living a simpler, more natural way of life and dedicating one’s energy in the service of God and all living beings. In Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati’s logo, items necessary for temple worship represented the path of ritualistic bhakti, while the printing press, among other things, represented spontaneous devotion. Beginning with a generic description of bhakti, followed by a lengthy discussion of vaidhi and then raganuga sadhana, Rupa Goswami delineates his theory of bhakti rasa, aesthetic experience in transcendence. Other than the books already mentioned, Srila Prabhupada also gave us a summary study of Srila Rupa Goswami’ s magnus opus, Bhaktirasamrita-sindhu. Yet all of this does not go far in the way of convincing the scholars that the entirety of the Vedas and Puranas, the most voluminous body of literature known to humanity, should be attributed to one person that the devotees consider empowered by God, if not God himslef. Srila Prabhupada rendered the immortal Caitanya-caritamrita into seventeen English volumes. To the extent that it ceases to do so, it becomes irrelevant. Amanda, This article is so sweet. Thus Srila Prabhupada called the Bhagavatam and the life and precepts of Sri Caitanya found in Caitanya-caritamrita the graduate and post-graduate studies of Krishna consciousness, respectively. Understanding the brahma-vimohana lila, one can proceed with the required adhikara: aprakrita sraddha, or transcendental faith in the supremacy of Sri Krishna, and thereby take advantage of the love lila of Radha Krishna described in the rasa pancadhyaya. Understanding Krishna is still more difficult. In the language of His Divine Grace, “Books are the basis.”. And it is because the absolute is such that he is depicted and indeed appears eternally in the particular form that he does, head adorned with peacock feather, complexion like that of the monsoon rain cloud, bearing the flute as his constant companion. These things are all explained in the Bhagavad-gita (3.42): indriyani parany ahur. From the editions they had read, most of these persons had not realized there was a conclusion. As joy is at the heart of the life of the absolute, the person of Krishna represents the absolute in its ultimacy, enjoying intimately with those souls whose love knows no distinction between God’s desires and their own. This is hard to fathom even for those of us who had a hand in assisting him. While Bhaktivedanta Swami, our beloved Srila Prabhupada, continued to translate in spite of his failing health, his disciples worldwide distributed his books against all odds, accomplishing—with various shortcomings in terms of methodology—something truly remarkable. Although all agree that the rasa pancadhyaya (the five chapters discussing the rasa lila of Radha Krishna) constitute the essence of the work, without understanding the brahma-vimohana lila one cannot properly understand the rasa pancadhyaya. Out of more than fifty available translations that I am aware of, I know of no persons who, having become devotees of Sri Krishna, attribute their conversion to or inspiration for devotional life of Krishna bhakti to any of these translations. Acquaintance with Indian aesthetic theory and Vedanta philosophy as taught by Srila Rupa Goswami and represented by Srila Prabhupada in his Nectar of Devotion summary study reveals that, were one to enter all that the perfect object of love would embody into one’s computer, the print out would be the two syllables “kr, sna“, the asraya, or ultimate shelter described in Srimad Bhagavatam. Srila Prabhupada arrived in Boston Harbor in 1965 carrying with him several copies of his edition of the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. I hope I can take advantage of it. The defect of modern education is children are taught nonsense. In these three books he elaborately explained the devotional conclusion of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, fearing while doing so that he would not live long enough to complete the entire work of twelve cantos. Although the Bhagavatam is the most important work for the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, Caitanya-caritamrita brings out the deepest meaning of the Bhagavatam, as do the other works of the legendary Vrindavan Goswamis and their followers. Transitory emotions (sancari bhavas) include humility, madness, and a host of others. As he liked to say, quoting Napoleon, “Impossible is a word in a fools dictionary.” That we are—fools—to think that God and his representative must conform to our frame of reference in order to be validated. At that time he was already late in age at seventy years and his health hardly robust. He reasoned that the small clay drum used in congregational chanting could be heard only a short distance, while the big drum of the printing press could be heard around the world. Understanding God is not easy. So I went to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is and found some of the important slokas that pertained to the subject of the soul. Yours Vienna Meher Baba Oliver. Bhaktiratna Sadhu is a soul-Stirring Bhakti Yoga Speaker, Kirtaniya, and Master in the science of Hare Krishna Siddhi by Nitaibhakti (Nitainam Lekhan, Nitailila Kirtan, and Nitaiprem Vitaran) for many decades. It is indeed the original handbook of devotional life, and thus indispensable for anyone who cares to tread the bhakti-marga. As my Gurudeva Swami B.V. Tripurari says: “Real knowing is by going there.” Or in other words, one will really know what spiritual life is when one experiences it oneself. We can hardly imagine the position then of one such as our Srila Prabhupada, who—through his international campaign of book publishing—conducted the largest and longest kirtan in recorded history. Prabhupada appropriately termed it the science of bhakti yoga. Srila Prabhupda’s actions speak louder than my words in this regard. More impressive than the shear volume of its circulation, however, is the number of persons who, having read it, became devotees of Krishna themselves. His disciples working directly in the field of publishing in Prabhupada’s BBT, were producing one volume of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam rendering per month, no small task for a small crew of largely self-taught devotee publishers. In the Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna tells us something about himself. Srila Prabhupada gave us not less than fifty volumes, ornamented with all of the previously mentioned embellishments. In 1971 she travelled to India, where she met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement. The teachings and example of Sri Caitanya afford us a glimpse and ultimately access into the intimate social life of God, to the embrace of the personification of joy, Sri Krishna, who is God when he wants to be himself. The text discusses at length the abhideya, or means by which love of Krishna can be realized. We publish articles illuminating the philosophical conclusions of Gaudiya Vedanta, often by way of interfacing with other spiritual and philosophical traditions in a way that honors these traditions in their own right. In his vision, we glimpse a dynamic and living conception of what it means to engage in kirtan, the best remedial measure for our present times. This was indeed ambitious. Should the body die, the soul lives on, creating new bodies through which to express itself. I have many conversations with Traditionalists and Ritviks over the years on the internet. This body/soul metaphor leads naturally to the conclusion that book publishing, the soul of Srila Prabhupada, is more important than his corporate institution. Excerpts from classical Gaudiya texts, with and without commentaries, hosted by teachers with whom readers can interact and ask questions. While Srila Prabhupada completed his Gita edition, the Caitanya-caritamrita, Bhaktirasamrita-sindhu summary study, and a host of lesser works, as mentioned earlier, he did not complete his translation and commentary on Srimad Bhagavatam. This is the message of Srimad Bhagavatam, and this is what we are to learn from the person of Srila Prabhupada, the person Bhagavatam. Thank you, manasas tu para buddhir. Other than the books already mentioned, Srila Prabhupada also gave us a summary study of Srila Rupa Goswami’ s magnus opus, Bhaktirasamrita-sindhu. Without understanding Radha and Krishna’s love dance by way of hearing about it from the guru-parampara, which awakens aprakrita sraddha, these lilas will serve only as the uddipina vibhava for a life of lust. “The symptoms of a sadhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. All of the involuntary transformations (sattvika bhavas) are manifest, and the dominant emotion (stayi bhava) is either servitude, friendship, parental, or conjugal love. It is said that one should understand that he is Brahman, spirit soul. It is the special message of the Bhagavatam and thus the ideal of all Gaudiya Vaishnava institutions. Let us all offer our pranams at his lotus feet on this occasion, and pray that we may be blessed to take advantage of the literary legacy he has left behind. The transcendental relish of madhurya rasa, or conjugal love in relation to Sri Sri Radha Krishna is the zenith of transcendental culture. The anubhavas, or ensuant ecstasies, include ministering to the fallen souls. The soul is finer than intelligence. As Srila Prabhupada once said regarding the distribution of his books, “I do not think that ever before in the history of the world have so many books about God been distributed in such a short period of time.” Living in a spiritual bubble, I for one, and I know I speak for many others involved in the service of distributing his books, never thought he would leave us, not to speak of failing to complete his translation of Srimad Bhagavatam. Let us all offer our pranams at his lotus feet on this occasion, and pray that we may be blessed to take advantage of the literary legacy he has left behind. Wow! Srimad Bhagavatam is both Vedanta and bhakti: Bhaktivedanta. the last message in particular emphasizes to apply these teachings in one’s life “now”. His edition of the text, Bhagavad Gita As It Is, has sold more copies than any other translation to date. They planed to continue to publish at the same time one volume of Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam translation per month. It is not enough to exclaim, “Amar guru jagat guru!”—”My guru is the guru of the universe,” “My guru is best.” Even if it were so, that one guru could be objectively the “best,” and he or she was our guru, pointing this out in words says little to those who can see that such a guru’s disciples have themselves not experienced the truth he represents. It is not that other paths have no validity. To pacify those who illogically insist that all, even soul and God must ultimately answer to reason, we can further add that Vyasa was assisted in this enormous task by his disciples, Jaimini, Vaismpayana, etc. Srila Prabhupada gave us not less than fifty volumes, ornamented with all of the previously mentioned embellishments. And let us ask them to see the other institutions that have arisen and gained prominence due to Srila Prabhupada’s extensive preaching campaign as his vaibhava prakash, or expansions of his own form just suited to express his multidimensional personality in the diversity he so stressed spiritual life was about. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur says otherwise. If we know someone intimately, when they speak we will understand the intentions behind their words. Your email address will not be published. Spiritual though it may be, the institution is only so inasmuch as it conforms with and serves to facilitate the dissemination of the ideal embodied in the revealed scripture. They do not get the first point of knowledge, that I am pure spirit soul … This and more he did all in the course of writing the fifty plus books already mentioned, while seeing to their translation further into numerous languages and their distribution to the tune of 64,000,000 books by the time he left us in 1977. As soon as the living force, the soul, is gone from the body, even the most beautiful body has no value. Srila Prabhupada produced his books by speaking them into a dictaphone. Srila Prabhupada rendered the immortal Caitanya-caritamrita into seventeen English volumes. Without understanding Radha and Krishna’s love dance by way of hearing about it from the guru-parampara, which awakens aprakrita sraddha, these lilas will serve only as the uddipina vibhava for a life of lust. And in the embrace of one or another of these institutions, let us unite on the platform of the soul through the common tie we all have to the message of Srimad Bhagavatam, its philosophy and its ecstasy, both in its manifestation in literature and in the person of Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada’s phrase, “As It Is”, which he attached to the title of his Gita edition, is significant. This is the message of Srimad Bhagavatam, and this is what we are to learn from the person of Srila Prabhupada, the person Bhagavatam. Very profound metaphor. Published on All rights reserved. As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The uddipana vibhava or stimulus of this experience is the sound of the drum, or in the dynamic sense the sound of the booting of the brhat mridunga, Macintosh or Windows. We can hardly imagine the position then of one such as our Srila Prabhupada, who—through his international campaign of book publishing—conducted the largest and longest kirtan in recorded history. Required fields are marked *. News from around the world with an emphasis on alternative press that is especially relevant to spiritual practitioners. His disciples working directly in the field of publishing in Prabhupada’s BBT, were producing one volume of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam rendering per month, no small task for a small crew of largely self-taught devotee publishers. From the editions they had read, most of these persons had not realized there was a conclusion. It is the special message of the Bhagavatam and thus the ideal of all Gaudiya Vaishnava institutions. Falling ill in the spring of 1977, Srila Prabhupada continued to translate in his labor of love the work that is the foundation of Gaudiya Vaishnavism as well as its penthouse sweet. Although all agree that the rasa pancadhyaya (the five chapters discussing the rasa lila of Radha Krishna) constitute the essence of the work, without understanding the brahma-vimohana lila one cannot properly understand the rasa pancadhyaya. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura’s insight with regard to the printing press and its relationship with spontaneous love was novel. So we like to hear of Srimati Radharani from Srila Prabhupada. The transcendental relish of madhurya rasa, or conjugal love in relation to Sri Sri Radha Krishna is the zenith of transcendental culture. Out of more than fifty available translations that I am aware of, I know of no persons who, having become devotees of Sri Krishna, attribute their conversion to or inspiration for devotional life of Krishna bhakti to any of these translations. In honor of Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami’s 32nd tirobhava (disappearance day): If, as Srila Prabhupada had said, his International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) was his body, I venture to assert that book publishing was his soul. He started a spiritual revolution wherein devotion, simplicity and compassion became the direction for living. Now George is practically converted and he is only preaching about Krishna, and he has done that from the beginning." Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami (IAST: Abhaya Caraṇāravinda Bhakti-vedānta Svāmī; 1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) or Srila Prabhupada, born Abhay Charan De, was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder-acharya (preceptor) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the "Hare Krishna Movement". Now, your question was what to do “without the spiritual master.” Without the spiritual master you cannot be, at any stage of your life. Srila Prabhupada Quotes on Book Distribution Here is a collection of quotes from Srila Prabhupada about the importance of book distribution. Very urgent message. This work is based squarely upon the Srimad Bhagavatam‘s rasa theology. Such is the fruit of adherence to the Bhagavata Purana that Sri Caitanya held so dear and that was the very life of Srila Prabhupada, that which he embodied. Author of Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, KṚṢṆA and many other English Versions of Vedic literature. Yet I know thousands of devotees who are quick to point to Srila Prabhupada’s edition as a major factor in the unfolding of their sraddha, their faith. Hearing about them through the life and teaching of a mahabhagavata the likes of Srila Prabhupada on the other hand, will stimulate the highest love of God. And it is because the absolute is such that he is depicted and indeed appears eternally in the particular form that he does, head adorned with peacock feather, complexion like that of the monsoon rain cloud, bearing the flute as his constant companion. I can feel the potency in this piece of writing. And let us ask them to see the other institutions that have arisen and gained prominence due to Srila Prabhupada’s extensive preaching campaign as his vaibhava prakash, or expansions of his own form just suited to express his multidimensional personality in the diversity he so stressed spiritual life was about. Faill: Is it a question of just understanding it? The path of spontaneous love is open to all by the mercy of Sri Caitanya. The reality of Srila Prabhupada’s greatness will be realized only by those who seek experiential spiritual life, and not mere theory. It is in the brahma-vimohana lila more than anywhere else that the truth of the ultimacy of Sri Krishna is established. Understanding the brahma-vimohana lila, one can proceed with the required adhikara: aprakrita sraddha, or transcendental faith in the supremacy of Sri Krishna, and thereby take advantage of the love lila of Radha Krishna described in the rasa pancadhyaya. This was published in India in three volumes. The Krsna means all-attractive. From deep within transcendence Sri Caitanya’s missionaries return here to tell us more about the world of transcendence and the possibilities that lie there, beyond the mere cessation of material existence and reverential love of God. Such is the fruit of adherence to the Bhagavata Purana that Sri Caitanya held so dear and that was the very life of Srila Prabhupada, that which he embodied. In the language of His Divine Grace, “Books are the basis.”. His reason for this was to protect the eternal teachings and insure their dissemination, should the body of his formal society become diseased. 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