14/01/24 morning – The Glories of Nityananda Prabhu (English) – Mexico city, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja

  • We must read the books of the Six Gosvamis to understand what the life of bhaktas is like.
  • He who has Guru-nistha (faith in the Guru) can get out of the wheel of samsara.
  • Sloka: prathamaṃ tu guruṃ pūjya tataś caiva mamārcanam kurvan siddhim avāpnoti hy anyathā niṣphalaṃ bhavet (Hari Bhakti Vilasa 4.344).
  • Lila of a person questioning Nityananda Prabhu’s behaviour, telling Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu that he had faith in Him, but not in Nityananda.
  • Caitanya Mahaprabhu explains that Nityananda is totally beyond rules and regulations.
  • Sloka: bhagavān api tā rātṛīḥ śāradotphulla-mallikāḥ vīkṣya rantuṁ manaś cakre yoga-māyām upāśritaḥ (Srimad Bhagavatam 10.29.1).
  • The gopis are the internal potency of Sri Krsna.
  • Nityananda-tattva is akanda-guru-tattva.
  • Lila from when Nityananda Prabhu asked Srila Jiva Gosvami to go to Vrndavana.
  • In Navadvipa Dhama, the name of the rasa dance is nama-sankirtana.
  • Stories about Jiva Gosvami’s philosophical learning from his teachers and masters.
  • Lila from Parvati and Siva talking about why he came to preach the mayavada philosophy in the form of Sankara Acharya.
  • Story of when Srila Rupa Gosvami was writing the Bhakta Rasamrita Sindhu and Vallabhacharya wanted to correct his text, but Jiva Gosvami intervened in defense of his Guru.
  • Caitanya Mahaprabhu says that the essence of all religion is to give mercy to all living entities.
  • Sloka: jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyā m (Srimad Bhagavatam 19.14.3).
  • Rupa Gosvami wrote many high granthas and Jiva Gosvami commented on many of them.
  • Lila das gopis asking Sri Krsna’s flute who her guru is.
  • A beautiful song by Vraja about the gopis and the flute of Sri Krsna and explanations about Vraja’s customs.
  • Dhyana mulam Guru murti puja mulam Guru padam mantra mulam Guru vakyam morsha mulam Guru kripa (Guru Gita – Skanda Purana Dialogue between Siva and Uma/Parvati).
  • Srimati Radhika is bhakti-param Guru.

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