14 Jan 2024 morning – The Glories of Nityananda Prabhu (English) – Mexico City, Mexico | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
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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).
