Atibaia
– In this Kali-yuga, it’s not so easy to arrange a program in your own home, as many problems and obstacles arise.
– All of you, from morning till night, are running after Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, which makes me reflect that you must not be ordinary people.
– Because if we invite other people, they respond that they don’t have time, among other various excuses.
– Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu predicted that one day people would be running after Him and one day everyone will chant the sweet Holy Names.
– Sloka: pṛthivīte āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma… (CC Antya-lila 1.117).
– Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu promised that in this Kali-yuga, He would liberate everyone from this material world.
– Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura called himself the sweeper of the marketplace of the Holy Names, in the sense of cleansing the contamination of the sahajiyas sakhi-bhekis.
– If you want to chant the pure Holy Names you must follow the four principles.
– Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote his own biography recounting that at midnight he used to go from village to village preaching through his suddha-harinama.
– Regarding the incident where Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura was returning from his nama-hatha, riding a very beautiful horse, and he entered a very dense forest.
– The encounter between Maya Devi (direct incarnation of Kali) and Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
– Where the pure Holy Names of the Lord are chanted, Maya Devi cannot remain in that place.
– If you chant the Holy Names, all your problems will be solved.
– Srila Gurudeva recommends chanting the song: Hari Bole Modera Gaura Elo.
– Especially in this Kali-yuga, chanting the Holy Names is very powerful.
– When we chant the Holy Names, even ghosts and witches will run away.
