All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!

Founder Acharaya His Divine Grace Srila Promode Puri Thakura

The e-magazine of Sri Gopinath Issue No.28 February 2021 DHARMA President & Acharaya His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhayan Goswami Maharaja

In this issue:

About Lord Caitanya and Caitanya Bhagavt 2 Srila Narottam Das Thakur’s Devotion 5 Glories of Maghi Purnima 6

Srila Narottam Das Thakur – An Inspiration 7 Selected Instructions of Srila Prabhupada 8 Schedule of Gaura Purnima celebrations March 2021 9

We are so fortunate to have received this rare human form, yet, many people don’t value this precious gift. They are busy serving their seses constantly. One must serve the son of Saci, Lord Caitanya and always remember Him through the chanting of the Hare Mahamantra till the last breath, thereby achieve the highest perfection of this human form of life.

In the Service of Sri Krishna 's Mission,

His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhayan Goswami Maharaja President, Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math

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ABOUT LORD CAITANYA AND The Supreme Lord instructed everyone to CAITANYA BHAGAVT hear and chant Krishna Nama, the Mahamantra with joy and devotion. by Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Hare Krñëa Hare Krñëa Krñëa Krñëa Hare Hare Hare Räma Hare Räma Räma Räma Hare Hare Thakur

The Supreme Lord said, “I have given you Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Thakur the Mahamantra. Now, go and chant this and wrote the following in the introduction of Sri you shall attain all perfection. Chant this Chaitanya Bhagavat published by Sri Mahamantra all the time; there are no fixed Chaitanya Gaudiya Math: rules and regulations in this regard.” (CB

Madhya 23.95-78). The one and only object of worship in the

Kali-yuga is Lord Krishna in the mood and Mahaprabhu then gave the flower garlands complexion of Sri . In other words, His from His own neck to everyone, and inside is dark in color (Krishna) and His instructed them, “Go and sing the name of outside is golden (Gaura). The Supreme Sri Krishna. Chant the name of Krishna, serve Lord Gaurasundara is the combined form of Krishna, and sing the names of Krishna. Do Sri Radha Madhava. The main way of not think of anything other than Krishna. If worshiping Him is through chanting the everyone has love for Me, then do not sing mantra consisting of 16 names and 32 anything other than the names of Krishna. syllables. The chanting of the Holy Names is Think of Krishna and chant His names while the means of salvation in the Kali-yuga. For lying down, while eating, and while awake. this reason, Sri Sacinandana descended to (CB Madhya 28.25-28). this world.

It is explained in the sahasranäma stotra Lord Gauracandra descended for promoting (verse 75) of the that Lord the congregational chanting of the Holy will take sannyasa, be free from Names. This is explained in the Bhagavatam material attachments, will be exclusively and is the essence of all truths. absorbed in love for Krishna, and resolutely

fixed in the great sacrifice of chanting the During Dvapara Yuga, people worshiped names of Hari. He will be opposed to the the Supreme Lord in temples, to achieve self- misconceptions of the impersonalist realization. The Supreme Lord is worshiped philosophers and will always be feeling by various scriptural instructions in the Kali ecstatic devotional sentiments. Yuga as well. In Kali Yuga, the Supreme Lord descends with a fair complexion and is Srila Das Thakur has explained worshiped by intelligent people through the that Veda Vyasa described that the Lord will chanting of His holy Names. He is descend in the form of a sannyasi. The entire accompanied by His associates, the panca- community of vaishnavas knows that the tattva, in this incarnation. (SB 11.5.31-32) infallible words of Veda Vyasa came true in

the form of the appearance of the brahmin, The infallible process of salvation in this age Lord Visvambhara, Sri Chaitanya of Kali Yuga is the congregational chanting Mahaprabhu. (CB Madhya 28. 166-167). of the Holy Names. This was broadcast by the Lord in His form of Chaitanya Narayana. In Vrindavan Das Thakur’s description of In order to establish the process of Mahaprabhu’s sannyasa life, he says that congregational chanting, the Supreme Lord Mahaprabhu was often totally unstable, appeared along with all His associates. (CB relishing the nectar of divine love. He was Antya 2.22-27).

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always overcome with divine ecstasy; He Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur has written, “On was crying, and His body trembled. He was the day of uttaräyana-sankrama, in this state sometimes during the day, and Mahaprabhu will ascertain that He will take sometimes at night. Feeling divine sannyasa.” (CB Madhya 18.9). inspiration and detachment from the world, Mahaprabhu’s shaved His head clean while Sankrama is when the sun enters the He was in a state of divine ecstasy, following beginning of a räçi. When the Sun enters the tradition of the renounced order of life. Karkat räçi. (Cancer) it is known as Subsequently, after taking a bath in the daksinäyana. When the Sun enters Makar Ganga, Mahaprabhu went to Srila Kesava räçi (Capricorn), it is known as Uttarayana. Bharati, His guru. Mahaprabhu said, “I saw a In every solar year, there is one day when great personality in my dream. He gave me the Sun enters daksinäyana and one day the sannyasa mantra in my ear. See what it when it enters into uttaräyana. The day is.” In this way, He told the mantra in the ear when the Sun goes from Dhanu räçi. of Kesava Bharati and made him His disciple. (Sagittarius) to Makar räçi is known as the Great wonder came in the mind of Kesava uttaräyana sankrama.” Bharati, who said, “This is the great Mahamantra; what is unknown to You?” Sri Gaurasundar made His desire of taking According to the instruction of Mahaprabhu, sannyasa known to Sri Sri Nityananda Kesava Bharati then told the mantra to Prabhu, Srila Gadadhar Pandit Gosvami, Mahaprabhu. Then the four directions filled Srila Chandrasekhara Acharya, Srila with the sound of the Holy Names as Mukunda Datta and Srila Brahmananda Mahaprabhu took sannyasa. (CB Madhya Bharati at Chandrasekhara Acharya’s house 28.155-160). in Sridham Mayapur. It was in this very place that the Chaitanya Math was established in In this way, Sriman Mahaprabhu wore the 1918, and where Srila Prabhupada took reddish garments of a renunciate, holding a sannyasa following in the footsteps of the staff in His hand. Srila Kesava Bharati Avanti Brahmin, as described in the Srimad thought what name could be given for Bhagavatam (canto 11, chapter 23). Such Mahaprabhu. Although He would have the vaishnava sannyasa is present in southern title Bharati as He was Kesava Bharati’s India’s Sampradaya to this day. disciple, it was still not necessarily applicable to Him. The goddess, Suddha Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami has described Sarasvati appeared on Kesava Bharati’s in the Hari Bhakti Vilasa that he is the tongue and said, “You made the world say, disciple of Prabodhananda Saraswati who is ‘Krishna’ and thus, awakened a tridandi sannyasi in the Ramanuja line. Srila consciousness. Thus, Your name will be Sri has written his Krishna Caitanya since, the whole world commentary, the Digdarsini Tika to this became fortunate because of You.” book, Hari Bhakti Vilasa. Vaishnavas from all four directions filled the atmosphere with the Holy Names and Srila Prabodhananda Saraswati was the chanting the glories of Mahaprabhu. uncle of Gopala Bhatta; he was the elder brother of Gopala Bhatta’s father, Venkata Srila Kaviraja Goswami has written, “At the Bhatta of Sri Rangakshetra. Some people, out end of His 24 years of age in the month of of ignorance, think of him to be Kashi’s Magh during the waxing moon phase, Prakasananda Saraswati. This cannot be Mahaprabhu took sannyasa.” (CC Madhya true. How can he who was a Sannyasi in the 3.3). Ramanuja line two years earlier become Kashi’s Mayavadi sannyasi Prakashananda

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Saraswati? This cannot be correct logically or so eager to hear the last pastimes of historically. Mahaprabhu and after getting the agya mala from Sri Sri Radha Madangopal, Krishnadas Vrindavan Das Thakur has explained how Kaviraj Goswami began writing the Caitanya Mahaprabhu told the great devotee Murari Caritamrta. He described Vrindavan Das as Gupta that Mayavada, the false conception the Vyasa of Caitanya Lila. that God and the infinitesimal individual soul are one and the same is a totally wrong Vrindavan Das Thakur first glorifies the philosophy that is opposed to the devotional devotees and says that that is how he knows service of the Lord. Srila Kaviraja Goswami that his writing of the book will be has also explained how Prakashananda successful. (CB Adi 1.10). The mercy of the Saraswati became a devotee by the Lord follows the mercy of the devotees. inconceivable mercy of Mahaprabhu. But neither Kaviraja Goswami nor Vrindavan The Supreme Lord says, “One who criticizes Das Thakur have explained that Gopal My devotees but worships Me and takes My Bhatta’s guru, the author of Sri Caitanya Name will have to face obstacles. Those who Candramrta and Sri Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi, love My devotees will surely attain Me.” and Prakashananda Saraswati are one and Those who do not worship the devotees of the same. Vishnu but worship only Vishnu are proud and do not get the mercy of Vishnu. Many people offend Sri Nityananda Prabhu who is non-different from Baladeva. Then, Vrindavan Das Thakur glorifies Vrindavan Das Thakur has repeated six Nityananda Prabhu: “All glories to times for emphasis, “I kick the head of the Nityananda Ray through whose mercy the sinner who rejects Nityananda.” glories of Caitanya become manifest. Whoever has crossed the ocean of material I am requesting the readers to carefully read existence and who is in the ocean of the commentaries on these verses by Srila devotion, let them all serve Nitaicanda. (CB Prabhupada. Nobody other than the Adi 9.219, 221). devotees can understand that Vrindavan Das Thakur’s apparently harsh words actually Then again he said, through the mercy of show the greatest compassion on ignorant Caitanya, one gets the mercy of Nityananda persons. Only when the soul gets the mercy and by knowing Nityananda, one faces no of great devotees is it possible to understand more problems. that he is the eternal servant of the servant of the servant of Krishna. Then it may be At first, this book was known as Caitanya possible for one to understand the actual Mangal. When Lochan Das Thakur’s position of Vrindavan Das Thakur. Caitanya Mangal began being sung, Vrindavan Das Thakur changed the name of Chaitanya Bhagavat, Adi khanda, discusses his book to Sri Caitanya Bhagavat. Kaviraj His appearance, childhood, and pilgrimage Goswami describes that it is Chaitanya who to Gaya. Madhya khanda discusses kirtan is speaking through the mouth of Vrindavan pastimes, up to the Lord’s acceptance of Das Thakur. sannyasa. Antya khanda discusses His divine ecstasy in Puri Dham. Srila Prabhupada has written, “Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat describes the first half of Srila Krsna das Kaviraj Goswami has Mahaprabhu’s life and the Sri Caitanya wholeheartedly glorified Vrindavan Das Caritamrta describes the second half. My Thakur in many places in his book, Caitanya request to the readers is to read the Caitanya Caritamrta. The devotees of Vrindavan were Bhagavat objectively. After that, it is certain

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that the reader will be attracted to read the In spite of whatever family a vaishnava is Caitanya Caritamrta. This is the perfection of born in, a vaishnava is supreme as explained the spiritual life of the reader. This is my in all scriptures. One who sees a vaishnava request to the reader.” according to his birth will die in low births. (CB Madhya 10.100, 102) I hope that all those desiring eternal auspiciousness will read this book which I ask the readers again and again to read Sri presents the essence of the teachings of the Caitanya Bhagavat along with the Gaudiya Gita and Bhagavatam in simple language. It Bhasya commentary of Srila Prabhupada. will be the source of happiness for even Through that commentary, the readers shall those who do not have much education. achieve a wealth of knowledge about pure devotion as it is found in the scriptures. The descriptions of Nabadwip before the advent of Sri Chaitanya are worth Servant of the vaishnavas, mentioning. At that time in history the mass Bhakti Pramode Puri Swami of people did not understand devotion to Krishna. Only material gains were cultivated, From the book Life of Lord Caitanya (unpublished) and people were totally addicted to meat by HDG Srila Bhakti Bibudha Bodhayan Goswami and alcohol. Thus, the environment was overwhelmed by the mode of ignorance. SRILA NAROTTAM THAKUR’S In that society, the acts of the non-Hindus DEVOTION were also disturbing. They would regularly destroy all the Hindu temples and deities Srila Narottam Das Thakur, who gave his life wherever they found them. to Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who showed his

devotion and loyalty to Srila In such a corrupt time, Mahaprabhu in verses like this, descended and bestowed fearlessness to everyone. He said, “Those who offend my çré-caitanya-mano’bhéñöaà devotees and who are intoxicated with sthäpitaà yena bhü-tale knowledge, wealth, high birth and so’yaà rüpaù kadä mahyaà austerities will be bereft in this age. They will dadäti sva-padäntikam not accept Me. My Name will be established in as many villages as there are in the world.” When will Srila Rupa Goswami, who

established Sri Caitanya In order to respect the pure devotees, Mahaprabhu’s heart-felt desires on Vrindavan Das Thakur has roared like a lion this earth, give me a place at his lotus when appropriate. He strongly spoke out feet? (Prema-bhakti-candrikä, 2). against the non-devotional brahmin community, quoting sastra that demons will When that Sri Rupa defined devotion as the take birth in brahmin families, and that absence of any desire other than pure seeing or touching such people is unadulterated service to Krishna, and prohibited; on the other hand, vaishnavas condemned the desires for sense purify the three worlds. (CB Adi 300-304). gratification and liberation as “witches”

contaminating the heart, He has also explained how one should be who sang very careful against vaishnava aparädha. gorä pahuì nä bhajiyä moinu One will be bereft of good fortune if he prema-ratana-dhana heläya häräinu (1) engages in committing offenses against adhane jatana kori’ dhana teyäginu vaishnavas. (CB Madhya 22.52). äpana karama-doñe äpani òubinu (2)

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I have wasted my life by not çrémad-rüpa-padämbhoja-dhüliù syäm worshiping the lotus feet of Lord janma-janmani Gauranga. Due to my own negligence I have lost the treasury of With bunches of straw in my teeth, I love of God. I took pleasure in repeatedly pray that I might take birth accumulating insignificant objects again and again as a particle of dust and rejected the real wealth. Due to at the lotus feet of Srila Rupa my own misdeeds I am now Goswami. drowning in the ocean of material existence. We also pray that we may follow in the footsteps of Narottama Das Thakur and seek By tasting the songs found in his books the dust of our spiritual master, the best of Prema-bhakti-candrikä and Prärthanä, one the followers of Sri Rupa Goswami. puts an end to the frantic dance of material desire. And yet the Prakrita Sahajiyas have Compiled by the editor transformed the site of his Prematoli into one of material desires. Just see the powerful GLORIES OF MAGHI PURNIMA influence of this age of Kali. Magha Purnima, also known as Maghi All Gaudiya Vaishnavas consider Prema- Purnima is the full moon day of the month of bhakti-candrikä and Prärthanä to be Magh according to the Hindu calender. This authoritative scriptures, but there are some year it will be celebrated on 27 February songs in Prärthanä that may be 2021. According to Brahma Vaivarta Purana, interpolated. Therefore, the Caitanya Lord Vishnu resides in the water on Ganges Gaudiya Math edition of these two books on this day. Hence, it is believed that mere only follows the text authorized by our touching the holy water of Ganges on this acharyas. day provides one salvation. It is also believed that Lord Vishnu is most happy Srila Vishwanath Chakravarti Thakur has when a person takes a bath in the holy rivers written a commentary to Prema- on this day. Even fasts, donations or charities bhakti-candrikä, and Srinivas Acharya’s don’t impress him as much. grandson, Radha Mohan Thakur, wrote a partial commentary on some of the songs On the day of Maghi Purnima, a person from Prärthanä n his Padämåta-samudra.1 should wake up early and take bath in a nearby river before sunrise. After this, a Our most worshipable Gurudeva, Srila person should worship Lord Vishnu. Taking Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur included a bath in Ganga river, donations and Narottam Das’s name in the Bhagavata-guru- religious activities are considered to be very parampara. Srila Prabhupada considered his important throughout the month of Magh. two books to be the life blood of the Every day of this month is considered to be Gaudiya Vaishnavas. He used to say that auspicious. According to çastra, taking a from his childhood he had always kept these bath in any river during this period is as books for his daily reading. auspicious as taking a bath in Ganga river. Taking a bath in Prayag is considered to be ädadänas tåëaà dantair idaà yäce punaù most auspicious in Magh month. It is punaù believed that a person is freed from all kinds

1 This is one of the earlier collections of Gaudiya 18th century. Altogether, the collection has 760 Vaishnava Padävalé, dating from the beginning of the songs, 228 of which were composed by Radha Mohan Thakur himself.

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of sins and problems if he takes a bath in the Gaur-Nityananda. After completing his Ganga on this day. education, he departed to Vrindavana in the search of Lord and His devotees. On this day thousands of Hindu devotees perform the ritualistic bath at the Triveni Upon arriving Mathura, first he offered his Sangam in Prayag. The famous Kumbha prayers to Yamuna devi. Then he came to Mela also takes place on this day, once every Vrindavana, and secretly served Lokanath 12 years. Goswami Maharaj for a year. He was very down to earth and humble. He used to clean For Gaudiya vaishnavas, Maghi Purnima the place where Lokanath Goswami used to holds special significance. It is the divine perform ablutions, and maintain it very appearance day of the great vaishnava neatly for him to use the next day. After a acharya Srila Narottam Das Thakur. year, Lokanath Goswami showered his mercy upon Narottam Thakur and offered Compiled by the editor him shelter as his disciple, on full moon of the Sravana month.

SRILA NAROTTAM DAS THAKUR – There onwards, he used to sing melodious AN INSPIRATION bhajans in Vrindavan and pursued his chanting by the mercy of his Gurudev. He akumära-brahmacäri sarva-tértha-darshi extensively devoted himself in preaching the parama-bhägavatottamah srila-narottama- message of Sriman Mahaprabhu throughout däsa the lands, as ordered by . Throughout his journey he has clarified, A brahmacäri for his entire life, Narottama motivated and inspired the minds of the Das visited all the places of pilgrimage. He masses into the worship of almighty Sri was on the highest platform of devotional , through his compassionate achievement. nature, willingness to spread the ultimate knowledge, undertaking the scriptures of Narottam das thakur appeared in this the as the core. material world on sukla pancami of Magha month. Throughout his life, he was Narottam Thakur was a pure devotee of the extremely devoted in the worship of the divine Lord, one such example is the Khetri divine couple Sri Sri Radha Krishna. Festival. In these few days of this festival, people witnessed the glory of Narottam Born in the royal household of King Thakur. The days started and ended with Krishnananda and Narayani devi, Narottam beautiful ärati of Sri Radha-Krishna; and thakur’s birth was accompanied with various other times with Narottam Thakur and other auspicious omens. He was an ideal child to vaishnavas drowning into the nectar of his parents, teachers and the society. But, at devotion through their kirtans. Ecstasy-filled a very early age in life, Narottama Thakur festival ended and by then Narottam Thakur understood the value of bhagvad-bhajan had become eminent. After this, one day he (all the degrees and material knowledge of visited to Sri Vipradas brahmna in world is meaningless if we do not chant the Gopalpura, where he welcomed Narottam name of Lord). He used to sing - “Hari Hari Thakur very respectfully. Now, he had to kobe hobe vrindavanväsi, nayane offer him some food, for which he needed to niraukhibo jugal rupa räçi”, meaning, when go into his grain storehouse, where a snake will Lord have mercy upon me and I’ll be resided. Out of fear, he confessed the matter blessed to reside in Vrindavan? When will in front of Narottam Das, to which he smiled these eyes witness the sight of glorious Sri and said him to relax. He opened the

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storehouse and the snake vanished. gola We should not think about anything of this hoite priya sheh sri gaursundara, krode aile material world. We should think about hailo sarb nayan gochara- Everone was Supreme Lord and His associates, for The smitten by this. When Narottama das Thakur Supreme Lord Sri Krishna is the absolute came out of the storehouse, he held the idols truth in reality. of Gaur-Vishnupriya in his lap. He established this deity in Khetri village and How can we attain auspiciousness? today it can be found at Gambhala. Sri Gaurasundara along with His associates is With many such wonders, noble deeds, our object of worship. The Supreme Lord euphonious kirtans and chanting, Narottam cannot be served and worshiped without His Thakur spent his life in the service of the devotees. There is no alternative to the living lotus feet of merciful Lord. entities’ gaining auspiciousness apart from Prarthana and Prema-bhakti-candrika are serving the guru and vaishnavas. Copying two of his most famous works. He also the actions of the guru and vaishnavas does composed many sweet melodies for bhajans not bestow auspiciousness upon the living and his work held glorifications of Lord entities; auspicious is attained by following Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sri Krishna. in their footsteps. Copying the actions of Krishna is totally unjustified for the living On Krishna pancami during Kartik, he took entities. Copying Krishna ends up in Samadhi in the river Ganga, and took abode unauthorized lineages like aul and baul in the service of Sri sri Radha-Krishna for apasampradayas. There is no other way than ever. to call out to the Supreme Lord; Gaurasundara has no other opinion and the Hare Krñëa Hare Krñëa Krñëa Krñëa Hare Hare vaishnavas have no other opinion. Hare Räma Hare Räma Räma Räma Hare Hare Auspiciousness can only be attained through chanting the Holy Names. If one doesn’t like My prayers at the lotus feet of the divine that chanting the Holy Names, then how can couple Sri Sri Radha Krishna and Srila he/she attain auspiciousness. Gurudev. Who is Gurudeva? By Sri Raseshwari Devi Dasi Although Gurudeva is Krishna himself, he is most dear to Krishna. We need guru-pada- SELECTED INSTRUCTIONS OF padma even more than we need Krishna. Sri SRILA PRABHUPADA Gaurasundara is the guru of all gurus. He BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASWATI taught us that although the Gurudeva is non- different from Krishna, the main truth of the THAKUR guru is that he is here in his form as a devotee. Sri Gurudeva is dear to Krishna and Can anyone be made a vaishnava? is the supreme among the vaishnavas. He is the king of devotees. He is the Supreme Lord Nobody can become or be made a in the form of the servant (seva-vigraha), as vaishnava. All living entities in the world are well as the shelter (açraya-vigraha). He is vaishnavas in the sense that they are servants neither the object of the worship (viñaya- of Lord Vishnu. This identity has to be vigraha) nor the enjoyer (bhokta), as realized through the association of the Lord’s Krishna is. devotees. Compiled from Upadesamrta of Srila Prabhupada, by What must we think about? Srila Bodhayan Swami

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VAISHNAVA FESTIVALS: MARCH 2021

Date Festival

4 March The 148th divine appearance day festival of Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad 9 March Vijaya Ekadashi 12 March Sri Sri Shivarathri 14 March Disappearance day of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami, and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj. 19 March Commencement of Gaura Purnima celebrations and the parikrama at Sri Gopinath Gaudiya Math 22 March Gaura Navami - Adhivas festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama 25 March Disappearance day of Sripad Madhavendra Puri 28 March Sri Gaura Purnima - Divine appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabu

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