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Devotional Quotient ISSUE 004 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 2 DEVOTIONAL QUOTIENT Rekindling The Spiritual Spark PAGE 0 DEVOTIONAL 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 QUOTIENT DEVOTIONAL QUOTIENT His Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad What’s the goal of the magazine Devotional Quotient is a sincere effort inspired by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, to present a cultural magazine to inspire the youth devotees to Krishna Consciousness. Our Endeavor is: 1. To help all the people discern reality from illusion spirit from matter, the eternal from the temporary 2. To expose the faults of materialism Pancha Tattva Deity Painting. 3. To offer guidance in the Vedic techniques of spiritual life 4. To preserve and spread the Vedic culture SPECIAL SUMMER EDITION! 5. To celebrate the chanting of the holy names of God as taught by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu SHAURYA RAMESH KUMAR Prayers oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya 6. To help every living-being remember and see jñānāñjana-śalākayā This summer, a group of teachers cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena Sri Krishna, The Personality of Godhead. tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ have made the effort to start a I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master summer class, taking advantage of opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my the current prohibiting situation to respectful obeisances unto him. bring Krishna Consciousness to nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale people across the globe. srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine namas te saraswate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvishesha-shunyavadi-pashchatya-desha-tarine These classes offer the opportunity to educate children and parents on I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord the glories of the Lord. These classes Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet. Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, cover the story of the Ramayana and servant of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami. You are that of significant personalities from kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with the Srimad Bhagavatam. impersonalism and voidism. sri-krishna-chaitanya prabhu-nityananda As well as that, these classes offer a sri-advaita gadadhara srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrinda plethora of other fun and engaging activities, including yoga, cooking, I offer my obeisances to Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu For monthly subscriptions, please mail us at Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Gadadhara, Srivasa and all others [email protected] artwork and more. in the line of devotion. PAGE 1 HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE DEVOTIONAL 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 QUOTIENT By the Divine Mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada (Founder Acharya of ISKCON – International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Dedication: We humbly offer the “Devotional Quotient” to the compassionate hands of His Holiness Bhakti Bhringa Govinda Swami Maharaj. He has been instrumental in inspiring and guiding not only our young devotees but many others all over the world with his benevolent and encouraging words. Year after year he has personally spoken to them about the importance of going deep into Krishna Consciousness. We thank him and hope that he will be happy to read the various contributions from all the children. PAGE 2 HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE DEVOTIONAL 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 QUOTIENT Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Words of Wisdom From the origin SLOKA OF THE MONTH gurv-arthe tyakta-rājyo vyacarad anuvanaṁ padma-padbhyāṁ priyāyāḥ pāṇi-sparśākṣamābhyāṁ mṛjita-patha-rujo yo harīndrānujābhyām vairūpyāc chūrpaṇakhyāḥ priya-viraha- ruṣāropita-bhrū-vijṛmbha- trastābdhir baddha-setuḥ khala-dava- dahanaḥ kosalendro ’vatān naḥ To keep the promise of His father intact, Lord Rāmacandra immediately gave up the position of king and, accompanied by His wife, mother Sītā, wandered from one forest to another on His lotus feet, which were so delicate that they were unable to bear even the touch of Sītā’s palms. The Lord was also accompanied by Hanumān [or by another monkey, Sugrīva], king of the monkeys, and by His own younger brother Lord Lakṣmaṇa, both of whom gave Him relief from the fatigue of wandering in the forest. Having cut off the nose and ears of Śūrpaṇakhā, thus disfiguring her, the Lord was separated from mother Sītā. He therefore became angry, moving His eyebrows and thus frightening the ocean, who then allowed the Lord to construct a bridge to cross the ocean. Subsequently, the Lord entered the kingdom of Rāvaṇa to kill him, like a fire devouring a forest. May that Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra, give us all protection. S.B 9.10.4 Artwork by: Mrs Bela Bhatt PAGE 3 HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE DEVOTIONAL 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 QUOTIENT Vaishnav Acharyas Each issue of Devotional Quotient will include one of these pages. We would like to dedicate these to our previous Acharyas. We must glorify our previous Acharyas so that we can learn from them and spread Krishna Consciousness in their footsteps. Each monthly edition will include one of these pages where we slowly go up the vaishnava Parampara. This time continuing to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Maharaj Sri Sachidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura appeared in 1838 in a wealthy family in the Nadia district, West Bengal and was named Kedarnatha. He revealed that he is an eternal associate of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by his extraordinary preaching activities and prolific writing. Living as a maha bhagavata Vaisnava, he stayed in the grihastha ashram until the last few years of his life. Then he renounced everything, and entered samadhi, totally absorbed in the loving service of Gaura-Gadadhara and Radha-Madhava. • He had a responsible government position as the District Magistrate (high court judge), maintained a Krishna conscious family, and wrote almost one hundred books on Krishna consciousness. • He had ten sons and he always prayed to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Maharaj Krishna that he wanted at least one son who would be a pure devotee of Krishna. And Always anxious to use every moment in loving Lord Krishna blessed him with service of Krishna, he followed a strict austere Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, who was daily schedule: a staunch devotee and a powerful preacher. 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Rest (two hours) One of his disciples was AC Bhaktivedanta 10 p.m.-4 a.m. Write Swami Prabhupada. 4 a.m.-4:30 a.m. Rest • Kedaranatha took formal Vaishnava 4:30 a.m.-7 a.m. Chant Japa initiation from Bipin Bihari Goswami, who 7 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Correspondence was descended from the Jahnava family of 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Study sastras Baghnapara. Within a few years after his 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Bath,prasadam initiation, Kedaranatha was awarded by the (half-liter milk, fruit, 2 chapatis) Vaishnavas the title "Srila Bhaktivinoda 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Court Duties Thakura" in appreciation for his tireless 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Refresh at home propagation of the philosophy of devotion 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Court Duties (bhakti) to Sri Krishna. 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Translate Sanskrit sastras • He used to go to Navadvipa and search for to Bengali Jaganath Das Babaji Maharaj - Shiksha Guru of the birthsite of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Bath,prasadam (half-liter Bhaktivinod Thakur. exact location of which had been lost in milk, rice, 2chapatis) time. One night he was sitting on the roof of Summary Daily Schedule: the Rani Dharmasala in Navadvipa chanting Sleep 3 hours on his beads, when he spotted in the distance Write 8.5 hours a very tall tala tree; near the tree was a small Japa,study 4.5 hours building that gave off a remarkable Work 6 hours effulgence. • In 1887 he discovered that the place he'd Biographers list three major preaching achievements seen from the dharmasala rooftop was in fact of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura: the birthplace of Mahaprabhu. This was (1) Wrote 100 authorized spiritual books. confirmed by Jagannatha dasa Babaji, the (2) Discovered appearance place of Lord Caitanya. head of the Gaudiya Vaisnava community in (3) Introduced preaching innovations. Besides books Navadvipa. A great festival was held there. (in Bengali, Oriya, English) reviving and explaining Bhaktivinoda published the Navadvipa Mahaprabhu's message, he wrote hundreds of poems Dhama Mahatmya, which elaborated the and songs full of spiritual sentiments and sastric glories of the birthsite of Sri Caitanya. siddhanta (philosophical conclusions). He initiated preaching on a global level by sending his books to • In October 1894, at age 56, he retired from Mcgill University in Canada (in 1896, the year the his post as Deputy Magistrate, though this founder acharya of ISKCON Srila Prabhupada move was opposed by his family and the appeared). government authorities. He stayed at In 1914, on the tirobhava tithi (disappearance day) of Svarupa Ganga to worship, lecture and Sri Gadadhara Pandit (the incarnation of Sri Radha), revise his old writings. Sometimes he went Thakura Bhaktivinoda entered the eternal pastimes of Gaura-Gadadhara and Radha-Madhava. to Calcutta; there he begged door to door for funds to construct a Yogapitha temple. PAGE 4 HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE DEVOTIONAL 01 / / SEPTEMBER / / 2020 QUOTIENT Gyanamritam Learnings from the Ramayana BY H.G. CHAMPAKALATA DEVI DASI The power of stories has been recognized for centuries, and even today storytelling is a multi-million dollar • Danger of listening to vicious counseling • Showing mercy even to the enemies affair.
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