THE DIVINE NAME by Raghava Chaitanya Das Published by BHAKTI VIGYAN NITYANANDA BOOK TRUST SRI KRISHNA CHAITANYA MISSION (Regd.) SRI BHAKTI VINOD ASHRAM BERHAMPUR-6(GM) (INDIA) SRI GAUR JAYANTI 24 March 1997 (WWW Edition - Vamana dvadasi 2007) All Rights Reserved By BHAKTI VIGYAN NITYANANDA BOOK TRUST CONTENTS PREFACE........................................................................................................9 DIVINE NAME AND ITS EFFICACIES.................................................................14 DIVINE NAME - THE SWEETEST OF ALL..........................................................................................14 DIVINE NAME - THE SOLE REMEDY FOR ALL ILLS...............................................................................15 DIFFERENT DIVINE DISPENSATIONS..............................................................................................15 DIVINE NAME - THE BEST IN KALI YUGA.......................................................................................16 AGE OF MACHINES................................................................................................................16 AGE OF FREE CONTROVERSY......................................................................................................17 ABODES OF KALI..................................................................................................................17 DIVINE GRACE - ESSENTIAL......................................................................................................18 SELF-SURRENDER - WAY TO DIVINE GRACE....................................................................................18 DIVINE NAME - THE SOLE PATH FOR ALL.......................................................................................18 DIVINE NAME - THE ELIXIR OF LIFE............................................................................................19 DIVINE NAME - ITS TRUE NATURE................................................................................................19 NAME AND FORM IDENTICAL......................................................................................................20 DIVINE NAME - BEYOND HUMAN CONCEPTION..................................................................................21 LORD CHAITANYA - HIS METHOD OF PROPAGANDA.............................................................................21 SAINT'S LIVES - HUMANITY'S GUIDING STARS...................................................................................21 NAMACHARYA SRI HARIDAS THAKUR.............................................................23 HIS ADVENT........................................................................................................................23 THAKUR AT BENAPOL..............................................................................................................23 THAKUR AND TARAK-BRAHMA-NAMA............................................................................................23 THAKUR AND HIS ADVERSARIES...................................................................................................23 THAKUR AND RAMACHANDRA KHAN.............................................................................................24 RAMACHANDRA KHAN'S EVIL PLOTS..............................................................................................24 THAKUR AND THE YOUNG HARLOT................................................................................................25 HARLOT'S SECOND MEMORABLE NIGHT...........................................................................................26 THIRD ATTEMPT - HARLOT CONVERTED..........................................................................................27 THAKUR - INVULNERABLE TO SENSE-ALLUREMENTS..............................................................................28 HARLOT - A FAITHFUL DISCIPLE AND SAINT......................................................................................28 GLORY OF THE DIVINE NAME....................................................................................................29 RAMACHANDRA KHAN'S DOOM...................................................................................................29 DIVINE NAME - REDEEMS WORST OF SINNERS..................................................................................30 PREREQUISITES FOR SADHU'S COMPANY.........................................................................................30 ESSENTIAL REQUISITES FOR NAMA-BHAJAN......................................................................................30 LORD'S NAME - THE DIVINE PANACEA ...........................................................32 MATERIALISED MIND UNCONGENIAL TO DEVOTION...............................................................................32 THAKUR AT CHANDPUR............................................................................................................35 THAKUR ON THE EFFECTS OF THE NAME.........................................................................................36 THAKUR AND GOPAL CHAKRAVARTI..............................................................................................38 THAKUR ON BHAKTI AND MUKTI.................................................................................................38 GOPAL CHAKRAVARTI REBUKED...................................................................................................39 THAKUR CONSOLES THE GATHERING..............................................................................................39 EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF DISPARAGING SADHUS.................................................................................39 QUALIFICATIONS OF A RELIGIOUS PREACHER.....................................................................................40 2 SCRIPTURES - THE SOUND AUTHORITY...........................................................................................41 SCRIPTURES AND THE MODERN PUBLIC...........................................................................................41 SCRIPTURES DEFINED..............................................................................................................43 VERBAL JUGGLERY - THE SIGN OF IGNORANCE..................................................................................44 BHAKTI - SECOND TO NONE......................................................................................................44 HARIDAS THAKUR AT SANTIPUR....................................................................46 HIS MEETING WITH ADVAITA ACHARYA..........................................................................................46 BHAKTA - HIS UNIQUE POSITION.................................................................................................46 THAKUR AND MAYADEVI..........................................................................................................49 SRI KRISHNA - THE DARLING LORD OF MILLIONS..............................................................................51 SRI KRISHNA - HIS PERSONALITY................................................................................................51 SRI KRISHNA - HIS AVATARAS...................................................................................................53 SRI KRISHNA - BRAHMAN.........................................................................................................54 SRI KRISHNA - PARAMATMA......................................................................................................54 SRI KRISHNA - BHAGAVAN.......................................................................................................55 SRI KRISHNA - THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF ALL POTENCIES........................................................................56 SRI KRISHNA - HIS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES........................................................................................62 SRI KRISHNA - HIS LILA MADHURYA............................................................................................63 SRI KRISHNA - HIS PREMA MADHURYA.........................................................................................64 SRI KRISHNA - HIS VENU MADHURYA..........................................................................................66 SRI KRISHNA - HIS RUPA MADHURYA..........................................................................................67 SRI KRISHNA - THE NAME EXCELS ALL OTHER NAMES........................................................................72 SPIRITUAL MASTER AND SELF-SURRENDER....................................................74 GURU AND HIS FUNCTION.........................................................................................................74 SPIRITUAL PRECEPTOR - INDISPENSABLE..........................................................................................74 PERSONALITY OF GURU...........................................................................................................75 TRUE DISCIPLE - HIS QUALIFICATIONS............................................................................................77 THE ACT OF SUBMISSION..........................................................................................................79 ACTIVITIES FAVOURABLE TO DEVOTIONAL PROGRESS............................................................................84 UNFAVOURABLE ACTS THAT ARREST DEVOTIONAL PROGRESS...................................................................89 FIRM