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Who Is Qualified?
Anyone, even someone like Jagai and Madhai, can be also be qualified for bhakti if he has sraddha for bhakti, if he has faith and honor.
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Real Sadhu-Sanga
If anyone is so fortunate and his material desires are going to be finished and his cycle of birth and death is going to be destroyed, then he will obtain sadhu-sanga, real sadhu-sanga.
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The Asrama of Guru
Anything, whatever we do, we should do for Krsna. We should only endeavor for those things which are helpful and favorable for bhakti. Then those things which are not favorable, we should try to give…
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Anisthtita and Nisthtita-Bhakti
Naisthiki means that now there is no doubt. Steadiness comes and he has so much faith in his Gurudeva. His faith is not shaking like pendulum here and there. Then bhakti comes.
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The Blind Well
This world is like a blind well and we are that person going down in the well. We are thinking, “Oh, how sweet. These worldly relations are so sweet. My wife is so beautiful and…
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Saraga and Niraga Guru
Srila Gurudeva: You should know that the association of a Vaisnava or Guru are of two kinds. One is saraga and the other is niraga. Those who are attached even today with worldly desires, who…
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Where is Sad-Guru?
Without the association of qualified Vaisnavas, it is sure that bhakti will never come. After association with qualified Vaisnavas, they will know what is bhakti and how bhakti descends.
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Guru Never Dies
A bona fide, qualified Guru never dies. You can know that your Prabhupada, Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja, has not died, and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has also not died.
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The Real Process
Pariksit Maharaja heard Srimad-Bhagavatam from him, and as a result of such hearing—not even practicing—he went directly to Goloka Vrndavana. Moreover, Srila Sanatana Gosvami has explained in Brhad-bhagavatamrta that Pariksit Maharaja became a gopi in…
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They Don't Know Any Philosophy
Some persons, like some Indian yogis, consider that their spiritual life and yoga practice will be helped by taking ganja. They think, “Now we are absorbed in krsna-prema.” They are so foolish; they cannot imagine…
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The Process of Perfection
Let us become qualified like this, and then we will be qualified for the eleven kinds of moods. And then, by our siddha-deha, we will be able to serve Sri Sri Radha and Krsna twenty-four…
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We Criticize Their Mood
We don’t want to criticize these so-called babajis’ avoidance of rules and regulations or their keeping babaji-vesa. What we criticize is their mood.
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Our Gaudiya Guru-Parampara
There should be no doubt in this connection, that sometimes the siksa-guru may be superior to the diksa-guru.
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Niskincana Sannyasi-Vesa
Today suddha-hari-bhakti has been, is being, and will continue to be, preached and spread throughout the world by these mahapurusas, great perfected saints, who wear this second type of niskincana sannyasi-vesa.
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The Word 'Babaji'
Neither Bhagavad-Gita, the Puranas, Upanisads, Vedanta, Baladeva Vidyabhusana’s Govinda-bhasya, nor the books of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and Srila Narottama Thakura mention the word ‘babaji.’
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Back to Heaven
Indra realized, “Oh, I am Indra? I am in this pig form and eating so many bad things. I want to go back to heaven.”
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"You Should Help Them"
I want to help all the devotees without consideration of caste and creed, whether they are my disciples or not. I never wanted any disciple. But some forced me to take disciples. So without any…
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Krsna Becomes Worried
If you want eternal bliss and eternal happiness, you should associate with any bona fide Vaisnava and Guru.
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Pavitra Means Purified
Krsna first of all had to face Putana. Krsna destroyed all the bad qualities of Putana. He purified her. Pavitra—pavitra means purified by two ways: the outer body and then the mind.
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What is Atma-dharma?
The mood of Caitanya Mahaprabhu or Krsna was to taste the mood of Radha and to sprinkle a particle of that gopi-prema to the world.
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Twenty-Four Hours a Day
We only have to engage our mind all the time, second by second, only for what thing? To engage our mind in chanting, remembering, reading, and worshiping Krsna for twenty-four hours a day.
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Meditate on the Meaning
All these slokas have very, very beautiful and sweet meanings. If anyone will do kirtana of this song and meditate on the meaning of these slokas, Krsna will come in their heart along with Radhika.
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This is Siddha-Pranali
"Who first gave this siddha-pranali? Where is the origin of giving this siddha-pranali? Where? Did Caitanya Mahaprabhu give this to anyone? Who gave it? Who is the originator? They cannot say. So they are bogus…
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Pujyapada Premananda Prabhu 16.08.2023 End of Purusottama-vrata, English Translation - Pujyapad Premananda Prabhu
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