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Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Firstly, if one has the shelter of Sri Guru, one is indeed very, very fortunate and truly blessed by Bhagavan Sri Krishna. Unfortunately, however, right now on this planet billions of people either have no spiritual teacher or don’t care to have one. Sometimes it happens that one must leave the […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das After hearing that chanting 64 rounds a day gives spiritual perfection, some very sincere and well-meaning devotees begin chanting 64 rounds a day. However, they soon face problems in the form of maintaining the quota, being attentive and not doing robotic/mechanical chanting, committing aparadhas, lack of enthusiasm, not seeing any results, […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das In two tikas, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti describes the essence of Bhagavad Gita. While describing the first essence, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives a beautiful blessing by saying, “These four famous verses (Bhagavad Gita 10.8-11), which are the essence of all topics in the Gita, will remove misery and saturate the jivas with […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das satāṁ ninda-namnaḥ param aparādham vitanute, yataḥ khyātiṁ yātaṁ katham u sahate tu tad vigarhām The topmost offense (param aparadha) is to criticize a devotee. śivasya śrī visnor ya iha guṇa nāmādi sakalam, dhiyā bhinnaṁ paśyet sa khalu hari-nāmāhita-karaḥ One will get no benefit from Harinama (hari-nama ahita karah) if one considers […]
Mahanidhi Swami Although it is a popular notion that one will suffer 1000 X reactions for any offenses committed in Vrindavana (aparadhas to Thakuraji, Guru, Vaisnavas, Nama, Vrajavasis, Yatris, and the dhama itself, this fact is not stated anywhere in the Srimad Bhagavatam, or any of the Gaudiya Vaisnava Goswami granthas. In this regard, Srila […]
Mahanidhi Swami Sri Advaita Prabhu—the Cowherd Boy part 1 To start this series of short articles glorifying Sri Advaita Acharya Prabhu, we quote Srila Krishnadasa Kaviraja, “I offer my obeisances ten million times to the lotus feet of Sri Advaita Acharya. Please do not take any offense in connection with this offering of mine, acharya-charane […]
Mahanidhi Swami In two tikas, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti describes the essence of Bhagavad-gita. While describing the first essence, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives a beautiful blessing by saying, “These four famous verses (Bg.10.8-11), which are the essence of all topics in the Gita, will remove misery and saturate the jivas with bliss!” Bhagavan Sri Krishna said, […]
Mahanidhi Swami Since one can practice bhakti anywhere, why does Srila Rupa Goswamipada stress physically living in Vrindavana, kuryad vasam vraje sada? (Brs.1.2.295) Why, because Vraja Dhama has the inconceivable power to quickly manifest bhava bhakti within the heart of a non-offensive sadhaka residing there, duruha adbhuta virya smin shraddha dure panchake …bhava janmane (Brs. […]
Mahanidhi Swami Kamanuga Raganuga Bhakti Sadhana In three verses only (Brs. 1.2.294-296), Srila Rupa Goswamipada explains the practice of raganuga-bhakti. From these key verses, many more teachings and books on raganuga-bhakti have been written by Sri Jiva Goswami, Srila Narottama dasa, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti, and especially Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami. This essay series is based […]
Mahanidhi Swami Oneness & Difference: Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva Milk & Yogurt Analogy In Brahma-samhita (5.45), Lord Brahma prays: ksiram yatha dadhi vikare-visesa yogat sanjayate na hi tatah prthag asti hetoh yah sambhutam adi tatha samupaiti karyad govindam adi purusam tam aham bhajami Srila Prabhupada translation: “Milk changes into yogurt when mixed with a […]