Sunday, April 28, 2024

Savarana Sri Gaura Pada Padme Prarthana 1,2

My dear Lord Caitanya, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?  Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first.

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Siksastakam 1

“One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.”

Friday, April 26, 2024

Siksastakam 2

 Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu prays: "O my Lord! Your holy name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hundreds and millions of names, like Kṛṣṇa and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there is no hard and fast rule for chanting these holy names. O my Lord! You have so kindly made approach to You easy by Your holy names, but unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for them." (Śikṣāṣṭakam, 2).

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Look Inward

  We advance by becoming conscious of our own faults, not by becoming conscious of the faults of others.