"I drank the poison of worldliness, pretending it to be Nectar, and now the sun is setting on the horizon of my life." -Sac Cid Ananda Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
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Kabe Habe Bolo by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura
(1)
kabe ha’be bolo se-dina amar
(amar) aparadha ghuci’, suddha name ruci,
kripa-bale ha’be hridoye sancar
(2)
trinadhika hina, kabe nije mani’,
sahishnuta-guna hridoyete ani’
sakale manada, apani amani,
ho’ye aswadibo nama-rasa-sar
(3)
dhana jana ara, kobita-sundari,
bolibo na cahi deho-sukha-kari
janme-janme dao, ohe gaurahari!
ahaituki bhakti carane tomar
(4)
(kabe) korite sri-krishna-nama uccarana,
pulakita deho gadgada bacana
baibarnya-bepathu ha’be sanghatana,
nirantara netre ba’be asru-dhar
(5)
kabe navadwipe, suradhuni-tate,
gaura-nityananda boli’ nishkapate
naciya gaiya, beraibo chute,
batulera praya chariya bicar
(6)
kabe nityananda, more kori ’doya,
charaibe mora vishayera maya
diya more nija-caranera chaya,
namera hatete dibe adhikar
(7)
kinibo, lutibo, hari-nama-rasa,
nama-rase mati’ hoibo bibasa
rasera rasika-carana parasa,
koriya mojibo rase anibar
(8)
kabe jibe doya, hoibe udoya,
nija-sukha bhuli’ sudina-hridoya
bhakativinoda, koriya binoya,
sri-ajna-tahala koribe pracar
(amar) aparadha ghuci’, suddha name ruci,
kripa-bale ha’be hridoye sancar
(2)
trinadhika hina, kabe nije mani’,
sahishnuta-guna hridoyete ani’
sakale manada, apani amani,
ho’ye aswadibo nama-rasa-sar
(3)
dhana jana ara, kobita-sundari,
bolibo na cahi deho-sukha-kari
janme-janme dao, ohe gaurahari!
ahaituki bhakti carane tomar
(4)
(kabe) korite sri-krishna-nama uccarana,
pulakita deho gadgada bacana
baibarnya-bepathu ha’be sanghatana,
nirantara netre ba’be asru-dhar
(5)
kabe navadwipe, suradhuni-tate,
gaura-nityananda boli’ nishkapate
naciya gaiya, beraibo chute,
batulera praya chariya bicar
(6)
kabe nityananda, more kori ’doya,
charaibe mora vishayera maya
diya more nija-caranera chaya,
namera hatete dibe adhikar
(7)
kinibo, lutibo, hari-nama-rasa,
nama-rase mati’ hoibo bibasa
rasera rasika-carana parasa,
koriya mojibo rase anibar
(8)
kabe jibe doya, hoibe udoya,
nija-sukha bhuli’ sudina-hridoya
bhakativinoda, koriya binoya,
sri-ajna-tahala koribe pracar
Translation :
1) When, oh when will that day be mine? When my offenses ceasing, taste for the name increasing, when in
my heart will your mercy shine, when, oh when will that day be mine?
2) Lower than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree. When will my mind attain this quality? Respectful to
all, not expecting their honour, then shall I taste the name’s nectar sublime. When, oh when will that day be mine?
3) Great wealth or followers, feminine beauty, I won’t care for them or the comforts of my body. Birth after
birth give me, Oh Lord Caitanya, causeless devotion to Your feet divine, when, oh when will that day be mine?
4) When will I utter Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, with words choked up and shivering body? When will I be trembling
all over, lose bodily color, tears pouring from my eyes, when, oh when will that day be mine?
5) When in Navadvipa along the Ganges bank, shouting ‘Gaura-Nityananda’ as a surrendered soul,
dancing, chanting, running everywhere, when will I become half mad of mind? When, oh when will that day
be mine?
6) When will Lord Nityananda show mercy upon me, when will I reject the world of maya? Bestow unto me
the shade of Your lotus feet, let the right to preach the name be mine. When, oh when will that day be mine?
7) I will beg, borrow, or steal the nectar of the name. By the name’s effect I will feel paralyzed. Oh! Enjoyer of
the nectar of the name, When will I touch your lotus feet till the end of time? When, oh when will that day
be mine?
8) When kindness to all beings will be appearing, with free heart forget myself comforting, Bhaktivinoda in
all humility prays, "Now I will set out to preach Your order sublime." When, oh when will that day be mine?
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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā 6.254
“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.
Biblical inspiration
Galatians 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Ephesians 5:3 "Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people."
Isaiah 5:20 “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter".
Friday, June 14, 2024
Bhagavad Gita 5.11 (1972), Translation and Purport by Srila Prabhupada
The yogīs, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence, and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification.
By acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness for the satisfaction of the senses of Kṛṣṇa, any action, whether of the body, mind, intelligence or even of the senses, is purified of material contamination. There are no material reactions resulting from the activities of a Kṛṣṇa conscious person. Therefore, purified activities, which are generally called sadācāra, can be easily performed by acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī in his Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu describes this as follows:
īhā yasya harer dāsye karmaṇā manasā girā
nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu jīvanmuktaḥ sa ucyate
A person acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness (or, in other words, in the service of Kṛṣṇa) with his body, mind, intelligence and words is a liberated person even within the material world, although he may be engaged in many so-called material activities. He has no false ego, nor does he believe that he is this material body, nor that he possesses the body. He knows that he is not this body and that this body does not belong to him. He himself belongs to Kṛṣṇa, and the body too belongs to Kṛṣṇa. When he applies everything produced of the body, mind, intelligence, words, life, wealth, etc.-whatever he may have within his possession-to Kṛṣṇa's service, he is at once dovetailed with Kṛṣṇa. He is one with Kṛṣṇa and is devoid of the false ego that leads one to believe that he is the body, etc. This is the perfect stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Do Good
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can. The greatest good is to distribute Krishna consciousness to the fallen conditioned souls.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
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Yoga and Meditation: Fixate Your Mind on Krishna
Yoga also means to connect. Connect to who or what? Connect to Krishna. We are fixating our mind on mundane things like money, material love, sensuality, etc. but these are not making us happy. In fact in the modern age our minds are very much filled with these things but depression and anxiety are bigger problems than ever. Krishna is the Eternal Reality Who is the unlimited source of REAL happiness. The culture of Krishna consciousness gives us the opportunity to always think of Krishna and become happy forever.
God is Maintaining Everyone
According to the Vedas there are an unlimited number of eternal individual souls both in this material world (prison) and the transcendent world (Kingdom of God). Beyond the innumerable souls there is one Supreme Soul and that is Krishna. That one Supreme Soul is alone maintaining all the unlimited spirit souls (jivas) supplying all their necessities of life.
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