Sound Bhakti

These are the potency of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and so we are part of Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission. We’re very fortunate to be His representatives. If you cultivate knowledge of who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is by hearing again and again the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Kavirāja Goswami says, if you hear it and you don't understand it, then hear it again, and again and again till you understand. And...

Cc Madhya 24.100-166 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/24/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The charter of this Āshram, the Bhaktivedanta Āśrama, was to create a space so that those who are out mixing it up in the world all the time could have a place to come and have Saṅga together here and repair to this place so they could just hear and chant the...

O Lord Damodara, I first of all offer my obeisances to the brilliantly effulgent rope which binds Your belly. I then offer my obeisances to Your belly, which is the abode of the entire universe. I humbly bow down to Your most beloved Srimati Radharani, and I offer all obeisances to You, the Supreme Lord, who displays unlimited pastimes. (Translation,verse 8) ---------------------------------------...

nāmno hi yāvatī śaktiḥ pāpa-nirharaṇe hareḥ tāvat kartuṁ na śaknoti pātakaṁ pātakī naraḥ “Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract the reactions to more sins than he is able to commit.” — Bṛhad-viṣṇu Purāṇa To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ --------------------------------------------------...

Cc Madhya 24.1-99 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/24/ ------------------------------------------------------------ A pure devotee becomes attached to Kṛṣṇa by hearing the Lord’s glories. The Lord’s glories and the Lord Himself are identical. One has to be qualified to understand this absolute truth; therefore one should be given a chance to associate with a pure devotee. Our Kṛṣṇa conscio...

Cc Madhya 23.94-127 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/23/ ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ It's helpful if you do all the basics and then also try to follow the general instructions because...

Cc Madhya 23.1-93 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/23/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The following summary of the twenty-third chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with...

Cc Madhya 22.134-169 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/advanced-view/ Whoever hears this description of the process of practical devotional service very soon attains shelter at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa in love and affection. (Cc Madhya 22.168) ------------------------------------------------------------ An advanced devotee situated on the platform of spontaneity is already very expert in...

Śrīla Prabhupāda once said something that stuck in my mind. He said, “You have to cheat death before death cheats you.” And for those who are financial accountants (I don’t know if there are any other kinds, I guess there are).we know the tax codes. Generally speaking, rich people don’t have anything. If you look at their financials, you’ll see they look like they don’t own anything. They fly in j...

Cc Madhya 22.99-133 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Question: In regards to assimilating sinful reactions of disciples, what's your experience? Excerpt from the answer: My experience is very practical, and that is that when you enter into any relationship, there's going to be a deep concern for the other person. For instance...

It's a secret. In the Kali-yuga: Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa have combined into one form, and it is by worshiping that one form, which is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu—who is the combination of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa—that Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura makes an explanation about, he says, " (ese) bṛndābane rādhā-śyāmer pa’be daraśan gaura-kṛpā ha’le he." He says, "Oh this is the most wonderful thing you are ever going to hear! This...

Cc Madhya 22.51-98 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/ ------------------------------------------------------------ That's my point: everybody can rise. That's what Lord Caitanya is saying. And that's what Vyāsadeva says in the Vedānta-sūtra. He said the śāstras are all saying you should rise to the highest level, therefore you can, because if you couldn't rise to the highest level, then...

Cc Madhya 22.1-50 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/22/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ In the twenty-second chapter, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the process of devotional service. In the beginning He describes the truth about the living entity and the superexcellence of devotional service. He then describes the uselessness of mental speculat...

The topic today is 10 Principles to Develop Determination. Let's think first about the word determination. It has the word terminus in it, and that means, essentially, that one can finish what one starts. If you have ever started to read a book and then found that you only got to the second chapter, or if you had an idea to write in your notebook every day for the year, but you found in your drawe...

Cc Madhya 21.1-149 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/21/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the twenty-first chapter. In this chapter Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu fully describes Kṛṣṇaloka, the spiritual sky, the Causal Ocean and the material world, which consists of innumerable universes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu...

Cc Madhya 20.393-406 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Whoever hears or recites these descriptions of the expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s body is certainly a very fortunate man. Although this is very difficult to understand, one can nonetheless acquire some knowledge about the different features of Kṛṣṇa’s body. (Cc Madhya...

Doesn't matter how much yoga you practice. Doesn't matter how detached you are, how mindful you are of the world; you may even achieve the point of equanimity. Has anybody here achieved complete equanimity, even when the monkey jumps on your head? No problem! So, even if you've achieved that state, it won't help you unless you have Acyuta-bhāva; you have to have that awakening that comes from Mada...

How could we enter into Vrindāvan? How could we have a relationship with Kṛṣṇa? Revive our original relationship with Kṛṣṇa? The way that Yaśodā and all the residents of Vṛndāvan did. Isn't that what everybody here wants to know? Isn't this why you came to Brahmāṇḍa Ghāṭ today? This was what Rāmānanda Rāya said, and Lord Caitanya accepted. He said: jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva jīvanti san-m...

Cc Madhya 20.336-390 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Sanātana Gosvāmī wanted to confirm the fact that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa for this age. According to the śāstra, in Kali-yuga the Lord would assume a golden or yellow color and would distribute love of Kṛṣṇa and the saṅkīrtana movem...

Cc Madhya 20.274-335 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ In the Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says, 'Whatever nature you have, you should engage that as a meditation on Kṛṣṇa and to work for Kṛṣṇa.' And the more you're able to—as Prabhupāda the other day used the word—dovetail, your propensity for Kṛṣṇa's service, then the...

Cc Madhya 20.189-273 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ If Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta is giving a class, it's a no brainer. You want to stay and listen and yeah, and that's the more mature response. If you have the choice to go here, there, and everywhere, or be there for the hearing and chanting with your spiritual ma...

There is a section in the Third Canto of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, in which Vidura asked some questions to Uddhava. And Uddhava, before he can answer, has to pull himself away from the spiritual world. He is standing on this earth, but he has to pull himself away consciously from the spiritual world to be able to answer Vidura. This is something that the ācāryas note: that when one becomes perfect in...

Cc Madhya 20.124-191 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Even if one has taste, it may be difficult to find an environment in which we are uninterrupted. So it's by design that we come all the way out here and sequester ourselves so that we can get, I like: Ekachakra Prāṇa said, "we get into flow. You can do so muc...

Cc Madhya 20.57-123 https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/madhya/20/advanced-view/ ------------------------------------------------------------ A sinful person goes to a holy place of pilgrimage to be purified. In a holy place, there are many saintly people and temples of Lord Viṣṇu; however, the holy place becomes infected with the sins of many visitors. When an advanced devotee goes to a holy place,...

When distributing books and asking donations for something other than that related to the book, one may become nauseous after some time, because there's no challenge to that, and it's also kind of off-point. We are not begging for money. We don't need their money. And I, I personally feel that it's best to be ultra-straightforward with people, and when you are, then you have more potency. I like t...