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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada g aura e nters p uri

Adapted from Srila Murari Guptasr Caitanya-carita Mahkavya3.10.4-20p rayers to n abadwip

Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode'sNavadvpa-dhma-mhtmya t wo F orms in o ne b ody

Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja s ankirtana w arriors

Krishna Das

w ar on m aya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta

Swami PrabhupadaArjuna is addressed asmah-bhu, the great

fighter. A great fighter is one who is actingunder Krishna. These preachers, they are alsomah-bhu. They are fighting with persons whoare not Krishna conscious. They are pushingon the Krishna consciousness movement byfighting. But this fighting is in a different way.

This was taught by Lord Chait-anya Mahaprabhu.k a-var atvi k a s gop gstra-pr adam. Astrameans weapon;

just like the Pakistanis are fight-ing with machine guns. Chait-anya Mahaprabhu foughtmy

not with a machine gun but withhis most confidential associates.

r-k a-caitanya prabhu nitynandar-advaita gaddhara rvsdi-gaura-bhakta-v nda

His fighting weapons were Sri AdwaitaPrabhu, Sri Nityananda Prabhu,rvsdi-gau-ra-bhakta-v nda and many other devotees. SoLord Chaitanya's movement is also fighting, but it is a fight in a different way. NityanandaPrabhu is a soldier. He was sent to deliver Jagaiand Madhai. This is also fighting. Therefore all

the devotees, all the preachers of the Krishna

consciousness movement, they aremah-bhu,strongly armed by the weapons of Krishna.They cannot be defeated. They will push on thefight withmy, illusion. What is that illusion?The living entity under illusion is thinking thathe will be happy by material comforts. That

is not possible. So this Krishna consciousnessmovement is declaring war withmy. But in adifferent way by this chanting process: HareKrishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, HareHare. The transcendental vibration will clarifythe whole atmosphere, and as soon as theseKrishna conscious soldiers come out victorious,the whole world will be peaceful. Lecture onBhagavad-gtin Bombay, 30 March 1971.

g aura e nters p uri

Adapted from Srila Murari Guptas ri Caitanya-carita Mahkvya 3.10.4-20Suddenly Sri Chaitanya sighted the beautiful

temple of Sri Jagannath Hari. It appeared like a blue mountain anointed with nectar, and waseffulgent as the autumn moon of the monthof arat. Crowned by a very dazzling cakra,its flag was unfurled and blew in the breeze.The luster, height, and influence of Jagannathstranscendental abode mocked the peak ofMount Kailash. Using the temples flags as his

hands, the wind god beckoned welcomingly

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Sri Krishna-kathamrita Bindu Issue One hundred ninetyTop left 3 top right 3Srila Prabhodananda Saraswati Goswami

says in Caitanya-candrm ta,text 16,ek-bhta vapur avatu vo rdhay mdhavasya Radha and Madhava became one body,ek-bhta. That is Gaura. So Krishna is Gauraand Gaura is Krishna. Abhinnatvn nma-nmino there is no dif-

ference betweennmaand nm;there is nodifference between the name of Krishna andKrishna Himself. Similarly,k a-llis gaura-ll and gaura-llis k a-ll. But,prvasmt parameva hanta karu tatrpi jnmahe althoughthere is no difference betweennm and nma,the latter is more merciful than the former. Thename of Krishna is more merciful than Krishna.In the same way, although there is no difference betweenk a-lland gaura-ll, the latter is amore mercifulllthan the former.Gaura-llisa more merciful and a more relishablellthank a-ll. Otherwise, intattvathere is no differ-ence between the two.Navadvpa-llandvraja-ll are bothk a-ll. There is no difference. Rupaand Sanatan Goswamis, the dear associates ofGaura, have disclosed thistattva.

Radha-raman Krishna is always in Vraja- bhumi.v ndvana parityajya padam eka na gacchati Krishna never takes even one stepout of Vrindavan. He is always in Vrindavan.Then how is it that Krishna left Vrajabhumi andwent to Mathura and then Dwarka? These twocryas,Sanatan Goswami and Rupa Goswami,have disclosed thistattva. They have said thatmathur-lland dvrak-llnourishvraja-ll,and that those twollsare insidevraja-ll. cryasand mahjanashave said thatvraja-

dhmais of two types,praka aand apraka a, manifest and unmanifest. In thatdhmathereis a closed compartment, Nabadwip Dham. Inthat closed compartmentrasarja-k ais feel-ing acute pangs of separation from Radharani,viraha,and cries and cries and cries. He developsgreed to understand the mood of Radharani, hisown beauty, and the happiness that Radharanifeels by enjoying his beauty. He developed thesethree desires, these three types of greed. Withoutaccepting the sentiment and complexion of Rad-harani, this greed cannot be fulfilled. Therefore,he entered into the core of the heart of Radharaniand hid himself there. For that reason his com-plexion is outwardly manifested as molten gold.Externally he is feeling pangs of separation, butin the heart there is union.

p rayers to n abadwipSrila Thakur Bhaktivinode

r Navadvpa-dhma-mahtmyaParikram-khaa 18.68-70

navadvpa-dhma more anugraha kariudita hauna h de tabe mi tari

O Nabadwip Dhama, please be kind and ap-pear in my heart so that I may be delivered.

prau h-my kula-dev k p akapa abharas tarite mtra vidy-sa ka a

O Praudha Maya, since you are the goddessof the Vaishnava dynasties, please be mercifuland dont cheat me. You are the only hope tocross over the miseries of ignorance.

v ddha-iva k etra-pla hauna sadayacid-dhma mra cak e hauna udaya

O Vriddha Shiva, you arek etra-pla,the protec-tor of thedhma.Please be kind and let the tran-scendentaldhma be revealed to my eyes. Translated fromr r Navadvpa Dhma Mhtmya o Parikram Granthaval .Edited by Bhaktivedanta Vaman Maharaja. Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti. Kolkata.1993. Bengali.

t wo F orms in o ne b odySri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami MaharajaThere is no difference intattvabetween Gaura and

Krishna. Krishna is Gaura, and Gaura is Krishna.But in Gaura, Krishna is combined withmahbhva-svarpi ,Srimati Radharani. Invraja-llthere aretwo forms,rasarjaKrishna andmdankhy-mahbhva-may Srimati Radharani. But in gaura-ll there is one form. Radha and Krishna combinedtogether is Gaura; otherwise there is no difference between Gaura and Krishna. Srila Krishnadas Ka-viraj Goswami has said (Cc. di2.9):

nanda-stabaliy re bhgavate gisei k a avatr a caitanya-gosi

He whomrmad Bhgavatamdescribes as theson of Nanda Maharaja has descended to earthas Lord Chaitanya.Similarly, Srila Swarup Damodar Goswami has

said inCaitanya-caritm ta, di1.5,naumi k a-svarpam I offer my obeisances to that Gaurawho isk a-svarpa.But the special characteristicof Gaura is that he isrdh-bhva-dyuti-suvalitam.When Krishna accepts the mood and complexionof Radharani He becomes Gaura, nothing else.caitanykhya praka am adhun tad-dvaya caikyamptam Now the two forms, Krishna and Radha,appear as one form combined together,aikyamptam.That is Chaitanya.

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