#srila sripada

[sankirtan]

Sri Ramanujacharya’s Appearance Day – Giriraj Swami. Today is the appearance anniversary of Sripada Ramanujacharya, the principal acharya in the Sri, or Lakshmi, sampradaya. Srila Prabhupada wrote, “We find great shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacharya because his lotus feet are the strongest fort to combat the Mayavadi philosophy.” (letter 22.11.1974) And in the early days of ISKCON in India, before we had Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is in Hindi, Prabhupada would refer people to read the Hindi edition of the Gita with Sri Ramanujacharya’s commentary. Srila Prabhupada often told a story about Sri Ramanujacharya’s merciful, compassionate nature. As he related it in Ahmedabad in 1972, “The servants of Krishna take all risk for Krishna’s sake. Just like Ramanujacharya. Sri Ramanujacharya’s spiritual master said, ‘My dear son, the mantra which I am giving, you chant silently and you will be delivered. It is so powerful. Don’t chant this mantra loudly so others can hear.’ “Ramanujacharya thought, ‘If this mantra is so powerful that if others hear it they’ll also be delivered, then why not?’ He immediately went to the market and began to chant the mantra. So, his spiritual master became very angry, that ‘I told you not to chant loudly, so others may not hear.’ And Ramanujacharya replied, ‘My Lordship, I have done offense unto you. That’s all right. For this I am prepared to go to hell. But if this mantra is so powerful, I must speak it to everyone.’ ” In this mood, following in the footsteps of Sripada Ramanujacharya, Srila Prabhupada broadcast the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita everywhere, to everyone. We pray and aspire to follow in their footsteps. Hare Krishna. Yours in service, Giriraj Swami

#dandavats

[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

Jay Sri Sri Radha Krishna Chandra

wishing all a very Happy Bhaktimaya Lord Srikrishna Janmashtami !🌸💞💞🌸!

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[quotingsrilasripada]

"Preaching means informing everyone about the nature of life, about the nature of the Supreme lord, and the relationship between individual life, meaning ourselves, and the Supreme lord."

~His Divine Grace Srila Sripada Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaj said at Malaga, Spain

on 18th April 2001.

His Divine Grace Srila Sripada Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaj said at California, USA.

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[srilagurumaharajquotes]



"Krishna consciousness is universal. It's for everyone. It's for the Christians, it's for the muslims, it's for the Hindus and it's for the Buddhists, for all of the living beings in the universe."

~ Srila Sripada Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Maharaj [ACBSP]

In pic: Bhaktisvarūpa Dāmodara Svāmī with HH 14th Dalai Lama at Denver, Colorado, USA.

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[abhimanyuh-blog]

Lineage

So now that I’ve introduced the purpose of this blog, I’d like to explain the source of knowledge that I am going to try to present, In the simplest terms possible. I grew up in a small but growing religious organisation called ISCKON(The International Society for Krsna Consciousness). Growing up in this tradition I was able to begin learning to meditate, practice mantra recitation, conduct various rituals, and gain first-hand experience of various levels of consciousness and the spiritual emotions which go along with them. It is only because of the experiences I have had, that I have decided to try to communicate what I understand to be the essence of this tradition.

My father was a disciple of “ISKCON” founder Acharya Srila A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The spiritual lineage he has linked traces back to one of the oldest Vaishnava traditions of India still flourishing today called the Brahma-Madhva Gaudiya sampradaya. This tradition has many famous Indian saints among its teachers such as; Madhvacharya, Madhavendra Puri, Sripada Nityananda Avadhuta, Sri Krsna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Sanatana Goswami, Rupa Goswami, and many others held in high esteem throughout Bengal and north India, especially in the town of Vrndavana.

The tradition is a mixture of Vedic(Hindu orthodoxy) and Tantric(Hindu shamanism or unorthodox individual practice) thought and practices which include meditation, philosophical inquiry, austerities, mantras, and of course the worship and adoration of Godhead in one of his/her many manifestations. Philosophically, the tradition relies primarily on the Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita. However, it also refers to various Upanishads and Sattva-Puranas, for textual support and philosophical understanding. The tradition also has its own commentary on the Vedanta-sutras but it doesn’t place a lot of focus on it. Practically, the tradition relies on a few Vaishnava tantras or treatises on metaphysics, meditation, mantras, Kundalini, worship of the deity, and common rules and regulations for living within this world. Unfortunately, most of these texts aren’t yet translated. However,  the “Hari-Bhakti-Vilasa” is translated and it draws from many of the previously mentioned sources to create a compendium of Vaishnava practices, festivals, and rituals.

All that being said, this blog is not seeking to convert anyone to religion or institution. I am going to try to express the meaning which I have understood through my life's journey through this process and tradition. So that hopefully, the practices which have helped me in this life will begin to make sense to you and perhaps become part of your journey towards Self-realisation! Feel free to ask any question and always hit that like button!

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[acintya-bhedabheda-tattva]

Sri Guruparampara by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada 1 krsna hoite caturmukha, hoy krsnasevonmukha, brahma hoite naradera mati narada hoite vyasa, madhwa kohe vyasadasa, purnaprajna padmanabhia gati 2 nrhari madhavabamse, aksobhya paramahamse, sisya boli' angikara kore aksobhyera sisya jaya tirtha name paricaya, tara dasye jnanasindhu tore 3 taha hoite dayanidhi, tara dasa vidyanidhi, rajendra hoilo taha ha'te tahara kinkora jaya dharma name paricaya, parampara jano bhalo mate 4 jayadharmadasye khyati, sri purusottamajati, ta ha'te brahmanyatirtha su ri vyasatirtha tara dasa, laksmipati vyasadasa, taha ha'te madhavendra puri 5 madhavendra puribara, sisyabara sriiswara, nityananda, sriadwaita vibhu iswarapurike dhanya, korilen sricaitanya, jagadguru gaura mahaprabhu 6 mahaprabhu sricaitanya, radhakrsna nahe anya, rupanuga janera jivana viswambhara priyankara, sriswarupa damodara, srigoswami rupasanatana 7 rupapriya mahajana, java, raghunathu hana, tara priya kavi krsnadasa krsnadasapriyabara, narottama sevapara, jara pada viswanathaasa 8 viswanathabhaktasatha, baladeva jagannatha, tara priya sribhaktivinoda mahabhagavatabara, srigaurakisorabara, haribhajanete ja'ra moda 9 ihara paramahamsa, gaurangera nijabamsa, tadera carane mama gati ami sebaudasina, namete tridandi dina, sribhaktisiddhanta saraswati (1) In the beginning of creation the science of devotional service was received by the fourheaded Brahma from the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna. Devarsi Narada's understanding of this divine science was obtained from Brahma. The great sage Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, who was empowered to compile the Vedic literatures, be came a disciple of Devarsi Narada. Sripada Madhvacarya, the founder of the suddhadvaita school of Vedanta philosophy, who visited Vyasadeva at Badarikasrama in the thirteenth century to learn from him Vedanta philosophy, calls himself a servant of Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa. Purnaprajna Tirtha [Madhva] is the guru and sole refuge of Padmanabha Tirtha. (2) The two other principal disciples of Madhva are Nrhari Tirtha and Madhava Tirtha. Madhava Tirtha accepted the great paramhamsa Aksobhya Tirtha as a disciple. The principal disciple of Aksobhya Tirtha was known as Jayatirtha. Jayatirtha's service was for his disciple Jnanasindhu. (3) Dayanidhi received the science of devotional service from Jnanasindhu, and the servant of Dayanidhi was Vidyanidhi [Vidyadhiraja Tirtha]. Rajendra Tirtha became a disciple of Vidyadhiraja Tirtha. Rajendra Tirtha's servant was known as Jayadharma or Vijayadhvaja Tirtha. In this way you should properly understand this disciplic succession. (4) The great sannyasi Sri Purusottama Tirtha received his knowledge in the service of his guru, Vijayadhvaja Tirtha [Jayadharma]. The principal disciple of Purusottama Tirtha was Subrahmanya Tirtha. His servant was the great Vyasatirtha [Vyasa Raya]. Vyasatirtha's servant was Laksmipati Tirtha, whose disciple was Madhavendra Puri Gosvami. (5) The chief disciple of Madhavendra Puri was Isvara Puri, and two of his other disciples were the renowned incarnations of Godhead Sri Nityananda and Advaita Acarya. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the spiritual preceptor of all the worlds made Isvari Puri greatly fortunate by accepting him as His spiritual master. (6) Mahaprabhu Sri Caitanya is non different from Sri Sri Radha and Krsna and is the very life of those Vaisnavas who follow Sri Rupa Gosvami. Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami, Rupa Gosvami, and Sanatana Gosvami were the givers of great happiness to Visvambhara [Sri Caitanya]. (7) The great souls Jiva Gosvami and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami became very dear to Rupa Gosvami. Jiva Gosvami was a disciple of Rupa Gosvami, and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, a disciple of Advaita Acarya's disciple Yadunandana Acarya, was accepted by Rupa and Sanatana as their third brother. Raghunatha dasa Gosvami's beloved student was Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami. Krsnadasa Kaviraja was an intimate friend of Lokanatha Gosvami. They lived together in Vrndavana and always discussed the topics of Krsna with one another. Lokanatha Gosvami, a disciple of Gadadhara Pandita, had only one disciple, whose name was Narottama Dasa. Narottama Dasa was always engaged in the service of his guru, and he also engaged himself in the service of his guru's intimate friend. Thus he became very dear to Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami. To serve I the feet of Narottama Dasa Thakura was the only desire of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, who was the fourth acarya in disciplic succession from Narottama Dasa. (8) Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura was the siksaguru [instructing spiritual master] of Baladeva Vidyabhusana, to whom he taught the precepts of SrimadBhagavatam. Jagannatha Dasa Babaji was a very prominent acarya after Sri Baladeva Vidyabhusana and was the beloved siksaguru of Sri Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Bhaktivinoda Thakura's intimate friend and associate was the eminent mahabhagavata Sri Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji, whose sole joy was found in haribhajana. (9) These treat saintly Vaisnavas are all paramahamsas, or devotees of the highest order, and they are all part of Lord Gauranga's own spiritual family. Their holy feet are my refuge. I have no real interest in devotional services and I am a poor and lowly tridandi sannyai named Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. *Because this song has been composed by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, he has placed his name at the end of the song, as is customarily done by Vaisnava poets. In order to glorify Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and his beloved disciple Sri A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as spiritual teachers in the preceptorial succession from Sri Caitanyadeva, the following verse has been added and may be optionally sung instead of the song's ninth verse. srivarsabhanavibara, sada sevyasevapara, tahara dayitadasanama tara pradhan pracarako, sribhaktivedanta namo, patitajanete doyadhama The renowned Sri Varsabhanavidayita Dasa [the initiated name of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati] is always engaged in the service of his spiritual master, Srila Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji. His foremost disciple preacher is Sri A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who has spread the message of Lord Caitanya throughout the world and is thus a reservoir of mercy and compassion for all fallen souls.

#parampara #bhakti

[gaudiya-vaisnava-library]

Sree Krishna Chaitanya Author: Prof N.K. Sannyal (aka Sripada Narayanadasa Bhaktisudhakar Prabhu) Disciple Of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada http://www.vina.cc/wvacdrom/Files/Recommended-reading/Sri%20Krishna%20Caitanya.pdf

[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

A student must be trained from the very beginning to not be falsely proud. He must be taught the science of humility and dependence on the mercy of the spiritual leader and the supreme Lord. If these principles are given from the beginning then he will not be falsely proud.

▫️ Manipur, India

🌼 Powerful quote of the day,

▫️ November 1998, Centre Agora, Seignalens, France.

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

Happy Ram Navami ☘️

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"It is our duty to express, at every moment, our gratitude to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada for His gift of engaging all of us in the service of Krit. He brought us all together."

▪️ Peru, July 1999

🌴 sharing Srila Sripada Guru Maharaj's Vani ▪️ Washington D.C., USA.

#bhaktisvarupa damodara swami #bhaktisvarūpa dāmodara svāmī #dr. t.d. singh #bsds #dr. thoudam damodara singh #sri srimad bhakti svarupa damodara maharaja #srila sripada bhaktisvarupa damodara swami maharaj #srila sripada #t.d.singh #sripada

[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"Please Chant with Great love."

🔸Bali, Indonesia

☀️ Powerful quote of the day, BSD Swami,

🔸 2005, France.

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"When one imbibes the spirit of humility and one's smallness in this gigantic cosmos, when one has this type of culture, then one will automatically be drawn to the conception of God, to the existence of the Lord."

🔸 November 30th, 2005

🍃 Powerful quote of the day, BSD Swami,

🔸 Kolkata, India.

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"The sincere seeker of the truth must follow the four regulative principles."

▪️ Tripura, India

🪔 Powerful quote of the day, BSD Swami,

▪️ France, 2005.

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"If one accepts the existence of God, definitely one will like to understand the details. In order to understand those details, one definitely has to study with rigorous spiritual training, with discipline. Unless one practices the disciplines in a practical way it would not be so easy to comprehend the details." 🔸 Orissa, India 🌿 Powerful quote of the day, BSD Swami 🔸 November 30th, 2005, Kolkata, India.

#bhaktisvarupa damodara swami #bhaktisvarūpa dāmodara svāmī #dr. t.d. singh #bsds #dr. thoudam damodara singh #sri srimad bhakti svarupa damodara maharaja #srila sripada bhaktisvarupa damodara swami maharaj #srila sripada #t.d.singh #sripada

[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"It is very clearly and very loudly stated by the scriptures that in this age of quarrel, in this age of misunderstanding, in this age of science and technology, in order to understand the ultimate perfection of life one must chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare."

🔸 Peru,

☀️ Powerful quote of the day, BSD Swami

🔸 France, 2005.

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[bhaktisvarupadamodaraswami]

"In order to write songs one must be in a good spirit, a good mood."

🔺 Kolkata, India,

🌸 Beautiful quote of the day, BSD Swami,

🔻 France, June 21st 2001.

#bhaktisvarupa damodara swami #bhaktisvarūpa dāmodara svāmī #dr. t.d. singh #bsds #dr. thoudam damodara singh #sri srimad bhakti svarupa damodara maharaja #srila sripada bhaktisvarupa damodara swami maharaj #srila sripada #t.d.singh #sripada