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                                      The Deity of the Lord All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All  Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada A man has two types of understanding , one that is in ignorance and the other  in knowledge. In ignorance ,especially there exists  the  material covering exacted on the living entity by the illusory energy. Knowledge  means there is complete freedom from the effects of the illusory energy or being under  the influence of one 's divine identity and being illuminated  by pure divine knowledge. Usually the subtle and gross bodies are formed by the effects of material energy implicates the living entity into material enjoyment ,nevertheless there are saintly people who are able to overcome the effects of the gross and subtle bodies by engaging in pure devotional service t...

                                      Is the religion of Mahaprabhu the Universal religion? (pt1) All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada This was a question that had been repeatedly asked by local people to the Visva Vaishnava Rajya Sabha. On one occasion,  the day being Saturday 22nd March,  a huge assembly was held on the huge field by the Calcutta College  where numerous scholars were present and there many  spiritual questions  with answers were discussed accordingly. In order to answer the above question, some basic facts must be understood in order to delve deeper.  To derive  proper knowledge, we  must need some backing evidence to support it and therefore there is definitely  the necessary requisite for evidence. The nature of intelligent ...

                                              C aste Consciousness All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All  Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada To consider the deity of Vishnu to be stone ,to see the divine spiritual master as ordinary and material ,to perceive the devotee of the Lord as mundane and under the influence of the three modes of nature will warrant that one gets demoted to the hellish regions instead of Vaikuntha. Those with such mentality usually give great importance to one's  higher birth accordingly as with  one's close blood ties with particular family  relations. The pure devotees understanding the sad plight of those  ignorant people  engrossed in material enjoyment are always hoping to bring auspiciousness on  their miserable lives. Those bewildered by the m...

                                        Satya Kama  and Jvala  pt 2 All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada Satyakama asks his mother Jvala,' I am going to attend the gurukula as a celibate student but you have to tell me the caste I was born in order to relate to my mentor.'The mother replied,' ,son I do not know the caste in which you were born as a servant while performing my task as a servant in my youth I obtained you so I do not know your caste but you can tell that I am Satya Kama the son of Jvala.'Sankaracharya who has written that your father passed away when you were young is not at all mentioned in the main verse. The fact whether Satya Kama 's father had passed away or whether he had taken sanyassa  or where he had gone is not mentioned in the main verse. There is no proof that the comm...

                                           Teachings of Prahlad All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada The son of Hiranyakasipu was Prahlad Maharaj. The meaning of Hiranya is gold and Kasipu means bed ,meaning  King Hiranyakasipu was always absorbed in the pleasures of the bed and  lure of gold. Previously , he had done great austerities with staying out a hundred celestial  years without drinking water such that the during that period  ants had devoured all  his flesh  and skin with only his bones remaining  visible but in that time, he had unwittingly manged to maintain his  life consciousness in Samadhi. Brahma by observing his austerities  became astonished saying,' what you have done is possible by no other as even the Rsi...

                                              The story of Jvala  All Glories to HDG  Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada The scriptures speak of different births as ordinarily from the womb of the mother,  The second birth is the one called twice born initiation and the thirdis for the  brahmin qualified to perform fire sacrifice. The  warrior (Kshatiya) and the farmer (Vaisya) class are generally  denied the third birth while the Sudra and those lower  caste are not allowed both the second and the third birth.One is born in a caste according to the stock of his previous sins. According to sins accumulated, the brahmana may sometimes have to take arms as a warrior and further sin would demote him to take up agriculture work  and looking after cows as his duty....

                                         Brahmin and Vaishnava All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories  to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada The pure Vaishnavas always respect those in the Brahmin order while a  person of the Brahman order  worships an elevated Vaishnava  without fail. Everybody knows that a brahmana by right is generally worship able by  all others. In the early days ,the students learning sanskrit grammer quote this verse to depict the sixth and seven case  in grammer as varnanam varnesu va brahmanah sreshtah meaning of all the four orders of life the Brahmanah is considered the most superior. Many are unaware of the fact there can be a class  that could  be even more superior.   Krishna was worshipped by all the Brahmans but then He was none other than the Supreme Lord...

                                                  Service to Guru All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Promode Puri Goswami Maharaj All Glories to HDG Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswat Goswami Prabhupada In all the scriptures as the Sruti, Smrti ,Puranas the glories of serving the  elevated  spiritual master is described. Without service to a bona fide guru there is no way  that the conditioned soul can give up his  material contamination or bondage to matter or for that matter  able to serve the Supreme Lord. The scriptures describe the spiritual master as the form of the  Supreme Lord  but accepting the mood of servitude. The spiritual master is non different from the Lord. He has come in the form of the servitor to teach the bonded souls about one's  eternal service to the Lord. By taking shelter of a spiritual master ,the livi...