50 years of Srila Prabhupada. From Guatemala. 9/27/15

Srila Prabhupada ki Jay !!!

Today is a special day because we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Srila Prabhupada in the West. Srila Prabhupada gave us a wonderful gift and we can multiply it. Srila Prabhupada planted the seed of Bhakti, he gave us this gift. This seed is still present and is being replanted in different parts, so that we can continue to care and multiply, it is not enough just to sow the seed we must also take care of it and water it to finally reap the benefits and so we can give our respective offering to Srila Prabhupada.

We are fortunate recipients of these seeds that were planted in our hearts. Through this manner we came into contact with the transcendental as they were planted by the original sower. I'm referring  to the seed planted by Srila Prabhupada, the seed of Bhakti. This began with great devotion, the devotion of Srila Prabhupada himself, and he came to New York and started it all.

Srila Prabhupada wrote some songs when he came to Boston in the Jaladhuta, they are very beautiful songs:

"I emphatically say to you, O brothers, you will obtain your good fortune from the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa only when Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī becomes pleased with you."

"Oh Krsna, in truth I tell you: Radharani will give you Her grace, when my Guru is pleased, this I certainly declare."

This is something very pure. Who has such pure appreciation/judgment? Radharani will give grace when my Guru will be pleased ... and when will my Guru become happy ??? That is very difficult, after all the representative of Radharani, Prabhupada said; My Guru sent me to the West and if he is the representative of my Guru then Krishna help me to please Radharani, if you want to deal with Raharani then ignore my prayers, and to know how to please Radharani is our goal, this is the correct meaning.

"Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, who is very dear to Lord Gaurāṅga, the son of mother Śacī, is unparalleled in his service to the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is that great saintly spiritual master who bestows intense devotion to Kṛṣṇa at different places throughout the world."

By his strong desire, the holy name of Lord Gaurāṅga will spread throughout all the countries of the Western world. In all the cities, towns, and villages on the earth, from all the oceans, seas, rivers, and streams, everyone will chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.

Now Prabhupada is telling the story of how he came to share Krsna with the world ...

"As the vast mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu conquers all directions, a flood of transcendental ecstasy will certainly cover the land. When all the sinful, miserable living entities become happy, the Vaiṣṇavas' desire is then fulfilled."

"Although my Guru Mahārāja ordered me to accomplish this mission, I am not worthy or fit to do it. I am very fallen and insignificant. Therefore, O Lord, now I am begging for Your mercy so that I may become worthy, for You are the wisest and most experienced of all."

"If You bestow Your power, by serving the spiritual master one attains the Absolute Truth-one's life becomes successful. If that service is obtained, then one becomes happy and gets Your association due to good fortune."

"My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, because of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually falling into a blind well full of snakes, following the general populace. But Your servant Nārada Muni kindly accepted me as his disciple and instructed me how to achieve this transcendental position. Therefore, my first duty is to serve him. How could I leave his service?"

"O Lord Kṛṣṇa, You are my eternal companion. Forgetting You, I have suffered the kicks of māyā birth after birth. If today the chance to meet You occurs again, then I will surely be able to rejoin You."

Srila Prabhupada says I want to be with my Lord. ..

"O dear friend, in Your company I will experience great joy once again. In the early morning I will wander about the cowherd pastures and fields. Running and frolicking in the many forests of Vraja, I will roll on the ground in spiritual ecstasy. Oh when will that day be mine?"

This verse of Prabhupada speaks to some devotees that he is a very close devotee of Radharani, he did so much service in Raman Reti, where wonderful things happen in Vrindavan, servant of Radharani, particularity of the school in Sri Vrindavan Dham.

"Today that remembrance of You came to me in a very nice way. Because I have a great longing I called to You. I am Your eternal servant and therefore I desire Your association so much. O Lord Kṛṣṇa, except for You there is no other means of success."

Thus, following the men fell into a dark pit, by associating with so many material desires, but Narada saved me to make me his disciple, therefore, how can I move away from your service?

Srila Prabhupada tells a beautiful story ... the second song that continues in this way of thinking which was also written on the Jaladhuta ...

My dear Lord Krsna, You are so kind upon this useless soul,
but I do not know why You have brought me here.
Now You can do whatever You like with me.

But I guess You have some business here,
otherwise why would You bring me to this terrible place?

Most of the population here is covered by the material modes of ignorance and passion.
Absorbed in material life, they think themselves very happy and satisfied,
and therefore they have no taste for the transcendental message of Vasudeva.
 I do not know how they will be able to understand it.

But I know Your causeless mercy can make everything possible
because You are the most expert mystic.

How will they understand the mellows of devotional service?
O Lord, I am simply praying for Your mercy
so that I will be able to convince them about Your message.

All living entities have become under the control
of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore,
if You like, by Your will
they can also be released from the clutches of illusion.

 I wish that You may deliver them.
Therefore if You so desire their deliverance,
then only will they be able to understand Your message.

The words of Srimad−Bhagavatam are Your incarnation,
and if a sober person repeatedly receives it
with submissive aural reception,
then he will be able to understand Your message.

It is said in the Srimad−Bhagavatam (1.2.17−21):
"Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted. By regular attendance in classes on the Bhagavatam and by rendering of service to the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact. As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature's modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy. Thus established in the mode of unalloyed goodness, the man whose mind has been enlivened by contact with devotional service to the Lord gains positive scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association. Thus the knot in the heart is pierced, and all misgivings are cut to pieces. The chain of fruitive actions is terminated when one sees the self as master."

He will become liberated
from the influence of the modes of ignorance and passion
and thus all inauspicious things accumulated
in the core of the heart will disappear.

How will I make them understand this message of Krsna consciousness?
I am very unfortunate, unqualified and the most fallen.
Therefore I am seeking Your benediction
so that I can convince them, for I am powerless to do so on my own.

 Somehow or other, O Lord, You have brought me here to speak about You.
Now, my Lord, it is up to You
to make me a success or failure as You like.

 O spiritual master of all the worlds! I can simply repeat Your message,
so if You like You can make my power of speaking suitable for their understanding.

Only by Your causeless mercy will my words become pure.
I am sure that when this transcendental message penetrates their hearts
they will certainly feel engladdened and
thus become liberated from all unhappy conditions of life

 O Lord, I am just like a puppet in Your hands.
So if You have brought me here to dance,
then make me dance, make me dance,
O Lord, make me dance as You like.

Jay Nimai! Jay Nitai! those songs are the heart of Srila Prabhupada and you will get that which he himself communicated.

Now, how about this general Srila Prabhupada? You do not imagine that you are a beggar of love, he is a beggar Radharani and Mahaprabhu, he told us more and more, double, double, triple, triple, quadruple and quadruple, a million and a million.

Srila Prabhupada was always on top of things, preaching and he always had the power of a humble beggar, of course preaching something you could only understand through the particularity of this appeal, to make us essentially Krishna's devotees and this is only by the grace of Srila Prabhupada and so we continue to preach.

Another 50 years are on its way and then we can come celebrate 100 years of Srila Prabhupada in the West, that is why it is a very nice celebration and that is why we have received it very well, celebrate, celebrate .. The Sunday of celebration, celebration of love, this is what I wanted to say in a few words. Amen to Srila Prabhupada, encourage people in the path of Srila Prabhupada, this is a unique opportunity.

Your always well-wisher
Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti

The Science of Love. 06/22/2014 Spain

Conference.

My dear devotees. I am very happy to share with you today's chat. First off, I want to offer my humble obeisances to my spiritual master, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in whose place I am speaking here, because I know if he were here, we would all be listening. Srila Prabhupada planted many seeds of love in many places and it is a great joy for me to see every day how my spiritual master impacted the lives of so many people so deeply.

Sure, intervening in the lives of the people who came to him in that way was his normal nature. When someone asked him something, Srila Prabhupada would at once give that person all the love he had and showed that person that there was something very precious and supremely beautiful in life and that was the power of love. Surely the human being is blessed with this great power but in saying this is not to say that only humans have this ability. This power is in the soul and the soul is present in every living creature, that means in animals too. They also have the ability to love. Thus, it is not a blessing just for human beings.

If we think that animals do not have such a blessing than more reason for man to love them because they have that capability however, the current reality is different. The way you treat animals reveals how much love you have. If we realize that this is the reality of our life then it is time to cultivate our love, develop it and grow it. Feed your love. How do you nurture love?

Even the muscles can grow if you want to. Your intellectual abilities. You can become an expert in any area of ​​life. There are no limits. Even in the temporal you can go far. Imagine in no time. That is the transcendental. Your capacity for love has no limits. You can even include loving the temporal and non-temporal.

Often young devotees come to me with the desire to study a temporary science, often encouraged by their parents to have some financial security. They think I am against science or against studying. I am against the false values ​​and the big business that is behind the so-called "education". Why am I'm going to send my child to a place where they repeatedly tell him that God does not exist, that life has no goal, life has no values ​​and we enjoy the world. Besides ignoring the wisdom, faith and transcendental sciences.

So Srila Prabhupada was adamant in saying: College is a slaughter house of the soul. And he even said that in a college where he was invited to give a conference. He was not afraid to say so. But what alternative do we have today in that situation? We are trying to establish a college of ancient wisdom to learn the true sciences. The science of Ayurvedic medicine, the science of conscious nutrition, the science of ​​pedagogy with values, the science of how to develop our ability to love, the science of how to become a spiritual leader.

Who says that the east has no science or that the ancestral knowledge of the past is not scientific knowledge? Whoever said that the east has no scientists? Whoever said that the past did not have enough scientific knowledge and isn't applicable to today? who says that it is no longer valid? It was definitely scientific. We are witnessing the amazing legacy that has been left to modern man such as buildings, art, etc..

There are even things that modern man with his science does not know how to repeat or explain. I myself was inspired by mercy to be an instrument of a deep study on the power of faith. This came to me and in my service of wanting to spread what I learned from my spiritual master I found that people suffer from lack of faith. People who have strong faith can confront the difficulties of life better. You can develop your faith, you can feed your faith, you may become very strong in your faith and see the results yourself. That is science.
In the same way: your health is primarily a result of what you eat. If you eat poorly you become sick. That is science. So we have the science of vegetarianism as the science of healthy eating but universities do not teach that at. Most colleges teach eating meat, and then from there one can began to distrust such institutions because what science could they possibly have if they do not practice something as basic as vegetarianism?

Well yes, vegetarianism is a basic science. It is the first course. Srila Prabhupada mainly teaches all of us about this from the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam. I ask the devotee to make okis whenever Srila Prabhupada talks about it. You will be surprised how many times Srila Prabhupada emphasizes that science. And from there one can start to develop the ability to love. Start loving your younger siblings.

Many people talk about love but when it comes to eating then they run. And with children there is much talk about the traumatic experiences of children but there is no investigation into the trauma of eating our brothers from a very young age. For many it is a trauma to realize that we have to feed off of our brothers. No child wants to see a calf put into pieces and then eat it. Therefore in terms of scientific observation it appears as though scientist fail to observe that. And if they do observe it then they are disinterested in watching it because it can bring down their business or affect their contract with the meat industry. All science works for trade.

So we need to be concerned scientists. But it is difficult to graduate as a conscientious scientist in an unaware University. There is much useful and practical knowledge. For example the science of agriculture science or technology to serve the welfare of the community. For example the science of compost, composting toilets, the science of recycling, the science of water protection, etc..

There are many sciences that can also help today. For example I have a group of conscious lawyers in Colombia who are fighting to defend the rights of nature. We want governments to include in their constitutions the rights of nature including animal rights. There are many proposals but I saw one where clearly the life of an animal is respected. In many places there is any implementation of animal rights, if you mistreat a dog, a cat. That's quite an achievement but there is still plenty to be done. Bu what is exactly missing for that to happen? Love. The goals are achieved in proportion to the amount of love you put to achieve them. Srila Prabhupada set a goal: To establish Krishna Consciousness in the West and he did. A senior man, materially speaking, an elderly man coming out for the first time from his country to a distant place. But with a giant-sized love for us. And a love to please his Guru.

His Guru was no longer physically present on this planet but nonetheless he remained in Srila Prabhupada's heart. That's a great example of developing love, levels of love far beyond comprehension, give evidence to and prove now a days.We are invited to experience this love. And I also was struck by the love of my spiritual master and I can not help but tell you all who come to me because of  Srila Prabhupada's love.

So, I ask you to please speak about love of Krishna, to speak about Srila Prabhupada's love, educate your brothers in the science of love and be faithful to your convictions in your practice and in preaching. Acar and Pracar, practice and preach. In our life we ​​have Acar, behavior, and pracar is preaching, or what we communicate to others. We must be excellent in both. But principally in acar. We must be pure and transparent in our actions.

Love for your spiritual practice, love for japa, love for morning meditation, love of Srimad Bhagavatam, awakening love and appreciating each of your brothers who are with you. For those living in a temple that is a great blessing to see so many devotees and mothers every day. Likewise it is a blessing for grhastas to wake up and see their spouse and kids. It is an ashram similar to the ashram temple. Your husband or wife is your spiritual brother/sister. And a lot of problems arise when you forget your spouse is foremost a child of your spiritual master which he gave you and only you to personally care for. You are not just receiving a love from the person accompanying you, but you receive Guru's love in the form of a great gift that your Guru gave you, out of trust, to care for your spouse. One naturally loves everything that Guru has given. Everything that one gets from Gurudeva is prasadam. Mercy. Then your husband, or your wife is Gurudeva's mercy.

This understanding is true love and so the practitioners will not have problems in their relationships. This spiritual love between brothers is real and is learned in the field of devotional service. Therefore it is important to train in a temple. Some say why should we the temple? I can live in my house and practice Bhakti yoga there. The answer is: Where are you trained to love your brothers, to study and practice bhakti in a community, to sing and worship the deity? There we learn to love the deity and we see the manifestation of another's love. And you fall in love more and more with His devotees and in turn it inspires your love. So our life is filled with more and more love. And that love will then transmit to your children if that is your practice.

A sannyasi sees devotees as a father sees his children. The renunciate renounces a personal family to give his love to everyone and then see everyone as his children. Someone in the renounced life inspires others with their ​​love for Krishna and for a grhasta it is a blessing to be able to associate with a renounced devotee who can nourish your love even more. Love is an ingredient that unites us all and unites us with God. So do not hesitate to enroll in the college of love to learn the science of love and be an expert in loving everyone. An expert like Srila Prabhupada.

Seeing Srila Prabhupada, one fell in love at first sight, as he walked, as he spoke, as he worked, and ate, etc. Every detail of Srila Prabhupada you fell in love with. And you still can fall in love with every meaning of the Srimad Bhagavatam because Srila Prabhupada is still alive there and present through the devotees who serve him, he has never left. He is always with us, love is the force. And that's what we want, for our children and future devotees to investigate and learn. Learn something current and enlivening, not a dead science. The masters of the past live through the sound of their words and are present in devotees today. The masters of the past are with us all the time, their desire to flood the world with love is still there, still alive and it is what we see in the present. They have not left, nor have they abandoned their ideals. On the contrary, they are guiding the devotees in helping them to realize their projects.

So we always ask for the blessings of the acaryas. That's why we worship them at the altar. Therefore it is very important that they are on the altar. And it is important for parents to teach  their children the contribution of each acarya. The true heroes. Therefore it is very important that heroes are well identified in the life of a child. Children must identify them on the altar because that is where the acaryas are worshiped.
With these words I leave the chat today glorifying our great hero: Srila Prabhupada and all Acharyas who teach the science of love
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Srila Prabhupada ki jay!
Your always well wisher,
Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti