fredag 30 juli 2010
Comments for "Okis, marriage and seriousness"
I will write so Vasudeva and Shyamananda don´t eat Junk Food!
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Shyamananda das (Gothenburg, Sweden)
"Whether you are bramacharis, grihastas or sannyasis the most important is that you are determined to become pure devotees in this life."
"It's not about rules and regulations, it's about realizations."
These two quotes I like very much from last sunday chat. It reminds me of another one, "Control your senses, get the essence". There you have the previous quotes in one.
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onsdag 21 juli 2010
A message to the readers
We have heard from several devotees that they don't feel qualified to comment on Gurudevas sunday chat.
Me and Vasudeva have reflected on this and concluded that if you are not qualified, then we for sure are not.. We are not qualified to clean the temple, not qualified to chant our rounds, not qualified to read the scriptures and not qualified to associate with devotees. We are not even qualified to eat prasadam, so now we will eat junk candy from the supermarket until you start sending comments.
Sunday chat editors
http://sunday-chat.blogspot.
Vasudeva & Shyamananda
COMMENTS:
Bhakta Mikael Sjödin (Sundsvall, Sweden)
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Pranams,
Comment on Swami's comment: Jay Maharaj, very nice message. Yes, we must learn to conquer the tongue by eating Prasadam and speak Hari Katha.
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Sudarshan Prabhu (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Gaur-Nitai Prabhu (U.S.A.)
Dandavats Pranams to all the Vaisnava devotees.
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Prema Vilas Prabhu (Berlin, Germany)
So many people got inspired to write now comments on the chats ;-)
One thought I wanted to share is my gratefulness and admiration for Gurudeva who dedicates all his time to his disciples.
Any time any of his disciples has a problem, he has an open ear for him and a good and satisfying advice.
He really acts like a well-wishing father of all his disciples and I´m forever grateful for his attitude.
Although his disciples should also take care to not bother him with any little problem which can be solved in other ways or with the help of another advanced devotee.
Now through the internet we have additionally the opportunity to have the sanga and the advices of so many advanced devotees.
I liked also the discussion which came up through all the last comments, they make us think about the philosophy and how to adopt these high teachings in our daily live. I was really thinking during the last days about this "qualified or not"-subject ;-)
In this way, we remember the philosophy, statements from the acaryas and also own thoughts about it.
Maybe we discover in this way that we misunderstood something or we can explain some point which we understood at least in theory.
I hope you forgive me, if I take the chance to make a short advertisement for a page which I made ;-) with lots of good-quality-recordings from Bhajans, Kirtans and performances from different occasions like Melas and so on.
You can also download the songs or hear them online.
Soon, after the Mela in Hungary, I will upload for all those who cannot participate I hope ALL bhajans, kirtans, performances and lectures.
The websites-adress is: http://premavilas.zv1.de/
and there is another page with lectures: http://premavilas.zv1.de/
If you have any question about how to use or how to download please write me to: premavilas108@gmail.com
Aspiring to serve,
premavilas das
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Govinda Prabhu (New Jersey, U.S.A.)
I have been passively listening (could also mean not listening at all) the conversations thats are going on.
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Comments for "Open your heart"
Haribol!
Gurudeva sunday chat ki jay!
The knot of the heart is the crookedness of the heart.
Guru guided Sadhana Bhakti is the way to open the heart and it culminates in onepointed Bhakti, onepointed attention to Sri Krishna, as exemplified by Gurudeva in our lives.
Step by step we have to reach this goal
fear is there hidden deep within the false ego that we will miss out on so many joyrides if we don't pay attention to the opportunities this world have to offer.
Shradda means "Where we give our hearts" Full faith means full open heart. complete honesty. That we can see in Gurudeva. No hiding. There is no possibility for any shadow to be created when full attention is on the Lord who is like the illuminating sun.
Ugra Nrishinga (fearsome Nrishinga) made even the devotees tremble. Brahma and Shiva themselves did not dare to approach the Lord in that form (because they exemplify Karma respectively Jnana mixed Bhakti).
But Prahlad, with fully open heart, no shadows to hide or protect, approached Nrishingadeva and appeased Him with beautiful prayers
One pointed feeling, thinking, speaking and acting. The pure atma, undressed from all attitudes, released from all knots of the heart. I can only imitate the prayer of Bhaktivinoda and ask desperatly "when will that day be mine!"
Is it possible? can we do it?
yes we can, just follow in the footsteps of our beloved Gaurdian Srila Gurudeva.
We can test our advancement on our path by how much attraction we have to read the sundaychats, as they are the weekly "hotcakes" of our darshan connection with Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Brajeshvara
Dandavats dear devotees. please give me mercy so I can understand one day what Gurudeva speaks and associate with Him with an open heart.
Krishna gave a heart to me and I closed it, how stupid. Please devotees give me the key to unlock my heart. Pray for me
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Makhan Chor Prabhu (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Bhakta Mikael Sjödin (Sundsvall, Sweden)
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Vasudeva Prabhu (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Jayataha
Dandavats to ALL devotees
One astrologer said about Srila Prabhupada that He would build a house where the whole world could live. And He did by inviting the whole world into his heart. Srila Gurudeva is doing the same. His vision stretches beyond the VRINDA mission; to unite the Vaishnavas he enthuses the WVA, to unite the religions of the world he revealed the OIDA therapy, to unite the East and West (and all the hindus around their common causes) He started the DharmaScience, to include the animals in the family of mother earth (and bridge out to the nondevotee masses) he started the spoonrevolution. Gurudeva takes in the whole world in his heart and asks us to also look beyond our own problems in life or our local concerns. Gurudeva often quotes Srila Prabhupada; "The world first, your temple second". This prevents us from creating our ego-zone around our service. After all, Krishna consciousness is supposed to be universal.
Taking others into the heart
Krishna gives equal love to all souls, but to those who reciprocate he can give more. This means that any soul that is regularly taking association with devotees, making any service, giving donation, appreciating hari-katha, is chanting rounds, serving my Gurudev in various ways, offering his food before eating, bowing down in the temple room etc etc is in the spotlight of Krishna. This soul has received Krishnas attention and deserves my appreciation. By seeing all devotees in this way i will hopefully not make a fool out of myself when the spotlight shines on me, because indifference and offenses are not allowed on the stage of Bhakti.
Gurumaharaj ki Jaya!
//vasudeva d
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Balabhadra Prabhu (Mewegen, Germany)
Hare Krishna dear Devotees,
my respectful and loving obeisances to all of You.
I think it is clear who from all of us is the most fallen and the most unqualified – the one with the greatest ego, who want to be the best and the first even in this regard – me…..
But still I admit that the real progress in cleaning and opening our heart comes by a deep meditation about Gurudeva and the topics of his classes, and these deep meditation comes actually when we try to speak or to write about. Listening is nice and good, reading already more intensive, but speaking or writing brings You to a very deep level of finding out what is in Your heart, what You want to share, which direction You really want to go.
Still I feel very ashamed what comes out of my heart when I look what rivers of nectar all of You are sharing from Your sweet realizations. But this is also a kind of ego, I guess and why not let You know how falls I am, actually, then You all feel more compassion and pray more for me. Cool
When Gurudeva speaks about to open the heart with all his deep meanings and different aspects, wow I can only bow down to such an universal understanding and realization of the divine love. And it’s so true. Not much more to say about. In my little world I try to open the doors of my heart by learning to understand that everybody must be happy in the family of Krishna Consciousness. To feel home, wherever there is a temple or devotees worshiping and serving the Lord. And the best help to learn this here in Berlin, are our brothers and sisters from foreign countries.
First, when I would be in a place completely out of everything I know or I’m used to deal with, I would be very happy that there are friends who help me even in the little details.
Then they bring so much love and fresh energy into the temple atmosphere that makes all of us so happy, that we have to do our best, that they never want to leave us anymore.
And also, when the people from outside see the community, they should feel by seeing all the happy faces that this community around Krishna has something very special, very happy and very heart-open.
If we feel responsible for the happiness of our brother next to us, when we cannot leave somebody, without asking, “how are You?”, “what can I do for You?”, then we are on a good way to open our hearts more and more. This sacrifice is actually the biggest pleasure one can experience.
and in my case also a good portion of egoism, because there will be the time for sure, when I’m on the ground beaten up by the reactions of my sinful activities. and I would be most happy and fortunate, if there is a compassionate devotee, who give me his attention and help. We need so much help and mercy from everyone around us, the we cannot risk to be alone one day, by bad our behavior or ignoring, selfish mood.
If we see a devote, we try to serve him the best we can, for sure he will be the one, who save us one day, when we are lost. With this feeling we will be saved, I think.
Haribol.
Gurudeva Patita Pavana Ki Jay
Vaisnava Thakur Ki Jay
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Bhakta Michael Hurn (San Diego, U.S.A.)
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Gaur-Nitai Prabhu (U.S.A.)
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