Translation

Thus with two intentions Lord appeared with his devotees and tasted the nectar of Prema, with the congregational chanting of the Holy name.. Thus he spread he kirtan, even among the untouchables. He wrote a leaf of the Holy name and Prema. With which he garlanded the entire material world.

(1.21) he bhakta kori……

In this way, assuming a sentiment of a devotee, he preached devotional service, while practicing it himself.

Purport by his Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

We Rupa Goswami met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu at Prayag, he offered his respectful obeisance by submitting to Lord Caitanya was more magnanimous than any other incarnation of Krsna. Because He was distributing love of God, love of Krsna. His mission was to enhance love of Godhead, in the human form of life the highest achievement is to attain the platform of love of Godhead. Lord Caitanya did not invent a system of religion as people sometimes assume. Religious systems are meant to show the existence of God, who then was generally approached as the cosmic order supplier, but Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s transcendental mission is to distribute love of Godhead to everyone, anyone who accepts God as the Supreme, can take to the process of chanting Hare Krsna and become a lover of God.

We are reading from SB Canto 5 chap 6. Activities of Lord Rishab Dev Text 3. Parikshit Maharaj begins this chapter by enquiring from Srila Sukadev Goswami, why it was that Rishabdev who was an incarnation of supreme personality of godhead who naturally had mystic powers. Why did he neglect them. He acted like an ordinary person who appeared socially to be mad. People abused him, insulted him, harassed him in so many ways. Simply by his glance he could have destroyed them but he tolerated it. And when there was a fire in the forest, he could have easily by his mystic powers extinguished it. But instead he willingly burnt in that fire. Why? So Sukadev Goswami describes how the nature of the mind is. It can be distracted from the spiritual path and the very cause of our downfall even if we attach ourselves with the mystic potencies. Because when the lord appears within in this world he appears especially in this instance to give an example to humanity what we should strive for, what we should see as sacred within our lives

anyabhilashita shunyam jnana-karmady anavritam. anukulyena krishnanushilanam bhaktir uttamam.

I sincerely thank everyone for assembling this evening in Sri Rädhägopénäth, Temple for the festival of inspiration. Tonight’s topic can be discussed from various perspectives. I would like to share some thoughts with you this evening on a particular perspective of this subject which I believe is very essential for those who want to make progress on the spiritual path. The topic I have been asked to speak on is entitled “Dying to Live.” In Bhagavad-gétä, Kåñëa tells that what is the time of awakening for a common person is the time of sleep for a realized soul, and the awakening for the self-realized soul is the time of sleep for ordinary people or it is said that for one who is very much imprisoned by the materialistic conception of life, they live to die, and for one who is seeking truth, such a person dies to live.

I offer my very sincere gratitude to the management of an NSCI for facilitating this very wonderful place for this evening’s satsang. My very sincere thanks to all of you who have so kindly come, taken your precious time for pursuing the most valuable cause of life.

Krishna is the cause of all causes; Sarva Karana Karanam. Thus, there is no greater cause than trying to understand him, love him, and serve him. In the 6th canto of Srimad Bhagavatham, Maharaj Parikshit asks a very important question to Sukadev Goswami. Just previously in the 5th canto, Sukadeva Goswami explained the various ways that the spirit soul within the clutches of material existence can both enjoy and suffer. Just as there are different environmental conditions within this world, on a much greater scale, this is taken place within the universe. In the north and south poles, very very cold. In Bombay, in April-May, very very hot. In a similar way, the acaryas explain there are heavenly planets where those who amass the credits of great piety can enjoy far superior that even what pious people can enjoy in this world and there are also places there is big suffer, hellish conditions.

Lord Rsabhadeva performed all kinds of sacrifices one hundred times according to the instructions of the Vedic literatures. Thus He satisfied Lord Visnu in every respect. All the rituals were enriched by first-class ingredients. They were executed in holy places according to the proper time by priests who were all young and faithful. In this way Lord Visnu was worshiped, and the prasada was offered to all the demigods. Thus the functions and festivals were all successful.

On behalf of His Devine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada the founder Acarya of our society in all of our temples we welcome you. This evening we are celebrating Pushya Abhishek. I will not speak long because you have all come to see the beautiful flower shower ceremony of Sri Radha Gopinathji. I would like to speak something of the history of this festival. Pushya Ahbishek actually means the winter bathing ceremony of Sri Radha and Krsna in the month of Paush, In the Krsna book or Srimad Bhagvatam generally, whenever Krsna kills demons the cowherd boys dance and clap their hands and cry out “well done well done “ and the demigods shower Krsna with flowers. So this bathing Krsna with the shower of flowers is authorized by Sukhadev Goswami in Srimad Bhagvatam. It was very much during Rasa Lila they were being showered by flowers, during killing of demons they were showered by flowers. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu appeared in this world not to kill the demons with His weapons of chakra or bow and arrow. Nityanand Prabhu when Mahaprabhu was about to sever the heads of Jagai and Madhai he said “My Lord in this age of Kali everyone is more or less like this Jagai and Madhai.

He fixed his mind upon The Supreme Personality of Godhead Param Brahman, who is beyond cause and affect, who manifested three modes of material nature, he is who is beyond those three modes and who is perceived only through unfailing devotional service.

Purport by his divine grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Whenever there is bhakti there must be three things present, the devotee, the devotion and the Lord. Without these three

1.Bhakta
2.Bhakti
3.Bhagavan

There is no meaning to the word Bhakti.

Kardama Muni fixed his mind on the supreme brahman and realized him through bhakti or devotional service. This indicates that he fixed his mind on the personal feature of the Lord because bhakti cannot be executed unless one has realization of the personal feature of the absolute truth. “Gunebhyas ca” he who is beyond the three modes of material nature but it is due to him that the three modes of material nature are manifested. In other words although the material energy is an emanation of the supreme Lord he is not affected as we are by the modes of material nature. We are conditioned souls but he is not affected. Although the material nature has emanated from him he is the supreme living entity and is never affected by maya but we are subordinate minute living entities prone to be affected by the limitations of maya. If he is in constant contact with the supreme Lord by devotional service, the conditioned living entity also becomes freed from the infection of maya. This is confirmed in Bhagawad Gita “Sagunan samatityaitan” BG.14.26 “A person engaged in Krishna consciousness is at once liberated from the influence of the three modes of material nature. In other words once the conditioned soul engages him in devotional service he also becomes liberated like the Lord”.