Pushyabhishek
ku-manäù su-manastvaà hi
yäti yasya padäbjayoù
su-mano-’rpaëa-mätreëa
taà caitanya-prabhuà bhaje
I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya because simply by offering a flower at His lotus feet even the most ardent materialist becomes a devotee.  All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu! All glories to Lord Nityänanda Prabhu! All glories to Advaita Äcärya! And all glories to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya! Let me now enumerate the activities of the Lord between the ages of five and ten. His chief occupation during this period was to engage Himself in study.  The pastimes of the Lord during His paugaëòa age were very extensive.

 Hare Krishna! I wish to offer my gratitude to everyone who has so kindly assembled today on this auspicious occasion of Dusshera. Today all over the world there are millions and millions of people celebrating this day. But like most spiritual occasions not so many know why? - It is a characteristic of kali yuga that even very sacred things are perceived very superficially. Often times religious festivals of all religions are more of an opportunity for some sort of social entertainment than for genuinely cultivating Love of God - which is the purpose of every great religion and the purpose of every spiritual observance. The Srimad Bhagavatam tells “Shram eva hi kevalam” whatever occupation we perform whatever spiritual activities we do if in the end it does not awaken within us a deep attraction to hear about to chant about, to serve and to love God than we miss the point. We have wasted our time. Today Lord Sri Ramchandra is being remembered for his killing of Ravana.

  DAY3 - EVENING

Hare Krishna!

WHY VRAJAVASIS AGREED TO PERFORM GOVARDHAN PUJA

During today morning’s narration, on this blessed and holy place of Sri Govardhan puja, we heard about how Krishna transformed a typical Hindu tradition that was being followed for many generations into a most pleasurable, enlivening and meaningful festival. The Vrajavasis perform Indra puja every year, as mater of duty, to Indra, for getting rain, for their crops and cows and also to give a sense of allegiance for fore-father and fore-mothers who established this tradition. So it wasn’t very exciting, it’s something they would do, for certain religious purposes.

SB 10.24.35
kåñëas tv anyatamaà rüpaà
gopa-viçrambhaëaà gataù
çailo 'sméti bruvan bhüri
balim ädad båhad-vapuù
SYNONYMS

SUNDAY FEAST LECTURE BY
HH RADHANATH SWAMI MAHARAJ
DATE: 4TH OCTOBER 2009 (SHARAD-PURNIMA)
Haribol!

The Real Significance of Bhumi Puja
By HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj
At Govardhan Farm, Wada - 2nd October 2009

SB 10.3.27

martyo måtyu-vyäla-bhétaù paläyan

lokän sarvän nirbhayaà nädhyagacchat

tvat pädäbjaà präpya yadåcchayädya

susthaù çete måtyur asmäd apaiti

Srila Prabhupada Appearance Day Offering
By H.H. Radhanath Swami

I am grateful to be here on this most auspicious occasion of Srila Prabhupada’s Vyas Puja. Yesterday we celebrated Janmastami. Krsna appears in every yuga as the yuga avatar. He has numerous incarnations that come into this world. But only once in a day of Brahma, which means his day and night, which is described as 8 million 630 million years, Krsna appeared in His original transcendental form of Goloka, which is the highest planet in the spiritual world, with his most intimate devotees, Yasoda, Nanda, the sakhis, the sakhas. The special feature descended into this world just to attract the hearts of the conditioned souls into the intimate, loving pastimes of Vrindavan Dham, something that no other avatar can give.