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- Placement Guidance [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/b8b0a7f32549c291
- [Hare Krishna] How to be successful in devotion ? Seva Sumam :
1,057. [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/c8368f351cc7cb9f
- Panihati Chida Dahi Mahotsav [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/8ab9c60f01726fac
- <Food For Soul> [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/f0aa50d5610f4a02
- [granthraj] Power of Lord's Names [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/fc1c0ca37630c8bb
- [granthraj] Don't Grow [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/learn-bhagavad-gita-asitis/t/5c5ddaff68f059c2

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From: "Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)" <sri.krishna.hari@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 25 12:08AM +0530
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Date: Jun 24 09:20PM +0530
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Subject: [Hare Krishna] How to be successful in devotion ? Seva Sumam :
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Topic : Crying

*How to be successful*

*in devotion* ?

This crying is the last word in the progressive path of devotional service.
One who can cry for the Lord in love is certainly successful in the line of
devotional service.

Srimad Bhagavatham, 3.4.35.

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Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM
Subject: Panihati Chida Dahi Mahotsav
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The Chida-dadhi Mahotsav, also known as the Chipped Rice Festival of
Panihati, is a yearly celebration of the pastimes of Srila Raghunatha dasa
Goswami and Lord Nityananda Prabhu. This astonishing pastime took place on
the banks of the Ganges at Panihati, which is just north of Calcutta. Lord
Caitanya and his associates enjoyed many transcendental pastimes here.
Chida-dadhi Mahotsav remembers how the Lord mercifully reciprocated with His
devotees by arranging, through Nityananda Prabhu and Raghunatha dasa, to
provide an ecstatic feast of yoghurt and chipped rice, along with various
other nectar foodstuffs. Linked below is an excerpt from
Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya lila chapter 6, which describes this wonderful
pastime in detail.

The chipped rice festival took place just before the monsoons, when it is
very hot (45 - 50 C) and muggy (80 - 90 % humidity), so naturally the most
cooling of foodstuffs were offered. Cool yoghurt (dadhi) and chipped rice
(chida) were offered with sugar, bananas, milk sweets and cakes.

Our feast menu begins with Ganges Curd Upma, a moist and delicious
preparation of vegetables and grain. Before offering, a flavorful stream of
yoghurt is poured around the base of the Upma, in honor of the festival
goers who had to stand in the Ganges to enjoy their prasadam because there
was no room left on the river banks.

A light and simple Cracked Urad Dal is offered, with a side of Banana
Chapatis drenched in Orange Cardamom Butter. A sumptuously rich Cauliflower
& Red Pepper Sabji is simple to make, and brings smiles to the devotees.

A dry curry of Peas and Paneer is stuffed in a hollow Lemon, which adds nice
flavor to the preparation. Rava Idli is a savory cake that goes nicely with
the Aloo Kerala Fry, a spicy fried patty of potato and bitter melon.

Nestled amongst the whites of rice and yoghurt is a delightful Stuffed White
Baby Eggplant which is filled with spiced almond butter, then wrapped
together with lemongrass and baked.

Another pungent savory is the Baigan Sarson, a treat of diced eggplant
wrapped in mustard greens, then crispy fried in ghee. Roasted Okra Raita
provides a smooth and mellow touch with the spicy dishes, while the Rhubard
& Dried Cherry Chutney adds a tangy flavor to the Idli and savouries.

The nectar preparations from the original Chida-dadhi festival are, we hope,
faithfully represented by Chida-dadhi Pots. These two wonderful sweet rices
are served in traditional clay bowls. In one pot, chipped rice is prepared
in sweet yoghurt with bananas, while the second pot contains rice in a
sweet, thick kheer with ghee, bananas and camphor.

A milksweet cake, the Gunja-Mala Malpoori is encircled with fresh red and
black berries, reminiscent of the garland Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu gave
Raghunatha das to wear around his neck.

Srila Raghunatha dasa gave up eating all foodstuffs after the departure from
this world of Srila Sanatana, and from that time on Raghunatha would only
take buttermilk in leaf cups. He continued in this way until the departure
of Rupa Gosvami, after which Raghunatha gave up all eating and drinking. In
honor of this topmost associate of the Lord, we offer Banana Leaf Cups of
Buttermilk

The feast is complete with a tart Lime Cooler blending honey, ginger and
anise that would surely please all those sitting in the Panihati sun, on the
banks of Ganga-Ma.

Where is Panihati? Panihati is located on the banks of the Ganges 10 miles
North of Calcutta (North 24-Parganas north of modern day Kolkata -
Calcutta), in West Bengal India. It is the site of many wonderful spiritual
pastimes of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His close personal associates. In
this region at this time of year June, pre-monsoon it is so hot, often up in
the mid-to-high 40s C (45 - 50 C), and so humid. The most cooling of foods
in such a temperature is yogurt, cool yogurt (dahi or dadhi or doi) This
pastime of the Lord is about how the devotees pleased Lord Chaitanya and how
the Lord reciprocated with the devotees in a very wonderful and pleasing
festival called the Panihati Cida-dadhi mahotsav.

In the village of Panihati, Raghunatha dasa obtained an interview with
Nityananda Prabhu who was accompanied by many kirtana performers, servants
and others. Sitting on a rock under a tree on the bank of the Ganges, Lord
Nityananda seemed as effulgent as hundreds and thousands of rising suns.
Many devotees sat on the ground surrounding Him. Seeing the influence of
Nityananda Prabhu, Raghunatha dasa was astonished. Raghunatha dasa offered
his obeisances by falling prostrate at a distant place, and the servant of
Nityananda Prabhu pointed out, "There is Raghunatha dasa, offering You
obeisances."

Hearing this, Lord Nityananda Prabhu said, "You are a thief. Now you have
come to see Me. Come here, come here. Today I shall punish you," the Lord
called him, but Raghunatha dasa did not go near the Lord. Then the Lord
forcibly caught him and placed His lotus feet upon Raghunatha dasa's head.
"Make a festival and feed all My associates yogurt and chipped rice."
Hearing this, Raghunatha dasa was greatly pleased.

Raghunatha dasa brought chipped rice, yogurt, milk. sweetmeats, sugar,
bananas and ether eatables and placed them all around. As soon as they heard
that a festival was going to be held, all kinds of brahmanas and other
gentlemen began to arrive. Thus there were innumerable people. Seeing the
crowd increasing, Raghunatha dasa arranged to get more eatables from other
villages. He also brought two to four hundred large, round pots. He also
obtained five or seven especially large earthen pots, and in these pots a
brahmana began soaking chipped rice for the satisfaction of Lard Nityananda.

In one place, chipped rice was soaked in hot milk in each of the large pots.
then half the rice was mixed with yogurt, sugar and bananas. The other half
was mixed with condensed milk and a special type of banana known as
canpa-kala. Then sugar, clarified butter and camphor were added. After
Nityananda Prabhu had changed His cloth far a new one and sat on a raised
platform, the brahmana brought before Him the seven huge pots.

On that platform all the most important associates of Sri Nityananda Prabhu,
as well as ether important men, sat down in a circle around the Lord. Among
them were Ramadasa, Sundarananda, Gadadhara dasa, Murari, Kamalakara,
Sadasiva and Purandara. Dhananjaya, Jagadisa, Paramesvara dasa, Mahesa,
Gauridas and Hoda Krsnadasa were also there, Similarly, Uddharana Datta
Thakura and many other personal associates of the Lord sat on the raised
platform with Nityananda Prabhu. No one could count them all.

Hearing about the festival, all kinds of learned scholars, brahmanas and
priests went there, Lord Nityananda Prabhu honored them and made them sit on
the raised platform with Him. Everyone was offered two earthen pots. In one
was put chipped rice with condensed milk and in the ether chipped rice with
yogurt. All the other People sat in groups around the platform. No one could
count how many people there were. Each and every one of them was supplied
two earthen pots, one of chipped rice soaked in yogurt and the other of
chipped rice soaked in condensed milk.

Some of the brahmanas, not having gotten a place on the platform, went to
the bank of the Ganges with their two earthen pots and soaked their chipped
rice there. Others, who could not get a place even on the bank of the
Ganges, got down into the water and began eating their two kinds of chipped
rice. Thus some sat on the platform ,some at the base of the platform, and
some on the bank of the Ganges, and they were all supplied two pots each by
the twenty men who distributed the food.

At that time, Raghava Pandita arrived there. Seeing the situation, he began
to laugh in great surprise. He brought many other kinds of food cooked in
ghee and offered them to the Lord. This prasada he first placed before Lord
Nityananda and then distributed among the devotees. Raghava Pandita said to
Lord Nityananda, "For You, sir, I have already offered food to the Deity,
but You are engaged in a festival here, and so the food is lying there
untouched."

Lord Nityananda replied, "Let Me eat all this food here during the day, and
I shall eat at your home at night. I belong to a community of cowherd boys,
and therefore I generally have many cowherd associates with Me. I am happy
when we eat together in a picnic like this by the sandy bank of the river.
Lord Nityananda made Raghava Pandita sit down and had two pots delivered to
him also. There were two kinds of chipped rice soaked in them.

When chipped rice had been served to everyone, Lord Nityananda Prabhu, in
meditation, brought Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu
arrived, Lord Nityananda Prabhu stood up. They then saw how the others were
enjoying the chipped rice with yogurt and condensed milk. From each and
every pot, Lord Nityananda Prabhu took one morsel of chipped rice and pushed
it into the mouth of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as a joke. In this way Lord
Nityananda was walking through all the groups of eaters, and all the
Vaisnavas standing there were seeing the fun.

No one could understand what Nityananda Prabhu was doing as He walked about.
Some, however, who were very fortunate, could see that Lord Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu was also present. Then Nityananda Prabhu smiled and sat down. On
His right side He kept four pots of chipped rice that had not been made from
boiled paddy. Lord Nityananda offered Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu a place and
had Him sit dawn. Then together the two brothers began eating chipped rice.
Seeing Cord Caitanya Mahaprabhu eating with Him, Lord Nityananda Prabhu
became very happy and exhibited varieties of ecstatic love. Lord Nityananda
Prabhu ordered, "All of you eat, chanting the holy name of Hari. Immediately
the holy names "Hari Hari" resounded, filling the entire universe.

When all the Vaisnavas were chanting the holy names "Hari Hari" and eating,
they remembered how Krsna and Balarama ate with their companions, the
cowherd boys, on the bank of the Yamuna. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord
Nityananda Prabhu are extremely merciful and liberal. It was Raghunatha
dasa's good fortune that They accepted all these dealings. Who can
understand the influence and mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu? He is so
powerful that He induced Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to come eat chipped
rice on the bank of the Ganges. All the confidential devotees who were
Cowherd boys, headed by Sri Ramadas, were absorbed in ecstatic love. They
thought the bank of the Ganges to be the bank of the Yamuna.

When the shopkeepers of many other villages heard about the festival, they
arrived there to sell chipped rice, yogurt, sweetmeats and bananas. As they
came, bringing all kinds of food, Raghunatha dasa purchased it all. He gave
them the price for their goods and later fed them the very same food. Anyone
who came to see how these funny things were going on was also fed chipped
rice, yogurt and bananas. After Lord Nityananda Prabhu finished eating, He
washed His hands and mouth and gave Raghunatha dasa the food remaining in
the four pots. There was food remaining in the three other big pots of Lord
Nityananda, and a brahmana distributed it to all the devotees, giving a
morsel to each. Then a brahmanas brought a flower garland, placed the
garland on Nityananda Prabhu's neck and smeared sandalwood pulp All over His
body, When a servant brought betel nuts and offered them to Lord Nityananda,
the Lord smiled and chewed them. With His own hands Lord Nityananda Prabhu
distributed to all the devotees whatever flower garlands, sandalwood pulp
and betel nuts remained

After receiving the remnants of food left by Lord Nityananda Prabhu,
Raghunatha dasa, who was greatly happy, ate some and distributed the rest
among his own associates. Thus have I described the pastimes of Lord
Nityananda Prabhu in relation to the celebrated festival of chipped rice and
yogurt.

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From: "Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)" <sri.krishna.hari@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 24 09:14PM +0530
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From: "Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)" <sri.krishna.hari@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 21 11:55PM +0530
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From: Abirami Nagalingam <abi_nag78@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:15 AM
Subject: [granthraj] Power of Lord's Names
To: granthraj@yahoogroups.com

Hare Krishna Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and
Srila Gurudeva.

Few days ago, one of the mathajis in our neighbourhood was admitted in
hospital as she was suffering from dengue fever. Her blood platelet counts
had come down and doctors informed that she is in very critical condition.
We were informed that in a normal person the count of platelets should be
around 1.5 lakhs whereas for her it was just 6 thousand and she had become
unconscious. Her 10 year old daughter, along with her friends were all
chanting all day and praying for her speedy recovery. That night the doctors
informed that the count had increased upto 80000 and everyone of us were
happily thanking Lord. But the next day morning, we got the news that
mathaji had left the body. Day in and day out we keep hearing that death can
come any moment, to any one of us etc. But it has hardly sunk into my dull
head. It was hard to believe that just a simple(?!) fever can turn our lives
topsy-turvy. I was wondering how will I face the child and what could I even
console her ? A mother is indeed a most special person in one's life. I was
wondering if the kids will ask why Krishna didn't protect the mathaji etc ?
But to my surprise, when I met the child, the first thing she asked was
"Will Krishna take nice care of my mother now ?". There was no complaint or
question about Krishna's decision by the children. It is in-fact our
faithlessness on His supremacy that we keep wondering as why and how Krishna
allowed this etc. It is we who have fruitive mentality and in the name of
devotion also we keep thinking the Lord should act as per our wish. Most
important point to remember is when Lord closes one door, He definitely
opens another. So when some-one leaves, Lord definitely gives courage and
mental-strength to the family members as well.

After a few days, when I met the children again, the Lord revealed the
answer for all the doubts/questions we had in our mind through the following
story.
Once Narada Muni went to Lord Krishna and asked Him - "Lord can you please
tell us as to why we should chant Your Names always ?" Krishna smiled at him
and said, please go to the earth and chant My Names in the ears of the worm
that is present there. Narada Muni went and did the same. To his surprise
the worm immediately died. Narada Muni came back and told to the Lord -
"Narayana ! the worm died.". The Lord smiled and said - "No problem. Now
please go and chant My Name to butterfly in that garden." Narada Muni
chanted and the butterfly died. Narada Muni came running and informed
Krishna about it. The Lord continued to smile - "Now go to that forest and
chant My Name in the ears of the deer." But when he did that the deer died.
Narada Muni became very afraid and he came back running to Lord and this
time the Lord asked him to chant the names in cow's ear. When the cow also
died, Narada Muni became very upset. But the Lord instructed him, "Now
please go to the kingdom of Kasi - There a child is born to the king. He
will be very pleased to meet you. So please go and chant My Names in the
ears of the newly born child." Narada Muni replied - "People already call me
as mischief-maker. Now do you want them to call me as murderer as well ? ".
Lord Krishna started laughing and said "Don't worry Narada. Just do as I
say."

Narada Muni entered the palace and the king cordially welcomed him and
requested him to bless the new born prince. With great fear, Narada Muni
went near the child and uttered the Lord's names. As soon as he uttered the
child started speaking. Narada Muni was completely taken aback. Then the
child replied - "*O great sage, Don't you know the power of Lord's Names ? I
was a worm in the beginning and when you chanted the Lord's names, I became
a butterfly and then a deer and then a cow and now I have got this valuable
human birth in which I can perform devotional service unto Supreme Lord and
purify my existence*." Hearing the child speak Narada Muni said - "Indeed
the Lord's name is all powerful and all potent !"

As soon as the story was over, the children taught me the below powerful
shloka

*namaami narayana paada sevanam
karomi narayana pujanam sadaa
vadaami narayana naama nirmalam
smaraami narayana tattvam avyayaym*

"*Let us serve the Lotus feet of Lord Narayana, Let us always worship Him ;
Let us always chant His auspicious Names and always remember His
inconceivable nature*"

Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu says in Sikshashtakam - "*bhava mahaadaavagni
nirvaapanam*". Lord's Names *extinguishes the fire of conditional life of
repeated birth and death*. He is the Supreme controller and the most
magnanimous Father for all of us.
We are completely insignificant and can never ever understand His
inconceivable potencies and plans. So instead of questioning His authority,
all we need to do is simply surrender unto His lotus feet and chant His
Names in all circumstances. As Srila Bilvamangala Thakur says in Sri Govinda
Damodara Stotram verse 56

*sukhaavasaane tv idam eva saaram
duhkhaavasaane tv idam eva geyam
dehaavasaane tv idam eva jaapyam
govinda damodara madhaveti*

"*Indeed this is the essence found upon ceasing the affairs of mundane
happiness. And this too is to be sung after the cessation of all sufferings.
This alone is to be chanted at the time of death of one's material body -
"Govinda Damodara Madhava*".

I pray at the lotus feet of Srila Gurudev and Sri Krishna, that I give up my
lethargic attitude and showy behaviour and start chanting His Names, with
simple innocent faith like these children and utilise the remaining
available time in this birth in Their service.

Thank you very much.
Yours in service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudev,
Sudarshana devi dasi.

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Topic: [granthraj] Don't Grow
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From: "Dr Satish Gosain (Sri Krishna Hari Das)" <sri.krishna.hari@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 21 11:41PM +0530
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Date: 2010/6/21
Subject: [granthraj] Don't Grow
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Dear Prabhujis and Mathajis,

Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila
Prabhupada and Gurudev!

Our beloved spiritual master H.H. Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj has deep love
and affection for the young children and he always encourages them. When
children recite the verses from Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, Maharaj
becomes extremely pleased. So many parents took to Krishna consciousness
just because of Maharaj's encouragement and appreciation of the small
children. In our own case also, when our son was young, Maharaj always made
him come over to the mike and recite the verses or speak a few words before
a big audience and appreciate him before so many people. As parents this
appealed to us so much that ultimately we came under the shelter of Maharaj.
Maharaj always says that these spiritual programs make a lasting impression
in the young minds and this will keep them in good state even in their later
years. Maharaj always blesses the children with the unique words '*Don't
grow*'.

We never understood why Maharaj is saying this to all the children. We
always used to wonder how it is possible for the child not to grow. The real
meaning of these words came before us when we were going through the fourth
canto twenty ninth chapter of Srimad Bhagavatam. Here there is a talk
between Narada and King Pracinabarhi. Narada is explaining to the king that
the transmigration of the soul is caused by the subtle body which is the
storehouse of all material desires. Till these desires are exhausted, the
living entity has to transmigrate from one gross body to another. The gross
body is only the instrumental outer covering and when the gross body dies,
the root of the gross body which is the subtle body comprising mind,
intelligence and ego continues and brings about another gross body. So the
way to get rid of another gross body is to completely dissolve the desires
and thus dissolve the subtle body.

The expression of desires of the subtle body requires a gross body with
fully developed senses. In 4.29.72, Srimad Bhagavatam gives the example of
the dark moon night to understand this. On a dark moon night the full
shining moon is still present, but it appears not to be present due to
conditions. In the same way, when a living entity is a child, the gross and
the subtle body are not fully developed and the senses become very active
only in the youth. Thus the activities of the subtle and gross bodies depend
on how developed the conditions are. Srila Prabhupada very nicely mentions
in the purport that, *Unless the senses of the gross body are developed,
they will not act on the subtle body. Similarly because of the absence of
desires in the subtle body, there may be no development in the gross body.*

Thus Maharaj wanted that there should be no material desires in the subtle
body and if that is the case, there may be no development in the gross body.
So by blessing '*Don't grow*', Maharaj is actually blessing the children not
to undergo the transmigration process and thus be caught in the vicious
cycle of birth and death. We can see from the scriptures how the Sanat
kumaras even though very old in years, maintained themselves eternally as
small children. They always looked like boys of four or five years. The real
liberation is when we get out of the clutches of the subtle body and the way
to attain this is that the mind is to be absorbed in the lotus feet of the
lord and thus be free from all kinds of material desires.

The whole of our life we are acting either in the gross body platform or in
the subtle body platform. When we are sleeping in the night, we get so
absorbed in the dreams and thus we completely forget identity of the
material body. When we are awake, we forget about the activities in the
dream or our identity in the dream and are engrossed in the bodily
activities. Thus while sleeping, we forget the activities of the gross body,
and when active in the gross body we forget the activities of sleeping.
Srila Prabhupada states in his purport to SB 4.29.71 that actually both
states- *sleeping and waking are creations of illusory energy. The living
entity actually has no connection with either the activities of sleep or the
activities of the so called wakened state*. Then the question arises as to
what are we supposed to? Srila Prabhupada gives the answer in the same
purport when he writes that, '*Because of our ignorance of the spiritual
body, of which we have no experience, we do not know of the activities of
the spiritual body, and in ignorance we jump from one false platform to
another. We act sometimes in relation to the gross body and sometimes in
relation to the subtle body. If, by Krishna's mercy, we act in our spiritual
body, we can transcend both the gross and subtle bodies. In other words, we
can gradually train ourselves to act in terms of the spiritual body.*'

So the idea is that there should be a complete cessation of the actions and
reactions of the gross and subtle bodies and in this way we should not grow
our material senses and material desires, but regain our spiritual senses
and engage them in the service of the Lord. For attaining this, our prayer
is

*sthitih sevaa gatir yaatraa smritis cintaa stutir vacah
bhuyaat sarvaatmanaa vishno madiyam tvayi cestitam *

"*Let my normal condition be service, let my movement be holy pilgrimage,
let my thought be remembrance of You, and let my words be glorification of
You. O Vishnu, let the activities of my entire mind, body and soul be
engaged in You.*"

Thank you very much,
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev,
Vaijayanthimala devi dasi,
Abudhabi
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