Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya
What day can be more auspicious than the appearance day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu? He is Krishna Himself appearing in His most merciful manifestation to bestow freely upon all without any restriction pure love of Godhead. It is up to us to now take full advantage of His unlimited mercy and easily qualify ourselves to go back to home, back to Godhead at the end of this lifetime. The wonderful mercy of Lord Caitanya and His associates is described as follows in the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, Adi Lila, Chapter Seven, Verse 163:
ei pañca-tattva-rūpe śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
kṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā viśva kailā dhanya
"Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates of the Pañca-tattva distributed the holy name of the Lord to invoke love of Godhead throughout the universe, and thus the entire universe was thankful."
In his purport to this verse Srila Prabhupada writes:
"Here it is said that Lord Caitanya made the entire universe thankful to Him for propagating the sankirtana movement with His associates. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has already sanctified the entire universe by His presence five hundred years ago, and therefore anyone who attempts to serve Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sincerely by following in His footsteps and following the instructions of the acaryas will successfully be able to preach the holy names of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra all over the universe."
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
There's the God candy, Krishna, Rama, Jesus, Buddha, Oneness and Shiva candy, which is the one that I should pick?
Which is the real piece of candy and not just the fancy wrapping?
It's the dreams again. I've been in the Catholic dream, born again Christian dream, Tao, Eck, SGI, and now Hindu dream among others? How do I awaken from the illusions and find the truth?
Joe
A similar example is that of someone entering a pharmacy and finding hundreds of different medicines. How will he know which is the proper medicine to take? It is not difficult. He simply has to accept the medicine which his physician has prescribed and take it exactly according to his physician's instructions. Then there will be no difficulty. He will be cured.
The physician is the bona fide spiritual master and the bona fide spiritual master is that teacher who understands perfectly how to engage his disciple in following the Vedic wisdom so that he will quickly be delivered from the dangerous ocean of birth, death, old age, and disease.
At the present moment we cannot taste the candy of pure love of Godhead, because we are in a diseased condition. But after being cured under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, we will be able to relish the sweetest candy of pure love of God at every minute.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
ei pañca-tattva-rūpe śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
kṛṣṇa-nāma-prema diyā viśva kailā dhanya
"Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates of the Pañca-tattva distributed the holy name of the Lord to invoke love of Godhead throughout the universe, and thus the entire universe was thankful."
In his purport to this verse Srila Prabhupada writes:
"Here it is said that Lord Caitanya made the entire universe thankful to Him for propagating the sankirtana movement with His associates. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu has already sanctified the entire universe by His presence five hundred years ago, and therefore anyone who attempts to serve Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sincerely by following in His footsteps and following the instructions of the acaryas will successfully be able to preach the holy names of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra all over the universe."
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
Question: An Indecisive Kid in a Candy Shop
I am feeling like a child who's daddy just gave me a nickel so that I could buy a piece of candy. I am standing in front of the candy now and there are hundreds of different kinds, and I can't decide which one to buy.There's the God candy, Krishna, Rama, Jesus, Buddha, Oneness and Shiva candy, which is the one that I should pick?
Which is the real piece of candy and not just the fancy wrapping?
It's the dreams again. I've been in the Catholic dream, born again Christian dream, Tao, Eck, SGI, and now Hindu dream among others? How do I awaken from the illusions and find the truth?
Joe
Answer: Take the Medicine and Enjoy the Candy
Your question is very nice.A similar example is that of someone entering a pharmacy and finding hundreds of different medicines. How will he know which is the proper medicine to take? It is not difficult. He simply has to accept the medicine which his physician has prescribed and take it exactly according to his physician's instructions. Then there will be no difficulty. He will be cured.
The physician is the bona fide spiritual master and the bona fide spiritual master is that teacher who understands perfectly how to engage his disciple in following the Vedic wisdom so that he will quickly be delivered from the dangerous ocean of birth, death, old age, and disease.
At the present moment we cannot taste the candy of pure love of Godhead, because we are in a diseased condition. But after being cured under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, we will be able to relish the sweetest candy of pure love of God at every minute.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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