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- Balarāma Rāsa-yātrā (Part 1)
- Vāsanta-rāsa is not in the Bhāgavatam, Jayadeva Gosvāmī writes about it
- In Vāsanta-rāsa Rādhārāṇī disappears, not Kṛṣṇa
- Ācāryas often quote Hari-vaṁśa, which fill gaps in the Bhāgavatam
- Kṛṣṇa knew that if He goes to Vṛndāvana the demons will also go
- Residents of Vṛndāvana would suffer from Kṛṣṇa leaving again more than from His absence
- The feeling of separation of the vrajavāsīs is extremely deep
- Prabhupāda says unlimited times that devotees should render service and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa in the mood of separation
- Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says, ‟It is essential for the sādhaka jīvas to cultivate only the mood of vipralambha, and because they have never experienced meeting with Kṛṣṇa, their vipralambha will come only in the category of pūrva-rāga.”
- Pūrva-rāga is one of the symptoms of prema so sādhakas cannot experience pūrva-rāga, which means attachment before meeting
- For prema you have to have your spiritual body, your svarūpa
- When meeting with Kṛṣṇa’s associates one can develop prema and pūrva-rāga
- Gopīs who could not go out to meet Kṛṣṇa for the rāsa-dance attained pūrva-rāga
- Bhāva has stages of kaniṣṭha, madhyama and uttama
- We are to cultivate a longing for Kṛṣṇa
- Bhaktivinoda continued: ‟But without having ever met with Kṛṣṇa, how can they experience separation in pūrva-rāga from Him? By hearing the līlā-kathā of Śrī Kṛṣṇa from others, pūrva-rāga is awakened. This was the case with the dvija-patnīs as well as the ladies of Mathurā previous to Kṛṣṇa's arrival there.”
- Mathurā-vāsīs heard about Kṛṣṇa before meeting Him through messengers
- Bhaktivinoda continued: ‟Rukminī also had never seen Kṛṣṇa, but by hearing about Him from Śrī Nārada, pūrva-rāga arose within her heart. Thus she became exceedingly anxious to meet with Kṛṣṇa. Similarly, by hearing from the guru and Vaiṣṇavas or by reading the śāstras, the jīvas may have pūrva-rāga-vipralambha awakened within their hearts.”
- We need to cultivate vipralambha but the vrajavāsīs experience a different type of vipralamba
- When the only child dies in a family the parents would rather die than live – the vrajavāsīs also would rather die than live without Kṛṣṇa
- The absorption of thoughts of Kṛṣṇa is much more intense in separation than in meeting and leads to an extraordinary strong and relishable ecstasy so they prefer it to meeting
- Kṛṣṇa is subordinate to the love of His devotees
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About A window to the spiritual world
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His Holiness Sivarama Swami is a senior monk and spiritual teacher of the devotional path (Bhakti yoga), a 5000 year old spiritual tradition emerging from ancient India. He is the author of over 15 books which elucidate the teachings of Bhakti further and is the inspirer behind the world-renowned Krishna Valley community in Hungary; a self-sustained eco-village founded on the principles of ' simple living & high thinking '.
Born Peter Letai, to an upper-class Jewish family in Budapest in 1949, his family emigrated to Canada during the failed Hungarian revolution. Despite attaining an Engineering degree with colourful prospects of a successful career, providence changed when he came in touch with the five thousand year old text, Bhagavad-Gita As it is, an ancient manual enlisting practical answers to the universal questions of life.
In 1973, Sivarama Swami found and accepted his guru A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Committing himself to the basic practises of the Bhagavad-Gita, Sivarama Swami renounced his former material ambitions with a dedicated venture for conscious living. He moved into the society’s temple in Montreal, shaved his head, adorned the robes of monk and accepted the sacred relationship of initiation (diksha), the eternal bond between student and teacher. His guru, Bhaktivedanta Swami, within 12 years had inspired a worldwide generation of young people to give up their polluting habits and transformed them into resolute spiritual practitioners. He saw the urgent need for the teachings of the Bhagavad- Gita and analogous spiritual texts to be spread far and wide to flood the world with fulfilment and inner-happiness.
It was in 1979 that Sivarama Swami officiated his decision of becoming a renunciate and accepted the name Sivarama Swami, now a travelling monk with no personal motivation other than to aid his guru’s mission to see the world a better place.
Sivarama Swami has had a colourful life taking him through all continents of the world with particular responsibilities for managing projects in the U.K., Hungary, Turkey & Romania. Today Sivarama Swami travels regularly between the East and West, inspiring thousands in their spiritual practices and sharing the teachings of Bhakti-yoga. Most of his time is spent in Hungary where he resides within the spiritual haven, Krishna Valley.
He has directed a wealth of social welfare projects, opened schools, eco-friendly farm communities, temples and facilitated the expansion of the Food for Life charity, an organisation dedicated to providing free vegetarian meals for those in need. In recognition of Sivarama Swami’s meritorious activities, he was presented with the second highest award of the state, the Gold Cross of Merit highlighting his charitable, humanitarian and value-creating initiatives.
Despite living a life of excitement and spontaneity, Sivarama Swami remains a simple yet self-satisfied person; happiest in moments of meditation and teaching.
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