Flying Monk

Flying Monk

By Harinamananda DasReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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  • Glories of Srila Prabhupada - CC Adi Lila 10.2-7 - London, UK

    Translation Text 2 - 7

    All glories to Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu and Lord Nityänanda! All glories to Advaita Prabhu, and all glories to the devotees of Lord Caitanya, headed by Sriväsa!

    The description of Lord Caitanya as the gardener and the tree is inconceivable. Now hear with attention about the branches of this tree.

    The associates of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu were many, but none of them should be considered lower or higher. This cannot be ascertained.

    All the great personalities in the line of Lord Caitanya enumerated these devotees, but they could not distinguish between the greater and the lesser.

    I offer my obeisances unto them as a token of respect. I request them not to consider my offenses.

    I offer my obeisances to all the dear devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu, the eternal tree of love of Godhead. I offer my respects to all the branches of the tree, the devotees of the Lord who distribute the fruit of love of Krsna.

    PURPORT

    Sri Krsnadäsa Kaviräja Gosvämi sets the example of offering obeisances to all the preacher devotees of Lord Caitanya, without distinction as to higher and lower. Unfortunately, at present there are many foolish so-called devotees of Lord Caitanya who make such distinctions. For example, the title “Prabhupäda” is offered to a spiritual master, especially to a distinguished spiritual master such as Srila Rüpa Gosvämi Prabhupäda, Srila Jiva Gosvämi Prabhupäda or Srila Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämi Prabhupäda. When our disciples similarly wanted to address their spiritual master as Prabhupäda, some foolish people became envious. Not considering the propaganda work of the Hare Krsna movement, simply because these disciples addressed their spiritual master as Prabhupäda they became so envious that they formed a faction along with other such envious persons just to minimize the value of the Krsna consciousness movement. To chastise such fools, Krsnadäsa Kaviräja Gosvämi very frankly says, keha karibäre näre jyeñöha-laghu-krama. Anyone who is a bona fide preacher of the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu must be respectful to the real devotees of Lord Caitanya; one should not be envious, considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities. Krsnadäsa Kaviräja Gosvämé therefore offers equal respect to all the preachers of the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahäprabhu, who are compared to the branches of the tree. ISKCON is one of these branches, and it should therefore be respected by all sincere devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu.

    48 min
  • Manifestations of the Supreme - SB 3.1.26 - Hare Krishna Africa

    Translation

    [Please tell me] whether the original Personalities of Godhead, who incarnated Themselves at the request of Brahmä [who is born out of the lotus flower from the Lord] and who have increased the prosperity of the world by elevating everyone, are doing well in the house of Sürasena.


    Purport

    Lord Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma are not two different Personalities of Godhead.

    God is one without a second, but He expands Himself in many forms
    without their being separate from one another. They are all plenary
    expansions. The immediate expansion of Lord Kṛṣṇa is Baladeva, and
    Brahmā, born from the lotus flower from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, is an
    expansion of Baladeva. This indicates that Kṛṣṇa and Baladeva are not
    subjected to the regulations of the universe; on the contrary, the whole
    universe is under Their subjugation. They appeared at the request of
    Brahmā to liberate the burden of the world, and They relieved the world
    by many superhuman activities so that everyone became happy and
    prosperous. Without the grace of the Lord, no one can become happy and
    prosperous. Because the happiness of the family of the Lord’s devotees
    depends on the happiness of the Lord, Vidura first of all inquired about
    the well-being of the Lord.


    1 hr
  • Protecting Cows...Protecting us! SB 1.17.9 - London, UK
    Cows benefit to society's health, wealth and wisdom - we must protect them!
    TRANSLATION
    O son of Surabhi, you need lament no longer now. There is no need to fear this low-class śūdra. And, O mother cow, as long as I am living as the ruler and subduer of all envious men, there is no cause for you to cry. Everything will be good for you.
    PURPORT
    Protection of bulls and cows and all other animals can be possible only when there is a state ruled by an executive head like Mahārāja Parīkṣit. Mahārāja Parīkṣit addresses the cow as mother, for he is a cultured, twice-born, kṣatriya king. Surabhi is the name of the cows which exist in the spiritual planets and are especially reared by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa Himself. As men are made after the form and features of the Supreme Lord, so also the cows are made after the form and features of the surabhi cows in the spiritual kingdom. In the material world the human society gives all protection to the human being, but there is no law to protect the descendants of Surabhi, who can give all protection to men by supplying the miracle food, milk. But Mahārāja Parīkṣit and the Pāṇḍavas were fully conscious of the importance of the cow and bull, and they were prepared to punish the cow-killer with all chastisement, including death. There has sometimes been agitation for the protection of the cow, but for want of pious executive heads and suitable laws, the cow and the bull are not given protection. The human society should recognize the importance of the cow and the bull and thus give all protection to these important animals, following in the footsteps of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. For protecting the cows and brahminical culture, the Lord, who is very kind to the cow and the brāhmaṇas (go-brāhmaṇa-hitāya), will be pleased with us and will bestow upon us real peace.
    49 min
  • The Peace Mission - SB 1.16.34 - London, UK
    Establish peace by flooding the world with the Holy Name and transcendental knowledge.
    Translation
    O personality of religion, I was greatly overburdened by the undue military phalanxes arranged by atheistic kings, and I was relieved by the grace of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly you were also in a distressed condition, weakened in your standing strength, and thus He also incarnated by His internal energy in the family of the Yadus to relieve you.
    Purport
    The asuras want to enjoy a life of sense gratification, even at the cost of others' happiness. In order to fulfill this ambition, the asuras, especially atheistic kings or state executive heads, try to equip themselves with all kinds of deadly weapons to bring about a war in a peaceful society. They have no ambition other than personal aggrandizement, and thus mother earth feels overburdened by such undue increases of military strength. By increase of the asuric population, those who follow the principles of religion become unhappy, especially the devotees, or devas.
    In such a situation, the Personality of Godhead incarnates to vanquish the unwanted asuras and to reestablish the true principles of religion. This was the mission of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and He fulfilled it.
    54 min
  • Pure Sex Life - SB 3.31.48 - New York, USA
    Translation
    Just try to understand the mighty strength of My māyā in the shape of woman, who by the mere movement of her eyebrows can keep even the greatest conquerors of the world under her grip.
    Purport
    There are many instances in the history of the world of a great conqueror's being captivated by the charms of a Cleopatra. One has to study the captivating potency of woman, and man's attraction for that potency. From what source was this generated? According to Vedānta-sūtra, we can understand that everything is generated from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is enunciated there, janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]. This means that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the Supreme Person, Brahman, the Absolute Truth, is the source from whom everything emanates. The captivating power of woman, and man's susceptibility to such attraction, must also exist in the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the spiritual world and must be represented in the transcendental pastimes of the Lord.
    The Lord is the Supreme Person, the supreme male. As a common male wants to be attracted by a female, that propensity similarly exists in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He also wants to be attracted by the beautiful features of a woman. Now the question is, if He wants to be captivated by such womanly attraction, would He be attracted by any material woman? It is not possible. Even persons who are in this material existence can give up womanly attraction if they are attracted by the Supreme Brahman. Such was the case with Haridāsa Ṭhākura. A beautiful prostitute tried to attract him in the dead of night, but since he was situated in devotional service, in transcendental love of Godhead, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not captivated. Rather, he turned the prostitute into a great devotee by his transcendental association. This material attraction, therefore, certainly cannot attract the Supreme Lord. When He wants to be attracted by a woman, He has to create such a woman from His own energy. That woman is Rādhārāṇī. It is explained by the Gosvāmīs that Rādhārāṇī is the manifestation of the pleasure potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When the Supreme Lord wants to derive transcendental pleasure, He has to create a woman from His internal potency. Thus the tendency to be attracted by womanly beauty is natural because it exists in the spiritual world. In the material world it is reflected pervertedly, and therefore there are so many inebrieties.
    Instead of being attracted by material beauty, if one is accustomed to be attracted by the beauty of Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa, then the statement of Bhagavad-gītā, paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate, holds true. When one is attracted by the transcendental beauty of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, he is no longer attracted by material feminine beauty. That is the special significance of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa worship. That is testified to by Yāmunācārya. He says, "Since I have become attracted by the beauty of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, when there is attraction for a woman or a memory of sex life with a woman, I at once spit on it, and my face turns in disgust." When we are attracted by Madana-mohana and the beauty of Kṛṣṇa and His consorts, then the shackles of conditioned life, namely the beauty of a material woman, cannot attract us.
    46 min

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Most people know me as the Flying Monk because you find pictures of me airborne while chanting Hare Krishna in the streets all over the world. This service has taken me to over 50 countries and people would like to know why I do it.