Gauranga

TRANSLATION

In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.

PURPORT

Activity in Kṛṣṇaconsciousness, or acting for the benefit of Kṛṣṇa without expectation of sense gratification, is the highest transcendental quality of work. Even a small beginning of such activity finds no impediment, nor can that small beginning be lost at any stage. Any work begun on the material plane has to be completed, otherwise the whole attempt becomes a failure. But any work begun in Kṛṣṇa consciousness has a permanent effect, even though not finished. The performer of such work is therefore not at a loss even if his work in Kṛṣṇaconsciousness is incomplete. One percent done in Kṛṣṇa consciousness bears permanent results, so that the next beginning is from the point of two percent, whereas in material activity without a hundred percent success there is no profit. Ajāmila performed his duty in some percentage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but the result he enjoyed at the end was a hundred percent, by the grace of the Lord. There is a nice verse in this connection in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.5.17):

tyaktvāsva-dharmaḿcaraṇāmbujaḿ harer

bhajannapakvo 'thapatettatoyadi

yatrakvavābhadramabhūdamuṣyakiḿ

kovārthaāpto 'bhajatāḿsva-dharmataḥ

"If someone gives up his occupational duties and works in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and then falls down on account of not completing his work, what loss is there on his part? And what can one gain if one performs his material activities perfectly?" Or, as the Christians say, "What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world yet suffers the loss of his eternal soul?"

Material activities and their results end with the body. But work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness carries a person again to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, even after the loss of the body. At least one is sure to have a chance in the next life of being born again as a human being, either in the family of a great cultured brāhmaṇa or in a rich aristocratic family that will give one a further chance for elevation. That is the unique quality of work done in Kṛṣṇaconsciousness.

In this age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare –Krishna mahä-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.

Do thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat—and by so doing you shall never incur sin.

 In this Podcast we mainly covers three pasttimes 

1. LORD CAITANYA’SWEDDING PASTIME AND BUDDHIMANTA KHAN (How he took darshan of Gauranga by chanting his name Gauranga! in his previous birth)

2.THE LORD TAKES INITIATION AND AWAKENS HIS LOVE FOR KRSNA (includes Story of Gaya)

3.THE LORD RETURNS TO NAVADVIPA

S.B.11.5.36

Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of saìkértana.

B.G 2.27

One who has taken his birth is sure to die, and after death one is sure to take birth again. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.

When Lord Caitanya was known as NimaiPandita, He would walk around Navadvipa town followed by His students. He was the leading scholar of this scholarship city, Most people didn’t know that He was a divine personality, but somehow everybody had natural affection for Him.  They would say, “Look there goes the famous child prodigy, the youthful pandita

In this podcast we covered how Nimai Pandit use to relate dofferent people in Navadvipa dham:

How he defeated Mukunda,  Gadadhara amazed,  Everybody loved Nimai Pandits, Gave whatever Nimai needed, The handloomer, The cowherders, Astrologer has a vision of all previous avataras, Astrologer bewildered, Astrologer covered by illusion. Banana Seller Kolavecha Sridhar how he distrubed his wealth •50 % of earnings for Ganga Puja.

SCHOOLING PASTIMES, LORD CAITANYA AND THE PARROT, THE LORD TEACHES HIS STUDENTS, Siksastakam Verse 1 and Bhagavad Gita 2.23 where tells about how "The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind."

In this Episode it mainly covers three topics Lord Nimai childhood pasttimes like Brahman offering Bhoga to the Lord Gopal Diety and Nimai came has Gopal accepted his offerings, Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.7 and B.G.2.20 How is the soul is eternal and it's characteristics.

How Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Childhood Pastimes like Festival in a village and bewilderment of two thieves remember that He is not different from Lord Sri Krishna.

In the proper discharge of duty, one has to learn to tolerate nonpermanent appearances and disappearances of happiness and distress as said in Bhagavad Gita 2.14.

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, especially in this fallen age. (S.B.12.3.51)

In this Podcast we briefly disccused mainly about three topics like 1. What is process recommended in this Kali yuga taking reference from Chaitanya Charitamrta Adi Lila 17.23, 2. Bhagavad Gita 2.13 sloka with purport and 3. The Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu started His Preaching mission and Nimai's Naming ceremony.