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\u015br\u012b \u015br\u012b guru-gaur\u0101\u1e45gau jayata\u1e25<\/em>
21st<\/sup> Ph\u0101lguna, 1334, Saturday
\u0100mar\u0101 Ki Ch\u0101i? | \u201c<\/strong>What Do We Want?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do we want? It is a bit difficult to answer this question. Why? Because our wants are not all the same. Our wants are as numerous and variegated as we are. The greater someone is, the greater their wants are too. In this context, a story comes to mind, which most of you probably know. The story goes like this: Once upon a time, in the middle of the night, Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101 Dev\u012b was travelling to the home of Bhav\u0101nanda Majumdar in the guise of an ordinary woman. Bhav\u0101nanda\u2019s home was across a river, and because it was very late at night, the ferry-crossing was closed. Though the goddess could have easily crossed the river of her own will and reached Bhav\u0101nanda\u2019s house, in order to show her grace to \u012a\u015bvar\u012b P\u0101\u1e6dun\u012b (the Goddess\u2019 boatman), she neglected to cross the river herself and instead began calling out to the boatman. Hearing a woman\u2019s voice, the boatman quickly came out of his house. As soon as Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101 Dev\u012b requested him to take her across the river, the boatman agreed, out of a sense of duty, and began rowing her across the river. As they were crossing, the boatman glimpsed some of Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101\u2019s divine resplendence and became intrigued, so he asked who she was. Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101 Dev\u012b disclosed her identity via a series of cryptic statements and asked the boatman to request whatever boon he wanted in exchange for passage across the river. At this, the boatman said to Annap\u016br\u1e47a Dev\u012b, \u201cI do not want anything besides the fare from you, but if you want to give me a boon, then just bless me that my wife and children have milk and rice to eat. Let us not have any lack of food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we consider on the story above, we can understand that the boon \u012a\u015bvar\u012b P\u0101\u1e6dun\u012b asked for reflects the kind of person he was. He could not conceive of anything greater in this world besides having the kind of affluence to feed his family rice and milk every day. So, there was nothing wrong with him asking for this sort of boon. But I have a different perspective. I figure, if I had the fortune to come face-to-face with Annap\u016br\u1e47\u0101 Dev\u012b, I would not ask an ordinary boon like \u012a\u015bvar\u012b P\u0101\u1e6dun\u012b did. I would ask for something better, whereby all my lackings and complaints could be mitigated for all time. Since time immemorial there have been so many like me wanting to approach various gods and goddesses and asking them, \u201cDhana\u1e41 dehi<\/em> \u2013 give me wealth, r\u016bpa\u1e41 dehi<\/em> \u2013 give me beauty, ya\u015bo dehi<\/em> \u2013 give me fame, dvi\u015bo jahi<\/em> \u2013 slay my enemies, etc.\u201d But who can even fathom just how many desires, newer and newer, an infinite number of souls have conjured and are conjuring since time immemorial?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we deliberate the matter carefully, we see that these wants, though countless, have a single root. What is that? Have any of you ever thought about this? At least once everyone should think about what that is. It is nothing other than \u0101nanda<\/em> (bliss). As this \u0101nanda<\/em> expands or contracts it creates a plethora of wants. When \u0101nanda<\/em> is in an extremely contracted state, it remains confined to our minds and bodies. In such a state, we are preoccupied with our own happiness. In this life and the next, all we desire is our own happiness. To satisfy our own happiness, sometimes we engage in sinful activities, sometimes under the guidance of Jaimin\u012b we have taste in karma-k\u0101\u1e47\u1e0da<\/em>, and other times we are absorbed in the worship of various devas<\/em> and dev\u012bs<\/em>. At other times we follow C\u0101rv\u0101ka and Epicurus and believe in atheism. Sometimes we hanker for liberation and follow \u015aa\u1e45kara, becoming aha\u1e45grahop\u0101sakas<\/em> [those who want to become god]. Or we follow \u015a\u0101kyasi\u1e41ha and strive for emancipation for the mundane. These pursuits are all indicative of \u0101nanda\u2019s<\/em> contracted state. These are all like \u012a\u015bvar\u012b P\u0101\u1e6dun\u012b\u2019s request. None of these contain the fullness of \u0101nanda<\/em>. Let my friends, neighbours, and my country fall to ruin; that has nothing to do with me really. As long as my kids have food on their plates, then I have my \u0101nanda<\/em>. This is an extremely contracted state of \u0101nanda<\/em>. This sort of effort for \u0101nanda<\/em> is also seen amongst animals, birds, insects, worms, and other species of life that have a subdued form of consciousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this contracted state of \u0101nanda<\/em> up to its fullest manifestation, there are an infinite variety of states of being. Seeking one\u2019s own happiness, seeking happiness for one\u2019s family members, for one\u2019s neighbours, for the residents of one\u2019s village, and gradually building from there to efforts aimed at the welfare of one\u2019s nation\u2014these endeavors are all exponentially greater than the last, but still limited. In the fully expansive state of \u0101nanda<\/em>, the living entity is not preoccupied with trivial joys. He does not seek dharma<\/em>, artha<\/em>, k\u0101ma<\/em>, and even mok\u1e63a<\/em> for his own happiness. He strives for limitless happiness. Infinite joy is not like the finite joy that is bound by worldly location, time, people, and other limitations. It is not bound to any place, time or person, but it is common to all. Infinite joy is not transient like finite joy; it is eternal. Limited joy is happy, torturous, and mixed. In other words, it is considered happy when one has access to the objects of enjoyment, torturous when those enjoyments are destroyed, and where these two states coincide, there is a mix of happiness and distress. But infinite happiness is composed fully of \u0101nanda<\/em>. Limited \u0101nanda<\/em> is characterized by violence against other beings; in other words, there is no other way to obtain limited \u0101nanda<\/em> than by violence of some sort. If I am looking for my personal happiness, if I do not act against another, I cannot fulfill my purposes. Even if I am preoccupied with the noble task of elevating my nation, I will have to do so with the aid of this violent tendency to achieve my goals. In limitless \u0101nanda<\/em>, however, there is no violence. It belongs to everyone, so it not only rouses one\u2019s own happiness, but effects the welfare of the whole universe. Animals, birds, insects, and worms are also benefitted by this \u0101nanda<\/em>. Every type of religiosity talked about in this world shares the same purpose of attaining this infinite bliss. Therefore, every living entity should strive to attain this infinite bliss. This is the eternal function of the soul, the j\u012bva\u2019s<\/em> nitya-dharma<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This limitless bliss is referred to in the Vedas as <\/em>\u2018am\u1e5bta<\/em>\u2019. In the parlance of Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas, it is called \u2018prema<\/em>\u2019. Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas obtain this boundless bliss by the grace of Bhagav\u0101n and give up hi\u1e41s\u0101-dharma<\/em> (violent behaviour) and are going door-to-door to distribute this prema<\/em> without charge. But we are so far submerged in mundane \u0101nanda<\/em> that we won\u2019t even listen to them talking about that infinite \u0101nanda<\/em>. Rather, we try our best to antagonize those who come to give us that bliss. In this context, what comes to mind is a Pur\u0101\u1e47ic story that tells of Indra once being born as a pig. One day, by chance, the supreme devotee Maha\u1e5b\u1e63i N\u0101rada came face-to-face with Indra in a pig\u2019s body. As soon as N\u0101rada saw the pig, he could tell it was Indra. Indra\u2019s memory, however, had completed disappeared as he was in the body of a pig. He had not the slightest memory that he had once been Indra. Upon seeing Indra, N\u0101rada said, \u201cO Indra! How did you end up in this deplorable condition? It pains me dearly to see your suffering. Come, I will get you out of this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Indra as a pig had forgotten who he was, he thought, \u201cI am passing my days very happily with my female pig mate and little piglets, eating stool, etc. This sage is an obstacle to my happiness.\u201d Thinking this, he began to make a variety of angry gestures and expressions. He could not understand that N\u0101rada was a parama-bh\u0101gavata<\/em> devotee feeling sorry for his condition. This is called, \u201cKhete bolle m\u0101rate dh\u0101ya <\/em>\u2013 You tell me to eat, I charge to kill you.\u201d Our condition is just like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description of Modadruma-dv\u012bpa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maugachi, Arka-\u1e6dil\u0101, and Eka\u1e0d\u0101l\u0101 M\u0101t\u0101pura are part of this island. Of the twelve forests of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, this forest is \u015ar\u012b Bh\u0101\u1e47\u1e0d\u012bravana. By beholding this place, the joy of rendering service increases in the devotees, which is why the adepts call this place Modadruma-dv\u012bpa. During R\u0101ma-l\u012bl\u0101, when Bhagav\u0101n became a forest-dweller, He built a cottage in this place at the base of a huge banyan tree and lived there. Within the island, in the village of Maug\u0101chi, is the childhood home of the Vy\u0101sa of Caitanya-l\u012bl\u0101, the author of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya-bh\u0101gavata<\/em>, \u1e6ch\u0101kura V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. Even today that Vy\u0101sa-p\u012b\u1e6dha (seat of Vy\u0101sa) is covered in many vines, creepers, trees and foliage, rousing the sacred memory of \u015ar\u012b Naimi\u1e63\u0101ra\u1e47ya in the hearts of the devotees. In this village is the paternal home of \u015ar\u012bv\u0101sa\u2019s wife, M\u0101lin\u012b Dev\u012b. Not far from \u015ar\u012bla \u1e6ch\u0101kura V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana\u2019s place of birth, the \u015ar\u012b Madana-gop\u0101la deity established by \u015ar\u012bla V\u0101sudeva \u1e6ch\u0101kura, the brother of \u015ar\u012b Gaura\u2019s associate \u1e6ch\u0101kura Mukunda, is still present till this day. There is another ancient service [temple] that has long been here. The associate of Gaura known as \u015a\u0101r\u1e45ga \u1e6ch\u0101kura, or \u015a\u0101r\u1e45ga Mur\u0101ri, manifested this service. At present the servants of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya Ma\u1e6dha from Pr\u0101c\u012bna Navadv\u012bpa, \u015ar\u012b M\u0101y\u0101pura, are making special efforts to renovate these sacred heritage homes and temples (\u015br\u012bp\u0101\u1e6d\u0101-b\u0101\u1e0d\u012b<\/em>), building new temple sanctums to have the services carry on properly and keep these ancient vestiges intact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ancient history of this place is that in the village of M\u0101mag\u0101chi there lived a br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> devotee of R\u0101ma. The day that \u015ar\u012bman Mah\u0101prabhu appeared in the home of Jagann\u0101tha Mi\u015bra, this br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> was present at the Mi\u015bras\u2019 home. Upon seeing the festival of Gaura\u2019s manifestation, this br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> deduced: \u201cSurely my Lord R\u0101macandra has covered His dark green-blue complexion and appeared in a hidden way in the home of Jagann\u0101tha Mi\u015bra as his son. This child could never be a mundane child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No ordinary, mundane child could have such extraordinary features. Mi\u015bra and his wife are not just some ordinary j\u012bvas<\/em>. These two are like Da\u015baratha and Kau\u015balya surely.\u201d The br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> contemplated thus, beholding Mi\u015bra\u2019s son in his mind\u2019s eye as he returned to his home in M\u0101mag\u0101chi. However, unable to determine the reason his Lord had appeared in this concealed form, he became overwhelmed with various thoughts and fell asleep meditating on the dark-complexioned form of his worshipful Lord \u015ar\u012b R\u0101macandra. In his dream, Gaurasundara bestowed upon the br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> His dar\u015bana<\/em>. In his dream, the br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> was seeing his i\u1e63\u1e6dadeva<\/em> (worshipful Lord) in a golden form and then he suddenly saw that same form become dark-complexioned like a raincloud. He was stunned and fell at Gaura\u2019s feet, praying to know what mystery this was. Gaurasundara was merciful to His devotee and conveyed to him His tattva<\/em>. He forbade the br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em> from revealing this secret to anyone and disappeared from the dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015ar\u012b Dh\u0101ma Parikram\u0101 Report
\u1e5atudv\u012bpa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the 18th<\/sup>, many pilgrims from lands near and far performed parikram\u0101<\/em> of \u1e5atudv\u012bpa under the guidance of the gaura-bhaktas<\/em> as they performed loud k\u012brtana<\/em> in supreme bliss to the accompaniment of dancing, singing, and various musical instruments. On this date, the pilgrims honored midday mah\u0101pras\u0101da<\/em> in the temple of Gaura-Gad\u0101dhara and took rest. In the afternoon, before many thousands of listeners, devotees led by the editor of Gau\u1e0d\u012bya<\/em>, \u015ar\u012bp\u0101da Sundar\u0101nanda Vidy\u0101vinoda, delivered profuse hari-kath\u0101<\/em>, upade\u015ba<\/em> [instructions], and gaura-vihita k\u012brtana<\/em> [songs prescribed by \u015ar\u012b Gaurahari] via formal addresses. After the completion of the evening \u0101rati<\/em>, everyone partook of a wondrous variety of mah\u0101pras\u0101da<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the 19th<\/sup>, the devotees did parikram\u0101<\/em> of Jahnudv\u012bpa and arrived in Modadruma-dv\u012bpa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaura-janmotsava<\/strong> | Gaura\u2019s birth festival\u2014
An Invitation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no bounds to the bliss today in \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma Navadv\u012bpa at the site of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Gaura\u2019s appearance. After performing parikram\u0101<\/em> of \u015ar\u012b Antardv\u012bpa M\u0101y\u0101pura, S\u012bmanta-dv\u012bpa, Godruma-dv\u012bpa, Madhya-dv\u012bpa, Kola-dv\u012bpa, \u1e5atudv\u012bpa, and Jahnu-dv\u012bpa, today thousands and thousands of men and women, devotees all, from near and far have reached Modadruma. First, having had dar\u015bana<\/em> of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101 Govinda\u2019s beautiful \u015br\u012b m\u016brtis<\/em> and after that having harin\u0101ma-sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em> sung aloud by thousands and thousands of devotees all together with people shouting \u201cHari!\u201d again and again amid the sweet tumult of conchshells, gongs, khola<\/em>, and karat\u0101las<\/em>, as well as the deep resonant sounds of trumpets, and witnessing the unprecedented sight of thousands and thousands of handheld flags, even the hearts of extreme heretical persons were stunned momentarily\u2014they forgot their hereticism. After the conclusion of the festival in \u015ar\u012b Modadruma-dv\u012bpa, the devotees will perform parikram\u0101<\/em> of \u1e5atudv\u012bpa and arrive back in \u015ar\u012b \u015aac\u012b-m\u0101t\u0101\u2019s courtyard at Yogap\u012b\u1e6dha on Monday. Many, many devotees are coming from far off regions. Some are participating in parikram\u0101<\/em> and others are taking refuge at Yogap\u012b\u1e6dha. The \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Vi\u015bva Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava R\u0101ja Sabh\u0101 has been and is inviting all the inhabitants of the world: \u201cOgo, residents of the world, wherever you are, leave everything and come. He who incarnated in Navadv\u012bpa for your sake, He who enacted the pastime of sanny\u0101sa<\/em> for your sake and went from door to door for you, He whose heart is extremely agitated by your suffering and whose eyes have been flooded with tears, that moon of Nadiy\u0101, that darling of \u015aac\u012b\u2014his birthday festival, that full moon day of the month of Ph\u0101lguna that is forever cherished by devotees and inhabitants of the world is almost upon us. Come inhabitants of Nadiy\u0101, come residents of Bengal, come citizens of India, come inhabitants of the world. Leave all enmity, violence, and envy. Throw away the narrowmindedness of sectarianism. Abandon lamentation, delusion, and fear. Young or old, wherever you are, come. Come to your eternal home in ancient Navadv\u012bpa, \u015ar\u012b M\u0101y\u0101pura, at Yogap\u012b\u1e6dha, \u015a\u0101c\u012b M\u0101t\u0101\u2019s courtyard, and participate in the appearance of the moon of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b M\u0101y\u0101pura, \u015aac\u012b\u2019s darling. How much longer will you remain enamoured with the wicked persuasions of the atheists? It has been many a day since you left your home to roam through lands near and far. How much more can your mother\u2019s heart bear? \u015aac\u012b M\u0101t\u0101 is inviting all of you. She has sent her blessed children far and wide to give word to you. Brother, shake off the delusion of m\u0101y\u0101<\/em> just once and come. Participate in the festival of Gaura\u2019s birth and make your life successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201csarva-sad-gu\u1e47a-p\u016br\u1e47\u0101\u1e41 t\u0101\u1e41 vande ph\u0101lguna-p\u016br\u1e47im\u0101m<\/em> |
yasy\u0101\u1e41 \u015br\u012b k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-caitanyo\u2019vat\u012br\u1e47a\u1e25 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-n\u0101mabhi\u1e25<\/em> ||\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uttering these words, the mah\u0101janas<\/em> venerate the Ph\u0101lguna full moon day. The day that the root of all avat\u0101ras<\/em>, the combined form of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the Lord of Goloka, incarnated from His own abode, the gaura-prako\u1e63\u1e6dha<\/em> [\u201cgolden dimension\u201d], into this material world, onto the earthly Navadv\u012bpa, along with the holy name of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2014that all-virtuous day of Ph\u0101lguna P\u016br\u1e47im\u0101 is the sole object of our veneration. In the kalpa<\/em> of \u015ar\u012b \u015aveta Var\u0101ha, during the manvantara<\/em> of Vaivasvata, in the twenty-eighth catur-yuga <\/em>of that period, towards the end of Dv\u0101para-yuga, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a appeared in the earthly Vraja along with the whole of Vraja. After 125 years of \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s pastimes, during the dawn of the next age, that of Kali, comes the time of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Gauravat\u0101ra. Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s appearance took place in 1407 \u015aaka, on the day of Ph\u0101lguna P\u016br\u1e47im\u0101, and He disappeared in 1455 \u015aaka. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

caudda-\u015bata s\u0101ta \u015bake janmera pram\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> |
caudda-\u015bata pa\u00f1c\u0101nne haila antardh\u0101na<\/em> ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In every \u015bveta-var\u0101ha<\/em>–kalpa<\/em>, the avat\u0101r\u012b <\/em>[source of all incarnations] K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and thereafter the avat\u0101r\u012b<\/em> Gaura manifest Their pastimes in the material world. Though the age of Kali is stained with many flaws, the age of Kali that occurs in this \u015bveta-var\u0101ha-kalpa<\/em>, in the twenty-eighth catur-yuga<\/em> of the Vaivasvata manvantara,<\/em> is supremely auspicious for all living entities. This is because in this age of Kali, those of refined intelligence can worship the father of the sa\u1e45k\u012brtana<\/em> movement, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Caitanya, via the sa\u1e45k\u012brtana-yaj\u00f1a<\/em> and obtain the mercy of the source of all incarnations, \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Himself, in person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The savior of the age of Kali, \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara, incarnated to bestow the treasure of k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prema<\/em>, which had not been offered in other yugas<\/em>. He brought completion to the philosophical conclusions of Madhva, R\u0101m\u0101nuja, Vi\u1e63\u1e47usv\u0101m\u012b and Nimb\u0101rka\u2014these four \u0101c\u0101ryas<\/em>, and by preaching the unprecedented siddh\u0101nta<\/em> of acintya-bhed\u0101bheda<\/em>, bestowed auspiciousness upon all living entities. Those who follow the teachings of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya are capable of obtaining the mercy of that Bhagav\u0101n who is sarva-a\u1e41\u015b\u012b<\/em> [source of all] and avat\u0101r\u012b<\/em> [source of all incarnations]. Therefore, O Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas who regard yourselves as followers of Madhva, R\u0101m\u0101nuja, Vi\u1e63\u1e47usv\u0101m\u012b, and Nimbarka, come. You too should participate in the festival of Gaura\u2019s birth. Do not think Gaurasundara is no one to you. Gaurasundara is your worshipful Lord. To neglect the worship of Gaurasundara and strive to worship various other incarnations is to cut the root of the tree and water the branches and twigs. O \u015a\u0101ktas, Sauras, G\u0101\u1e47apatyas, and worshippers of all the other various demigods and goddesses, you too should come. Become blessed by obtaining the mercy of Gaurasundara. Leave aside sectarian hatreds\u2014do not cheat yourselves and others. \u015ar\u012b Gaurasundara appeared in this world to deliver you. Just once, pay Him heed. Don\u2019t axe yourself in the foot. All glories to \u015ar\u012b Guru-Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga G\u0101ndharvik\u0101 Giridh\u0101r\u012b!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nimantra\u1e47a Patra<\/strong> | Invitation Letter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b M\u0101y\u0101dh\u012b\u015b\u0101ya Nama\u1e25 |
\u015ar\u012b M\u0101y\u0101pura \u015ar\u012b Mandira |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19th<\/sup> Ph\u0101lguna, 441 Caitany\u0101bda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yath\u0101vihita-samm\u0101na-pura\u1e25sara-nivedanam-idam\u2014<\/em>
[\u201cThis request is submitted after expressing due respect\u2014\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three days starting from this upcoming 22nd<\/sup> of Ph\u0101lguna, the 6th<\/sup> of March, which is a Tuesday, there will be gatherings of the devotees, k\u012brtana <\/em>of the holy name, manohara-s\u0101hi k\u012brtana<\/em>, reading from l\u012bl\u0101-granthas<\/em> [sacred texts describing K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s pastimes], bhoga-r\u0101ga<\/em> [offerings of foodstuffs and new garments to the deities], feeding the Br\u0101hma\u1e47as, Vai\u1e63\u1e47avas, and guests, and festival parades every day in \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma M\u0101y\u0101pura for the occasion of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga\u2019s birth festival. On the 23rd<\/sup> of Ph\u0101lguna, a Wednesday, at 3:00 in the afternoon, the \u015ar\u012bdh\u0101ma Prac\u0101ri\u1e47\u012b Sabh\u0101 will be convened. At this time, the acclaimed virtuous deeds of those who engage in activities dear to \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Gaur\u0101\u1e45ga will be recognized, and honors presented to them. The presence of all mah\u0101\u015bayas<\/em> [high minded and magnanimous persons] along with their associates is requested. It is needless to say that without the financial aid of the mahodayas<\/em> [prosperous and fortunate persons], it is rather impossible to execute this enormous auspicious undertaking in proper fashion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

sajjana-ki\u1e45kara<\/em>\u2014\u00a0
\u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-vallabha Caudhur\u012b Bhakti-bh\u016b\u1e63a\u1e47a
(R\u0101ya B\u0101h\u0101dur)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015ar\u012b Napharacandra P\u0101la-caudhur\u012b Bhakti-bh\u016b\u1e63a\u1e47a
samp\u0101daka<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bh\u0101la Kath\u0101<\/strong> | \u201cGood Tidings\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cohe s\u0101dhu-jana, \u015buna bh\u0101la kath\u0101<\/em>,
ullasita ha\u2019be hiy\u0101<\/em> |\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every person in this world has a different sort of taste. According to their varying tastes, some want to acquire wealth, but again, as much as they want that, they also figure: \u201cWhy should param\u0101rtha<\/em> [the supreme goal or spiritual concerns] be neglected? Those too should be secured.\u201d In this way, they engage in a sort of madness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many wish to say that all a newspaper need contain are reports on world economic ups and downs and deliberations on crime and justice. To have spiritual deliberation within that\u2014I am seeing that this is a very difficult topic. If you can pass your day somehow\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

laughing and playing, with adequate eating, recreation, sleeping, and sense gratification, then\u00a0you have made it. On top of that, what need is there to have so much deliberation on what will or will not be in the afterlife? Still, there is such a thing as param\u0101rtha<\/em>, or <\/em>spirituality, so let it be. Our elderly fathers and mothers can keep that going. It is not necessary to have everyone set their heads spinning with that. If one person in the household does a bit of worship, then that is enough religion for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is another group of people who get very uneasy as soon as they hear the word spirituality! They say, \u201cDamn fool, as long as you keep rattling on about spirituality, spirituality, you won\u2019t be able to do anything more useful than fill your stomach twice a day and sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world is full of all kinds of foolish ideas like this spouting from every manner of mindset. The numerous currents of opinions of numerous people flow in numerous directions. But where do all these currents lead? They arise from the mundane platform and disappear once again within that alone. Do they have any destiny beyond that? What then is the point of working so hard day and night for such perishable results? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we cannot seem to get into our barren heads is that the things we think are so important in this world, the things we give all our energy to pursuing, have no value in the spiritual world. Caught up in our mundane egos in this condition of material bondage, the things we think are most pleasant are extremely vile, detestable, negligible things in the spiritual world. This world is the inferior, perverted reflection of the spiritual world. While it is true that whatever exists in the original reality also exists in the reflected reality, the fact is that whatever is in the reflection is somehow corrupted. Just as every limb of one\u2019s reflection in the mirror appears backwards, everything of the spiritual world exists here in a corrupted state, like a reflected image, and so is temporary. In spiritual substances, there is nothing contemptible, trivial, or unpleasant, whereas these adjectives are the eternal companions of material substances. We are children of am\u1e5bta<\/em> [nectar or immortality]. We will opt only to be immersed in oceans of such nectar. The perishable mundane world is not our eternal platform; our identity is not trapped here. All of us belong to that Goloka Vaiku\u1e47\u1e6dha. When we do not have a place to stand for even a moment here, because: \u201csvar\u016bpe sab\u0101ra haya golokete sthiti<\/em> \u2013 by constitution, everyone has a place in Goloka,\u201d then what is the point of increasing our attachment to this place?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cdvaite bhadr\u0101bhadra-j\u00f1\u0101na saba manodharma<\/em>\u2014
Perception of good and bad in the realm of dualities is but the oscillation of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very thing we think is so great and rush to cling to in this moment will seem utterly unimportant to us in the next. Bhagav\u0101n has a relationship with the j\u012bvas<\/em> that is characterized by acintya-bhed\u0101bheda<\/em>, inconceivable oneness and difference.  Bhagav\u0101n is the Eternal Master, while the j\u012bvas<\/em> as His eternal servants. The j\u012bvas<\/em> cannot have any existence separate of Bhagav\u0101n. Service to Bhagav\u0101n, or bhakti<\/em>, is characteristic of sambandha-j\u00f1\u0101na<\/em>, or knowledge of one\u2019s relationship with Bhagav\u0101n. Lack thereof is dvaita-bh\u0101va<\/em>, a feeling of duality, whereby manodharma<\/em> [the machinations of mind] take over. In other words, the idea that I am independent from Bhagav\u0101n is bhagavad-bahirmukhat\u0101<\/em> [aversion to Bhagav\u0101n], or manodharma<\/em>. Where is the knowledge that can bring auspiciousness to the j\u012bva<\/em> who is averse to the service of Bhagav\u0101n? The condition of the j\u012bva <\/em>caught up in the machinations of the mind is much like that of a sick person in the clutches of a disease who is utterly incapable of determining what is good or bad and falls into a whirlpool of mistaking bad for good and good for bad. Under the guidance of a good doctor, the disease can be treated, and the patient can follow and begin to understand the good doctor\u2019s judgement of good and bad. Likewise, the j\u012bva<\/em> afflicted by the disease of material existence can also gain proper intelligence under the guidance of a bona fide guru<\/em> and, according to the instructions issuing from the mouth of guru<\/em>, become capable of determining what is auspicious or inauspicious for him. Prior to that, in the state prior to surrendering himself at the feet of a bona fide guru<\/em>, he does not have that capacity. If a person tries to force himself to make such judgements, he starts to operate beyond his qualification and can end up going against what is good for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as it is never possible for light and darkness, or day and night, to exist together, it is impossible for mundane artha<\/em> [purpose] and transcendental artha<\/em>, or param\u0101rtha<\/em> [the supreme purpose] to exist together. If you choose svarga<\/em> [heaven] or hellbound materialistic ends as your goal, then you do not accept the fifth and ultimate goal of human life, the supreme purpose of bhagavat-prema<\/em> [love of God] as your only goal. Just as imagining darkness is light, a snake is a rope, or poison is nectar is forcing the impossible and will prove tremendously detrimental, to think a material goal is a spiritual goal, or superimpose spirituality onto mundanity is similarly all-destructive. Truth is truth, falsity is falsity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now let us determine the definitions of artha<\/em> and param\u0101rtha<\/em>. Artha<\/em> means prayojana<\/em> [aim, purpose]. When this aim is to achieve the pleasure of one\u2019s own senses, then that is mundane k\u0101ma<\/em> [lust] or a mundane aim. And when it is to effect the pleasure of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s senses, then that is transcendental k\u0101ma<\/em> or the fifth goal of human existence: k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prema<\/em>, or the supreme artha<\/em>. As a result of many, many lifetimes of suk\u1e5bti <\/em>[pious deeds], a human being attains the association of s\u0101dhus<\/em> and can take to heart the proper conception of this artha<\/em> and param\u0101rtha<\/em>. A person who has suk\u1e5bti<\/em> can know that although artha<\/em> and param\u0101rtha<\/em>, or k\u0101ma<\/em> and prema<\/em>, appear to be the same externally, in lust there is only one\u2019s own gratification, while in prema<\/em>, the desire to please K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s senses remains prominent. Therefore, mundane artha<\/em> and param\u0101rtha<\/em> can never be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A person who is acquainted with the tattva<\/em>, or truth, of artha<\/em> and param\u0101rtha<\/em> looks at the world not as something for his own enjoyment but for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s enjoyment, which represents one\u2019s own ultimate welfare. Such a person does not strive to be suicidal by submerging himself in the foul-smelling mucky whirlpool of self-interest, but rather immerses in the great ocean of the nectar of love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the fifth goal of human existence, and attains ultimate wellbeing. Then, though all his efforts look the same as k\u0101ma<\/em> to someone with an extroverted, enjoying mentality, they are transformed into dedications to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s service. Then, because he has the awareness that Bhagav\u0101n and everything related to Him is to be served, this twisted notion of \u201cI can leave the service of my God and His devotees to others\u201d does not arise. Then all he thinks is: \u201cJust as the elders of my home need to serve God, I too have such a need.\u201d Education, craft, business\u2014if all my efforts are engaged in Bhagav\u0101n\u2019s service, then and only then are they worthwhile; otherwise, they are not necessary. If wealth, followers, children, family, etc., eating and recreation, etc., are favorable to the service of Bhagav\u0101n, then good. Otherwise, I should understand that they are unfavorable to Bhagav\u0101n and give them up entirely. My eating, recreation, and whatnot are not just so that I can survive. A life bereft of bhagavad-bhajana<\/em> [worship of God] is a life of an animal. If I stoop to that, then there is no difference between my existence and that of an animal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not as if spiritual discussions are the concern of only elderly men and women. Prahl\u0101da Mah\u0101r\u0101ja speaks to all living entities on the pretext of instructing the sons of the demons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kaum\u0101ra \u0101caret pr\u0101j\u00f1o<\/em>
<\/em>dharm\u0101n bh\u0101gavat\u0101n iha<\/em>
<\/em>durlabha\u1e41 m\u0101nu\u1e63a\u1e41 janma<\/em>
<\/em>tad apy adhruvam arthadam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, there is no consideration of age in regard to the practice of dharma<\/em>. An intelligent person practices dharma<\/em> from childhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the famine is not of food; the lack of hari-kath\u0101<\/em> is the cause of famine. The absence of discussing hari-kath\u0101<\/em> creates many varieties of unrest in the world. In the newspaper, in the market, at the ghat, in the playground, in the thoroughfare\u2014everywhere and always, it is necessasry to be discussing hari-kath\u0101<\/em>. The land of Bh\u0101rata is the land of dharma. It is the place of \u015ar\u012b Bhagav\u0101n\u2019s pastimes. Dharma is the life force of Bh\u0101rata. Bh\u0101rata can never survive without its life force. O inhabitants of Bh\u0101rata, do not slumber any longer. Sober up. Become keen on always discussing hari<\/em>–kath\u0101<\/em>. Let the topics of material objects sleep. You will regain your lost health. You will be rejuvenated. Alas! Alas! How you are entrenched in conflict due to sectarian attitudes. Have you forgotten who you are? That you are all bound by the bond of brotherhood, that you are children of the one father of the world. Brothers, brothers, forget all the fighting. Drop the ego of high birth, opulence, erudition and physical beauty to the fathomless depths of oblivion. Everyone, discuss bhagavat-kath\u0101<\/em>, the topics of God. Under the shelter of a bona fide guru<\/em>, <\/em>become engaged in the service of Bhagav\u0101n. All that you lack, all scarcities will go away. The fire of sectarian hatred will no longer unfurl its lolling tongue and come to devour you. The fountain of supreme peace will begin to flow from your chest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

jagatera pit\u0101 k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a je n\u0101 bhaje b\u0101pa <\/em>|
pit\u1e5b-droh\u012b p\u0101tak\u012bra janme janme t\u0101pa<\/em> ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O inhabitants of the world! O brothers! K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is not only your father. He is the Lord of the world\u2014Jagann\u0101tha. Brothers, it is because we have not worshipped the World Father, Jagann\u0101tha, that we are having to endure the burning torment of the threefold miseries birth after birth. Alas, alas, we are betrayers of our father\u2014great sinners! \u0100h\u0101! Has Svaya\u1e41 Bhagav\u0101n Vrajendra-nandana \u015ar\u012b Hari not come just for us j\u012bvas<\/em> afflicted by the age of Kali, incarnating in the form of Gaura, enacting the great magnanimous pastime of distributing divine love for the holy name? Was it not for us conditioned souls that the son of \u015aac\u012b abandoned His royal Goddess of Fortune and Her opulence\u2014which was so difficult to abandon and sought after by the gods\u2014and assumed the harsh life of a mendicant to fulfill the words of a br\u0101hma\u1e47a<\/em>? Alas, alas, what mercy, which can never have any adverse effect. Will the compassionate words of the most merciful Lord, who practiced what He taught to the j\u012bvas<\/em>, not ring in our souls at all? Brothers, enough is enough. Leave your trivial narrowminded attitudes. Do not burn in the fire of envy any longer. Come, today we all unite and take shelter at the lotus feet of Gaurasundara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inhabitants of Nadiy\u0101, you all take great pride in knowing you are native residents of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b Gaura-dh\u0101ma, which is non-different my Nitai!\u201d and roll around in the dust? But if dh\u0101m\u0101par\u0101dha<\/em>, n\u0101m\u0101par\u0101dha<\/em>, and vai\u1e63\u1e47av\u0101par\u0101dha<\/em> prevail amongst even you, then how can you be known as residents of the Dh\u0101ma? Tell us, tell us, residents of Na\u2019de, where did you learn this narrowmindedness, this ghostly dance of destruction, this foul dramatic dance of the dog-eating maiden of the hope for prestige, this cheating of self and others? Come brothers, no more. What was meant to happen happened. Now we all come together and take shelter at fearless lotus feet of \u015ar\u012b Caitanya-candra.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dante nidh\u0101ya t\u1e5b\u1e47aka\u1e41 padayor nipatya<\/em>
k\u1e5btv\u0101 ca k\u0101ku-\u015bata\u1e41 etad aha\u1e41 brav\u012bmi<\/em> |
he s\u0101dhava\u1e25 sakalam eva vih\u0101ya d\u016br\u0101t<\/em>
caitanya-candra-cara\u1e47e kurut\u0101nur\u0101gam<\/em> ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u0101n\u0101 Kath\u0101<\/strong> | Assorted News
(Local)
Weaver Destroyed by Greed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For quite some time now, a con-man from western regions disguised as a fortune-teller has been after a certain individual from Goari Chasapara and managed to influence him by the power of illusory mantras<\/em>. The Goari local gave him some gold and the teller doubled its quantity, enticing the local and building his faith by taking a piece of gold and turning it into two. Seeing these extraordinary feats, the local developed total faith in the fortuneteller, thinking he was a demigod in disguise, so he approached him and begged him to turn his fortunes around. The fortuneteller told him to buy some pure gold and bring it to him, and warned him that only his wife and no one else should know about it. Compelled by greed, the man used his money to buy 22 carat gold and placed it in the hands of the fortuneteller. Moreover, as ingredients for this gold yaj\u00f1a<\/em>, he brought ghee, paan<\/em>, betelnut, etc., and even his wife\u2019s silk sarees and earrings. During the yaj\u00f1a<\/em>, the fortuneteller took the gold, the silk sarees and earrings by some sleight of hand which no one saw. He made sure to dump the rest of the items in the firepit. Then he told them, \u201cI need one plant for the yaj\u00f1a<\/em>; I\u2019m just going to fetch it.\u201d Saying this, he disappeared. Now no one can find the fortuneteller anywhere. How wondrous is the greed for wealth. <\/p>\n\n\n

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(Indian)
Motor Accidents |<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past 27th<\/sup> of February, there was a motor accident on the Rajshahi Natore Road, at a place called Tikapara. A cow was killed and six passengers injured. There are frequent accidents on this road.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This past 24th<\/sup> of February, on the way to Brahmanbaria from Sarail, a vehicle flipped off the road into the drain. Most of the six passengers sustained mild injuries. A few had more serious injuries. From direct reports of the passengers who witnessed what happened, the accident was the driver\u2019s fault. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Electrical Building in Sirajganj<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past Sunday, the magistrate of Pavana District inaugurated the foundation of an electrical building that will serve to supply electrical current to the city. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Muslims Punished for Breaking Deities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past 1st<\/sup> of Vai\u015b\u0101kha, in Ara Raghu, during the R\u0101dh\u0101cakra Mel\u0101, four hundred Muslims entered the carnival and destroyed idols, shops, and goods. The Muslims say that the Hindus had beaten up four Muslims and filed this outrageous case out of religious hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tangail Deputy Magistrate sentenced seven Muslims to six months hard labour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sentence has been appealed in the high court. Mister Khodabaksh and \u015ar\u012byuta Sat\u012bndran\u0101tha Mukhop\u0101dhy\u0101ya are representing the appealers and \u015ar\u012byuta Anilacandra R\u0101ya Caudhur\u012b is representing the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judges have acquitted one person; the other six individuals have been sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour instead of six. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Impersonation<\/strong> |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dhaka news for the 29th<\/sup> of February reports that police have charged Abdul Samad with posing as a dpputy magistrate and deceiving a great number of people. Deputy Magistrate \u015ar\u012byuta B.K. Ghosh has determined his bail be set for one year from now. There is another ongoing case against Abdul Samad for impersonation in Narayanganj. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Compassion for Prisoners<\/strong> |<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015ar\u012byuta Surendran\u0101tha R\u0101ya says that prisoners suffer greatly in jail from mosquitoes, and it would best if mosquito nets can be arranged for them. He says it will cost 15 thousand rupees, but it is not as if they will have to spend this amount every year. Spending this much every three years will be sufficient. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Jam Sahib\u2019s Donation to K\u0101\u015b\u012b University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mah\u0101r\u0101ja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar has promised to donate an annual 12 thousand rupees to support the teaching of chemistry at K\u0101\u015b\u012b Hindu University. This money will support teachers in the chemistry department. The chair will be named Nawanagar Chemistry Chair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other reports suggest that Jam Sahib may also make a one-time donation to the university. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Fire in Malda |<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past 26th<\/sup> of February, fire spread through the western slum of the English Bazar area, destroying ten homes. The poor there have suffered extensive losses. The municipality or government made no efforts to suppress the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Bullying in Dhaka College <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports state that the principal of Dhaka Intermediate College has written a letter to the student fellowship supervisors asserting that asking forgiveness is the duty of students. Meanwhile the students of the hostel have filed a letter of apology, but most of the students have not yet asked forgiveness. Whatever the case, they are applying themselves to their studies in college.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Epidemics in Chattogram<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been an outbreak of cholera and smallpox in the city of Chattogram for quite some time now. Authorities of the health department of the Chattogram municipality have made arrangements for preventative injections against cholera, and at present the administration of injections is moving forward with great intensity. The roads and ghats here are extremely dirty. The municipal authorities need to give special attention to that.<\/p>\n\n\n

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(Foreign)
Editor\u2019s Death<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

News reports in London for 28th<\/sup> of February state that Sir Dawson Williams, CBE, LLD, DSc, MD, has departed this world. He was the editor of the British Medical Journal since 1898. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ghastly Flood<\/strong>
20 thousand people without shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yellow River broke through its banks near China\u2019s Liusingsang. 80 villages were flooded, and an estimated 20 thousand people were left homeless and without shelter. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Bioscope House Destroyed<\/strong>
Many women and children killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bioscope house in Curitiba, the capital of the Parana region of South America [Brazil] was suddenly destroyed and many people lost their lives. Among the dead, most were women and children. 13 corpses were retrieved from the rubble. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Afghan Independence<\/strong>
Annual celebration in London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A celebration was held at the Afghan embassy on the occasion of Afghanistan\u2019s annual Independence Day. Several hundred Afghans congregated at the embassy and Afghan firecrackers were set off from the roof of the embassy. Lord Meyer, Meyer\u2019s wife, Sir Atul Chattopadhyay and other renowned figures of the country\u2019s political circles participated in the celebration. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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