Prema Bhakti + Srila Sridhar Maharaj (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj from Mayapur this morning)

 

"I was an impersonalist, I only knew about Brahman, I knew about moksha (liberation). [---] And then you start hearing about prema bhakti (spontaneous loving devotion to The Absolute / Krishna consciousness). Oh-oh... What is that? What is prema bhakti? ...It's more than a quantum jump, I tell you. [---] Yes, this is very, very dangerous... It's so dangerous, that sometimes I long for my impersonalist days. Or not so much them, but for something more easy, more safe to approach The Infinite. But this whole falling in love with The Infinite-topic, it is so advanced, and it doesn't accept anything but full surrender." 

Last 20 minutes, anecdotes about Srila Sridhar Maharaj, including Srila Prabhupada, Srila Sadhu Maharaj and George Harrison. A little internal maybe, but for those who carefully 'whet their cochleas' there is some precious nectar here...

A story about gratitude, by Bhakta Tom

If I am making any progress in Krishna Consciousness, it is only baby steps. Nevertheless, I would like to share a lesson I learned recently, about gratitude to the Lord and His devotees, in the form of a story.

Mind Over Matter

So, I recently stumbled across this exciting article in Mail Online. It is about the biologist Robert Lanza and his ideas about a "biocentric universe" derived from his own studies and the findings in the field of quantum physics.

You can read the article here:

 www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2503370/Quantum-physics-proves-IS-afterlife-claims-scientist.html

And you can read about Professor Robert Lanzas biocentric universe here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocentric_universe

Are these ideas new? Lets take a look at what the gaudiya vaishnava saint Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj thinks about the order of matter and mind:

Live under the sky, not under a shed to protect you (Srila Sridhar Maharaj)

Srīla Bhakti Rakṣak Srīdhar Mahārāj 

Lust for Krishna's service (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj from Mayapur this morning)

"All this is extremely, extremely auspicious. Extremely, extremely fortunate. You are very fortunate."

Some Nimaihuset blogposts on service:

“I want to serve You, I want to be with You” (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj)
“By service” (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj)
So the real current is His pastimes (Srila Sridhar Mahraj)
 Service - Samadhi - Lila (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj)
Service to the Absolute (Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaj)
Service, service, service (Srila Sridhar Maharaj) 
Service with and without love (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj)
Service, Beauty (Srila Sridhar Maharaj)
Service (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj) 

We very much appreciate intelligence (Srila Prabhupada)

Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

(from a morning walk in Paris, June 13, 1974)

Kishori Mohan das and Sudevi dasi: "Ki Rupe Paiba Seva"

Amazingly beautiful bhajan by Kishor Mohan das and Sudevi dasi. From the album "Cry for mercy", playing 24/7 in the temple lounge.

Two instructions (Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)

 

"You should engage yourself in the service of the servants of Krishna and always chant the holy name of Krishna."

—  Sri Krishna Chaitanya (Nimai), Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya lila 16.70

                                   

Sense enjoyment (Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Maharaj from Vrindavan this morning)