Patita Pavana Gaura Hari

Jiva Goswami quotes Lord Caitanya

The four authorized vaishnava sampradayas:

Brahma Madhva sampradaya represented by Madhva Acharya
Laxmi sampradaya by Sri Ramanuja Acharaya
Siva sampradaya by Sripad Vishnuswami and the
Kumar sampradaya by Sri Nimbarka Acharya

Sri Caitanya said:

"From Madhva I will take two essential teachings: his complete rejection and defeat of the Mayavadi philosophy and his service to the deity of Krishna, accepting Him as an eternal spiritual personality.

From Ramanuja, I will accept two teachings: the concept of devotional service, unpolluted by karma and jnana, and service to the devotees.

From Vishnuswami's teachings I will accept two elements: the sentiment of exclusive dependence on Krishna and the path of raga-marga, or spontaneous devotion.

From Nimbarka, I will take two very important principles: the necessity of taking shelter of Srimati Radharani and the high esteem of the gopi's love for Krishna."

A 2000 year-old recipe

2000 year-old recipe for rice pudding, used by lord Jagannatha's cooks at Puri.

2 tablespoons ghee or unsalted butter
3/4 cup long grained rice, washed and dried
1/2 bay leaf
2 liters milk
1/2 cup ground rock sugar, or raw sugar
1/4 cup currants
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom seeds
1 tiny particle of pure cooking camphor
1 tablespoon toasted nuts for garnish

Heat the ghee or butter in a heavy pot over medium heat, and toast the rice for a minute.

Add the bay leaf and milk. Bring to the boil; reduce the heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until reduced to half its original volume.

Add the sweetener, currants, and cardamom, and simmer the mixture until it reaches one fourth of its original volume, and is thick and creamy.

Stir in the optional camphor, and cool to room temperature, or refrigerate until chilled.

Serve garnished with the toasted nuts.

Kunjas surrounding Radha Kund

There are eight Kunjas that surround the banks of Radha Kund. These Kunjas are arranged and decorated by each of the Astaka-Sakhis (eight principal gopis.)

Between these Kunjas are flower gardens and orchards. There are boundary walls that separate the Kunjas. Pathways in the Kunjas are made from emerald slabs covered with crystal.

Great Flood

When the contents of the storehouse of love of Godhead is thus distributed, there is a powerful inundation that covers the entire land.

In Sri Dham Mayapur there is sometimes a great flood after the rainy season. This is an indication that from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya the inundation of love of Godhead will be spread all over the world, for this will help everyone, including old men, young men, women and children. The Krishna consciousness movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is so powerful that it can inundate the entire world and interest all classes of men in the subject of love of Godhead.

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Just like a refugee

Lord Sri Krsna has mercifully given us this human body, by which we can attain the highest goal of life: love for Krsna.

[After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Krsna consciousness is possible only for a human being.
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, 11.9.39)]

Even demigods want to obtain the human life to understand the soul and the Supersoul. This world is not ours; we are refugees here. We have forgotten Sri Krsna, and therefore we are in this world as refugees.

He came to illumiate the Gaudiya Sky

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur made an unequalled contribution to the ultimate, spiritual welfare of humankind. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur wrote in his preface to the Jaiva-dharma: “Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur is an extremely dear associate of Sri Chaitanya Candra. In the course of time, when those who preached the desires of Chaitanya Deva had left this world to enter the Lord’s eternal pastimes, the sky over Bengal slowly darkened, covered by the thick clouds of sensual enjoyment and false renunciation. The sky was covered and the world was bereft of the rays of light coming from the sankirtan propagated by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. One by one, the sun, the moon and the unlimited stars of that sky faded from view, leaving only the occasional flash of lightning to disrupt the unending darkness of ignorance. Almost 350 years after the appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur came to illuminate the Gaudiya sky.