The Magic of Spiritual master

Some are looking for magic or miracle to happen when one accept a spiritual master .

they think that now they shall get Krishna easily !?

Well thats TRUE !!

but Krishna has his own terms to give himself to YOU that we have satisfy.

So what does the Spiritual master do !?

What is the magic of Guru?

The magic of guru is that He gives a drop of mercy from the spiritual world

He makes us experience that supreme pleasure that we are looking for

in order that we become more & more eager to get it & return back to spiritual world.

Some simply take that happiness & be satisfied & turn back to the illusory pleasures of the material world & then keep thinking what is the use of initiation ? simply a change in name!?

who can understand the mercy of guru ?

well only a grateful person can understand the mercy of guru

He understands that his guru has accepted him as his disciple with all his faults

everywhere in this material world nobody accepts an unqualified person

everyones asks for qualification but GURU who is a Vaishnava he accepts you regardless of your qualification

He accepts simply by seeing your sincerity ,struggles & despair in surrendering to Krishna.

This is the mercy of Guru

a proud or doubtful person cannot understand this!!

what are the symptoms of a grateful person who has experienced that one drop of spiritual bliss ?

what does he do after that ?

It is explained in the song below

he Begs to get purified he cannot tolerate the 6 enemies in his heart which are torturing him & inhibiting him to surrender to Krishna

He begs for that one drop of mercy & faith & he runs after his Guru crying out KRISHNA KRISHNA !!!

He becomes more eager to get KRISHNA --- that is the real symptom of a grateful person.

Song Name: Ohe Vaisnava Thakura

Official Name: Bhajana Lalasa Song 7

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,

e dāse koruṇā kori'

diyā pada-chāyā, śodho he āmāya,

tomāra caraṇa dhori

(2)

chaya bega domi', chaya doṣa śodhi',

chaya guṇa deho' dāse

chaya sat-sańga, deho' he āmāre,

bosechi sańgera āśe

(3)

ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,

hari-nāma-sańkīrtane

tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,

deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane

(4)

kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dīte pāro,

tomāra śakati āche

āmi to' kāńgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',

dhāi tava pāche pāche

TRANSLATION

1) O venerable Vaisnava. O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet.

2) Teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.*

3) I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sankirtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Krsna.

4) Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!"

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

*The six passions are those pertaining to words, the mind, anger, the tongue, the stomach and the genitals. The six faults are overeating, attachment to material things, inability to follow regulative principles, sense gratification, useless idle talk, and impure habits. The six positive qualities are enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional processes, a strong desire to attain prema-bhakti, a favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees, and appreciation of the company of devotees. The six methods of association are to go to an assembly of devotees, to invite devotees into one's home, to discuss and hear devotional topics, to take the maha-prasada of devotees and to offer maha-prasada to devotees.

And this shall be my Attitude in spiritual life after getting one drop

mercy from my guru.

I pray to Radha madan mohan that i donot become complacent to this mercy.

I shall beg from guru & cry before him to get KRISHNA.

- Vrajendra kumar das.

I received a very nice quote from HH Bir Krishna Das Goswami Maharaj on the same lines............

To become a disciple means to be disciplined by the words and the desire of the spiritual master. It is a very simple thing. It does not mean that you get your magic spiritual name at the time of initiation and then you are the official member of the organization... but it means basically that one has to internalize that discipline within one's heart.
(from Srila Gurudeva's lecture on 'Good association', New Goloka, Dec.4, 2009)

The Act of Surrender

When the police shouts " Hands up "
The thief listens to the police

So the Act of Surrender to Lord Krishna is to listen , to follow the instruction of Lord Krishna

so here is the greatest instruction of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad gita

man-manā bhava mad-bhakto

mad-yājī māḿ namaskuru

mām evaiṣyasi satyaḿ te

pratijāne priyo 'si me

TRANSLATION

Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

http://vedabase.net/bg/18/65/en

http://vedabase.net/bg/18/66/en

The process of surrender to Kṛṣṇa is described in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (11.676):

ānukūlyasya sańkalpaḥ

prātikūlyasya varjanam

rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāso

goptṛtve varanaḿ tathā

ātma-nikṣepa-kārpaṇye

ṣaḍ-vidhā śaraṇāgatiḥ

According to the devotional process, one should simply accept such religious principles that will lead ultimately to the devotional service of the Lord. One may perform a particular occupational duty according to his position in the social order, but if by executing his duty one does not come to the point of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, all his activities are in vain. Anything that does not lead to the perfectional stage of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be avoided. One should be confident that in all circumstances Kṛṣṇa will protect him from all difficulties. There is no need of thinking how one should keep the body and soul together. Kṛṣṇa will see to that. One should always think himself helpless and should consider Kṛṣṇa the only basis for his progress in life. As soon as one seriously engages himself in devotional service to the Lord in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, at once he becomes freed from all contamination of material nature. There are different processes of religion and purificatory processes by cultivation of knowledge, meditation in the mystic yoga system, etc., but one who surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa does not have to execute so many methods. That simple surrender unto Kṛṣṇa will save him from unnecessarily wasting time. One can thus make all progress at once and be freed from all sinful reactions.

A tapasavi is one who rejects all that unfavourable for devotional service & accepts all that is Favourable for devotional service

Taking shelter means that we have to be convinced that we are stuck in MAYA (illusion), we have so many bad habits, we are attracted to dead flesh and bones, hence the only way that we can be saved by falling into illusion is by CRYING out to Krishna to help. This is basically taking shelter. TAKING SHELTER of someone means you know that there is really no other hope. So as long as we are not convinced about this fact (in our heart), we cannot truly take shelter of the Holy Name.

One would take shelter when he knows that he does not know anything.

he understands that nothing is in his control & everything is in Krishnas control

when we realise that how much we donot know we take shelter ....... HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

So in surrendering to Krishna one has to take shelter of the divine nature of Krishna ie Radharani simply because as devotional service is the ultimate thing to liberate from body then

what service will please Krishna ? do we know this ?? absolutely NOT

but Radharani is the only person who knows what pleases Krishna so we have to shelter of Radharani to learn & co-operate in pleasing Krishna .

This is basically Surrendering .

My Spiritual name : Vrajendra Kumar das

My Spiritual name : Vrajendra Kumar das
initiated by HH Radhanath Swami on 22nd Dec 2009

"All devotees please pray that Krishnas blessings be there on this gentleman "

Thats all my Guru maharaj said in the initiation ceremony.







Song Name: Tumi Sarveswareswara Vrajendra Kumar
Official Name: Goptritve Varana Song 4
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati
Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

tumi sarveśvareśvara, brajendra-kumāra!

tomāra icchāya viśve sṛjana saḿhāra

(2)

tava icchā-mato brahmā korena sṛjana

tava icchā-mato viṣnu korena pālana

(3)

tava icchā-mate śiva korena saḿhāra

tava icchā-mate māyā sṛje kārāgāra

(4)

tava icchā-mate jīver janama-maraṇa

samṛddhi-nipāte duḥkha sukha-saḿghaṭana

(5)

miche māyā-baddha jīva āśā-pāśe phire'

tava icchā binā kichu korite nā pāre

(6)

tumi to' rākhaka ār pālaka āmāra

tomāra caraṇa binā āśā nāhi āra

(7)

nija-bala-ceṣṭā-prati bharasā chāḍiyā

tomāra icchāya āchi nirbhara koriyā

(8)

bhakativinoda ati dīna akiñcana

tomāra icchāya tā'r jīvana maraṇa

TRANSLATION
1) O youthful son of the King of Vraja, You are Lord of all lords. According to Your will, creation and destruction take place in the universe.

2) According to Your will Lord Brahma creates, and according to Your will Lord Visnu maintains.

3) According to Your will Lord Siva destroys, and according to Your will Maya constructs the prison house of this world.

4) According to Your will the living beings take birth and die, and according to Your will they meet with prosperity and ruin, happiness and sorrow.

5) The tiny soul bound up by Maya vainly struggles in the fetters of worldly desire. Without Your sanction he is unable to do anything.

6) You are my only protector and maintainer. Except for Your lotus feet there is no other hope for me.

7) No longer confident of my own strength and endeavor, I have become solely dependent on Your will.

8) Bhaktivinoda is most poor, and his pride has been leveled. Now in accordance with Your will he lives and dies.

& This song shall be my constant Meditation

Thank Your Guru Maharaj.

Thank You Srila Prabhupad

Thank You Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Thank You Radharani

Thank You Vrajendra Kumar (Krishna)

I am now your eternal servant.

You are my only protector & maintainer,

Your lotus feet is my only hope

I depend on your Will

My pride is leveled & in accordance with your will i shall Live & Die.

!Vande Guru Sri carnaravinda!

- Vrajendra kumar das.

Meaning of Surrender

I heard

Surrender means to GIVE

There is always an understanding that Surrender means to GIVE UP

BUt actually Surrenders means to GIVE oneself to LORD

When one submits to Lord fully that is surrender

Then he has nothing to worry or Fear because the lord will take care of him.

http://vedabase.net/sb/7/5/23/en2

(9) Atma-nivedanam. The word Atma-nivedanam refers to the stage at which one who has no motive other than to serve the Lord surrenders everything to the Lord and performs his activities only to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a devotee is like a cow that is cared for by its master. When cared for by its master, a cow is not in anxiety over its maintenance. Such a cow is always devoted to its master, and it never acts independently, but only for the master's benefit. Some devotees, therefore, consider dedication of the body to the Lord to be atma-nivedanam, and as stated in the book known as Bhakti-viveka, sometimes dedication of the soul to the Lord is called atma-nivedanam. The best examples of atma-nivedanamare found in Bali Maharaja and Ambarisa Maharaja.

Atma-nivedanam is also sometimes found in the behavior of Rukminidevi atDvaraka.