20231227 - Caitanya-Śikṣāmṛta

We have to setting up is still going on. We're still setting it up. It's like 14. It's like around 14 devotees is a group. They're leaving tomorrow. And Jai Sri Purnamas is the head of the group.

Eyes up.

Give the eye drops please. Give it to me. Please. I'll hold it for you. Hare Krishna, Can I be here? Gopati Krishna.

I heard there are 14 devotees on Mira Road.

I heard there are 14 devotees from Mira Road. Perade. Okay.

My spiritual daughter Rhonda.

My spiritual daughter brought them. Hare Krishna, can you hear me now? Can you hear Guru Maharaj? That's great. Okay. Hare Krishna.

Namaste Sam. Are they all.

This mic is not working. So it looks like we have to share the mic today.

All right.

It Jagod Jibgun Keshikkadi. The teachings imparted by Satchinandan Shri Sri Chaitanya Dev after descending to Sridhar Mayapur through his pure life and sweet instructions to the living entities of the universe are what are referred to as R Chaitanya Shikshamrita. This Sikshamrita is the supreme nectarian wealth of all the Jivas. Shall I read that or not?

So Vajra Thakur, he published the first edition of this Sikshan Rita.

So Bhakti Vinath Thakur, he published the first edition of this Siksha Amrita.

400.

In 400 Shakabdha. What's the Shakabdhana? 500 something.

500 something.

500 something.

A hundred years ago this hundred and some years ago the first edition was published.

So hundred and something years ago the first edition was published.

This reading is the second edition.

Which we are reading is the second edition.

I say you're a copy of the first edition.

Actually. What? We have a copy of it. Actually we have a copy of the first edition.

We should.

We should.

Because Prabhupada said that sometimes in the recent editions of Bhakti Siddhanta's Tagore's works.

Because Srila Prabhupada mentioned sometimes in the recent editions of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's work things had been changed and.

Things are abolished during his presence.

So things which are published during his.

Presence things are not the change.

Those things should not be changed.

I don't know the same thing stands regarding the. But you know, talk about drugs.

I don't know whether the same thing stands regarding Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur's books.

A book that was polished during his presence.

So it Is usually it's better to have it was published during his first edition present.

So our Lord Caitanya, he descended from the spiritual world as Caitanya Maharuru.

So Lord Chaitanya, he descended from the spiritual world as Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

He is Krishna Khalrani.

He is Krishna who is combined with Radharani.

So he came as a devotee of himself to understand what was the ecstasy, what was the Lord felt by his spirit devotees.

So he came as the devotee to understand what is the ecstasy, what is the love felt by his devotees.

Also he thought he wanted to deliver all the fallen souls.

Also he thought he also wants to deliver all the fallen souls.

In Kalyuga, nobody can say I am free of sin.

In Kali Yuga, nobody can say I am free of sins.

Means everybody has done some sin.

Kali Yuga means everybody has done some sins, right?

Allah Chaitanya, he is coming down to kill the taste of love.

So Lord Chaitanya, he is coming down to give the taste of love.

And he wanted to see dollars to everybody.

And we want to distribute that to everybody.

So Lord Chaitanya's teachings are represented by this book.

So. So Lord Chaitanya's teachings are presented by this book. Sri Chaitanya Shiksham.

His name is Shikshanrita or the teachings of Lord Shaitanya is a Nectarian wealth.

So Bhakti Vinod Thakur is saying this Sikh Shamrita or the teachings of Lord Caitanya is an actarian wealth. All the conditioned souls for all the conditioned souls.

Next.

We humbly request that the gentlemanly readers become successful in their endeavors by studying this book with special effort and eagerness. Haribo.

The wonderful thing is that.

The book.

Is written to give the teachings authorized by Lord Chaitanya.

So the wonderful thing is that this book is to give the teachings given by Lord Chaitanya.

To all the readers, all the recipients.

To all the readers, all of the recipients.

You can see the purpose.

So we can see the purpose. Hare Krishna Bhinkshuti Dharmashastra, Ramayan Mahabharata. If you discuss it well, you will find that Shri Caitanya Shiksham is the essence of all scriptures. The gist of the profound teaching discovered in the Rig Sama, Yajur and Atharva Vedas and Vedanta Shastra will be found in this Sikshamrita. All the auspicious good advice contained in the 18 Puranas, 20 Dharma Shastras, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Saddarshana and Tantra Shastra will be found in truth as it is in this Sikshamrita. In this Sikshamrita you will find all the good things that exist in all religious education in foreign countries and religious current in the native country. What cannot be found in any of the foreign and native literature will also be available in this excellent book.

He has planned a great effort to present philosophy.

So Bhakti Vinath Thakur, he had tried with great effort to present this philosophy.

That's why he's asking that people give their attention and listen carefully to the findings and the book.

So that's why he's asking people with great attention and listen carefully. What's that, Guru?

The second part you said listen carefully to the instructions in this excellent book.

And listen. Okay. And listen carefully to the instruction of this excellent book. The dharma prescribed by this Sikshamrita is very simple and grave. Simple. Because the religion that is easy for a foolish, senseless, illiterate person is found in this. Since it is beneficial to scholars skilled in logical reasoning and knowledge of scriptures. Such supreme religion has been taught in this Param Dharma. The supreme occupational duty of the living entity Jaivadharma that is suitable for all living entities cannot be found anywhere else except Sikshamrita. Scholars can be qualified for this religion only if they can be impartial. Everyone is entitled to this instruction. Those gentlemen, gentlemen following Varnashrama and those human beings outside of Varnasrama, those with standard intelligence, stunted intelligence and the foolish, fruitive, fruitive workers getting taste in this can faithfully cross the ocean of material existence. Again, the broad minded scholars of truth being attracted by this advice through impartial discussion can easily attain the supreme destination. The people bound to the dogmatic Sampradaya, abandoning their narrow beliefs on strength of this instruction, obtain broad minded nature. This is why we say that the teachings of Lord Caitanya in bracket Siksha Mrta are the supreme wealth of life.

It's quite amazing.

It's quite amazing that Bhakti Thakur is.

Saying that teachings are simple and grave.

Bhakti Vinod Thakur is saying that the teachings are simple and great grief.

Simple means even someone with stunted intelligence.

Simple means even someone with stunted intelligence.

They can understand it.

They can understand it and gravy.

It says itself around people highly intellectual category would also be able to find.

Very interesting great means. People with who are highly grave means those who are highly intellectual also can understand can.

Normally not think they can have something simple and grave.

Normally we cannot think to have something simple and grief Actually.

And divine grace is without her sonic profile. He presented the philosophy simple and grave.

Actually his divine grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada he presented the philosophy simple and grief.

So verses.

So this is very interesting.

How Lord Chaitanya he gave his mercy.

How Lord Chaitanya he gave his mercy.

Without considering who is qualified, who is not qualified.

Without considering who's qualified, who is not qualified to receive it.

He wants to give it to everybody.

He want to give it to everybody.

So that's why this is truly the most valuable treasure for all the conditioned souls.

So that's why this truly the most invaluable treasure for all the conditioned souls. Hare Krishna. People who are devoid of faith in the spiritual subject do not have taste in receiving this instruction. This is the only statement in relation to them that in due course of time, on the strength of the pious activity Sukriti, even they will be qualified for this Nectarian instruction. In many places, the wicked doctrines such as the Irreligion, Vidharma, cheating religion, Chala Dharma, etc. Are preached by the wicked due to the results of their karma as the teachings of Sri Chaitunadev. And many people absorbed in material desires who are without the power of reason are deprived of the true instructions by treating those wicked doctrines as the true teachings of Mahprabhu. Letting out a sigh, we express our sadness by their sadness. Let Mahaprabhu deliver them from unjust laws.

So Martino Thakhar, he's trying to present the instructions.

So Bhakti Vinart Thakur is trying to present the instructions of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

And he is holding all these instructions only acceptable to the listeners.

And he's hoping that all this instruction would be acceptable to the listeners.

A sign that's rationing these instructions might somehow enter their heart.

He's sighing in desperation that this instruction somehow may enter their hearts.

Not used to such long prefaces.

But we are not used to such long prefaces.

But this shows how sincere our previous Charya was to reach this instruction to the conditioned souls.

This shows that how sincere our previous Acharyas were to reach this instruction to the conditioned souls.

So he, after coming to the understanding of Lord Chaitanya's instructions, he after coming.

To the understanding of Lord Chaitanya's instructions.

He was showing that in a loving way.

And he was saying that in a loving way. Hi Krishna. Finally it is to be stated that Shri Charachandra Dev Kaviratna Jyotirsharada Mahasay has given me special help in preparing the alphabetical index of this book. I thank him for that. Such a short name. Sri Sri Chaitanyabda 420 Resident of Sri Navadvip Godruma. A poor Vanaprasthy without possessions. Sri Kedarnatha Datta. They post a meeting for the class after the class.

Had organized the bbt.

Srila Prabhupada have organized the BBT so.

That they would publish his books.

So that they would publish his books.

And the Radis did the index body. I did the proofreading. Authority did the editing.

The devotees who did the indexing, who did the proofreading, who did the editing.

And here Raktiyan Thakar he mentioned the Roddy who did the alphabetical indexing.

Here Bhakti Vinath Thakkar is mentioning about a devotee who did the alphabetical indexing.

You have a few pages.

But in the BBT we would have a few pages.

At this time there are not many books available for the devotees.

So this time not so many books were available for the devotees and for.

The.

Non devotees and for the non devotees.

So Bhakti Nathakar was writing this book.

So Bhakti Vinod Thakur was writing this book.

We have like here making books.

So here we have Gorangi, she's making a book and she made a book for the children.

And where are the audience.

Kids would have different vocabulary, different interests.

Writing a book is a raised social seva.

Writing a book is a very special seva.

That's Krishna Prabhupada. I am very grateful for Krishna Prabhupada.

And I am very grateful for. Anyway, Bhakti Vinath Thakur, he's making this.

Book for general people.

For general people.

Scholars.

For scholars.

So that they can understand Lord Caitanya's teachings.

So that they can understand Lord Chaitanya's teachings.

In the time of Dr. United Thakur came, there are very few people.

In the time when Bhakti Vinod Thakur came there were very few people who understood the teachings of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Sahajyas were very prominent.

The Sahajiyas were very prominent.

So very difficult environment.

In that very difficult environment.

He was writing to reach the people.

He was writing to reach the people.

Rahabad, he wrote Gita Bhagavad Chaitanya, Jayaramida and many other books.

Prabhupada, he wrote Gita Bhagavad Chaitanya, Charitamrita and many other books.

To reach people.

To reach people.

And to be like a permanent, permanent treasure for everyone.

And to be a permanent treasure for everyone.

You guys are this. She went out of the tunnel, tried to finish. I got out to the first part of the. On the tenth canto.

So Bhagavad Gita as it is Srimad Bhagavata, he tried to write up to the first part of the tenth canto. And.

Of course in the tenth candle he wrote a summary study. Sri Krishna.

Of course for the 10th canto he tried writing the summary study which is the Krishna book.

So because of that, based on Eve all these great works.

So because of that we can read all these sweet books.

Kind of developed environment where people didn't understand Lord Chaitanya rocking a chocolate regent the writer's teachings.

So in this kind of difficult environment where people found it difficult to understand Lord Chaitanya's teachingslabaktivinod Thakur ventured to write these books. Thanks sir, for the meeting. 7:45.

All right.

So I'll. Okay. So I'll. You all can go and sleep or whatever you do. At 7:30 you can go and do that. Okay. Hare Krishna Guru Mahj is blessing all of you. Krishna Matiras too. Okay, go in. The Spitzeria is open. You all can go and have your dinner there.