20231228 - Caitanya-Śikṣāmṛta - Respectful obeisances unto Śrī Śrī Rādhākṛṣṇa

Namaste.

Hare Krishna.

Hare Krishna. Dear devotees, today we will continue with the reading from Sri Chaitanya Sikshamrita of Srila Bakshila Sachidananda Saraswati Sachidananda Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Today we will be starting with chapter number one. Chapter entitled the first shower determining the religion of highest goal. Respectful obeisances unto Sri Sri Radhakrishna Pratham.

Bishti Shamanin Pratham Dhara Upakram Namaskar.

Obeisances. Offering my obeisances to Sri Krishna Chaitanya Dev, the giver of that devotional service to Krishna which resolves all incomplete and mutually conflicting conclusions born of illusion. I've begun the compilation of this book called Shri Caitanya Shiksham Mrta.

So every spiritual writing by our Acharyas.

So every spiritual writing by our Acharyas always starts with offering obeisances.

So this Bhaktiyanath Thakur is offering his ordinances to Sri Krishna Chai Channel.

So Bhakti Vinod Thakur is offering his obeisances to Sri Krishna Chaitanya.

And he explains that Sri Krishna Chaitanya Deva he gives out a devotion for Ka freely.

And he explains that Sri Krishna Chaitanya Deva he gives out devotion for Krishna freely.

By giving out this religion to Krishna all totally all confusions and doubts and everything is eradicated.

So by giving out the free mercy, all confusion, all doubts are eradicated.

Now he's studying the compilation of the Sri Krishna.

So now he's starting the compilation of Sri Chaitanya, Shikshamrita.

Padartan, Ojaro, Mritika, Prastor, Joel Ogni, Bayou, Akash, Griha, Bon Shastra, Basra, Sharir, Prabriti, Shama, Amrajarabuli.

The next subject matter defining the objective Ishvara and Matter. There are three objects in this universe. Matter, conscious entities and the Supreme Lord. By chance, as mentioned, I don't want to. I just want to say the number of the verse it's mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam 11.11.6 by chance, two birds have made a nest together in the same tree. The two birds are friends and are of a similar nature. One of them however is eating the fruits of the tree. Whereas the other who does not eat the fruits is in this weird position due to his potency. Matter is all that substance without willpower. We can call all substances without willpowers such as earth, rock, water, fire, air, sky, house, forest, grain, cloth, body and so on as matter, humans, animals, insects, and reptiles are conscious entities. These have the power of judgment and willpower. The similar type of judgment power present in humans is not present in any other conscious entities. For this reason, some people call humans the king of all entities that are with consciousness and without consciousness. It's also mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam 1128. The Supreme Personality of God hate expanding his own potency. Maya Shakti created innumerable species of life to house the conditioned souls. Yet by creating the forms of tree, reptiles, animals, birds, snakes and so on within his heart, then he created human life which offers the conditioned souls sufficient intelligence to perceive the absolute truth and be absolute truth and become pleased.

This book was Rao Krishna conscious philosophy.

So this book's book goes through all the KA conscious philosophy.

And the first thing is the separation between matter and spirit.

The first thing is the separation between matter and spirit.

He describes what things are material.

He describes what things are material.

And the living entities, the insects, the animals, the birds, the reptiles, the living.

Entities, the insects, the animals, the birds, the reptiles and the human beings are conscious living entities are conscious living entities.

And so they are different from the matter. Their bodies are matter, but they are conscious living entities.

But they are different from matter. Their bodies are made of matter, but they are conscious living entities.

This is very important because most people think they are the body.

This is very important because most people think they are the body.

But actually the body is material.

But actually the body is material.

And they are the spirit soul within the body.

And we are the spirit soul within the body.

This is the first thing to understand. There's a difference between the living entities and the gross material objects.

So this the thing to understand. There is the living entity and there is the gross material body. The difference.

Okay.

The Supreme Lord is the creator of all conscious and unconscious substance. We cannot see him because he does not have a material body. He is of complete form and pure consciousness. He is our creator, maintainer and controller. It's mentioned in RMAD Bhagavatam, 2-3-11th. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe. Yet he has no prior cause. He pervades the various states of wakefulness, wakefulness, dreaming and unconscious deep sleep. And also exists beyond them. By entering the body of every living being as the super soul, he enlivens the body, senses, lifewares, mental activities and thus all the subtle and gross organs of the body begin their functions. My dear King, know that the personality of Godhead to be the supreme by his will. We prosper by his will. We meet with destruction. He eternally reigns in Vaikunthadama as the personality of Godhead. He is the King of all kings. All the activities of the worlds are happening by his will.

So.

So in the first paragraph we understood about matter and spirit.

Then we understand about the supreme personality of Godhead.

And then we understand about the supreme Personality of Godhead.

I hope all the things are created.

By whom all the animate and inanimate things are created.

And so a supreme Lord cannot be seen because he is pure consciousness.

The supreme Lord cannot be seen because he is pure consciousness.

And if he wants to appear, then he can be seen otherwise not if.

He wants to appear, only then he can be seen otherwise not.

By his will created a roster destroyed by his will.

We are created. We prosper and we are destroyed. The form of the Lord is not material. The supreme personality of Godhead does not have a form similar to the gross form of material objects. Therefore we cannot perceive him with our senses. Because of this, he is called formless. In the Vedas.

I saw if you can't see a random person. I got it. And they say he's invisible or he's formless.

So if they can't see the supreme personality of Godhead then they say that he's invisible, he's formless.

It doesn't mean he doesn't have any form.

It doesn't mean that he don't have any form.

It's not he doesn't have a form like we do.

Instead he don't have a form like we do.

His form is something special.

His form is something special.

So I see the supreme personality Godhead.

Is a person as the supreme personality of Godhead is a person.

As a person he has a form.

So in his person he has a form.

But his form is not material.

But his form is not material.

Pure consciousness.

It's pure consciousness.

These things are explained by Ratna Tagore where the teachings of Lord Chaitanya.

So this is being explained by Shlabhati Vinod Thakur. And they are the teachings of Lord Caitanya.

He came from the spiritual world. What he's considered avatar. As you can see.

Actually Lord Caitanya, he descended from the spiritual world. But he is considered an avatar because we can see him.

And in the stretch we cannot see the spiritual world. The other is not being material.

So we cannot see the spiritual world because of being material.

But like that the science of Ka means we have to go into the spiritual world.

So the science of Krishna means We have to go into the spiritual world.

I understand what the Lord is like on a spiritual point of view.

And to understand what the Lord is like from a spiritual point of view, we cannot see the spiritual world because of it not being material. The Spiritual form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead all substances have a particular form. Therefore the supreme Personality of Godhead has a form. As mentioned in Brahma Samhita 5.32 I worship Lord Govinda, the primeval Lord whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Each of the limbs that transcendental figure possesses in Himself is the full fledged function of all the organs and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.

It.

Is explaining how the Lord is manifesting everything.

So here in the Brahma Samhita it is explained how the Lord is manifesting.

Everything at the same time.

Although he manifests everything at the same time. Although he manifests, everything is.

Distinct. He is distinct from what he manifests.

From what he manifests.

Kintu, Amra, Jaroshari, Vishi, Jarama, Sharu, Amada, Shuddha, Chaturai, Prayman, Jana, Churita, Shanta, Shadaivariday, Brahma, Shangita, Arturis.

The very form of material subjects is material. The form of conscious substances is conscious spiritual. We are certainly conscious substance, but we have a material body. Thus our spiritual form has become hidden within the material form. The supreme personality of Godhead is pure consciousness or spirit. Therefore he has no other form except his spiritual form. That spiritual form is his form. We can see that form only with our pure spiritual eyes. We can see with devotional eye. I worship the Primeval Lord Govinda. The primeval Lord who Shamsunder Krishna Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eyes of devotion tinge with the salve of love.

So here Raju no Chakra, he's explaining.

So here Bhakti Vinod Thakur, he's explaining.

The Ka Conscious philosophy.

The Ka Conscious philosophy in a very.

Methodical way.

In a very methodical way.

I seem a symbol to. Since you're used to hearing Prabhupada it.

May seems to be very simple to you all because you're used of hearing.

From Srila Prabhupada say that you see things spiritually. But yeah, spirit soul encased within a material body.

So he's saying that we are spirit souls engaged in a material body.

So this is taking a Listener set by step.

So this is taking the listener, the reader, step by step to understand what.

Our Krishna conscious philosophy is.

To understand what our Ka conscious philosophy is.

This may be useful for you to in your preaching.

So this may be useful for you in your preaching.

This is the basic teaching.

This is also the basic teaching of the Bhagavad Gita.

And this teaching is to present methodically a difference in matter and spirit.

So these teachings is to present very methodically the difference between matter and spirit.

Krishna, he only has a spiritual form.

So we know that Krishna, we should know that Krishna, he only has a spiritual form.

He has no material body.

He has no material body.

So conditioned souls tend to think of Krishna as some kind of human being.

The conditioned soul stand the conditioned souls tend to think of Krishna of some kind of a conditioned human being having a material body, like we do.

And such questions were not allowed to show their writings. The Lord Chaitanya, what's their guru marriage? Such persons are not allowed oh, such.

Persons will not were not allowed to show their writings to Lord Chaitanya.

Because it's very offensive.

Because it's very offensive.

See, Lord Caitanya knows I Krishna is pure spirit.

Because Lord Caitanya, you see, he knows Krishna is pure spirit.

But some of the writers of Bhartis, they describe Krishna like a living entity.

Some of the writers, they describe Krishna like a living entity.

In a material sense.

In a material sense.

And so Donald I he would be engaged to save them to the readings revolving the Lord Shatana.

So Sarobh Damodar was engaged to decide the readings before they came to Lord Chaitanya, decipher the readings before they came to Lord Chaitanya.

So I just start, right? Start. I just understand. I Krishna is completely clear as well.

So like this, we are taken step by step. We should understand Krishna is completely spiritual.

And that he said the routes Krishna are that consciousness.

And we should approach Krishna with that consciousness.

He is the source of everything.

He is the source of everything.

He has no source himself.

He has no source for himself.

He has transcendental form.

He has a transcendental form of pure consciousness.

Of pure consciousness which cannot be seen by the material eyes.

Which cannot be seen with the material eyes.

Sometimes people ask, where does God come from?

So sometimes people ask, where does God come from?

Here it says God is the source of everything. Ka is the source of everything.

But here it says God is the source of everything. Krishna is the source of everything.

And he has no source himself.

But he has no source himself. So.

Thank you all.

So thank you all. So Guru Maharaj, the two devotees here. Aranya Vihari Prabhu and his son, are they here? They left. And also one devotee from Russia. Yes, yes, yes. They'll close the altar. So Valdemir Prabhu from Russia, he's requesting you to bless it. So that blessings anyone else for the first time here. Okay. Blessings to all of you. Krishna Matirasu Gurmaj is blessing all of you. Krishna.

Dear devotees, there's a physical book table right behind you. For those who are physically present here on the rooftop. On this lotus rooftop in Sridhar Mayapur.

Taking books. Yesterday we heard on set of books and 7, 600 something individual books and sometimes even 2,000 books or more are taken. So all those who are taking books.

Okay. I would like to thank those who are helping me to distribute books. Yesterday we heard that I don't remember the numbers actually some 600 and some 2000. So we'd like to thank all of you. Guru Maharaj is blessing Krishna Matirastu. Actually Guru Mahaj every morning he watch your scores how many books has been distributed. So that's why he's thanking you. Because every morning he see how many books you purchase and how many books are being announced.

And it's also published in the Jayapadagaswamy app. You can also see that what Guru Maharaj says. Okay. So the physical book table is meant for only those who are physically present here. I don't see adults are unfortunate. They can join the virtual book table for the physical book table. Only those who are here in Sridhar Mayapur can be otherwise. Those who have participated in the pastime of Gurmara Jochel book table in distributing this Prabhupada books on 27 and 28. Yesterday and today I'm going to chant their names in the Sridhar Mayapur Ramandir inauguration scheme. Naik Mangalore 11 Bhagavad Gita Ananya Sen 21 Bhagavad Gita Mamoni Sarka Karmakar 2 Bhagat Gita Mishtu Samanthad 8 Bhagat Gita Sagar Ramdas 108 Bhagavad Gita Pratima Datta Gopal Chandra Pal to Bhagavad Gita Amulya Katua 1 Bhagavad Gita Kaveri Sarkar Dinajpur 4 Bhagavad Gita from Balram, Australia. Mira Mandal from Kolkata 1 Bhagavad Gita Madhavi Devidasi from Mayapur 108 Bhagavad Gita Devidasi from Sweden 108 Bhagavad Gita Anita Ramya from Sham 6 Bhagavad Gita from Navatip Gita Ranjit Mandal from Kolkata 15 Bhagat Gita Vedi Maidas from Hyderabad 164 Bhagavad Gita Pritama from Ipur 93 Bhagat Gita Shantu Sarkar from Kolkata 1 BhagaVad Gita Mishtu Samantha from Mithna Purtu Bhagavad Gita Samtar from Jamshed Puttu Bhagavad Gita Neelakshi Samantha from Mithnapur 1 Bhagavad Gita Sanjay Mahapatra from Midnapur to Bhagavad Gita utam Devnath from Mald 5 Bhagat from Andhra Pradesh Devotees from Detroit from 1 Bhagat Gita Swaru from Singapore 108 Bhagavad Gita by Panchajan Prabhu we have in the GM Book Distribution Group Bangladesh Nicholas Right 1 Bhagat Gita Sadhanandasi e Sudradar Sameer Bank Sak Banikopa Banik and Madhop Chandra Sorry each one 1 Bhagavad Gita Madhav Chandra Shastik 1 Bhagavad Gita Bhan 1 Bhagavad Gita Prem Praya Krishan Krishna Shield each 1 Bhagat Gita Parvati Prabhati Parvati Sachimata From Guru Mahra's physical book table we have Mukti Krishna and Sudha Hari Priya we have four small books and family from USA one Bhagavad Gita Central Book Distribution also this devotees get a special nursing few hours from now in Sidham Mayapur. All of you also please do bless them by calling out nit with me Nita and please pause on this wonderful opportunity of participating in Guru's pastime of distribution. Single Bhagavad Gita or just a few small book? Please do WhatsApp anytime at + 919-434-760402 stay tuned for tomorrow's Lord Chaitanya class and let's pray for speedy and full recovery of Guru Maharaj. And of course our prayers include for all those who are celebrating their anniversaries today for their well being and blissful Christian consciousness. Please join me in the prayers. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hari Vaishnav Vanchakal Patarobia Kripasindo Biaha Jaijai.