The Story of the Boatman & The Technology Student
Srila Prabhupada’s Lecture at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology [M.I.T.], Boston – May 5, 1968
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The Story of the Boatman & The Technology Student
There is a nice story. You’ll appreciate it. In India, especially in Bengal, there are many rivers. The land is full of rivers. Because it is on the bank of the Bay of Bengal, all rivers are falling. Therefore Bengal, the land of, especially the East Bengal, is full of rivers. One student of technology was going home, and he was on the boat. So the student was asking the boatman, “Do you know what are the stars?” The boatman said, “Sir, we are ordinary boatman. What do we know about these stars?” “Oh. Then your fifty percent of life is wasted, useless.”
Then he was asking, “Do you know what are these trees? Do you know any science of botany?” He said, “Sir, we are ordinary laborer. What do we know about botany?” “Oh. Then seventy-five percent of your life is useless.” In this way the student of technology was asking the boatman, “Do you know this? Do you know that?” And he said that “I am ordinary man. What do I know all these things?” [Read More…]
Blessings: The Killing of the Hiranyaksa Demon by the Lord
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Śrī Gadādharāṣṭakam – Eight Prayers Glorifying Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu
Śrī Śrī Gaura-Gadādhara
ŚRĪ GADĀDHARĀṢṬAKAM — A Sanskrit Prayer glorifying Gadādhara Paṇḍit, written by Mahāprabhu’s associate, Svarūp Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
|| श्री गदाधराष्टकम् ||
Śrī Gadādharāṣṭakam
Eight Prayers Glorifying Gadādhara Prabhu
by Śrīla Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
Text 1
sva-bhaktiyoga-lāsinaṁ sadā vraje vihāriṇaṁ
hari-priyā-gaṇāgragaṁ śacī-suta-priyeśvaram
sa-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-sevana-prakāśakaṁ mahāśayaṁ
bhajāmy ahaṁ gadādharaṁ supaṇḍitaṁ guruṁ prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu, who appears very splendid, engaged in Lord Gaurāṅga’s devotional service. He always performs pastimes in Vraja, where he is very prominent among the beloved gopīs of Lord Hari. Lord Caitanya, the Son of Saci (Sacisuta) is the dear master of Gadādhara Prabhu, who manifests the confidential service (seva) of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. (1)
Text 2
navojjvalādi-bhāvanā-vidhāna-karma-pāragaṁ
vicitra-gaura-bhakti-sindhu-rasabhaṅga-lāsinam
su-rāga-mārga-darśakaṁ vrajādi-vāsa-dāyakaṁ
bhajāmy ahaṁ gadādharaṁ supaṇḍitaṁ guruṁ prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu. He is expertly absorbed in meditation on the nine rasas of devotional service, beginning with ujjvala-rasa (conjugal love), and he dances in the waves of the amazing ocean of gaura-bhakti, devotional service to Lord Caitanya. He preaches the path of rāganuga-bhakti (spontaneous devotional service), and he bestows residence in the holy tīrthas such as Vraja etc. (2)
Text 3
śacī-sutāṅghri-sāra-bhakta-vṛnda-vandya-gauravaṁ
gaura-bhāva-citta-padma-madhya-kṛṣṇa-suvallabham
mukunda-gaura-rūpiṇaṁ sva-bhāva-dharma-dāyakaṁ
bhajāmy ahaṁ gadādharaṁ supaṇḍitaṁ guruṁ prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu, who is the best of those devoted to the lotus feet of Sacisuta (the Son of Saci-devi). I offer respectful obeisance’s to him and treat him with great reverence. Gadādhara Prabhu is very dear to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who sits in the middle of the lotus of his heart in His golden form as Gaura. Gadādhara also preaches that Lord Mukunda has assumed the golden form of Gaura to re-establish the living entities in their original constitutional positions as eternal servants of Bhagavan Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (3)
Text 4
nikuñja-sevanādika-prakāśanaika-kāraṇaṁ
sadā sakhī-rati-pradaṁ mahā-rasa-svarūpakaṁ
sadāśritāṅghri-paṅkajaṁ śarīri-sad-guruṁ varaṁ
bhajāmy ahaṁ gadādharaṁ supaṇḍitaṁ guruṁ prabhum
I worship the greatly learned and exalted spiritual master, Śrī Gadādhara Prabhu. It is only because of him that the truth of the exalted devotional service performed by the intimate associates of Kṛṣṇa in the forests and groves of Vṛndāvana has been revealed. He is preaching the ecstatic love attained by the gopīs, and he is indeed a personification of the mellows of devotional service. The saintly devotees take shelter of his lotus feet, and he teaches the truth of spiritual life to the living entities. (4) [Read More…]
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