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Location: Rabindra Bhaban Museum, Santiniketan West Bengal
The museum is perhaps the most satisfying place for our historical inquisitiveness. Built back in 1961, it houses some of Tagore's original manuscripts, letters, documents, paintings, certificates and photographs. This unit of Rabindra-Bhavana has 1580 original paintings of Rabindranath and 554 by others. The photograph collection (11380), the curio collection (3855) and 52 statues.
It also includes the Nobel Prize Medallion he received. everyone who comes to Santiniketan must see this place.
There is so many to see that it requires one entire devoted day. Photography is strictly prohibited inside.. If you bring out a mobile phone alarm will ring so its quite dangerous
kalki avatar kalki avataar sadgurudev shri ramlalji siyag gurudev guru siddhayoga shaktipat method of meditation awakening kundalini shakti kling kreeshn kling spiritual the comforter next prophet judaism, christianity, hinduism.
The Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived or not ??? – a method to Prove that whether the Supramental Force, Supreme Power, Comforter, next Prophet or Kalki of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or Not.
It may sound mind blowing to scientific minded people, surprisingly this method is especially for the Scientist and Intellectual Community of the World, who experiment and scrutinize every new concept before believing it, yes, and we must be able to prove it ourselves before believing or accepting it.
Yes; it is a complete and more advanced science than the modern science says Guru Siyag, capable of giving on the spot results just like modern science. Of course it was limited to myths, stories, faith and belief till today, because we were not able to prove it as a factual subject, it was regarded as a mere baseless theory. Guru Siyag has proved it to be a Practical Science; he has discovered and disclosed a new formula or Practical experimental Method, using this Method every Positive minded curious Human Being of the World can himself do this experiment to realize and visualize the truth of spiritual science, leading to spiritual evolution and holistic healing. Guru Siyag has proved that through Siddha Yoga method of Meditation it is possible to get rid of even the so called incurable diseases like cancer, AIDS, Arthritis, Insomnia, and Mental Stress and so on. The Practitioner also gets rid drug and other addictions like alcohol, tobacco, Brown sugar, Morphine, Opium, Heroine etc. These results are nothing but the removal of hurdles in the way to complete development of Human Beings, to attain a Divine Bodily Form, in other words we can call it the journey from man to superman.
Another surprising Disclosure by Guru Siyag is the Method to prove whether the Comforter, Next Prophet or kalki Avatar of Christians, Jews and Hindus has already arrived on Earth or not, yes we can test the truth about presence of that supramental force on earth. It takes only 15 to 20 minutes to experiment it, right now. The Method ---
1. Sit in a comfortable posture on the ground with crossed legs.
2. Close the eyes and concentrate on the Forehead between the Eyebrows.
3. Make a Mental Prayer to that Supramental Force, saying that if the Comforter, Prophet or Kalki is Present on Earth, then I must get the proof, if the Supramental Force is Present on Earth, then I must go into automatic (Kundalini controlled) Spiritual Meditation for 15 or 20 minutes.
4. After this mental prayer start continuous mental repetition(Chanting) of any one sacred word of your choice(God, Jesus, Allah, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, etc.,) in the mind without moving lips or tongue, simultaneously keep concentrating on the forehead between the eyebrows.
5. Continue this process and within a few minutes you will be induced by automatic spiritual meditation, might even hear and see visualizations during this state of meditation.
6. Don’t panic if your body starts moving automatically during this process, these are the Yogic body movements (Real Yoga is induced automatically by inner spiritual power Kundalini), required to free the body from physical, mental and spiritual diseases of all kinds, these will stop automatically after 15 or 20 minutes, and you will come out of spiritual meditation into normal state.
7. To get complete results and benefits, it has to be practiced regularly in the morning and evening at any convenient time, empty stomach, before having food.
8. The time taken to get the results is totally dependent on our Positive approach and curiosity to realize the truth.
9. No barriers of Race, Religion, Cast, Country or Gender, no rules and no regulations.
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Upton Park, London 🇬🇧
9th August, 2018
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.....Gurudev already said, I’m more nearer to you than your breathe...
~ Srimati Uma Didi
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St Johns Wood, London 🇬🇧
16th August, 2018
On a bright sunny afternoon, handsome looking beast from ERODE ELS leads the slightly late running 12659 Nagercoil Kolkata Shalimar weekly SF express in tow, it was delayed by the incoming Island express which was lead by another ED wappie.
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Saswati Sen, Kathak
India International Centre
Presents
FUN & FROLICS
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s works come alive
C D Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC),
Monday, October 5th, 2015, 7:00pm
Dance evening where Gurudev’s later-life whims and fancies, expressed in exquisite poetry are interpreted in the best of Indian dance
Four well-known choreographers are converged to visualize a few verses of Gurudev’s works in music-poetry-dance :
•Purvadhanashree (Vilasini Natyam)
•Kavita Dwivedi (Odissi)
•Pratibha Prahlad (Bharatanatyam)
•Saswati Sen (Kathak)
Conceived by
Padmashree Dr. Utpal Banerjee
(translator of Gurudev’s works into English)
Organized by
R. Sreenivasan
Hosted by
Indira Ganesh
Supported by
CL Educate
Bang on time running 12659 NCJ-SHM Gurudev SF express shows up with a handsome RPM WAP-4 22871 taking the lead.
TNP WDM2 17946 in LHF pulls up with the 23 coach rake of Nagercoil Shalimar Gurudev Superfast Express at its tow.As far as I know it is the only superfast train on IR which gets a TNP loco.
Jai Gurudev
Life is a long
Winding journey
From the cradle
Of the Womb
To the Sorrows
Of the Grave
Har Har Mahadev
Jai Ma AghoriKali
The Storm held in
The cup of a Wave
It is better to be your
Own master than
Someone else's slave
For the Nectar the Amrut of the Kumbh
The thirsty throat craves ..
Memories within
The poetry of his Soul
Man saves..
This world is not
For Cowards
Only for the Brave.
Om Namo Narayan
A hermit
A Sufi monk
Held captive.
In a Urban cave
Jai Jagganath
Jaidev..
Rabindranath Tagore, also written Ravīndranātha Thākura (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. Sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore's poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal.
A Pirali Brahmin from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-year-old. At the age of sixteen, he released his first substantial poems under the pseudonym Bhānusiṃha ("Sun Lion"), which were seized upon by literary authorities as long-lost classics. By 1877 he graduated to his first short stories and dramas, published under his real name. As a humanist, universalist internationalist, and ardent anti-nationalist, he denounced the British Raj and advocated independence from Britain. As an exponent of the Bengal Renaissance, he advanced a vast canon that comprised paintings, sketches and doodles, hundreds of texts, and some two thousand songs; his legacy endures also in the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University.
Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla. The Sri Lanka's National Anthem was inspired by his work.
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RPM WAP-7 30333 leads the weekly running 12659 Nagercoil Shalimar Gurudev Superfast express towards Trivandrum central for its next halt.
Saswati Sen, Kathak
India International Centre
Presents
FUN & FROLICS
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s works come alive
C D Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC),
Monday, October 5th, 2015, 7:00pm
Dance evening where Gurudev’s later-life whims and fancies, expressed in exquisite poetry are interpreted in the best of Indian dance
Four well-known choreographers are converged to visualize a few verses of Gurudev’s works in music-poetry-dance :
•Purvadhanashree (Vilasini Natyam)
•Kavita Dwivedi (Odissi)
•Pratibha Prahlad (Bharatanatyam)
•Saswati Sen (Kathak)
Conceived by
Padmashree Dr. Utpal Banerjee
(translator of Gurudev’s works into English)
Organized by
R. Sreenivasan
Hosted by
Indira Ganesh
Supported by
CL Educate
અવસર આવિયો રણ રમવા તણો, અતિ અમૂલ્ય નવ મળે નાણે;
સમજવું હોય તો સમજજો સાનમાં, તજી પરપંચ તક જોઈ ટાણે... ૧
મુનિ મન મધ્ય વિચાર એવો કરે, મોહ શું લડે તે મર્દ કેવા;
પાખરિયા નર (તે) કૈંક પાડ્યા ખરા, શૃંગી શશી સુરરાજ જેવા... ૨
એવા તો કૈંકની લાજ લીધી ખરી, એક ગુરુદેવથી એ જ ભાગે;
તે ગુરુદેવ તો તાહેરી કોર છે, જડમતિ તોય નવ બુદ્ધિ જાગે... ૩
કરી લે કામ રટ રામ ઉતાવળો, ગુરુતણી મોજ ગોવિંદ મળશે;
મુક્તાનંદ એ વચનમાં મર્મ છે, મર્મ જાણ્યે મદ મોહ ટળશે... ૪
⁛ [બ્રહ્મસ્વરૂપ યોગીજી મહારાજ: ભાગ ૪/૬૪૨]
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar, Founder, Art of Living Foundation, India, speaking during the Leading Through Fragmentation session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 19 January. Ice Village - Dome A. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Purvadhanashree's Vilasini Natyam
India International Centre
Presents
FUN & FROLICS
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s works come alive
C D Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC),
Monday, October 5th, 2015, 7:00pm
Dance evening where Gurudev’s later-life whims and fancies, expressed in exquisite poetry are interpreted in the best of Indian dance
Four well-known choreographers are converged to visualize a few verses of Gurudev’s works in music-poetry-dance :
•Purvadhanashree (Vilasini Natyam)
•Kavita Dwivedi (Odissi)
•Pratibha Prahlad (Bharatanatyam)
•Saswati Sen (Kathak)
Conceived by
Padmashree Dr. Utpal Banerjee
(translator of Gurudev’s works into English)
Organized by
R. Sreenivasan
Hosted by
Indira Ganesh
Supported by
CL Educate
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
@WCF2016 : RT @ArtofLiving: A Discourse on the #BhagavadGita by Gurudev @SriSri- Episode 24 t.co/yatD5idkuU (via Twitter twitter.com/WCF2016/status/725205730496643073)
Bang on time running 12659 NCJ-SHM Gurudev express whines past 1km from Nagercoil town with a very beautiful looking AJJ WAM-4 #20663 in the lead !
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Kavita Dwibedi, Odissi
India International Centre
Presents
FUN & FROLICS
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s works come alive
C D Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC),
Monday, October 5th, 2015, 7:00pm
Dance evening where Gurudev’s later-life whims and fancies, expressed in exquisite poetry are interpreted in the best of Indian dance
Four well-known choreographers are converged to visualize a few verses of Gurudev’s works in music-poetry-dance :
•Purvadhanashree (Vilasini Natyam)
•Kavita Dwivedi (Odissi)
•Pratibha Prahlad (Bharatanatyam)
•Saswati Sen (Kathak)
Conceived by
Padmashree Dr. Utpal Banerjee
(translator of Gurudev’s works into English)
Organized by
R. Sreenivasan
Hosted by
Indira Ganesh
Supported by
CL Educate
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
On this beautiful day of Gurupurnima, devotees came together to acknowledge, praise and thank our Gurudev. With travel restrictions raised slightly, The Ashram could accommodate a few more than usual. As a result, many of those that hadn't been able to come since the 'lockdown' were very happy to attend!
This year's Gurupurnima events included a maha-abhishekam for all the Temple deities; the traditional bhajan mala: 108 bhajans sung, one after the other, by country groups from all over the world (but this time it was all an online tribute, coming from videos sent from each country); and a satsang given by Gurudev.
Later, everyone assembled on the back lawn. Set up with beautiful lights and a rose flower display, Guruji's asan was on one side and His 'Raj tent' on the other. Seating for Gurudev's brahmacharis and brahmacharinis was placed right in between, to acknowledge those who, with their vows, have devoted their lives to His service. The program included guru-pada-abhishekam to Gurudev's Feet where everyone could offer; His rice blessings for everyone; a picnic on the back lawn; stories told about His life; satsangs given by Mayuran and Shyam, and a beautiful satsang given by Gurudev about the relationship of the devotee to the satguru.
The evening lasted until well after midnight, when the golden Moon in the clear night sky guided everyone home.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Power of Prayer
This devotional service is a sort of cultivation. It is not simply inaction for people who like to be inactive or devote their time to silent meditation. There are many different methods for people who want this, but cultivation of Krishna consciousness is different. The particular word used by Srila Rupa Gosvami in this connection is anusilana or cultivation by following the predecessor teachers (acaryas). As soon as we say "cultivation," we must refer to activity. Without activity, consciousness alone cannot help us. All activities may be divided into two classes: one class may be for achieving a certain goal, and the other may be for avoiding some unfavorable circumstance. In Sanskrit, these activities are called pravriti and nirvriti-positive and negative action. There are many examples of negative action. For instance, a diseased person has to be cautious and take medicine in order to avoid some unfavorable illness.
Those who are cultivating spiritual life and executing devotional service are always engaged in activity. Such activity can be performed with the body or with the mind. Thinking, feeling and willing are all activities of the mind, and when we will to do something, the activity comes to be manifest by the gross bodily senses. Thus, in our mental activities we should always try to think of Krishna and try to plan how to please Him, following in the footsteps of the great acaryas and the personal spiritual master. There are activities of the body, activities of the mind and activities of speech. A Krishna conscious person engages his words in preaching the glories of the Lord. This is called kirtana. And by his mind a Krishna conscious person always thinks of the activities of the Lord-as He is speaking on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra or engaging in His various pastimes in Vrindavana with His devotees. In this way one can always think of the activities and pastimes of the Lord. This is the mental culture of Krishna consciousness.
Similarly, we can offer many services with our bodily activities. But all such activities must be in relationship with Krishna. This relationship is established by connecting oneself with the bona fide spiritual master, who is the direct representative of Krishna in disciplic succession. Therefore, the execution of Krishna conscious activities with the body should be directed by the spiritual master and then performed with faith. The connection with the spiritual master is called initiation. From the date of initiation by the spiritual master, the connection between Krishna and a person cultivating Krishna consciousness is established. Without initiation by a bona fide spiritual master, the actual connection with Krishna consciousness is never performed.
This cultivation of Krishna consciousness is not material. The Lord has three general energies-namely the external energy, the internal energy and the marginal energy. The living entities are called marginal energy, and the material cosmic manifestation is the action of the external, or material, energy. Then there is the spiritual world, which is a manifestation of the internal energy. The living entities, who are called marginal energy, perform material activities when acting under the inferior, external energy. And when they engage in activities under the internal, spiritual energy, their activities are called Krishna conscious. This means that those who are great souls or great devotees do not act under the spell of material energy, but act instead under the protection of the spiritual energy. Any activities done in devotional service, or in Krishna consciousness, are directly under the control of spiritual energy. In other words, energy is a sort of strength, and this strength can be spiritualized by the mercy of both the bona fide spiritual master and Krishna.
In the Caitanya-caritämåta, by Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, Lord Caitanya states that it is a fortunate person who comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna. One who is serious about spiritual life is given by Krishna the intelligence to come in contact with a bona fide spiritual master, and then by the grace of the spiritual master one becomes advanced in Krishna consciousness. In this way the whole jurisdiction of Krishna consciousness is directly under the spiritual energy-Krishna and the spiritual master. This has nothing to do with the material world. When we speak of "Krishna" we refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His many expansions. He is expanded by His plenary parts and parcels, His differentiated parts and parcels and His different energies. "Krishna," in other words, means everything and includes everything. Generally, however, we should understand "Krishna" to mean Krishna and His personal expansions. Krishna expands Himself as Baladeva, Sankarsana, Vasudeva, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, Rama, Nrsimha and Varaha, as well as many other incarnations and innumerable Visnu expansions. These are described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam to be as numerous as the uncountable waves. So Krishna includes all such expansions, as well as His pure devotees. In the Brahma-samhita it is stated that Krishna's expansions are all complete in eternity, blissfulness and cognizance.
Devotional service means to prosecute Krishna conscious activities which are favorable to the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, and any activities which are not favorable to the transcendental favor of the Lord cannot be accepted as devotional service. For example, great demons like Ravana, Kamsa and Hiranyakasipu were always thinking of Krishna, but they were thinking of Him as their enemy. This sort of thinking cannot be accepted as bhakti, or Krishna consciousness.
The impersonalists sometimes misunderstand devotional service in such a way that they divide Krishna from His paraphernalia and pastimes. For example, the Bhagavad-gita is spoken on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, and the impersonalists say that although Krishna is of interest, the Battlefield of Kuruksetra isn't. The devotees, however, also know that the Battlefield of Kuruksetra by itself has nothing to do with their business, but in addition they know that "Krishna" does not mean just Krishna alone. He is always with His associates and paraphernalia. For instance, if someone says, "Give something to eat to the man with the weapons," the eating process is done by the man and not by the weapons. Similarly, in Krishna consciousness, a devotee may be interested in the paraphernalia and locations-such as the Battlefield of Kuruksetra-which are associated with Krishna, but he is not concerned with simply any battlefield. He is concerned with Krishna-His speech, His instructions, etc. It is because Krishna is there that the battlefield is so important.
This is the summary understanding of what Krishna consciousness is. Without this understanding one is sure to misunderstand why the devotees are interested in the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. One who is interested in Krishna becomes interested in His different pastimes and activities.
The definition of a pure devotee, as given by Rupa Gosvami in Bhakti-rasamrita-sindhu, can be summarized thus: his service is favorable and is always in relation to Krishna. In order to keep the purity of such Krishna conscious activities, one must be freed from all material desires and philosophical speculation. Any desire except for the service of the Lord is called material desire. And "philosophical speculation" refers to the sort of speculation which ultimately arrives at a conclusion of voidism or impersonalism. This conclusion is useless for a Krishna conscious person. Only rarely by philosophical speculation can one reach the conclusion of worshiping Vasudeva, Krishna. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita itself. The ultimate end of philosophical speculation, then, must be Krishna, with the understanding that Krishna is everything, the cause of all causes, and that one should therefore surrender unto Him. If this ultimate goal is reached, then philosophical advancement is favorable, but if the conclusion of philosophical speculation is voidism or impersonalism, that is not bhakti.
Karma, or fruitive activities, are sometimes understood to be ritualistic activities. There are many persons who are very much attracted by the ritualistic activities described in the Vedas. But if one becomes attracted simply to ritualistic activities without understanding Krishna, his activities are unfavorable to Krishna consciousness. Actually, Krishna consciousness can be based simply on hearing, chanting, remembering, etc. Described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam are nine different processes, besides which everything done is unfavorable to Krishna consciousness. Thus, one should always be guarding against falldowns.
Srila Rupa Gosvami has also mentioned in this definition of bhakti the word jnana-karmadi. This karmadi (fruitive work) consists of activities which are unable to help one attain to pure devotional service. Many forms of so-called renunciation are also not favorable to Krishna conscious devotional service.
Srila Rupa Gosvami has also quoted a definition from the Narada-pancaratra, as follows: "One should be free from all material designations and, by Krishna consciousness, must be cleansed of all material contamination. He should be restored to his pure identity, in which he engages his senses in the service of the proprietor of the senses." So when our senses are engaged for the actual proprietor of the senses, that is called devotional service. In our conditional state, our senses are engaged in serving these bodily demands. When the same senses are engaged in executing the order of Krishna, our activities are called bhakti.
As long as one identifies himself as belonging to a certain family, a certain society or a certain person, he is said to be covered with designations. When one is fully aware that he does not belong to any family, society or country, but is eternally related to Krishna, he then realizes that his energy should be employed not in the interests of so-called family, society or country, but in the interests of Krishna. This is purity of purpose and the platform of pure devotional service in Krishna consciousness.
~ Excerpt from Introduction to Nectar of Devotion © Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
In a small park (Plaza Hindú) across the road from Templo Hindu are 3 bronze statues - Madre Teresa de Calcuta, Mahatma Gandhi i & Gurudev Tagore.
This is the Gurudev Tagore statue.
Rabindranath Tagore FRAS was a Bengali poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter during the age of Bengal Renaissance.
He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
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Rabindranath Tagore ; born Robindronath Thakur, 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) and also known by his sobriquets Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the Indian subcontinent. He reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. He is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal".
A Brahmo from Calcutta with ancestral gentry roots in Jessore, Tagore wrote poetry as an eight-year-old. At the age of sixteen, he released his first substantial poems under the pseudonym Bhānusiṃha ("Sun Lion"), which were seized upon by literary authorities as long-lost classics. By 1877 he graduated to his first short stories and dramas, published under his real name. As a humanist, universalist, internationalist, and ardent anti-nationalist, he denounced the British Raj and advocated independence from Britain. As an exponent of the Bengal Renaissance, he advanced a vast canon that comprised paintings, sketches and doodles, hundreds of texts, and some two thousand songs; his legacy also endures in the institution he founded, Visva-Bharati University.
Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Gitanjali (Song Offerings), Gora (Fair-Faced) and Ghare-Baire (The Home and the World) are his best-known works, and his verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's Amar Shonar Bangla. The Sri Lankan national anthem was inspired by his work.
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Gurupurnima is the most important day in the year where we praise our Gurudev and thank Him from the bottom of our hearts for everything that He is giving to us.
Devotees from all around the world gathered to celebrate this special day at Bhakti Marga's Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Germany.
The day started with Pada Puja followed by Guruji performing puja to His personal Deities as well as Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Ramanuja Acharya. During the day we celebrated with a Bhajan Mala: devotees gathered in groups by country to sing a total of 108 Bhajans devoted to Guruji. It was truly inspiring to see the countries coming together to practice and then perform for the rest of the world!
In the evening, Pada Abhishek to Guruji's feet was offered, where devotees could come and offer their love for Him.
Guruji ended the day giving prasad and blessings to everyone, and then more singing and dancing went on, as usual, into the early morning hours.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
On this beautiful day of Gurupurnima, devotees came together from all over the world to acknowledge, praise and thank our Gurudev, Paramahamsa Vishwananda. This year's Gurupurnima events included a full moon maha-abhishekam for all the Temple deities, plus the traditional bhajan mala performed in the Temple: 108 bhajans sung, one after the other, by country groups from all over the world.
The highlight of the day was a special talk given by Paramahamsa Vishwananda on the topic of the guru, followed by the guru-paduka abhishekam where everyone offered water and petals to Guruji’s feet.
The day came to a close with a bandhara style dinner in the big tent as over 1,000 devotees enjoyed prasad, dinner and dessert served to them.
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On this beautiful day of Gurupurnima, devotees came together to acknowledge, praise and thank our Gurudev. With travel restrictions raised slightly, The Ashram could accommodate a few more than usual. As a result, many of those that hadn't been able to come since the 'lockdown' were very happy to attend!
This year's Gurupurnima events included a maha-abhishekam for all the Temple deities; the traditional bhajan mala: 108 bhajans sung, one after the other, by country groups from all over the world (but this time it was all an online tribute, coming from videos sent from each country); and a satsang given by Gurudev.
Later, everyone assembled on the back lawn. Set up with beautiful lights and a rose flower display, Guruji's asan was on one side and His 'Raj tent' on the other. Seating for Gurudev's brahmacharis and brahmacharinis was placed right in between, to acknowledge those who, with their vows, have devoted their lives to His service. The program included guru-pada-abhishekam to Gurudev's Feet where everyone could offer; His rice blessings for everyone; a picnic on the back lawn; stories told about His life; satsangs given by Mayuran and Shyam, and a beautiful satsang given by Gurudev about the relationship of the devotee to the satguru.
The evening lasted until well after midnight, when the golden Moon in the clear night sky guided everyone home.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org
Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941),[b] sobriquet Gurudev,[c] was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of the modern Indian subcontinent.
On this beautiful day of Gurupurnima, devotees came together to acknowledge, praise and thank our Gurudev. With travel restrictions raised slightly, The Ashram could accommodate a few more than usual. As a result, many of those that hadn't been able to come since the 'lockdown' were very happy to attend!
This year's Gurupurnima events included a maha-abhishekam for all the Temple deities; the traditional bhajan mala: 108 bhajans sung, one after the other, by country groups from all over the world (but this time it was all an online tribute, coming from videos sent from each country); and a satsang given by Gurudev.
Later, everyone assembled on the back lawn. Set up with beautiful lights and a rose flower display, Guruji's asan was on one side and His 'Raj tent' on the other. Seating for Gurudev's brahmacharis and brahmacharinis was placed right in between, to acknowledge those who, with their vows, have devoted their lives to His service. The program included guru-pada-abhishekam to Gurudev's Feet where everyone could offer; His rice blessings for everyone; a picnic on the back lawn; stories told about His life; satsangs given by Mayuran and Shyam, and a beautiful satsang given by Gurudev about the relationship of the devotee to the satguru.
The evening lasted until well after midnight, when the golden Moon in the clear night sky guided everyone home.
paramahamsavishwananda.com
bhaktimarga.org