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Our revered Paramagurudeva, nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda aṣṭottara-śata-śrī Śrīmad Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, an intimate associate of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, achieved several significant accomplishments in Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala. His aim was to address Śrīla Prabhupāda’s concerns for Mathurā-maṇḍala [refer to Part 2] and thus fulfil his innermost desires.
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In 1954, nitya-līlā-praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda aṣṭottara-śata-śrī Śrīla Bhakti Prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, an intimate associate of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, acquired a dharmaśālā in Jawahar Haat. It was not far from where Śrīla Prabhupāda had stayed during his 1932 parikramā at Śrī Baladeva Vilāsa Bhavan in Dampier Nagar, Mathurā-dhāma. Paramagurudeva transformed that dharmaśālā into a maṭha, which he named Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha.
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
Glorification of the exalted ācārya on his disappearance day The inclination to remember Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in the mode of separation The sat-cit-ānanda vastu is the truly abiding substance composed of pure eternal reality, cognizance and bliss. If sat-cit-ānanda vastu remains hidden from our view, from the ordinary people of this plane, we will not be able to conceive...
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by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda
My śrī guru-pādapadma is not a teacher of any of the illusory subjects of this world, which are aimed only at enjoyment. Yet, at the same time, he alone is the indisputable genius in every subject in this world. Sadly, because I am deprived and fallen, because of my own weaknesses, not all of my guru-pādapadma’s teachings have entered my heart...
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by Śrīla Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja
Whatever we know about birth and death in this world does not apply to Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. In fact, instead of saying ‘birth’ and ‘death’, the Vaiṣṇavas use the terms āvirbhāva and tirobhāva, ‘appearance’ and ‘disappearance’, prakaṭa and aprakaṭa, ‘manifested’ and ‘un-manifested’, and so forth...
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by Śrīla Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja
Glorification of the exalted ācārya on his disappearance day The inclination to remember Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in the mode of separation The sat-cit-ānanda vastu is the truly abiding substance composed of pure eternal reality, cognizance and bliss. If sat-cit-ānanda vastu remains hidden from our view, from the ordinary people of this plane, we will not be able to conceive...
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by Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Gosvāmī Mahārāja
Once, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had a dream in which he was wandering in the sky chanting the holy name. He came upon the court of Yamarāja, where Yamarāja himself was sitting with Brahmā, Nārada, and others discussing a point from a verse in Bhagavad-gītā ...
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by Śrīla Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja
When it comes to discussing the life of mahā-puruṣas (great self-realized personalities who are transcendental to mortal existence), it would be a mistake to consider their birth, life span and death to be similar to that of mere mortals, because mahā-puruṣas are beyond birth and death. They are situated in eternal existence, and their coming and going from this world is strictly a matter of their own appearance and disappearance...
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From the 1932 edition of the weekly Gauḍīya, we obtain the following information:
On Saturday, 1 October 1932, oṁ viṣṇupāda Śrī Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, the foremost of śrī rūpānuga commanders, accompanied by his associates, departed from Howrah Station for Śrī Mathurā via the Delhi Express, to lead Śrī Vraja-maṇḍala parikramā.
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It was the strong desire of our supremely worshipful Śrīla Gurudeva, nitya-līlā praviṣṭa oṁ viṣṇupāda aṣṭottara-śata-śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja, for Śrī Keśavajī Gauḍīya Maṭha in Mathurā to be magnificently reconstructed. During his manifest presence, he consulted a few prominent engineers and architects in Mathurā city, but work could not commence during his lifetime.
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by Śrīla Saccidānanda Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura
The word mātsarya is used with different meanings in different contexts. Among its various meanings we find ‘enviousness of others’ good-fortune’, ‘distressed because of their success’, ‘malice’ and ‘jealousy’. Wherever the word mātsarya has been used in the Vaiṣṇava scriptures, it refers to that mood which is adverse to prema (pure love).
