KNJIGA OB VJASA PUDŽI ŠRILA PRABHUPADA 2023 - Vabljeni k branju ponudb naših duhovnih učiteljev, sanjasijev in centrov iz celega sveta
Objavljamo povezavo do e-knjige Šri Vyasa puja ter ponudbo ljubljanskega templja Novi Joga Pith
IZSEK IZ UVODA KNJIGE O ŠRI VYASA PUJI
Razumevanje pomena Vyāsa-pūje se začne z razumevanjem celotnega pomena znanega verza, ki ga je Śrīla Prabhupāda izbral za začetek svojega Uvoda v Bhagavad-gīto, kakršna je:
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my prostrate obeisances. Please accept prostrate obesances of all members of the management and leadership of New Yoga-pīṭha in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Also, accept mudra of reference and respect on behalf of all Slovenian devotees thinking of themselves as your followers and their friends who might have liked you or your work at least once in their life.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, let me begin by quoting a letter to Hayagrīva Dāsa:
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated January 5 and 8 1970 respectively, and I am so much moved from your kind sentiments that you have expressed for my humble activities. Actually I am not worthy of any one of the words spoken by you but all of them are due to my Spiritual Master Who was so kind to me. In fact I am a worthless person because my Spiritual Master ordered me to take up this work in 1922 but I did not carry his order until 1958, when I was obliged to carry out His order by His arrangement only.
This means although I was not very enthusiastic to carry out His order He forced me circumstantially to accept it. So this is His special mercy upon me and I always think about this with gratitude to this exalted personality coming directly from Vaikuntha World and we had the great fortune to meet Him. I think that is the only credit on our part that we happened to meet Him by some “ajnata sukriti” or unknown auspicious activities.
He is so kind upon me that when I came to your country, where I was completely unknown, He sent to me some good souls like you unsolicited. So I accept you all as assistants or representatives of my Guru Maharaja Who is still helping me because I am so feeble and unworthy. Anyway, the business which we have taken to work together is neither your business nor my business as far we are personally concerned, but it is the business of Lord Caitanya and His bonafide servants like my Guru Maharaja. )erefore it is the duty of all of us to execute it as nicely as far as possible within our capacity. In other words, we shall just try to discharge our responsible duties faithfully and seriously, then all facilities will come for our help.
oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ
»Rodil sem se v najtemnejši nevednosti in moj duhovni učitelj mi je odprl oči z baklo znanja. Spoštljivo se mu priklanjam."
Ta »bakla znanja«, ki jo je Śrīla Prabhupāda prepoznal v svojem duhovnem učitelju, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākurja, ga je razsvetlila. Z njo je Śrīla Prabhupāda nato razsvetlil svoje učence.
Enako transcendentalno znanje je Nārada Muni posredoval svojemu učencu Śrīli Vyāsadevi, ki ga je v zameno podaril svojim učencem in ga utelesil v obsežni vedski knjižnici, ki jo je napisal, z vrhuncem v Śrīmad-Bhāgavatamu ...
PONUDBA TEMPLJA NOVI JOGA PITH V LJUBLJANI
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda,
Please accept my prostrate obeisances. Please accept prostrate obesances of all members of the management and leadership of New Yoga-pīṭha in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Also, accept mudra of reference and respect on behalf of all Slovenian devotees thinking of themselves as your followers and their friends who might have liked you or your work at least once in their life.
Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, let me begin by quoting a letter to Hayagrīva Dāsa:
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated January 5 and 8 1970 respectively, and I am so much moved from your kind sentiments that you have expressed for my humble activities. Actually I am not worthy of any one of the words spoken by you but all of them are due to my Spiritual Master Who was so kind to me. In fact I am a worthless person because my Spiritual Master ordered me to take up this work in 1922 but I did not carry his order until 1958, when I was obliged to carry out His order by His arrangement only.
This means although I was not very enthusiastic to carry out His order He forced me circumstantially to accept it. So this is His special mercy upon me and I always think about this with gratitude to this exalted personality coming directly from Vaikuntha World and we had the great fortune to meet Him. I think that is the only credit on our part that we happened to meet Him by some “ajnata sukriti” or unknown auspicious activities.
He is so kind upon me that when I came to your country, where I was completely unknown, He sent to me some good souls like you unsolicited. So I accept you all as assistants or representatives of my Guru Maharaja Who is still helping me because I am so feeble and unworthy. Anyway, the business which we have taken to work together is neither your business nor my business as far we are personally concerned, but it is the business of Lord Caitanya and His bonafide servants like my Guru Maharaja. )erefore it is the duty of all of us to execute it as nicely as far as possible within our capacity. In other words, we shall just try to discharge our responsible duties faithfully and seriously, then all facilities will come for our help.
(Letter to Hayagrīva, January 14, 1970)
Due to this expression of your utter humility, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, it is now hard for me to think of something appropriate to write for the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā.
Everyone who has the smallest information about your character and work can tell that you were not a puppet manipulated by someone else but a dancer who knows exactly how to follow the lead of his co-dancer. )us, the credit for responding perfectly to your Guru Mahārāja and Kṛṣṇa’s will goes to you only. Tough you preach in teir name, you deserve the glorification, gratitude and attention to learn from everyone. You preached Lord Caitanya’s message purely, and amazingly you are preaching after your disappearance.
In fact, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are still preaching, you are still active on behalf of your paramparā. In 1977 you had left, but on so many levels, you are still here. From your connection, there are many good things happening. Good for an individual like myself, for others and for the whole world.
As you give credit to your Guru Mahārāja, so the leadership of the Slovenian group of devotees gives credit to you for all success here. Śrīla Prabhupāda, Slovenian devotees and friends give full credit to you for all good that has been done in your name in our country of only two million.
In 1983 Avadhūta Dāsa registered ISKCON in Slovenia. At that time, there was only one other Slovenian who had had some association with your disciples and was preaching. Yet in Avadhūta Dāsa’s mind, there was hope and vision of many Slovenian devotees that would come in time.
They will learn, take advantage of everything you bring and eventually, after leaving their body, the story of their rebirth will end for good. Five years passed after that inspired moment full of hope for your mission in Slovenia when devotees finally acquired a place. In 1988 there was first ISKCON’s location in Slovenia.
Thus, this year Slovenian group of devotees is celebrating 40 years of efforts on your behalf. In 2023 thousands of Slovenians can show their gratitude by raising their hands to the sky and exclaiming, Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Every current member can confirm that the vision of Slovenian pioneers has come true. With no major reports of transgressions, with consistent leadership and management, we are proud to report that in the past 35 years daily program beginning with maṅgala-ārati has been followed and attended on average by 30 devotees. Some live in men’s and lady’s āśramas and some travel to have darśana of gorgeous Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and participate in lively kīrtana simultaneously surcharged with deep silence indicating Kṛṣṇa’s presence. The great moment of Śrī Pañca-tattva’s installation took place in 2001 at our latest and nicest location.
As Hare Kṛṣṇa names have once been a household name in Slovenia, it seems quite easy to find new souls to offer a book to or even the japa-mālā. Every week there must be several who show interest in the movement and from time to time, there is someone who wants to go deep.
Every year, for the past four decades there have been new initiates and some of them got qualifed to do Deity worship and represent ISKCON philosophically.
Due to this expression of your utter humility, dear Śrīla Prabhupāda, it is now hard for me to think of something appropriate to write for the occasion of your Vyāsa-pūjā.
Everyone who has the smallest information about your character and work can tell that you were not a puppet manipulated by someone else but a dancer who knows exactly how to follow the lead of his co-dancer. )us, the credit for responding perfectly to your Guru Mahārāja and Kṛṣṇa’s will goes to you only. Tough you preach in teir name, you deserve the glorification, gratitude and attention to learn from everyone. You preached Lord Caitanya’s message purely, and amazingly you are preaching after your disappearance.
In fact, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you are still preaching, you are still active on behalf of your paramparā. In 1977 you had left, but on so many levels, you are still here. From your connection, there are many good things happening. Good for an individual like myself, for others and for the whole world.
As you give credit to your Guru Mahārāja, so the leadership of the Slovenian group of devotees gives credit to you for all success here. Śrīla Prabhupāda, Slovenian devotees and friends give full credit to you for all good that has been done in your name in our country of only two million.
In 1983 Avadhūta Dāsa registered ISKCON in Slovenia. At that time, there was only one other Slovenian who had had some association with your disciples and was preaching. Yet in Avadhūta Dāsa’s mind, there was hope and vision of many Slovenian devotees that would come in time.
They will learn, take advantage of everything you bring and eventually, after leaving their body, the story of their rebirth will end for good. Five years passed after that inspired moment full of hope for your mission in Slovenia when devotees finally acquired a place. In 1988 there was first ISKCON’s location in Slovenia.
Thus, this year Slovenian group of devotees is celebrating 40 years of efforts on your behalf. In 2023 thousands of Slovenians can show their gratitude by raising their hands to the sky and exclaiming, Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Every current member can confirm that the vision of Slovenian pioneers has come true. With no major reports of transgressions, with consistent leadership and management, we are proud to report that in the past 35 years daily program beginning with maṅgala-ārati has been followed and attended on average by 30 devotees. Some live in men’s and lady’s āśramas and some travel to have darśana of gorgeous Śrī Śrī Pañca-tattva and participate in lively kīrtana simultaneously surcharged with deep silence indicating Kṛṣṇa’s presence. The great moment of Śrī Pañca-tattva’s installation took place in 2001 at our latest and nicest location.
As Hare Kṛṣṇa names have once been a household name in Slovenia, it seems quite easy to find new souls to offer a book to or even the japa-mālā. Every week there must be several who show interest in the movement and from time to time, there is someone who wants to go deep.
Every year, for the past four decades there have been new initiates and some of them got qualifed to do Deity worship and represent ISKCON philosophically.
For the past forty years, more and more dedicated devotees have done so much on your behalf. But the real symptom of success is seen when some devotee leaves their body. We can see how even Slovenians who have been engaged in devotional services can get the opportunity that in their last days, if not before, show such bliss convincing everyone closes their death is not an ordinary death. Only a few decades ago, this option was not there. Tere is no doubt of your continued influence when also the relatives of the departed devotee’s soul possessing nothing more than a drop of ajñāta-sukṛti testify how their son’s death was accompanied by auspicious visions and feelings.
You take the credit for every person who, from now on, will leave their body in the bliss of connection to Kṛṣṇa in devotion. A close friend of mine and several devotees I knew left this world like this. )is would not be possible without your impactful life. )is is real information. Every drama of life ends with death and devotees born in this land of Slovenia have found eternal shelter in the spiritual world, just like you had promised to all your followers.
If following the principles of bhakti-yoga, even Slovenian converts go back home back to Godhead. What gives me the most faith in you, Śrīla Prabhupāda is just this, I witnessed Slovenian natives attain spiritual goals of esoteric levels of bhakti-yoga before available only to some Indians born in families surrounded by long-lasting Vaiṣṇava tradition.
Your servant,
Jaya Nitāi Gaura Dāsa (JPS)
on behalf of New Yoga-pīṭha Ljubljana, Slovenia
You take the credit for every person who, from now on, will leave their body in the bliss of connection to Kṛṣṇa in devotion. A close friend of mine and several devotees I knew left this world like this. )is would not be possible without your impactful life. )is is real information. Every drama of life ends with death and devotees born in this land of Slovenia have found eternal shelter in the spiritual world, just like you had promised to all your followers.
If following the principles of bhakti-yoga, even Slovenian converts go back home back to Godhead. What gives me the most faith in you, Śrīla Prabhupāda is just this, I witnessed Slovenian natives attain spiritual goals of esoteric levels of bhakti-yoga before available only to some Indians born in families surrounded by long-lasting Vaiṣṇava tradition.
Your servant,
Jaya Nitāi Gaura Dāsa (JPS)
on behalf of New Yoga-pīṭha Ljubljana, Slovenia
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