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UPADESAMRTA 1-3 -
CONTROLLING THE SIX URGES
(Murwillumbah, Australia, January 21, 2001 am)
In the course of this lecture Shrila Gurudev said the following, i just found it very amusing, i hope u will like it:
I have heard it said that if anyone has somehow, for any reason, stopped chanting gayatri-mantra or guru-mantra for three days, he will have to take initiation again, and until then he should not continue chanting. This is totally wrong. Totally wrong. Somehow, one may be admitted in the hospital and he is operated on. This takes almost three months, and he is not able to chant and remember. What should he do? Should he again go to his Gurudeva and say, "Please again initiate me", and then again chant? No. When he is able, after three days, four days, or one month, again he will chant. There is no need to take a new initiation or anything like that.
From whom did this false idea come? I want to cut that person's sikha. Have I ever told this? You should come to me for all siddhanta. In no Veda, Upanisada or Sastra is it written that when someone neglects the mantra he has to be initiated again, and until that time he should stop chanting. If one willingly stops chanting, there is nothing to say about him. If inspired again, he can begin again. No harm.
In Gita (2.40) it has been told:
pratyavayo na vidyate
svalpam apy asya dharmasya
trayate mahato bhayat.
["Endeavors on the path of bhakti-yoga are neither fruitless nor subject to loss. Even a little progress frees one from fear and the greatest dangers in this material world." BBT)]
Brajendra-nandana das's Blog
Dear Vaishnavas and Vaishnavis,
unfortunately the wonderful Gita-jayanti web-site is no longer on the web, thus i uploaded the Gita spoken in english to my googlepages.
http://brajnd.googlepages.com/gita-jayanti
soon i will upload an even nicer version, in sanskrit and english:-)...
aspiring v-das-anudas
Brajendra-n-d-ad
Posted on May 26, 2008 at 4:45am —
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Ps.No,i didn`t see you before.
on one of your webiste you posted a you tube video,"" unprejudiced archeology: "" did you know this man is the President of the Weapon industry in the USA, so why believe him?
Please download this full lecture from the web and you can send it to your friends.
I hope full video clip can dispel many contraversies which has been created.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/TTdIa3NWSWhubHp2Wmc9PQ
Yours in service
Markandeyarishi das
Pranams,
Hope alls great after the Italy festival. I would like to invite Vilasini and you on 6th July at our house at 4 pm for Kirtan programme. Vana maharaj will come to our house for the Kirtan. Also, is Vilasini back from taly or will she arrive by 6th ? I would love to see her. Please bring any interested devotees along with you.
Radhe Radhe,
Anuradha
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