Sri Gaura Purnima Festival • B.S. Goswami, B. B. Avadhut and B.R. Madhusudan

Mar 7, 2023 — Summary: Srila Avadhut Maharaja. Srila Goswami Maharaja. SCSM pranam; Krshna is defeated by the devotee, conquered by love; the sannyas sacrifice is “crossing Viraja”; sannyas — becoming an exclusive servitor; Krishna becomes conquered by His devotee; real liberation awakens your real nature; danda structure; what She is experiencing is million times greater than what Krishna's experiencing; Her smile is the origin of Mona Lisa smile; to protect Krishna when He descends as Mahaprabhu; Public service and private life of Gauranga Mahaprabhu; Nayanamrita avatar, the nectrar-eyed incarnation; shloka (gopala chudamani); Krishna-karnamrita, Gita-govinda; what shlokas roll off from Srila Gurudev's lotus lips; Method for the selection of the sannyas name; Srirup Vaikhanas; if you could extract all Her beauty and concentrate it in one person, it would be Rupa Manjari; sannyas garments; purush-bhav to gopi-bhav — you are not a man anymore, gopi vision is in the heart of sannyas, take shelter in gopi heart; Krishna's religion is where Radharani's at the top; Brahma is initiated by a goddess, Divya Saraswati; Brahma realized that he's a gopi in Vrindavan, but he had some service to do; December, 1984, Philippines, Manila; meeting after 39 years; last initiation — sannyas initiation; two persons directly empowered by Srila Sridhar Maharaj to initiate; Vaishnava is a perfect gentleman, impeccable character; transferring power to Srila Madhusudan Maharaj; handle baton to the fresh legs runners and you are still on the team; A seva-puja offered by a man from the train station; Acharya Maharaj has a hot foot [for seva]; an opportunity for those who want to dedicate them fully. Sripad Bhakti Srirup Vaikhanas Maharaj. Reading the Bible in childhood; "I want to be a priest"; is God more handsome than Alain Delon and more powerful than Hercules? — Then how does He look like? — He doesn't have form and everyone who sees Him, dies. Not satisfied with the answer; meeting the devotees, but my parents were against; first chanting beads were rosary; chanting for delivery; a humble talk with Srila Prabhupad's vyasasan; 1977 - moving into the temple.