꧁ Kolkata ᯽ ananda ꧂

2016 ꧁ when being in Kolkata is nondifferent from being in Sri Vrndavan by the grace of guru-vaisnava ᯽ blissful nam kirtan & mahamantra kirtan ꧂ ‘শ্রুত্বাপি নামমাহাত্ম্যং যঃ প্রীতিরহিতোऽধমঃ। অহং-মমাদি-পরমো নাম্নি সোऽপ্যপরাধকৃত্ ॥৯৪॥ “[Śrī Sanat Kumār said:] ‘Fallen souls who, even after hearing the glories of the Name, have no love for the Name and remain engrossed in the conceptions of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ are offenders to the Name.’ [94] — Śrī Śrī Prema-vivarta by Śrīla Jagadānanda Paṇḍita