Jai Sachinandana! Jai Gaura Hari ! Gadadhara Prana Nath! Nadia Bihari!

Gadadhar Pran's Gadadhar Pran.

জয় শচীনন্দন, জয় গৌর হরি
গদাধর প্রাণ নাথ, নদিয়া বিহারী
নিতাই গদাইএর সঙ্গে গৌর জয় জয়
যাঁহার কৃপা কটাক্ষে প্রেম ভক্তি হয়.

Today is an auspicious day. Let us rejoice that by the grace of Sri Guru we have been able to live our lives in the adventure of following Gauranga Mahaprabhu's conception of reality, along its hundreds and thousands of streams and rivulets.

Whereby our brains have been illuminated by contemplation of the the question of Divine Love in all its splendor,

Whereby our hearts have been granted the hope to become servants of that Love.

Whereby we have been initiated into the mysteries of the Hladini Shakti, whose rays of effulgence shone on the world through him.

Whereby we have learned the ecstatic meaning of separation as bliss.

Whereby we have learned that all words are a song when they are the Holy Name. And that all words _are_ the Holy Name. All sounds are the Holy Name.

Whereby every movement becomes a dance, for every hair and follicle is permeated by the Holy Name, and thereby the world's ignorance is ignored.

May Mahaprabhu's grace continue to shine like the full moon peppered with the pink powders of Holi in the clear spring sky over Vrindavan.

All glories! All glories to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!!!

Comments

Anonymous said…

"Resting in the conscious light which arises from the ultimate essence, and seeing through the immortal nectre, splendid and shining, I adore you, who knows your mystical secrets!"

Source: Three Paths and Non-Path in Kashmir Shaivism (Lillian Silburn), page 40:

https://archive.org/stream/TechniquesOfTransmissionInKashmirSaivismLilianSilburn/Techniques%20of%20Transmission%20in%20kashmir%20Saivism%20-%20Lilian%20Silburn#page/n69/mode/1up
Sunday, 12 March, 2017
The Unity of Hearts said…
Gadadhara Prana introduced me to his Gadadhara Prana, and that Gadadhara Prana became my Gadadhara Prana.
Saturday, 20 March, 2021
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