HH HARIVILAS MAHARAJ’S MORNING CLASS ON NITHYANANDA MAHAPRABHU’S APPEARANCE DAY
- Nityānanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva.
- Bala means spiritual strength and not material strength. The source of spiritual strength is Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa’s next manifestation, prakāśa-vigraha. Kṛṣṇa is manifesting Himself through Balarāma.
- The problem of the present situation is we ignore the spiritual strength and focus on the physical and material strengths due to Ahankara (exercise, eating meat,)
- Real strength is spiritual strength. Therefore we have to take shelter of the lotus feet of Balarāma, guru-tattva.
- “Without the mercy of Balarāma you cannot understand, you cannot realize your spiritual identification.”
- If we want to understand Caitanya Mahāprabhu, if we want to understand Kṛṣṇa, then we must take shelter of Balarāma. That Balarāma comes as Nityānanda Prabhu
- Nitāi-pada-kamala, koṭi-candra-suśītala. If we take shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, then we get peace.
- if we actually want to be free from this material fatiguement, then we must take the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu
- Srila Prabhupada says – You cannot avoid anxiety if you lead a material life. Because we are under the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, Balarāma, we have no anxiety.
- Material education in the so-called universities is not the real solution to the problems, our duty is to take the shelter of nitāi-pada-Kamala. Then we’ll be happy, and we’ll get moonshine, the peace.
- ” Nitya means “always”; ānanda means “pleasure.
- Anyone who has no connection with Nityānanda Prabhu, he’s a paśu.” Sei paśu. He’s a paśu, which means animal.
- Everyone is searching to serve a master. But none of them are satisfied because they are serving false masters. So better to become a dog of Nityānanda Prabhu. Then we shall be happy.
- One who has become the dog of Nityānanda Prabhu, he gets his eternal life.
- Today is Nityānanda Prabhu’s āvirbhāva, appearance day. Let us at least remember today nitāi-pada-kamala.
- We shall always pray Nityānanda Prabhu, “Kindly keep me under Your shelter. I am very duḥkī; I am very unhappy. Under the shelter of Your lotus feet I shall be happy.”
- Through Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa’s (a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda) past time we understand that Caitanya Maha Prabhu and Nityananda Maha Prabhu are like one body; They are identical manifestations. If one does not believe in Lord Nityānanda and only believes in Caitanya Maha Prabhu, one will fall down.
- Lord Nithyananda appears in the dream of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja and asks him to go to Vrndavana so that he can take the shelter of the Goswamis and attain Radha Govinda.
- Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura states that without the causeless mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu, one cannot enter into the affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
CLASS NOTES:
Nityānanda Prabhu is Baladeva, Baladeva-tattva. So bala means spiritual strength and not the material strength (being fit, strong, or wealthy, smart)
https://vedabase.io/en/library/transcripts/770202nabhu/?query=koti+candra#bb433915
THE PROBLEM OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IS WE IGNORE THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH AND FOCUS ON THE MATERIAL STRENGTHS
The difficulty of the present situation is that actually we are moving on account of spiritual strength, but they have no information of the spiritual strength. They are thinking of material strength. This is due to ahaṅkāra. “We are independent. We can do whatever we like.” “We are independent. We can find out the solution of the problems of life by material adjustment,”
REAL STRENGTH IS SPIRITUAL STRENGTH. THAT SPIRITUAL STRENGTH IS BALARĀMA. BALA MEANS STRENGTH. THEREFORE WE HAVE TO TAKE SHELTER OF THE LOTUS FEET OF BALARĀMA, GURU-TATTVA.
We see daily, see daily that a very strong man, very powerful man, very good brain, very good scientist… So where is the strength? The strength is ātmā. As soon as the ātmā, or the soul, goes out of this body, so intelligent, so strong and so many things, but he is nothing.
On the spiritual strength, the body moves. Suppose you have got a very good car, Mercedes car or Rolls Royce car. But when there is no petrol, how the car will move? It is not possible. There is spirit, petrol spirit. Similarly, real strength is spiritual strength. That spiritual strength is Balarāma. Bala means strength. Therefore we have to take shelter of the lotus feet of Balarāma, guru-tattva.
Balarāma means guru-tattva. Balarāma represents guru. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ. If we want to understand Caitanya Mahāprabhu, if we want to understand Kṛṣṇa, then we must take shelter of Balarāma. Nāyam ātmā bala-hinena labhyaḥ. This bala-hinena labhyaḥ, this Vedic injunction, means “Without the mercy of Balarāma you cannot understand, you cannot realize your spiritual identification.” So that Balarāma comes as Nityānanda Prabhu = balarāma hailā nitāi. Therefore we must take shelter of Balarāma. That is… This song has been sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura. Nitāi-pada-kamala, koṭi-candra-suśītala. If we take shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, then we get peace. Koṭi-candra-suśītala. Just like in daytime, especially in the summer season, we become very much exasperated. But at night, in the evening, as soon as there is moonshine, we become very much satisfied. All day’s labor and fatigue is immediately moved. So nitāi-pada-kamala, the shade of Nityānanda Prabhu’s lotus feet, is koṭi-candra-suśītala: as pleasing as one crore of moonshine. One moonshine gives us so much pleasure. So if we want actually peace of mind, if we actually want to be free from this material fatiguement, then we must take the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu.
So we must have spiritual strength. That source of spiritual strength is Balarāma, Kṛṣṇa’s next manifestation, prakāśa-vigraha. Kṛṣṇa is manifesting Himself through Balarāma. So we have to take shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu.
nitāi-pada-kamala, koṭi-candra-suśītala,
je chāyāy jagata jurāy
The whole world is suffering, but if you want peace, then you take the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu.
UNLESS YOU COME TO RĀDHĀ-KṚṢṆA, YOU CANNOT GET REAL PLEASURE.
If you want to dance and get pleasure, don’t dance independently; dance with Kṛṣṇa.
we are also eating, but we are eating the remnants of foodstuff left by Kṛṣṇa. That is real pleasure. It is not that we are stopping eating. We are not stopping eating. We are not dry philosophers.
BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER THE SHELTER OF NITYĀNANDA PRABHU, BALARĀMA, WE HAVE NO ANXIETY.
All over the world we are eating Kṛṣṇa prasādam, and we have got good experience. At least ten thousand men and women, they are taking Kṛṣṇa prasādam, but we have no anxiety. We have no anxiety. A family consists of a few members. They are full of anxiety how to maintain the family. And we are maintaining a family of ten thousand men. We have no anxiety. Just see practically. We have no anxiety. We require thousands and thousands of rupees for maintaining Europe, America—a costly affair. But because we are under the shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, Balarāma, we have no anxiety. That means material life means anxiety. You cannot avoid anxiety if you lead a material life. Then you will be anxious.
NO NEED OF UNIVERSITIES, JUST TAKE THE SHELTER OF NITAI PADA KAMALA
Formerly that I was speaking. There was no university. The university was in the cottage—Vyāsadeva. Vyāsadeva was writing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and all the Purāṇas in a cottage. So university was there. Who can produce such literature as Vyāsadeva has given? From any angle of vision, from literary point of view, from philosophical point of view—everything, so perfect, every literature, Mahābhārata, Purāṇas and Vedānta—Veda-vyāsa, he has given. So there was no need of university. It required clear brain.
Where is that education? This education, technical education, how you can very nicely hammer, this will not solve the problem. So if we want real solution of the problems, then our duty is first of all to take the shelter of nitāi-pada-kamala. Then we’ll be happy, and we’ll get moonshine, and our all fatigueness will be subsided.
BECOME THE DOG OF NITHYANANDA PRABHU
” Nitya means “always”; ānanda means “pleasure.” This is another meaning you can draw. So therefore, if you have no connection with Nityānanda Prabhu… Se sambandha nāhi jār bṛthā janma gelo tār: “He’s simply wasting time.” Bṛthā means “useless.” Uselessly, he’s wasting time. “Anyone who has no connection with Nityānanda Prabhu, he’s a paśu.” Sei paśu. He’s a paśu, means animal.
Our Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he has sung therefore,
vaisnava ṭhākur, tomāra kukkur,
boliya janaha more
So better to become a dog of Nityānanda Prabhu. Then we shall be happy. Instead of becoming dog of so many other people… Everyone is dog. Everyone is searching after to serve a master. But none of them are satisfied because that is false master. You take real master—Nityānanda Prabhu—you’ll be happy. So if you do not become a dog of Nityānanda Prabhu, Vaiṣṇava or guru, there is no question of happiness. He who has no connection with Nityānanda Prabhu, and he does not say, “Jaya Nitāi! Jaya Gaura!” and majilo saṁsāra-sukhe, he thinks that this society, family and… “Society, friendship and love, divinely bestowed upon man.” On account of being misled by false prestige and false egotism, asatyere satya kori māni, we are accepting this body, which is asat, which will not exist, and that we have taken as reality.
But if we take shelter of Nityānanda Prabhu, then you get the enlightenment.
Today is Nityānanda Prabhu’s āvirbhāva, appearance day. Let us at least remember today nitāi-pada-kamala. We should always expect to be under the shelter of nitāi-pada-kamala.
We shall always pray Nityānanda Prabhu, “Kindly keep me under Your shelter so that… I am very duḥkī; I am very unhappy. Under the shelter of Your lotus feet I shall be happy.” And that is real happiness.
TAKE AWAYS :
Condonation of modern education.
Modern education locks one into suffering, as one is preoccupied with the body and is ignoring the soul. People are fooled by the false propaganda, supported by the whole system of education to avoid any knowledge of the soul. Nithyananda is the original spiritual master. Having the mercy of Nithyananda one is freed from anxiety. One thinks by earning the whole money I will be saved. No, you will not be saved by earning money. What is going to save us is the mercy of Lord Nithyananda and the Vaishnavas.
(CC ADI 5.156 – 5.204) CAITANYA MAHA PRABHU AND NITYANANDA MAHA PRABHU ARE LIKE ONE BODY; THEY ARE IDENTICAL MANIFESTATIONS. IF ONE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN LORD NITYĀNANDA AND ONLY BELIEVES IN CAITANYA MAHA PRABHU, ONE WILL FALL DOWN.
Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa was a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda. When he entered the house of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, Guṇārṇava Miśra, the priest who was worshiping the Deity installed in the house, did not receive him very well. A similar event occurred when Romaharṣaṇa-sūta was speaking to the great assembly of sages at Naimiṣāraṇya. Lord Baladeva entered that great assembly, but since Romaharṣaṇa-sūta was on the vyāsāsana, he did not get down to offer respect to Lord Baladeva. The behavior of Guṇārṇava Miśra indicated that he had no great respect for Lord Nityānanda, and this idea was not at all palatable to Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa. For this reason the mentality of Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa is never deprecated by devotees.
Text 175: “These two brothers,” I told him, “are like one body; They are identical manifestations. If you do not believe in Lord Nityānanda, you will fall down.
Text 176: “If you have faith in one but disrespect the other, your logic is like the logic of accepting half a hen.*
Text 177: “It would be better to be an atheist by slighting both brothers than a hypocrite by believing in one and slighting the other.”
(CC ADI 5.184 – 5.193) NITYANANDA MAHA PRABHU APPEARS IN THE DREAM OF KṚṢṆADĀSA KAVIRĀJA,
He had a glossy blackish complexion, and His tall, strong, heroic stature made Him seem like Cupid himself. He had beautifully formed hands, arms and legs, and eyes like lotus flowers. He wore a silk cloth, with a silk turban on His head. He wore golden earrings on His ears, and golden armlets and bangles. He wore tinkling anklets on His feet and a garland of flowers around His neck. His body was anointed with sandalwood pulp, and He was nicely decorated with tilaka. His movements surpassed those of a maddened elephant. His face was more beautiful than millions upon millions of moons, and His teeth were like pomegranate seeds because of His chewing betel. His body moved to and fro, right and left, for He was absorbed in ecstasy. He chanted “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa” in a deep voice.His red stick moving in His hand, He seemed like a maddened lion. All around the four sides of His feet were bumblebees. His devotees, dressed like cowherd boys, surrounded His feet like so many bees and also chanted “Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa,” absorbed in ecstatic love. Some of them played horns and flutes, and others danced and sang. Some of them offered betel nuts, and others waved cāmara fans about Him. Thus I saw such opulence in Lord Nityānanda Svarūpa. His wonderful form, qualities and pastimes are all transcendental.
(CC ADI 5.194 – 5.202) NITHYANANDA MAHA PRABHU ASKS KṚṢṆADĀSA TO GO TO VRNDAVANA
I was overwhelmed with transcendental ecstasy, not knowing anything else. Then Lord Nityānanda smiled and spoke to me as follows. “O my dear Kṛṣṇadāsa, do not be afraid. Go to Vṛndāvana, for there you will attain all things.”After saying this, He directed me toward Vṛndāvana by waving His hand. Then He disappeared with His associates.I fainted and fell to the ground, my dream broke, and when I regained consciousness I saw that morning had come. I thought about what I had seen and heard and concluded that the Lord had ordered me to proceed to Vṛndāvana at once. That very second I started for Vṛndāvana, and by His mercy I reached there in great happiness. All glory, all glory to Lord Nityānanda Balarāma, by whose mercy I have attained shelter in the transcendental abode of Vṛndāvana! All glory, all glory to the merciful Lord Nityānanda, by whose mercy I have attained shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana! By His mercy I have attained the shelter of the great personality Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, and by His mercy I have found the refuge of Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara
(CC ADI 5.200 – 5.204) KṚṢṆADĀSA, BY THE MERCY OF NITHYANANDA MAHA PRABHU, GOES TO VRNDAVAN AND GETS THE SHELTER OF THE GOSWAMIS AND ATTAINS RADHA GOVINDA
All glory, all glory to Lord Nityānanda Balarāma, by whose mercy I have attained shelter in the transcendental abode of Vṛndāvana!
All glory, all glory to the merciful Lord Nityānanda, by whose mercy I have attained shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Sanātana!
By His mercy I have attained the shelter of the great personality Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, and by His mercy I have found the refuge of Śrī Svarūpa Dāmodara.
By the mercy of Sanātana Gosvāmī I have learned the final conclusions of devotional service, and by the grace of Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī I have tasted the highest nectar of devotional service.
All glory, all glory to the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda, by whose mercy I have attained Śrī Rādhā-Govinda!
WITHOUT THE CAUSELESS MERCY OF NITYĀNANDA PRABHU, ONE CANNOT ENTER INTO THE AFFAIRS OF RĀDHĀ AND KṚṢṆA.
Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, who is famous for his poetic composition known as Prārthanā, has lamented in one of his prayers, “When will Lord Nityānanda be merciful upon me so that I will forget all material desires?” Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura confirms that unless one is freed from material desires to satisfy the needs of the body and senses, one cannot understand the transcendental abode of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Vṛndāvana. He also confirms that one cannot understand the loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa without going through the direction of the six Gosvāmīs. In another verse Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has stated that without the causeless mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu, one cannot enter into the affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.