The Personality of Godhead has nothing to do, yet He is not impersonal. Simply by His willing, everything is done without physical or personal endeavor.
The expansions of the Lord are limitless, yet even the demigods are never equal to or greater than the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Only the self-controlled can gradually be attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is accomplished by fully engaging one’s senses in the transcendental service of the Lord.
Not even the learned devotees can fully describe the unlimited qualities of the Supreme Lord. Factually only the Lord Himself can describe Himself, and His learned devotee also can describe Him as far as the Lord gives him the power of description.
Setting the stage for the beginning of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, we learn of the encounter between Maharaja Pariksit and Shamika Rsi.
Here is the recording of 25 April 2012 Sadhu-sanga.
Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja celebrated the appearance of Sri Gadadhara Pandit.
To begin, Sripad Puri Maharaja recounted the Biblical story of Job. On the basis of justice alone, we have no hope. Yet, the Lord’s mercy is above justice. The purpose of doing good deeds is not to garner the Lord’s mercy — they should be done for their own virtue. If we have the right angle of vision, our entire environment can be viewed as merciful.
Maharaja read from a 1995 edition of Sri Gaudiya Darshan concerning the pastimes of Sri Gadadhara Pandit in conjunction with Sriman Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. http://scsmath.com/02c/gd95pp9-14jagannath.pdf
To achieve complete perfection in life, one must submissively hear all topics connected with the transcendental activities and qualities of the Personality of Godhead from the living agents of the Supreme Lord.
Nothing performed for spiritual realization or for material benefit can be successful without devotional service to the Lord.
Knowledge and renunciation (detachment to the mundane with attachment to the divine) are necessary to achieve the perfect stage of liberation. Accepting what is favorable and rejecting what is unfavorable constitute the path of surrender (saranagati.)
One who chants the holy names without offense can get free from the disadvantages of a lower-caste birth.
Sripad Puri Maharaja explains that we are learning to explain the Bhagavad-gita in terms of biochemistry so that scientists will be inclined to listen.
To drive out corruption in the state, society must be organized to accept the principles of religion – austerity, cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness. To make conditions favorable, we must close all places of gambling, drinking, prostitution and falsity.
Both heaven and hell are creations of the Lord. A devotee never goes against the will of the Lord. Anything sent by God is a blessing for the devotee.
Unless one thoroughly understands the superior energy of the Lord, one cannot leave the material energy.
Sripad Puri Maharaja discusses the means by which a devotee can gradually overcome his conditioning.
The highest perfection of life is attained by remembering the transcendental nature of the Lord at the last moment of life.
In the age of Kali, despite the awkward position of the living entity, one can attain salvation by chanting the Lord’s holy names. This is the advantage during the Kali Yuga despite the many disadvantages of widespread contamination.
Sripad Puri Maharaja stresses the importance of preaching, especially the simple principle of Life Comes From Life. The processes of biology cannot be mapped by the laws of chemistry and physics.
Here is the recording of 11 April 2012 Satsanga.
Note: the first part of the recording was lost due to a technical oversight.
Prakasananda Saraswati, a Mayavada philosopher, submits to the lotus feet of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
A person who considers demigods like Brahma or Shiva to be on an equal level with Narayana is considered to be an offender.
Prakasananda requests Lord Chaitanya to give a purport of the Brahma-sutra, also called the Vedanta-sutra.
One cannot understand the meaning of the Vedanta Sutra without going through Srimad Bhagavatam and rendering devotional service.
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains the principle of “spiritual communism.” One’s sacrifice should be for the satisfaction of the Supreme Controller, not for one’s personal benefit.
By rendering devotional service, one gradually rises to the platform of love of Godhead – the goal of life.
Sripad Puri Maharaja explains the meaning of sambhanda – abhideya – prayojana as “knowing where you are” – “knowing how to get there” – “knowing where you want to be.”