“Krishna did not teach Bhagavad Gita to a Vedantist. He went to teach to Arjuna. He was a family man, he was a soldier, but why he was selected? – because Krishna saw that Arjuna was Bhakto si – a devotee.” – Srila Prabhupada (November 10, 1971, Interview)
In the mid sixteenth century when Lord…
He fell asleep and in his dream goddess Saraswati appeared and said, “You are very fortunate today. You had the darshan of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna who has mercifully appeared as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He is the source of brahman and paramatma; He is Bhagavan! He is even my Lord. Whatever knowledge…
Nimai said, “Yes, Oh revered scholar. I am a new student whereas you are a seasoned champion. Therefore I am not showing flaws and instead asking you only to point out the flaws.”
Again the Pandit snarled, “You think you are better than me? Have you studied alankara- the way I have studied and mastered…
He was drawn to the Lord and as he came closer, he asked one of the students at the back, “Who is this amazing personality?” The boy said this is none other than Nimai Pandit, the best teacher in Nawadwip.
At that moment, Nimai, who was only a teenager then, saw the famed Pandit who…
When this grand procession came to Nawadwip, people exclaimed, “Now we are doomed.” Some scholars left the town, giving an excuse that they had an important family event in another city that they had to attend. Others feigned sickness and didn’t come out of their houses. Others discussed that it would be best if they…
One full moon night, Mother Sachi heard the sound of most enchanting Krishna’s flute coming from Nimai’s room. On hearing the divine sound, she fell unconscious in transcendental prema – pure love. When she came back to consciousness she traced the origin of the sound and entered Nimai’s room. There she saw on Nimai’s chest,…
“So what difference does it make if you have a lot of money or you have nothing; because isn’t time passing the same way for both? My clothes may have some stiches but I am happy. What is the matter?”
Nimai replied, “Oh Sridhar, you are hiding a great treasure. You are cheating the world…
Sometimes some vegetable grew on this thatched roof. He would sell bananas and banana leaves, and banana trunks and roots to make a meagre living. He would always charge the lowest, fairest price from his customers. Whatever little money he earned, he would first spend half of it to worship Lord Vishnu and mother Ganges.…
Then he had the vision of the most enchanting three-fold bending form of Shyamsundar Krishna who was playing his flute, enchanting all the residents of Vrindavan. The astrologer got bewildered and intensified his prayers to his Lord Gopal. “My dear Lord, you are giving me all these beautiful darshans and I am grateful to you…
When young women saw him walking in the streets they thought Cupid was walking in Nawadwip. When learned Pandits saw him, they thought Vyasadev was walking. Yogis saw him and felt he was the master of all mystic perfections. And when devotees saw him, they felt the same ecstasy as if they were with Krishna.…
Another day when Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was walking on the bank of Ganges, Mukunda saw him and realized he’s going to talk on materialistic things. Hastily, he retraced his steps and ran away. Lord Chaitanya was with his students and asked aloud, “Why did Mukunda, on seeing me, run away?” A student replied, “Maybe he has…
Young Abhay Charan (Srila Prabhupada’s legal name) was convinced and years later, Srila Prabhupada told his disciples that during that fortuitous meeting he had internally surrendered to his spiritual master and he was defeated by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. “I was happy to be defeated by my guru Maharaj”, Srila Prabhupada would happily recount,…