गौराङ्ग

गौराङ्ग (gaurāṅga ) means "having a white or yellowish body", from gaura "white, yellowish, reddish" and aṅga "limb, member; the body".

Sri Siksastakam

(the eight verses from Mahaprabhu)

ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranamvidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam

Translation

The holy name of Krsna cleanses the mirror of the heart and extinguishes the fire of misery in the forest of birth and death.
As the evening lotus blooms in the moon's cooling rays, the heart begins to blossom in the nectar of the name.
And at last the soul awakens to its real inner treasure —a life of love with Krsna.
Again and again tasting nectar, the soul dives and surfaces in the ever-increasing ocean of ecstatic joy.
All phases of the self of which we may conceive are fully satisfied and purified, and at last conquered by the all-auspicious influence of the holy name of Krsna.

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namnam akari bahudha nija sarva-saktis
tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrisi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi
durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah

Translation

O my Lord, Your holy name bestows auspiciousness upon all. And You have unlimited names such as Krsna and Govinda by which You reveal Yourself.
In Your many holy names You have kindly invested all Your transcendental potency. And in chanitng these names, there are no strict rules concerning time or place.
Out of Your cuaseless mercy, You have descended in the form of divine sound, but my great misfortune is that I have no love for Your holy name.


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trnad api sunicena
taror api sahisnuna
amanina manadena
kirtaniyah sada harih

Translation

One who is humbler than a blade of grass, more forbearing than a tree who gives due honor to others without desiring it for himself is qualified to always chant the holy name of Krsna.


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na dhanam na janam na sundarim
kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

Translation

0 Lord, I have no desires to accumulate wealth, followers, beautiful women, or salvation.

My only prayer is for Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth.

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ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
krpaya tava pada-pankaja-
sthita-dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya

Translation

O son of Nanda Maharaja, I am Your eternal servant, yet because of my own karma, I have fallen into this terrible ocean of birth and death. Accept this fallen soul and consider me a particle of dust at Your holy lotus feet.

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nayanam galad-asru-dharaya
vadanam gadgada-ruddhayd gira
pulakair nicitam vapuh kada
tava nama-grahane bhavisyati

Translation

0 Lord, when will tears flow from my eyes like waves? And my voice tremble in ecstasy. When will the hairs of my body stand on end while chanting Your holy name?

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yugayitam nimesena
caksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvarh
govinda-virahena me

Translation

O Govinda! Without You, the world is empty. Tears are flooding my eyes like rain, and a moment seems like forever.
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aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam
adarsana marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

Translation

Krsna may embrace me in love or trample me under His feet. He may break my heart by hiding Himself from me. Let that debauchee do whatever He likes, but He will always be the only Lord of my life.

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Sri Siksastakam Ki Jay!Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Ki Jay!Nitai Goura Premanande Hari Hari Bol!Gaura Purnima 2010 ki kay!

Sri Gaura Purnima 2010 Ki Jay

Today is a special day and we need to be   very thankful !

Here in the ashram is going on a fool marathon of preparations,cooking,cleaning,decorating,singing and just being happy that we have all that is around!!!

Later we will share with you some photos from all the day we spent together :)

Now ,please ,just come and join us!!!

 Kurukshetra,Invalidenstr.145,Berlin

 

Diving deep into the reality

of His own beauty and sweetness,

Krsna stole the mood of Radharani

And, garbing Himself in Her brilliant luster,

Appeared as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

For the last twelve years of His manifest pastimes

He was deeply absorbed in union and separation

And shared His heart's inner feelings

With His most confidential devotees.

Volcanic eruptions of ecstasy flowed

From His heart in the agony of separation from Krsna.

And His teachings known as Sri Siksastakam

Appeared from His lips like streams of golden lava.

I fall at the feet of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu The Golden Volcano of Divine Love.

(Prema Dhama Stotram, Verse 54)

Kurukshetra team

Come to dance and sing for him together!!

Gaura Purnima Festival-28.02.2010

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Dear friends,welcome to the extraordinary day of the appearance of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!Transcendental music,intersting ceremonies,helpful philosophy,delicious vegetarian preparations,nice asosiation....WELCOME!!!

Kurukshetra team

Shivaratri in Kurukshetra,Berlin

  We had a special visit from 

Lord Gopeshvar Mahadev  

in the ashram:)

Also another special guest was Bhakti Raksak Swami Maharaj.The event attened also our Srauti Maharaj,Cheitya Guru -who performed an abishake and arati ceremony to Gopeshvar Mahadev,other devoties and guests.

 

A lot of sweet bhajans...This is Gopal Nsrmha.

His wife-Yashoda Shakti was doing all this pictures!

Jaganath Prasad gave us a lot of inspiration with his prayers...

The ceremonies:

 

It is good to remind for the pure devoties of the Lord and that we have respect for them!
Sri Sri Guru Gouranga Gandharvika Govinda Sundaram Ki Jay!


Kurukshetra team

A mercyful visit from Bhakti Rakshak Swami Maharaj in Berlin (10-15.02)

We have the ouprtunity to have the asosiation of B.R.Swami Maharaj,who is now doing a great job in Mexico yatra.There  he has the responsability of a temple president and of taking care for a  wonderful preaching with standart and love.He will be 4 weeks out of Mexico and we have the chanse that in some of this days he can  be with us in Berlin.Welcome on sadhu-sanga and classes-saturday(13.02),sunday(14.02),monday(15.02) morning from 06,00 h ,saturday(13.02) evening 19,30 and sunday(14.02) for the sunday festival (from 16h.).



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Shivaratri 12.02.2010

We are celebrating the day of Lord Shiva,Gopeshvar Mahadev.He is the protector of Vrindavan and one should respect him propaly.Vaishnavas are worshiping him as The Lord Of The Gopis-Gopishvara.

  

vrindavanavani-pate! jaya soma! soma-maule!
sanaka-sanandana-sanatana-naradedya
gopisvara! vraja-vilasi-yuganghri-padme
prema prayaccha nirupadhi namo namas te

O gatekeeper of Vrindavana! O Soma, all glories to you! O you whose forehead is decorated with the moon, and who is worshipful for the sages headed by Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Narada! O Gopisvara! Desiring that you bestow upon me prema for the lotus feet of Sri Radha-Madhava, who perform joyous pastimes in Vraja-dhama, I offer obeisances unto you time and again.

 

Kurukshetra team

64 Tanscendental Arts of Srimati Radharani

  

 



ananada-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-rupataya kalabhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhuto
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami  

"I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, residing in His own realm, Goloka, with Radha, resembling His own spiritual figure, the embodiment of the ecstatic potency possessed of the sixty-four artistic activities, in the company of Her confidantes (sakhis), embodiments of the extensions of Her bodily form, permeated and vitalized by His ever-blissful spiritual rasa."

Sri Brahma-samhita, Text 37

1. gita - art of singing
2. vadya - art of playing on musical instruments
3. nrtya - art of dancing
4. natya - art of theatricals
5. alekhya - art of painting
6. visesakacchedya - art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics
7. tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara - art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers
8. puspastarana - art of making a covering of flowers for a bed
9. dasana-vasananga-raga - art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, cloths and painting the body
10. mani-bhumika-karma - art of making the groundwork of jewels
11. sayya-racana - art of covering the bed
12. udaka-vadya - art of playing on music in water
13. udaka-ghata - art of splashing with water
14. citra-yoga - art of practically applying an admixture of colors
15. malya-grathana-vikalpa - art of designing a preparation of wreaths
16. sekharapida-yojana - art of practically setting the coronet on the head
17. nepathya-yoga - art of practically dressing in the tiring room
18. karnapatra-bhanga - art of decorating the tragus of the ear
19. sugandha-yukti - art of practical application of aromatics
20. bhusana-yojana - art of applying or setting ornaments
21. aindra-jala - art of jugglery
22. kaucumara - art of kaucumara - a kind of art
23. hasta-lagava - art of sleight of hand
24. citra-sakapupa-bhaksya-vikara-kriya - art of preparing varieties of salad, bread, cake and delicious food
25. panaka-rasa-ragasava-yojana - art of practically preparing palatable drinks and tinging draughts with red color
26. suci-vaya-karma - art of needleworks and weaving
27. sutra-krida - art of playing with thread
28. vina-damuraka-vadya - art of playing on lute and small x-shaped drum
29. prahelika - art of making and solving riddles 29a. pratimala - art of caping or reciting verse for verse as a trial for memory or skill.
30. durvacaka-yoga - art of practicing language difficult to be answered by others
31. pustaka-vacana - art of reciting books
32. natikakhyayika-darsana - art of enacting short plays and anecdotes
33. kavya-samasya-purana - art of solving enigmatic verses
34. pattika-vetra-bana-vikalpa - art of designing preparation of shield, cane and arrows
35. tarku-karma - art of spinning by spindle
36. taksana - art of carpentry
37. vastu-vidya - art of engineering
38. raupya-ratna-pariksa - art of testing silver and jewels
39. dhatu-vada - art of metallurgy
40. mani-raga-jnana - art of tinging jewels
41. akara-jnana - art of mineralogy
42. vrksayur-veda-yoga - art of practicing medicine or medical treatment, by herbs
43. mes-kukkuta-lavaka-yuddha-vidhi - art of knowing the mode of fighting of lambs, cocks and birds
44. suka-sarika-prapalana (pralapana?) - art of maintaining or knowing conversation between male andfemale cockatoos
45. utsadana - art of healing or cleaning a person with perfumes
46. kesa-marjana-kausala - art of combing hair
47. aksara-mustika-kathana - art of talking with letters and fingers
48. mlecchita-kutarka-vikalpa - art of fabricating barbarous or foreign sophistry
49. desa-bhasa-jnana - art of knowing provincial dialects
50. puspa-sakatika-nirmiti-jnana - art of knowing prediction by heavenly voice or knowing preparation of toy carts by flowers
51. yantra-matrka - art of art of mechanics
52. dharana-matrka - art of the use of amulets
53. samvacya - art of conversation
54. manasi kavya-kriya - art of composing verse mentally
55. kriya-vikalpa - art of designing a literary work or a medical remedy
56. chalitaka-yoga - art of practicing as a builder of shrines called after him
57. abhidhana-kosa-cchando-jnana - art of the use of lexicography and meters
58. vastra-gopana - art of concealment of cloths
59. dyuta-visesa - art of knowing specific gambling
60. akarsa-krida - art of playing with dice or magnet
61. balaka-kridanaka - art of using children's toys
62. vainayiki vidya - art of enforcing discipline
63. vaijayiki vidya - art of gaining victory
64. vaitaliki vidya - art of awakening with music at dawn 

Kurukshetra team