Srila B.A.
Paramadvaiti Swami - our beloved spiritual master - made our summer blessed and
beautiful: from July, 13th until July, 23rd 2014 he visited the
Gauranga-Gandharvika-Govinda-Sundaram Mandir
of Berlin, Germany. Every morning and every evening he gave enthusing
lectures with which he appealed to our consciousness. A lot of new plans for
the ongoing construction of the temple, the coordination of the various
services, new ideas for realizing old and new projects, and the appointment of
responsible Devotees - it has been days of inspiration, heart to heart
exchanges in the sense of Sadhu Sanga.
From July,
24th until July, 27th 2014, our Gurudeva travelled throughout Europe to meet
his disciples. Poland, Czech Republic, Munich, and Austria have been his stops.
Lectures, Bhajans, Kirtans, Sadhu Sanga, as well as Prasadam and personal talks
with Gurudeva filled the enriching program.
And then,
we all went to Hungary, for the 20th Vaishnava Mela in Nandafalva! It was a
beautiful festival of exchanging experiences, singing Bhajans, Kirtans and
listening to Harikatha. Wow - what a wonderful time we had from July 28th until
August, 3rd 2014. Devotees from Hungary, Germany, Poland, South America, Spain,
Bulgaria, Sweden, Serbia, Austria and Switzerland came to associate. Most
delicious Prasadam, most lovely cultural contributions, daily swimming in the
lake, inspiring seminars about Grihasta Life, Faith Education & Oida
Therapy as well as about the World Conscious Pact, theatre plays and yoga
performances, also most interesting videos and shares about Saving Mother
Nature have been on the program. The great memories will help us to get through
the time until Gurudeva comes back to Europe.
Some quotes
by Srila B.A. Paramadvaiti Swami during his visit:
-
"Spiritual Life is complicated for the complicated and easy for the easy
ones of us."
- "If
I listen to the lectures, if I read the books of my spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, I almost
faint of excitement."
-
"When the captain, means God, says something, then the sailor shouldn´t
change the instruction."
-
"Where there is a will there is a way. The path of Bhakti-Yoga is a way as
well. It means to give everything in the
hands of God. You should have the humble attitude and daily prayer 'Oh my Lord,
without your help, without the pure souls, without the Devotees I cannot handle it myself. Please help
me.'"
- "Without
love and passion nothing will remain of what you do."
-
"Rain is like the milk of Mother Nature."
- "We
have to keep the basics. They are like the tires of an airplane. If they are
not there nothing can carry the landing."
-
"Spiritual life is like a big celebration. When you celebrate everything
gets easier."
-
"Real independence means Giving Giving Giving. Intense giving it taught by
the Srimad Bhagavatam."
- "You
have to understand the things through the eyes of love."
- "Learn
from hearing otherwise you have to learn from suffering."
- "Be
thankful for what you have and look how you can use it for the Service to the
Lord. Don´t long for something you don´t have."
-
"Everything which is done ritualistically is boring. Everything which
comes from the heart is real."
Gurudeva,
ki jay!!!
We are
right away to release all the recordings of Gurudeva´s Lectures as well as all
from all the Bhajans during his visit in Berlin and Nandafalva. - You can get
them from the Harikatha Ashram (either online http://www.harikatha.de/index-neuerscheinungen_2012.htm
or personally in the Harikatha Ashram in the Berlin Temple every Sunday from
4:00 till 8:00 pm)
Links:
Brahmahotsava - the Birthday of Sri Gauranga Gandharvika Govinda Sundaram
Vrinda Munich
Nandafalva, Hungary
