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Pure Bhakti When women see men, does lust come? When men see women, do they feel lust? You must consider, “When my name and fame is checked by someone, do I become angry with that person? Do I have pride?” You must look at yourself and think about this. If you have these faults, how can bhakti (devotion) come?


Pure Bhakti Do pranama (obeisances) to the place where hari-katha is going on. Do pranama to those who are hearing, to the person who is speaking, and to the one who has managed things so that the hari-katha can take place. Try to do pranama to all of them and serve them, and then hari-katha will come into your heart.

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Pure Bhakti Keep your good fortune by developing strong faith in Guru, by performing devotional services under his guidance with commitment, and by following his instructions nicely. Then you will get bhakti; otherwise it is not possible.

Pure Bhakti If you pray to Gurudeva, new understandings will come in your heart by inspiration. Don't think he is mortal. He is like Krsna and, like Krsna, his mercy is causeless. So, pray to him and he will inspire you. Sometimes he comes as siksa-guru, and in the form of siksa-guru he inspires you by his words and teachings.

Pure Bhakti If you want to develop your Krishna consciousness, don't try to show off your bhakti (devotion) to others. Keep it like camphor in your heart. If burning camphor is kept in a closed room, its fragrance increases. If kept in an open doorway, it evaporates.

Pure Bhakti Serving Gurudeva and fulfilling his desire is the root of all bhakti (devotion); the backbone of bhakti. If you have no guru-nistha, faith in Gurudeva, you cannot develop even an inch in the bhakti line.



Pure Bhakti Dear devotees and friends,
Our beloved Srila Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja has mercifully agreed to preside over Bhakti Yoga festival in Moscow, Russia which will take place on August 4th to 11th, 2010.
Srila Gurudeva will be accompanied by his sannyasis and senior disciples and followers....
We pray that Srila Gurudeva will sprinkle his mercy on all of us and will help us to enter the path of pure bhakti, saving us from the raging forest fire of material existence.
May the nectarian shower of exalted harikatha pour incessantly from the lips of the best of tattva-jna, bhavuka and rasika Vaisnavas, and may the holy names of Sri Hari resound loudly from the mouths of hundreds and hundred blissful devotees during this 6th Srila Gurudeva’s festival in Russia / C.I.S. countries!
The festival site, Sosnovaya Roscha (Pine Grove) Holiday Complex, is set in a picturesque pine forest famous for its natural beauty and pristine ecology. There is also a nice lake nearby. Pine Grove is located 65 kilometers from Moscow.
Site facilities consist of 5 residential buildings, a large program hall, and a spacious dining hall, in which devotees will be served 3 prasadam meals daily.
In this preliminary announcement, we are giving just some basic information about the festival site. When the complex will have been renovated by us for the pleasure of Srila Gurudeva (which is approximately by June), we will publish updated information which will include exact geographical location of the festival site, transportation schemes and photos.
To reserve your room or make inquiries, please contact the Festival Seva Team at hemadri108@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (+7)9055737037.
To register for the festival, please state your legal name, spiritual name, city, country, and the number of people arriving in your party.
Western devotees can pay the festival fee upon arrival (9,500 Russian roubles which is approximately USD 315 or EUR 230 at the current exchange rate).
We are eagerly awaiting your association at the festival!
Yours in the service of Sri Hari, Guru and Vaisnavas,
Festival Seva Team
Moscow

Pure Bhakti Radhe Radhe!
Dear Devotees,
Please accept our dandavats pranama, all glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
We are happy to communicate that the European Vaisnava Festival 2010 will be held in Italy near Pisa, Tuscany from July 1st - 7th. Here is the festival website: www.europeanfestival.net where you will find all the d...etails and information. Wishing to all the Vaisnava community a very happy new year, we warmly invite everybody to participate to the next ecstatic European festival 2010.
Vaisnavadasanudasa
Lila Purusottama dasa
Italy

Pure Bhakti Please join us for seven days of nectarean Hari Katha in the serene foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains with our honored guest His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
For more details, visit http://www.purebhakti.com/events/upcoming-events-mainmenu-66/1098-new-braja-hari-katha-festival-badger-ca-usa-june-9-15-2010-.html
Badger, CA USA

Pure Bhakti Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Didis,
We are happy to announce our Ratha Yatra Festival with Sripad Bhaktivedanta Van Maharaja. His descriptions of Sri Caitanyas Mahaprabhus pastimes in Puri will pacify our minds and gift us with spiritual strength and inspiration.
Hari Katha will start on Thursday the 20th of May and last ...until Monday the 24th of May. On Sunday the 23rd of May we have a big Shoba Yatra Procession where we accompany Lord Jagannatha, Lord Baladeva and Lady Subhadra throught the crowded streets of Berlin. Our group will be part of the biggest procession of Berlin, where - if the weather is fine - more than one million visitors are expected. You find details of the procession at www.karneval-berlin.de
Srila Gurudeva expressed the desire that as many devotees as possible should be able to attend the festival.
So we are heartly inviting you all to come to Berlin and take part in this five days Hari Katha and Shoba Yatra festival. You find pictures of recent years here and there on our german websites www.harekrischna.de and www.shobayatra.de
We are trying to host all guests to our best capacity, mostly with our local devotees. There’s possibility to stay in apartment near the festival place. The rent is 15 Euros per night.
For booking or any other information please contact Tilak Raj dasa at tilakrajdasa@gmail.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or book yourself at www.only-apartments.com . Kindly forward this posting to your friends.
Your Berlin Yatra
!!! Jay Sri Sri Jaganatha-Ratha-Yatra Maha-Mahotsava Ki Jay !!!
Berlin

Pure Bhakti If you always remember Krishna and
Gurudeva, they will inspire you.

Pure Bhakti Don’t think, “Now I have finished my performance of bhajana, so now I can go and sleep.” Rather, it is like a recharge.

Pure Bhakti The position of the disciple has special significance in that he has to pay his attention to the words and observe the deeds of the guru, as well as perceive the true goal of his attempts. Indeed, his function as a recipient will vary according to the nature, capacity and degree of his whole-hearted attention.


Pure Bhakti You are not this body. You are soul, part and parcel of Lord Sri Krsna. You are, by nature, always happy as Lord Krsna's eternal servant.

Pure Bhakti Srila Haridas Thakura is an excellent example of true sraddha (faith). He asserted, “Even if I am cut into millions of pieces, I will not give up chanting Krsna’s name.” This is called transcendental sraddha. We should place our hands on our heart and ask ourselves, “What class of sraddha is situated in me?”

Pure Bhakti A bona fide Guru is omniscient. Guru always remembers Krsna and Krsna is with him.

Pure Bhakti These photos of Srila Gurudeva’s recent trip to Houston were taken by Prana Govinda prabhu. If anybody wants the original files, please contact him.
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![We just sent out this Morning Walk from Badger. A sneak preview to the morning walk book we are working on which we hope to publish in September: Tridandisvami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja Morning Walk June 15, 2008: Badger, California[ Respected Harikatha Readers, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga. We are currently working on the first volume of Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja’s Morning Walks and Darsans, and we are hoping to print it in October, just before Kartika. In the meantime, we are sending you this 2008 morning walk from Badger, California. Why? We want to give you a preview of some of the wonderful and interesting subject matters that Srila Maharaja is discussing, which he wants to share not just for those devotees on the walk, but for the entire world. Your aspiring servants, The Harikatha team] Raghunatha Bhatta dasa: Yesterday you were speaking about our Sripad Tirtha Maharaja. You described how he became a good devotee. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: He was not learned in the beginning. [*See Endnote 1] Sripad Madhava Maharaja: He could not remember any verse, so everyone in the matha would tease him. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: He was from a lower-class family. Actually he was born in a poor family of ksatriya origin, which is referred to in Bengal as a lower class, poor family. Raghunatha Bhatta dasa: I am worse than lower-class. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: But you have finished high school and perhaps university. Raghunatha Bhatta dasa: I did not finish university. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: You did not finish, but you studied there. I did not study in any university. Moreover, Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji was totally illiterate and Srila Haridasa Thakura was as well. Raghunatha Bhatta dasa: My position is that I am a very fallen soul. I am asking you to please bless me and make me a sadhu. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: If you are sincere and pray to God, Krsna, who is very merciful, He will at once make you a sadhu. It is for this reason that He has given you such elevated sadhu-sanga without your praying for it. That is why you are hearing so many beautiful subject matters. Sri Krsna is very merciful. You are fortunate to have this association, so try to take it in your heart. Devotee: Srila Gurudeva, Srila Prabhupada used the term “Back to Godhead” for more than thirty years. I have also heard you use the term sometimes. I would like to know what this phrase means. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: I explained this in my class yesterday – Sri Krsna is beautiful, Srimati Radhika is more beautiful, and together they perform so many sweet pastimes. Our home is with Them. Brajanath dasa: Srila Gurudeva, in English, the phrase ‘Back to Godhead’ means that one has been there before and that one will be returning there. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Regarding our philosophy, this is not the correct meaning. By constitution, your home is in Goloka Vrndavana, but unfortunately you fell from the tatastha region to this world. Now you should try to go home. Now, I have a question: Why did Brahma test Krsna? What was the reason? Tirthapada dasa: The basic answer is that this is part of a pastime. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: This is of course part of a pastime, but why was this pastime performed? Govinda dasa: Brahma did this because Krsna wanted to accomplish many other pastimes by this one. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: What were those pastimes? Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: When Sri Krsna killed the demon Aghasura, Lord Brahma saw Aghasura’s soul come out of his body and enter Krsna’s lotus feet. Seeing this, Brahma wanted to witness more sweet pastimes of Sri Krsna. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: This is all right. Can you explain further? Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: There are many reasons why this pastime had to take place. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Why? Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: The cows and elderly gopis of Vrndavana had a desire to have Krsna as their own son. They wanted to breastfeed Him, to give Him their milk. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: And the teenage gopis wanted Krsna as their beloved. Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: Therefore, during that pastime, those teenage gopis were betrothed to Krsna, who was then in the form of the innumerable cowherd boys. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Knowing the desire of Sri Krsna, Yogamaya attracted Brahmaji to steal the cowherd boys and calves. Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: In Brahma-vimohana-lila, Lord Brahma began to think, “I just saw that Krsna killed Aghasura, and the demon’s soul entered into Krsna’s body. Yet, I also see Him sitting among His friends. He looks almost like an ordinary cowherd boy.” In this way, the question came into his mind, “How can He be the Supreme Lord of all?” Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: No. He only thought, “I want to see some more sweet pastimes.” To fulfill Krsna’s desire, Yogamaya came and made that thought enter his mind. Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: At that time he questioned Krsna’s supremacy and power. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: No. He thought, “What will Krsna do if I steal His cowherd boys and calves?” Sripad Padmanabha Maharaja: Yogamaya then made the calves wander some distance away from the place where Krsna was taking breakfast with His cowherd friends. Krsna told His friends, “Don’t be disturbed. I will go and find the calves.” He went to search for the calves. In the meantime Lord Brahma came, stole the cowherd boys by his mystic power, and put them to sleep in a cave. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Is he speaking correctly? Brajanath dasa: No. Prema Prayojana dasa: In the same way that Ravana cannot steal Sita, Lord Brahma cannot steal the cowherd boys. Lord Brahma merely thought that he had stolen them. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Try to hear this with attention. Prema Prayojana dasa: The cowherd boys are eternal associates of Sri Krsna. How can any person who is insignificant in comparison to them steal them away and exert his influence over them? This is quite impossible. Actually, Yogamaya gave him the impression that he had stolen the boys and put them in a cave. He then returned to Brahma-loka, but when he reached there he was not allowed entrance to his palace. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Yogamaya made the second set of boys. Prema Prayojana dasa: And Sri Krsna made a third set. The original boys were still on the bank of the Yamuna, and Yogamaya made the second set. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: There were three sets: One set consisted of the original boys and calves, and they were covered by Yogamaya. Mahamaya [*See Endnote 2] Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Yogamaya made the second set. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: No, it was Mahamaya. Mahamaya made a replica of those same cowherd boys and calves, and this was the second set, the set that Brahmaji stole. Regarding the third set, Krsna personally expanded as that third set. This is the thing I wanted to tell you. This is very mysterious, very mysterious. Balarama dasa: What happened to the original set of cowherd boys? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Yogamaya covered them so that no one would be able to see them. Neither Brahmaji nor the Vrajavasis, nor even Baladeva Prabhu, could see them. Being covered by Yogamaya and under her influence, the year passed in a flash for them. Sripad Visnu Maharaja: Srila Gurudeva, what is the need of Mahamaya creating the other cowherd boys? Why not Yogamaya? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: If Yogamaya had created them, how would Brahma have been able to steal them? Sripad Visnu Maharaja: Even though Brahma is the head of our sampradaya and he is able to watch this lila? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Still. Being influenced by Yogamaya, even Balarama did not understanding what was actually taking place, so what to speak of Brahma. Nrhari dasa: I read that Srila Madhvacarya omitted this chapter about Lord Brahma in his commentary. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Yes, but Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and His followers have accepted it. Srila Madhvacarya considered, “Brahmaji is my Gurudeva. He cannot be bewildered by illusion.” Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu reconciled this. He explained that this is one of the very sweet pastimes of Krsna. By performing this pastime, Krsna fulfilled the desires of the cows, mothers, and young gopis. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Madhvacarya did not write commentaries on the fourteenth and fifteenth chapters of the Tenth Canto (the chapters describing Brahma stealing the cows and cowherd boys). It is not that he took out those chapters; rather he did not write commentaries on them. Sripad Sajjana Maharaja: Srila Sukadeva Gosvami did not mention in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that Sri Krsna went to Brahma-loka and took the form of Lord Brahma. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: It has been told in other Puranas and in the commentary of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. What happened when Brahmaji went to Brahma-loka? Sripad Sajjana Maharaja: When Brahmaji reached there, the guards blocked the door and told him, “Get out! Get out! You are an impostor!” Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: “Our Brahmaji is already here.” Sripad Sajjana Maharaja: “And He told us to keep the impostor from entering here.” Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Then what did Brahma do? Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Brahmaji then returned to Earth and meditated on the possible reasons his servants treated him in that way. During his trance of meditation, he realized that Sri Krsna was behind the whole incident. Krsna had ordered them to do so; He had bewildered them. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: There he realized. Sripad Sajjana Maharaja: Brahma returned to Earth after one year of Earth-time. He saw that so many wonderful pastimes had taken place in Vraja during that year, like the betrothal of the young gopis. He looked in the cave where he had put the cowherd boys and calves created by Yogamaya and saw that they were still there. Then he looked further and saw that all of the calves and cowherd boys were continuing to play with Krsna as before. He then saw those cowherd boys transforming into the four-armed forms of Sri Krsna known as Lord Narayana. Seeing this, he understood that Sri Krsna had personally taken the form of all of His cowherd boyfriends and calves. Rohininandana dasa: Gurudeva, today we are celebrating the annakuta ceremony of Sri Govardhana. What should we be meditating on and trying to feel in our hearts while performing our devotional service and making preparations for Sri Govardhana? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Giriraja Govardhana can give what Sri Krsna Himself cannot give, because Govardhana is asraya-vigraha, meaning, ‘the abode of love for Sri Krsna.’ We should pray to him in this way: “Govardhano me disatam abhistam – May Govardhana Hill fulfill my deepest desire.” (Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakura, Sri Govardhanastakam. pramada-madana-lilah kandare kandare te racayati nava yunor dvandvam asminn amandam iti kila kalanartham lagnakas tad-dvayor me nija-nikata-nivasam dehi govardhana! tvam ["Oh, Govardhana, please grant me a dwelling near your side so that I can easily witness and serve the youthful lovers, Sri Radha Krsna, as They perform newer and newer secret, amorous lilas within your many caves where They become completely maddened from drinking prema. You are present and making everything possible." (Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Sri Govardhana-Vasa-Prarthana-Dasakam, verse 2]) Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: “You can enable me to see the sweet pastimes of Sri Krsna – even the intimate kunja pastimes. You can also give me the service of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna.” Sri Govardhana, Yamuna devi, and Lalita-sakhi can grant the fulfillment of these desires. Sripad Sajjana Maharaja: Gurudeva, today is Father’s Day. We wish you a Happy Father’s Day. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Do not merely speak it. This sentiment should manifest by your actions. Anupama dasa: Yesterday you mercifully gave me harinama. I want to know how I can serve you better and get your blessings. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: You can think, “By all means I must try to serve in any way that I can.” In what ways can you serve? What qualifications do you have? Anupama dasa: I am very fallen. I have no qualification. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Then chant Hare Krsna. I will be happy by that. Anupama dasa: Can you please explain the meaning of my name – Anupama? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: This is a name of Krsna. It means that no one in this world or the transcendental world is equal to Him. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Incomparable; matchless. Devotee: Sri Caitanya-caritamrta explains that Srila Ramananda Raya is a manifestation of Srimati Visakha-devi, and that he is Arjuna of the five Pandavas. Can you please explain how this is possible? Is it not rasabhasa to think like that? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: In Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s pastimes, Srila Haridasa Thakura is a combination of Sri Prahlada Maharaja and Brahma. In the same way, Srila Ramananda Raya is a combination of Srimati Visakha-sakhi and Arjuna. But which Arjuna? Sripad Madhava Maharaja: He is not Pandava Arjuna. He is Arjuna, the priya-narma sakha (intimate cowherd friend) in the sweet pastimes of Krsna in Vraja. Nrhari dasa: Srila Gurudeva, is the Arjuna of the Pandavas an expansion of Arjuna of Vraja? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Yes. Sri Krsna loved Arjuna of the Pandavas because he had the same name as His dear friend Arjuna in Vraja. Gaurasundara dasa: In your book The Origin of Ratha-Yatra there is a pastime in which Mother Kunti asked Vasudeva Maharaja, “When we were in trouble in the house of shellac and it burned down, why did you not ask about our welfare or help us in any way?” Vasudeva Maharaja replied, “I was in prison being kicked by the soldiers of Kamsa. When I was released I immediately sent a message to you.” My question is this: Didn’t the pastimes of the Pandavas begin after Vasudeva Maharaja was already freed from prison? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Krsna was still young when Vasudeva Maharaja was in prison. It was during this time that the Kauravas tried to burn the Pandavas in the fire. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Arjuna and Krsna are the same age and Bhima is a little older, so the pastimes of the Pandavas were taking place even before Krsna killed Kamsa. Sripad Damodara Maharaja: Gurudeva, Srila dasa is here. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: (To Srila) My dear friend. You have no wife, nor any children, nor any related responsibilities, but you do not come with us to preach around the world. You are not merciful to me, or even to Krsna. Srila dasa: I have no mercy on myself. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: You are very cruel. Krsna wants to take you with Him, but you refuse to go. Visvambara dasa: Srila Gurudeva, you have often quoted this verse: barhapidam nata-vara-vapuh karnayoh karnikaram bibhrad vasah kanaka-kapisam vaijayantim ca malam randhran venor adhara-sudhayapurayan gopa-vrndair vrndaranyam sva-pada-ramanam pravisad gita-kirtih ["Wearing a peacock-feather ornament upon His head, blue karnikara flowers on His ears, a yellow garment as brilliant as gold, and the Vaijayanti garland, Lord Krsna exhibited His transcendental form as the greatest of dancers as He entered the forest of Vrndavana, beautifying it with the marks of His footprints. He filled the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips, and the cowherd boys sang His glories." (Srimad-Bhagavatam 10.21.5)] I would like to know if there is a special potency in this verse. Every time I think of it or read it, I begin to cry. I don’t know why There must be some magic in it. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Srila Sukadeva Gosvami has filled this verse with all of the sweetness of Sri Krsna’s form (rupa-madhuri). The gopis experience the truth of this verse, and you are fortunate to realize this. Trilokanatha dasa: Some years ago in Hilo, Hawaii, you said that Krsna’s pastimes of sambhoga (meeting) are superior to those of vipralambha (separation). You cited the example of the gopis cursing Lord Brahma for creating eyelids that cover their eyes. However, a few days ago, we heard that Srimati Radhika feels separation from Sri Krsna even while sitting on His lap, and Krsna very much appreciates Her love in these moods of separation. Srila Prabhupada has also stressed the superiority of feelings of separation. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: It has been told in scripture that the mood of separation dances on the head of the happiness of meeting. But do you think that the gopis will be happy in separation from Sri Krsna? Do you want Srimati Radhika and Sri Krsna to be separated? Devotees: No. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: It is in this regard that I have said that meeting is the highest situation – in accordance with this line of thought. Sripad Madhava Maharaja: Srila Sanatana Gosvami has written that feelings of separation dance on the head of the happiness of meeting. However, in the next verse he says that Sri Krsna cannot tolerate His devotees’ feelings of separation and immediately appears before them. Rohininandana dasa: It is said that the most dangerous thing for us is to commit vaisnava-aparadha. In that connection, I fear that I am not making advancement because I have offended you. I am hoping that you will forgive me so that I can make some advancement. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: I have forgiven you, but you should know that in your past lives you have committed many offences. This is the reason why, when you chant harinama, tears do not fall from your eyes and the hairs of your body do not stand on end: hena krsna-nama yadi laya bahu-bara tabu yadi prema nahe, nahe asrudhara tabe jani, aparadha tahate pracura krsna-nama-bija tahe na kare ankura ["If one chants the exalted holy name of the Lord again and again and yet his love for the Supreme Lord does not develop and tears do not appear in his eyes, it is evident that because of his offenses in chanting, the seed of the holy name of Krsna does not sprout." (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi 8.29-30)] [*Endnote 1: At present he knows several thousand verses. * Endnote 2: Syamarani dasi: Was it Yogamaya or Mahamaya who created the set of cowherd-boysS stolen by Brahma? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: It was actually Yogamaya, but she acted through the agency of her shadow, Mahamaya. It was the action of Yogamaya, but through Mahamaya. Do you understand? Syamarani dasi: Are you referring to the same Mahamaya who controls the material world? Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Yes. She who was Yogamaya with Yasoda, and who came with Vasudeva Maharaja to Mathura, at once became Mahamaya for Kamsa. They are the same Maya, but by action, or function, they are known as Yogamaya or Mahamaya. Brajanath dasa: Madhava Maharaja said that the gopis worshipped Katyayani, Mahamaya, and it was that same Mahamaya who bewildered Brahma. Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: For the gopis, that Maya was Yogamaya. Maya is one, and by her function she is two. When she acts upon Krsna and His associates, she is Yogamaya. When she acts to bewilder the conditioned living entity, then she is Mahamaya. Someone may say, “Narayana Maharaja is a most angry person.” Another person may say, “No, he is very loving.” The first person saw me chastising someone, and therefore his idea is that I am an angry person. The second person saw my very sweet behavior and thinks, “Oh, he loves everyone.” (Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, darsana, January 29, 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa).]](http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs416.snc3/25115_105475379489315_105364696167050_59067_3590440_s.jpg)






































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