Questions And Answers: Gauḍīya History

Could you tell us more about Śrivāsa Paṇḍita?
Questioner: Lokapālikā devī dāsī
Date: 2022-10-17
Jayapatākā Swami: Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita is Nārada muni in Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes,
and we can see that he has exceptional qualities of devotion,
and in the Pañca-tattva mantra we say śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda – Śrīvāsa and all other devotees of Lord Gaurāṅga.
So, Śrīvāsa is the chief devotee.
There were so many devotees of Lord Gaurāṅga,
of them, the chief is Śrīvāsa Paṇḍita,
but there are so many devotees
and some of them are mentioned in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta,
in the Ādi-līlā,
Thank you Lokapālikā devī dāsī.
Category: [Gauḍīya History], [Kṛṣṇa (Godhead) / Gaurāṇga], [Kṛṣṇa (Godhead) / Pastimes], [Śrī Caitanya-līlā / Lord Caitanya]
During our visit to Purī we visited the Ṭoṭā Gopīnātha Mandir and Mahāprabhu’s vastra-samādhi inside the temple. I understand Mahāprabhu’s hair is the only vapu-samādhi available for us now. Kindly help me to understand if the vastra-samādhi could also be considered to be a part of vapu-samādhi?
Questioner: Śrīmān Balarāma Kṛṣṇa dāsa and Śrīrūpa Mādhavī devī dāsī
Date: 2022-01-05
Jayapatākā Swami: Vapu-samādhi is a part of the body kept in samādhi.
And puṣpa-samādhi is the flowers that were on the body, put in the samādhi.
Vastra-samādhi would be the cloth He wore.
So, I don’t know if we can call it a vapu-samādhi but is certainly auspicious.
And there is no difference in one sense between the Lord’s body and the clothes He wore.
Category: [Gauḍīya History]
Should one try to make more devotees or try to absorb oneself in other devotional activities such as chanting, reading and serving Deities?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2022-08-27
So, the point is that there are two devotees, the bhajanānandīs and the goṣṭhyānandīs.
So, the bhajanānandīs want to see their own personal liberation.
The goṣṭhyānandīs want to take many devotees with them
back home back to Godhead.
So, our disciplic succession is goṣṭhyānandī.
We practice Kṛṣṇa consciousness, at the same time we try to expand the number of devotees.
So, our business is practicing Kṛṣṇa consciousness and we also try to outreach.
Category: [Gauḍīya History], [Gauḍīya History / ISKCON], [Sādhanā / Preaching], [Sādhanā / Sevā]
The wife follows the Gauḍīya-sampradāya and the husband follows the Rāmānuja-sampradāya. Are both compatible ?
Questioner: Devotee
Date: 2022-08-27
Jayapatākā Swami: See the Padma Purāṇa mentions four bona fide Vaiṣṇava lines.
And the Śrī-sampradāya is one of the four bona fide.
Brahma-sampradāya is also one.
Śrī-sampradāya they go to Vaikuṇṭha.
And in Gauḍīya-sampradāya you can either go to Vaikuṇṭha or you can go to Kṛṣṇa-loka.
Category: [Gauḍīya History], [Other philosophies], [Śrī Caitanya-līlā / Lord Caitanya]
When Śrīla Prabhupāda was instructed by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura to preach to the western world in 1922, why did he take so long to fulfill that order?
Questioner: Sumitra Kṛṣṇa dāsa
Date: 2022-08-05
Jayapataka Swami: Interesting question.
We know that Śrīla Prabhupāda, he was a gṛhastha.
He mentioned that in Allahabad he had a house, and it had a special room for visiting preachers.
So, he facilitated many Gauḍīya Maṭha preachers.
And he said that he wanted to marry a particular, good-looking girl.
But his father told him to marry another lady
who, in his estimation, was not as beautiful.
In one sense he said, that by the mercy of my father it was easier for me to take sannyāsa.
Anyway, he was a gṛhastha and had many children, he had responsibilities.
Then, he took vānaprastha
and finally took sannyāsa.
So, in that way, he was able to go to the west and preach.
Everybody is different
and today we have many devotees who are gṛhasthas but they are doing full devotional service.
But maybe at that time, one had to be a sannyāsī to be able to travel freely around the world.
Secondly, Śrīla Prabhupāda never forgot the instruction he received in 1922,
and he then went to the West, he came to America in 1965.
Category: [Gauḍīya History], [Gauḍīya History / Śrīla Prabhupāda]
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