Disappearance day of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj
Lecture by HH Bhakti Ashraya Vaishnav Swami Maharaj
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Bhajan - Gauranga Karuna kara, dina hina jane
Sequence in alters -
- Janaganath Das Babaji
- Bhaktivinod Thakur
- Gaur Kishor Das Babaji
- Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Srila Prabhupada
- AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj was sikhya guru of Bhaktivinod Thakur
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj had first time accurately notified the exact position of the land where Gauranga Mahaprabhu had taken birth.
He was from maimansingh district, presently in Bangladesh.
He took vairagya and came to braj for doing Bhajan.
Sri Baladev Vidya bhushan - disciple of Chakravarti Thakur
Sri Uddhav Das Babaji Maharaj - disciple of Sri Baladev Vidya bhushan
Sri Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj - Siddh Baba (Suryakunda Nivasi in Braj)
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj was his disciple.
He look after the maath after disappearance of Sri Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj
Bhaktivinod Thakur met him in Braj
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj left Vrindavan and went to Navadweep.
His personal servant - Bihari das, he used to constantly serve babaji Maharaj
When Maharaj decided to leave Suryakunda in Braj for Navadweep, almost all babaji's in Braj requested him to stay back in Braj
He refused. He asked Bihari das to take him to Braj.
Bihari das ji took him in a basket and carried him till Mathura and sent him to Calcutta.
People went till station to convince him to stay back.
He said, I can not get mercy here in Braj. It's very strict here in Braj
He took an example. The queen of Braj, Yashoda rani had all wealth and fortunes. They had countless amount of milk and dahi, but still she tied and punished child kanha ji when he burst the matki of dahi
When the queen didn't spared our Lord, As we are doing so mistakes, how will she leave us without punishment
He says the place where I am going, the mother is so mercyful. Gaurhari used to be very playful naughty in childhood.
Once he asked for oil while going for bath in Ganga. There was no oil in home.
Mother said let me borrow some oil from neighbours. Till the time, he became angry and crashed all utensils and items in home.
Mother patiently made him calm, and consoled him. Gave him sweet.
He said I need this love.
By giving this example, he left Suryakunda in Braj and went to Navadweep
He says our Gaur thakur is very mercyful and his mother is more mercyful
Bhaktivinod Thakur met him again at a village in Navadweep - Tamaljori
He had asked Bhaktivinod Thakur to construct some sheds for the travellers who visit him in his Bhajan kutir
He used to go to gothrun dweep and used to listen the bhagwat path organized by Bhaktivinod Thakur
Bhaktivinod Thakur used to consider him as his Guru for his bhakti and nistha towards Gauranga Mahaprabhu
All santh and mahatmas of Vrandavan, Navadweep and Puri used to give utmost respect to Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj and used to consider him a Great devotee
He also used to respect Brajwasis a lot
With the power of devotion, he had a transcendental vison. He could sense things happening in Suryakunda Braj, while being in Navadweep
Bhaktivinod Thakur had done lot of research to locate the actual place of birth of Gauranga Mahaprabhu
In Gaudiya, our Acharyas were so intensely immerse in bhajan that they never cared about their material bodies
They only wanted to take the bhajan raas
Namamrut never expires.
He lived for about 125 years in this world by doing Bhajan
He always endorsed the initiatives of Bhaktivinod Thakur
He believes that the actual place of birth of Gauranga Mahaprabhu is not in Navadweep, it's in Mayapur, in the Eastern bank of Ganga.
Bhaktivinod Thakur had found a place in Mayapur. There were many tulsi plants in that place
He took Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj to that place to confirm it
Bihari ji carried him in a basket, to that place by crossing Ganga and came Mayapur
When they reached that place - Yogapith, he jumped off from the basket on his head and stared dancing is extreme estacy by chanting holy name of Gaurhari
In this way, in his pranati Mantra -
गौरर्भिभव भूमेषत्वम निर्दिष्टा सज्जनप्रिय: वैष्णव सार्वभौमः श्री जगन्नाथाय ते नमः
गौरर्भिभव भूमेषत्वम - He confirmed the exact birthplace of Gauranga Mahaprabhu
When they laid the foundation of the temple, they found alters of salagram (Vishnu), same which was Workshiped by Jagannath Mishra
That re-confirmed the place
The temple was constructed by Bhaktivinod Thakur, and was completed by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
This was the most greatest contribution of him to all the followers of Gauranga Mahaprabhu
He always used to give respect and care to all the living entities in Bhaj and Navadweep including animals
He always consider them as dhamwasi
He was so exhausted from material wealth that once he accumulated all his dakshinas and gave bhandara (Prasad feast) to all dhanwasis
He said it gives me pain if I keep material wealth with me
He was param vairagi
He had major contribution to the entire Gaudiya sampradaya
He always used to encourage preaching and kirtan
In godrundweep, near the samadhi of Bhaktivinod Thakur Maharaj, there is samadhi of Gaur Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj
Gauranga Mahaprabhu handpicked these matamas for prachar of his teachings in the world
By taking inspiration from Gaur Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada empowered AC Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada to preach in Western world
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Srila Prabhupada was the 1st Acharya in sampradaya who gave such instruction to his disciple to go to so far in West for preaching Gauranga Mahaprabhus teachings
He had also sent his other disciples to Germany, England for preaching
Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada took so pain and issues to construct the ISKCON which is giving shelter to so many people today
Srila Prabhupada made Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Bhavisyawani true-
पृथ्वीते आछे यत नगर आदी ग्राम ।
सर्वत्र प्रचार होइबे मोर नाम ॥
-- CB Antya-khanda 4.126
Translation-
In every town and village throughout the world," said Lord Caitanya, - the chanting of My holy name will be heard
Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj was a true gostanandi pracharak
The new temple Mayapur will have 3 alters -
- Mahaprabhu pancha Tattva
- Radha Madhav ji
- Guru Parampara
Any possible things we have got in this bhajan marg is a blessing of guru parampara
Siddh-avasta is not with fit body. It comes with Naam nista.
What we should learn from Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj - Regardless his material body was in whatever condition, he always remained Naam nista and never left mala from his hands.
We should not give more importance to our bodies than bhajan.
Body comes from bhajan. We should keep our bodies at such levels only so that we can do bhajan properly.
By looking at his picture, we could see what siddhi is.
Bhaav is important than bodily attachments.
We should feel proud that we come in the paramparam of such mahatmas.
Srila Prabhupada ki Jai
Guru Gauranga ki Jai
Nitaugaur Premanande Hari Hari bol
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