You are all invited to participate at the Vaishnava Seminar which will be held in Nepi (ROMA) from 2nd to 6th of June 2011, under the guidance and blessings of Nitya lila pravista om visnupada Paramahamsa parivrakajacarya asottara sata Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
The seminar will have the special participation of Sripad Bhaktivedanta Vana Maharaja, sannyasi and disciple of Srila Gurudeva. Under his order, Sripad BV Vana Maharaja is travelling throughout the world spreading the message of the Gaudiya Vaishnava, as broadcasted by previous acaryas and in particular by Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.
Sripad BV Vana Maharaja was born in the Midnapura district of West Bengal in January, 1959, near the pada tirtha of Caitanya Mahaprabhu called Pichalda mentioned in the Caitanya caritamritam.
Since his boyhood, Maharaja was very attached to Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda prabhu and worshipped Their lotus feet.
He received his Bachelor degree in Economics from Calcutta University in 1980. His uncle, Bhaktivedanta Madhusudhana Maharaja, who is to this day, temple commander of the Devananda Gaudiya Math inspired him to dedicate his life to the service of Radha and Krishna.
In 1981, Maharaja joined the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti, and would regularly hear hari katha from Param pujyapada Nitya lila pravistha astotara sri 108 Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Gosvami Maharaja.
Srila Sridhara Maharaja blessed him, and asked maharaja to stay in his temple, but Maharaja was very attached to Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.
Srila Narayana Maharaja instructed Sripad Vana Maharaja how to enter in vaisnava philosophy,and he would daily give a special class on Jaiva Dharma, Brahma Samita, Bhagavad-gita, the sandharbhas, as well as other vaisnava literature.
Srila Narayana Maharaja gave Sripad Vana Maharaja harinam and after six months, he received diksa from Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja, who was currently the President and Acarya of the Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti.
Sripad Vana Maharaja has served Srila B.V. Narayana Maharaja in Mathura since 1982. At the Gaura Purnima festival in the year 2000, Sripad Vana Maharaja was given sannyassa, and is now preaching around the world under the shelter and instructions of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja.
'I am happy to give something to you which you can take back in your heart when you will return home. And sometimes, you may chance to open your heart and see that Maharaj has given something and remember and weep, remember and weep. This should glorify your hearts.I am like a street beggar, I cannot give anything, nothing. But I have received something from my Guru-parampara, especially Rupa Gosvami and Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami. I want to give that to you all. But first be qualified.'
(Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja)'
The opportunity to hear instructions about the science of the self (atma-tattva) is very rare. Even after hearing them, most cannot realize those instructions because a master who is self-realized (atma-tattva-vit) is very rare. If, by great fortune, such a teacher is available, the students themselves who are willing to hear this topic, are also extremely rare'.
(Katha Upanisad 1.2.7) |
