Walking with a Saint 2010 (Morning Walks and Conversations With Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja)

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Item Code: NAK683
Author: Srila Narayana Maharaja
Publisher: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
Language: English
Edition: 2014
ISBN: 9781935428992
Pages: 364 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 9.0 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 590 gm
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Book Description

About the Author

 

Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja took his divine birth in Tewaripura, Bihar, India, in 1921. He met his gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhakti Maharaja in the end of 1946, and dedicated his life to serving him. His gurudeva instructed him to translate the writings of prominent Vaisnavas into Hindi. Taking this command to heart, he worked continuously throughout his life and published more than fifty sacred texts.

 

For over sixty years he travelled throughout India teaching Bhakti, or loving devotion to God. Between 196 and 2010 he circled the globe over thirty times, daily giving spiritual discourses, leading discussions and responding to a wide variety of questions asked by those accompanying him on his morning walk. One day in Odessa, Ukraine, in 2008, he requested some of his disciples, “It is my desire that all of our discussions during these morning walks must be published as a book, so that in the future everyone will be able to know all these truths, This is my idea.”

 

Introduction

 

It is well known throughout the world that association with a saintly person has one profound effect: it changes the heart. The Vedic scriptures explain that this is due to the purity of the saint, which comes from his absorption in the Absolute Truth. An element of his saintly qualities enters our heart and we thus yearn for absorption like his.

 

The words of a saint are eternally beneficial for all. Even reading accounts of those fortunate to have walked and talked with him can stir our spirit and we, also, can feel ourselves to be with him. They are not just words on paper but the living presence of the saint's fathomless grace and wisdom.

 

Lord Krsna's intimate associate, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, spoke the essence of Vedic literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam, over 5,000 years ago, just after Krsna's departure from the world's vision. Yet his words are as vital today as they were then, for all realized souls as well as for we who are bereft of spiritual vision due to the dense darkness of this age of quarrel and hypocrisy.

 

The Lord's associate, Srila Rupa Gosvami, revealed the most confidential of all Vedic wisdom 500 years ago, and still today he is nourishing the hearts of fortunate souls throughout the world.

 

In this book, Walking with a Saint 2010, you will have the rare fortune to meet, walk with, and hear directly from another of Krsna's associates, that is, Srila Gurudeva Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, who has come in a disciplic succession of spiritual masters of the same calibre as him. Herein he gives his powerful words of spiritual guidance, which flow in a stream from the hearts of these enlightened beings and are always fresh and illuminating. Although he left the vision of this mortal world in December of 2010, his profound, purifying presence is perceived by fortunate souls who read, hear, and remember his words.

 

These transcriptions of Srila Gurudeva's morning walks and other conversations have no sound or video accompaniment.

 

Therefore they do not contain his laughter, his soft, sweet voice so full of tender compassion, and his intonations which reveal further meanings. One who reads sincerely, however, will experience the sweetness and depth of his nature and personal dealings.

 

In previous years, Srila Gurudeva would give elaborate replies to the questions he received during his walks and informal meetings. But you will notice that in this 2010 book, he generally gives short answers. This was one of the special ties of his final manifest pastimes with us mortal beings. He was entering more and more into deep, internal, transcendental states of consciousness, indicating that very soon his disappearance pastime would take place. His brief answers also indirectly indicated that in his books, lectures, and previous walks and informal conversations, he had already said and written everything he wanted to give the world. Now we are able to approach him through those doors, ever-increasingly.

 

Since he instructed his editors to publish all of his morning walks, we knew that we must publish these last walks as well. Besides the fact that these walks are especially historical (as they are his last), it is stated in Sri Caitanya-caritamata that even one eleventh part of a moment's association with such a self-realized saint is enough to change the direction of a living entity who comes in contact with him and award the complete perfection of life - pure, selfless love of God.

 

Who is the self-realized saint you will be walking with and hearing from in this book, and what are his qualities? What is it about such gurus, or spiritual masters, that enthuses the depths of the heart of the sincere spiritual seeker?

 

Some of the answers to these questions will come to you intuitively. Just by your reading this book, you will feel something supra-mundane. But also, we'd like to share with you some things about him that have been revealed in Vedic literature. With our naked eye we perceive the sun-globe to be some glaring substance, but when- we see through authorized books of science, we can understand how much greater and more powerful it is than this Earth planet. Similarly, seeing through the eye of Vedic scripture gives clearer vision about the self-realized soul than does our naked eye.

 

Contents

 

Editor's Introduction

i

Note to the Reader

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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

 

January 5 - Morning Walk

3

January 5 - Darsana After the Walk

4

January 6 - Morning Walk

6

Durban, South Africa

 

January 8 - Darsana After the Walk

13

January 8 - Dharma Moments TV Interview

16

Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

January 15 - Morning Walk

23

January 15 - Morning Darsana with ISKCON Gurukula Alumni

24

January 15 - Pure Bhakti-Yoga Society Interview

30

January 17 - Morning Walk

33

January 17 - Darsana After the Walk

35

Johannesburg, South Africa

 

January 29 - Darsana

41

New Delhi, India

 

March 6 - Darsana

49

Govardhana, India

 

March 14 - Morning Walk

53

March 16 - Morning Walk

56

March 19 - Morning Walk

57

March 20 - Morning Walk

60

Frankfurt, Germany

 

May 28 - Interview for a Magazine Article

65

Orlando, Florida

 

May 24 – Darsana

71

May 26 - Morning Walk

76

May 27 - Morning Walk

77

May 28 - Morning Walk

79

Houston, Texas

 

May 30 - Morning Walk

85

May 31 - Hindi Darsana

86

Badger, California

 

June 11 - Morning Walk

95

June 12 - Morning Walk

102

June 12 - Darsana After the Walk

110

June 12 – Darsana

111

June 13 - Morning Walk

112

June 14 - Morning Walk

120

Ojai, California

 

June 16 - Morning Walk

147

June 16 - Evening Darsana

149

June 18 - Darsana

150

June 19 - Darsana

152

June 20 - Darsana

153

June 23 – Darsana

156

Marina di Massa, Italy

 

July 2 - Morning Walk

163

July 3 - Morning Walk

165

July 4 - Morning Walk

170

July 5 - Darsana

173

July 6 - Morning Walk

181

July 6 - Darsana for the Dutch Sanga

187

July 7 - Morning Walk

191

July 7 - Darsana After the Walk

195

July 8 - Morning Walk

196

July 9 - Morning Walk

199

Massarosa, Italy

 

July 15 - Darsana

219

New Delhi, India

 

August 1 – Darsana

227

August 2 - Darsana

232

August 3 - Darsana

237

Ethnomir, Russia

 

August 11 - Morning Darsana

247

August 11 - Afternoon Darsana

248

August 13 - Darsana

252

Moscow, Russia

 

August 14 - Last Airport Darsana, Domodedomo Airport

263

New Delhi, India

 

August 31 - Morning Walk

267

August 31 - Evening Walk

268

Mathura, India

 

September 5 – Darsana

273

New Delhi, India

 

September 16 - Copyright Darsana

279

Govardhana, India

 

November 13 - Darsana

285

November 21 - Darsana

286

Appendix 1

 

How to Read Srila Gurudeva's books

289

Appendix 2

 

Copyright Licence

293

Appendix 3

 

Srila Gurudeva's Final Manifest Pastimes in this World

301

Glossary

323

 


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