SRILA PRABHUPADA LEADS
THE SANKIRTANA PARTY
IN VRNDAVANA DHAMA
 
 
Krishna Balarama Mandir: Mukunda dasa and Bhakta Gavin chant in response
to Srila Prabhupada's powerful transendental vibration.
 
 

 
Loi Bazaar: Bhakta Gavin, Vrndavani devi dasi and Mukunda dasa chant in response
to Srila Prabhupada's powerful transendental vibration
 
 
 
 
Loi Bazaar: Bhakta Gavin, Vrndavani devi dasi and Mukunda dasa chant in response
to Srila Prabhupada's powerful transendental vibration
 
 
 
 
Loi Bazaar: Bhakta Gavin, Vrndavani devi dasi and Mukunda dasa chant in response
to Srila Prabhupada's powerful transendental vibration

 

"You can revitalize all holy places after they have been polluted by the pilgrimages of sinners."

   " 'Saints of your caliber are themselves places of pilgrimage. Because of their purity, they are constant companions of the Lord, and therefore they can purify even the places of pilgrimage.'
 
                             PURPORT
 
   This verse was spoken by Maharaja Yudhisthira to Vidura in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.13.10). Vidura was returning home after visiting sacred places of pilgrimage, and Maharaja Yudhisthira was receiving his saintly uncle. In essence, Maharaja Yudhisthira was saying, "My dear Lord Vidura, you yourself are a holy place because you are an advanced devotee. People like you always carry Lord Visnu in their hearts. You can revitalize all holy places after they have been polluted by the pilgrimages of sinners." A sinful person goes to a holy place of pilgrimage to be purified. In a holy place, there are many saintly people and temples of Lord Visnu; however, the holy place becomes infected with the sins of many visitors. When an advanced devotee goes to a holy place, he counteracts all the sins of the pilgrims. Therefore Maharaja Yudhisthira addressed Vidura in this way.
   Since an advanced devotee carries Lord Visnu within his heart, he is a moving temple and a moving Visnu. An advanced devotee does not need to go to holy places, for wherever he stays is a holy place. In this connection, Narottama dasa Thakura states, tirtha-yatra parisrama, kevala manera bhrama: visiting holy places is simply another type of bewilderment. Since an advanced devotee does not need to go to a holy place, why does he go? The answer is that he goes simply to purify the place.
 
[C.C. Madhya Lila 20.57]
 
 
"every conditioned soul should be given
the chance to hear the Hare Krsna mantra chanted by a pure Vaisnava.One who hears
the Hare Krsna mantra thus vibrated is awakened to spiritual consciousness,
or Krsna consciousness"
 
Devotional service begins with sravana kirtana, hearing and chanting. When a man is sleeping, he can be awakened by sound vibration; therefore every conditioned soul should be given the chance to hear the Hare Krsna mantra chanted by a pure Vaisnava. One who hears the Hare Krsna mantra thus vibrated is awakened to spiritual consciousness, or Krsna consciousness. In this way one's mind gradually becomes purified, as stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (ceto-darpana-marjanam). When the mind is purified, the senses are also purified. Instead of using the senses for sense gratification, the awakened devotee employs the senses in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. This is the process by which dormant love for Krsna is awakened.
 
[C.C. Madhya Lila 22.105]