On the Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Vikash Hrishikesh Maharaj

This article is English and Hindi translation of original Bangla text published in Sree Chaitanya Vani in the year 1983.

Prepare Yourself for His Advent

Srila Gurudev emphasizes on removing all the desires from the heart other than Krishna's service. He narrates various topics like, Haridas Thakur’s grace on the infantrymen signifying the strength and power of Vaishnava’s grace, eligibility for staying in Dham and who can have real darshan of Dham, how Krishna’s advent is not like the birth of any ordinary enslaved jiva, the anarthas we have in our heart and how to remove them and the significance of Gundicha-marjan.

On Sri Krishna’s Appearance

In the beginning of this harikatha, Srila Gurudev narrates about sanctifying our hearts for the advent of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. By narrating Srila Prabhupad’s ‘vaishnav ke’ kirtan, he advices us for not getting inclined to nirjan-bhajan and be always in association of the devotees which will rescue us from our spiritual fall down. In the later part, he narrates the advent pastimes of the Supreme Lord Krishna in detail and he concludes by emphasizing on the importance of listening about the Lord’s advent, His name, form, qualities, about His associates and about His other pastimes.