The Tree of Sarasvatī Ṭhākura – Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja

In this talk given on January 3rd 2002 on the disappearance day of Śrīla Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, Śrīla B.G.Narasiṅgha Mahārāja speaks about the following topics:

0:00:00 Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta’s praṇāma-mantras.
0:05:35 Why are there volumes and volumes of books?
0:07:56 The end of the search for truth.
0:09:39 The whole of the siddhānta is in our songbook.
0:11:07 Studying and understanding - two different things.
0:11:43 Truth spoken from the mouth of a child.
0:17:10 Study without bhakti never leads to truth.
0:19:22 It is not necessary to become a scholar of devotion.
0:19:47 The position of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism in the early 20th Century.
0:21:43 The appearance of the ‘Defender of the Faith’.
0:25:25 The battlefield of philosophy.
0:28:03 “I have seen God face to face - and recently!”
0:30:09 Misconceptions about what a saint is.
0:32:35 Why a saint is like a fireman.
0:34:52 Take Kṛṣṇa to court!
0:36:57 Criticisms of preaching.
0:37:57 The miraculous achievements of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees.
0:42:14 Dealing with Divinity is not a formula but a living thing.
0:43:53 Sarasvatī Ṭhākura - a sword in one hand, an axe in the other.
0:45:06 The problem with strictness.
0:47:40 The four regulative principles are not spiritual.
0:50:16 Sacrifice in this world vs.sacrifice in the spiritual world.
0:52:15 Every jīva caught in the way of spiritual progress benefits.
0:53:28 What is the worst reaction from Vaiṣṇava-aparādha?
0:58:33 Bhaktivinoda tolerated, Bhaktisiddhānta fought!
01:00:46 Our urgency!
01:03:24 We saw our Guardians in their paramahaṁsa-bhāva.
01:09:11 You cannot imitate paramahaṁsa-bhāva.
01:09:29 The supreme goal according to Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
01:13:18 The mission is to qualify people and create facility for service.
01:17:19 Kṛṣṇa is not for our pleasure.
01:18:45 Preaching doesn’t mean sacrificing the dignity of the Lord.
01:20:51 The narration of Sarasvatī Ṭhākura’s disappearance.
01:23:20 Without Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, we would not be here.
01:26:34 Why we cannot praise Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
01:29:38 What is the greatest tribute to the guru?
01:30:34 A guru is judged by the quality of his disciples.
1:32:48 Cutting the root of the tree.

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