Janmashtami 2013          Essay Competetion ISKCON SYDNEY is delighted to announce ESSAY Competetion for Janmashtami 2013.    There will be three age groups:          1) 8 to 12 years         2) 13 to 20 years.         3) 21 years and above.   Please watch this space for details on the topics, dates etc.  "Krishna Kills the Competetion"     Lecture By HDG Srila Prabhupada Caitanya Caritamrta Adi 7.7    Mayapur, March 9, 1974    Pradyumna: Translation: "Krsna, the reservoir of all pleasure, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, the supreme controller. No one is greater than or equal to Sri Krsna..." (noise) Prabhupada: (aside:) Stop this. Pradyumna: "...yet He appears as the son of Maharaja Nanda." [Cc. Adi 7.7] Prabhupada: (noise) (aside:) Stop. Svayam bhagavan krsna. Krsnas tu bhagavan svayam [SB 1.3.28]. Whatever Kaviraja Gosvami is speaking, not out of his own whimsical way, whatever he's speaking, he's following the parampara system. That is Vaisnavism, or acarya. Acaryavan puruso veda. (noise, talking) (aside:) Stop this. Unless we accept the acarya in the parampara system, we cannot understand things as they are. It is not possible. So Kaviraja Gosvami, he's describing this Caitanya-caritamrta strictly according to the verdict of the sastras. His statement is that Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead. Svayam bhagavan krsna. Bhagavan is person; Bhagavan is not imperson. Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate [SB 1.2.11]. First realization of the Absolute Truth by speculative knowledge is impersonal effulgence of the Lord, which is called brahmajyoti. Then next realization is Paramatma, the localized aspect of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But realization of Krsna, that is the ultimate realization. Svayam bhagavan krsna.                                                               Continue