Get the pdf - Gour Govinda Swami
Get the pdf - Gour Govinda Swami
Get the pdf - Gour Govinda Swami
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
The Padma Puräëa has stated:<br />
na karma-bandhanaà janma<br />
vaiñëavänäà ca vidyate<br />
viñëur anucaratvaà hi<br />
mokñam ähur manéñiëaù<br />
“A Vaiñëava does not take birth under <strong>the</strong> jurisdiction of karmic<br />
law. His birth and disappearance are transcendental. The wise have<br />
declared that <strong>the</strong> servants of Viñëu are eternally engaged in <strong>the</strong><br />
liberated service of <strong>the</strong> Lord and hence are free from <strong>the</strong> laws of<br />
material nature.”<br />
The Tattva’s In Brief<br />
Çréla <strong>Gour</strong> <strong>Govinda</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> was<br />
widely respected as a scholar and<br />
teacher of Gauòéya Vaiñëavism.<br />
He was realised in <strong>the</strong> knowledge<br />
of all tattvas of which <strong>the</strong> most<br />
prominent are, guru-tattva, bhägavatatattva,<br />
vaiñëava-tattva, näma-tattva, jévatattva,<br />
gaura-tattva and prema-tattva.<br />
His mission was to preach to <strong>the</strong><br />
preachers in ISKCON by elaborating on<br />
Çréla Prabhupäda’s purports, explaining<br />
how Çréla Prabhupäda had given everything<br />
in his books.<br />
What follows are short excerpts from<br />
<strong>the</strong> teachings (lectures and literature) of<br />
Çréla <strong>Gour</strong> <strong>Govinda</strong> Mahäräja on <strong>the</strong>se<br />
important philosophical truths.<br />
Inset: <strong>Gour</strong> <strong>Govinda</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> giving class Bhubaneswar.<br />
23