However, there is no worldly qualification required to enter this path the only qualification is lobha, or transcendental greed.
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura advises that others not read this book. We should know that this pathway is a very, very narrow one, meant only for a few, rare, highly-qualified persons it is not for everyone. It is therefore called Raga-vartma-candrika. This book is the candrika (moonbeam) which casts its light on raga and the path leading to raga. If there would be a moon, that moon would give rays of light so that the path can be seen. There is a very narrow pathway, but it is not seen. This path is very rare in the world.ĭuring the Amavasya, dark-moon, night there is no moon it is so very dark. This book serves as their guide, like a moonbeam (candrika), to shed light on the path (vartma) leading to the loving devotion of the residents of Goloka Vrndavana (raga). The author states, “I am writing something for those persons – those very lucky persons – who have greed for this raga* but can find no path to enter for achieving it. Within prema comes sneha, then mana, pranaya, raga, and then anuraga.* Anuraga refers to that stage of prema which comes just before mahabhava. In this Raga Vartma Candrika, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura tells us what he has realized about Sri Sri Radha-Krsna’s anuraga by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Rupa Gosvami. We earnestly beg that their mercy comes to us, especially the mercy of Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.
Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja: Before beginning Raga-vartma-candrika, we first pray to our Gurudeva, Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja, and to Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja, then to Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, and then to the author, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. You said you would be giving a synopsis a summary. Sripad Tamal Krsna Gosvami: You said that today you would be speaking on Raga-vartma-candrika. As you may know, Srila Maharaja has requested that all his morning walks and darsanas be published, and he directed that these darsanas for the members of the ISKCON GBC be included:] Below is the first in that series, and we hope to send you the rest, one after another. In 1991, he led four discussions on Raga-vartma-candrika. During these few years, they requested him to discuss several Gaudiya Vaisnava literatures, such as Jaiva-dharma, Srimad-Bhagavatam Tenth Canto (Rasa-lila, Venu-gita, Brahmara-gita, and Gopi-gita) Harinama-cintamani, Vilapa-kusumanjali, and Raga-vartma-candrika. [In the early 1990s, Srila Narayana Gosvami Maharaja used to give darsanas for several members of the ISKCON GBC. with past/to.Įxample: 3:15 - fifteen minutes past three OR a quarter past three American Englishīut: in time expressions with half past it is not usual to replace past by after.īeside to Americans often use before, of or till.Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharajaįour Discussions on Raga-Vartma-Candrika (Part 1) Use these expression only with the formal way of telling the time. (also: am - ante meridiem, before noon) and p.m. More formal expressions to indicate whether a time is before noon or after are a.m. When to change from afternoon to evening, from evening to night and from night to morning depends on your sense of time.Įxample: 3:15 - a quarter past three in the morning OR a quarter past three at night Use in the morning before 12 o'clock noon, after 12 o'clock noon use in the afternoon. To make clear (where necessary) whether you mean a time before 12 o'clock noon or after, you can use in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night. In spoken English, the twenty-four-hour clock is, however, only used in official announcements, but not in ordinary speech.įor times around midnight or midday you can use the expressions midnight or midday / noon instead of the number 12. Timetables usually use the twenty-four-hour clock. In English ordinary speech, the twelve-hour clock is used.
Įxample: 7.15 - fifteen minutes past sevenĪnother possibility of saying '15 minutes past' is: a quarter pastĪnother possibility of saying '15 minutes to' is: a quarter toĪnother possibility of saying '30 minutes past' is: half pastĮxample: 7:00 - seven o'clock (but 7:10 - ten past seven) Use to and the forthcoming hour for minutes 31 through 59, but. Use past and the preceding hour for minutes 01 through 30. Say the minutes first and then the hours. Say the hours first and then the minutes.įor minutes 01 through 09, you can pronounce the '0' as oh.Įxample: 11:06 - eleven (oh) six More popular way There are two common ways of telling the time.