Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Part Fourteen
BY: SUN STAFF
Dec 23, 2021 — CANADA (SUN) — A serial presentation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s original essay on Nama Hatta preaching.
12th Aswin, Nama Hatta workers assembled at Bhaktinidhi’s Vadan Ganj pranannasrama in the morning. Later at Koyapat Bazaar, nearly four thousand people came to see the Nama Hatta workers. The first few minutes were spent in getting the people to be quiet. Bhaktinidhi’s lecture was followed by a lecture by Bhaktivinod on the sloka “vadanti tat tattva vidas tattvam” from Srimad Bhagavatam. With this sloka he destroyed the Mayavadi philosophy and established the truth of pure devotion to Bhagavan Sri Krshna. Thereafter, travelling salesman Pandit Sriyuta Amerendranatha Some gave one lecture filled with devotion. Then salesman Sriyuta Ramananda Das Babaji gave a long lecture regarding Hari Nama. During all of these lectures the listeners hearts were filled with devotional ecstasy, exhibited by frequent applause and crying of “Hari” with a love-filled enthusiasm.
(14th and 16th Aswin are omitted)
On inspecting the Ghatal and Jahanabad groups, the Nama Hatta workers could see the tremendous advancement the work of the Nama Hatta had made in such a short time. It is well known that travelling salesmen do their jobs with great care. The supervisor Sriyuta Mukhopadhyaya Bhaktibhusan in particular has done especially noteworthy service in the Ghatal area. If employees such as he were to be found in every area, it would be a source of great joy. On visiting those areas we would derive the same bliss. Here we make one point: that each worker of the Nama Hatta should follow the below-mentioned points with great care.
1. glories of the Nama Hatta being revealed in every house depends on the work of the Tahaldar or patrolman.
2. At the time of Hari Nama bhajans and kirtans, we saw that many songs filled with conceptions of materialism, voidism and sense-enjoyment were being sung. This is not to be done in the Nama Hatta. It is only proper to sing songs composed by previous mahajans or acaryas, or the songs published by the Vaisnava Siddhanta Mala, of other Vaisnava songs following in those footsteps. Apart from this no others should be sung. I hope that those in charge of Nama Hatta operations in the areas concerned will keep a careful watch in this regard.
3. At many places it is seen that the workers of the Nama Hatta get special prasad from the devotees, by which their ability to taste transcendental mellow is being disturbed. This is not desirable. This does not mean that proper reception of guests is being forbidden.
4. At many places there are many kinds of spontaneous song writers who accept the Sri Nama Hatta verses, but they are singing songs from their previous experience. Those songs are all against the principles of pure devotion. It is my desire that songs based on pure devotion and the pure Name be prepared. If the leader in each area can prepare songs with proper verse, melody and beat, we will print them in the Vaisnava Siddhanta Mala.
5. Those groups which do not discuss pure devotion and the pure Name, and simply engage in collecting money should not keep a close connection with the Nama Hatta organization. Otherwise the glories of the Nama Hatta will be finished.
(Signed Sri Ram Sevak Chattopadhyaya Bhaktibrnga,
Sri Kedarnath datta Bhaktivinod, sweeper,
and Sri Sitanath Das Mahapatra, flagbearer)
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