Rays of the Harmonist - No. 22 - English

All scriptures proclaim that sri guru is non-different from the Supreme Lord - saksad-haritvena samastasastrair - but he is also the Lord's most dear companion - kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya. These two aspects exist in him simultaneously. This is called acintya bheda-abheda-tattva, or the philosophical principle of inconceivable simultaneous difference and nondifference. In a similar way, the two opposite aspects of omniscience (sarvajnata) and unawareness (mugdhata) exist in Sri Krsna simultaneously, and therefore they also exist in sri guru simultaneously.
Sri Krsna can accomplish anything He desires through any of His limbs or senses – angani yasya sakalendriyavrttimanti - and therefore sri guru, who is His eternal loving associate as well as His non-different expansion, can also manifest anything he wishes in the course of his pastimes. Yet, although sri guru is always omniscient and independent because he is the non-different manifestation of the Supreme Lord, he can simultaneously manifest the pastime of being unaware and dependant. The pure devotee accepts hunger, thirst or sickness and wanders from door to door just to uplift wretches like us.

CONTENTS: Editorial
Srila Prabhupada Vandana (Vaisnava dasa)
Matsarya - 'Envy' (Srila Saccidananada Bhaktivinoda Thakura)
Only Hear From Sri Guru (Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada)
An Invocation in Separation (Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja)
The Ultimate Godhood of Sri Caitanyadeva (Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja)
The Unparalleled Speciality of the Vaisnava Acaryas (Part One) (by the disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada)
Selected Instructions of Sri Madhvacarya
Selected Instructions of Sri Ramanujacarya
The Renounced, Pure Devotee's Practice of Begging (Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Vamana Gosvami Maharaja)
Krsna Is Only Hungry For Love (Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Gosvami Maharaja)
Offerings Unto the Lotus Feet of a Vaisnava (Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja)
Preaching Report

TITLE: Rays of the Harmonist - No. 22 - English
Founder-Acarya and founder of Rays of The Harmonist om visnupada astottara-sata sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja
PUBLISHER: Gaudiya Vedanta Publications
ISSN: 0973-2772 09732772
EDITION: No. 22, Karttika 2010
PAGES: 60, Fully Illustrated on Premium Paper
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 300 grams