Spiritual Quotes

• God and Bliss are both synonymous terms. Every individual of the word desires bliss alone hence he is a servant of bliss. Thus unknowingly he is a servant of Lord Krishna.

• Devotion (Bhakti Yoga) is the only means to attain LORD KRISHNA (Bliss). This devotion is popularly known as Navadha Bhakti (Nine fold devotion).

• Purification of the mind is possible only through devotional discipline whereafter one attains perfect devotion, and realises Lord Krishna.

• It is impossible to acquire godly qualities of truth, non violence etc, without purification of the mind.

• All spiritual discipline is related to the mind alone. Devotion performed only with sense organs is not spiritual discipline.

• Love and hate in the material world have the same result. Detachment implies a state of indifference.

• Perfection implies seeing Lord Krishna in all beings both movable and immovable.

• Human birth is valuable but at the same time momentary. Hence even a moment’s delay in spiritual discipline can bring about a great loss.

• Perceiving faults in others is the surest proof of one’s own faults.

• Spiritual discipline is only possible under the guidance of a true saint.

Recognized as Jagadguru

At the age of 33, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj entered another phase of his life, by revealing another facet of his personality to the world at large.

Between 1955-1956, he organized several enormous spiritual conventions at Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh and Kanpur in India, attended by hundreds of thousands. He invited many of the greatest scholars and saints of that time to come and address the public. In his turn, Shri Maharaj Ji also spoke.

It was at these conventions that his spiritual genius became evident. The unique charm of his voice, words and personality left the scholars, and the people gathered, spellbound.

In January, 1957, Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj received an invitation from Kashi Vidvat Parishad, an organisation comprised of more than 500 of India's foremost scriptural scholars based in Banaras. They had heard of Shri Maharaj Ji's unique brilliance and Divine knowledge and wanted to see for themselves who this personality was.

At their request, Shri Maharaj Ji lectured before them on scriptural philosophy for a period of seven days. In these extraordinary presentations, Shri Maharaj Ji astonished those present by speaking in the ancient language of Vedic Sanskrit.

But more significantly, in these presentations he reconciled the heretofore contradictory philosophies of the previous Jagadgurus, namely Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya, Nimbarkacharya, and Madhavacharya, as well as the six great Vedic philosophical systems of India: Poorva Mimansa, Nyay, Vaishesik, Sankhya, Yoga, and Brahma Sutra.

A scholar spends his entire life becoming reasonably knowledgeable in just one of these topics; that Shri Maharaj Ji, who was only 34 years old at that time, was knowledgeable in all of them, and was also able to reveal their previously unknown interrelationships, was beyond their comprehension.

Deeply impressed by Shri Maharaj Ji's depth of understanding, these scholars held a meeting among themselves to discuss the phenomenon they had just experienced. Each felt that Shri Maharaj Ji could only be the greatest of Divine personalities.

They conferred many titles on Maharaj Ji at this time. In recognition of the obvious Divinity of his being, they bestowed on him the title of Bhakti Yog Rasavatar, the supreme descension of Divine love.

In full agreement with one another, all 500 scholars offered him not the title of Jagadguru, but Jagadguru Uttam - the greatest of all Jagadgurus or you can say the Jagadguru of Jagadgurus.

They also gave him the title of Nikhil-darshan Samanvayacharya the reconciler of the entire body of Vedic philosophy. Of all the titles they offered, the last two mentioned had never been given to anyone prior to Shri Maharaj Ji in the whole of Indian history.

Childhood and youth

He spent his childhood in youthful fun, play game and frolicking with his young friends. But at the same time, he would display intense gravity and excel effortlessly in his studies. Then at the age of fourteen, he left the village and attended three Universities, in Kashi, Chitrakoot and Indore. There he covered a whole series of courses in the space of just two-and-a-half years.

Worldwide mission

It is Shree Maharajji's vision that every soul should get a chance to practice Bhakti or devotion in its simplest form, so that the soul may attain its true goal of God-realization. In order to help people around the world in their quest towards this goal, Shree Maharajji began training devotee preachers and sending them to different parts of the globe. He also created a formal organization and began the construction of huge ashrams, to provide facilities for devotees who wished to practically apply the teachings in their lives. This organization is today known as the Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat.

Divine Name by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj

Remember it that whenever any soul finally believes that Radha Krishn and Their name are one and the same and both have exactly the same Divine virtues and powers, at that very moment the soul becomes God realized; write it down in golden words.

God is so Gracious that He says, “I am omnipresent everywhere, but (O souls) you don’t recognize Me; I am in Golok, but there you cannot come; I am in your heart, but you don’t realize it; for your convenience I have thus kept ‘Myself’ in My ‘name’ and have revealed it in the world.”

Whenever your mind will fully conceive this Divine reality that I am truly and totally in My name, your voice will be choked while taking My name and even once when you will say “Radhey” your whole being will be thrilled with the excessive love your mind will be drowned and your heart will be unceasingly overwhelmed with the felicity of the exhilarating Bliss of the name. Thus there is no delay in God realization and receiving the Divine Grace of your Master (Guru). Trust in these words, and see what your Master and Krishn do for you.

Yours,
Kripalu

Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj

Who is Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj?

Answer:

Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj (sanskrit: जगदगुरु कृपालु जी महाराज) is a Hindu acharya (आचार्य). He is lovingly called Shree Maharajji by devotees and is the 5th original Jagadguru (मुल जगदगुरु), and the Supreme Acharya (जगदगरुततम) of the present age.

Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj was born in October 1922 in Mangarh Village India , in a highly respected brahmin family. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to Mahu Sanskrit College, Indore to study Sanskrit literature and grammar where it is believed that he mastered all the subjects within two years.

At the age of sixteen he went to the jungles of Chitrakoot, Sharbhang, Mahoba and Jhansi. For around two years he remained at those places. It was during this time that he is believed to have manifested his ecstatic from and absorption in divine love (महाभाव). Around 1940, he came to Vrindavan and started going to houses of devotees for Satsang. He would travel to the houses of various devotees in Agra, Mathura and Allahabad. On requests of devotees he started giving discourse on various aspects of Bhakti and also started Sankirtana.

Apart from Sankirtan, he also started singing leela pad (describing the loving pastimes of Radha and Krishna). In 1942, he came back to Mahu and started holding long, non-stop sankirtan sessions, sometimes stretching to four months. He frequently visited Mandaleshwar and Maheshwar where he would hold fortnight-long sessions.

Being honoured as the Supreme 'Jagadguru' of the present age:
In 1955 Shree Kripaluji Maharaj organized a religious convention in which, prominent spiritual leaders of India gathered. Mahamahopadhyay Giridhar Sharma, President of the Kashi Vidvat Parishad had also come and was impressed by Kripaluji Maharaj's learning and scriptural knowledge. In another convention organized in Kanpur in 1956, Shree Raj Narain, Shat Shastree, the Chief Secretary of the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, happened to hear Kripaluji Maharaj's discourses. It would seem that he was impressed by the discourses, because after returning to Kashi, it is believed that he invited Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj to give a spiritual discourse to the scholars of Kashi. Kripaluji Maharaj then went to Kashi in 1957

The congregation had all the scholars of Vanarasi also many from all over the India. They are said to have been impressed by Kripaluji Maharaj's knowledge of all the scriptures ( which include: Vedas, Upanishads, Upvedas, Vedangas, Darshan Shastras, Puranas, Itihas, the philosophies of the other Jagadgurus and the Rasik saints, etc). After speeches which lasted for seven days, the learned scholars of Kashi, requested him to accept the title of Jagadguru. He is thus considered to be the fifth original Jagadguru, the last Jagadgurus being Adi Sankaracharya (509-477 B.C.), Nimbarkacharya (before 600 B.C.), Madhavacharya (13th century) and Ramanujacharya (1017-1137 A.D.).

Discourses of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj are broadcast every day throughout India and Nepal on TV Asia, Aastha TV, Nepal One channel and 'Aaj Tak' news channel, as well as in the USA.

Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj , unlike the previous Jagadgurus chose to write in Hindi as Sanskrit was no longer the common language. His numerous creations include:
Prem Ras Siddhant - Philosophy book. Prem Ras Madira 1008 devotional songs.
Bhakti Shatak - One hundred couplets. Braj Ras Madhuri - Collection of over 300 chantings. Radha Govinda Geet - Eleven thousand one hundred and eleven couplets. Yugal Shatak - One hundred chantings of Barsane-wari Radha Rani and Krishn. Yugal Ras Chantings of Radha Krishn.
Shree Krishn Dwadashi - Twelve songs in which he has fully described the beauty and the decorations of Krishn, and thirteen songs about the beauty and the decorations of Radha Rani.

Along with spiritual dissemination, a primary stated aim of Jagadguru Kripaluji Parishat (the world wide mission of Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj) is the organisation of charitable works including:

1. Hospitals and healthcare of Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat, JKP
2. Regular National eye camps and Mother-child welfare schemes run by the ashrams in Vrindavan and Barsana.
3. Disaster relief including 2001 Gujarat earthquake.
4. Charitable schools and colleges in India.

Devoting the Temple to Divine Love

In November of 2005 the temple of Bhakti Mandir was dedicated to the devotion of Radha Krishna. The ceremonies were glorious, replete with the Divine love that permeates everything that the kripalu maharaj touches. In this case, over twenty thousand acolytes arrived via procession eager to consecrate their new home, bathing the building in the waters of the Ganges River.

A succession of ceremonies during the three-day event led up to the ultimate moment of dedication. Hours upon hours the devotees could be heard joyfully chanting, inspired by the occasion. On the final day the sculptures within the temple were named through a sacred ceremony and imbued with the personification of the deities they represent. The name presented to the deities by the Jagadguru? Shree Radha Govind. That evening a huge feast was held, donated lovingly by the Jugadguru, and more than 10,000 were served from various villages in the area. In the final ceremony Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj raised a golden flag with his own sainted hands, a symbol of the beauty of Divine Love to which he is devoted.