Bhakti-ratnakara (The Jewel-filled Ocean of Devotional Service) [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2006] Kusakratha dasa & Edited by Purnaprajna dasa

Language: EnglishPages: 635Back of the BookBhakti-ratnakara, written by Sri Narahari Cakravati, who was also known as Ghanasyama dasa, is a very respected and authorized literature describing the lives of the devotees after the disappearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It especially illuminates the glories of the great acaryas, Srinivasa Acarya and Narottama dasa Thakura.By reading Bhakti-ratnakara, we can vividly experience the mood of the times after the disppearance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and how the leading devotees endeavored to spread the Lord's teachings, especially in Bengal.In this wonderful book, you will read many fascinating pastimes of Sri Jahnava-devi, her son, Viracandra Prabhu. Read about Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, how he established the Radharamana temple in Vrndavana. There is also a wonderful tour of Navadvipa given by Isana Thakura, wherein he describes many confidential pastimes of Lord Caitanya in His early years.We should pray in the manner of the author, who says, "Give me the mercy that I will be always plunged in the jewel-filled ocean of devotional service (bhakti-ratnakara).From the JacketAside from the interesting history and the innumerable incidents described in this wonderful literature, it is very enlightening to imbibe the mood of how the devotees related to one another. The author, Narahari Cakravarti, although an exalted devotee, repeatedly described himself as a worthless person, no better than a pile of ashes. Lord Caitanya had in instructed that one should feel himself lower than the straw in the street and more tolerant than a tree. When we hear of the pastimes of the Lord and His devotees from such a humble personality, it acts to purify our hearts.Besides t