Gautamiya-tantra

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SB Canto 5

Quoting the Gautamīya-tantra, the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa notes that the affectionate Supreme Lord can be pleased by His devotees' mere offering in devotion of a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water.

SB 5.3.6, Purport:

The Supreme Lord can be pleased only by devotional service: therefore it is said here that the Lord is surely satisfied by devotion and nothing else. Quoting from the Gautamīya-tantra, the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa states:

tulasī-dala-mātreṇa

jalasya culukena vā

vikrīṇīte svam ātmānaṁ

bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalaḥ

"Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers merely a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water." The Supreme Lord is causelessly merciful upon His devotee, so much so that even the poorest of men can offer Him a little water and a flower in devotion and thus please Him. This is due to His affectionate dealings with His devotees.

SB Canto 7

According to the Gautamīya Tantra, a sannyāsī without home is recommended to worship the Deity within the mind.

SB 7.5.23-24, Purport:

In the process of worshiping the Deity it is sometimes enjoined that one worship the Deity within the mind. In the Padma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, it is said, "All persons can generally worship within the mind." The Gautamīya Tantra states, "For a sannyāsī who has no home, worship of the Deity within the mind is recommended." In the Nārada-pañcarātra it is stated by Lord Nārāyaṇa that worship of the Deity within the mind is called mānasa-pūjā, One can become free from the four miseries by this method. Sometimes worship from the mind can be independently executed.

SB Canto 8

According to the Gautamīya Tantra, when the guru awakens the ignorant disciple's eyes with the torchlight of knowledge, he can see that the Supreme Personality of Godhead actually is everywhere.

SB 8.1.11, Purport:

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance." (Gautamīya Tantra) The guru's task is to open the disciple's eyes of knowledge. When the disciple is awakened from ignorance to knowledge, he can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead everywhere because the Lord actually is everywhere.

The Vedas enjoin that every living entity covered by ignorance, should approach the Supreme Lord through the spiritual master, who is described and offered prayers in the Gautamīya-tantra.

SB 8.3.25, Purport:

In this material world, every living entity is covered by the darkness of ignorance. Therefore the Vedas enjoin that one should approach the Supreme Lord through the spiritual master, who is described and offered prayers in the Gautamīya-tantra as follows:

oṁ ajñāna-timirāndhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who with the torchlight of knowledge has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance."

CC Adi-lila

This is a verse from the Gautamīya-tantra.

CC Adi 3.104, Translation and Purport:

"Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers Him merely a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water."

This is a verse from the Gautamīya-tantra.

This text is from the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra.

CC Adi 4.83, Translation and Purport:

" 'The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attractiveness to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.' "

This text is from the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra.

CC Madhya-lila

This text is found in the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra. For an explanation, see Ādi-līlā 4.83–95.

CC Madhya 23.68, Translation and Purport:

" 'The transcendental goddess Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the direct counterpart of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. She is the central figure for all the goddesses of fortune. She possesses all the attraction to attract the all-attractive Personality of Godhead. She is the primeval internal potency of the Lord.' "

This text is found in the Bṛhad-gautamīya-tantra. For an explanation, see Ādi-līlā 4.83–95.

Teachings of Lord Caitanya

As explained in Gautamīya-tantra (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.285), Rādhārāṇī and Her associates only wanted to satisfy Kṛṣṇa without any lust (attachment for one's personal sense gratification).

Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 31:

When Kṛṣṇa sees that both Rādhārāṇī and Her associates are pleased by His association, He becomes more satisfied. Such association and loving reciprocation have nothing to do with material lust, although it resembles the material union between man and woman. It is only because that similarity is there that such reciprocation is sometimes called, in transcendental language, transcendental lust. As explained in Gautamīya-tantra (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.285): "Lust means attachment to one's personal sense gratification. But as far as Rādhārāṇī and Her associates are concerned, they did not desire personal sense gratification. They only wanted to satisfy Kṛṣṇa."

Nectar of Devotion

A devotee should select some authorized prayers such as those from the Bhagavad-gītā and the Gautamīya-tantra for his recitation.

Nectar of Devotion 9:

According to great learned scholars, the whole Bhagavad-gītā contains many authorized prayers, especially in the Eleventh Chapter, where Arjuna prays to the universal form of the Lord. Similarly, in the Gautamīya-tantra all the verses are called prayers. Again, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam there are hundreds of prayers to the Lord. So a devotee should select some of these prayers for his recitation. In Skanda Purāṇa the glories of these prayers are stated as follows: "Devotees whose tongues are decorated always with prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa are always given respect even by the great saintly persons and sages, and such devotees are actually worshipable by the demigods."