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Sri-Nityanandashtaka -
Text Two
rasanam agaram svajana-gana-sarvasvam atulam
tadiyaika-prana-pramita-vasudha-jahnava-patim
sada-premonmadam param aviditam manda-manasam
bhaje nityanandam bhajana-taru-kandam niravadhi

TRANSLATION

I worship Lord Nityananda, the limitless root of the tree of devotional service. He is the abode of the mellows of devotional service, and no one can be compared to Him. He is the be-all and end-all for His devotees, and the husband of Vasudha and Jahnava, to whom He is more dear than life itself. Because He is always maddened with pure love for Krishna, the foolish nondevotees cannot understand that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.

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Sri-Nityanandashtaka Text Three

saci-sunu-preshtham nikhila-jagad-ishtam sukha-mayam
kalau majjaj-jivoddharana-karanoddama-karunam
harer akhyanad va bhava-jaladhi-garvonnati-haram
bhaje nityanandam bhajana-taru-kandam niravadhi

TRANSLATION

I worship Lord Nityananda, the limitless root of the tree of devotional service. He is very dear to the son of Saci-devi and is worshiped by the entire universe. Out of His great mercy He chants the holy name of Lord Hari, thus rescuing the souls drowning in the age of Kali and crushing the pride of the ocean of repeated birth and death.

JOURNAL:

The above photo of Lord Nityananda is from ISKCON Scotland. I have often wondered how the devotees there get along with their neighbors.

My wife and I went to Scotland in the spring of 2000 and at one point we came across an "Orange Parade". Our tour guide asked all the Catholics on board the bus to please not display their medals while we were in that town. She explained that in Scotland this was a courtesy that both Protestants and Catholics showed to each other on their various holidays and thus the country escapes the violence that they have in north Ireland.

So, I wonder. What do the devotees do if anything? Or are they immune to such cultural problems by virtue of them not being Christian. Certainly Sri Sri Chatanya Nityananda protects them no matter what the answer is.