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"Krishna Himself says, 'I do not take anything from a non-devotee's hand. If My devotee gives Me something with devotion, that is sufficient for Me.' You can be doing something external, but it may not be service—you must serve with heart."
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Please remember:
Proceed and
Increase
"I am inviting all devotees to come to Nabadwip to see any festival or for
the Gaura Purnima festival. Come as soon as possible; as much as it is in my
power, as much as I can help anyone, I will try. Please come to
Nabadwip."
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the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 17 June 2001)
Practise. Serve.
Believe.
"Come. Come for Gaura Purnima, come for the parikrama of Virachandrapur in
February. Mahaprabhu went there, Nityananda Prabhu came there to take the
darshan of Mahaprabhu, and His mercy is unlimited. When you do parikrama of
the Holy Dham, your parikrama of the material world comes to an end, you will
not have to come back." (11 December 2011)
Knock, Knock! (Ahvana Poem)
"Who is your friend? Your friend has come to your house as a beggar and prays
to you, 'Please chant the Name of Krishna! Come with us!' Just like a beggar
he comes to you, but you cannot recognise him."
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the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 28 February 2012)
"I am
touching your feet—please come!"
"Gurudev says, 'I am folding my hands, I am touching your feet—please come at
Gaura Purnima!' How many more times will you come to this world? Those who do
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama with devotees do no have to wander any
longer in these three worlds."
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the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 28 February 2012)
Come to
your home
"I pray to you all that you come every year. You may think, 'How will the
money come?' But if you have a strong desire, Mahaprabhu will send you the
money to come here." (9 March 2012)
Strike While the
Iron Is Hot
"You think, 'I will chant the Holy Name tomorrow—I will wait today, and
from tomorrow I will start.' Are you sure you are going to be in this world
tomorrow?"
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"When you have teeth, you have to take care of your teeth; what your teeth are gone, you will not be able to eat properly. When you have a guru, the guru gives everything to you, but when you reject him and do not follow his instruction, then you will repent and think."
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"Maya Devi is so strong—you have so much material attachment. This is why you cannot join, you cannot come to service plane—you are not taking advantage of this greatest, highest service opportunity."
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"Do you think that you can chant the Holy Name and serve Deities or the Lord in any birth? This lifetime is a great opportunity, the best opportunity—you have got a human body now, and now is the perfect time to serve devotees and Vaishnavs."
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Sri Ekadasi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
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"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
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SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি
"On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
ADDITIONAL READING:
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"Observing Ekadasi"
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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"Ekadasi
Vrata: Make Your Guru Happy" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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"No Other Shelter"
(by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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"Mahadvadasi" (by Srila
B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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"Ekadasi
and liberation" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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"Ekadasi
Tithi: One of the Practices" (by Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
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Yogini Ekadasi
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Ekadasi: Main
Focus Is Service
"People will not listen to you because they have too much attachment to materialist life—they cannot sacrifice anything; but you must sacrifice your life for your guru, Vaishnavs and Bhagavan. That is called surrender."
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Grand
Festival at Sri Uluberia Temple
(18-19 January 2020 | 29 photographs, 1.5 Mb)
Humbly praying for the footdust of the devotees we are delighted to share
photographs from the recent grand preaching programme that took place for the
very first time at the new temple of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat in Sri Uluberia.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj happily
presides over the assembly of distinguished Vaishnavs and most fortunate
souls.
"Sometimes you think that there are only very few of you devotees here, but you must start the fire, and the wind will come. If you engage yourself in sankirtan-yajna, you can make Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Sriman Nityananda Prabhu happy through that."
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ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের পদ্মমুখনিঃসৃত শ্রীহরিকথামৃত: "যাঁরা এখানে উলুবেড়িয়ায় সিনিয়র ভক্তরা আছেন, তাঁরা অনেক দিন ধরে চেষ্টা করছেন, অনেক দিন ধরে আপনাদের গ্রামে গ্রামে, দরজায় দরজায় গিয়ে বলেন, ‘বল কৃষ্ণ কহ কৃষ্ণ কর কৃষ্ণ শিক্ষা’—এই কথা ভিক্ষা করছেন আপনাদের জন্য । যাঁর ভাগ্য হয়েছে, যাঁর পূর্ব্ব পূর্ব্ব জন্মের সুকৃতি ছিল, তাঁরা এই সাধুসঙ্গের প্রভাবে এসে সাধুসঙ্গ করেন, তাঁদের হৃদয়টা একটু পরিষ্কার হয়েছে, হৃদয়টা নির্ম্মল হয়েছে । ওই সিনিয়র ভক্তরার এখন অনেক বয়স হয়ে গিয়েছে, কিন্তু তাঁরা আপনাদেরকে নবদ্বীপ, পরী, বন্দাবন, অনেক জায়গায় জায়গায় নিয়ে যান যাতে আপনি সত্যিকারের কৃষ্ণপথে আসতে পারেন—তার জন্য তাঁরা প্রাণ চেষ্টা করে গিয়েছেন ।"
পাঠ শুনতে/ডাউনলোড (17.2 Mb, 41 min | 18 Jan' 2020 | ১৮ জানুয়ারি ২০২০)
"We are fallen souls, but on the other hand we are also very fortunate because we have got connection with Mahaprabhu's line, Srila Rupa Goswami's line—we have taken shelter of a bona fide guru and we are trying to follow his order."
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In honour of Srila Lochan Das Thakur:
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SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর
"O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
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SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
Composed by Srila Lochan Das Thakur:
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SONG:
Akrodha
paramananda |
অক্রোধ পরমানন্দ
"The anger-less, prideless, supremely joyful Nityananda Ray wanders
throughout the towns. Going from door to door to the homes of the lowly and
fallen souls, He distributes the Hare Krsna mahamantra."
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SONG:
Nitai gunamani
amara |
নিতাই গুণমণি আমার
"Nitai, the jewel of all good qualities, my Nitai, the jewel of all good
qualities, brought a flood of divine love and inundated the earth. Lochan Das
says, 'Anyone who did not serve Nitai knowingly committed suicide.'"
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SONG:
Parama karuna |
পরম করুণ পহুঁ দুই জন
"Nitai and Gaurachandra are the two most merciful Lords, the crest-jewels
of all Avatars, the only source of joy. 'Fallen into samsara, I never aspired
for Their feet. Now Yamaraj subjects me to my karma,' says Lochan
Das."
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SONG:
Ke yabi ke yabi bhai |
কে যাবি কে যাবি ভাই
"The Lord's Names are the ferryboat, Sri Guru is the captain, and the
outstretched arms in the sankirtan are the oars. All souls have been
delivered by the winds of divine love, only Lochan Das has remained
behind..."
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"We are very fortunate because we were born in India and we can freely chant the Holy Name, but in many countries there are restrictions against following the religion of this culture, but they still secretly practise Krishna consciousness properly."
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"Take shelter of a real guru. You must not delay. And have patience—no matter how long it may take, we must have tolerance and give honour to others. If you can join this family and this unlimited service, then one day you will get service. There is no doubt about that."
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SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter
Eleven: Sri Champa Hatta
"When Laksman Sen was the king of Nadia, Jayadev Goswami was one of His
subjects in Nabadwip. The wise Jayadev built a cottage on the bank of Ballal
Dirghika and resided there with his wife Padmavati...."
"This is an example for you all. This is a lesson for you all. You must have chastity for your Guru. Chastity is the main thing. Everybody has a guru, but not everybody has proper chastity to their guru."
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Monthly
Preaching in Malaysia
(14 January 2020 | 17 photographs, 1.5 Mb)
To support and spread the mission of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Malaysia,
devotees participate in monthly preaching programmes in downtown Petaling
Jaya (Kuala Lumpur). Sharing photographs from the latest event.
In honour of Sriman Mahaprabhu's sannyas:
Sannyas
Lila: Roaming the Land
"Mahaprabhu would go in a zigzag way—sometimes He went to the East,
sometimes to the West, and the devotees followed Him not knowing where He
was going..."
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Sri Nimai Sannyas
(English, Bengali, an audio recording)
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's poem expressing the
grief-stricken hearts of the residents of Nabadwip: "Vishvambhar, the son
of Jagannath Mishra, who resides in Nabadwip, Sachi's Nimai, has taken
sannyas. A tumult of cries filled the sky—Sachi's Nimai has
taken sannyas!"
From Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Stotram:laksa-lochanasru-varsa-harsa-kesa-kartanam
koti-kantha-krsna-kirtanadhya-danda-dharanam
nyasi-vesa-sarvadesa-ha-hutasa-kataram
prema-dhama-devam eva naumi gaura-sundaram
"Sri Gaurasundara departed from Nabadwip and went away to become a sannyasi (monk), leaving behind his family members and friends whose eyes were filled with tears. He accepted the staff and waterpot as his only possessions, the emblems of a renunciate. When his long hair was cut off and his head was shaved, thousands of voices sang the holy names. The devotee's eyes shed rivers of tears, since they knew he was going into the world and leaving them behind. From that time, whoever saw him in the red garments of a sannyasi cried out loud in grief. I sing with joy the unending glories of my sweet Lord, my golden Gaurasundara, the one and only divine abode of pure love."
"You must understand who your real relative is. Krishna is your real relative, and Krishna will not leave you. If you chant His Holy Name, if you remember Him, He will always help you, He will always support you. It is necessary to have the strongest faith."
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In honour of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti Chandan's disappearance:
Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti Chandan [GaudiyaDarshan.com]
"...He was a senior man, he was very experienced and honourable, but he
treated me with humility and all his other good qualities. Later, I was his
servant for one month in Vrindavan. Sometimes Srila Guru Maharaj told me, 'In
the evening, give him a garland.' Guru Maharaj gave him the title 'Bhakti
Chandan'."
In Remembrance of Sri Bhakti Chandan Prabhu [GaudiyaDarshan.com]
"Today, being separated from the direct affection of Srimat Yadavendu Bhakti
Chandan Prabhu, we are bearing jewel-less hearts. Personally, I received so
much of his auspicious association. When we have teeth, we do not understand
their value. Today, if I could meet him again, then, just by getting a touch
of his good association, I would attain even greater good fortune."
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CALENDAR FOR 01/2020
25. (Sat) Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava Vaikhanas Maharaj. Disappearance of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri Das Adhikari.
26. (Sun) Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta Maharaj.
29. (Wed) Appearance of Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
30. (Thu) Gaura Panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. Appearance day of Sri Vishnu Priya Devi, Srila Pundarik Vidyanidhi, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, and Srila Raghu Nandan Thakur. Disappearance of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur, Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Viveka Bharati Maharaj, and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarup Parvat Maharaj. Sri Saraswati Puja.
CALENDAR FOR 02/2020
1. (Sat) Appearance of Mahavishnu Avatar, Sri Advaita Acharya.
2. (Sun) Disappearance of Sripad Virendra Krishna Prabhu.
3. (Mon) Disappearance of Srila Madhva Acharya.
4. (Tue) Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.
5. (Wed) Bhaimi Ekadasi. Fast.
6. (Thu) Varaha Dvadashi. Appearance of Lord Varaha. Paran between 6:21 and 10:01 am after the worship of Sri Varahadev. Appearance of Lord Varaha.
7. (Fri) Gaura Trayodashi. Appearance of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Grand festival and installation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Jiu at Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Ekachakra Dham.
9. (Sun) Appearance of Srila Narottam Das Thakur.
12. (Wed) Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj.
13. (Thu) The 147th divine appearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Anniversary festival of the installation of Sri Gupta Govardhan Sri Mandir, Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Disappearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur.
14. (Fri) Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
THE HOLY NAME:
2) Consider Lord Siva and gods to be independent of Lord Krishna
3) Consider Guru to be an ordinary mortal man
4) Criticise scriptures
5) Interpret the Name with the help of a dictionary, etc.
6) Consider the Name imaginary.
7) Sin and chant to remove the sin.
8) Consider chanting equal to pious activities.
9) Instruct faithless people in chanting, inattentive chanting.
10) Remain attached to things, your body, etc.
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| 'The extraordinary beauty of your divine form shines with the exalted joy of benevolence, the brightness of divine sweetness.' | জয় ‘গুরু-মহারাজ’ |
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“You can stay
anywhere, in a forest or a house—it is necessary to chant, only to chant constantly. When you stop chanting, illusory environment can come.” |
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