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"We must try to rectify ourselves. We are everybody's servants. When you take initiation, you do not become a devotee—you only get admission into a spiritual school, but after that you must practise. You will become perfect through practise."
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"We must not misinterpret what Gurudev told. Devotees all over the world can realise easily what is Srila Sridhar Maharaj's conception, what is Gurudev's conception, and they can understand whether they are following it or not. Your main focus must be always to please your Guru properly. Name and fame is for your guru—you must not preach for your name and fame, you must preach to please your guru."
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Tirobhav kirtans
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj sings:
• Gurudev krpa bindu diya • Emona durmati • Ye anila prema dhana • Sri rupa manjari pada • Hari haraye.
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"Today is our Gurudev's disappearance tithi. Actually, never in my life did I expect that this day could come. When this tithi is coming, I always try to stay alone, but Gurudev gave me service to take care of you all, then how can I be cruel and stay alone?"
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Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Disappearance Festival
(5 April 2020 | 9 photographs, 0.9 Mb)
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj observes the holy
disappearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
quietly in Kolkata, mercifully giving his holy darshan to fortunate
devotees in the evening, speaking nourishing and heart-felt Hari-katha for
everyone's eternal spiritual benefit.
The Worst Day"Today, my Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's tenth disappearance festival, tirobhav-tithi. I had never thought that this day when Gurudev leaves would come in my life one day. I lost the dearest personality in my life on this day..."
Download the audio (5.2 Mb, 13 min | 16 April 2019 | Bengali)
From the archive, related to today's day:
The Seeds of
Discord
"This animosity, these things have not grown overnight—it has been growing
and increasing day by day, day by day. You did not see what was happening
inside, and now that tree has grown very big!"
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the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 30 March 2010)
Strong Faith and
Chastity
"He may not be able to talk now like before, but he can see everything, and
he is watching everything. I think those who say Gurudev is not here anymore
have not got any connection with Gurudev. That is why it is necessary to have
a strong faith."
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the audio (1.9 Mb, 6 min | 30 March 2010)
"I Want to Forget"
"I want to go somewhere—I want to get some relief. When I am sitting in the
office, I get some relief, but as soon as I go to my room, I again start
remembering everything. I want to forget it, but I cannot... It is impossible
to forget this. Such is my situation."
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the audio (0.9 Mb, 3 min | 30 March 2010)
Festival: Vision
and Focus
"Gurudev's disappearance festival means Vaishnav seva. Vaishnav is the
main focus for us. Appearance and disappearance look different, but following
Vaishnavs' vision we think that on these two tithis Gurudev always
takes worships from us."
Download
the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 16 April 2013)
Separation Day
"Our supreme Gurudev, Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj accepted this day as the day to leave this world for his
eternal abode, and he has left us, fallen souls, here to chant his
glories..."
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the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Make Service Your Goal,
Means, and Sustenance
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev
would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the
souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is
no other religion."
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the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | Bengali)
Overpowered by Service
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you
have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we
will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's
words."
Download
the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min | Bengali)
Spiritual
Mockery
"Actually, we took initiation from a Guru, but it is not a real initiation—we
only pretend to be disciples. The temple that Srila Guru Maharaj made and
that Gurudev served is not for enjoyment—it is for service."
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the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 7 April 2019)
Painful Day
"Our Gurudev's disappearance festival is very soon, that day is coming soon,
next dvadasi. It is a very sad day for me. It is the most painful day in my
life, and this very painful day comes every year..."
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the audio (0.5 Mb, 2 min)
gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam "I offer my obeisance unto he who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev’s associates; who is expert in all aspects of Vedic knowledge, both conceivable and inconceivable; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu's line; who is known as 'Govinda'—Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj; whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord." |
By Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"Do Not Despair"
[NEW]
"You have come to see me. I am your friend, your master, or your everything,
I can feel that you feel it. There are so many devotees from different
countries here. Different countries means different languages, different
cultures, different lifestyles, different food—everything is different; but
our conception is one, and that is Krishna consciousness. We have been
practising for a long time, then we must have some Krishna-conscious
mentality and we can proceed with that to our goal, which is the life of a
servitor."
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the audio (9.8 Mb, 24 min | 12 January 2008)
The Pain of Broken
Hearts
"We always remember Srimati Radharani, Her associates and other Vraja
gopis, but we forget about Nanda Maharaj and Mother Yasomati. It has
come out of Radharani's mouth: 'We do not consider our heart's pain, but when
we see Mother Yasoda's face and Mother Yasoda's situation without Your
presence, our heart is breaking after breaking after breaking.'"
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the audio (9.2 Mb, 36 min | 14 June 2007)
Kirtan:
Sri Rupa Manjari
pada
"The lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari are my wealth, my bhajan (service), my
puja (worship), the wealth of my life, and whatever ornaments I may have. Her
lotus feet are the very life of my life..."
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the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
Kirtan:
Ye anila prema
dhana
"I will break my head on a rock, I will enter into fire! Not finding the
association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes with all these
associates, Narottam Das weeps."
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the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
Kirtan:
Sarvasva
tomara
"I have offered everything at Your feet and taken shelter in Your home.
You are my Master; please consider me Your dog. I will never think about my
own maintenance; I will always remain within the shelter of loving attachment
for You."
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the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 8 April 2017 |
Kirtan)
"I am writing here something comparing the pastimes of Ramachandra and the pastimes of Krsihna-chandra, as well as Nanda Maharaj and Vasudev's vatsalya-rasa..."
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Peculiarity
of Lord's Pastimes
"I have read Ramayan, but I am telling you the gist point... There are
many incarnations—Narayan, Ramachandra, Vamanadev, Balaram, and others, but
Krishna is the full Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, Gaura-lila is
even higher..."
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the audio (7.6 Mb, 18 min | 2 April 2020 | Class and Kirtan)
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Note: Some of the many preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela, sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt), cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa, boiled potato, tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a cake, vanilla ice-cream.
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Affectionate
Guidance
The
Nectarean Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
The Divine Servitor
Dignity of the Divine Servitor
Golden
Reflections
Divine Guidance
The
Benedictine Tree of Divine Aspiration
Service in
Separation
"If you follow your Guru's instruction, if you fulfil his desire, even
after his disappearance, if you always think what will make him happy,
then you will get his association, you will feel joy..."
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the audio (5 Mb, 13 min | 22 April 2013)
Separation Day
"Our supreme Gurudev, Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj accepted this day as the day to leave this world for his
eternal abode, and he has left us, fallen souls, here to chant his
glories..."
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the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 8 April 2017 |
Bengali)
"Sacrificing his own life, forgetting his own happiness and comfort, Gurudev would go door to door preaching the message of Mahaprabhu: be merciful to the souls, chant the Holy Name, and serve the Vaishnavs. Besides this, there is no other religion."
Download the audio (3 Mb, 9 min | 8 April 2017 | Bengali)
Festival: Vision
and Focus
"Gurudev's disappearance festival means Vaishnav seva. Vaishnav is the
main focus for us. Appearance and disappearance look different, but following
Vaishnavs' vision we think that on these two tithis Gurudev always
takes worships from us."
Download
the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 16 April 2013)
"You may have everything, but if you do not have mercy of your Guru, then you have nothing. Gurudev gave you all his blessings, and if we can serve him, we will get supreme benefit. You must always live remembering Gurudev's words."
Download the audio (4.1 Mb, 12 min | 8 April 2017 | Bengali)
Biography of Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
A glorification article that sprang forth from the interpretation of the
Pranam-mantra of His Divine Grace and was originally published as
an Appendix to the Revealed Truth.
Sri
Samadhi Mandir Verses
Pages containing the verses that were selected to adorn the
samadhi-mandir of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. May these pages please and nourish
the Vaishnavs' hearts.
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
"Today is a very good day—the appearance day of Lord Ramachandra. There are different kinds of moods—santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya, madhura-rasa. Moreover, the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Lord are also different. You can easily understand it from the difference between Rama-lila and Krishna-lila."
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Sri Rama Navami
Class in Kolkata
(2 April 2020 | 4 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj mercifully speaks
to the assembled devotees at Sri Sevak Bhavan in Dum Dum Park, Kolkata, on
Sri Rama Navami day with the darshan being broadcast worldwide for the
nourishment of the devotees.
"The husband will work. The wife will cook, offer the bhog, take the offered prasadam first, and then the husband will take the remnants after her. That is Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj's advice..."
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• "Lord Ramachandra became King
during Treta-yuga, but because of His good government, the age was like
Satya-yuga. Everyone was religious and completely happy."
• "He was a saintly king, and
everything in His character was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He
taught good behavior for everyone, especially for householders, in terms of
varnasrama-dharma. Thus He taught the general public by His personal
activities."
• "Lord Ramachandra's spotless
name and fame, which vanquish all sinful reactions, are celebrated in all
directions, like the ornamental cloth of the victorious elephant that
conquers all directions." (Srimad Bhagavatam,
Canto 9, chapters 10-11)
Niti and Priti
"It was Ramachandra's vijay utsav yesterday, and we would like to
clarify some things about Rama-tattva and Krishna-tattva. In Rama-lila, rules
and regulations are the highest, and love and affection go down, but this is
not the highest ideal..."
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the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 9 October 2019)
Laksman's Grudge
"Sita Devi was crying so much, and Laksman could not bear the thought of
doing it, but because Ramachandara was his worshippable Lord and his elder
brother, he had to do it—but Laksman could not forget the kind of pain he got
at that time..."
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the audio (1.5 Mb, 4 min | 9 October 2019)
Hanuman's Service
Drive
"I will give you some example of Hanuman's love for Rama, of his desire to
serve Rama. We can see how much Ramachandra loves Hanuman and how much
Hanuman loves Him. It is necessary to have such service desire."
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the audio (2.3 Mb, 6 min | 2 March 2020)
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Dasa-avatara-stotram |
দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্
"O Hari! O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! You have assumed the form of
Ramachandra! All glory to You! During the battle at Lanka You distributed to
all the directions the most pleasing, crowning offering of the ten heads of
Ravan, which were desired by the guardians of the
directions."
"Answers to questions: How should we act if somebody offends us? How can we concentrate our mind when chanting? How can we get relief from ego? How should I instruct my child? How can we develop sincerity and enthusiasm in our service?"
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Guidance, Issue #22
(EPUB file, 1 Mb)
An ePub file for offline reading on mobile phones and tablets containing the
lectures of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
published here from January to March 2020. We pray this serves as a
source of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and
well-wishers worldwide.
All the previous Guidance issues, containing over fifteen hundred lectures spoken by His Divine Grace, are available for downloading from the Library section of the website.
"You can serve by following my instruction. My instruction is chanting the Holy Name, not to spend time always thinking nonsense things, and to always practise the panchanga. Do this properly, read our Math's books. I have published many books, read those books."
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Today in the calendar: Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Tirtha Maharaj [previous name Kunja Bihari Prabhu, or affectionately Kunja Babu].
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them 'jay' on this day."
"In this situation that is happening in this world, only the chanting of the Holy Name, only service to the Lord can give relief to us. We must think about this, we must tell others to please avoid eating fish, meat, avoid this kind of sinful works."
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"All over the world, all devotees at this moment always think and are always afraid of COVID-19, coronavirus. We cannot do anything about it—when the time comes, we will have to leave our body. However, as many days as we may have, we must not waste our time! Now that all the devotees are always in their house, it is a good time—they can read many books such as Srimad Bhagavatam, Chaitanya-charitamrita and all our good books. They can concentrate their mind on Krishna consciousness and chant more rounds of the Holy Name. They can do more service in their houses."
Download the audio (3.7 Mb, 9 min | 28 March 2020)
Today in the calendar: Appearance of Sripad Ramanuja Acharya and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must still give them jay on this day."
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CALENDAR FOR 04/2020
8. (Wed) Purnima. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Balaram. Appearance of Srila Vamshi Vadanananda Thakur and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu.
12. (Sun) Disappearance of Sripad Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
14 April (Tue) Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
17 April (Fri) Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
18 April (Sat). Varuthini Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sriyukta Saurindranath Bhakti Varidhi Prabhu.
19 April (Sun). Paran between 6:01 and 9:30 a.m.
23 April (Thu). Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
24 April (Fri). Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka Paramahamsa Maharaj.
25 April (Sat). Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj.
26 April (Sun). Beginning of 21 days Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev. Aksaya Tritiya: a good day to start some works.
28 April (Tue). Appearance of Sripad Shankar Acharya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.
30 April (Thu). Jahnu Saptami. Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga Puja).
CALENDAR FOR 05/2020
2 May (Sat). Appearance of Sri Nityananda-shakti, Sri Jahnava Devi, and Sri Rama-shakti, Sri Sita Devi.
4 May (Mon). Mohini Ekadashi. Fast.
5 May (Tue). Paran between 5:06 and 7:24 a.m.
6 May (Wed). Gaura Chaturdashi. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi: appearance day of Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until after sunset, then no grains (anukalpa). Grand annual festival in honour of the Deity installation at Sri Nrisingha Palli Temple.
7 May (Thu). Purnima. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdashi paran between 5:05 and 9:24 a.m. Sri Krishna's Phul Dol and Salila Bihar. Buddha Purnima: appearance day of Lord Buddha. Disappearance of Srila Parameshvari Das Thakur. Appearance of Srila Srinivas Acharya.
8 May (Fri). Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj.
12 May (Tue). Disappearance of Srila Ramananda Ray.
16 May (Sat). Disappearance of Sripad Santosh Krishna Das Adhikari Prabhu.
18 May (Mon). Apara Ekadashi. Fast.
19 May (Tue). Paran between 4:58 and 9:22 a.m. Appearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
23 May (Sat). Sree Chaitanya Saraswata Krishnanushilana Sangha, Dum Dum Park, Kolkata: Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Madan Mohan Jiu's installation day festival.
26 May (Tue). Disappearance of Srila Bhakti Gaurava Giri Maharaj (Sripad Paramananda Vidyaratna Prabhu).
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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