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Wed, 6 December 2023

Mahaprabhu Settles in Puri
'Mahaprabhu visited various places, arranged everything with Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila Sanatan Goswami; having settled everything all over India, He lastly came to Puri and stayed there. He spent His last eighteen years in Puri, performing His internal pastimes during the last four years.'

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Waning Values
"Gurudev said that the storekeeper or the temple manager will be the one who always thinks about everybody. A manager is a great servant, a big guardian. You must be a real mother. But this kind of love and affection is not there any more..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 5 min | 28 June 2020)

Tue, 5 December 2023

Baladev's Care
'Baladev is asraya-vigraha, the giver of power. His position is such that He is present within the temple and all service paraphernalia of the Lord. Whatever is required for the Lord's service, Nityananda Prabhu assumes the required form and serves the Lord.'

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Applying Intelligence
• Is it important to study the meaning of slokas and scriptures? • We should ask our guardian, but I do not want to bother you; • How can we avoid quarrelling and fighting? • If somebody speaks bad about our guru-parampara, speaks nonsense, or does nonsense, how do we see Krishna in that?
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Mon, 4 December 2023

Change of Mood
'After He took sannyas, Mahaprabhu's mood became different. Even when He took first initiation, His mood also changed. When Mahaprabhu went to Gaya and took initiation from Ishwar Puri, His whole mood and nature changed.'

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Emotion and Devotion
"Practise and practise, and when you make yourself perfect, then it will manifest in your dealings, in your behaviour, in your humility, etc. that you have become perfect—then you can easily understand what is the difference between emotion and devotion."
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Sun, 3 December 2023

Appreciate Prasad-Seva
'We are alive, so we have to eat something, but what should we take? Prasad. If you make something yourself and offer it the Lord, the Lord will be happier. So, you can bring something from the market, cook it and offer it.'
• Download / listen to the audio (33 Mb, 79 min | 15 December 2020 | Bengali)

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

On Ego and Envy
"Ego can also be good if you think, 'I am a servant of devotees.' However, envy is much worse than ego—envy is not given any place. Envy takes one to a helpless position. If you have envy or jealousy, it is easy for you to go to hell."
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Sat, 2 December 2023

Preserving Purity
'In those days, Gaudiya Vaishnavs' line had very great devotees, but now there are many sahajiyas among Gaudiya devotees who corrupt this line by chanting lila-kirtans, who speak without siddhanta, who chant "Radhe Radhe" without having this right.'
• Download / listen to the audio (33 Mb, 79 min | 15 December 2020 | Bengali)

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Turn Your House Into Temple
"You can turn your house into a temple. Your house can be Goloka Vrindavan. What kind of house is that? It is a house where proper practising is going on every day. You can practise all the things that proper householders practise. What is the problem?"
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Fri, 1 December 2023

Do Not Deflect
'Unless you praise somebody, it is not necessary to say anything about anybody. We must not say anything except for praise about them. If you say anything, you must speak about the siddhanta.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Be Responsible for Your Spiritual Life
"We must be responsible for our service and for our spiritual life, otherwise Guru and Vaishnavs will not be happy. Being responsible for your service is one of the main qualities of a servitor. It is necessary to have proper dedication and to always accept the advice of your guardian. We should not follow our mind. If we can follow all these things, then it can give a proper solution to all our problems."
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Thu, 30 November 2023

Glories of Great Souls
'You must always glorify Vaishnavs; never criticise them. We must glorify their qualities (engage in guna-kirtan). You cannot get anywhere without attaining the mercy of gurus and Vaishnavs. We must speak about all their great qualities.'
• Download / listen to the audio (33 Mb, 79 min | 15 December 2020 | Bengali)

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Asadhu-Sanga Saps Spiritual Strength
"If there is some fault in your heart, if you do some wrong and, thinking that nobody can see you doing it, you continue doing wrong, then it will slowly increase, and it will harm your spiritual life. We must always avoid bad association."
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Wed, 29 November 2023

Do You Ever Think of It?
'A day without Hari-katha is a bad day, and we must always try to reduce the number of such days in our lives. The water that is necessary for the seeds to grow is sravan and kirtan. We must always practise it. It is necessary to read scriptures more, it is necessary to hear Hari-katha more.'
• Download / listen to the audio (33 Mb, 79 min | 15 December 2020 | Bengali)

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Dangerous Query
"Different Vaishnavs have different vision. They are all our guru-varga and we cannot make any offence to our guru-varga. We must give respect to what they do. That is our simplicity and our tradition. We do not think, 'Why did he do this?' What they have done is final for us."
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Tue, 28 November 2023

Do Not Overstep Your Limit
'It is said that only three and a half devotees served Mahaprabhu: Svarup Damodar, Ray Ramananda, Sikhi Mahiti and his niece, Srimati Malini Devi. Not even Nityananda Prabhu or Rupa-Sanatana are among them, and only three persons were with Mahaprabhu in Gambhira. So, how can we dare enter there?'
• Download / listen to the audio (33 Mb, 79 min | 15 December 2020 | Bengali)

—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—

Eternal Humble Prayer
"'When will You place Your lotus feet on my head? I have no quality, no qualification, I am such a tiny thing—please accept me as Your dog. Please...' Always pray and cry to the Lord in this way. You say, 'Yes, I am giving everything to you,' but in the meantime you always keep the key with you. This is not surrender."
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GUIDANCE 2021 (epub)
(Last update: 24 Nov. '23)

বাংলা গ্রন্থ ও প্রবন্ধ

– Kirtan Guide –

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Relief and Relish
What is it that can give you an extraordinary relief and what is it that you can relish in this very lifetime? 'Our time is always going, our life is always passing, but you will not get this kind of opportunity again.'

CALENDAR FOR 12/2023

KESHAVA

8 DECEMBER (FRI). Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Utpanna Ekadasi. Departure of Sriyukta Dhananjay Das Prabhu.

9 DECEMBER (SAT). Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 10:32:00–16:46:22. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishnadas.

10 DECEMBER (SUN). Krishna Trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.

12 DECEMBER (TUE). Amavasya. Disappearance of Srestharya Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.

18 DECEMBER (MON). Gaura Sasthi. Sri Sri Jagannathdev’s Odan-Sasthi. Manifestation Anniversary of Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanya at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Puri Dham.

20 DECEMBER (WED). Gaura Astami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.

21 DECEMBER (THU). Gaura Navami. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.

22 DECEMBER (FRI). Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Sraman Maharaj.

23 DECEMBER (SAT). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Moksada Ekadasi.

24 DECEMBER (SUN). Gaura Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:19:52–6:36:32.

26 DECEMBER (TUE). Purnima.

NARAYAN

28 DECEMBER (THU). Krishna Dvitiya (tithi lasts two days). Grand festival in honour of the appearance day of Om Visnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.

30 DECEMBER (SAT). Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat, the places of Om Visnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj’s holy appearance and childhood pastimes.

31 DECEMBER (SUN). Krishna Chaturthi. Festival in honour of the disappearance of Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.

JANUARY 2024

7 JANUARY (SUN). Krishna Ekadasi. Fast on Saphala Ekadasi. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakas Aranya Maharaj.

8 JANUARY (MON). Krishna Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:23:27–9:56:25. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Srauti Maharaj.

9 JANUARY (TUE). Krishna Trayodasi. Disappearance of Srila Mahes Pandit and Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur.

11 JANUARY (THU). Amavasya.

12 JANUARY (FRI). Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.

14 JANUARY (SUN). Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadis Pandit.

15 JANUARY (MON). Gaura Chaturthi. A three-day remembrance fesitval in honour of Sriman Mahaprabhu’s sannyas-lila.

21 JANUARY (SUN). Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Putrada Ekadasi. Appearance of Srila Jagadis Pandit.

22 JANUARY (MON). Gaura Dvadasi. Ekadasi paran is at 6:25:07–10:00:19.

25 JANUARY (THU). Purnima. Pusyabhisek Yatra of Sri Krishna. Departure of Sripad Bhakti Saran Vaisnav Maharaj.

MADHAV

28 JANUARY (SUN). Krishna Tritiya. Appearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu and disappearance of Srila Ramachandra Kaviraj.

29 JANUARY (MON). Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance of Sripad Yadavendu Bhakti-Chandan.

FULL CALENDAR >>

Sri Gaudiya Calendar 2023-2024 (pdf)

THE TEN OFFENCES TO
THE HOLY NAME:

1) Criticise sadhus, Vaishnavs
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.

“Who Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and Srimati Radharani will take service from, that is Their matter, but we should try heart and soul.”

"HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS | HUMILITY, TOLERANCE, GIVING HONOUR TO OTHERS"