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"You must understand purely what Gurudev needs, what is his connection, what Gurudev wants, what his heart wants and you must always fulfil his desire. That is what the relationship between the Guru and a disciple is."
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Preaching Programmes in Pancha Palli and Tarakeshwar
(12 November 2019 | 63 photographs, 5.6 Mb)
Having returned from the extensive parikrama of Sri
Govardhan-Vrindavan Dham, His Divine Grace resumes preaching activities in
West Bengal and attends Vaishnav seva programme organised in Pancha Palli and
a preaching programme on the outskirts of Tarakeshwar.
Preaching Programme
in Purulia
(13 November 2019 | 33 photographs, 5.6 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends a
programme in suburbs of Purulia approaching the scientist audience with the
pure conception of Sriman Mahaprabhu for the eternal benefit of the attendees.
"My desire is that you preach for my Guru. Make some books, brochures, distribute prasadam, and go for sankirtan in the street from time to time. Preach. Continue preaching. You may not have a temple now, but you can make a programme in devotees' houses. Continue your programmes, that will be good for you yourself."
Download the audio (2.5 Mb, 6 min | 10 November 2019)
"If you can come and join these parikramas, it will be good for you. You can learn more and more, you can engage yourself in the service of the Lord. Always engage yourself in Krishna consciousness and also always avoid illusory environment."
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Online Programme:
Kolkata—Durban
(10 November 2019 | 3 photographs, 0.3 Mb)
Fortunate assembled devotees receive the darshan, divine instructions
and Hari-katha of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj.
"Only exclusive and dear servitors can have the right for Gurudev's wealth and property. Gurudev's wealth and property is not some temple, a great building, etc.—Gurudev's property is Krishna-prema, his heart, his love. We must become real disciples."
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"We cannot see anything, that is why we must always take shelter of a bona fide Guru. That is why it is very difficult to stay in Vrindavan. If you try to practise such raga-marga, you will become a sahajiya."
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"Mathura or Vrindavan is not a place for doing business or enjoyment. This is a place of service. If you want to stay here to serve, if you have service mood, then you have the right to stay here. We must not come to Vrindavan to always think about ourselves."
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namo gaurakisoraya bhaktavadhuta murtaye "I offer my obeisance unto the divine form of the devotee-avadhut Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji Maharaj, who is a honey-bee at Sri Gaurasundar's lotus feet and a servant of Srimati Radharani imbued with deep loving attachment." |
Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj
The transcendental pastimes and character of a great Vaishnav of our
sampradaya: "'Why are you staying here in Radha Kunda? You must come
to Nabadwip. My lila is not in Vrindavan, now My lila is going
on in Nabadwip, so you must come here.' And he came here...."
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the audio (5.1 Mb, 15 min | 17 November 2010)
Srila
Gaurakishoradas Babaji Maharaj
(An article written by Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and published in the Harmonist in honour of the disappearance day of Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj:)
"We cannot be eligible for the discipleship of Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode,
whom we may be disposed to honour on account of his display of scientific
scholarship, unless we are cured of all our scholastic vanities through the
realisation of the knowledge of transcendence by unconditional submission to
the feet of Srila Gaurakishoradasa Babaji."
Sri
Srimad Gaura-Kishor-Namaskar Dasakam |
শ্রীশ্রীমদ্গৌরকিশোরনমস্কারদশকম্
"O Divine Master of my Divine Master, my most venerable preceptor, you are
supremely worshippable in the group of the foremost associates of Sri
Gauranga. Although I remain deep in the mud of offenses, I (a fallen soul) am
begging you for your causeless mercy. O Gaura Kisora, again and yet again do
I make my obeisance unto you."
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SONG:
Ye anila prema
dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"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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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:
Vaisnava
thakura dayara sagara |
বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর দয়ার সাগর
"O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. Mercifully
give me a drop of faith and bestow upon me the wealth of Krishna's
Name."
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SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা
"I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in
maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of
sadhus."
In honour of Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj's appearance:
Reforming
Others
Three educational stories from the life of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and his disciple Sripad B.D. Madhav Maharaj.
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the audio (1.4 Mb, 5 min | 12 May 2012)
Guru
Consciousness, Service Consciousness
"I heard from Gurudev, one time it was Janmastami, and Madhav Maharaj (his
brahmachari name was Hayagriva Prabhu) had some service in Delhi, so
he had to travel by train on the Janmastami day...."
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the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 25 December 2010)
Continuous Service
"It happened after Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's time. One
time, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Saranga
Goswami Maharaj and one more sannyasi—three disciples of
Prabhupad—were sitting in one room..."
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the audio (1.4 Mb, 5 min | 7 August 2011)
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
"Actually, we do not have the eyes to have a darshan of a holy place. If we can clean our hearts through kirtan, if we can clean our character and mind through the service to the Guru, Vaishnavs, and the Lord, then we can truly do dham parikrama."
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"By the mercy of Sri Gurupadpadma, we have come today to Sri Gaudiya Math established by Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. You know that Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur is the founder acharya of Sri Chaitanya Math and all Gaudiya Maths..."
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"I have told you before that it is not necessary to know any mantra to worship the Lord—it is necessary to have a clean heart. Also, service is necessary, but service must be full. You start something and then leave it half-way—not like this."
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Parikrama to Sri
Karauli
(5 November 2019 | 14 photographs, 1.1 Mb)
Continuing Sri Kartik Tour, His Divine Grace takes the devotees from the holy
city of Jaipur to Karauli, slightly to the south-east to Jaipur, to take the
darshan of Sri Mahan Mohan Deity of Srila Sanatan Goswamipad.
"Krishna Himself said, 'I am Govardhan!' Sometimes people say that worshipping Govindaji and worshipping Govardhan is different, but this is a misconception. You must serve Govardhan with sincerity and following all rules of service."
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Parikrama to Sri
Jaipur
(4 November 2019 | 29 photographs, 2.8 Mb)
On this day of Sri Kartik Tour, His Divine Grace takes the devotees to Sri
Jaipur to take the darshan of Sri Govinda Deity (worshipped previously by
Srila Rupa Goswamipad in Sri Vrindavan) and Sri Gopinath (worshipped
previously by Sri Madhu Pandit). Both Deities were installed by Krishna's
great-grandson Vajranabha. Rescued by devotees from military assaults of the
government later on, the Deities were moved to Jaipur where They are
worshipped to this day. (The third Deity, Sri Gopal, was recovered by Sri
Madhavendra Puripad and is worshipped at Govardhan.)
Parikrama of Sri
Kuruksetra Dham
(3 November 2019 | 29 photographs, 1.9 Mb)
His Divine Grace takes the devotees to Sri Kuruksetra Dham, about 160 km to
the north of Delhi, to take the holy darshan of the great holy place
where the famous Kuruksetra battle took place and where Lord Sri Krishna
spoke Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
"Today is a very auspicious day—today is Sri Giriraj Govardhan Puja. By the mercy of Gurudev, we are present here in Govardhan. Gurudev writes that Giriraj assumes the form of both sevya and sevak..."
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«НАСТАВЛЕНИЯ» Том 1
«НАСТАВЛЕНИЯ» Том 2
«НАСТАВЛЕНИЯ» Том 3
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CALENDAR FOR 11/2019
23. (Sat) Utpanna Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila Kaliya Krishnadas. Disappearance of Sriyukta Dhananjay Das Prabhu.
24. (Sun) Paran between 6:01 and 9:36 a.m. Disappearance of Srila Saranga Thakur.
26. (Tue) Amavasya. Disappearance of Srila Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.
CALENDAR FOR 12/2019
2. (Mon) Gaura Shashthi. Oran Shashthi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance of Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Jiu at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
4. (Wed) Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji Maharaj.
5. (Thu) Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj.
6. (Fri) Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Shraman Maharaj.
8. (Sun) Moksada Ekadashi. Fast.
9. (Mon) Paran between 6:10 a.m. and 9:02 p.m.
14. (Sat) The grand 90th appearance day celebration of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Sevaite-President-Acharya, Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
15. (Sun) Festivals at the appearance place of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth Pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat.
16. (Mon) Disappearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.
22. (Sun) Saphala Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Devananda Pandit and Srimad Bhakti Prakash Aranya Maharaj.
23. (Mon) Paran between 6:20 and 9:51 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad Bhakti Bhudev Shrauti Maharaj.
24. (Tue) Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan Das Thakur.
27. (Fri) Appearance of Srila Lochan Das Thakur.
29. (Sun) Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu and Srila Jagadish Pandit.
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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| 'All glory to the mine of joy, Sri Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami, who is the crown-jewel of Gurus!' | জয় জয় গুরুদেবের |
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“Lalita always
controls Radharani: she manages Her meeting with Krishna, Her separation from Him—everything. Lalita Devi controls everything, for that she is a Guru: Prema-Guru.” |
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