11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 3]

Listen and Learn
"We must surrender to the Lord. Everybody keeps Gita in their homes, but we do not understand the meaning and the main idea of Gita. We must believe what is written in scriptures and holy books."

• DIVINE GUIDANCE •

(2) ON THE WAY TO SRI PURI DHAM
'We are not going sightseeing but we are going to a place of pilgrimage, a holy place. Going there will purify us—body, mind, and soul. You all pray to Lord Jagannath that He will take us safely there and then bring us all back safely to where we are doing our respective seva. This is our only prayer today. We have nothing else to pray for.'

• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •

SARANAGATI GITI: Anya-abhilasa chhadi’
‘I will serve the Lord with my body and mind, giving up all other desires and pursuits of material benefit and knowledge. I will serve Lord Krishna in sadhus’ association without worshipping any gods or goddesses – this is the ultimate way to attain devotion.’

Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram (Part Four, chanted on Tuesdays)
'Overcome with strong bouts of divine love surging through Him and becoming unconscious of the world around Him, He dances madly and chants kirtan; the tears streaming incessantly from His eyes flood His body, the colour of molten gold and tall as the mount Sumeru, His clothes, the colour of the newly risen sun, and the earth in all fourteen directions around Him; He glows as He chants, ‘Krishna! Krishna!’, shouts jumbled up words and relishes various postures and behaviours (roaring with laughter, etc.) under the influence of divine love – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'

11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 2]

Chad Kazi: Defeated Again
"Mahaprabhu asked politely, ‘What is wrong, Kazi? Why are you sitting behind the closed door? We are your guests. Is this what your religion teaches? Does it say in Quran or Hadith that when guests come, you must close the door and hide?’ Hearing this, Chad Kazi came out..."

• DIVINE GUIDANCE •

(1) UTILISING OUR FORTUNE
'We must be conscious, therefore, about our position and about our service, then we will not be deviated from our position. But even if some deviation does come, if we are sincere we can emerge from that position also. When we live within this body, there is the possibility of deviation everywhere. Deviation will not come to attack us if we do not listen to the demands of our mental and physical bodies—otherwise, deviation is possible for everyone.'

• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •

SARANAGATI GITI: Hari hari! bada sela marame rahila
‘O Lord! My heart is pierced with a thick arrow. I have got a very rare body, but because I have not worshipped Lord Sri Krishna, my life has simply passed in vain.’

Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram (Part Three, chanted on Mondays)
'He ardently preached that service performed in various divine relationships (from dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya- to madhura-rasa) and the (paramount) service beauty of Sri Radha’s servitors in the highest paramour madhura-rasa, as well as any transcendental hankering of the self-realised souls in Sri Vraja Dham, can indisputably be realised in Sri Vrajendra-nandan only – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'

In honour of Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj:

Srila Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj: 'My Oldest Friend'
From the holy lotus mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: 'Sripad Jajavar Maharaj is one of my oldest friend, my main old friend. We have lost the association of most of them now, but Sripad Jajavar Maharaj is still here, and he has kindly come here to give me his darshan. He is the last sannyasi disciple of our Guru Maharaj, and he is senior to me.'

Sripad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj (by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, spoken on Srila Jajavar Maharaj's disappearance day)
"Srila Jajavar Maharaj joined the Gaudiya Mission of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur at a very young age. He could sing nicely, and he looked very simple—there was not a shadow of inauspiciousness in his body..."
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Sri Sri Nityananda Stuti (by Srila B.V. Jajavar Maharaj)
'O Balaram Nityananda! Please be merciful to me. Who can possibly know Gaura without Your mercy? Without You, I have no other way, no other refuge. Please give me some place at Your holy feet. Please allow me to always chant Your Name. This poor Jajavar is thus singing Your glorification.'

11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 1]

Mahaprabhu's Order
"When you call the Lord, you must call Him with all your heart and soul, not to impress others – you must call Him with all your heart. You must call the Lord extracting and smearing the mellows of love from the depths of your hearts..."

• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE ASPIRATION •

EVERYONE’S REAL FRIEND
'Just as we were so fortunate to have the association of Srila Prabhupada, we are now so lucky to have Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. He is carrying the same current. He is a personality of the same soil, the same land. He can, and is, giving us these teachings.'

DASA-VIDHA NAMAPARADHA
'Just as we were so fortunate to have the association of Srila Prabhupada, we are now so lucky to have Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. He is carrying the same current. He is a personality of the same soil, the same land. He can, and is, giving us these teachings.'

• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •

SARANAGATI GITI: Hari hari! viphale janama gonainu
‘O Lord! My life has passed in vain. I have got a human birth but have not served Radha-Krishna. I have been consciously drinking poison (I knew it, I heard about it from others, but I still drank it).’

Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram (Part Two, chanted on Sundays)
'Very tall, beautiful and infused with divine love, His holy form increases gods’ joy; the lustre of His body, which puts millions of golden lotuses to shame, is worshipped by the Moon; and His intrinsic form is a holy abode of divine pastimes manifest as eternal ever-increasing transcendental ecstatic transformations that spring up as He revels dancing in Sri Krishna-sankirtan – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'

11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | NOON | PART 5]

Pastimes of Lord Siva
"Lord Siva is a great Vaishnav. He took part in the rasa-lila of Lord Krishna. We always offer obeisances to him. We have Lord Siva’s Deity in many temples – there is Gangadhar Siva in Nabadwip, there is Lord Siva in Midnapore, Ganga Sagar and other places. We always offer Lord Govinda’s prasad to Lord Siva..."

• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE ASPIRATION •

OUR SUPER BENEFIT
'You have all assembled here to hear the messages of the Lord. The Lord Himself is your own natural wealth, and in your hearts the Lord is gloriously presiding. He has many, many forms, and we have many, many paths to reach Him; but the supreme path is bhakti, devotion.'

• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •

SARANAGATI GITI: Tatala saikate bari bindu-sama
‘I lived amidst children, friends, beautiful women and society, who are all like drops of water on a scorching sandy beach – forgetting You, I dedicated myself to them, but are they of any use now?’

Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram (Part One, chanted on Saturdays)
'Demigods, perfected souls, liberated souls, yogis and Lord’s devotees always sing His praise; He relieves the world from the blazing forest fire of three-fold miseries (caused by the desire for enjoyment, liberation and perfections) brought about by inauspicious actions (performed in aversion to the Supreme Lord); an ocean of generosity, He bestows His own Name from the nectarean storehouse of Lord Sri Krishna’s Names – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'