His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj speaking online to Johannesburg: Real Mercy,
Real Service
Real mercy: "Getting mercy means getting service: if you have service, you
have mercy." Real service: "Practise properly, keep proper association, and
always avoid the Nama aparadh, seva aparadh, dham aparadh, Vaishnav aparadh.
Chant the Holy Name properly, without deceit, and with proper attention and
service mood."
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Tue, 2 June 2015 (Deity installation anniversary in
Caracas, Venezuela)
Parama
Karuna Nitai Gaurachandra
"I am always with you, and truly my love and affection are always with you—I
cannot forget your service, your love and affection, and how Nitai
Gaurachandra constantly bestow Their mercy on you all."
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Wed, 3 June 2015
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj speaking online to Johannesburg: You
Heard It, You Know It—Now Follow
"It is very difficult to avoid Vaishnav aparadh, but if you do not avoid it,
a very bad result will come to you. Chastity is the main thing—we do
not go everywhere, we do not mix with everybody. We are a little bit
different from other temples..."
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Thu, 4 June 2015
Sri Guru's
Joy and Sadness
"When your preaching becomes more successful, when everyone proceeds in their
spiritual life, when everyone is happy and increasing their service and
spiritual life, then I become happy."
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Start the
Fire
Answers to three question—accepting a guru, preaching to a child, and
the meaning of Namabhas. "You first start the fire, the wind will
come!"
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Online with Caracas,
Venezuela
A few photos of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj speaking online with the devotees from Caracas, Venezuela, on the
Deity installation anniversary, 2 June 2016.
Fri, 5 June 2015
Luchi Fried
in Kerosene
"If anybody comes from another temple, or another society, and you are giving
initiation to them, or you are recommending them for initiation, you must
think first and clarify them."
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শাশ্বত সুখনিকেতন :
১
শোষণ, ত্যাগ ও আত্মনিবেদন (প্রথম অংশ)
"ভোগের জগৎ ও ত্যাগের জগৎ—এই দুই জগতের বাইরে আর একটি জগৎ আছে । সেই জগৎ হল
প্রেমভক্তি ও আত্মনিবেদনের জগৎ । শোষণের স্তরকে পরিত্যাগ করে এবং ত্যাগের
স্তরকেও পরিত্যাগ করে সেই আত্মনিবেদনের ভূমিতে প্রবেশ করতে হবে । আমাদের যে
প্রকৃত স্বরূপ, আমাদের আত্মা, সেই জগতেরই বাসিন্দা । সেই জগতই প্রকৃত জগৎ আর এই
জগৎ হল তার বিকৃত প্রিবিম্ব ।"
Sat, 6 June 2015
Gross!
One of the grossest things a disciple can do: "At the time of taking
initiation we surrender to our Guru and promise him, 'I will serve you, I
will serve your mission.' But when after that they go to another temple and
do service there, they are just like a..."
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Initiations
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is giving
initiation to the fortunate souls who have come seeking shelter at the lotus
feet of Sri Gurudev.
Sun, 7 June 2015 (Deity installation anniversary
festival in Siliguri)
Great
Expectations
"Always be humble, practise, and whatever result comes, Krishna will give it.
Do not hope for so many things, like, 'I want to go Goloka Vrindavan.' Your
duty is to only do service, to please your Guru."
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Mon, 8 June 2015
Glorious Parama
Karuna
"It is such a glorious and happy day! Gaura Nitai wanted to come but They
were searching who They would come with. When They finally got Gurudev's good
association, They suddenly caught Gurudev's hand and came to Caracas."
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Tue, 9 June 2015
Spare Yourself
"Computer eats your brain. Gurudev told this to me. Devotees also want to
engage me in computers, but I do not want to. Sometimes they give me a
smartphone, but they do not understand why I do not take it."
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Wed, 10 June 2015
Treading the Wrong
Path
Trying to cut a shortcut and fostering chauvinism will not take you far:
without getting mercy of Gurudev, your attempts to reach the goal will prove
futile; by discriminating against householders you can end up in hell.
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Thu, 11 June 2015
Simple-Hearted
and Sincere Service
"Sometimes we lose our patience and think, 'Oh, I have been in Krishna
consciousness for so many years, but I am not getting the result.' Of course:
if you make so many offences, if you have so much deceitful devotion, how
will you get the result?"
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Fri, 12 June 2015
Maya's
Family vs. Krishna's Family
"You are hoarding money, things, property, and become so attached to it, but
you will not get pleasure from that. Only when you become detached, when you
realise that everything you have is for Krishna, for service to the Lord,
will you get the proper happiness."
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শাশ্বত সুখনিকেতন :
শোষণ,
ত্যাগ ও আত্মনিবেদন (দ্বিতীয় অংশ)
"পরম মঙ্গলময় শ্রীভগবান হলেন পরম প্রেম ও প্রীতির আধার, তিনি যেখানে আছেন
সেখানেই আমাদের প্রকৃত বাসভূমি, আমাদের স্বধাম, আমাদের সুখনিকেতন । সেই প্রেমময়
ভগবানের কাছে, সেই নিজের গৃহে আমাদের ফিরে যেতে হবে । খোতায় আমাদের সেই গৃহ
?"
Morning Class in Sri
Nabadwip Dham
Starting from today, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj gives morning English class at the samadhi mandir of Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
Sri Ekadashi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadashi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadashi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
Sun, 14 June 2015: (Paran 4:56–9:24 a.m.)
Jive
Daya, Name Ruchi, Vaishnava Seva
"If you have money, you can do Vaishnav seva; if you have no money, you can
talk nicely, humbly, with the devotees. You can give benefit to the jiva
souls by using everything for the service to the Lord. Always chant the Holy
Name"—His Divine Grace gives guidance on how to increase the service
mood and what to watch out for.
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Mon, 15 June 2015:
Squandering Your
Fortune
"If you want to have some business, you need capital, but if every day you
lose your capital, you will end up bankrupt. Because you have some previous
sukriti you are now staying in the temple, but if every day you lose that
sukriti, one day your balance will become zero."
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হরি-ভজন
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত:
"অসাধুসঙ্গে ভাই কৃষ্ণনাম নাহি হয় । নামাক্ষর বাহিরায় বটে তবু নাম কভু নয়
॥"
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Tue, 16 June 2015: (Disappearance of Srila Gadadhar
Pandit and Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur)
শুধুমাত্র ভিখা
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত:
"রাধা-কৃষ্ণ বল সঙ্গে চল, এই মাত্র ভিখা চাই । সাধুসঙ্গ, নামকীর্ত্তন,
ভাগবতশ্রবণ, মথুরাবাস, শ্রীমূর্ত্তির শ্রদ্ধায় সেবন ।"
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Harinam Initiations
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is giving
initiation to three sincere seekers from the Ukraine (recorded on 24 May
2015).
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Tarakeswar: Construction
Progress
Devotees take another trip to Tarakeswar to oversee the construction of the
new temple. The ground floor being roughly completed, the workers have moved
on to constructing the next floor above.
Ei-Bara Karuna Kara
Vaishnava Gosai
"O worshippable Vaishnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. If one comes to you, one's sins go
away. Where can such a merciful master be found?"
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Ye Anila Prema-Dhana Karuna
Prachura
"Where has Advaita Acharya, the Lord who mercifully brought the wealth of
divine love to this world, gone? I will break my head on a rock, I will
enter into fire—where shall I go to reach the reservoir of all
qualities, Sri Gauranga?"
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Wed, 17 June 2015:
Come to Your
Senses
"You have got a human birth and it is an opportunity to finish your wandering
throughout the samsar. This human birth is so auspicious, but if we do not
worship the Lord properly, do not practise properly, then time and time again
we will have to keep returning to this world of birth, death, old age, and
disease."
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Thu, 18 June 2015:
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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Fri, 19 June 2015:
Sri Sri Prema-vivarta, chapters 18, 20
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri
Sri Prema-vivarta:
• Chapter
18, "Sri Ekadasi"
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• Chapter
20, "The Glories of the Name" (selected verses, Bengali mostly)
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পুরুষোত্তম-মাস
"এ বৎসর অধি-মাস বা পুরুষোত্তম-মাস সমুপস্থির হইয়া জীবের জাগাকে অধিক
কৃষ্ণসেবানুকূল্যময় করিয়াছেন । পুরুষোত্তম-মাস, ভগবান পুরুষোত্তমের ন্যায়
সর্ব্বগুণাধার এবং অন্যান্য সমস্ত মাসের মুকুটমণি স্বরূপ ।"
Sat, 20 June 2015:
Siliguri:
Deity Installation Anniversary(67 photographs, 3.7 Mb)
Joyful and glorious celebration of the anniversary of Sri
Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda Sundar Jiu's installation in the Siliguri
branch of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math (taken on 7 June 2015).
An Afternoon in Sri
Nabadwip Dham
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is overseeing the
planting preparations at Sri Govinda Kunda and takes a regular walk around
the premises. (Several photographs taken yesterday, 19 June)
Sun, 21 June 2015:
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
speaking online to San Jose: Attachment
to Service or to the Self?
"They want some relation, but actually they take from the devotees more than
they give. Such is this world, people always think about themselves. People
do not serve properly—they come to use Gurudev, they do not come to
surrender to Gurudev..."
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বামনদেব ও বলি মহারাজ
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজ ভগবানের লীলা ও বলি
মহারাজের আদর্শস্বরূপ শরণাগতির সম্পর্কে বর্ণনা করেন ।
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Mon, 22 June 2015:
Ups and Downs of Spiritual
Life
"We want quality, we do not want quantity. Do not follow, do not run behind
maya (illusion)—do not run in a zigzag way after things, do not run
behind gorgeous things. Simple living, simple heart, and without deceitful
devotion—these are the main things in spiritual life."
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The Search for Sri
Krishna Reality The Beautiful
This fundamental book is compiled from informal talks of His Divine Grace
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and was presented to his holy
lotus hands on 30 October 1983. Since then, it has been republished several
times. Here we are presenting the latest, fifth, edition for reading and
download. Words of guidance: "We have so many books, but we do not
read them. We did not print books to use them as a paper plate for chanachur
or samosas. When you get time, read the books. It is very important." (Srila
B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Tue, 23 June 2015:
Sri Govinda Kunda
Marbling
Fulfilling the long-term heart desire of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj has started marbling the steps around Sri Govinda
Kunda. A truck full of marble has arrived today at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, Nabadwip.
International
Festival of Yoga(71 photographs, 6.7 Mb)
From 19 to 21 June the devotees from Venezuela and Colombia took part in the
International Festival of Yoga in Caracas, Venezuela. The devotees write: "We
are very happy to offer this seva and our dandavat pranams to the lotus feet
of our dearmost Srila Acharya Maharaj and to all the devotees of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math family."
Latest News
"There are many festivals going on here. A few days ago there was Panihati
festival, after that, devotees went to Siliguri for the Deity installation
festival, and now the Ratha Yatra festival in Puri is coming."
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Wed, 24 June 2015:
Lacking
Manpower
"If you do not have so much manpower, do not make a temple in that place.
First you must make devotees through preaching, then you can start a
preaching centre."
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Gossip: Tolerate
and Avoid
"Who is fighting, they can fight, but you should always avoid it. Gurudev's
words are, 'Ignore it.' If you make yourself busy with service, you will have
no time to listen to gossip..."
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Come and Join!
"It is going to be very crowded, but if you can tolerate the crowds, come. We
will dance in front of Jagannath: 'Jaya Jagannath! Jaya Baladev! Jaya
Subhadra!'"
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Thu, 25 June 2015:
শ্রীশ্রীপ্রেমবিবর্ত্ত, অধ্যায় ৬-১০
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজ শ্রীশ্রীপ্রেমবিবর্ত্ত
থেকে পড়ছেন: জীব-গতি, সকলের পক্ষে নাম, কুটীনাটী ছাড়, যুক্তবৈরাগ্য, জাতিকুল
।
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Paving
Progress
Despite the continuous rain, most of the area in front of the bhajan kutir of
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj has already been paved.
Fri, 26 June 2015:
দুঃখের শেষ
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: "এ
ঘোর-সংসারে পড়িয়া মানব না পায় দুঃখের শেষ, সাধুসঙ্গ করি' হরি ভজে যদি তবে অন্ত
হয় ক্লেশ ।"
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Recent
Preaching(43 photographs, 3 Mb)
Photographs of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj's village preaching taken earlier this month.
Sri Govinda Kunda
Marbling
The works have commenced on marbling and paving the steps of Sri Govinda
Kunda at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nabadwip Dham, India. Photographs
taken yesterday, 25 June.
Sat, 27 June 2015:
In the Face of
Austerity
"Some problem will come through your service—if everything always goes
smooth it is not service. If your boat is going in the same direction as the
current, your boat will go easily, but if the current is going in the
opposite direction, then you will have to row hard."
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Paving
Progress
The paving and marbling works are continuing steadily in Sri Nabadwip
Dham.
Sun, 28 June 2015 (Today is Sri Padmini
Ekadashi):
Enthusiasm for
Service: the Yajna-Patnis
"One of the qualities that are favourable to devotion is enthusiasm. 'Oh,
when will the day come? When will the day come? When will I do my service?
When will I go to the temple?'—this kind of enthusiasm, utsaha, is
necessary to have."
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Lured and Lashed
"If you enter the illusory environment, you become attacked by it and cannot
run away from there—you get beaten so much but cannot run away; but the
Guru can break the illusory environment and let us see the chinmaya dham,
transcendental abode."
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Sri Ekadashi Guidance
Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadashi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadashi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
Mon, 29 June 2015 (Paran is at 4:56–9:02 a.m.):
Enthusiasm for
Service: Jar, Stool, Banana Skin
"Why do we not get energy? Why do we not get happiness through our service?
Because we have some material desire inside—desire for something else.
This material desire is like stool, discard it and you will get
happiness."
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Tue, 30 June 2015:
Service: Faith
and Surrender
"If somebody has Gurudev's photo, the Deities' photo in their house, they can
worship themselves—their house becomes a temple. Even though they
cannot come to the temple, they should cook for the Deities and take prasad.
Not all devotees may be doing it, but it is necessary."
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Sure Is Only
Death
"Krishna will protect you, Krishna will save you. If you are meant to die,
you can go to even a rathole and die there. Nobody can protect themselves,
you know that."
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Q&A:
Friendship, Offences, Chastity, Dependence
His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is answering devotees' questions:
Is friendship possible? Why do we lose enthusiasm? How does affection come?
How to please Gurudev? How to preach to new people on the street? How to
awake chastity and surrender?
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Bengali Section
Updated weekly, this part of the website is dedicated to the Bengali language
posts created to spread the teachings of our Gurus and the Math among the
Bengali-speaking audience. As before, the updates will be reflected on the
main page (here) as well.
'In this age of Kali, Krishna has appeared in this world in the form of the
Name and He comes to distribute His name door to door, but only the
fortunates souls can receive that Holy Name.'