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SEPTEMBER 2015

বৈষ্ণব-তত্ত্ব
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: তিনটা প্রকার ভক্ত, ভক্তি-অনুকূল, ভক্তি-প্রতিকূল ।
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Surrendered Soul's Etiquette
Rejecting the unfavourable: who not to associate with, who not to see, where not to live, what work not to do, what books not to read, what classes not to listen to, which places not to go to, and whom not to love.
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—{ Invitations }—
6 & 21 September: Janmastami Radhastami (Sri Hari Smaran)	13 October: Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Festival	5 November: Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Festival	6-26 November: Annual Kartik Pilgrimage (Details)

Sri Vyasa Puja Offerings (please send in by the end of September)
As the holy appearance day of Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is approaching, we humbly request those of you who would like to send a prayer offering to His Divine Grace to send it by the end of September so that we can present it on the Vyasa Puja day itself. Our email address is: . When sending the offering, please kindly provide us with: your full devotional name, your country/city, and a photograph.

A Change of Family
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is replying a question about the meaning of vanacharya, explains how to increase the connection with the Guru in our heart, and stresses the importance of regaining the membership in Krishna's family.
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Service Without Ego and Tiredness
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is replying three questions: How important is it to serve the devotees? How to do service and not increase ego? How to do service and not get tired?
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Glimpses from Sri Nabadwip Dham
Just as the life at the temple came back to normal after the flood, the waters of Sri Ganga Mayi start slowly rising again. A few photographs taken yesterday, on September 3.

Emporium of All Rasa
"In Krishna-lila, everything is there—santa-, dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya-, madhura-rasa—that is why Krishna is considered the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
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News from Sri Nabadwip Dham (24 photographs, 1.6 Mb)
Devotees are gathering at the lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to celebrate the Janmastami festival. Photographs taken yesterday and the day before (September 3 and 4).

Janmastami Eve at Sri Nabadwip Dham (14 photographs, ~1 Mb)
Photographs of the assembly of Vaishnavs who have come to Sri Nabadwip Dham and the holy lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to celebrate the holy appearance day of Lord Sri Krishna.

Sri Krishna Janmastami in Bokaro (24 photographs, 1.7 Mb)
Devotees celebrating the holy appearance day of Lord Sri Krishna in Bokaro, Jharkhand state of India.

Sri Krishna Janmastami and Nandotsav Photographs of the grand festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, celebrated in the shelter of the holy lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

"Come Home!"
"Give some time to the Lord. You have got this body, it is like a boat, and the Guru is the captain of the boat—if you do not try to cross this ocean of material life, if you do not want to go to a higher plane, then you are committing suicide. Try, search for Sri Krishna, Reality the Beautiful."
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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.

শ্রীশ্রীকৃষ্ণের জন্মাষ্টমী অধিবাস
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: কালিযনাগ লীলা, গোরাদহের দেবশিশু, কর্ম্মমিশ্রভক্তি, তরিতাপ যন্ত্রণা, কলিস্থানগুলো, ফল্গু-বৈরাগ্য, সত্যবাদী গ্রাম কথা, সত্যকামের সেবা, কৃষ্ণের সংসার, হরিনাম মহিমা আর দশবিধ নামাপরাধ ।
(His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj speaking on the adhivas day of Sri Krishna Janmastami, 5 September 2015)
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শ্রীশ্রীকৃষ্ণের জন্মাষ্টমী, সকালে পাঠ
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: শ্রীচৈতন্যচরিতামৃত থেকে পড়া, কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ব, বলদেবতত্ত্ব, অচ্যতগোত্র, কৃষ্ণের লীলা ব্রহ্ম ও শিবের সাথে, কৃষ্ণ চতুরভুজ মূর্তি হিসাবে নিজের পরিচয় গোপন করে, দিব্য চক্ষু আর হৃদয়ের পরিষ্কার ।
(The morning class of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj on Sri Krishna Janmastami day, 6 September 2015)
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শ্রীশ্রীকৃষ্ণের জন্মাষ্টমী, সন্ধ্যায় পাঠ
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত: কলি-যুগে জীবের ভাগ্য, উপবাসের মর্মার্থ, ক্যালিফর্নিয়া সম্পদ জমি আর আত্মহত্যার জমি, সকাম ও নিষ্কাম ভক্তি, যজ্ঞপত্নীর ভুল, বলি মহারাজের শরণাগতি, ইন্দ্রের অভিশাপ, দুর্লভ জন্ম ও হরে কৃষ্ণ মহামন্ত্রের বল ।
(The evening class of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj on Sri Krishna Janmastami day, 6 September 2015)
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Path to Service
"Chant, keep good association, listen to Hari-katha, and practise, then gradually you will get proper benefit through your chanting—then you will get the real service to your Guru."
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Niskam Bhakti: With Heart and Soul
"Do not show false renunciation, devotion must be in the heart. Love with heart and soul—serve heart and soul. If you show you are doing some service, but in your mind you are asking for something else from the Lord, from your Guru, it is not niskam bhakti."
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Inspired Service
"Our mind says, 'I am doing this,' 'I am doing that,' but you cannot do anything yourself. Only when some inspiration comes to you through your Guru, can you do something—mercy is necessary."
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Embrace and Nurture
"Why has Krishna, the Lord Himself, sent you here with this human body? For eating, sleeping, and enjoying? Is this all that this life is for? Can you not see anything else, any other good things?"
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Sanatan-Siksa: Breaking Free
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, chapter 22: "Devotion to Krishna is the primary goal of life. Karma, yoga, jnana look up to bhakti; these practices have very little power—without devotion to Krishna, they cannot give the result."
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Sanatan-Siksa: Delusion of Liberation
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, chapter 22: "There are jnanis who think they have already achieved the stage of liberation in their life, but actually without devotion to Krishna their intelligence can never be pure."
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Sri Lalita Devi: Prema-Guru
The Appearance Day of she who manages the Pastimes of Sri Radha Krishna, who is able to teach Srimati Radhika, who is able to intensify the feelings of the Divine Couple, and without whose mercy we shall never be able to reach Krishna.
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A Fugitive's Plea
Om Vishnupad Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the "Kamadinam kati na katidha..." sloka: "What have I not done to carry out the orders of these enemies living within me? Now I am disgusted, my Lord. I do not know why, how, but I was able to avoid their vigilant eyes and I have now run to You! Please give me some engagement!"
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Darshan from Sri Hapaniya Dham
"Remembering that the Guru is nondifferent from Radharani, Gurudev always worshipped this day (Sri Radhastami) with a festival in Hapaniya." Two photographs taken yesterday at Sri Hapaniya Dham.

Sri Radhastami: Worship with Extreme Care
"How to worship Radharani—how? Gurudev said, 'You must walk in Radharani's place on your head, not on your legs.' It is that kind of place, but how can we see it?"

Sanatan-Siksa: Leaving Ulterior Motive
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, chapter 22: "If those who want enjoyment, liberation or some mystic powers, get good intelligence and practise Krishna consciousness intensely, they get the service to Krishna."
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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.

Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu: The All-Rounder
"Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu did everything alone—he cooked, did puja, cleaned the temple, brought water from the Yamuna, and also did personal service to his Guru. He was busy with his service from morning to night, and did everything alone."
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• বামনদেব ও বলি মহারাজ (Pastimes of Lord Vamanadev and Bali Maharaj)
ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রী শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজ ভগবানের লীলা ও বলি মহারাজের আদর্শস্বরূপ শরণাগতির সম্পর্কে বর্ণনা করেন ।
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• Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu
"I have no power to say what kind of devotion to his Guru Jiva Goswami had. Jiva Goswami's service cannot be compared to anyone's service. Whatever order he would get, he would place it on his head and do it all the time—his mind never went to any other place."
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• Protected Journey
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the pranam-mantra of Srila Jiva Goswami in the book Dignity of the Divine Servitor: "I offer my full dandavats unto the lotus feet of Srila Jiva Goswami who is the protector of our spiritual life. He rescues us from the whole illusory environment..."

On the Appearance Day of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur
"In this world there is no comparison or substitute to Srila Bhakti Vinod's unparalleled gift. He appeared on today's date. Thus this day is also supremely worshippable, desirable, and merciful. I have no gift with which I worship this great day..."

শ্রীল ভক্তিবিনোদ-আবির্ভাব-তিথিতে
"জগতে শ্রীল ভক্তিবিনোদের এই অতুলনীয় দানের কোন উপমা নাই—কোন বিনিময় নাই । আজ্­কের এই তিথিকে অবলম্বন করিয়াই তিনি প্রকটিত হইয়াছিলেন । অতএব এই তিথিও পরম পূজনীয়া, বরণীয়া এবং করুণাময়ী । আমার এমন কোন উপায়নই নাই যাহার দ্বারা আমি এই তিথিবরার পূজা করি ।"

• Disappearance of Srila Haridas Thakur
The sad and loving Pastime of the Lord and His devotee, Namacharya Haridas Thakur: "Prabhu, do not give me Maya. I know you love me so much, that is why I do not want to hear from You any further. Please give me some mercy—I want to go before You. Please, Prabhu, fulfil my desire."

Ye Anila Prema-Dhana Karuna Prachura
"Where has Advaita Acharya, the Lord who mercifully brought the wealth of divine love to this world, gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, and Sanatan? Where is my Raghunath Das? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
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Your True Well-Wisher
"Sometimes your mind tells you something, but you should not follow your mind. If something bad comes to your mind, say to yourself, 'Oh, it is not good. Why will I do that? It will damage my life. I will chant, I will read a book at this time instead.'"
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Poison, Wood, and Sugarcane
"Surrender must be sincere, not pretending: we pay our full obeisance to Gurudev, but when we get up we do whatever our mind wants to do and do not follow our Guru."
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Life's Necessity
"Sing the songs and read the translation to understand their meaning, chant the Holy Name constantly—when somebody chants, listens to lectures, reads Gurudev's lectures, I am very happy to see that, it gives me pleasure."
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Scale Your Service: Disease or Devotion?
"Once Gurudev told a story to the devotees. A high caste brahmin went to the market to buy some fish. When he came to the market, he saw a lady selling fish and asked her to weigh a big fish for him..."
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Guidance: Issue #04, 2015/3 (ePub, 0.7 Mb)
An ePub file for offline reading on mobile phones and tablets containing the lectures of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj published here from July to September 2015. We pray this serves as a source of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and well-wishers worldwide.

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