MONTHLY ARCHIVE OF UPDATES

MAY 2017

This Is Your Medicine, Take It
"So, I am praying to everybody—Mahaprabhu brought Harinam-sankirtan, this is your medicine, take it. If you take this medicine, you will be rescued from this world. When you get a good doctor and good medicine, your disease will be removed. How is it possible?"
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Devotion to Devotees
"You must serve the devotees. Gurudev said, 'If you serve devotees, Krishna will come and serve you.' Why is it necessary to take initiation, why is it necessary to take a Guru? Why do we go to the temple?"
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Priceless Wealth
"Many years ago, there was one brahmin who worshipped Lord Siva. One day, Lord Siva became very happy with his meditation and asked him, 'What do you want?' The brahmin said, 'I want some money'"...
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Captured by Heart, Not Kartals
"You know that Radharani did not study at Cambridge or Oxford University—simply through service, through chanting, She captured the heart of Krishna. When you go to Goloka Vrindavan, there will be no kartals, no mridanga, only clapping and chanting."
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Power of Surrender—and Faith
"The Lord can change everything. You think something is impossible, but nothing is impossible, anything can happen. But it all depends upon your faith. If you have the strongest faith and you surrender fully, then you will get a real benefit."
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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.

• "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..."

• SONG: Suddha-bhakata | শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother of devotion."

• 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..."

Initiation—Surrender of Heart
"If somebody wants to take this Holy Name, I am ready—Gurudev gave me this position to serve you all. It is not necessary to bring money, you can bring a few fruits, this is sufficient. We are not asking anyone for money—we are asking for your love and affection."
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Festival of the Lord—for the Lord
His Divine Grace speaking on the adhivas of Sri Nrisingha chaturdasi in 2015: "You have all come here to observe this festival tomorrow. Amidst so many things you have come here thinking about the Lord. You have been planning it, you have been thinking about it..."
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Lord Nrisinghadev
"'Please, remove the obstacles to pure devotion and bad elements from our society'—that is our only prayer to Lord Nrisinghadev."
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Using / Serving
"You cannot use Nrisinghadev for your own purpose or benefit—you must serve Nrisinghadev. We must give something to our Guru and the devotees, we should not take so much from our Guru or take anything from the devotees..."
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• SONG: Sri Dasavatar Stotram | দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্
"O Hari! O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! You have assumed a half-man, half-lion form! All glory to You! You ripped apart the bee-like body of Hiranyakasipu with the amazingly sharp nails of Your beautiful lotus hands."

শ্রীশ্রীনৃসিংহ-চতুর্দ্দশী (১৯৯০ সাল)
শ্রীল ভক্তিসুন্দর গোবিন্দ দেবগোস্বামী মহারাজ ভগবানের লীলা আর মহিমা বর্ণনা করছেন এবং শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতম্ থেকে পড়ছেন ।
(Extensive Bengali lecture of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, spoken in May 1990, describing the Pastimes of the Lord in His form of Sri Nrsimhadev and reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 7)
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Lord's Reciprocation
"...Such is the nature of service to the Lord. It is necessary to accept the teachings, the conception of Mahaprabhu. You all should read Siksastaka carefully, read about Mahaprabhu's conception."
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Control Your Urges
What are the urges? How to control them? "Tongue always wants to eat so many things, and the Lord gave us the remedy. If you want to get the Lord, you must understand the siddhanta (conception), you must accept and follow the rules and regulations."
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World of Faith and Humility
"For those who have faith, there exists a world of devotion. Faith can be acquired by sadhu-sanga, good association. If you have good association, if you accept the conception and practices of Mahaprabhu, you will get supreme benefit."
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Surrender—Can We Do It?
"We hear this, but can we do it? We do what we want. Gurudev tells us to do one thing, and we do the opposite. Following the whims of your mind on pretence of doing service is not service. Without following your Guru you will get nothing—you will get no result."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.1 Mb, 4 min | 2 May 2015 | Bengali)

Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:

• 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."

• SONG: Ohe Vaisnava Thakura | (ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"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. You can give Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after you."

• 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! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"

• SONG: Dhana mora nityananda | ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs' name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."

• SONG: Ye anila prema-dhana | যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"

Service Mood Brings Service Joy
"If you serve realising that this kind of service fulfils your Gurudev's desire and you feel pleasure and happiness coming to your mind and heart, then you can understand that your service mood is proper."
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Bread of Life
"When I see people working so hard outside only for their food, I become sad. I am praying for everybody—try to understand how valuable this human life. You cannot even imagine how valuable this life is. If we lose this life on some other job, it will be bad for everybody."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.4 Mb, 4 min | 22 July 2012)

Service to Tulasi
"If you can take care of your children, why can you not take care of Tulasi? Krishna knows everything, He is merciful, and He will remove your offence, but you must always cry, 'Prabhu, I do not know how to serve You! I am doing what I can, and if it is Your wish, You can take my service...' This is the service mood."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 22 July 2012)

On passing away of Sripad Santosh Prabhu
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's written statement addressing the worldwide devotee community, in relation to the passing away of Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu, written on 2 June 2016.

Vaishnav-Seva in Honour of Sripad Santosh Prabhu
(40 photographs, 2.1 Mb)
Photographs taken on 9 June 2016 during the Vaishnav festival held in honour of Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu at Sri Nabadwip Dham in the shelter of the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.

Photo Album: In Honour of Sripad Santosh Prabhu
(45 photographs, 5.3 Mb)
A dedicated photo album prepared in memory and honour of Sripad Santosh Krishna Prabhu whose glories devotees remember and worship today all over the world.

Gaudiya Darshan: The Wonderful Nature of the Vaisnava
"There is no doubt that our Guru is supreme in our life, but the Vaisnava is also not less than that. The Vaisnava can give us Krsna. Guru always lives on a higher level of honour, but the Vaisnava is the general helper for the conditioned soul. The Vaisnava's position is very merciful for the conditioned soul. The Vaisnavas also very affectionately try to help each other..." >>>

Sharing, Shunning, and Shirking
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj answers questions about Srimad Bhakti Vinodaviraha Dasakam, detachment, and remembers naughty childhood pastimes.
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Guru's Care for Mission and Disciple
"Gurudev said so many things, gave so much advice for our spiritual life. When I sat in front of him, I thought, 'His every single word is everything—just one his word is my wealth, his every word is very important for my spiritual life.'"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 22 July 2012)

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.

• "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..."

• SONG: Suddha-bhakata | শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
"I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother of devotion."

• 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..."

Keep Yourself Afloat
"Krishna always wants service from the devotees. Because of their bad karma and because the illusory environment is very powerful, maya always removes everybody from their service. If you can come out of the illusory environment, Krishna again give you service."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 3 min | 22 July 2012)

~ Pranam-mantra ~ dasa-vrndavanam vande krsna-dasa-prabhum tatha chhannavatara-chaitanya-lila-vistara-karinau dvau nityananda-padabja-karuna-renu-bhusitau vyakta-chchhannau budhachintyau vavande vyasa-rupinau sri-guru-gaura-gandharva-govindas cha ganaih saha jayanti pathakas chatra sarvesam karunarthinah "I offer my obeisances to Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, who made public the pastimes of the hidden avatar, Sri Chaitanya. They were both adorned with the mercy-dust of the lotus feet of Nityananda. I offer my obeisances to these two inconceivable sages who assumed the form of Vyasadeva, one—explicitly (Vrindavan Das Thakur), another—hiddenly (Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami). Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda and Their associates are ever victorious and we, the students, pray for Their mercy." (Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)

Under a Haritaki Tree
"Vrindavan Das Thakur's mother's name is Narayani, and she was a niece of Srivas Pandit. Mahaprabhu always held kirtans in the house of Srivas Pandit, and Narayani lived in that same house. When she was very little, she got Mahaprabhu's mercy..."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 8 min | 31 December 2012)

Clasping Nityananda Prabhu's Feet
"Nityananda is nondifferent from Guru-tattva: without mercy of the Guru you cannot get the mercy of Krishna. When will Nityananda Prabhu give me some mercy? When will He be compassionate to me and relieve me from the mundane illusion?"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 20 October 2015)

Vrindavan Das Thakur: A Life of Chastity
"Vrindavan Das Thakur is a disciple of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and is the main servitor of Nityananda Prabhu. He has so much chastity for Him..."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.5 Mb, 5 min | 18 May 2015)

Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur
His holy birthplace (Mamgachhi), his holy Deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai), his holy pastimes place (haritaki tree), and his holy samadhi (Denur)...

Composed by Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:

• SONG: Nitai amara dayara avadhi | নিতাই আমার দয়ার অবধি
"O brothers! My Lord Nitai's mercy is limitless! Bestowing His mercy upon the souls of this world He wanders from place to place perpetually offering the great treasure of ecstatic spiritual love to all."

• SONG: Bimala hema-jini | বিমল হেমজিনি
"His spotless figure defeats pure gold! Various flowers garlands adorn Him highlighting His beauty, and, in His ecstatic thrill, the hairs on His body standing erect defeat the stamens of kadamba flowers! His body is covered with drops of perspiration..."

Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:

• 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."

• SONG: Ohe Vaisnava Thakura | (ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর
"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. You can give Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after you."

• 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! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"

• SONG: Dhana mora nityananda | ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs' name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."

Perfect Service Environment
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is sharing his vision on how to protect and arrange the service of an established and growing community of devotees.
• Download / listen to the audio (1.2 Mb, 4 min | 22 July 2012)

Grace and Disgrace
(1) How can we help a devotee if they have false ego? "If such devotee surrenders to Krishna, He alone can solve their problem." (2) What is the real meaning of "His Divine Grace"? "His Divine Grace means Om Vishnupad, non-different from Krishna."
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Offence and Sin: Committing, Removing, Tolerating
Answering questions: What is the difference between an offence and a sin? How can we know when Krishna forgives or removes our offence? If a devotee feels unhappy when they are doing some service, does it mean that the Guru also feels unhappy with their service?
• Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 6 min | 22 July 2012)

Darshan from Siliguri
A few glimpses from Siliguri Math: past week the devotees in Siliguri have been blessed with the holy presence of the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, receiving nourishing Hari-katha and partaking of various services in preparation to the annual anniversary festival of Their Lordships.
(27 May 2017 | 3 photographs, 0.2 Mb)

Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (2): "He Has Eaten It All!"
"The Lord eats anything and everything when a devotee offers it, but He does not take anything from a non-devotee. The Lord Himself appears out of His own mercy. Another example of this is the son of Mukunda, Raghunandan."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | Bengali | 27 May 2017)

Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (3): "Here I am!"
"The Lord arranges His own pastimes Himself, but without the medium of a devotee, the Lord does not come on His own... Deity is not made of wood, stone or brass. Assuming the form of a Deity, the Lord gives you an opportunity to serve."
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (4): "Take This, Madhava!"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj recalls the pastime of ksir-chor Gopinath—the pastime of Gopinath stealing condensed milk (ksir) for His dearmost devotee Madhavendra Puri.
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Joyous Day In Siliguri, Deities' Pastimes (5): "Be My Witness!"
"And there is also one more story of Saksi Gopal, the story how for His devotee the Lord gives witness. The Lord accept everything from His devotees: He is controlled by His devotees, He does what His devotees wish."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 9 min | Bengali | 27 May 2017)

— { Sri Ratha-Yatra Pilgrimage Invitation } — On behalf of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj we would like to extend a cordial invitation to all devotees and friends to come and join us in the pilgrimage to Sri Jagannath Puri Dham from 9 June to 26 June, 2017. As previous year, we start off from the Howrah station (Kolkata), and you may join us there, or travel directly to Puri as per your convenience. You are welcome to contact us at should you have any questions. The address of our Puri Temple is Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Bidhava Ashram Road, Gaur Batsahi.

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