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JULY 2019
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 Bhajan-kutir of Srila Haridas Thakur |
 Sri Gambhira |
 House of Srila Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya |
 Sveta Ganga |
 Sri Paramananda Puri's House |
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Lectures from Sri Puri Dham |
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19 July 2015:
• Darshan of Lord Jagannath • Parikrama: Mood, Intention, and Prayer • Mercy Is Not Always Sweet
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11 July 2018:
• Heal and Declutter • Love, Lust, and Rust • Jagadananda Pandit: Childhood • Jagadananda Pandit's Hot-Headed Heart • Nine Digits • Two Fables—Two Lessons • Sincere and Selfless Service • Chanting 24/7 • The Proof of the Pudding • "Gora Knows..."
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Saranagati:
Saranagatera
Prarthana: Prayers of Surrendered Souls
"O Lord, I have obeyed the wicked dictates of lust, anger, and so on, for so
long and in so many ways! Yet they have never taken pity upon me, and I have
never felt shame or satisfaction! O Lord of the Yadus, now I have abandoned
them and attained proper consciousness: I have surrendered unto You, the
abode of fearlessness. Please engage me in Your service."
"মহাপ্রভু জানতেন কে ১০% ভক্ত, কে ৫০% ভক্ত আর কে সত্যিকারের ১০০% ভক্ত । তিনি সব পার্ষদগণকে সহজে বুঝতে পারতেন । তিনি জানতেন যে, দামোদর পণ্ডিত খুব সরল ভক্ত ছিল আর এক দিন তিনি তাঁকে পরীক্ষা করলেন, 'আমি যদি কিছু অন্যায় করব, ও আমাকে কিছু বলবে কি না ?'"
"'যদি চাহ প্রণয় রাখিতে গৌরাঙ্গের সনে । ছোট হরিদাসের কথা থাকে যেন মনে ।' ভক্তরা মহাপ্রভুর কাছে গিয়ে মিনতি করলেন, 'প্রভু, ছোট হরিদাস একটা সামান্য দোষ করেছে । কৃপা করে ওকে ক্ষমা করে দাও । ও সব বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে, এখন অনেক দিন ধরে কিছু না খেয়ে আছে ।' মহাপ্রভু বললেন, 'যদি আর একবার এর কথা বলবে, তোমরা আমাকে আর এখানে দেখতে পাবে না ।'"
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 Sri Alarnath Temple |
 Sakhi Gopal Temple |
 Sri Bindu Sarovar |
 Sri Ananta Vasudev Temple |
 Sri Lingaraj Mandir |
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— { Pranam mantra of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur } —
vande bhaktivinodam sri-gaura-sakti-svarupakam "I offer my obeisance unto Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur, the embodiment of Sri Gaurasundar's potency. He is the king of all knowers of the scriptures of pure devotion and an ocean of the nectar of devotion to Srimati Radharani." |
Srimad Bhakti Vinodaviraha Dasakam | শ্রীমদ্ভক্তিবিনোদবিরহদশকম্
"Alas, alas! O Bhakti Vinoda Thakura, O Supreme Guru, for twenty-two years
this world has been plunged into misfortune, long grief-stricken in your
intolerable separation. You are the divine potency of Sri Gaura, and you
graciously made your advent in this earthly plane, being attracted by the
living beings' virtuous deeds performed throughout many lifetimes. Where am
I, so lowly and fallen, and where are you, the great soul who delivers the
universe!"
Srila Bhakti
Vinod Thakur
"If Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur had not come in this world, where, in whose
lotus feet would we have found our shelter? He gave us all these things and
he gave us Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. If you think about it,
you can understand how much he gave to the jiva souls..."
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audio (3.6 Mb, 11 min | 3 October 2015)
Recognising Guru:
What Is Your Obstacle?
"Brother, you see Bhakti Vinod Thakur as your father, but I see him as my
spiritual master. That is the difference. What you see is a father
(baba), and that is the obstacle (badha) that prevents you from
getting Radharani (Radha)."
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The Seventh Goswami [By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
A summary account of
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's service, life, and character. Originally published as an
introduction to the first edition of Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya
published as The Hidden Treasure of the Holy Dhama Nabadwipa.
The Worship of Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur
[Sri Gaudiya
Darshan, by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur did so much seva for the sampradaya of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He lived during a very heavy time period. He was a very
exclusive devotee of Mahaprabhu and specifically worshipped Deities of Sri
Sri Gaura Gadadhar...."
In honour of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami:
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— { Pranam mantra of Sri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami } —
nilambhodhi-tate sada sva-viraha-ksepanvitam bandhavam
"On the shore of the broad blue ocean Gadadhar Pandit used to read Srimad
Bhagavatam to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who was suffering from the great
internal pain of separation from Himself (Krishna). Gadadhar Pandit supplied
the wine of Krishna-lila to intoxicate his afflicted friend and give Him
relief. As he read, tears would fall from his eyes like flower offerings onto
the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam. May the pleasure of that brilliant
personality, Gadadhar Pandit, the best of the Goswamis, be my only object in
writing this book." (Composed by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) |
Sri Gadadhar Pandit: Mahaprabhu's Shadow
(A chapter from His Divine Grace's Bengali book Sri Puri
Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala)
"Sri Gadadhar Pandit stayed with Mahaprabhu from his childhood. His father's
name was Madhav Misra, and his mother's name was Ratnavali Devi. They lived
in Mayapur near Jagannath Misra's house. Mahaprabhu could never stay without
Gadadhar Pandit, and Gadadhar Pandit could not stay without Mahaprabhu even a
moment too..."
At Sri
Chatak Parvat and Sri Tota Gopinath Temple
His Divine Grace is speaking at the bhajan-kutir of Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur and Sri Tota Gopinath temple on the first day of
Sri Puri Dham parikrama, telling the pastimes of Srila Haridas
Thakur's disappearance and Srila Gadadhar Pandit.
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Sri Gadadhar Pandit's
Life in Puri
A special discourse given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj for Sri Gaudiya Darshan, 1995, dwelling on "Puri
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math" and "Jagannathdev and His Dham." Later, this
article was included in the compilation of lectures Affectionate
Guidance (Chapter 23).
Pandit Sri Gadadhar Goswami [Posted at Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's article on Srila Gadadhar
Pandit's paramount sacrifice: "Pandit Goswami's life is a special offering
of silent and complete self-sacrifice to his beloved. Only those who can
taste unprecedented joy by appreciating the wonder within the ornament of
contradiction in seeing the bag of a beggar on Laksmi Devi’s shoulder are fit
to appreciate the extraordinary glory of Srimat Pandit Goswami's
unprecedented personality..."
শ্রীল ভক্তিরক্ষক শ্রীধর দেব গোস্বামী মহারাজের প্রবন্ধ: "পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী চরিত্র নিজ প্রিয়তমের উদ্দেশ্যে একটী নীরব পূর্ণ-আত্মোৎসর্গময় উপটোকন বিশেষ । লক্ষ্মীদেবীর স্কন্ধ ভিক্ষার ঝুলি দর্শনে যাঁহারা বিরোধালঙ্কারের চমৎকারিতা হৃদয়ঙ্গমে যে অপূর্ব্ব সুখাস্বাদনে সমর্থ, তাঁহারাই শ্রীমৎ পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী অপূর্ব্ব ব্যক্তিত্বের অসাধারণ মহিমা অনুভবের অধিকারী ।"
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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Krsna haite
chatur-mukha |
কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ
"...Their dear follower is Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur. His associate is the
best of the topmost devotees, Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji, whose sole joy is
Sri Hari's service."
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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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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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Thakura vaisnava-gana |
ঠাকুর বৈষ্ণবগণ
"O worshippable Vaisnavas, I offer you this prayer. I am very fallen and
misbehaved. Destiny has immersed me in the fearsome ocean of material
existence. Please grab me by the hair and pull me to the shore."
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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."
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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!"
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Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ
"Nityananda is my wealth, Gaurachandra is my lord, my very life is the
Divine Couple. Advaita Acharya is my strength, Gadadhar is my family, and
Narahari is my play and pastimes."
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 Sri Narayan Chhata, Birthplace of Srila Saraswati Thakur |
 Sri Ramananda Ray's house and garden |
 Sri Jagannath Mandir |
 Sri Gundicha Temple |
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"Sri Jagannath is not an object to be seen; Jagannath is the Seer. When the
soul gives up the ego of the seer and becomes fully established in the ego of
an object of Jagannath’s vision or the pure original form of being an object
of enjoyment, it then acquires service temper and can attain the
darshan of Lord Jagannath through the eyes of divine love and service
temper.
"For as long as we think that we will see Jagannath, we will not be able to see Him, but rather we will only always see wood, stone, an enjoyable idol maimed by the impersonal or historical accounts; and when we can know with all our heart and soul that He will see me, that we are materials for His enjoyment, and there is no covering of our own pleasure when it comes to His enjoyment, that He is absolutely independent and acts as He pleases, then only will Jagannath reveal Himself to us.
"But people in this world are consciously and unconsciously deluded by the
idea that, 'I will get to see Jagannath—I will measure the
sach-chid-ananda vigraha with my fleshy eyes and enjoy.' That is why
even after the deception of getting the darshan of Jagannath, their
senses remain captured by the desire to see various bad things of this
world." ~ Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad
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More about Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math:
Golden
Reflections
Published in 1992 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, the book presents a series of reflections of Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj on how the Math was founded and developed over the
course of time, as well as affectionate guidance for the practitioners on
how to proceed in their spiritual life.
The All-Auspicious
Name of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj, the founder of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, expounds on the
profundity of the Mission's name.
The Math Logo
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the
meaning of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's logo, manifest and revealed by His
Divine Grace. (Excerpted from Golden Reflection.)
History of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math (1)
"You all know ISKCON, but some devotees do not actually know about Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math. When Chaitanya Math had not yet been established,
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad stayed in Kolkata and
preached from there..."
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History of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math (2)
"Gurudev (Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
always went to Kolkata for preaching, and at that time he stayed at the house
of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad at Ultadanga Road. Srila
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and our Gurudev, Gaurendu Brahmachari, both lived
in that house..."
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"‘গম্ভীরা’ মানে ঘরের মধ্যে ঘর । এই খুব ছোট ঘরেই মহাপ্রভু থাকতেন । এই বিরহের জ্বালায় শ্রীগৌরহরি রাধিকার ভাব ধরে কৃষ্ণের জন্য উন্মাদ হয়ে গিয়েছেন । ব্রজগোপীরা বললেন, 'কৃষ্ণ, তুমি আমাদেরকে বৃন্দাবন ছেড়ে চলে গিয়েছ—আমাদের যত কাঁদিয়েছ, তোমাকেও তত এই জগতে এসে কাঁদতে হবে !' সেইরকম লীলা গম্ভীরায় হয়েছিল ।"
"শ্রীপুরীধামে এসে মহাপ্রভু হরিদাস ঠাকুরকে তাঁর সঙ্গে শ্রীপুরীতে এনেছিলেন আর তাঁর নিজের ঘরের পাশে একটা ঘর দিয়েছিলেন । শ্রীলহরিদাস ঠাকুর বলতেন, 'আমার জগন্নাথ দর্শন করবার অধিকার নেই । আমি অতি পাপী, যবন, নিচু জাতি, তাহলে আমি কি করে জগন্নাথ মন্দিরে যাব ?' তাই মহাপ্রভু নিজে প্রত্যেক দিন জগন্নাথদেবের মন্দিরে মঙ্গলারতিতে যাওয়ার পরে হরিদাস ঠাকুরের কাছে আসতেন ।"
Mahaprabhu
Arrives In Puri
"When Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He went away with Nityananda
Prabhu, Mukunda and others. On the way, Nityananda Prabhu thought, 'Why will
Mahaprabhu carry Me?'..."
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Bengali)
"আপনারা রঘুনাথদাস গোস্বামীর কথা নিশ্চয় শুনেছেন । যখন রঘুনাথ দাস গোস্বামী খবর পেয়েছিলেন যে, মহাপ্রভু সন্ন্যাস গ্রহণ করে কাটোয়া থেকে শান্তিপুরে এলেন, তিনি তখন শীঘ্র করে মহাপ্রভুর কাছে গেলেন । তিনি অল্প বয়স থেকে মহাপ্রভুর কাছে চলে যেতে চেষ্টা করলেন । তিনি বারবার মহাপ্রভুর কাছে যেতেন কিন্তু মহাপ্রভু তাঁকে বারবার ফিরৎ পাঠিয়ে বললেন, 'বাড়ি ফিরে যাও! বাতুল হইও না !'"
"কালকে আমাদের রথযাত্রা সম্পন্ন হয়ে গেল । আপনারা গুরু-বৈষ্ণবের কৃপায় রথযাত্রা খুব সুন্দর ভাবে, সুষ্ঠু ভাবে কাটিয়ে দিলেন । বহু কষ্ট করে এসেছেন, বহু কষ্ট করে যাচ্ছেন—কিন্তু কষ্ট না করলে ভগবানকে পাওয়া যাবে না । এই অল্প দিনের জন্য এসে আপনারা কষ্ট করে ভগবানের জন্য ভগবানের প্রসাদ গ্রহণ করে ছিলেন । সেটা তো খুব বড় ভাগ্যের ব্যাপার ।"
Mahaprabhu
Settles In Puri
"Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya kept a room for Mahaprabhu at Kashi Misra's house,
and, after Mahaprabhu had travelled all South India, He came back to Puri and
settled in Kashi Misra's house. He always discussed Krishna-katha with Ray
Ramananda and Svarup Damodar—who will one speak Krishna-katha with if not
with one's dear and near ones?"
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Bengali)
Embracing
Lord's Arrangement
"If we are to stay at the feet of Guru and Vaishnavs properly, we must always
remember about these pastimes... When the time is right, Krishna will arrange
everything. Kamsa arranged so many things—a big prison house, so many guards,
so many soldiers and servants, but when Vasudev took Gopal Krishna out, how
was everything set right?"
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Bengali)
Purity,
Simplicity, and Faith
"If you want to understand Gora's teaching, you must become sincere,
simple-hearted. If you play politics, you will not understand Gora's
teaching. If you have the strongest faith in what the scriptures say, then
you know that by serving the Lord and the Guru no debt remains."
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Bengali & Kirtan)
South Indian Tour:
Puri—Kurmaksetra (Srikakulam)
(6 July 2019 | 38 photographs, 2.7 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj commences
the extensive South Indian tour following the footsteps of Sri Gurupadpadma
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj and Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. During the first leg of the tour, devotees visit
temples of Sri Kurmadev and the temple of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's
footsteps, remembering the beautiful pastimes the Lord performs in this
place.
South Indian Tour:
Simhachalam—Kovvur (Godavari)
(7 July 2019 | 19 photographs, 1.6 Mb)
During the second day of the South Indian pilgrimage, happy and peaceful in
the shelter of the holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, devotees move further south and visit the
temples of Sri Nrisinghadev in Simhachalam and Sri Ramananda Gaudiya Math on
the bank of the holy Godavari River.
"They Come
Running to Do Parikrama"
"In some places you cannot wear tilak and neck beads openly, cannot
chant kirtan openly, loudly, but people, being attracted by
Mahaprabhu, are coming even from such places to hear about Him—they are
coming to do the Nabadwip Dham parikrama with you all."
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Bengali)
"Please get ready tomorrow for Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. It is some austerity, but I will give you a very good medicine how to do this parikrama. If you take this medicine, you will see that everyone can do it. "
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South Indian Tour:
Srisailam
(9 July 2019 | 18 photographs, 2.7 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj continues
South Indian tour and arrives with the devotees in Srisailam, a temple of
Lord Siva visited by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu during His pilgrimage to South
India.
South Indian Tour:
Ahobilam
(10 July 2019 | 103 photographs, 10.5 Mb)
The next day, in the company of fortunate devotees, with kirtan and
Hari-katha, His Divine Grace undertakes a strenuous but a happy walk around
the Nallamala Hill in Ahobilam visiting marvellous holy sites of Lord
Nrisinghadev and Prahlad Maharaj's pastimes: multiples temples of Lord
Nrisinghadev, the places where Lord Nrisinghadev appeared and slew
Hiranyakasipu and washed His hands, the school of Prahlada Maharaj and
others.
In honour of Sripad Ajita Krishna Brahmachari:
A Miracle and Wealth
of Our Mission [Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj]
"Ajita Krishna Brahmachari was an ideal servitor of Srila Guru Maharaj. I am
surprised to see his mood of service. I did something, no doubt, but he used
ten times more energy for the service of Guru Maharaj! That was his
peculiarity. That type of all-rounder brahmachari was the wealth of
our mission."
The
Tireless Servitor [Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
An article written by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in
honour of the passing of Sripad Ajita Krishna Prabhu Seva Saurabh. It was
first published in Sri Gaudiya Darsan on 19 September 1971.
The
Best of All Servitors [Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's tribute to Sripad Ajita
Krishna Das Brahmachari Seva Saurabh.
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SONG:
Ye anila
prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন
"Where are the saviours of the fallen souls? Not finding Sri Gauranga, who
performed His Pastimes with all His associates, Narottam Das weeps."
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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."
Hear It With Your
Heart
"When Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur stayed in Godrumdwip, he would sing one song.
Listen carefully with your heart and try to remember it. We are now here in
Godrumdwip and the practice here is kirtanam—it is necessary to
practise kirtan."
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Bengali)
Evening kirtans
• Gurudev bada krpa kari' • Sri Krishna Chaitanya daya kari more • Ohe
Vaishnava Thakura • Nitai-pada-kamala • Emana durmati • Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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The Gift of the Golden Lord
Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj's speech in English during the evening
class: "We always think about how this is happening—how this celebration has
now become famous around the whole of the world. It is not a question of some
Bengali function, it is not some local celebration, but rather this is a
celebration of the whole universe. Everywhere in the universe this day is
being celebrated as the most auspicious day."
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Admirable Service
Mood
"This is an example for us. You must think about it, and it should make you
feel shy. The more we can give to the Lord, the more the Lord will love us.
How much can we give to the Lord? You should learn from these devotees."
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Bengali)
"I do not think about earning money, I only always think about the Lord, about service to Gurudev and devotees. Anyone who wants can come. The Lord provides and makes sure we have no lack. Gurudev also gave his blessing and told me many times that...."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 8 min | 15 March 2019 | Bengali)
South Indian Tour:
Mangalagiri (Vijayawada)
(8 July 2019 | 38 photographs, 3.3 Mb)
Photographs taken during the South Indian tour of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj: His Divine Grace visits with
the devotees the temples of Sri Laksmi Nrisinghadev, Sri Panakala
Nrisinghadev and a temple of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's lotus footprints in
Mangalagiri.
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
From SRI NABADWIP
DHAM
(14 July 2019 | 17
photographs, 2.6 Mb)
After two years of being usurped by an outside party, the holy land of Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nabadwip Dham, Koladwip, again receives the
soothing touch of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj as His Divine Grace enters Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math to pay obeisance to His Gurudev, Param Guru Maharaj, the holy
presiding Deities of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
Gandharva Govinda Sundarjiu, and circumambulate the Temple premises.
Sri Nrisingha
Palli: Construction Progress
(14 July 2019 | 21 photographs, 1.6 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj pays a
visit to Sri Nrisingha Palli to check on the steadily continuing construction
of the outbuilding kitchen extension, bathrooms and the extended top floor
above the nat mandir.
Revise Your
Priorities
"I am telling it for your benefit. I am constantly only thinking about your
benefit—day and night, sometimes foregoing eating and sleeping, I go
everywhere and make so much effort just so that you may have some love and
attachment to the Lord, to the Lord's service."
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Bengali)
One-Pointed
Hearts
"There is no scarcity of visaya-vistha (stool of material world). If
you eat all those other things, do you think you will get the taste for the
Lord? If you eat outside food, listen to outside kirtans, this is
hodge-podge devotion (panchmisali bhakti)! We do not want to behave
like prostitutes—we do not go this side, that side, that side; our conception
is one direction, our heart must be one-pointed otherwise we can never get
the Lord."
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Bengali)
Lying and
Bribing
"We have made a promise to the Lord that we will serve Him, but we have not
been able to keep our promise. Instead, we always want something from the
Lord, we always expect the Lord to serve us, but we do not want to serve the
Lord."
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Bengali)
Morning kirtans
• Thakura Vaisnava-gana • Gaurangera duti pada • Sarvasva tomara charane
sampiya.
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In honour of Sri Guru Purnima:
Sri Bhakti
Siddhanta Vani
A quote of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad that is printed
and hung on the wall at the veranda of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj and many of the temples: "If someone does not consider it
necessary to faithfully follow their Guru and the Vaishnavs, their endeavour
to serve the Lord is not service to the Lord—it is service to
maya."
"If you serve your Guru properly, if you have devotion to the Guru, then you will be able to remove the bondage with the modes of material nature, and through that relationship with your Guru you can get service to the Lord and finally reach your destination."
• Download / listen to the audio (8 Mb, 24 min | 22 July 2013 | Mostly Bengali)
Sri Guru's
Forgiving Mercy
"Gurudev is always merciful. I can give you an example of how merciful
Gurudev is, I can tell you one story. Disciples always do wrong, but Gurudev
is always merciful..."
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Part 1:
How to See the Guru: Mercy
Clear guidance on how to understand who the Guru is, and how a sincere
disciple should see the Guru: the Guru is not only a mahabhagavata (a great
devotee), he is nondifferent from Krishna Himself.
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Part 2:
How to See the Guru: Chastity
The main quality of a sincere disciple explained by several examples:
one-pointed attention, rejecting the unfavourable, intense attachment to
service and devotees, faith, and careful choice of association.
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Gurudev!
krpa-bindu diya |
গুরুদেব! কৃপাবিন্দু
দিয়া • Samsara-davanala | সংসার-দাবানল • Sri-guru-charana-padma | শ্রীগুরুচরণ-পদ্ম • Krsna haite chatur-mukha | কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ |
In honour of Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu's disappearance:
Sri Sanatan-SiksaThe first lecture in the cycle of lectures given by His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj in 2015, dedicated to the teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu and Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu.
Sri
Rupa-Sanatan Siksa (EPUB file, 0.5 Mb)
"Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita: Sri Rupa-Satana Siksa, read and expounded by His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj." An electronic
version of the published previously online matter available now for download,
reading and worshipping on phones, tablets, eBook readers, etc.
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SONG:
Sri Sad-Goswamy-Astakam |
শ্রীশ্রীষড়্গোস্বাম্যষ্টকম্
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Goswamis, namely Sri
Rupa Goswami, Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri
Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami, who
are always engaged in chanting the Holy Name of Krishna and dancing. They are
just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle
and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they
do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord
Chaitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver
all the conditioned souls in the material universe."
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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:
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."
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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! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
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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."
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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?"
A Rare Quality
"Unless we leave these acquired habits and change, we will never be able to
get anywhere. And we pray to you so you may try to change. It is necessary to
have Vaishnav qualities..."
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Bengali)
Exclusive
Attention
"One does not become a Vaishnav just by putting tilaks and wearing
Tulasi beads. We do not want to hear all this—we do not want to hear what the
Guru is telling us. When you listen to your Guru, you must listen with
one-pointed attention, with your heart."
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Bengali)
Core Conception
"Just as you do not need a whole sea to satisfy your thirst, you do not need
to read an ocean of books. It is not necessary to know so many things. Our
main goal is that our life is only for the service of the Lord and we must
serve the Lord with sincerity, determination, following proper behaviour and
practice."
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Bengali)
Guidance 3: "Get This Book
and Read It Always"
"Read this book. Buy this book and take it home. What this book contains is
not my words: I wrote many examples from Bhagavatam,
Chaitanya-charitamrita, examples of what Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj, Srila Prabhupad, Srila Gurudev and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur say. I
am only taking the remnants of what Gurudev has chewed and giving it to you,
writing about it for you."
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Bengali)
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«НАСТАВЛЕНИЯ» Том 1
«НАСТАВЛЕНИЯ» Том 2
"I Will Always Be
With You"
"I see how much energy you get despite all austerities and difficulties, and
I feel very happy—it is on the strength of your energy, on the strength of
your love and affection that we are going to start our Nabadwip Dham
parikrama from tomorrow."
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Bengali)
News
from Sri Ekachakra Dham: Roof Casting
(21 July 2019 | 27 photographs, 3.4 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj arrives in
Sri Ekachakra Dham to supervise the next major step in the ongoing
construction of the top floor above the nat mandir: the casting of the
roof.
Parikrama Is
Not Sightseeing
"We have come here to serve the Lord, we have not come to see the Lord
or the Lord's things—when such mentality comes to you, then it will be the
parikrama of the holy abode, then it will be the darshan of the
holy abode. The very dust there is not ordinary dust..."
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Bengali)
Beginning of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj's speech in English during the evening
class: "We feel we are very insignificant but very fortunate at the same
time to be among you all, fortunate souls who are participating in this
festival, who are present here on this historic day and at the festival
celebrating the campaign of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His
associates."
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In honour of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami Prabhu:
Srila Gopal
Bhatta Goswami's Miracle
"You have heard about the Deity of Sri Radha-Raman in Vrindavan. When Gopal
Bhatta Goswami lived in Vrindavan, he every day worshipped twelve pieces of
Govardhan sila..."
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Strongest
Faith (2) Gopal Bhatta Goswami
"You have eyes in your heart, and if you have such feeling towards the Deity
in your heart and do your service with such faith, then you can easily see
Krishna everywhere, hear Krishna-nama everywhere, nothing else besides
Krishna-nama will enter your ears..."
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SONG:
Sri Sad-Goswamy-Astakam |
শ্রীশ্রীষড়্গোস্বাম্যষ্টকম্
"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Goswamis, namely Sri
Rupa Goswami, Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri
Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami, who
are always engaged in chanting the Holy Name of Krishna and dancing. They are
just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle
and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they
do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord
Chaitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver
all the conditioned souls in the material universe."
•
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:
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."
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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 my Raghunath Bhatta and Gopal Bhatta? Where are
the saviours of the fallen souls?"
News
from Sri Nrisingha Palli: Roof Casting
(22 July 2019 | 12 photographs, 1 Mb)
More good news from the holy dham: His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj visits the temple in Sri Nrisingha Palli to
overlook the casting of the roof atop the new twelve-room floor constructed
over the nat mandir for the service to the devotees.
There Is No Shame In Service
"All happiness and sadness comes and goes like cold and heat. Actually,
happiness and sadness is not our line. Gopis ran behind Krishna having
left all their shame, fear, everything—then what should we be ashamed of?
What should we be afraid of? We must not be cowed down."
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Bengali)
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INVITATION to
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's
Disappearance Festival
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Dear Devotees, Well-Wishers, and Friends, As the holy disappearance day of our supremely worshippable Om Vishnupad Sri Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the founder and eternal guardian of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, falls on 1 August (Thursday) this year, we would like to extend to you a cordial invitation to join us in the special worship, lecture, reading of scriptures, kirtan, glorification, bhoga offering, prasad distribution, and other practices of pure devotion on this holy separation festival that shall be held under the guidance and in the shelter of the lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj at our Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math throughout India and other worldwide centres under the holy guidance of the Acharyas and senior Vaishnavs of our Math. |
Some preparations and items that are known to be favourite to His Divine Grace include: natural orange juice (with just a little sugar), cholar dahl (split chickpea dal), alu bhaja (deep-fried potato chips), muri, puri/luchi with alu bhaja, aloo dum, samosa, pineapple chutney, puspanna, figs (dumur), chaunsa mango.
Abode of High
Thinking
"We have got this place by the mercy of Nrisinghadev, and we take it as our
debt, so even if we sleep here on the bare ground, it is still our
fortune. This is what we have come for. Gurudev has given us this place,
always remember this."
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Bengali)
Evening kirtans
• Gurudev Bada Krpa Kare • kabe sri chaitanya more karibena daya • Nitai
gunamani amara • Jaya Radha Madhava • Hare Krishna maha-mantra • Hari Haraye
Nama Krishna.
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A recording of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chanting at the morning arati of Sri Sri Laksmi Nrisinghadev and Sri Prahlad Maharaj at Sri Nrisingha Palli on the first day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama.
• Download / listen to the audio (5.6 Mb, 16 min | 17 March 2019)
Commencing Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: jaya dhvani and
kirtan
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj recites
the 'jaya dhvani' and chants 'Gurudev krpa bindu diya' and 'Udila aruna'
inaugurating thus the grand day-long kirtan of the first day of Sri Nabadwip
Dham parikrama.
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At Sri Subarna
Bihar Gaudiya Math
"Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur established this temple here. In
Satya-yuga, the king of Gaura Mandal was King Subarna Sen. This king Subarna
Sen had some sukriti from his previous lives, so one day he got to
meet with Narad Muni..."
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In honour of Srila Lokanath Goswami Prabhu:
In Praise of Srila Narottam Das Thakur
In this chapter of Affectional Guidance, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj is describing the meeting of
Srila Narottam Das Thakur with his Guru, Srila Lokanath Goswami.
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
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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."
•
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!"
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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."
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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?"
At
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur's Samadhi-Mandir
"By the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of all the devotees of Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, we have come with our Chaitanya Saraswat Math parikrama
here, at the samadhi-mandir and bhajan-kutir of Srila
Bhaktivinod Thakur. This is a very important place."
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Kirtan)
At Sri Surabhi
Kunja
"Today, as every year, we have come to Surabhi Kunja. It is located in
Godrumdwip. Godrum Dham is a place of kirtan, and Srila Bhaktivinod
Thakur started the sankirtan movement and preaching about Sri Nabadwip
Dham from this place."
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Kirtan)
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SONG:
Bara sukhera
khabara gai |
বড় সুখের খবর গাই
Srila Bhakti Vedanta Avadhut Maharaj, the servitor manager
of Sri Surabhi Kunja Math, chants Sri Surabhi Kunja kirtan on request of Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
"I am singing about the greatest news! A marketplace of the Holy Name has
opened at Surabhi Kunja, and its proprietor is Nitai! This is such great
news! You can buy the pure Name at this market place at the cost of
faith."
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Weak and
Illusioned
"Everyone in this world is attracted by Maya. Maya gets her power from the
Lord and, making us her servants and maidservants, keeps us far away from the
service to the Lord. The problem is that we do not have faith and are always
controlled by material desires."
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Kirtan)
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SONG:
Tumi
sarvesvaresvara, vrajendra-kumara!
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chanting
this kirtan with the devotees at Sri Hari Hara Ksetra, the last stop
on the first day of the parikrama tour:
"You are the Lord of all Lords, O Vrajendra Kumar! By Your will, Siva
annihilates the universe. By Your will, Maya Devi creates her
prison-house. Abandoning reliance on my own strength and endeavour, I depend
upon Your will."
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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..."
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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
Bitter Pill to
Swallow
"Many are doing this parikrama, but how many people actually, truly
serve the Lord? People shed floods of tears, but who of them actually knows
what is the real practice of Krishna consciousness? Who is called a
disciple?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2.9 Mb, 8 min | 17 March 2019 |
Bengali)
On the coming disappearance festival of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
Festival of
Solemn Service
"Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's disappearance festival is
coming soon and all over the world devotees are making some ceremony on this
day. No actual disciple wants to see their Gurudev's disappearance day—it is
about the love and affection, about a good connection between the Guru and
the disciple..."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.9 Mb, 9 min | 28 July 2011)
Make the
Festival, with Heart and Soul
"I am telling to everyone who is staying in the temple, to every centre: you
must make a festival for Srila Sridhar Maharaj. If you want to show that you
want to serve Srila Sridhar Maharaj, then make a good festival on this
day."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 15 July 2012)
The Root of Our Fortune
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj came in this world to rescue us, and he
created our Guru—by his grace we have got shelter of our bona fide
Guru. So, we must worship his lotus feet."
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Download / listen to the audio (7.6 Mb, 22 min | 22 October 2011)
Проведите
праздник – от всей души и всего сердца
«Я обращаюсь ко всем, кто живет в храме, к каждому центру: вы должны провести
праздник в честь Шрилы Шридхара Махараджа. Если вы хотите показать, что
хотите служить Шриле Шридхару Махараджу, тогда устройте хороший праздник в
этот день».
Vaishnavs' Care
"Leave giving honour to Vaishnavs, we cannot even learn to give honour to
others in an ordinary way. Why do we have to be like this? If, having got
this body, I have not been able to use it for the service of Govinda, what is
the use having a beautiful body then?"
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Download / listen to the audio (2.2 Mb, 7 min | 17 March 2019 |
Bengali)
Highest
Perfection
"When you hear about Krishna consciousness, you should then preach to others,
but we are not able to do this because we cannot convert our own selves, we
cannot practise properly ourselves. Therefore, always be surrendered, always
take shelter of the Guru and Vaishnavs."
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Kirtan)
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| One More Year Passed |
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| As one more years draws to its end, His Divine Grace muses on the value and meaning of life, quoting several Vaishnav songs: 'Life is shaky—it is here now, and then it is gone. Serve the Lord's feet!' |
| Sri Sri Prema-Vivarta |
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| “Give up attachment to material activity and endeavours based on knowledge and yoga. Avoid 'monkey renunciation', in which there is only bodily enjoyment.” |
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“If you do today what your mind wants to do, tomorrow it will be something else, next day again something else—that is why the mind must be controlled.” | |
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