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FEBRUARY 2020
"Atma-nivedanam is surrender. Surrender means you must give everything you have. You must stop thinking about other things. To be surrendered means, 'All I know is my Lord—I only know my Guru, I do not know anybody else. This is my last word.'"
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Courtyard of
Vrindavan
"The kind of kirtan you can chant depends upon your adhikar,
and the quality of your kirtan depends upon your devotion. Srila
Narottam Das Thakur sings, 'Vrndavane chabutara tahe mora
mano-ghera—My entire mind dwells within the courtyard of Vrindavan.' But
we all know where our mind goes..."
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শুভ তিথি, একাদশী ও উপবাস তিথি, পরাণ সময় এবং আগামী বছরের মহোৎসব তিথি । এখন অনলাইনে পড়তে কিংবা PDF ডাউনলোড করতে পারেন ।
Sri Vaishnava Calendar
for 2020-2021
The calendar of auspicious days, festivals and fasting celebrated and
observed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for the following year (Sri Gaurabda
535, or 2020-2021) is now available online.
Entering Higher
Study
"Why do the teachings of Sri Rupa-Raghunath not enter our ears? What is the
purpose of this body? How can one live in Mathura? What is the result of
sincere service? What is the reason of our suffering? What is devotion?"
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Arrival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
(2 February 2020 | 34 photographs, 3.3 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes
devotees to Sri Ekachakra Dham and proceeds to a preaching programme. In the
meantime, devotees busily engage in the many services around the temple that
are left to complete in the few days remaning before the grand festival.
Sri Vaishnava Calendar
for 2020-2021
The calendar of auspicious days, festivals and fasting celebrated and
observed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for the following year (Sri Gaurabda
535, or 2020-2021) is now available online.
List of
Fasting Days for 2020-2021 |
শ্রীহরিবাসর-ব্রত-তালিকা
A print-friendly PDF file in English and Bengali containing the list of
fasting days for 2020-2021 observed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
In honour of Sri Ekachakra Dham:
Arriving at
Sri Ekachakra Dham
"Today, by our great fortune we have arrived here at Sri Ekachakra Dham, the
land of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. The Lord Himself appeared here as Nityananda
Prabhu, a son of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati..."
Varaha Avatar
"Today is the day when we must worship Varahadev. He is the master of
Koladwip, so today at the time of His worship we must make a special
offering. The Lord took the form of a boar and killed Hiranyaksa..."
Disturbance
In Service
A short educational story that illustrates that there is no need to be
afraid of obstacles. Even opposing elements can be seen as favourable.
Ekachakra
Festival: Attachment To Prasadam
"The festival in Ekachakra this year was very successful, and we are also
very happy that we could give some prasadam to the devotees. Yesterday by
the evening everything had finished, but still, at 5-6 o'clock people came
asking for a drop of prasadam."
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The Supreme
and the Tiny
"Who Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and Srimati Radharani will take service
from, that is Their matter, but we should try heart and soul. We must do
our duty."
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Sri Ekachakra Dham:
History and Glory
"Our fortune is very good—we have come to the holy Dham of Nityananda Prabhu.
You cannot come here unless you have a great fortune. Nityananda Prabhu's
appearance day is on Saturday, but we do not know, we cannot recognise who
will join the festival..."
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At Nityananda
Prabhu's Feet
"Today in a very beautiful way we have concluded the celebration of Sri
Nityananda Prabhu's appearance festival. It is not every day that we can come
to the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Prabhu: we must pray to the lotus feet of
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Sri Ekachakra
Dham: Exclusive Land
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Cry and Call,
"Doyal Nitai!"
"Who will give mercy to such a low fallen soul as myself except Nityananda?
Except Nityananda, there is no one in this world who can give mercy to
me. We must worship this Nityananda Prabhu."
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Clean Heart, Open
Door
"We are sitting in the nat mandir and this is not a place for idle talks. If
you engage yourself in sravan and kirtan, then all dirt from your heart will
go away, but if you do not clean the dirt from your heart, Bhakti Devi will
never come there."
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Nityananda: Our
All in All
"It is necessary to always meditate on this in your heart: 'When will
Nitaichand give His mercy to me? When will my desires become insignificant?
When will Nityananda be merciful to me and relieve me from the material
illusion?'"
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Mercy
Through Surrender and Service
"There is only one way how to get out of this suffering—we must take shelter
of the lotus feet of Nitai. We must not use Nitai, we must serve Him.
Only when you serve Him can you get His mercy."
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Chaste and
Sincere Service
"We must be chaste, we must be sincere, we must accept these teachings.
Taking shelter of Guru and Vaishnavs, serving the Guru and Vaishnavs is what
is called bhajan. What service have we done at the temple of our Guru
Maharaj? We must think about this."
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Highest
Benefactors
"A Guru takes a disciple so that the disciple can serve the Lord. So, we must
ask ourselves and judge it for ourselves, 'How much service have I done?' Who
has the right to do kirtan? Those who have humility, tolerance and who
can give honour to others."
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Sadhus' Target
"Sadhus come to hijack souls from the family of Maya and bring them to
the family of Krishna—your father thought I had come to steal something from
you, that I had come to take your money, but actually I had come to steal
you."
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Beyond I and Mine
"We always take untruth as truth—we believe that His things are ours. We
always think in terms of 'my' and 'I'. We are slaves of our tongues, but look
at the examples of the Vaishnavs."
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"Please Do Not
Forget"
"I am requesting you all—please do not forget service to the Lord. You can
make a temple in your own room or house. When you do everything for the Lord,
when you use your room for the Lord, then your room becomes a temple..."
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Eternal and
Internal Devotion
"The house where the eternal service of the Lord is going on every day, where
eternal kirtan is going on, is Goloka Vrindavan. Many of our devotees
live like that. They offer the bhog to the Lord and do not take or
enjoy anything except prasadam."
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Pandav Tala
"There is also Pandav tala near our temple. When the Pandavs were exiled from
their kingdom, they started travelling to many different places, and when a
few years passed, they came here to Ekachakra..."
Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu' Festival: Anxiously Awaiting
"We had waited for this day all year thinking, 'When will this day come in
our life? When will this festival come?' We have read about Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu, glorified Sriman Nityananda Prabhu for these few days, but it is
actually not so easy to glorify Him..."
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Our Hope
and Heart-Felt Gratitude
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Learn from Mahajanas
"When I read about mahajanas (life history of many highly qualified
gurus), I see how their life went and how difficult it was in so many ways.
We can learn from them—we can learn to be humble, to be tolerant and give
honour to others."
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Seeking Mercy
"Be humble and try to understand the proper teachings that Gurudev gave you,
and preach in this way. We did not come to this world for buildings or other
things. Wherever we live, we must follow spiritual practice, that is the main
thing in our spiritual life."
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Revealing Nityananda
Prabhu
"Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit went to search for Nityananda
Prabhu, but they were unable to find Him because Nityananda's glories are
actually very guro—very sacred and of a very high level. It is not easy to
find Him."
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Mahaprabhu's Stay in
Shantipur
"Nityananda Prabhu understood devotees' feeling and somehow managed to take
Mahaprabhu to Shantipur instead of taking Him straight to Vrindavan. In
Shantipur, Mahaprabhu gave lecture, He sang and danced the whole day and
night without stop..."
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Preaching Ideal
"Our duty is to learn what the main teachings of Mahaprabhu are. For as many
days you are alive in this world, you must preach Krishna-katha,
Gauranga-katha, Guru-katha, Guru Maharaj's katha. If you preach that, what is
the need for you to worry about your future?"
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Learn and Distribute
"You must learn from Visvanath Chakravarti, from Prabodhananda Saraswati,
from Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami. If you learn what
they teach, what they do, what their lifestyle is like, you can understand
everything easily then."
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Great Good
Fortune
"By the mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs, by the mercy of the Lord, we have
arrived in this Sri Ekachakra Dham where our most beloved Lord Nityananda
Prabhu appeared. This is not a matter of small fortune—not everybody gets
such fortune."
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Bhava-Rog Doctor
"When you get sick, you see a doctor—the doctor gives you medicine, you take
it and get well. Here, to cure your disease of material existence, the doctor
actually comes to your house and tells you what things you must avoid to
remove your illusory environment."
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Foster Devotional
Feelings
"What do I want? I do not want wealth, knowledge, beautiful companions—all
these things that the outside people are so proud of... If you run behind
the illusory environment—enjoyment and liberation—Krishna will give it to
you, but what will you think after that?"
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Association and
Assimilation
"Remember Nityananda Prabhu's tolerance and patience. If somebody tells you
something bad, you become upset, you get angry, but this is not your
conception—your Gurudev never taught you this, Nityananda Prabhu never taught
you this."
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Enthusiasm for Service
"It is necessary to do eternal daily service with sincerity. 'How can I use
myself in the service of the lotus feet of my Gurudev? What service can be
done through me?' We must think about this at every moment. We must live
thinking about this."
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All Loss, All Gain
"There are so many people, so gurus—they all stand in one line, but Bhakti
Devi is guarding the door and does not let anyone enter. Bhakti Devi will let
on the boat only those who have devotion, who have earned the qualification,
who have the ticket, and others will be denied entry, they will have to go
back."
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Crest Jewel
"Mahaprabhu gave Gaura-dham, Gaura-nam—He gave everything to Nityananda
Prabhu. It is by the unlimited mercy of this Nityananda Prabhu that we have
come to His dham and have got this opportunity to chant His glories.
Come, come for Nityananda Prabhu."
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Capital Misjudgement
"A thief thinks every man steals. We think that everyone is like us. Some
shave their heads during the shraddha ceremony and some shave their
heads on Nityananda trayodasi—do you think it is the same?"
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Muddled Mind
"Srila Prabhupad also told another story about Lalu and Kalu. We are like
that too—even though we are taught to chant the Holy Name, but nobody wants
to say Hare Krishna."
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Clasping for Shelter
"It is said that Nityananda Prabhu is actually very hidden (esoteric)—it is
very difficult to find Him. Unless one is a very fortunate soul, one can
never find Him."
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You Be an Instrument
"Gurudev and the Lord are the drivers and we are only Their instruments. If
you serve Vaishnavs, then the Lord Himself will come to serve you—the Lord
Himself will come and do the service through you. It is necessary to have
such faith, to always think about this."
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Hidden Practice and
Broad Preaching
"We pray to you—wherever you go, wherever you stay, only chant Krishna's
Name, chant 'Nitai Gaura Hari bol' to yourself. You do not need to show
anything to others. If people criticise you, it will be your offence. You
must keep your spiritual practice to yourself."
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Love to Death
"When the ego of servitors increases, the Lord can get annoyed. It happened
to Uddhav Maharaj also—he thought, 'I always stay with Krishna, I am a big
devotee!' but the Lord showed him that the gopis were the greatest
devotees. But what are nowadays' wives like?"
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Ditching the World
"We have come here by a great fortune. Not everybody can come here. We must
take the dust of this place, we must take prasad at this place. Do you
see our condition? We must cry, 'When will material attachment be removed
from my heart? When will that happen?'"
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Masterminding the
Escape
"If you take a tip of a hair and divide it ten thousand times, this is the
size of the soul—but we are so proud, we think we are so great. It is all
useless. Only if you get the mercy of sadhus and Guru, can Maya be defeated.
Otherwise not. Maya always surrounds us."
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Look for Purity
"You have two cups with milk. Both look the same, but if you drink one you
will get nourishment and if you drink the other one that has snake poison in
it you will die. If you hear the Holy Name, you will get benefit, but if you
hear Nama-aparadh, you will die."
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Lord Nityananda Prabhu's
Sakti
"The Lord has tried to save the souls bounded by maya in so many ways
in this Kali-yuga. He was the only child of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati Devi
and He left them when He was twelve. Later, He was introduced to Jahnava
Devi."
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Remembering Our Fortune
"We have come here by the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of Lord Nityananda
Prabhu. Without their mercy we cannot be present here. Out of His mercy,
Nityananda Prabhu has given us some small place at his birthplace where we
can stay."
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Place of Pivotal
Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was empowered to protect and distribute
Sri Rupa-Raghunath line. He came here in Sri Ekachakra Dham before starting
to take disciples, and every year he would send some small donation for the
service of Nityananda Prabhu."
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First Memories of Sri
Ekachakra Dham
"I had heard Ekachakra's name before and wanted to come here many times, but
when I told about it to Gurudev, he said, 'What will you go there for?'
Later, in 2004, Gurudev finally allowed it—he said, 'You can go with devotees
and do some parikrama there.'"
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His Mercy Is Essential
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is essential in our lives. Mahaprabhu showed that
it is not so easy to find this kind of personality, but Mahaprabhu found Him
easily because They are very intimate."
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His Service Is Essential
"We must be humble, tolerant and we must give honour to others. It is
necessary. Chant with heart and soul—it is necessary to serve Nityananda
Prabhu with heart and soul."
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Servant or Merchant?
"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that instead of serving Gurudev,
Nityananda Prabhu, Krishna, we make Them serve us—we must not make Nityananda
Prabhu, Gurudev our servants. Do not make Guru and Krishna your servant, a
bribe-taker."
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Serve Nitai without
Deceit
"By the mercy of Gurudev we have got an opportunity to serve this
place—Nityananda Prabhu's appearance place—we must take advantage of this
opportunity. We must understand how necessary it is to serve Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu and His devotees."
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Nitaichand: Spotless
Moon
"It is said that if someone cannot understand the character of Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu, then they are making so much offence—because of that
devotion can be removed from her or him."
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Nitaichand: Our Eternal
Shelter
"We cannot conceive of it, but Guru-Nityananda is our eternal shelter.
Gurudev is the eternal shelter of our life. Unless we can understand what the
reality is, there is no other way for us to get relief from suffering."
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Nitaichand: Our Only Hope
"Our only hope is Sri Guru-Nityananda—if we serve Their lotus feet, we can
increase our devotion, our spiritual life. That is the main thing about
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Beware Imitation
"If you follow Narottam Das Thakur's advice, this is good, but if you think
you want to do what Narottam Das Thakur did, if you want to become Narottam,
then it is a very big problem. Do not imitate Nityananda Prabhu."
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Householders' Hypocrisy
"People think, 'If I become a sannyasi, I may fall down later, so
better I become a householder!' Those who are interested in spiritual life do
not live like that. One can never prosper or develop their spiritual life by
hypocrisy."
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Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"'How can we get qualities of a Vaishnav?' Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
Thakur told that many people do not want to be servants of Vaishnavs, but
they want to be Vaishnavs—he said it is impossible to become a Vaishnav
without service to a Vaishnav's servant."
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Eternal Rememberance
"When you remember devotees' pastimes, your heart becomes clean in this
way—and this must be eternal. Sincerity is necessary. The main thing is
'kirtana prabhave smarana haibe'—you can remember the Lord's and the
Lord's devotees' pastime through kirtan."
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Engage Yourself In
Service
"Why are you afraid of me? If somebody is making some offence inside or doing
something wrong, they will be afraid of me, otherwise no one should be afraid
of me. I am sometimes angry with those who do not follow properly, but other
than that I am not an angry man."
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Capture Nityananda
Prabhu's Heart
"We must remember this Nityananda Prabhu's appearance festival every day—not
only every day, but at every every moment. We can only try to serve
Nityananda Prabhu's devotees, Nityananda Prabhu's servitor. That is our only
hope. We must understand that this is the only way how we can please
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Hope of the Hopeless
"We are fallen souls, we do not know so much about the culture, the rules and
regulations, we do not know so many mantras, we do not do anything properly,
but we have Nityananda Prabhu—we have hope that if we fully surrender to
Nityananda Prabhu, then everything will be revealed."
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Purifying Shelter
"We are here now by the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, and we always pray to
Him, "I am a fallen soul, I have no quality and qualification, I am always
making offence. Please forgive my offence, please take my service. Please
give me shelter at Your lotus feet."
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Outdoors
Preaching Campaign
"It is necessary to try. Try and try, and you will be successful. You do not
have to leave your work for this. You can go on Saturday and Sunday, or every
day. Try to give more time to service, then you will be successful. I have
told you how to do it. If you do in this way, you will be successful."
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In honour of Sri Ramanuja Acharya:
"Gurudev told the story of Dhanur Das and his wife, Ramanuja Acharya's disciples, and how they maintained their family life..."
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How
to See the Guru: Chastity
"Ramanuja Acharya heard there was a Guru in Alwar (South India). He came
to that Guru and asked, 'You know one mantra that can give liberation.
I want to get this mantra...'"
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Odds and Ends:
Ramanuja Acharya's bed
"One time Ramanuja Acharya he went to Tirupati and stayed one month at one
ashram there. He had a good servitor called Govinda who always served
him..."
"Whatever you want to do, you must have the strongest desire. Even in the material life, does anything come without austerity? No. Therefore, 'I want austerity! I want problems! If more problems come, it is OK, let them come! I want to see how many problems you can give me, Prabhu.'"
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Grand Festival at
Sri Ekachakra Dham (Day One)
(5 February 2020 | 44 photographs, 3.9 Mb)
Photographs taken during the first day of the grand annual festival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Devotees joyfully reunite with
each other and prepare for the main festival.
Service at Sri
Ekachakra Dham
(3-4 February 2020 | 23 photographs, 1.8 Mb)
The preparations for the festivals are in full swing as devotees clean,
scrub, wipe and dust the temple and Sevak Bhavan. In the evening, His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj returns from
preaching.
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"In this world, people serve the Lord in three ways. First, somebody worships the Lord because they are afraid. Second, people worship the Lord because have some material desire. Third, somebody worships the Lord out of duty. This is not right."
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Grand
Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (2 | Varaha Dvadasi)
(6 February 2020 | 61 photographs, 6 Mb)
Photographs taken during the second day of the grand annual festival at Sri
Ekachakra Dham in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and in the assembly of holy
Vaishnavs from all over the world.
Treacherous
Desires"If you have some material desire and want it to be fulfilled, Krishna will give that to you happily. On the other hand, Krishna says, 'I am not a fool—why will I give them visaya? Instead, I will give them My lotus feet and make them forget visaya!"
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Grand
Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham (3 | Nityananda Trayodasi)
(7 February 2020 | 113 photographs, 12 Mb)
Taking shelter at the holy lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, supremely fortunate devotees
celebrate the appearance day of Lord Nityananda Prabhu all over the world,
crying for His inconceivable mercy. We are honoured to share photographic
glimpses of the grand celebration at Sri Ekachakra Dham, the very
appearance place of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, for the pleasure of His Divine
Grace and all devotees worldwide.
The Nectarean
Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Compiled from lectures of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, accompanied by a compilation of scriptural verses,
kirtans, and Sanskrit compositions glorifying Lord Nityananda Prabhu,
the book is now available for online reading.
Inconceivable
Mercy"We can understand Krishna consciousness if we have a desire to serve the Lord—if we have enthusiasm. You can see how merciful Lord Krishna is, but Mahaprabhu is more merciful than Krishna, and Nityananda Prabhu is even more merciful than Gauranga."
• Download / listen to the audio (1.3 Mb, 4 min | 5 February 2020)
Evening Arati
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads
the evening arati of Their Lordships Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu at
Sri Ekachakra Dham temple (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Arati, Sri Gauranga
Mahaprabhu's Arati, and Sri Saraswat Arati).
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News from Sri Ekachakra Dham: The festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu passes grandly and gorgeously with over 1500 devotees and guests coming to honour the maha-prasadam. The following day (today) many visitors still keep coming for maha-prasadam and the fortunate devotees who stay at the temple (sadly, many leave after the festival to return to their other service duties) busily engage themselves in cooking and distributing prasadam, as well as many cleaning services around the temple continuing celebrating the festival of service life.
"If we take prasad, all kinds of bad elements, bad diseases will be removed; if we chant the Holy Name, all Nama-aparadhas will go away; if we do service, all seva-aparadhas will go away—we do it, but why are we not getting the result?"
• Download / listen to the audio (1.8 Mb, 6 min | 5 February 2020)
In honour of Srila Narottam Das Thakur's Appearance Day:
Whole-Hearted
Service
"Narottam Das Thakur was born in Sripat Keturi (Bangladesh) and in his life
he composed many Vaishnav songs. Actually, all our Guru-varga serve the Lord
and serve their Guru whole-heartedly, with body, mind, and speech."
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Narottam Das
Thakur: Our Guru, Our Protector, Our Shelter
"Narottam Das Thakur is our Guru-varga. If you think how much he tried to
preach, you will wonder, 'How is it possible?' You can understand how much he
preached and how he protected our line if you think about his songs."
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Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Bona Fide Benefactor
"Who will you call a Guru? A Guru is not someone whose profession is to make
disciples, who only takes your money. The Guru gives a conception, gives some
wealth, property, with which you can go to your real home..."
• Download
(2.7 Mb, 6 min | 4 November 2012)
In Praise of Srila Narottam Das Thakur [From Affectionate Guidance]
"Today is the Disappearance Day of Srila Narottam Thakur, so I would like to
say a few words to glorify him. Narottam Das Thakur was not just a song
writer, he was a great pandit and more than that, he was a devotee of Sri
Chaitanyadev."
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SONG:
Sri-Guru-parampara |
শ্রীগুরুপরম্পরা
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SONG:
Thakura vaisnava-gana |
ঠাকুর বৈষ্ণবগণ
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SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা
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SONG:
Nitai-pada kamala |
নিতাই পদ-কমল
Power of Sukriti
"Sanda and Amarka taught Prahlad Maharaj nonsense things, but Prahlad Maharaj
did not take that association. Prahlad Maharaj had some previous
sukriti (actions related with the Lord), and through that
sukriti he could receive the proper teaching from Narad
Goswami."
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Atma-Buddhi
"If you have fifty kilogrammes of rice on your head, you feel so much
pressure—even if you come into an A/C room, you will not get any comfort
there because you have heavy things on your head. We still have ego, we still
cannot even understand that we are eternal servants of the Lord."
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Buddhi-Suddhi
"You recite mantras for the archan, you chant that the cloth is clean,
the chamara is clean, the peacock fan is clean, the
pancha-pradip is clean, etc. Everything is clean, but do you ever
think, 'Is my mind clean?'"
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Zest for Service"I think that the Lord arranges everything that is necessary for His service—only our desire, wish, will is necessary. If you have desire ('I will do it!'), you will succeed. It is necessary to have desire, otherwise sitting idle, laziness will not take you far."
• Download / listen to the audio (1 Mb, 6 min | 5 February 2020)
In honour of Bhagavan Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad:
"Today is a special day, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's appearance day. If he had not come, where would we get Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Gurudev? If we do not get mercy from Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, without Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, we cannot think about Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj."
sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurv-anvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-sankirtanaih mayavada-timingilodara-gatan uddhrtya jivaniman krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje
"I serve my lord, who is known as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Thakur. Within the Gaudiya sampradaya's lineage of Gurus, he shines like the
sun in the morning sky. Through the sankirtan of Sriman Mahaprabhu he rescues
the souls engulfed within the belly of the timingila of illusionism and
bestows upon them the ecstasy of swimming in the nectarean ocean of divine
love for Krishna."
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Biography of Bhagavan Sri
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
The first part of the biographical compilation dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad taken from a lecture of Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. The page shall be updated and expanded
in the course of time.
"This is how Prabhupad started preaching the proper conception in this world, and it is owing to him that we are here now, that we can preach now. That is why we must glorify Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 7 min | 24 February 2019) Seeking Srila Saraswati Thakur's Mercy
"I am very happy that we celebrate the days of Srila Saraswati Thakur, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur together and I am very grateful that you have given me, a lowly person, an asan on this stage... What teachings did Srila Saraswati Thakur give to the world?"
• Download / listen to the audio (2.3 Mb, 7 min | 16 February 2017 | Bengali)
Srila Prabhupad:
Embodiment of Mercy
"Today is the holy appearance day of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad, whom we are here to offer prayers to in
the assembly of the devotees. He is Jagad Guru and what he gave to the world,
no one else could ever give..."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Glory (1)
"Acharya-vandana: If you can realise the meaning this song, you can
get all glorification of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam: We sing it but we do not realise its
meaning because if we realised its meaning, we would get taste singing it. We
must sing it every day and be conscious of it."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Glory (2)
"Mahaprabhu predicted this, and Prabhupad fulfilled it through Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila
Gurudev. Now, in every village, all day, all night there is Hari-katha and
kirtan going on."
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"We do not want to stay in the temple because there are so many rules and regulations—everything has to be maintained at a certain time, and if you live alone, nobody will tell you anything, but you will be losing your devotional activities. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that nirjan bhajan is self-deception."
• Download / listen to the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | 6 March 2016)
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur (Bengali
class)
His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is speaking on this day in 2015
about Srila Prabhupad's birth, youth, initiation, Srila Bhakti Vinod
Thakur's founding the Yogapith temple, Srila Saraswati Thakur's preaching
pastimes, divine power transmission, and vast contribution to the
sampradaya.
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Sri Guru Parampara |
শ্রীগুরুপরম্পরা
"The follower of Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji, the great soul Dayita Das (Srila
Saraswati Thakur), whose wealth is Sri Krsna-kirtan, fulfilled the desires of the whole
world. He is the dearmost of Sri Varsabhanavi and is always engaged in Her
service."
Sujanarvuda-radhita |
সুজনার্ব্বুদরাধিতপাদযুগং
"My master, Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, established
the religion of the age, Krsna-sankirtan, and is the chief minister of the
universal assembly of leading Vaisnavas. His lotus feet are worshipped
by millions of virtuous souls and fulfil the desires of those who dispel
souls' fears. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master's worshippable
feet."
Jayare jayare jaya paramahamsa |
জয়রে জয়রে জয় পরমহংস
"Glory, glory, glory to Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur,
this great swan-like perfect personality, abode of highest mercy, who is the
path and refuge for the low and miserable who have no refuge!"
Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"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."
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, without Gurudev's mercy, we are not able to do it. We do not know for how many days in this life we can do this service like this, but we are always enthusiastic, we are always trying to serve Gurudev or Nityananda Prabhu, and it is Their matter whether they will accept our service or not."
• Download / listen to the audio (2.6 Mb, 7 min | 8 February 2020)
In honour of Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj:
divyam dirgha-bhujaravinda-nayanam sarasvatam sundaram
tejo-dipta-vapur budhaika-suhrdam karbura-garvapaham
pasandasura-chanda-danda-dalanam dambhadri-dambholikam
vande vandya-kulabja-bhaskara-vibhum saranga-gosvaminam
"I offer my obeisance unto the beautiful follower of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, Srimad Bhakti Saranga Goswami Maharaj. He has a radiant form, long arms, and lotus eyes. He crushes the pride of the wicked and squashes the cruel oppression of the heretics and demons. He is like a thunderbolt on the mountain of hypocrisy. He is the sole friend of the intelligentsia and a shining sun above the lotus of the aristocracy."
(Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Reviving
Srila Prabhupad's Preaching
"...At that time Srila Sridhar Maharaj decided to go to Vrindavan and do
bhajan, but when he got some akash dhvani, "What did I give you sannyas
for? For your own self?" he hurried away from Vrindavan..."
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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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Godbrothers'
Bond
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tells about
the close and reverent relationship that Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj had with his godbrothers, Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami
Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, and Srila Krishna Das Babaji
Maharaj.
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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:
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! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in
maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
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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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Please remember:
Proceed and
Increase
"I am inviting all devotees to come to Nabadwip to see any festival or for
the Gaura Purnima festival. Come as soon as possible; as much as it is in my
power, as much as I can help anyone, I will try. Please come to
Nabadwip."
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Download / listen to the audio (1.6 Mb, 5 min | 17 June 2001)
Practise. Serve.
Believe.
"Come. Come for Gaura Purnima, come for the parikrama of Virachandrapur in
February. Mahaprabhu went there, Nityananda Prabhu came there to take the
darshan of Mahaprabhu, and His mercy is unlimited. When you do parikrama of
the Holy Dham, your parikrama of the material world comes to an end, you will
not have to come back." (11 December 2011)
Knock, Knock! (Ahvana Poem)
"Who is your friend? Your friend has come to your house as a beggar and prays
to you, 'Please chant the Name of Krishna! Come with us!' Just like a beggar
he comes to you, but you cannot recognise him."
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"I am
touching your feet—please come!"
"Gurudev says, 'I am folding my hands, I am touching your feet—please come at
Gaura Purnima!' How many more times will you come to this world? Those who do
this Nabadwip Dham parikrama with devotees do no have to wander any
longer in these three worlds."
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Come to
your home
"I pray to you all that you come every year. You may think, 'How will the
money come?' But if you have a strong desire, Mahaprabhu will send you the
money to come here." (9 March 2012)
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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My Gratitude
"So many devotees are helping us with this festival—somebody cannot help
physically, but they are helping through their mind, through their funds,
etc. I am not only thanking them, I am very grateful to them because they are
doing so much for Gurudev."
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Preaching in
Tarakeshwar Area
(14 February 2020 | 29 photographs, 2.4 Mb)
Right after the festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj resumes extensive preaching in West
Bengal collecting bhoga and summoning fortunate jiva souls for the upcoming
festival in Sri Nabadwip Dham. We are honoured to share glimpses from one of
the recent preaching days.
Guard Your Service
Life
"Whatever problem comes, we will not run away from our service. Problems will
always come—we are in the battlefield, and we will fight against maya until
our death. That is our conception. We will not fight against men, but we
will fight against ourselves."
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Do Not Fear
Sacrifice
"Life should be for service. What the guru and Vaishnavs tell, that is
service, and you must serve with love. You must sacrifice in your life. Those
who can make sacrifice in their life, they get the real benefit."
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Preaching
Programmes
(15 February 2020 | 18 photographs, 1.6 Mb)
Photographs from the ongoing preaching programmes in West Bengal. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is collecting bhoga
and summoning fortunate jiva souls for the upcoming festival in Sri Nabadwip
Dham.
Hidden Service
"Srivas Pandit's faith is super strongest. Everybody's faith is not like
that. When somebody puts some poison in others' brain, they change their
mind. Our faith must be strong. Practise, practise and practise."
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Spiritual
Promotion
"You struggle so much in your life, but how many days have we got in this
lifetime? We do not want to be demoted. We want to be promoted, and this
promotion will come through service—through the service to the guru and
Vaishnavs. That is the main thing."
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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.
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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
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Ekadasi: Main
Focus Is Service
Puja with Love
"Pujari must serve with love and affection. When you do puja,
you must do it with love, wearing clean clothes, etc. Actually, I have always
been afraid to do puja. I never go inside the Deities' room. Gurudev
also said he was afraid..."
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Our Mistake
"You are doing so many things in this world, but you are not doing the one
thing which is necessary for your life. You love your family who are merely
disguised dacoits, but you do not love the Lord. We do not do that which is
the most important duty in human life."
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Spiritual Diet
"We need this, that, and think we cannot do without it, but if you take only
what is necessary to maintain life, that is sufficient. It is not necessary
to want more than that. The more you want, the more restless and unhappy you
will be."
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In honour of Sri Sivaratri:
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Sivji
Maharaj—Param Vaishnav [20 Jan 2016 | Translated from
Bengali]
"Some say, 'You are a Siva bhakta, I am a Krishna bhakta!' You
must not say such things. Siva and Krishna are not different from each other,
and at the same time Krishna and Siva are one. Siva is an expansion
of Krishna."
"O Vaishnav Thakur!"
[9 December 2018 | Tarakeshwar]
"We cannot have the darshan of Lord Siva with these eyes. Do we have
the eyes? We have the eyes for maya—we always see the things of
illusory world. Devotees pray to Lord Siva for forgiveness of their offences.
If you ask him for forgiveness, he is very merciful, he can remove your
offences..."
Sivji Maharaj
and Nandi: Journey to Sri Nabadwip Dham
His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is telling how Sri Sada Siva
Gangadhar and Nandi came to the Math: "So many things have happened, and
it was all like a miracle..."
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Gopeshwar
Mahadev's Surrender
"...Lord Siva entered the rasa-mancha in this mood, and Krishna
understood who had come. Everyone wondered where the new gopi had come from
and why Krishna was giving her so much honour."
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"কেউ বলে, 'তুমি শিব ভক্ত, আমি কৃষ্ণ ভক্ত !' এরকম বলবেন না । শিব আর কৃষ্ণ আলাদাও নয়, আবার শিব আর কৃষ্ণ একও নয় । শিব হচ্ছেন কৃষ্ণের অংশবিশেষ । শিব ভগবানের সেবক, শিবজী মহারাজ পরমভক্ত ।"
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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."
"Does It Cross Your
Mind?"
"We chant so many rounds of the Holy Name—but why are we not getting the
result? 'By honouring the Lord's prasad I conquer all worldly illusions'—but
we take prasad every day, but our material diseases are not going away. So
what should we do?"
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Unload Yourself
"You take a fifty-kilo sack of cauliflower on your head. You will feel pain,
you will struggle—if you come with this sack to an A/C room, will you be
happy? No, you will not—because you have all this load on your head. What
kind of load do we have on our heads? Not cauliflower..."
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Preaching and
Collection
(17-23 February 2020 | 39 photographs, 3.8 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tirelessly
goes house to house spending day after day in the service to the
Mission—preaching, collecting bhoga, constantly inviting devotees to the
forthcoming festivals, bestowing his causeless mercy in all four directions,
bestowing unparalleled Hari-katha and darshan upon thousands of souls who are
fortunate to witness or take part in these holy pastimes of Sri
Gurupadpadma.
In honour of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's disappearance:
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Srila
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj's Bhajan Kutir
"This place where we are sitting now is the samadhi mandir and the
bhajan kutir of Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. We are paying obeisance
to his place. He is our Guru parampara..."
Srila
Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj
"One day Srila Jagannath Das Babaji received a divine call from Radharani
saying, 'Why are you staying in Vrindavan? You must go to Nabadwip!' He could
not walk, so his servant Bihari Das carried him in a basket on his head to
Nabadwip."
Go-Astami
"Feed the cows, give some garland to the cows, give some sweets to the cows.
When Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj got some pranami, he would buy sweets
and give them to the cows..."
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(1 Mb, 2 min | 14 November 2010)
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SONG:
Krsna haite
chatur-mukha |
কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ
"The foremost devotees of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur are Srila Baladev
Vidyabhusan and Srila Jagannath Das Babaji. All the Gurus in this succession are
associates of Sri Gauranga. I pray for their remnants."
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SONG:
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."
In honour of Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj's disappearance:
Reforming
Others
Three educational stories from the life of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and his disciple Sripad B.D. Madhav Maharaj.
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Guru
Consciousness, Service Consciousness
"I heard from Gurudev, one time it was Janmastami, and Madhav Maharaj (his
brahmachari name was Hayagriva Prabhu) had some service in Delhi, so
he had to travel by train on the Janmastami day...."
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Continuous Service
"It happened after Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's time. One
time, Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Saranga
Goswami Maharaj and one more sannyasi—three disciples of
Prabhupad—were sitting in one room..."
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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! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
Universal Remedy
"You must never think, 'I am doing something, I am serving the Lord!' If you
start thinking like this, you are in a big danger. How will such ego go
away?"
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Test of
Attachment
"The Lord tests us in many ways. Krishna tested Kunti Devi, 'If they get
their kingdom back, will they forget Me?' but she understood it. We, on the
other hand, get all kinds of wealth and forget the Lord."
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Wrong Employment
"You used to serve the Lord at the temple, and now? You have time now, my
friend. Gurudev has opened a large factory, and there are many vacancies
available. Come to this factory."
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Preaching Programme
in Haripur-Kinkarbati
(26 February 2020 | 25 photographs, 2.5 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj accepts an
invitation to attend a Vaishnav-Seva programme in Hooghly. Devotees joyfully
take part in the service festival for the pleasure of His Divine Grace and
assembled Vaishnavs.
Step Forward
"You have heard today beautiful Bhagavat-katha. If we do not try to practise
ourselves, if we do not make a step forward, then we will not be able to
understand anything. You must be careful in your life."
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Value of Faith
"Gurudev says that if you practise Krishna consciousness, you must get the
result; if we can think about Vaishnav Dham, about Vaishnavs, then we will be
able to serve in the Lord's abode. Such faith must be there."
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| Odds and Ends |
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| 'Cleaning is the best service! Cleaning is the best and the primary service—through cleaning the heart becomes clean.' |
| Sri Sri Prema-Vivarta |
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| “Pride is the path to hell. Carefully avoid it, and humbly immerse yourself in the lotus feet of Radha and Govinda.” |
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