Overflowing
and Grand Festival
"I was very busy with the festival of Nityananda Prabhu's appearance day in
Sri Ekachakra Dham last week. So many devotees came to this festival—crowds
and crowds of people. The temple was overflooded. This is only the mercy of
Nityananda Prabhu and Gurudev."
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Preaching
Programme in Basirhat (28 February 2021 | 19 photographs, 2.1 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends a
preaching programme hosted by the devotees in Basirhat, sharing the news of
the recent festival in Sri Ekachakra Dham and inviting everyone to join Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Tue, 2 March 2021
Mission in
Sri Ekachakra Dham
"Nityananda Prabhu bestowed his mercy all over the world. We can see the
influence of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu even in Srila Sridhar Maharaj's life
also and we can understand from all of this how glorious Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu is."
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Preaching
Programme in Laskarpur (1 March 2021 | 16 photographs, 1.9 Mb)
Accepting an invitation from devotees, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj comes with his associates to attend a preaching
programme to the south of Kolkata to enthuse the fortunate soul in perfect
practise of Krishna consciousness, as well as spread the news and deliver the
invitations for Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik
Siddhanti Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
Religion of the
Heart
This book was prepared and published first in 2006 by His Holiness Sripad
Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj, and was received with great joy by His
Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Presenting it
now online for reading and downloading: "We do not know how
good we are, but I see that what comes from our kitchen is very tasteful for
the jiva souls. I could not conceive that this book would be like this, and
it is coming from Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj, then neither I, nor you know what
will be inside, but when I have seen it, then I can say this book has come
out perfectly." (Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Wed, 3 March 2021
Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu's Line
"Mahaprabhu said to the effect, 'If you worship Nityananda Prabhu, it is the
same as worshipping Me, but if you worship Nityananda Prabhu, I am pleased by
that more than by anything else.' So many nice things are told about Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu...."
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Preaching
Programme in Tarakeshwar Area (2 March 2021 | 16 photographs, 1.9 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends a
house preaching programme in the area of Tarakeshwar nourishing devotees in
their eternal practise of Krishna consciousness. Sharing a few glimpses from
the programme.
Thu, 4 March 2021 (Appearance day of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu: Ocean of Mercy
"May those who desire to cross over the material existence and dive in the
ocean of devotion serve Sri Nitaichand. Nityananda Prabhu does not consider
who is good and who is bad, He saves anyone who falls before Him."
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Preaching
and Collection in Tarakeshwar Area (3 March 2021 | 42 photographs, 3.9 Mb)
Holy glimpses of a busy day at Sri Tarakeshwar Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math:
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj gives
initiation, spends the day collecting potato and preaching, and then returns
to the Temple to speak to the fortunate assembled devotees during the evening
class.
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Shashthi. The 148th divine appearance festival of the founder of
the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Disappearance of Srila
Purushottam Thakur. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Saranga
Goswami Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
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."
— Srila B.N. Acharya 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."
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.
Srila Prabhupad:
Universal Benefactor
"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."
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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?"
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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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Vaisnav Ke? (An Appeal to
Your Mind)
"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."
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Download / listen to the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | 6 March 2016)Illustrious Acharya
"I am offering my obeisance at the lotus feet of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur whose disappearance day took place today. He is
not an ordinary person of this material world—he came from Goloka Vrindavan,
from the Lord Himself. When his job finished here, he passed the
responsibility to his beloved disciples and went back to his own home."
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Advent of Hari-Kirtan
Murti
"We have heard about so many glories of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur from many Vaishnavs, many scholars, and our Param Guru
Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) also described everything in
his poetry."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Mission
"Srila Prabhupad taught what pure service is—he taught that everything could
be used and is meant for the service of the Lord. He established sixty-four
temples, and all the brahmacharis, sannyasis of these temples preached
house to house and distributed Hari-katha."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Teachings
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj often said that Srila Prabhupad's word was
very hard, like a stone or thunderbolt, but inside he could be soft as a
lotus. Fathers are always very loving and affectionate to their sons, but
Srila Prabhupad gave more love and affection that any father could give."
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Unimaginable Service
"It is unforgettable. We do not know who Krishna and Gurudev take service
from—only those who have some sukriti, who have some great fortune,
can participate in service in their life. There are so many rich people,
there are so many big people, but only a fortunate soul can do service."
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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."
Fri, 5 March 2021
Sri Ekachakra Festival: Beyond Imagination
"The festival lasted finally four days—ekadasi, dvadasi, trayodasi,
and chaturdasi; and everybody started coming one day before that.
2,500 kg rice total for this festival, and 1,000 on Nityananda Prabhu's day.
Everything was finishing all the time. Our idea of the scope of this festival
proved a failure."
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Sat, 6 March 2021
Real Family Life
"You must force yourself. Do everything properly. Wake up early in the
morning, do mangal arati, cook bhoga, do the offering, etc. It
must be a real family life without attachment. Ask yourself—do you worship
Krishna or do you worship your material life?"
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Preaching
Programmes (4 March 2021 | 38 photographs, 3.7 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj spends the
holy divine appearance day of Srila Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Thakur visiting devotees in Alampur and Begampur (areas between Tarakeshwar
and Kolkata)—nourishing and enthusing everyone to practise Krishna
consciousness and join the forthcoming Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Preaching
Programmes (5 March 2021 | 31 photographs, 3 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends
further programmes in Begampur continuing the extensive village preaching
programme before Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama and Sri Gaura Purnima
Festival.
Appearance Day of Srila Prabhupad in São Paulo (4 March 2021 | 8 photographs, 0.7 Mb)
Photographs from the recent festival in honour of the divine appearance of
Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad observed by the
devotees at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Govinda Seva Ashram in São Paulo, Brazil.
Sun, 7 March 2021
"My Life Is for My
Gurudev"
"So many things happened, I even risked my life, everything, but I know that
my life is not for me—my life is for my Gurudev, for the devotees. If I run
away with my life, what is this? I have never run away and I never will. I am
still alive and I am with you all because I live for the devotees and you
also live for me and for Gurudev's service."
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Preaching
Programme in Chanditala (6 March 2021 | 25 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
Photographs taken during another busy day: His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends two large preaching programmes
and visits various devotees of the area carrying the news of Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama as well as spreading Sri Krishna-katha door to door, heart to
heart.
Mon, 8 March 2021 (Tomorrow is Sri Vijay Ekadasi).
Perfect Mood
"The problem is that we do not even know how to practise. It is necessary to
practise properly. We pay obeisance to Gurudev, but our devotion is
deceitful. It is very rare to come across devotion without deceit. Our
devotion is such that outside we do one thing, and we have something else
inside. This is called kapata-bhakti."
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Preaching
Programme in Begampur (7 March 2021 | 28 photographs, 2.8 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj attends
more preaching programmes concluding the extensive annual tour of Sri
Nabadwip Dham Pracharani Sobha dedicated to preaching the glories of Sri
Nabadwip Dham and spreading the invitations to the forthcoming grand festival
of Sri Gaura Purnima in all corners of West Bengal.
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Holy Guidance for
the devotees worldwide:
"I know you cannot come this year because of the covid situation—you
cannot get the visa this year because of the government restrictions. Still,
if you are thinking about this Nabadwip Dham Parikrama and do Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama with us—if you read about the places we will go to every day,
if you read and remember Sri Nabadwip Dham—it will be good for you. We will
first go to Antardwip, then Simantadwip, Rudradwip, Madhyadwip, Godrumdwip,
Koladwip, Ritudwip, Modadrumdwip, and Jhanudwip. If you remember Sri Nabadwip
Dham from far away, then you will think that you are actually in this Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. I know you will feel very sad every day because you
cannot come, but you must remember Sri Nabadwip Dham from far, it will be
very nice for you. This is the proper practice and proper etiquette for you.
It is very important. And I will also be thinking about you all every
day...
sri-gauda-mandala-bhumi yeba jane chintamani
tara haya vraja-bhume vasa
"Those who always think about Sri Nabadwip Dham, reside in Sri
Vrindavan."
"I am requesting everybody to participate in Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
You must all contribute to your Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. You cannot come this
year, but I do not want to stop your service to Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
because of that. If you contribute your service for Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama, I will be very happy and it will be good for you also."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj, 7 March 2021)
• For more information about making a
donation, please visit "DONATE" page.
The Grand Festival shall take place on 22-29 March 2021. The programme
and schedule of the Festival is the following:
22 March
Adhivas (eve) of the festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Parikama of the nine islands of Sri Nabadwip Dham:
23 March
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip. Evening Hari-katha (classes)
from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma and Vaishnavs.
24 March
Parikrama of Sri Simantadwip and Sri Rudradwip. Evening
Hari-katha (classes) from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma and
Vaishnavs.
25 March
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
Evening Hari-katha (classes) from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma
and Vaishnavs. Trisprisha Mahadvadashi. Fast. Disappearance of
Sripad Madhavendra Puri.
26 March
Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and
Sri Madhyadwip. Evening Hari-katha (classes) from the holy lotus mouth of
Sri Gurupadpadma and Vaishnavs.
27 March
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip, Sri
Ritudwip, Sri Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip. Evening Hari-katha (classes)
from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma and Vaishnavs. Sri Gaura
Purnima Adhivas.
Main Celebration:
28 March
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Divine Appearance of Sri
Gauranga Mahaprabhu). Day-long Hari-katha, kirtans, reading from the
scriptures, services around the temple. Full fast
until moonrise, followed by a special arati and prasad-seva
(anukalpa—non-grain prasad only).
29 March
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
— · Sri Gaura Purnima Festival
Invitation · —
nadiya udayagiri purna-chandra gaura-hari
krpa kari ha-ila udaya
papa-tamo haila nasa, tri-jagatera ullasa,
jagabhari hari-dhvani haya
"By His causeless mercy the full moon Gaurahari arose in the district of
Nadia, which is compared to Udayagiri, where the sun first becomes
visible—His rising in the sky destroyed the darkness of sin; all three worlds
became joyful and chanted the Holy Name of the Lord."
Dear respected Devotees, Friends and Well-Wishers,
On behalf of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj, the Sevaite-President Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, we are
humbly bowing down at your holy feet and extending an invitation to join our
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math during the annual week-long grand festival
celebrating the Divine Appearance of Lord Gaurasundar. The Parikrama shall
take place on 22-29 March 2021. The programme and schedule of the
Festival:
22 March
Adhivas (eve) of the festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
23‑27 March
Parikrama of the nine islands of Sri Nabadwip Dham. Evening Hari-katha
(classes) from the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadpadma and Vaishnavs.
28 March
Main Celebration: Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (divine appearance of Sri
Gauranga Mahaprabhu). Day-long Hari-katha, kirtans, reading from the
scriptures, services around the temple. Fast until moonrise, followed by a
special arati and prasad-seva.
29 March
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra.
Every year we anxiously await this very special festival and joyfully witness
and partake in numerous devotional programmes and services. Offering worship,
parikramas, kirtans, lectures, prasad-seva and many other
devotional activities are held during these days. Bowing at your feet, we
kindly request you to find it possible to come and join Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math for this week. We shall feel obliged to have your and your
friends' kind company at this time.
Shall you have any enquiries or wish to notify us of your arrival, we will be
happy to hear from you at
.
Sri Nrisingha Palli
Nrisingha Palli (Devapalli),
Subarna Behar,
WB, PIN 741315
Phone Number: 91 97 32113285
If you have any enquiries,
you can get in touch with us at
Tue, 9 March 2021 (Today is Sri Vijay Ekadasi, tomorrow
paran is at 5:56-9:50 a.m.)
What Are
You Doing With Your Life?
"We are so engrossed into material life that we have no time, no energy to
think about Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. Day by day our life is passing, and
each day our age is not increasing—our age is decreasing! We tell many
things, but how much time do we spend practising properly and how many hours
do we spend on our own self, on our own body?"
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Sri Ekadasi Guidance Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
•"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
•SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু "I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
•SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি "On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
Sell Your Heart
"Gauranga's pastimes as sweet as honey! If you read about Gauranga's
pastimes, if these pastimes enter your ears—if you hear about it with your
heart—then your heart will become clean, your heart will become pure. Always
chant the glory of Gauranga and His pastimes."
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Thu, 11 March 2021
Tottering Intelligence
"No matter what we do, our illusion does not go away, instead of that we are
only losing our intelligence. Our life is uncertain. Once you step on the
street, nobody guarantees that you will return—you walk with death in your
pocket. To hear and chant the glories of the Lord, to take the Name of the
Lord—that is the only aim in life."
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Fri, 12 March 2021 (Sri Sivaratri, offering special worship
to Lord Siva, Vaishnav Thakur)
Escaping Maya
"Everybody's consciousness is not the same. Humans have a more developed
consciousness, but it can sometimes be covered by the illusory environment.
Maya always attacks those who cannot surrender, who have a lack of
surrender..."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Chaturdasi. Sri Sri Sivaratri (optional fast). Disappearance of
Sripad Yudhamanyu Prabhu Seva Vikram.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"The chief of the Devas, whose body is decorated by snakes, whose body
shines like the moon, who has five heads, who carries his weapon known as
Pasupat, who gives boons, who is of satisfied nature, who holds the Ganga on
his head, who maintains those who give obeisance to him, who is easily
pleased—I offer my obeisances to Sada Siva, who is dear to Hari, and whose
crown is the moon."
"Usually, people worship Lord Siva for their own interest, but this is
not a real worship. Do not do this. Do not make Sivji your servant by coming
to him to get something in return for the puja. People say, 'Siva, give me
this,' 'Siva, give me that'—Siva becomes their servant. However, our duty is
to worship Lord Siva. I will worship Lord Siva, and whether he takes
this worship or not, what he will give me or not give me, this is his matter.
I do not care whether I like something or not, if he is happy to keep me in a
bad condition, let him keep me in this way; and if he is happy to keep me in
a good condition, let him keep me in this way. My happiness or unhappiness
does not matter. We must always remember this."
~Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj
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..."
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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শিবজী মহারাজ :
পরম বৈষ্ণব
(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরি-কথামৃত)
"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 ।"
•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:
Krpa kara Vaishnav Thakura |
কৃপা কর বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O Vaishnav Thakur! Please be merciful! Knowing the true relationship I
will worship You and my ego will go far away. If I think, 'I am a Vaishnav,'
then I will never stop expecting honour from others—my heart will become
polluted by the desire for fame and I will end up in hell."
Sat, 13 March 2021
Two Important
Questions
"(1) We may show some formal respect to other Missions,
but we do not associate with them. If you have proper chastity to your guru,
you will listen only to your Guru. (2) When reading,
proper or wrong pronunciation is not a question. You must have devotion,
faith."
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Sun, 14 March 2021
Embracing the
Fortune
"Everybody should practise properly. The problem is that we practise properly
but then we sometimes also accept that which is unfavourable for devotion.
Gurudev says that if you pour milk into a pot and see that the level of milk
is slowly going down, it means there is a hole in your pot."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das
Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami, and Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
In honour of Srila Jagannath Das
Babaji Maharaj's disappearance:
"I offer my obeisance unto my lord, the ocean of divine love, Srila Jagannath
Das Babaji Maharaj. He is the senior-most devotee, and worshipped by all who
have taken shelter in Sri Nabadwip Dham and Sri Vraja Dham."
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."
In honour of Srila Bhakti Dayita
Madhav Maharaj:
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA MUKTA MALA :
ANTARDWIP
Srimad Bhakti Dayita Madhav Goswami Maharaj's Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math "Srila Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj was a very dear godbrother of the
Founder Acharya of our Math, Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Before taking sannyas, Srila Madhav Maharaj's name was
Sri Hayagriva Brahmachari. We have heard about him from the lotus mouth of
our Srila Guru Maharaj..."
•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."
•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."
Mon, 15 March 2021
Take Care
"Always practise Krishna consciousness—having taken shelter of a bona fide
Guru, you must practise Krishna consciousness. This is the main thing in our
life. It is necessary to take the mantra, no doubt, but initiation is
not only taking the mantra."
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The first two parts of this lecture, published previously:
[Part 1]Dham-Consciousness
"Walk here with your head and heart. Every single particle of dust here is
the holy dust from the lotus feet of Vaishnavs and great souls who are here
in Sri Nabadwip Dham. All demigods come here and roll in the holy dust of
this abode, but we cannot see it."
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[Part 2]World of Spiritual
Practice
"Do you know what is the most important thing? The main thing is that we must
practise Krishna consciousness... The problem is that we cannot tolerate
anything, we have little patience. Can you not manage without grains on
ekadasi? If you try, you definitely can."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram
Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
Tue, 16 March 2021
Sreyo-Katha
"Do not listen to what pleases your mind; listen to what gives benefit to
your soul and pleases the Lord. If you do not like it, you must make it so
that you like it. If the medicine tastes bitter, you still have to take it
(you know that it will cure your disease). If you do not feel like to listen
to Hari-katha, you must still listen to it."
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Published previously:
Sri Nabadwip Dham Pracharani
Sobha
"Actually, by the mercy of Gurudev, we are starting to arrange the parikrama
of Sri Sri Nabadwip Dham. This year, we started the arrangement many days
before. You can see in the internet that we have been doing 'Sri Nabadwip
Dham Pracharani Sobha'..."
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Prime Festival
"Gurudev wrote a very nice poem, you can read it and see how strongly he is
writing about Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrima. And Gurudev told me to go
door to door, come inside each door and please pull them to come and join Sri
Nabadwip Dham parikrama..."
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Importance of Sri Nabadwip
Dham
"We must understand clearly how important Sri Nabadwip Dham is. All the
demigods do not get a chance to serve the Lord, but they also want to be born
in a human body to serve the Lord, they wait, 'What will I get a human body
and serve the Lord?'"
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Wed, 17 March 2021
Sri Guru's
Shelter
"We must listen to the glories of Sri Madhavendra Puri—Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
(the Supreme Lord Himself) gave His mercy to and took initiation from his
disciple. Madhavendra Puripad had one disciple named Ramachandra
Puri...."
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Srila Purushottam Thakur. Disappearance of
Sripad Tulasidas Das Adhikari Prabhu.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
Thu, 18 March 2021
Be Studious, Be
Serious
"Engage in eternal service, eternal practice of Krishna consciousness. The
more you go towards Maya, towards material life, the more suffering and
misery you will get from Maya. Do not see Gurudev as an object of enjoyment
instead of serving him. Do not see the things that are meant for the service
to the Lord as objects for your enjoyment."
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Bengali)
In Anticipation of
Festival: News from Sri Nabadwip Dham (17 March 2021 | 34 photographs, 3 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj arrives at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nrisingha Palli to attend to the
innumerable services in preparation for the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama. Sharing photographs from around the Temple premises as well
as exciting news regarding the construction progress.
Evening Kirtans • Jaya Dhvani • Vandana • Gurudev bada krpa kari • E-bara karuna kari •
Akrodha paramananda • Yadi Gaura na haite • Bhajahu re mana • Hare Krishna
maha-mantra.
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Published previously:
Watch Your Step
"We must utilise our life in this way. Do you undertand it? We must think how
much our devotional life is increasing, we must think when we increase our
devotion. It is necessary to think about this. And we must not ask the Lord
for anything."
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Material Greed
"People worship Me and ask Me to fulfil their material desires, but I am not
a fool. They want to take soil, eat cow dung and stool, but I will not give
it to them. Instead, I will give them Myself, then they will forget all about
these material desires."
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Undaunted Devotion
"Always be careful. When we have some material desires, we cannot understand
Krishna consciousness because when your material desires are very strong,
then you cannot hear properly. This is what happened once to Chitraketu."
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Evening Kirtans • Vandana • Krsna haite sevon mukha • Sri Guru charana-padma • Sri Krishna
Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more • Ohe Vaishnava Thakura dayara sagara
• Nitai-pada-kamala • Emona durmati samsara bhitare • Gaya Gora madhur
svare.
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Complete Engagement
"Everybody has got birth and entered this world, but we do not know what will
happen in our life—that depends upon the Lord. We must use this body for the
service of the Lord—we must use all senses, all parts of this body, mind,
etc. properly."
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Our Target
"Sri Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama is very important for our life. What
is necessary so to preach Krishna consciousness—to preach the message of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, to go door to door. This is the main thing in our
lives."
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Fri, 19 March 2021
Tolerate and
Manage
"It is necessary to tolerate so many things and to have so much patience.
When you have a body, you have to struggle and suffer—everyone struggles with
their bodies in various ways and then leaves..."
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Bengali)
Published previously:
Loving Service
"A husband loves his wife, or a child loves his parents—we must serve the
Lord with even more love and affection than that. We must really, truly
understand these things."
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Bengali)
Selfless and
Unconditional Service
"Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes there is some
comparison of the devotees of Krishna and the devotees of Lord Rama. We must
be anxious to make our Guru and Vaishnavs happy. This is our main purpose in
life."
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Bengali)
Double Lock Your Mouth
"I want to tell you something about the obstacles in our spiritual life.
Besides that, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, and Srila Gurudev
also, always warn us against para-charcha. Always keep yourself
engaged. Those who criticise others do not realise what it does to their
practising life."
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Bengali)
Concentrate On Your Life
"When we speak Hari-katha, it is easy to say things, but it is very difficult
to actually apply it for ourselves. It is necessary to practise it yourself
first. We say we will start practising from tomorrow, but no—start now. There
is no time."
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Bengali)
Hanuman's Service Drive
"I will give you some example of Hanuman's love for Rama, of his desire to
serve Rama. We can see how much Ramachandra loves Hanuman and how much
Hanuman loves Him. It is necessary to have such service desire."
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Bengali)
Plane of Faith
"If you have no faith, then it is a problem. Our life is always based on
faith. This is what our guru-varga and Gurudev say—we must have faith in
that. We must tell, tell, and tell ourselves that every day, then faith will
come."
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Bengali)
Concluding kirtans His Divine Grace concludes the evening class on 2 March 2020 with
'Sarvasva tomara charane sampiya' and 'Hari Haraye Nama Krsna'.
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Sat, 20 March 2021
Be Strict and Straight In Your Behaviour
"You put tilaks, chant the Holy Name on the beads, but be careful, make sure
you do not behave in such a way that somebody can see your behaviour and say
that you are doing wrong. At least, keep looking at your Guru's face—you must
think, 'If I do something wrong, it will tarnish my Guru's name.' Always be
careful with your behaviour. 'Sadhu' means 'sat', they will
always live a pure (sat) live. Always try to live a clean, pure
life."
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Bengali)
Published previously:
Sri Nrisingha Palli : evening kirtans His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj chants Vandana prayers and
holy kirtans prior to the evening class:
• Sri Guru charana-padma
• Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara
more
• Ohe Vaishnava Thakura dayara sagara
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Emona durmati samsara bhitare
• Gaya Gora madhur svare
• Jaya Radha-Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
• Jaya-dhvani.
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Parikrama Plan
"We are very happy that our Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama is going to
start soon. However, there is one thing that you all must remember. From next
year, our parikrama will be five days, independent from where we do
it—from the main Math or from here."
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"By seeing you all I become blessed and inspired" Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj's speech in English during the evening
class: "First of all, I would like to offer my humble obeisances to Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj who all these years has been proceeding this
Sri Nabadwip Dham with Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, representing the Founder
Acharya of this Mission, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj,
as well as his beloved disciple and successor Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj..."
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Parikrama: More Than
Pilgrimage (1)
"You all say that you will come and tolerate so many austerities wherever I
am. Hearing and seeing this, I get enthusiasm to do this parikrama.
There is one thing, however, that I have never told any year, but I want to
say it today."
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Parikrama: More Than
Pilgrimage (2)
"We come, dance and say 'Hari bol! Hari bol!' but we have not been able to
capture anything within our hearts. We have only seen some beautiful
buildings, temples, etc. You go to Mayapur, you goggle at great buildings,
many things, etc. but this is not the point! You must understand what is the
result of this parikrama."
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Parikrama: More Than
Pilgrimage (3)
"You must not imitate the behaviour of the Guru and Vaishnavs. There are such
people in our country. Such aul, baul, kartabhaja, neda, etc. people
chant kirtan showing ecstasy, they do so many things, but true saints
do not behave in this way."
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Parikrama: More Than
Pilgrimage (4)
"Many also cannot come, but we do not know when we have to leave this world.
However, you all have come here despite all the difficulties, you are
fortunate. This is your own house, and I am your own."
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Parikrama: More Than
Pilgrimage (5)
"I also pray to you all—I pray that your feet dust will always remain on my
head. You must not come to grasp my feet; rather, if I can take the feet dust
of all those who come to do this parikrama, then I will consider myself
fortunate."
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Sun, 21 March 2021
Niskam Bhakti
"Call out to Gurudev in your heart. It is not necessary to say anything out
loud. If you come to tell this to me in front of everyone, it means you want
everyone to know it. Most of the time, instead of Krishna consciousness
people put on a show and pretend, but unconditional service is not the same
as conditional service."
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Bengali)
Published previously:
Charity Begins at Home: Practise
Yourself First
"We can say many things, but the main thing is to what extent can we actually
manifest it in ourselves? It is easy to say these things, but it is very
difficult to practise these things in our life. To what extent do we
practise it ourselves?"
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Kirtan-Seva
"You must always remember how we must practise Krishna consciousness
properly. It is necessary to wake up early, to come for the
mangal-arati, to chant kirtans in the morning. Bhagavan Gaura
Hari is always satisfied through kirtan-seva..."
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Stay Within Service
Line
"Always remember that you are all members of this Chaitanya Saraswat family.
If you leave this family, you will be in danger—you can be removed from the
service of the Lord. Gurudev has taken you out of maya's family and
made you all members of Krishna's family. This is your great fortune."
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"Give Me Your Mercy"
"I know what I am saying is heavy and you may not like it. When Gurudev gives
you service, that is his mercy, but instead, when Gurudev gives you service,
you forget about it. When you call me, you keep telling me, 'Gurudev, please
give me your mercy!' but you think that it is not necessary to do what I have
told you to do."
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Soul-Searching and
Hole-Searching
"You can examine yourself and check it yourself—you are practising Krishna
consciousness, you are chanting kirtans, chanting many rounds of the
Holy Name, but are you getting the result?"
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Service Hardships
"If some obstacles or danger come when you are doing service to the Lord,
this is the Lord's mercy. What is more important, the guru or his photo? What
is bigger, the word of the scripture or the word of the guru?"
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Mon, 22 March 2021 (Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Adhivas,
Inauguration of Seven Day Long Festival)
Keep Your Guard Up
"You have taken so much trouble coming here amidst the lockdown by the mercy
of Gaura Hari, by the mercy of Gurudev. Do not waste your time. Every day
when we return from the parikrama, come and listen to Hari-katha. Even
when you go for the parikrama, you will hear about Vaishnavs, about
the Lord, and you must take it into your heart."
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Bengali)
News from Sri
Nrisingha Palli (20-21 March 2021 | 49 photographs, 4.7 Mb)
With the festival about to begin, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj makes final arrangements before commencing the Grand
Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama and gives the first large evening
class in front of the fortunate assembled devotees extending an opportunity
for the devotees worldwide to join the class. Sharing photographs taken
during the last two days catching glimpses of the festive beehive of service
activities at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nrisingha Palli.
Sri Gaura-Dham and Sri Bhaktivinod(From Sri
Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala) "If you are is to receive the mercy of the Sri Gaura’s abode, you must
first of all receive the mercy of Srila Thakur Bhaktivinod. If you desire to
attain the great fortune of eternal residence in the abode of Sri Gaura, you
must become a particle of dust adhering to the holy lotus feet of Sri
Bhaktivinod. If you identify yourself with the body, if you have fleshy
vision, then you will see the holy abode or be able to identify yourself with
it."
শ্রীগৌরধাম ও শ্রীভক্তিবিনোদ (শ্রীনবদ্বীপধাম মাহাত্ম্য-মুক্তা-মালা)
"শ্রীগৌরধাম দর্শন করিবার চক্ষু কিরূপে লাভ করিতে হয়, তাহাও নদীয়াপ্রকাশ ঠাকুর
ভক্তিবিনোদ আমাদিগকে জানাইয়াছেন । গৌরধামের কৃপা লাভ করিতে হইলে সর্ব্বাগ্রে
শ্রীল ঠাকুর ভক্তিবিনোদের কৃপা লাভ করিতে হইবে ।"
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
22 March (Mon)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
23 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
24 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
25 March (Thu)
At the temple. Mahadvadasi Fast.
26 March (Fri)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
27 March (Sat)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
28 March (Sun)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
29 March (Mon)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
ADHIVAS
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter One: The Glories of the Dham
"The glories of Nabadwip Mandal are unlimited. Brahma and the other gods
do not know them. So, who can describe them? Ananta Sesa is unable to
describe them with thousands of mouths. So, how will I, a tiny soul, be able
to? By the will of Sri Chaitanya, the devotees have ordered me, and so I
describe the glories of Nadia by their mercy."
Chapter Two: The Nature and Dimensions of the Dham
"Nabadwip Dham shines eternally within Gauda Mandal, and is served by
Ganga Devi. I do not see anyone in the world during the Age of Kali as
unfortunate, pitiable, and fallen as someone who does not serve such a
merciful Lord and rejects such an inconceivable abode. Therefore, brother!
Give up all other desires and attachments, and devote yourself exclusively to
Nabadwip Dham."
Chapter Three: Instructions for Circumambulating the Dham
of the Dham
"Devotees, listen! I will now describe everything within the thirty-two
miles of Nabadwip. Circumambulation is always done in this way and is a
source of unlimited joy for the soul. Those who traverse the one hundred and
sixty-eight miles of Sri Gauda Mandal quickly attain the wealth of divine
love for Gaura."
Chapter Four: Sri Jiva Hears the Glories of the Dham
"Jiva was young and had a beautiful figure. His extreme detachment was
astonishing to see. After walking for many days, always filled with divine
love, Jiva arrived in Nabadwip. He came to Barakona Ghat and asked everyone,
'Where is Nityananda Prabhu? Please show me.'"
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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2012)
"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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2012)
Prime Festival
"Gurudev wrote a very nice poem, you can read it and see how strongly he is
writing about Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrima. And Gurudev told me to go
door to door, come inside each door and please pull them to come and join Sri
Nabadwip Dham parikrama..."
•
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"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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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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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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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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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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Photographs of this day in 2020:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Adhivas
(4 March 2020 | 39 photographs, 3.5 Mb)
Photographs taken during the main programmes one the eve of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama from Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nrisingha Palli, in the shelter of and under the guidance of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj, as well as many venerable senior Vaishnavs and loving devotees.
Photographs of this day in 2019:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Adhivas
(16 March 2019 | 59 photographs, 3.7 Mb)
The Adhivas (eve) of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama is spent happily with more
and more devotees flocking in from various corners of the world securing the
glory of the Festival. His Divine Grace lovingly welcomes everyone and
gives everyone an opportunity to engage in service of Sri Sri Guru Gaura
Nityananda—sravanam, kirtan, smaranam, vandanam, dasyam, sakhyam, and
atma-nivedanam—according to the devotees' fortune, hankering and
qualities.
Tue, 23 March 2021 (Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Day One,
Sri Antardwip, Sri Simantadwip, Sri Rudradwip)
Clear Vision
"One does not become a disciple just by taking initiation. Proper disciples
will always live and serve following the guidance of their Guru. 'Leave all
religions and surrender to Me.' This is what Srimad Bhagavad-gita
teaches, but how many people actually follow this?"
•
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Bengali)
At Sri Sridhar Angan(From Sri
Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala) "Why did Sriman Nityananda Prabhu say that Sridhar Pandit was a great
recipient of Mahaprabhu's mercy? You must know who Sridhar Pandit was, and
you must always remember and keep his mood in your heart."
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Day One (23 March 2021 | 126 photographs, 13.3 Mb)
Photographs from the first day of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the devotees
through Sri Antardwip, Sri Simantadwip and Sri Rudradwip visiting Sri
Chaitanya Math, Sri Nandan Acharya Bhavan, Puspa-samadhi mandir of Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, Sri Yogapith, Srivas Angan, Sri
Advaita Bhavan, Sri Gadadhar Pandit Bhavan, Akar Math Sri Chaitanya Math,
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila
Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi, Sri Chand Kazi's Samadhi, Sri
Jagannath Mandir, Sridhar Angan, and Sri Rudradwip Gaudiya Math.
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama Adhivas (22 March 2021 | 36 photographs, 3.7 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj presides
over the grand inauguration day of the seven-day long festival of Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama with many, many hundreds of fortunate auspicious
devotees in attendance. Sharing glimpses from this auspicious day for the
nourishment of all devotees worldwide.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
22 March (Mon)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
23 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
24 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
25 March (Thu)
At the temple. Mahadvadasi Fast.
26 March (Fri)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
27 March (Sat)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
28 March (Sun)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
29 March (Mon)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY ONE
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter Five: Sri Mayapur and Antardwip
"The thirty-two miles of Nabadwip are nondifferent from Vrindavan. Within
these thirty-two miles, there are nine islands, which form an eight-petalled
lotus that floats on water. In the middle of the eight petals—the eight
islands—is Antardwip. At its centre is Mayapur."
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Two
(6 March 2020 | 60 photographs, 6.3 Mb)
Photographs of the second day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes devotees to Sri
Antardwip and Simantadwip: Sri Chaitanya Math, Sri Nandan Acharya Bhavan,
Puspa-samadhi mandir of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, Sri
Madhai Ghat, Sri Yogapith, Srivas Angan, Sri Advaita Bhavan, Sri Gadadhar
Pandit Bhavan, Sri Chaitanya Math, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad's Samadhi Mandir, Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj's Samadhi,
Sri Kazi Samadhi,Sri Jagannath Mandir, and Sridhar Angan.
Photographs of this day in 2019:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Two
(18 March 2019 | 160 photographs, 12.2 Mb)
Sharing photographs of the second day of the Holy Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama
led by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and
dignitary Vaishnavs through Antradwip and a part of Simantadwip: Srila Madhav
Maharaj's Math, Nandan Acharya Bhavan, Puspa-samadhi mandir of Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, Madhai Ghat(!), Yogapith, Srivas
Angan, Sri Gadadhar Pandit's house, Samadhi-mandir of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and Sri Chaitanya Math, Sri Jagannath Temple,
Simantadwip.
At Sri Nandan Acharya
Bhavan
"You all know what place we have come to. This is Sri Nandan Acharya Bhavan,
it is a very important place. What happened at this place? Who revealed this
temple here? Try to remember this sambandha-jnana (knowledge of
relation)."
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At Sri Madhai Ghat
"Continuing our parikrama, we have now come to Madhai ghat. We have
never come to this place before, but because we crossed the Ganges earlier
today we are able to come here. The Ganga used to flow here—if you go a
little further, there will be Barokona ghat and then Yogapith."
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Kirtan)
At Sri Yogapith
"By the mercy of Srila Gurudev, we have come here to Sri Yogapith. This is
the birthplace of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This place is in Antardwip. The
whole of Nabadwip is an eight petal lotus flower—there are eight islands
situated on outside as petals and Antardwip is in the middle of the lotus as
its core."
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At Srivas Angan
"Some of you are thinking, 'Oh, all temples are now closed because we have
come late,' but this is not so—when we come, we come to pay our obeisance,
and the Lord can understand, the Lord can see that we have come to pay
obeisance at His feet..."
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At Sri Chaitanya Math
"Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur brought this spotless moon, Srila Prabhupad, to
this world, and to this day, Prabhupad's disciples and the disciples of his
disciples are preaching about the Lord all over the world, they go begging
door to door to rescue fallen souls like us."
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Kirtan at Sri Jagannath Mandir (Mayapur) His Divine Grace chants 'He deva bhavantam vande' and kirtan during the
arati of Lord Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra at Sri Dham Mayapur.
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Thu, 25 March 2021 (Annual Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama
Festival Continues; Mahadvadasi Fast)
Exclusive Current
"All those associates who participate in Krishna's pastimes in Dvapar-yuga,
come together with Mahaprabhu to this world in this Kali-yuga. Mahaprabhu
searched, 'Where are My own?' Mahaprabhu rescued Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila
Sanatan Goswami and took them to Vrindavan to preach about the Lord, yet they
preached about Mahaprabhu."
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Bengali)
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Mahadvadasi (25 March 2021 | 24 photographs, 1.9 Mb)
Photographs taken during the third day of the annual festival at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math. His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj arranges a day of rest for the devotees before the last two
days of the parikrama of Sri Nabadwip Dham. The day passes peacefully as
devotees observe mahadvadasi, hear Hari-katha, engage in various services and
prepare for a long parikrama tomorrow.
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Ekadashi. Trisprisha Mahadvadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Sripad
Madhavendra Puri.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
In honour of Srila Madhavendra
Puripad:
Sri Madhavendra
Puripad
"Every year on the second day of the parikrama we celebrate this
day—Sri Madhavendra Puripad's disappearance festival. Actually,
Srila Madhavendra Puripad is the root of the wish-fulfilling tree of
devotion..."
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Srila Madhavendra Puripad: The Sprout of Love Divine
From Affectionate Guidance: "Today is a most auspicious day—the holy
Disappearance Day of Srila Madhavendra Puripad. The sprout of divine love for
Krishna (Krishna-premankur) appeared in this world in the form of Srila
Madhavendra Puri. Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu glorified Srila
Madhavendra Puri so much. Nityananda Prabhu and Advaita Prabhu were disciples
of Srila Madhavendra Puri..."
•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?"
Sri Ekadasi Guidance Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
•"Sri Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
•SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু "I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
•SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি "On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
Wed, 24 March 2021 (Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama Day Two,
Sri Koladwip)
Cries of a Fallen
Child
"You can recognise a Vaishnav by his quality. The higher a Vaishnav is, the
more humility they have. They are always humble, they always stay in the
background. We say, 'I am your fallen servant,' but this should not be just
written—our behaviour should be like that."
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Bengali)
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Day Two (24 March 2021 | 72 photographs, 6.4 Mb)
Photographs from the second day of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the devotees
through the northern part of Sri Koladwip visiting Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, Sri Buroraj Siva, Sri Prauddha Maya, Sri Vishnupriya Devi's house, and
the samadhi-mandir of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. The
parikrama finishes early allowing all devotees get a good rest.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY TWO
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter Eleven: Sri Sri Koladwip, Sri Samudragad, Sri Champa Hatta
"Who can describe the glories of this place? It is not a holy place that
is now simply a dry river. All souls who give up their life in the water, on
the earth, or in the air here attain Sri Goloka Vrindavan."
Photographs of this day in 2020:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Three
(7 March 2020 | 47 photographs, 4.6 Mb)
Photographs of the third day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. Despite
some unpleasant rain in the morning, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj firmly leads Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama
encouraging devotees to brave the austerity and not to lose focus. On this
day, the parikrama party visits Sri Koladwip: Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, Sri Buroraj Siva, Sri Prauddha Maya, Sri Vishnupriya Devi's house, and
the samadhi-mandir of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. The day
culminates with some auspicious news for all the devotees worldwide.
Photographs of this day in 2019:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Four
(20 March 2019 | 69 photographs, 4.8 Mb)
Sharing photographs of the fourth day of the Holy Sri Nabadwip Dham
parikrama led by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj and dignitary Vaishnavs through Sri Koladwip: Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math, Buroraj Siva temple, Prauddha Maya Devi's temple, Sri Vishnupriya
Devi's house, the samadhi mandir of Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj.
Fri, 26 March 2021 (Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama, Day Three)
Mahaprabhu's Teachings
"Is your mind sitting here now or is it sitting at home or in some other bad
place? If you cannot control your senses, then how is it that you have become
a Vaishnav? We have all come here to become servants of Vaishnavs, not
Vaishnavs. You must remember this."
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Bengali)
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Day Three (26 March 2021 | 71 photographs, 6.4 Mb)
Photographs from the third day of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the devotees
through the northern part of Sri Koladwip visiting Sri Subarna Bihar
Gaudiya Math, Sri Surabhi Kunja Math, Sri Svananda-sukhada-kunja (bhajan
kutir of Srila Bhakivinod Thakur), Sri Harihar Ksetra.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
22 March (Mon)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
23 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
24 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
25 March (Thu)
At the temple. Mahadvadasi Fast.
26 March (Fri)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
27 March (Sat)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
28 March (Sun)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
29 March (Mon)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY THREE
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter Seven: Sri Suvarna Bihar and Sri Deva Palli
"Leaving Visram Sthan, with Sri Jiva the party proceeded to the village known as Suvarna Bihar. There, Nityananda Prabhu said, 'O Jiva, this is a wonderful place. Like all of Nabadwip, it is beyond material nature...'"
Chapter Eight: Sri Harihara Ksetra, Sri Varanasi, and Sri Godruma
"Srivas danced with Jiva. Sometimes they cried, and sometimes they danced continuously. All the other devotees danced as they walked. Hearing the glories of Gauranga from the mouth of Nitai, Jiva floated in the greatest joy."
Chapter Nine: Sri Madhyadwip and Sri Naimisa
"Coming into Madhyadwip and laughing, Nityananda Prabhu said, 'This is Majida Gram. The seven sages resided here and worshipped the moon-like Sri Gaura. The mercy of the Dham is supreme. Those who attain it, attain the association of the sadhus. Serving in the association of the sadhus and becoming immersed in divine love for Krishna is the ultimate joy."
Photographs of this day in 2020:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day One
(5 March 2020 | 60 photographs, 6.3 Mb)
Photographs of the first day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. His Divine Grace
Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes devotees to Sri
Godrumdwip: Sri Subarna Bihar, Sri Surabhi Kunja Math, Sri
Svananda-sukhada-kunja (bhajan kutir of Srila Bhakivinod Thakur), Sri Harihar
Ksetra, and Sri Madhyadwip (Hamsavahan).
Photographs of this day in 2019:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day One
(17 March 2019 | 71 photographs, 5.8 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and
dignitary Vaishnavs carry the banner of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math through
Godrumdwip and Madhyamdwip: Subarna Bihar Gaudiya Math, Sri Samadhi-mandir of
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Sri Surabhi Kunja Math, Hari-Hara ksetra are among
the places visited.
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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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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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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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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Sivji
Maharaj—Param Vaishnav
"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."
Sat, 27 March 2021 (Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama, Day Four;
Sri Gaura Purnima Adhivas)
Practise What Is
Preached
"You cannot cheat Gora, He knows what you are doing. It is necessary to
accept Gora's practice and Gora's conception. We must follow what Gauranga
Mahaprabhu says in our lives, we must learn how to practise it, otherwise you
will not get anything..."
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Bengali)
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Day Four (27 March 2021 | 82 photographs, 7.4 Mb)
Photographs from the fourth day of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama. His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj leads the devotees
through the southern part of Sri Koladwip, as well as Sri Ritudwip, Sri
Jahnudwip, and Sri Modadrumadwip visiting Sri Samudra ghat, Sri Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar Mandir (Champahatti), Vidya Nagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math,
Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya's house, the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari, and
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance place.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
22 March (Mon)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
23 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
24 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
25 March (Thu)
At the temple. Mahadvadasi Fast.
26 March (Fri)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
27 March (Sat)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
28 March (Sun)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
29 March (Mon)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY FOUR
SRI NABADWIP DHAM MAHATMYA :
Chapter
Eleven: Sri Champa Hatta
"When Laksman Sen was the king of Nadia, Jayadev Goswami was one of His
subjects in Nabadwip. The wise Jayadev built a cottage on the bank of Ballal
Dirghika and resided there with his wife Padmavati...."
Chapter Twelve: Sri Sri Rtudwip and Sri Radha Kunda
"At dawn, the devotees arose and called out to Sri Gaura and Nitaichand.
Feeling great joy, Nityananda and the devotees then departed, leaving Champa
Hatta behind..."
Chapter Thirteen: Sri Vidya Nagar and Sri Jahnudwip
"Srivas danced with Jiva. Sometimes they cried, and sometimes they danced continuously. All the other devotees danced as they walked. Hearing the glories of Gauranga from the mouth of Nitai, Jiva floated in the greatest joy."
Chapter Seventeen: Sri Jiva Goswami's Questions and Srila Nityananda Prabhu's Answers
"Affectionately, Nityananda Prabhu asked, 'When will you go to Vrindavan?'
Jiva answered, 'The order of the Lord is above all. When I receive Your
order, I will take shelter in Vrindavan. I have one or two questions to ask
You. O Lord, please answer them for the benefit of this servant.'"
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Four
(8 March 2020 | 54 photographs, 5.8 Mb)
Photographs of the final, fourth, day of Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama
spent in nourishing guidance His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. This day, Sri Champahatti, Sri Samudragad, Sri Vidya Nagar, the birthplace of Srila Sarvabhauma Bhatttachya, Sri Saranga Thakur's temple, and Sri Mamgacchi—the rest of Sri Koladwip, Sri Jahnudwip, Sri Rtudwip, and Sri Modadrumdwip.
Photographs of this day in 2019:
Sri
Nabadwip Dham Parikrama: Day Three
(19 March 2019 | 72 photographs, 6.2 Mb)
Sharing photographs of the third day of the Holy Sri Nabadwip Dham
parikrama led by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj and dignitary Vaishnavs through Sri Koladwip, Sri Ritudwip, Sri
Jahnudwip, and Sri Modadrumadwip: Sri Samudra ghat, Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhar
Mandir (Champahatti), Vidya Nagar Sarvabhauma Gaudiya Math, Sarvabhauma
Bhattacharya's house, the Deity served by Sri Saranga Murari, place where
Mahaprabhu performed kirtan(!), and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's appearance
place.
Sun, 28 March 2021 (Sri Gaura Purnima Festival; full fast
until moonrise, then anukalpa)
Know Best
"Everybody should be given some particular respect, and you must give that
due respect to everyone. We always sing this in the kirtan, but you
must remember this—you must not only sing it with your mouth, you must follow
it in your own life and behaviour."
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Bengali)
Sri Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama: Sri Gaura Avirbhav (28 March 2021 | 57 photographs, 4.2 Mb)
As the whole universe revels on this sublime day, fortunate devotees
celebrate the grand festival of the divine appearance of Lord Gaurasundar in
the shelter of the holy lotus feet of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj, a non-different embodiment of Sri Sri Gaura Nityananda, at
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Sri Nrisingha Palli. Sharing photographic
glimpses captured throughout the day for the eternal joy of the entire
universe.
Two exlusive kirtans chanted at moon rise:
Sri Sri Gaurasundarer
Avirbhav Vasare
"Why has the Golden Sun appear today of all days clad in saffron garb? Why
has exquisitely beautiful spring poured into this otherwise void world? Why
have all the trees, shrubs, and creepers swell with beauty at this
astonishing news? Why do bees and birds reel in joy like this, raising waves
of their music?"
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Sri Gaura
Purnima kirtan
"By His causeless mercy the full moon, Gaurahari, rose in the district of
Nadia, which is compared to Udayagiri, where the sun first becomes visible.
His rising in the sky dissipated the darkness of sinful life, and thus the
three worlds became joyful and chanted the holy name of the Lord."
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namo maha-vadanyaya krsna-prema-pradaya te
krsnaya krsna-chaitanya-namne gaura-tvise namah
"Again and again I offer my obeisance unto You, Sri Krishna Chaitanya,
the supremely merciful, golden form of Sri Krishna, the giver of
Krishna-prema."
"Standing erect, the hairs of His body rebuke the blossoming campaka
flowers. Raising His arms, again and again He calls out "Hari! Hari!"
Surrounded by His devotees, again and again He sings and dances. Streams of
tears flow from His eyes and sprinkle the ground. Let us glorify Him, Lord
Gauracandra."
The Golden Volcano Of
Divine Love
This book has been compiled from the lectures of His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj and found a very
special place in the heart of its author to the extent that His Divine Grace
remarked it was his favourite English language publication. The text
presented here is the second edition of the book. "Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught us that separation
is the highest principle in divinity. Just as the most intense conception of
ecstasy is association with Krishna, the most intense conception of pain is
separation from Krishna. Yet the pain felt from Krishna's separation is far
more intense than the ecstasy felt from His association. Sriman Mahaprabhu
says, 'Can't you understand the painful situation you are in? Your senses
must have all been destroyed? Otherwise you would have died from the pain of
separation from Krishna. It is inconceivable. We belong to Him wholesale. He
is all in all to us, but we can't see Him. We are forcibly separated from
Him. How can we tolerate this?'"
Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva
Stotram
A unique compilation of Sanskrit verses that contain most Pastimes of Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, written by Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Sri Sri Prema Dhama Deva Stotram has
found exceptional appreciation in the hearts of the Vaishnav community
worldwide. These verses are also sung every evening (10 each day, starting
from Saturday) at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math and its affiliate centers. "I offer my respects unto Sri Gaurangadev, who rose
like a golden moon in Sri Mayapura in 1407 Sakabda, revealed the Pastime of
accepting the garments of the renounced order, sannyas, in 1431 Sakabda in
order to benedict the entire material universe, and disappeared beyond the
ordinary vision of the people of this world in 1455 Sakabda. I offer my
obeisances to that beautiful Golden Lord, Gaurangasundar, the divine form of
Krishna prema."
Far but Near
"Without his mercy we cannot be present here. Every year we think we will
join this festival next year, but only Krishna knows whether we can join or
not. Only by the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of Mahaprabhu can we be
here."
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তবে বন্দোঁ শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য মহেশ্বর, নবদ্বীপে অবতার, নাম—'বিশ্বম্ভর'
An archive recording of Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
reading from the first chapter of Sri Chaitanya-bhagavat,
Adi-khanda, where Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur describes the Lord's
appearance.
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Sri Gaura Purnima Programmes in 2015 (BENGALI)
◊ Morning:(kirtans, Bengali) Kirtans: Vandana • Samsara
davanala • Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari' (Tilak
Krishna Prabhu) • Bhaja re bhajare amar (Rama Krishna Prabhu of
Uluberia) • Thakura Vaishnava gana • Nitai guna mani •
Emona durmati samsara bhitare • Gaya Gora madhur svare. Class: The glory of Hari Nam
sankirtan and rarity of this life (not to waste time) • "I pray at
your feet: think about Gauranga, think about Gaurahari, and think about
the festival of Gaurahari" • Magnanimity of Mahaprabhu.
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(24 Mb, 68 min)
◊ Evening:(kirtans, Bengali) Kirtans: Sri Guru-parampara
(Krsna haite chatur-mukha) • Sri Guru charana-padma • Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more • Ohe Vaishnava Thakura
dayara sagara • Nitai-pada-kamala • Emona durmati samsara
bhitare. Class: Surrender, not to return
to maya • Glories of the assembled worldwide devotees, auspiciousness
of the assembly. Sri Gaura Purnima Kirtans: Aruna
vasane sonara suraja (written by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
• Chaudda-sata sata-sake masa ye phalguna (chanted from
Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila, verses 13.89–124; the kirtan then
moves to the nat mandir and continues there).
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(30 Mb, 88 min)
—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
22 March (Mon)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
23 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
24 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
25 March (Thu)
At the temple. Mahadvadasi Fast.
26 March (Fri)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
27 March (Sat)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
28 March (Sun)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
29 March (Mon)
Anandotsav of Sri Jagannath Mishra. Breaking fast and offering
special exquisite bhoga to Sri Gurupadpadma and the Lordships and
distributing prasadam to all devotees, friends, and visitors.
Mon, 29 March 2021 (Sri Jagannath Misra Anandotsav; Final
Day of Festival)
Best News
"Why will we feel happy in our heart? Hearing what will we feel happy? The
Lord has come to this world to rescue everyone in it, and you too can come to
Him. If you want to save yourself from the endless parikrama of this
material world, you too can take shelter at the Lord's lotus feet!"
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Bengali)
Sri
Jagannath Misra's Anandotsav (29 March 2021 | 30 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
On the concluding day of the annual grand festival of Sri Gaurasundar's
divine appearance, devotees remember the joyous festival arranged by Sri
Jagannath Misra and Sri Sachi Devi in honour of their Son's birth. Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj spends the day with the
devotees and presides at the Visva-Vaisnava-Raja Sobha in the late
morning. Many devotees are starting to leave, and those who stay grasp onto
the opportunity to render so many services around the temple.
Setting
on the Right Track (1)
Lecture delivered on Sri Jagannath Mishra's Anandotsav in 2013: "We can
realise it ourselves: how much can we proceed in our spiritual life and
why did we come to Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math? Again and again we do Nabadwip
Dham Parikrama, but how much can we use ourselves for the service to the
Guru, Vaishnavs, and Bhagavan?"
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Setting
on the Right Track (2)
Lecture delivered on Sri Jagannath Mishra's Anandotsav in 2013, part two:
"I am praying to you all that you do not forget your service to your Guru,
to the Vaishnavs, Bhagavan. I am bowing at your lotus feet: if you serve
my Guru, I will serve you my whole life; if you serve my Guru, I will
sacrifice my life to serve you."
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Sri Vishva
Vaishnava Raja-Sabha
"Gurudev told me, 'The day after Gaura Purnima, you will sit together at
Vishva Vaishnava Raja-Sabha,' and it is my duty to do that. We have
come here to be together, and everyone can speak their own language—if it can
be translated into English and Bengali, that is good for the mission."
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Tue, 30 March 2021
Sri Gaura
Purnima Address (1)
"Actually, there is something I want to tell you all. You think you are
taking care of your family, but I am also your family member—you must come
here and take care of the temples. Keep connection with your Guru. I want
your mercy, I want your assistance."
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Sri Gaura Purnima Festival in Veracruz (28 March 2021 | 38 photographs, 4.2 Mb)
Sharing photographs from the service festival the devotees' community
partakes in at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Branch in Veracruz, Mexico, with a
great joy and enthusiasm, for the pleasure of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva
Nanda-nandan jiu.
Sri Gaura Purnima Celebration in São Paulo (28 March 2021 | 8 photographs, 1.1 Mb)
Photographs from festival of Sriman Mahaprabhu's divine appearance, observed
by the devotees at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Branch in São Paulo, Brazil,
for the pleasure of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj.
Wed, 31 March 2021
Sri Gaura
Purnima Address (2)
"You have taken initiation, and you must now take care of the devotional seed
properly. When you take initiation from your Guru, you enter a relationship
with him, and you must maintain that relationship; otherwise all relationship
will be gone."
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'Prabhu, do not give me Maya. I know you love me so much, that is why I do not want
to hear from You any further. Please give me some mercy—I want to go before
You. Please, Prabhu, fulfil my desire.'