Direct
Your Mind to Bhagavatam
"Loving search for the lost servant. When a son is lost, the father searches
for him—he gives an advertisement on TV, in newspapers, declares the boy
missing, etc. In the same way, the Lord has lost His children, and He is
searching for us everywhere, 'When will these souls start practising Krishna
consciousness and come back to Me?'"
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadashi. Disappearance of Srila Narahari Sarkar Thakur and Srila
Kaliya Krishnadas.
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."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Narahari
Sarkar Thakur:
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: "Narahari Sarkar belongs to the
section of devotees who are more fond of Krishna-lila. Their vision is, 'We
do not recognise You to be a sannyasi! You are that Krishna of Vrindavan, we
know You well! Here, You have only put on a garment—You are wrapping Yourself
in the garment of a sannyasi—but it is Your external acquaintance. We know
well who You really are and we must admit that we do not like this forged
identity of Yours.' This is their temperament. Rather, they feel much pain,
'What is the necessity for You to be practising penances as a sannyasi, going
through so many hardships, not taking food properly, not resting in a proper
bed, etc.? Our hearts are aching, but You do not care for that. How can we
tolerate all these things?' That is their nature and complaint to Mahaprabhu.
They feel that it is all a sham."
Strongest Faith (3) Raghunandan Thakur
"Mukunda's son Raghunandan also has full faith. One day, when he was ten
years old, his mother said to him, 'Raghunandan, I am very busy today. I have
cooked the offering, but I have no time to offer it to the Deities. You can
offer today...'"
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Srila Jiva
Goswami Prabhura Sochaka
A song composed by Srila Narahari Thakur in glorification of Srila Jiva
Goswami Prabhu's life, character, and service. Bengali verses and English
transliteration.
In honour of Srila Kaliya
Krishnadas:
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: "Nityananda Prabhu accepted
everyone but would chastise those who were offensive. Mahaprabhu showed some
caution in distributing Krishna-nama and Krishna-prema: He followed the rules
and regulations of sannyas life very strictly and because of this Mahaprabhu
could not give shelter to offenders. When Mahaprabhu went to South India He
took Kaliya Krishna Das with Him. In Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita he is
referred to as Kala Krishna Das. On their tour Kaliya Krishna Das suffered
some disturbance with some women and Mahaprabhu rescued him from that. Later
when they returned to Jagannath Puri Mahaprabhu said, "I want to leave this
boy Kaliya Krishna Das, he was irresponsible and greatly disturbed our
mission. I don't want to keep him with Me. I do not want to be responsible
for him." Kaliya Krishna Das, as an eternal parsad devotee (of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu), played this role in the Lord's drama. At that time Nityananda Prabhu
did not leave him, He told Mahaprabhu, "If You do not want to keep him it is
no problem, I will take him. I will send him to Nabadwip to give news to
Sachi Mata and the other devotees that You have come back from South India."
In this way Nityananda Prabhu showed His extreme mercy and Kaliya Krishna Das
spent the rest of his life with Nityananda Prabhu. So even when Mahaprabhu is
angry, Nityananda Prabhu keeps devotees at His lotus feet. The conditioned
souls can have much hope when they see the very deep and merciful character
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu."
Keep Yourself
On Track
"Those who have wealth should serve with wealth; those who have a body should
serve with their body; those who have a mind should serve with their mind;
those who have life in them should serve with their life. Whatever your
capacity is, whatever your qualification is, everyone must serve your Guru in
that capacity. Actually, we have no qualification: Gurudev's mercy is
everything. How can we get that mercy?"
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila
Saranga Thakur.
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."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Saranga Thakur:
"I Am Saranga's
Murari!"
"Remembering the last day of Nabadwip Dham parikrama, I want to tell
you some very important thing. We always glorify Mamgachhi (Modadrumdwip) and
speak about the birthplace of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur, but there is also
one small temple beside it..."
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Sri Saranga Thakur's Math in Mamgachhi (Modadrumdwip).
Fri, 3 December 2021
Are You Getting
Off?
"Gurudev has got you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off half way to
Vrindavan and go to Kashi. You must understand what I am saying. Gurudev has
given you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off in Kashi. We must get on the
train that Gurudev is taking us in. You must go with your Guru."
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Sat, 4 December 2021
Gentle Clean
Hearts
"Many say with their mouth, 'I will leave my material life!' but you must get
there to feel with all your being, all your heart that your family (your
material life) is trifling. You must make so that all material desires become
insignificant. May only attachment and devotion to the Lord come to you."
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Today in the calendar:
Amavasya. Disappearance of Sripad Jagabandhu Bhakti Ranjan.
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."
In honour of Sripad Jagabandhu
Bhakti Ranjan:
Srestharyya Sripad Jagabandhu Das Adhikari(From The Harmonist)
"THE day before the close of the spiritual Exhibition that had been organised
in the spacious compound of the Gaudiya-Math, which function formed the
concluding, activity of the long series of the festivities of the auspicious
Inauguration of the New Buildings of the Math, Srestharyya Sripad Jagabandhu
Das Adhikari Bhaktiranjan, the donor and architect of those superb Buildings,
took his departure from the scene of unique devotional labours with the
supreme satisfaction that his soul had at last found and successfully
performed his duty to Godhead and humanity...."
Sun, 5 December 2021
Do Not Give Up
"Param Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) always said,
'Start the fire, and the wind will come on its own,' 'Even if your boat is
sinking, keep rowing!' Srila Prabhupad also said, 'When you go to preach, you
must sweat and fight to preach about the Lord!'"
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Mon, 6 December 2021
False Attachments
"We want to leave the material life, but the material life does not want to
leave us. It is not so easy to practise Krishna consciousness. In Sri
Bhakti Raksak Harikathamrita, Srila Guru Maharaj wrote about one
story...."
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Tue, 7 December 2021
Come to Give,
Come to Take
"You must not only come, take prasad, and go. Learn something. Take
something with you from here. When you come here, you must take
something—what should you take? The dust from the devotees' feet and
devotees' Hari-katha. There are no other talks. Except the talks about the
Lord, everything else is gramya-katha!"
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All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
— · Sri Guru-Puja
Maha-Mahotsav Invitation · —
Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept our humble obeisance at your holy feet.
Our supremely worshippable Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj's worshippable Gurudev and the exclusive predecessor
President Acharya of the world-renowned Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Mission,
selected and appointed by Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Param-pujyapad Parivrajakacharya Visva-guru Om Vishnupad
Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's 92rd holy appearance
day manifests on 21 December 2021 this year.
We pray that every sincere devotee of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math may find a
possibility to observe this day immersed in Sri Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan,
and Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear to our Sri Gurupadpadma and
entire Guru-varga.
Although there is currently no bona fide centralised outlet for service
contributions in the Mission, we pray that devotees can render assistance to
the festivals observed in their communities and focus eternally in their
lives on contributing the core ingredient of every service endeavour—one's
entire being, mind, heart and soul. In the words of His Divine Grace,
"Surrender to the Lord. Have full faith. You must surrender and give
everything—your shyness, shame, fear, everything; keep everything at the
lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna, Srimati Radharani, or Gurudev. Give your
everything, cent per cent."
Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly pray that this supremely
worshippable divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, celebrated with much joy and grandeur by the fortunate
souls throughout the entire manifest creation, may pass auspiciously in every
house and heart.
Your aspiring servants,
on behalf of SCSMathInternational.com
Email address for enquiries:
Satisfying the Lord
"Bali Maharaj asked Vamanadev, 'O brahman, what do you want? Tell me,
and I can give You anything you wish.' Vamanadev replied, 'I do not want
much. I know you have everything, but I want only something small.'"
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In view of the approaching grand festival of the divine appearance of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the
predecessor President and Sevaite-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, on 21 December
2021 (Tuesday), we humbly share the following as a way of general
guidance on conducting festivals that we have learned from the association
and eternal divine pastimes of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Generally, the programmes arranged and hosted by Sri
Gurupadpadma would go as follows:
•
Assembling, gathering and welcoming all august Vaishnavs and devotees with
obeisances, sweet words, garlands; •
A brief introductory opening speech; •
Chanting kirtans:
- Vandana
- Sri Guru Parampara kirtan ('Krsna haite
chaturmukha')
- Sri Gurudev's kirtan ('Gurudev! Krpa bindu diya', or
'Gurudev bada krpa kari')
- Sri Pancha-tattva's kirtan ('Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive',
or 'Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara')
- Sri Vaishnav Thakur's kirtan ('Kabe Sri Chaitanya more', or 'Krpa
kara Vaisnava Thakura', or 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura')
- Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan ('Nitai-guna-mani amar', or
'Nitai-pada-kamala', or 'Akrodha paramananda')
- Sriman Mahaprabhu's kirtan ('Gaurangera duti pada', or 'Parama
Karuna', or 'Emana durmati')
- Sri Sri Radha Krishna's kirtan ('Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna', or 'Jaya
Radha Madhava')
- Hare Krishna Maha-mantra
•
Class and/or reading from scriptures; •
If any other senior Vaishnavs are
present, they are given turn to speak; •
Concluding kirtan('Hari haraye Nama Krsna', Hare
Krishna maha-mantra); •
Devotees chant kirtan and offer
puspanjali (flower petals) to the picture of Sri Gurupadapadma; •
Offering bhoga followed by arati worship (usually, such
programmes take place at noon, so first bhoga arati is chanted,
then the arati songs); •
Distributing prasadam with care and affection; •
Presenting daksin and/or auspicious items to senior Vaishnavs or
devotees in general; •
Affectionate farewell; •
Completing cleaning, tidying, and other services.
From the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadapdma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
•"What did Gurudev leave us for? So that we join the festival, give some
glorification, take prasadam, and leave? Our service does not finish there.
We must distribute to others what Gurudev told all over the world, what
Gurudev kept for us—his books, his audio and video recordings. What we
invent or discover is not necessary to distribute; distribute what he told,
what he invented and discovered, that is sufficient—people will be
benefitted through that. That is necessary for us. We should understand what
he wanted and what he did not want..."
•"Gurudev, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj always wanted to give some
prasadam to the devotees, and I saw in Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Prapanna-jivanamritam, and even Jagadananda Pandit's Prema-vivarta
that if you have something, you must give it to others—if you have no wealth,
you can give others some prasadam, and if you have no prasadam,
nothing, you can give others sweet words. That is the main thing. You can
make others happy with sweet words."
•"All the devotees know how to cook, what is there to it? When Nityananda
Prabhu is in Ekachakra, He likes roasted and mashed eggplant (begun
pora), and when Nityananda Prabhu comes to Venezuela or Colombia, He
takes arepa there. What is the problem? Nityananda Prabhu's taste is
different—He can take different things from everybody and from everywhere as
long as you cook it with heart. The main thing is to serve with
heart—not to do anything artificially. When you do any service or
cook anything, you must do it with heart, then it will be good for everybody,
and then Mahaprabhu, or Krishna, or Nityananda Prabhu will be happy—They will
enjoy, and Gurudev will also enjoy. This is the main advice how to do
everything. It is necessary for us to understand this."
An extensive guidance on the proper service mood during the Vaishnav seva
festivals is kept in the Daily Practice section of the website:
Observing Festivals A page of the Daily Practice section dedicated to Vaishnav-seva and
observing festivals. "Why are you making a festival? Making a festival
means you are inviting many people and you are giving them some
prasadam, engaging them in Krishna consciousness—it means practising
Krishna consciousness."
Note:
Some of the many preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila
B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela,
sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt),
cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa,
tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive
oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a
cake, vanilla ice-cream.
Wed, 8 December 2021
Beyond Enshrouded Life
"Many do not want to practise Krishna consciousness because of all kinds of
circumstances, but how many more days you are going to live like that? We
have not come to this world to become brick-layers and carpenters (to run
behind money and wealth). What have we come to this world for?"
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Thu, 9 December 2021
Fatal Procrastination
"You must pray to Gurudev every day, 'Gurudev, when will my heart become
steady? My mind, my heart are always fickle! My mind never knows any peace.
When will I be able to tolerate everything? Sadness, austerity, pain,
suffering—come what may, I will never leave you. Whatever comes in my life,
even if I die, I will never leave your lotus feet!'"
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Shashthi. Oran Shashthi. Grand festival for honouring the appearance of
Sri Sri Nitai-Chaitanya Jiu at Sri Puri Dham, Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math.
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."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
On the Way to Sri Puri Dham
(Divine
Guidance, chapter 2):
"We are not going sightseeing but we are going to a place of pilgrimage, a
holy place. Going there will purify us—body, mind, and soul."
First Visit to
Sri Puri Dham
"This temple was made by the mercy of Gurudev, although it is a very small
temple, but it is very nice and sweet. I came to Puri first time through
service—without service Gurudev would not have sent me here and I would
not come myself."
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Fri, 10 December 2021
Be Conscious
"Life is passing and we can leave at any moment, but we must think what is
the purpose of getting this human birth? If we do not practise Krishna
consciousness, if we do not serve the Lord, then such a life devoid of
religion is an animal life."
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At Sri Nrisingha Palli: Evening Kirtans • Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakura dayara sagara
• Niti-pada-kamala
• Emana durmati
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Sat, 11 December 2021
Resting on
Illusory Laurels
"You think you have got initiation and now you are free, you have no duty. It
is not like that. If you do not practise, if you do not live in Krishna
consciousness, you will not get any result. How much time do you give to the
Lord? How much time do you give to chanting the Holy Name? How many times do
you think about your Guru during the day?"
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Srila Madhusudan Das Babaji 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."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
Sun, 12 December 2021
The Way Out
"Maya also gets power from the Lord and does her job. People cry, shout,
sleep, walk around, live a family life—what makes them do all this? Maya. The
Lord says, 'I have created Maya, and you cannot overcome her. Yet there is a
way out...'"
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Navami. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan
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."
In honour of Srila Bhakti Kamal
Madhusudan Maharaj:
Pranam-mantra of Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, composed by Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"I offer my obeisance unto the great Guru Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan
Maharaj. His tall, tranquil form, adorned with a tridanda and garments the
colour of the newly risen sun, is the embodiment of mercy. He is an
affectionate king amongst the Gaudiya Vaishnava sannyasis, an ocean of
Vedantic knowledge, and always rapt with the ecstatic taste of Sri Sri
Guru-Gauranga's kirtan."
Invoking
Vaishnavs' Mercy
"Today is Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj's appearance day. Wherever
he is staying now, whether in Goloka Vrindavan or anywhere else, we are
praying to him, 'Wherever you are now, please give us some mercy.'"
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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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2009)
Mon, 13 December 2021
A Long Journey
"We have wondered throughout 8,400,000 species. It means we have been born
8,400,000 times. It is written in the scriptures, especially in Srimad
Bhagavatam. Vishnu Purana says..."
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Humbug
"Prabhupad told one story about bogus sadhus. There was once a
landlord who had many good cows. He kept many cowherd men to take care of the
cow and also a milkman who would come every day to milk the cows..."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Kusum Shraman
Maharaj (a diksa disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad, publisher of Nadiya Prakash; later, after Sripad B.V. Tirtha
Maharaj's disappearance, he presided over Sri Chaitanya Math in
Mayapur).
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. If you
remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of
Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have
heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit,
but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to
glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart
and soul? This is the question."
CENTENARY ANTHOLOGY:
Part 2. Chapter 13. The Harmonizing Spirit "Jesus's vision to Judas was something like: 'I am exploiting you, Judas.
It is not that you are exploiting me, rather I am utilising you as a traitor
to show the greatness of my life to the future world. I knew you were a
traitor, but I did not disclose you. I still took you within my group of
followers knowing full well that I am exploiting you.'" In perfect vision, in
the full-fledged consideration, every atom is helping the Pastimes of
Krishna. Whether it is direct or indirect—and although it seems to be
indirect at present, a deeper vision will reveal that it is coming towards
direct service."
The last recorded Hari-katha and Guidance of Sri Gurupadpadma:
Be Exclusive,
One-Pointed[Part 3 | 2 May 2021]
"If you think about good things, then all bad things will automatically be
removed from you. Do not worry so much about this. When you think some
anartha is coming, you must give more and more attention to
practising—concentrate your mind on practising."
Sadhus' Fight[Part 2 | 2 May 2021]
"This is a battlefield. We will not run away from the battlefield—we will
always stand and fight against Maya. You can see everywhere that finally
demons are always defeated by the sadhu. Om is always at the side of a
sadhu. Please you all take care yourself. In this situation, everybody
should practise on their own, do not be disheartened."
Take Care of Yourself[Part 1 | 2 May 2021]
"...This is the situation now—we must all be careful. We must chant more and
more, we must preach more and more, and we must practise more and more.
Always continue following all the rules and regulations—we must distribute
the teachings that we have got from our Gurudev to others."
শ্রীগুরুপাদপদ্মের শেষ-কথা
(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত)
[২ মে ২০২১] "এটা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র । আমরা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র
থেকে কখনও পালিয়ে যাব না—আমরা দাঁড়িয়ে থাকব আর মায়ার বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধ করব ।
সর্বত্রই দেখতে পাবেন যে, অসুররা সব সময় সাধুর দ্বারা পরাজিত হন । যেদিকে সাধু,
সেইদিকে সব সময় ওঁ থাকে । দয়া করে নিজেদের দেখাশোনা করুন । এই অবস্থায় সকলের
নিজেই সাধন করতে হয়, নিরুৎসাহিত হন না ।"
Tue, 14 December 2021 (Today is Sri Moksada Ekadasi;
tomorrow paran is after 7:53 a.m.)
Foul Feast
"There are many bizarre places in India—Garo, Khasi, Naga. In Nagaland,
people eat cats and dogs! We were such people before, but now we have got
wiser—we have taken birth in India..."
•
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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..."
What Is Good for
Me?
"We turned away from Lord Krishna a very long time ago, but if we really
practise Krishna consciousness, then we will have no other desires. Those who
have got taste for chanting the Holy Name of the Lord, who have got real
taste for practising Krishna consciousness, they will not like to do or take
anything else."
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All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
— · Sri Guru-Puja
Maha-Mahotsav Invitation · —
Dear Vaishnavas,
Please accept our humble obeisance at your holy feet.
Our supremely worshippable Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj's worshippable Gurudev and the exclusive predecessor
President Acharya of the world-renowned Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Mission,
selected and appointed by Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Param-pujyapad Parivrajakacharya Visva-guru Om Vishnupad
Sri Srimad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's 92rd holy appearance
day manifests on 21 December 2021 this year.
We pray that every sincere devotee of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math may find a
possibility to observe this day immersed in Sri Hari-katha, Hari-kirtan,
and Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear to our Sri Gurupadpadma and
entire Guru-varga.
Although there is currently no bona fide centralised outlet for service
contributions in the Mission, we pray that devotees can render assistance to
the festivals observed in their communities and focus eternally in their
lives on contributing the core ingredient of every service endeavour—one's
entire being, mind, heart and soul. In the words of His Divine Grace,
"Surrender to the Lord. Have full faith. You must surrender and give
everything—your shyness, shame, fear, everything; keep everything at the
lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna, Srimati Radharani, or Gurudev. Give your
everything, cent per cent."
Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly pray that this supremely
worshippable divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, celebrated with much joy and grandeur by the fortunate
souls throughout the entire manifest creation, may pass auspiciously in every
house and heart.
Your aspiring servants,
on behalf of SCSMathInternational.com
Email address for enquiries:
Satisfying the Lord
"Bali Maharaj asked Vamanadev, 'O brahman, what do you want? Tell me,
and I can give You anything you wish.' Vamanadev replied, 'I do not want
much. I know you have everything, but I want only something small.'"
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.7 Mb, 7 min | 30 August 2020)
In view of the approaching grand festival of the divine appearance of His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, the
predecessor President and Sevaite-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, on 21 December
2021 (Tuesday), we humbly share the following as a way of general
guidance on conducting festivals that we have learned from the association
and eternal divine pastimes of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. Generally, the programmes arranged and hosted by Sri
Gurupadpadma would go as follows:
•
Assembling, gathering and welcoming all august Vaishnavs and devotees with
obeisances, sweet words, garlands; •
A brief introductory opening speech; •
Chanting kirtans:
- Vandana
- Sri Guru Parampara kirtan ('Krsna haite
chaturmukha')
- Sri Gurudev's kirtan ('Gurudev! Krpa bindu diya', or
'Gurudev bada krpa kari')
- Sri Pancha-tattva's kirtan ('Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu jive',
or 'Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara')
- Sri Vaishnav Thakur's kirtan ('Kabe Sri Chaitanya more', or 'Krpa
kara Vaisnava Thakura', or 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura')
- Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan ('Nitai-guna-mani amar', or
'Nitai-pada-kamala', or 'Akrodha paramananda')
- Sriman Mahaprabhu's kirtan ('Gaurangera duti pada', or 'Parama
Karuna', or 'Emana durmati')
- Sri Sri Radha Krishna's kirtan ('Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna', or 'Jaya
Radha Madhava')
- Hare Krishna Maha-mantra
•
Class and/or reading from scriptures; •
If any other senior Vaishnavs are
present, they are given turn to speak; •
Concluding kirtan('Hari haraye Nama Krsna', Hare
Krishna maha-mantra); •
Devotees chant kirtan and offer
puspanjali (flower petals) to the picture of Sri Gurupadapadma; •
Offering bhoga followed by arati worship (usually, such
programmes take place at noon, so first bhoga arati is chanted,
then the arati songs); •
Distributing prasadam with care and affection; •
Presenting daksin and/or auspicious items to senior Vaishnavs or
devotees in general; •
Affectionate farewell; •
Completing cleaning, tidying, and other services.
From the holy lotus mouth of Sri Gurupadapdma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj:
•"What did Gurudev leave us for? So that we join the festival, give some
glorification, take prasadam, and leave? Our service does not finish there.
We must distribute to others what Gurudev told all over the world, what
Gurudev kept for us—his books, his audio and video recordings. What we
invent or discover is not necessary to distribute; distribute what he told,
what he invented and discovered, that is sufficient—people will be
benefitted through that. That is necessary for us. We should understand what
he wanted and what he did not want..."
•"Gurudev, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj always wanted to give some
prasadam to the devotees, and I saw in Chaitanya-charitamrita,
Prapanna-jivanamritam, and even Jagadananda Pandit's Prema-vivarta
that if you have something, you must give it to others—if you have no wealth,
you can give others some prasadam, and if you have no prasadam,
nothing, you can give others sweet words. That is the main thing. You can
make others happy with sweet words."
•"All the devotees know how to cook, what is there to it? When Nityananda
Prabhu is in Ekachakra, He likes roasted and mashed eggplant (begun
pora), and when Nityananda Prabhu comes to Venezuela or Colombia, He
takes arepa there. What is the problem? Nityananda Prabhu's taste is
different—He can take different things from everybody and from everywhere as
long as you cook it with heart. The main thing is to serve with
heart—not to do anything artificially. When you do any service or
cook anything, you must do it with heart, then it will be good for everybody,
and then Mahaprabhu, or Krishna, or Nityananda Prabhu will be happy—They will
enjoy, and Gurudev will also enjoy. This is the main advice how to do
everything. It is necessary for us to understand this."
An extensive guidance on the proper service mood during the Vaishnav seva
festivals is kept in the Daily Practice section of the website:
Observing Festivals A page of the Daily Practice section dedicated to Vaishnav-seva and
observing festivals. "Why are you making a festival? Making a festival
means you are inviting many people and you are giving them some
prasadam, engaging them in Krishna consciousness—it means practising
Krishna consciousness."
Note:
Some of the many preparations known to be favourite to His Divine Grace Srila
B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Rice, mung or chana dal, stir-fried karela,
sak, posto bora, aloo siddho (boiled potato, mashed with chilli and salt),
cauliflower pakoras, singara (samosa), mixed vegetable subji, paneer rasa,
tomato chutney, achar (pickle), avocado salad (with a little salt and olive
oil), cucumber salad, mango, paramanna (sweet rice), rasagullas, sandesh, a
cake, vanilla ice-cream.
Thu, 16 December 2021
Be Serious
"Krishna consciousness is not some tradition. You must take it seriously. You
say you keep the Lord in your heart, but you must actually do that, not only
say it. How will you keep the Lord in your heart? You must have space in your
heart for that, but your hearts are all full of other things."
•
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Fri, 17 December 2021
Quality Is Not
Cheap
"You think you wake up in the morning at leisure, give some flowers, do some
puja at 10 o'clock, then go to work, come back home in the evening,
blow a conch, and that is puja. This is not Krishna
consciousness."
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Sat, 18 December 2021
Tie Your Mind
"If you associate with devotees, you will get devotion. If you keep listening
to Hari-katha, you will gradually attain devotion. Ringing a bell, offering
flowers, etc.—this is not devotion. Devotion comes from the heart."
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Sun, 19 December 2021
Satiating
Hunger
"We have no attachment or love for what the great souls say. We only want
food! What is the need to come to the temple for that? If you want to come to
the temple for the benefit of your soul, then you can come, but do not come
as a beggar for food—come as a beggar for spiritual life! Always remember
this."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.8 Mb, 7 min | 1 January 2021 | Bengali)
In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
Gurudev's Vyasa
Puja Is Coming[21 December 2010]
"Gurudev's lila is going on, but only the fortunate souls can see it, that
is why we must engage everybody in service on his appearance day. Whatever
capacity we have—in kaya, mana, vakya, body, mind, and
speech—we must serve his appearance day, his birth day."
Sri Guru's Order
"Wherever you live, you can practise your spiritual life. The main thing is
to follow the order of your Guru. When you receive an order from Gurudev,
that becomes your duty. Our Rupanuga-sampradaya Guru, he came from the
transcendental abode, but when he was here we could not understand
that..."
•
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Love for Guru: Service and Commitment
"We are always busy with our own interest, with our own enjoyment, but we
must understand: who do we love more, our Guru or ourselves? We must
realise it for ourselves in our heart. If we love our Guru more, then we
must serve more—we must give more time for our Guru."
•
Download / listen to the audio (4 Mb, 11 min | 7 December 2014)
Guru's Mission
"Who can understand Gurudev? Can we recognise the Guru with these material
eyes? Can we recognise the Lord with these material eyes? Can you recognise
the Lord with your knowledge? Never. It is to understand him with your
heart..."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 5 min | 8 December 2014 | Bengali)
Mercy Is All in All
"You cannot know the Lord through your education, through your intelligence,
or knowledge. You must feel it with your heart."
•
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Gurudev: His Example and Teachings
"Gurudev conquered the whole world with his love and affection. Many
people throughout the world do not know English language or cannot fully
understand it, but they could understand Gurudev through their heart."
•
Download / listen to the audio (5.2 Mb, 15 min | 8 December 2014)
Mon, 20 December 2021 (Adhivas of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's holy appearance day)
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (1)
"As you know, my Gurupadpadma came to the Math in 1947. They asked him, 'Will
you come to the Math with us?' Gurudev said, 'Yes, I will come.' 'Will you go
today?' 'Yes, I will go today itself!' Then, crossing across the river at
Nagan Ghat, Gurudev came to this Math on the day of Nrisingha-chaturdasi.
This was the first day he entered the temple."
•
Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | 1 January 2021 | Bengali)
In honour of the forthcoming holy appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
My Service Day
"I am always with the devotees, I am always thinking about the devotees and I
am always thinking about Gurudev. Actually, this day is my service day. I
must serve my Gurudev more, I want to serve the devotees—this is how I want
to celebrate this day. This is my happiness."
•
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Our Divine Master
"Sometimes some problem comes in our spiritual life, but we should not be
disheartened because of that. Gurudev said, 'Wherever you live you must
continue your practising life.' We must follow this."
•
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Gurudev's Teaching and
Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Maharaj always depended on Gurudev in everything. So many
sannyasis, so many great scholars came to him, but he finally chose
our Gurudev as his successor. We can see then how much love and affection he
had for him."
•
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A Perfect Disciple
"It is those who can take Gurudev's responsibility that can be a Guru. Only
taking a mantra does not make one a disciple—one who can take their
Gurudev's responsibility, who can take away pain from their Gurudev, is
called a perfect disciple."
•
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Golden Time for Golden
Purpose
"I know you have taken initiation from Gurudev, I know you are serving
Gurudev eternally (strictly every day without fail), you are worshipping the
Lord eternally, you are chanting the kirtans eternally, but are you
using your golden time to serve the Lord or to do something for your own
self?"
•
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Emerging from Darkness
"Sixty thousand sages did a sacrifice for one thousand years(!), but even
then they did not feel happy at heart. In the end, Sri Suta Goswami came
there and explained that happiness was possible only through chanting the
Holy Name. You must always keep this as the object of your eternal
meditation."
•
Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | Bengali)
Leaving Maya's Shelter
"If some fortunate soul can come to take shelter at the holy lotus feet of
Sri Guru severing the illusory bondage and keeping themselves in Guru's
service, then they are very fortunate. There is no one in this world more
fortunate than them."
•
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Sitting on Two Chairs
"There are gurus in this world who say, 'We do not prohibit anything. Eat and
do whatever your soul pleases.' First know who you are, then do what your
soul wants. Always remember this. But what is the use saying all this?... How
long I have been telling you all this..."
•
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Deep Chastity
"No matter what you do and how much you do, if the Guru is angry, nobody can
protect you. I must understand, 'I have taken shelter in a person, and as
long as I stay in that shelter, even the Lord cannot do anything to me.'
Remember what I am telling you all the time. Become surrendered..."
•
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Accept and Appreciate
"Whatever the Lord wishes, this is what will happen. You must always leave
everything to the Lord. However the Lord keeps you, whatever situation the
Lord creates, you must accept it. Do you understand it? Nothing is in our
hands. We are only His servitors."
•
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Wed, 22 December 2021
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (3)
"When we offer arati to the Lord, we offer the pancha-pradip
lamp and other items, and we always clean those items; in the same way,
Gurudev takes us, cleans and polishes us and then uses for the Lord's
service."
•
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at the appearance place of Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj and his youth Pastimes place: Bamunpara and Nadan
Ghat.
"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."
Memorable Day
In Bamunpara
"One morning Gurudev went to Bamunpara. Only Gurudev, his driver, me, and
Gurudev's servant who cooked for him, went at that time. That day, Gurudev
showed me that place in Bamunpara where Mahaprabhu passed after taking
sannyas..."
•
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•SONG:
Gopinath |
গোপীনাথ "O Gopinath, is this Your judgement? Seeing me averse to You, You abandon
Your servant and do not grant him even a trace of mercy? O Gopinath, sit down
in my heart, subdue my mind, and bring me towards You!"
Sri Bamunpara
Temple(201 photographs, 7.5 Mb)
A dedicated photo album of Sri Bamunpara Temple, the holy birthplace
of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, manifest by
the mercy and energy of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri
Bamunpara Pilgrimage (36 photographs, 3.1 Mb)
Photographs taken today as His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj takes the devotees to the holy Sri Nandan Ghat and Sripat
Bamunpara Dham.
Sri
Bamunpara Pilgrimage (2014) (56 photos, 7.8 Mb) Photographs of the last year's pilgrimage: Every year, on the day
following the Vyasa Puja of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, devotees
come to Sri Bamunpara, the birth place of His Divine Grace, Nadan Ghat, the
place of Srila Gurudev's childhood pastimes, as well as the nearby Sri
Haritaki tree and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur's house.
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (2)
"Do you want to hear how Gurudev protected and looked after the temple? There
are many naughty people in Kolerdanga, but Gurudev had such a tight grip on
them that when he would come down from upstairs, people saw him and...."
•
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In honour of the holy divine appearance day of Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
gurvvabhista-supurakam guru-ganair asisa-sambhusitam
chintyachintya-samasta-veda-nipunam sri-rupa-panthanugam
govindabhidham ujjvalam vara-tanum bhakty anvitam-sundaram
vande visva-gurun cha divya-bhagavat-premno hi bija-pradam
"I offer my obeisance unto he who perfectly fulfils his Gurudev's most
cherished desires; who is fully adorned with the blessings of his Gurudev’s
associates; who is expert in all aspects of Vedic knowledge, both conceivable
and inconceivable; who is the pre-eminent follower of Srila Rupa Goswami
Prabhu's line; who is known as 'Govinda'—Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj; whose beautiful, effulgent, exalted form is infused
with pure devotion; who is the Guru of the entire universe; and who is the
giver of the seed of divine love for the Supreme Lord."
Question: It seems that we have one type of fear that having
got some connection with your self we may lose that at death. I do not want
to have connection with anyone else, I want to stay with you. So, I feel some
type of fear...
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj: Fear? But why have fear? I
cannot understand it.
Devotee: Because if we do not finish our sadhana nicely, then next
life we do not know where we will go—we may not find Govinda Maharaj
there.
Srila Govinda Maharaj: What do you think about Govinda Maharaj?
Devotee: We think that we want to serve you.
Srila Govinda Maharaj:
No, it is okay that you want to serve Govinda Maharaj, but what do you think
about Govinda Maharaj? He is your guru, but in which form do you think about
him? Do you think that Govinda Maharaj is a mundane man or an incarnation of
the Lord coming in front of you to give you connection with Him? If you think
he is an incarnation of the Lord, then he cannot leave your heart and you
cannot leave your Lord. Even if you die, you will get that connection in
another form, perhaps, but you will not be able to leave your Lord. When you
have faith that the Lord always lives with you, then there will be no
fear.
That is the main thing. By the mercy of Vaishnavs I also always feel that my
Srila Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) is present with
us. By the mercy of Vaishnavs and the supremacy of Srila Guru Maharaj, such
feeling always comes to us that Srila Guru Maharaj has not left us, that he
is with us.
I have service of Srila Guru Maharaj, and I must do that. Service to Srila
Guru Maharaj is my only goal of life, and whichever way that service comes to
me, I will try to serve.
Devotee: In my next life, I want to forever be a blade of grass
wherever you walk...
Srila Govinda Maharaj:
I do not want to wait for the next life. Actually, we must finish all our job
here this life, then we shall all go to Goloka!
(8 June 1992)
Biography of Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
A glorification article that sprang forth from the interpretation of the
Pranam-mantra of His Divine Grace and was originally published as
an Appendix to the Revealed Truth.
Sri Vyasa Puja, 2010: Bengali Class
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj's Bengali lecture given on the holy day of Sri
Vyasa Puja of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj on 23 December 2010:
• Download
(16.4 Mb, 46 min)
Sri Vyasa Puja, 2011: Morning Kirtans • Vandana • Krsna haite chatur-mukha • Samsara davanala-lidha-loka • Sri
Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu jive daya kari' • Bhaja re bhaja re amara • Thakura
vaisnava gana • Nitai-guna-mani amara • Emona durmati.
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Sri Vyasa Puja
Offering
"That day, in the heart of Gaura-desh, morning, noon, and evening as if
merged and there sounded a stupefying song of flute. On this auspicious day,
a ray of light fell from the sky. In the district of brahmans, in the
house of a brahman, for the sake of jiva souls there took birth
an unprecedentedly beautiful child."
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Sri Guru's Order
"Wherever you live, you can practise your spiritual life. The main thing is
to follow the order of your Guru. When you receive an order from Gurudev,
that becomes your duty. Our Rupanuga-sampradaya Guru, he came from the
transcendental abode, but when he was here we could not understand
that..."
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Gurudev:
His Example and Teachings
"Gurudev conquered the whole world with his love and affection. Many
people throughout the world do not know English language or cannot
fully understand it, but they could understand Gurudev through their
heart."
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Son of Lord Siva
"When Srila Param Guru Maharaj was a young boy, he worshipped Siva, and our
Guru Maharaj, Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, was a son
of Siva. That is why we are making a Siva temple on the bank of Govinda
Kunda—for their happiness."
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(1.1 Mb, 3 min | 11 August 2002)
Unblemished
Sacrifice
"Today is Gurudev's appearance day. You all know everything—where Gurudev was
born, how he came to the mission, etc. I do not want to describe so many
things now. However, there are some who criticise Gurudev, and I would like
to give some message to them."
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শ্রীলগুরুদেবের মঠে আসা ও গুরু-তত্ত্ব-মহিমা রীল গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীলভক্তিনির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
শ্রীনৃসিংহপল্লীতে সকালের সময় হরিকথামৃত:
"আজকে মদীয় গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ জগৎ-গুরু শ্রীল ভক্তি সুন্দর গোবিন্দ
দেবগোস্বামী মহারাজের ৮২তম শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথি । এই শুভ আবির্ভাব তিথির উপলক্ষে
আপনারা সবাই এখানে উপস্থিত হয়েছেন । গুরুদেবের এই তিথিতে অবলম্বন করে ৮২ বছর আগে
বামুনপাড়ায় অবতীর্ণ হয়েছেন..."
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| ১ জানুয়ারী ২০২১)
•SONG:
Jaya jaya gurudever |
জয় জয় গুরুদেবের "All glory to the effulgent arati of Srila Gurudev taking place at the foot of Govardhan for the beneft of the world!"
Thu, 23 December 2021 (Disappearance day of Bhagavan Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad)
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (4)
"Many of you are older than me, and you have seen there was a big flood in
1987, and there was an even a greater flood in 2000. I had not come to the
temple in 1987, so I did not see that flood, but I heard at that time there
was no bamboo at the temple..."
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Sri
Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav Celebration (Soquel) (21 December 2021 | 10 photographs, 0.5 Mb)
Sharing photographs from the celebration of the holy Vyasa Puja of His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj observed
by the fortunate devotees in the shelter and under the guidance of Pujyapad
Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan Maharaj.
Sri
Vyasa Puja Maha-Mahotsav Celebration (São Paulo) (21 December 2021 | 10 photographs, 0.5 Mb)
Photographs from the Vyasa Puja festival observed by the devotees at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math branch in São Paulo, Brazil, and shared here in
eternal memory of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya
Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad.
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. If you
remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of
Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have
heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit,
but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to
glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart
and soul? This is the question."
In honour of Bhagavan Sri Srila
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad:
On Srila
Prabhupad's Disappearance[by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
"It happened at the meeting point between the two years. So many disciples
from all over India flocked then, everybody came in pain and weeping mood.
The whole small area of the samadhi was full, everybody was crying and
weeping...."
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."
About Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
A brief 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.
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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Irreparable Loss
"We can pray, 'Wherever you are staying now, please shower your mercy upon us
so we can be servants of the servants of your lotus feet, and so that we may
not leave this line of devotion. Please, do not reject me. You can make me
your foot dust...'"
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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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শ্রীল প্রভুপাদের তিরোভাব তিথি শ্রীল গুরুপাদপদ্ম ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীলভক্তিনির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের
হরিকথামৃত শ্রীনৃসিংহপল্লীতে:
"আজকে প্রভুপাদের তিরোভাব তিথি । আমরা প্রার্থনা করি যেন উনি যেখানে থাকুন না
কেন আমাদেরকের কৃপা করুন—তাঁর ধামের সেবা করতে করতে, তাঁর শ্রীচরণে সেবা করতে
করতে আমাদের মঙ্গল হয় এবং যেন উনি আমাদেরকে এই জগৎ থেকে উদ্ধার করতে পারেন… এই
দিনটা আমাদের পক্ষে খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ দিন ।"
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| ৩ জানুয়ারী ২০২১)
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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•SONG:
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!"
•SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Where has Advaita Acharya, the Lord who mercifully brought the wealth of
divine love to this world, gone?"
Sri
Sri Dayita Dasa Dasakam(Text and Audio)
A poem composed by Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj after
the disappearance of his Divine Master Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad: "O Dina-nayana, wherever that great soul may
be, please quickly take this servitor there."
Fri, 24 December 2021
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (5)
"Srila Gurudev travelled all over the world and established temples in more
than 130 places, having travelled twenty-four times on world tours, having
visited over a hundred countries total..."
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Sat, 25 December 2021
Srila
Gurudev's Pastimes (6)
"I remember Sripad Shanta Goswami Maharaj told a very nice story about a Guru
and disciples. The situation is actually like that everywhere these days. All
the disciples that there are now have enjoyment mood..."
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Sun, 26 December 2021
Come as a Beggar
"Anyhow, much has been said today. I would like to read one article written
by Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur. Actually, no matter how
many times I tell about it, it does not help... You must all listen to what
Srila Prabhupad says."
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Mon, 27 December 2021
Ask Your Heart
"There is quality, and there is quantity. It is necessary to practise Krishna
consciousness yourself, properly, genuinely. However, our heart is not
attracted to that—our mind does not go to that, our entire being is not
attracted to Krishna consciousness, to devotion..."
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Sri Vyasa Puja Programme: Noon Kirtans • Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya kara more
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakura
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Yadi Gaura na haite
• Kena maya-jale paditecho
• Nadiya-nagare nitai neche neche
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Tue, 28 December 2021
Tired of
Struggling?
"We must practise Krishna consciousness with religious determination, but the
problem is that we cannot give up small things and cannot genuinely come to
the pure path. We blame the Lord, 'Oh, the Lord is not taking care of me! The
Lord is giving me hardships!' but..."
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Wed, 29 December 2021 (Tomorrow is Sri Saphala Ekadasi)
Proper Worship
"Before you become a devotee of Krishna, you must become a devotee of
Gauranga. What does Krishna Himself say? 'Those who say they are My devotees,
are not My devotees. Those who are My devotees' devotees, are My real
devotees.'"
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Thu, 30 December 2021 (Sri Saphala Ekadasi)
Watch the Road
"If you do not understand what Krishna consciousness is—if you do not follow
the proper line, what happens? If a train derails, it falls over. So, if we
go off track—if we stop following the line of devotion—we too will fall over
into a hole. We must follow the proper line that is described by the
Bhagavatam."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Ekadashi. Saphala Ekadashi. Fast. Disappearance of Srila Devananda
Pandit (an associate in Sriman Mahaprabhu's pastimes) and Srimad Bhakti
Prakash Aranya Maharaj (a diksa and sannyas disciple of Srila Prabhupad
Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur).
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. If you
remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of
Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have
heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit,
but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to
glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart
and soul? This is the question."
In honour of Srila Devananda
Pandit:
Learn Proper
Conception
"Sometimes we can unconsciously make an offence, but through good association
we can hear and understand the proper guidance, proper etiquette. If we do
not know it, then no matter how much we practise, how much we chant and how
much service we do, we can still sometimes be doing some aparadh."
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Learn to Give
Honour
"Without thinking, we write something, we do something, we think something,
and we consider that what we think is the highest. This is Vaishnav
aparadh. You must learn to give honour to others. Even if the person
is junior, even if they do not know anything, we must learn to give honour to
others."
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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..."
Regulated Life
"There is a system, and it is necessary to follow the system. The scriptures
say that when do-whatever-you-like gurus take disciples, then both the guru
and the disciples go to hell. This is called sahajiya."
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Guidance, Issue #29(EPUB file, 1.1 Mb)
An ePub file for offline reading on mobile phones and tablets containing the
lectures of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
published here from October to December 2021. We pray this serves as a
source of guidance, nourishment, and life to all the devotees and
well-wishers worldwide.
Files for offline reading (all posts published on the website since
July 2014):
One More Year Passed
As one more years draws to its end, His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya
Maharaj muses on the value and meaning of life, quoting several Vaishnav
songs: "Life is shaky—it is here now, and then it is gone. Serve the
Lord's feet!"
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Saltamami
"If you lose your capital every day, you will eventually have a zero
balance, and the next day it will be -1, then -2—then it will be
lost for your life. You have got some sukriti, that is all right, but
every day you must earn more through your service."
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New Year Message
"It is necessary to preach, follow, and practise Krishna consciousness
more. Next year, with a good heart and good health, continue your service
to Gurudev."
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Your Home Is Ready—Are
You?
"If you can practise continuously, with tolerance, humility, giving honour to
others, removing all material desires, chanting the Holy Name properly, then
Gurudev already has your home made there."
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New Year Message (1):
Preaching News
"Actually, this year we are doing very well, preaching. Devotees are also
preaching all over the world, and I am very happy with their activities. I am
always running, I cannot and I do not want to stop my service until my death.
This is my service."
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New Year Message (2):
Inner Quality
"Bad association can damage your faith and spiritual life. Even if you think
that some association is not good and you stay alone, that is good, no
problem. Next year we will be aware of this—we will not do bad association
and we will not criticise others, we must tolerate."
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New Year
Message
"Today is the last day of 2018 and tomorrow is the first of January of 2019.
We are going to start a new year and I am praying to Gurudev, I am praying to
everybody that next year everyone will continue their life and days for the
service of Gurudev..."
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New Year Message:
"Service Is Our Life"
"Whatever problem comes, we will not go to any other line, we will not leave
our line—we will follow that line which Gurudev shows us. That is our
intention, that is our determination, and that is our promise. Whatever
situation comes, let it come, we are always ready for it."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadashi. Paran between 6:23 and 7:24 a.m. Disappearance of Sripad
Bhakti Bhudev Shrauti Maharaj (a diksa and sannyas disciple of Srila
Prabhupad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur).
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. If you
remember the glories of Vaishnavs, if you speak about the glories of
Vaishnavs, they can rescue you from all kinds of material bondage. We have
heard a hundred times that if we glorify Vaishnavs, it gives great benefit,
but even though we have heard it a thousand times, how much are we able to
glorify Vaishnavs from our heart? How much can we serve Vaishnavs with heart
and soul? This is the question."
'Who are my family members? Devotees of Krishna.. Master, tie me in front of
your door. When your enemy comes, I will keep them away from your house
boundary. I will take the remnants of your devotees' prasadam, and
when you call me, I will come to you dancing!'