Tue, 1 March 2022 (Sri Sivaratri, worship of Vaishnav Thakur Lord Siva)
"Come, Dear Mind, Come"
"One time, there started an annual festival at Sri Gaudiya Math. Many
preachers of exclusive genuine religion, exemplary sannyasis and
brahmacharis came to the temple from all over India..."
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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."
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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."
Wed, 2 March 2022
In Search
of Hidden Treasure
"You can hear all kinds of things in this world—there are so many talks,
discussions, criticism going on in this world, but there is a dire scarcity
of Bhagavad-katha (narrations about the Lord). There is a dire scarcity of
devotees who would speak and hear this Bhagavad-katha..."
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Superficial
Speculation
"Question: 'Apart from the war at Kuruksetra, when can war be
justified?' Kuruksetra war happened by the will of Lord Krishna because
there was a necessary of this war. Why was it necessary? What is the reason
of it? We cannot judge what is necessary and what is not necessary. If
something is to happen by the will of Krishna, who can stop it? It does not
depend on us or anybody else."
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Russian Translation:Поверхностные
размышления
«Вопрос: 'Когда война может быть оправданной, не считая войну на
Курукшетре?' Война на Курукшетре произошла по воле Господа Кришны, потому
что в ней была необходимость. Почему была нужна война? В чем причина этой
войны? Мы не можем судить, что нужно, а что не нужно. Если что-то должно
случиться по воле Кришны, кто сможет это остановить? Это не зависит от нас
или от кого бы то ни было еще».
Undaunted
Devotion
"When the Kuruksetra war was over, Krishna decided to test Kunti Devi. He
told her, 'O pishima (aunt)! Your sons have got the kingdom, you
should be happy. Now My job has finished, I must go back to Dvaraka.' What
did Kunti Devi tell at that time?"
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Kirtan)
Trials and
Tribulations (1)
"Many troubles, problems will come in our service life, in our spiritual
life, but we must avoid them—we must not give so much attention to that. We
must go forward, ahead; do not look behind at what has passed. We must wage
war against illusory environment."
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Backstabbing
"I am not a politician, I am a straight person. Telling one thing and doing
another thing behind—I cannot do that. If your enemy is in front of you, it
is OK, you know he is your enemy, you can fight; but if it is like Vibhisan,
or like Mir Jafar, then it is very difficult."
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Student: Many people are worried about nuclear war. They think it may
come very soon.
Sridhar Maharaj: That is a point on a line, a line on a plane, a plane
in a solid. So many times wars are coming and going; so many times the sun,
the Earth, and the solar systems disappear, and again spring up. We are in
the midst of such thought in eternity. This nuclear war is a tiny point; what
of that? Individuals are dying at every moment; the Earth will die, the whole
human section will disappear. Let it be.
We must try to live in eternity; not any particular span of time or space. We
must prepare ourselves for our eternal benefit, not for any temporary remedy.
The sun, the moon, and all the planets appear and vanish: they die, and then
again, they are created. Within such an eternity we have to live. Religion
covers that aspect of our existence. We are told to view things from this
standpoint: not only this body, but the human race, the animals, the trees,
the entire Earth, and even the sun, will all vanish, and again spring up.
Creation, dissolution, creation, dissolution—it will continue forever
in the domain of misconception. At the same time, there is another world
which is eternal; we are requested to enter there, to make our home in that
plane which neither enters into the jaws of death, nor suffers any
change.
In the Bhagavad-gita (8.16) it is stated:
abrahma-bhuvanal lokah
punar avartino 'rjuna
mam upetya tu kaunteya
punar janma na vidyate
"Even Lord Brahma, the creator himself, has to die. Up to Brahmaloka, the
highest planet in the material world, the whole material energy undergoes
such changes."
But if we can cross the area of misunderstanding and enter the area of proper
understanding, then there is no creation or dissolution. That is eternal, and
we are children of that soil. Our bodies and minds are children of this soil
which comes and goes, which is created and then dies. We have to get out of
this world of death.
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Search for Sri Krishna)
Thu, 3 March 2022
Know Your
Own Identity First
"We must first know who we are—we must first understand our own identity.
That which is 'I' is not this body. Identifying yourself with the body is
ignorance. You must forget it. What is our mistake? Our mistake is that we
have forgotten that we are eternal servants of Krishna."
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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..."
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Krsna haite
chatur-mukha |
কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ "The foremost devotees of Srila Visvanath Chakravarti Thakur are Srila Baladev
Vidyabhusan and Srila Jagannath Das Babaji. All the Gurus in this succession are
associates of Sri Gauranga. I pray for their remnants."
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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."
Fri, 4 March 2022
Sambandha Jnana: Launching Pad
"Remember these things. You must learn it by heart: 'I am a soul, and my
identity is that I am an eternal servant of Krishna.' We have forgotten that
we are eternal servants of the Lord. Eradicate ignorance and attachment from
yourself."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram
Maharaj (a prominent disciple of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
Prabhupad, a sannyas disciple of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj as
well as a close associate and dear friend of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj and Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj; a Guardian Acharya of 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."
Sat, 5 March 2022
Utter Desperation
"We must cry and tell Vaishnav Thakur about our unhappiness, about our
austerities. Do not come as beggars for food, but come as beggars for
spiritual life—come begging to hear about the Lord and sadhu, Guru,
Vaishnavs."
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Sun, 6 March 2022
Path to Qualification
"Both is not right—if you do not become a Vaishnav is a problem, and if you
think you have become a Vaishnav is also a problem. You must become a servant
of Vaishnavs, a servant of your Guru..."
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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."
Mon, 7 March 2022
Sincere Devotion
"Guru applies the salve of divine knowledge to remove the darkness of
ignorance from my eyes. If somebody understands the meaning of this
sloka, their mind can never go in any other direction. It is necessary
to have sincere devotion to Sri Gurupadpadma."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Panchami. Disappearance of Sriyukta Tarangini Devi (holy mother of Sri
Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-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."
Tue, 8 March 2022
Highest and Rarest
"The devotion of the Vraja gopis is uncomparable—it is impossible to
even utter anything about it. If Gauranga had not come, who would have known
about it? Gauranga Mahaprabhu came to this world having taken Sri Radha's
heart and halo; He is the one who revealed the glory of Radharani in this
world."
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Wed, 9 March 2022
Rivet
Yourself to Sadhu-Sanga
"Be humble, surrender yourself, and always aspire for the association of pure
devotees. You can never get any result or any perfection without saintly
association (sadhu-sanga). Good, saintly association is our only path,
our only way."
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Thu, 10 March 2022
Genuine Benefit
"'Benefit to others' means giving the consciousness of Krishna to the souls
who forgot Krishna. There is no happiness, there is no peace! People are
enjoying miseries. If they surrender to the Lord, they will not like anything
in this external world any more."
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Fri, 11 March 2022
Great Gift
"To distribute this Krishna-katha, Krishna Himself comes in this Kali-yuga as
Gauranga Mahaprabhu. There is no other religion except for the gift of
transcendental love, and there is no one else except Sri Gauranga who ever
gave anything like that in this world!"
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"I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my Gurudev, the best of acharyas,
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart
guardian of the current of pure devotion whose highest form flows from our
most worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to
Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani."
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Holy Guidance for
the devotees worldwide:
"I know you cannot come.... 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."
sri-gauda-mandala-bhumi yeba jane chintamani
tara haya vraja-bhume vasa
"Those who always think about Sri Nabadwip Dham, reside in Sri
Vrindavan."
A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Please accept our humble obeisance at your holy feet.
Bowing down at your holy feet, we would like to extend to you this message of
encouragement to observe Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama remembering the holy
lotus feet of our Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj.
Considering the calamitous circumstances we are placed in following the
disappearance of our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma, we pray that everyone may find
a possibility to observe this period immersed in Sri Hari-katha,
Hari-kirtan, and Hari-seva, which are so extremely dear to our Sri
Gurupadpadma, who continues to guide, protect and watch over us, albeit
unseen to our mundane eyes.
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."
According to the wish and mercy of Sri Gurupadpadma, the Grand Festival shall
take place on 12-19 March 2022. The programme and schedule of the
Festival is the following (as established by Sri Gurupadpadma in our Vaishnav
Calendar):
12 March (Sat)
Adhivas (eve) of the festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham Parikrama.
Parikama of the nine islands of Sri Nabadwip Dham:
13 March (Sun)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip, Sri Simantadwip.
14 March (Mon)
Sri Amalaki Ekadasi (fast).Parikrama of Sri Simantadwip (second part) and Sri Rudradwip.
15 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
16 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumadwip and Sri Madhyadwip.
17 March (Thu)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip (second part), Sri Ritudwip, Sri
Jahnudwip, Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
18 March (Fri)
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).
19 March (Sat)
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.
Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly pray that this supremely
worshippable week in honour of the holy advent of Sri Gaurasundar,
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
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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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Sat, 12 March 2022
Enter the Land
of Faith
"Leave material talks. We try to practise sadhu-sanga, and when, in
this good association, we develop a proper mood, we will have to enter the
land of faith: when you practise, you must have faith."
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Do Not Be
Disheartened
"Those who cannot bodily join Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama this year,
can make this parikrama from their house. Do not be disheartened. If
you have a great desire and a great fortune, you will be able to join Sri
Nabadwip Dham parikrama next year."
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A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
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 2021:
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.
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.
Sun, 13 March 2022
Unchaste Faith
"These are Mahaprabhu's teachings. It is necessary to study His
Siksastakam. 'I want to have causeless devotion to You, Lord, birth
after birth. Even I am born as a insect, may I be Your devotee.'"
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A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
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 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.
Photographs of this day in 2020:
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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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."
Mon, 14 March 2022 (Sri Amalaki Ekadasi)
A Test of Faith
"You say, 'I cannot do it,' but Gurudev thought you were fit to do it, then
he told you to do it, then you do the service, try your best. It is necessary
to leave everything to Krishna. This is what faith is, that is what surrender
is."
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Kirtans and Gaura Arati • E-ghora samsare
• Ke yabi ke yabi re bhai
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
• Sri Gaura Arati.
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—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
12 March (Sat)
Sri Adhivas (eve) of the Grand Festival of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Circumambulation (Parikama) of the holy nine islands of Sri Nabadwip
Dham:
13 March (Sun)
Parikrama of Sri Antardwip Sri Simantadwip.
14 March (Mon)
Sri Amalaki Ekadasi. Parikrama of Sri Simantadwip Sri Rudradwip.
15 March (Tue)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip.
16 March (Wed)
Parikrama of Sri Godrumdwip Sri Madhyadwip.
17 March (Thu)
Parikrama of Sri Koladwip Sri Ritudwip Sri
Jahnudwip Sri Modadrumadwip.
Main Celebration:
18 March (Fri)
Sri Gaura Purnima Festival (Full fast
until moonrise, then a special arati and prasad-seva
[anukalpa—non-grain prasad only]).
18 March (Sat)
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 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..."
A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Futile Efforts
"If you chant the Holy Name but this material mentality does not go away,
then it means you are not chanting the Holy Name. You will have to leave
everything and go away. Why can you not understand this?"
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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)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvadasi. 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 NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY THREE
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 2021:
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.
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.
A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Wed, 16 March 2022
Immerse
Yourself In Kirtan
"If you practise spiritual life and become tired, start slacking, 'I cannot
do it any more!', it means your mind is sick. Our mind is always swayed in
different directions. However, if you want to keep your mind steady and
peaceful and direct it towards the Lord, you must loudly chant the Holy
Name."
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—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY FOUR
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 2021:
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.
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."
A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Thu, 17 March 2022 (Sri Gaura Avirbhav's Adhivas)
Serve with Care
"You come to the temple, you come to take initiation, you come to offer
obeisance to the Lord, and the Lord knows everything very well—He knows what
you have on your mind and with what purpose you do all that. He can see
everything..."
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—{ SRI NABADWIP DHAM PARIKRAMA }—
DAY FIVE
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 (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.
Photographs of this day in 2020:
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.
A very special holy scripture presented to this world by His Divine Grace Om
Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to nourish all jiva
souls and bring eternal memory of Sri Nabadwip Dham to our hearts. Realising
his long-standing desire, His Divine Grace has left for us this invaluable
resplendent scripture containing all Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan that fill the
entire land of Nadia during this special time of Sri Nabadwip Dham
Parikrama.
Fri, 18 March 2022 (Appearance of Magnanimous Lord Sri
Gaurasundar; full fast until moonrise, then anukalpa)
Travel Light
"No matter what pain, what austerity, hardship, what danger comes, no matter
what difficulty comes, no matter what obstacles come, I will take everything
on my head—I will never recoil. It is necessary to surrender to Sri Guru and
Vaishnavs with this kind of mood."
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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)
Sat, 19 March 2022 (Sri Jagannath Misra's Anandotsav)
My Nearest and
Dearest
"Whatever happens happens by the wish of the Lord, and whatever happens is
for the better. There is no time to think about all this. Do not waste your
time. We must always live amidst spiritual life, amidst the worship of the
Lord, amidst chanting the glory of the Lord and our Gurudev."
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Sincerity and Chastity [An extensive discourse of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj, spoken on 13 March 2007]
"We will follow what our Guru Maharaj follows. We do not want to know who
is good, who is bad, who is better, who is worse. It is not necessary to
criticise others. We will only be chaste to our Guru Maharaj, and we will
follow our Guru Maharaj's conception. This is the best."
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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Sun, 20 March 2022
Thrive Spiritually
"How many days will you be here in this world? One day you will leave. Take
shelter of a bona fide Guru and practise Krishna consciousness without any
slacking, without any reluctance—always chant the Holy Name tirelessly,
always serve the Lord tirelessly."
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Mon, 21 March 2022
Greatest Hindrances
"No matter how much service I do, no matter how much I chant the Holy Name,
if I at the same time commit offences to the Holy Name, then all result of
that service will be distorted. You must always remember this."
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Tue, 22 March 2022
No Place for Whimsies
"Should we be offering flowers to Gurudev's photo or should we be following
what Gurudev says? You must become determined in your life and serve the Lord
unswervingly, in one way or another: I have to serve the Lord, and I must
cross the ocean of material existence."
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Wed, 23 March 2022 (Anniversary Festival at Sri Hapaniya Dham Temple)
Staunch Stance
"You learn this and other things by heart, but it is not so easy to follow
this in your life. You must first establish this in your own life. First
learn to be like this yourself, then you can give advice to others."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Festival at the appearance place of Srila Bhakti Raksak
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Sripat Hapaniya: grand appearance of the Holy
Deities of Sripat Hapaniya, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinath Jiu at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Ashram. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan
Shanta Maharaj (an acharya of Sri Gaudiya Math). Pancham Dol.
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 Sripat Hapaniya
Dham:
Sri-gaura-mandala
majhe |
শ্রীগুর্ব্বাবির্ভাব প্রশস্তি "In Sri Gaura Mandal, there is a village called Hapaniya where my Lord, an
abode of all good qualities, appeared. It stands on the bank of the Ganga,
who is very merciful to the fallen souls; renowned in the whole world, this
abode is a holy repository of knowledge and jewels of logic."
Sripat Hapaniya
Dham: Highest Place
"Today is the pancham dol and it also the appearance day of Sri Sri
Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinathjiu. This is a highest place and we must give
respect to this place, Sripat Hapaniya Dham."
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Sripat Hapaniya
Dham
"We come here to pay obeisance to Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
because he is not an ordinary person. We come and pray to his family, we pay
obeisance to them and beg them for mercy. That is why we come here."
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A Day at
Hapaniya[From Affectionate Guidance]
"Today we have very happily come to Sripat Hapaniya Dham. Our destination is
Goloka, even if we may not know where Goloka is. However, we must know that
the abode of Goloka has personally become manifest in this world as the abode
of the Divine Master, the residence of the devotees and the Temple where the
Deities are worshipped."
Sripat Hapaniya Dham: parikrama kirtan Recording of the kirtan during the parikrama of Sripat Hapaniya Dham Temple, led by
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
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dayara sagara • Nitai pada kamala • Emona Durmati • Gopinath (song 1) • Jaya Guru
Maharaj • Sujanarvuda-radhita • Sri Gaura Mandala majhe • Jaya Radha Madhava.
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Sri
Hapaniya Dham (10 March 2015 | 3 Mb)
Headed by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and the
august Vaishnavs, devotees visit Sri Hapaniya Dham on the holy
installation day of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinath Jiu.
Sri Dham Nabadwip
and Hapaniya: Last Festival (24-28 March 2016 | 34 photographs, 3.1 Mb)
Sri Gaura Purnima festival has finished and the devotees, overflowing with
gratitude and appreciation for the festival, return to their homes and
householder practice taking the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj in their hearts. Today is Sri Panchami
Dol and the Deity installation at Sri Hapaniya Dham, the worshippable
birthplace of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. His Divine Grace takes
the devotees to Sri Hapaniya Dham to participate in the festival and we are
sharing some photographs taken earlier during Sri Jagannath Mishra
anadotsav and today at Sri Hapaniya Dham.
Festival at Sripat Hapaniya
Dham (17 March 2017 | 40 photographs, 2.6 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
is taking devotees to Sripat Hapaniya Dham, the holy birthplace of Srila B.R.
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, to honour the installation anniversary day of
Sri Sri Guru Radha Gopinath Deities.
Festival at Sripat Hapaniya
Dham (26 photographs, 1.5 Mb | 6 March 2018)
Sharing photographs from the annual festival in honour of the installation anniversary
of Sripat Hapaniya Dham Deities, Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Radha Gopinath.
Festival at Sripat
Hapaniya Dham (25 March 2019 | 47 photographs, 2.8 Mb)
The final day of the grand annual festival at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
concludes at Sripat Hapaniya Dham, the birthplace of Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj takes devotees to Sripat Hapaniya Dham to
honour the installation day of the presiding Deities at the temple.
Annual
Maha-Mahotsav at Sripat Hapaniya Dham (14 March 2020 | 44 photographs, 4 Mb)
Supremely fortunate devotees come to Sripat Hapaniya Dham, the holy birth
place of Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, and observe the
annual vigraha-pratistha festival in the shelter of the holy lotus
feet of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj, Srila
Bhakti Kusum Ashram Maharaj and other senior Vaishnavs.
Festival at Sri
Hapaniya Dham (2 April 2021 | 20 photographs, 1.4 Mb)
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj comes to
Sripat Hapaniya Dham together with his associates to attend the annual
festival commemorating the Deities' Installation at the supremely holy
appearance place of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj. Due to the pandemic situation, the festival manifests in a quieter
and a little more reserved form without the overwhelming crowds usual for
this festival.
Thu, 24 March 2022
Be Firm
"If your heart becomes perverted, the words of Sri Rupa Raghunath will not
enter your ears. We are attached to the material world, we are covered by the
illusory environment; that is why all these talks do not and will not enter
our ears."
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Fri, 25 March 2022 (Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit)
Clean Your Mind
"The Lord can understand very well why you come to Him, with what intention
you come to Him. You cannot cheat Him. You can cheat everyone, but you can
never cheat Guru, Vaishnavs, and the Lord. All your tricks, cheating, lying,
etc. will be exposed."
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Shortly before our beloved Gurudev, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, chose to withdraw from our unfortunate eyes,
he had given us an order to prepare the translation of the holy book
Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala that was originally compiled and
published in Bengali in 2020.
In the words of Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj himself:
'You should always remember Sri Nabadwip Dham parikrama. We have printed a
very good book, Sri Nabadwip-Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala, but it is not
translated into English yet. It is written in a very simple language and
contains all the lectures that I myself and all the sannyasis give
during the parikrama time about the glories of Sri Nabadwip Dham. When
I was proofreading it and when Bengali devotees now read it, we read this
book and think, "We are in Nabadwip Dham parikrama!" Srila Bhaktivinod
Thakur's Sri Nabadwip-Dham-Mahatmya is a good book, but it is written
as a poem and very hard to understand. Devotees always like easy books; they
always want to read what they can understand. Even I am still not so
interested in reading Sri Nabadwip-Dham-Mahatmya, but the new book
Sri Nabadwip-Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala is written in prose, and it is a
very great book'.
The file has been updated:
- added bookmarks / table of contents to the PDF file
- corrected typographical errors
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Ashtami. Appearance of Srila Srivas Pandit.
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 Srivas Pandit:
Srivas Pandit's
Devotion
"Srivas Pandit: 'You can get a son, a daughter, a father, a mother in every
birth, but you will not get the Lord in every birth Lord. This life is very
important, you can get the Lord in this life, then why should I misuse it?
Why should I not use this opportunity?'"
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Malini Devi and
Vishvarup
"The name Srivas Pandit's wife is Malini Devi. You know, one time Malini
chastised Srivas Pandit. Once, Vishvarup Prabhu, Nimai's elder brother, came
to their house to ask Srivas Pandit for help..."
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Why Can We Not Get
It?
"At Srivas Pandit's house there was a maidservant Duhkhi—she got Mahaprabhu's
mercy. There was a Muslim tailor near Srivas Pandit's house—he too got
Mahaprabhu's mercy. A great sinner Chand Kazi broke a mridanga, but
even he got Mahaprabhu's mercy. Why can we not get it?"
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Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
•SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
•SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা "I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the
saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
•SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
Sat, 26 March 2022
শ্রীগৌড়ীয়-পর্ব্ব-তালিকা (১৪২৮–১৪২৯)[Bengali] SRI VAISHNAVA CALENDAR
FOR 2022-2023[English] The calendar of auspicious days, festivals and fasting celebrated and
observed at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math for the following year (Sri Gaurabda
537, or 2022-2023) is now available online.
His Divine Grace instructs: "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."
Vaishnav iCalendar
(Updated for 2022)(For iPhones, iPads, Mac OS)
Vaishnava iCalendar is prepared and now available for download and upload on
Apple mobile devices (iPads, iPods, iPhones, MacBooks, etc.). On computers:
download and launch. On mobile devices: upload by clicking on the link above,
through iTunes synchronisation or email.
-Follow the link above
-Click on a "plus" sign at the bottom of the page to add it to your Google
Calendar page
-If you are not logged in your Google account, enter your login
information
-The calendar will appear in your Google Calendar under "Other calendars"
-Final step, on your phone: synchronise your google account calendar in the
settings of your phone. Restart your phone if the Calendar events do not
appear immediately.
Note: the calendar has notifications set for the major
dates, but you need to see the calendar settings in your phone to make sure
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Navami. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Vigraha Bhiksu
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."
Sun, 27 March 2022
Mahaprabhu's Line
"Mahaprabhu is the example for us: the example of how we will practise
spiritual life. Seeing His life and His teaching, we must understand clearly
how we must practise spiritual life. Many obstacle will come: Maya is always
ready to create obstacle and problems on our way towards spiritual life."
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Download / listen to the audio (4.9 Mb, 12 min | 24 October 2018)
Mon, 28 March 2022 (Sri Papa Vimochani Ekadasi)
Preaching Current
"You can see these examples and understand that there are always some
problems. You can see our guru-varga also. When Bhagavan Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur starting to preach the highest conception of
Mahaprabhu, or when Bhaktivinod Thakur discovered Mahaprabhu's birthplace, so
many problems came."
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Download / listen to the audio (3.3 Mb, 8 min | 24 October 2018)
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..."
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Tue, 29 March 2022
Take Care of This Line
"I have told you some of the history of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. I am
very unqualified, but Gurudev told me to take care of you all and to give
what he has told me. I am paying my humble obeisance to all the devotees and
requesting you to please take care of what Gurudev has told, take care of his
words. This is my hope and my everything."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.1 Mb, 5 min | 24 October 2018)
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadashi. Papa Vimochani Ekadashi. Fast. Festival in honour of
Sriman Mahaprabhu's auspicious arrival at Varaha Nagar. Disappearance of
Srila Govinda Ghosh Thakur. Disappearance of Sripad Satyendrachandra
Bhattacharya Mahoday.
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."
Wed, 30 March 2022
Practise Devotion
"We eat every day, we go to the bathroom every day, and you must serve the
Lord in the same way—you must offer bhog every day, we must chant
kirtan, worship the Lord, etc. You must practise in your own life. You
do not become a disciple just by taking initiation."
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Download / listen to the audio (2.4 Mb, 6 min | 24 October 2018 | Bengali)
Thu, 31 March 2022
Land of Religions
"One can ask, 'Why is there so much devotion to God in your country? In our
country, there is only christianity, but when I was in West Bengal, I saw
that some people worship Kali, some Durga, some Ganesh, some Loknath, some
Harichand Thakur. Why is it so?'"
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Download / listen to the audio (1.7 Mb, 4 min | 24 October 2018 | Bengali)
'Chant, keep good association, listen to Hari-katha, and practise, then
gradually you will get proper benefit through your chanting—then you
will get the real service to your Guru.'
“Give up attachment to material activity and endeavours based on
knowledge and yoga. Avoid 'monkey renunciation', in which there is only
bodily enjoyment.”
Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Vaishnava Sarvabhauma Srila Jagannath Das
Babaji Maharaj, Srila Rasikananda Dev Goswami, and Tridandi Swami Srimad
Bhakti Dayita Madhav Maharaj.
Gaura Dvitiya. Appearance of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Kusum Ashram
Maharaj (a prominent disciple of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj
Prabhupad, a sannyas disciple of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj as
well as a close associate and dear friend of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj and Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj; a Guardian Acharya of Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math).
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
Festival at Sripat Hapaniya
Dham
