Clouded
Intelligence
"People come to the temple to serve the Lord, but they cannot leave their
egos. Many people come to take initiation, but does everyone actually take
it? Many only pretend that they take initiation. There is a limit to
Gurudev's patience and tolerance."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Surrendered
Soul's Solace
"Through our qualification, we will not get anything, but we can get
everything by the mercy of the Guru. Yet the problem is that some material
things always come to our life. We are supposed to be surrendered souls—if
you are a surrendered soul, then what should be your thoughts?"
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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."
Fri, 2 December 2022
Play of Maya
"Maya gets her power from the Lord, and having got this power, she can remove
the soul from the service to the Lord and engage it in her own service. This
is what is called Maya's play. You must fight against illusion—every day. How
will you fight against it?"
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Approaching
Bhagavatam
"One must not read Bhagavatam or give Bhagavatam class for
money, wealth, property, pratistha, etc. You must listen to Srimad
Bhagavatam from a pure Vaishnav who knows Bhagavatam and who knows
the meaning of Bhagavatam."
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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. 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 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)
Sat, 3 December 2022
Answers to
Many Questions
"You should get Guidance 3 and read it. There are many beautiful
things written in it. At the end, there is a chapter called '108 Questions
and Answers'. You should read it every day during the class. You can see
there what is called sadhu-sanga and many other important things."
•
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Disciples'
Dedication
"Devotees always want to learn—they want to know more. It is necessary to
have desire to learn, to practise more and more; it will be good for us all.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Himself comes as a devotee and shows us what is
necessary and how we must be practising. If we learn His teachings properly,
we will get so much benefit through that."
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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 Srila 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."
All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
Divine
Appearance Day of Sri Gurupadpadma
Dear Devotees and Well-Wishers:
Humbly bowing down at your holy feet, we are extending a cordial invitation
to attend the grand festival in honour of the holy appearance day of
Param-pujyapad Parivrajakacharya-varya Visva-guru Om Vishnupad Sri Srimad
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj that manifests on 10 December
2022 (Saturday) this year.
Remembering the holy lotus feet of our eternal Divine Master, Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, we pray that every 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 and pleasing to our Sri Gurupadpadma and entire Guru-varga, and remember
the transcendental glories of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, by whose mercy the banner of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math
was hoisted to fly high all over the world, through his sincere devotees,
instructions, lectures and books.
Taking your feet dust on our heads, we humbly wish that this supremely
worshippable divine appearance day of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Sundar
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
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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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2020)
We humbly share the following as general guidance on conducting festivals
that we have learned from the association and eternal 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 and garlands; •
A brief introductory opening speech; •
Chanting kirtans:
– Vandana recital
– 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', 'Krpa
kara Vaisnava Thakura' or 'Ohe Vaisnava Thakura')
– Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan ('Nitai-guna-mani amar',
'Nitai-pada-kamala' or 'Akrodha paramananda')
– Sriman Mahaprabhu's kirtan ('Gaurangera duti pada', 'Parama
Karuna' or 'Emana durmati')
– Sri Sri Radha Krishna's kirtan ('Jaya Radhe Jaya Krsna' or 'Jaya
Radha Madhava')
– Hare Krishna Maha-mantra
•
Class or reading from scriptures (glorification of Sri Gurupadpadma); •
If 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 aratikirtans); •
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 as required.
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 include 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.
Sun, 4 December 2022 (Sri Moksada Ekadasi)
Pure
Kirtan Springs from Heart
"When you sing a song, it gratifies the senses of the singer and the
listeners. But if you chant the kirtan of the Lord, Lord Nityananda
Prabhu, Lord Gaura Hari, Lord Sri Krishna become happy. So, our
guru-varga tells us to always chant such kirtan. It is
necessary to chant kirtan with your heart."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Restaurant Devotion
vs Pure Devotion
"We work outside, we do not cook and take some food in a hotel (shop, cafe,
restaurant) where they mix veg and non-veg food. It is a problem. It is
possible to do this for one-two days as an exception, but if you do it every
day saying, 'Oh, I have no energy to cook!' this is wrong. It is better if
you cook and do the offering, then it will be pure devotion."
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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..."
"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)
Mon, 5 December 2022
Loving Relationship and Obedience
"Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur says, 'By honouring the Lord's prasad I
shall conquer all material diseases.' We take so much of Lord's prasad daily,
but do our material diseases go away? It means that there is some error on
our part. It is very easy to give advice or guidance to others, but it is
very hard to imbibe it within your own heart."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Unimaginable
"Separation is a very high thing, you cannot imagine it. What sort of
separation is there in Vrindavan? When Uddhav Maharaj heard about it, he was
astounded. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu showed this separation mood in
Gambhira..."
•
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Tue, 6 December 2022
Stumbling
Along
"Surrender means you must be humble. You have a great hope to become a
Vaishnav, but then you stumble over the 'trnad api sunichena'
sloka. Practising Krishna consciousness following the whims of your
mind is not real Krishna consciousness."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Loving Care and
Service
"There is love and affection in Vaishnavism. This is what Mahaprabhu showed
by His own example. Krishna shows it too—He is merciful even to those who
come to kill Him. This is what true religion is. You should understand that
Vaishnavism comes from the original source."
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Wed, 7 December 2022
Build
Service Relationship
"When Nityananda Prabhu becomes pleased, then we will build a service
relationship with Him. We must chant Nityananda Prabhu's kirtan (sing
the glories of Nityananda Prabhu); we must please Him."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
"Please Be
Careful"
"Please be careful. I am concerned about you all because if your health is
good, then you can do more and more service. We have this body and disease
will come, but we must not 'invite' disease ourselves. This is my request for
everybody. If you can do what I am saying, I will be very happy."
•
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Thu, 8 December 2022
Repairing Bad
Fortune
"The Lord has made very beautiful arrangement for us, and He has sent us to
this human birth, but if we misuse this human birth, then our fortune is very
bad. Gurudev has given you shelter and got you a ticket to Vrindavan, but if
you get off in Bardhaman in the middle of the way, then it is your
misfortune."
•
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Sincere
Chanting
"This Hare Krishna maha-mantra is not just alphabet letters—it is the
pure Name. So, it must be chanted with service mood. If you always show that
you are chanting japa, but your mind always goes to bad elements, your
heart is covered by bad elements—that is not good."
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Fri, 9 December 2022 (Adhivas of Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-mahotsav)
Chastity and Purity of Association
"The religion of the soul is to serve the Lord, and if you do not serve the
Lord, it means you are serving Maya. We want to leave Maya (illusory
environment), but we cannot do it on our own."
•
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Parts of Service
Life
"(1) Mahaprabhu said, "Follow pure ekadasi." If the ekadasi day
becomes viddha, there is no fast on this day. (2) Someone will say
that this is too much, this is fanaticism, but this is what real chastity is.
(3) You have all these bad things in you, but if you surrender properly, you
can transform everything into service."
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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."
•
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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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Sat, 10 December 2022 (Om Vishnupad Srila B.S.
Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's Sri Vyasa Puja Maha-mahotsav)
Extent of
Sincerity
"Many of us come to the temple, but do we all really practise Krishna
consciousness? We must understand to what extent we are practising Krishna
consciousness. We must think about the extent to which we have been able to
become sincere and how much insincerity there is still left in us."
•
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Bengali)
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.
This day in 2010
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:
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This day in 2011
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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This day in 2014
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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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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Gurudev's
Appearance
"Today is 1 January, the first day of the year, and this is the
day of my Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj's appearance. Choosing this holy dvitiya tithi
day, Gurudev appeared in this world 92 years ago."
Gurudev's Coming
to Temple
"One day, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's preaching party came to
Nadanghat on their way back from preaching. They did collection during the
day, and in the evening they would give a class and chant kirtans at
the house of some zamindar. When they came to Nadanghat, Gurudev came and sat
at the programme, listening to the Hari-katha."
Perfect
Adherence
"Within seven days after Guru Maharaj's coming to the temple, Srila Sridhar
Maharaj told him, 'Do not follow what your mind tells you. You must do only
what I tell you. Never do what your mind tells you to do.' Remember
this."
Who Is Guru?
"Guru is the one whom the Lord has invested all his power. Once you get the
mercy of the Guru, you will get all mercy. If Krishna bestows His mercy on
any fortunate soul, then Guru teaches that soul everything in his omniscient
(antaryami) form."
Sri Guru Tattva
"Souls wander throughout this universe, but if some fortunate souls take by
Krishna's mercy the seed of devotion from Gurudev and practises Krishna
consciousness, they can reach the Lord's abode! Do you understand what I am
saying?"
Guru's Greed,
Disciple's Greed
"These are desires or your tongue and mind! The souls never wants all this,
but we are so greedy that we think that our mind and our soul are one and the
same. People do not understand what is mind and what is the soul..."
Deceivers and
Deceived
"If somebody lives in enjoyment, is foolish (ignorant of what one's duty is
and what must not do) and lives following any other path except pure
devotion, then even if this person is called a guru (in name only), it is the
order of the scriptures that he must be given up."
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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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."
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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."
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Know and Love the Lord
"May we love the Lord in the same way that we now love our house, wife, sons,
friends, etc. When will this day come? Until and unless this day comes, you
will have to keep coming to this material world and material family."
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Grand and Joyous
Festival
"I am very happy because the festival was very successful. Actually, we have
seen such crowds before only in Gurudev's time in Nabadwip, and now is the
first time we see it again at this Vyasa Puja festival of Srila Gurudev in
2021. Everybody is very happy with this festival."
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Protecting Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math
"I have seen how Gurudev protects his temple, Srila Sridhar Maharaj's temple.
In one sense, I am very unfortunate because I tried so hard to protect
Gurudev's mission after Gurudev but could not do it. In another way, at least
I could protect Gurudev's devotees."
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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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"My Pride, My Joy and My
Hope"
"I am very proud of you all. I do not know how many days I will be alive, but
I want to preach until my death. And I only beg you for one thing—please give
me your mercy so that I can serve my Gurudev and his mission like this until
my death."
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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!"
"Please Wake Up"
"One moment you practise Krishna consciousness, but the next moment you speak
about other things. To be able to worship eternally, it is necessary to have
sincerity. You cannot get any result without sincerity. Your service must be
eternal—you must serve every day without fail."
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Tritiya. Festivals at Bamunpara and Nadan Ghat, the places of Srila
B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's appearance and youth pastimes.
"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.
Mon, 12 December 2022 (Disappearance of Srila Prabhupad
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad)
Ten Offences
"This Age of Kali is an ocean of faults, but it has one great quality—the
Supreme Lord appears in this age in the form of His Holy Name. We are
chanting the Holy Name so much, but why are we not able to get any result?
Why do we not understand anything?"
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Bengali)
Love for
Gaudiya[by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad]
"We pray that your practice, behaviour, language, taste, moral regulations
and religious faith become aligned with the precepts of Gaudiya. Please
gradually give up non-gaudiya elements within your Gaudiya identity and show
the ideal of Gaudiya to the entire world. May you not mutilate the paramount
ideal of the Gaudiya precepts by coveting to participate in that which is not
Gaudiya."
গৌড়ীয়ে
প্রীতি(ভগবান ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তিসিদ্ধান্ত সরস্বতী
ঠাকুর প্রভুপাদের হরি-কথামৃত)
"গৌড়ীয় ভাষার পাঠক, গৌড়-দেশের অধিবাসি, তোমাদিগের আচার, ব্যবহার, ভাষা, রুচি,
নীতি ও ধর্ম্মবিশ্বাস গৌড়ীয়ের মত হওয়াই প্রার্থনীয় । তোমাদের গৌড়ীয় পরিচয়ে যাহা
কিছু অগৌড়ীয়ের মত আছে বা হ’তে চলিয়াছে, তাহা ক্রমশঃ পরিহার করিয়া গৌড়ীয়ের আদর্শ
সমগ্রজগতের দেখ্বার মত কর ।"
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Chaturthi. Disappearance festival of the founder of the Sri Chaitanya
Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
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
Bhaktisiddhanta 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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At Sri Chaitanya Math[From Sri Nabadwip Dham
Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala; 74 Mb]
An extensive article in glorification of Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati Thakur, his mission and teachings compiled from the discourses of
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and our guru-varga.
•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."
Tue, 13 December 2022
If You Want
to Get Right for Service...
"If you want to get the right to serve the Lord, you have to go through
austerity and hardships. You must cook for the Lord, you must offer
bhog for the Lord, you must offer worship to the Lord. You must
practise eternally, every single day without fail."
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Cruelty-Free
Service Life
"We must give love and affection for everybody. There is a soul existing in
the body of every bird, beast or any other living entity, and therefore
Krishna is also present there. We have got this human body after 8,400,000
births, but our bad fortune is that we still cannot understand it."
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Wed, 14 December 2022
Have Proper
Motive
"Genuine Gaudiya Vaishnavs of Rupanuga Sampradaya worship Krishna only for
one reason—out of love and affection. It is necessary to love the Lord. Do
you understand what I am saying? It is necessary to hear about this and to
have the proper motive."
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
"If You Love Me..."
"When you give some offering or puja to your Guru, you think it is only a
photograph, but no, you must have strongest faith that Gurudev is there. You
think, "We give a garland to Gurudev's photograph, it is just a formality,
Gurudev does not really accept it"—why do you think so?"
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Thu, 15 December 2022
Leave
World of Stool and Urine
"We must always think about these things. It is necessary to have a strong
desire. It is necessary to try and try. You cannot understand how merciful
the Lord is. The Lord is searching for us. We are the Lord's lost children
who have left the Lord and come here, but we must again return to Him."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Service
Aspiration
"Serving your Guru, serving the Lord is the main thing. I have already shown
you how you can go to the spiritual world. Whether you get there or not does
not depend upon your age or life duration—it only depends on your service, it
depends on your heart."
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Fri, 16 December 2022
Serve with
Love
"You can even make a temple, but the Lord will not be pleased by that. It is
necessary to feed the Lord, it is necessary to love the Lord, it is necessary
to serve the Lord with faith and affection. The Lord must be served with
love."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
"Inconceivable,
Unbelievable, and Unimaginable"
"Everybody is giving their love and affection and all together making this
day for me. Actually, I am getting shy to make my birthday festival, but
devotees are always enthusiastic to make this festival, even in this pandemic
situation..."
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Sat, 17 December 2022
Repeated Prayer, Repeated Plight
"What I am saying now is important—it is important for those who want to
practise Krishna consciousness, who want to get the Lord, who want to come to
the Lord. Those who have no eagerness, who have no desire, who do not try
will not be interested to hear it... "
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Clearing
Contradictions
"Everybody's vision and feelings are not the same. Sometimes, you look like a
man, but at other times, you deal or talk with others like a demon. Krishna
lives in all living entities. However, we sometimes see there is also a demon
living in the heart of the jiva soul."
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Sun, 18 December 2022 (Tomorrow is Sri Saphala Ekadasi)
Watch What You
Wish For
"Why should we practise Krishna consciousness? The people of this world
worship the Lord for three reasons. Remember what these reasons are. We must
always remember and keep this in our hearts."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
A Very Busy Day
"Phone calls have been coming today from all over the world starting from
3:30-4 o'clock in the morning. Everyone is calling me continuously. Not only
in foreign countries they are making big festivals today, but also in all the
temples, centres here in India..."
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Mon, 19 December 2022 (Sri Saphala Ekadasi)
Lord's Mercy
"The Lord is very merciful. You know that the Lord rescues and bestows His
mercy even on those who come to kill Him—and not just those who come to kill
Him, but those who come to kill Him when He was a small baby!"
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Service with
Full Enthusiasm
"The most important thing is that all the devotees are with me. 'Maharaj,
where you are, that is Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math—and we will go wherever
you are!' When I hear devotees say this, my heart overflows."
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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
Bhaktisiddhanta 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..."
"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, 20 December 2022
Pure Ego
"'Having submitted my heart and soul to my Gurupadpadma, I have got this
chance to perform archan for the Lord.' The final preparatory step is to make
sure your mind is at the holy lotus feet of Sri Gurupadpadma."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Importance
of Vaishnav-Seva
"Gurudev always warned me when I made festivals, 'Be careful. You have
invited many people, you have invited sannyasis and
brahmacharis—you must give them good prasadam, you must give
good respect to them. If you can please and make devotees happy, then you can
succeed in your spiritual life.'"
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dvadasi. Paran is at 6:18–9:49. 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."
Wed, 21 December 2022
Beautiful
Pastimes (1)
"Today is the appearance day of Vishnupriya Devi. You know that Vishnupriya
Devi, who is Maharabhu's potency, appeared in Nabadwip Dham as a daughter of
Sanatan Misra. It is also the appearance day of Srila Raghunath Das Goswami,
Pundarik Vidyanidhi and Srila Raghunandan Thakur, and the disappearance day
of Sri Visvanath Chakravarti today."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Good Heart
Is the Soul of the Temple
"You get millions of people joining and chanting, 'Gaura Hari bol! Gaura Hari
bol!' but if you sieve through this crowd, you will not find even one pure
devotee there. Yet there can be just two-five people, but they worship and
practise Krishna consciousness properly—they are my happiness."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Trayodashi. Disappearance of Srila Mahesh Pandit and Srila Uddharan
Das Thakur (both are great followers of Sriman Nityananda 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. 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 Uddharan Das
Thakur:
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur writes in his Anubhasya, "The
Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (129) states that Uddharan Datta Thakur was formerly
the cowherd boy of Vrindavana named Subahu. Uddharan Datta Thakur, previously
known as Sri Uddharan Datta, was a resident of Saptagram, which is situated
on the bank of the Sarasvati River near the Trisabigha railway station in the
district of Hooghly.
"In the Chaitanya-bhagavata, Antya-khanda, Chapter Five, it is said that
Uddharan Datta was an extremely elevated and liberal Vaisnava. He was born
with the right to worship Nityananda Prabhu. It is also stated that
Nityananda Prabhu, after staying for some time in Khadadaha, came to
Saptagrama and stayed in the house of Uddharan Datta.
"In Saptagrama there is still a temple with a six-armed Deity of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu that was personally worshiped by Srila Uddharan Datta
Thakur. On the right side of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is a Deity of Sri
Nityananda Prabhu, and on the left side is Gadadhara Prabhu. Uddharan Datta
Thakur was the manager of the estate of a big zamindar in Naihati, about one
and a half miles north of Katwa. The relics of this royal family are still
visible near the Daiìhata station. Since Uddharan Datta Thakur was the
manager of the estate, it was also known as Uddharan-pur. Uddharan Datta
Thakur installed Nitai-Gaura Deities that were later brought to the house of
the zamindar, which was known as Vanaoyaribada. Srila Uddharan Datta Thakur
remained a householder throughout his life. His father's name was Srikara
Datta, his mother's name was Bhadravati, and his son's name was Srinivasa
Datta."
(From a purport to Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita,
by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad)
In honour of Srila Mahesh
Pandit:
"Mahes Pandit, the seventh of the twelve gopals, was very liberal. In
great love of Krishna he danced to the beating of a kettledrum like a
madman."
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakura writes in his Anubhasya, "The
village of Mahes Pandit, which is known as Palapad, is situated in the
district of Nadia within a forest about one mile south of the Chakadaha
railway station. It is mentioned that Mahes Pandit joined the festival
performed by Sri Nityananda Prabhu at Panihati. Narottam Das Thakur also
joined in the festival, and Mahes Pandit saw him on that occasion. In the
temple of Mahes Pandit there are Deities of Gaura-Nityananda, Sri Gopinath,
Sri Madana-mohan and Radha-Govinda, as well as a salagrama-sila."
Thu, 22 December 2022
Beautiful
Pastimes (2)
"We carry stool in our stomaches, but once we pass stool, if we look behind,
we feel repulsed and hold our nose. In the same way, you must give up
visaya (material world and everything related to it)—you must have no
attachment to it."
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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Avoiding
Pratistha
"Without service to Vaishnavs, what can rescue us from this kind of illusory
environment? Gurudev always said that it is very difficult in this age of
Kali to conquer illusory environment, to conquer kanak, kamini,
and pratistha. You can overcome kanak (attachment to money) and
kamini (attachment to women), but it is very hard to give up
pratistha (attachment to name and fame)."
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Fri, 23 December 2022
Beautiful
Pastimes (3)
"You do your puja, offer some flowers, ring the bell, offer
bhog, and you think that it is all there is to it. You do not think
how you can please the Lord. If you hear about the Lord and His devotees, it
can bring you great benefit."
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Preach and Proceed
In Your Spiritual Life
"You may have a small temple, you are just a few devotees there, but you can
gather together and worship your Guru with heart and soul. Make festivals,
give good prasadam, glorify our Guru-varga, sing some bhajans.
This is what a temple is meant for. This is our life."
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Sat, 24 December 2022
Take Service
Seriously
"We have come here in this Age of Kali, having got a human birth after many
lives. We only dance and chant, 'Hari bol! Hari bol!' but we have not learnt
the meaning of what we are doing. Always chant the Holy Name. Take service to
the Lord seriously—serve the Lord with love."
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My Fortune and My
Promise
"Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math is my real family. I am very fortunate and very
grateful. I will try to serve all the devotees to the best of my ability
until my death, until the moment I leave this body. That is my promise."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Srila Lochan Das 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."
In honour of Srila Lochan Das
Thakur:
About Srila
Lochan Das Thakur
"We must pray to Vaishnav Thakur, 'Wherever you are, Prabhu, please bestow
your mercy on this fallen and low soul so that I may live this life serving
you.' Srila Lochan Das Thakur composed Sri Chaitanya-mangala that
contains even more pastimes of the Lord than Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata..."
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Srila Lochan Das
Thakur Mahasay
"Srila Lochan Das Thakur is a follower of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—he
belonged to His line. Srila Lochan Das Thakur was born in Burdwan district
and he was a disciple of Sri Narahari Thakur. The name of Srila Lochan Das
Thakur's father is Sri Kamalakar Das, and his mother's name is Sri
Sadanandi..."
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•SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
•SONG:
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."
Composed by Srila Lochan Das Thakur:
•SONG:
Akrodha
paramananda |
অক্রোধ পরমানন্দ "The anger-less, prideless, supremely joyful Nityananda Ray wanders
throughout the towns. Going from door to door to the homes of the lowly and
fallen souls, He distributes the Hare Krsna mahamantra."
•SONG:
Nitai gunamani
amara |
নিতাই গুণমণি আমার "Nitai, the jewel of all good qualities, my Nitai, the jewel of all good
qualities, brought a flood of divine love and inundated the earth. Lochan Das
says, 'Anyone who did not serve Nitai knowingly committed suicide.'"
•SONG:
Parama karuna |
পরম করুণ পহুঁ দুই জন "Nitai and Gaurachandra are the two most merciful Lords, the crest-jewels
of all Avatars, the only source of joy. 'Fallen into samsara, I never aspired
for Their feet. Now Yamaraj subjects me to my karma,' says Lochan
Das."
•SONG:
Ke yabi ke yabi bhai |
কে যাবি কে যাবি ভাই "The Lord's Names are the ferryboat, Sri Guru is the captain, and the
outstretched arms in the sankirtan are the oars. All souls have been
delivered by the winds of divine love, only Lochan Das has remained
behind..."
"Singing the glories of the Vaishnavs rescues and protects the jiva soul. I
heard this from the mouth of sadhus and my Guru."
"If we give some honour, give some glorification to the Vaishnavs, it is
actually for our benefit. It is for our own benefit that we do some
ceremonies, some festivals, glorifying the Vaishnavs. It is necessary for our
spiritual life, and it is one of the bhaktyanga, one of the practising
processes. That is why we make Vaishnavs' disappearance and appearance
festivals."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Sun, 25 December 2022
Value Your
Time
"We have time to practise Krishna consciousness now, and we must value this
time. Time and tide wait for none. Day by day, our age is not increasing—it
is decreasing. We have to spend half of the time we are alive on sleeping,
but how much of the other half of our time do we give to the Lord?"
"Merry
Christmas"
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj is speaking on the Christmas day in 2006: "You must
give honour to wherever there is some piety and religious manifestation. This
is our religion. Today is a very big festival day here in Bengal as well as
all over India. The whole world knows that it is the appearance day of Jesus
Christ, and India celebrates this day now too."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Rare Jewels
"I always remember so many great souls who are not with us anymore. So many
householder devotees have made this kind of sacrifice—actually, they look
like householders, but their mind, heart, their everything is more than a
sannyasi."
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Mon, 26 December 2022
Gaudiya
Vaishnavs' Service
"Taking shelter of Gurudev and surrendering to him, we should come to Gurudev
and listen about the glories of the Lord not with the hope to get something
but out of love. Gaudiya Vaishnavs and the Vaishnavs of Sri Rupanuga
Sampradaya worship and serve the Lord out of love."
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Tritiya. Disappearance of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu. Disappearance of
Srila Jagadish 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 Jiva Goswami
Prabhu:
—: Pranam mantra of
Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu :—
yah sankhya-pankena kutarka-pamsuna
vivarta-gartena cha lupta-didhitim
suddham vyadhad vak-sudhaya mahesvaram
krsnam sa jivah prabhur astu me gatih
"With his nectarean teachings, Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu revealed the Supreme
Lord, Krishna, whose effulgence had been hidden by the quicksand of
calculation, the dust storm of fallacious logic, and the ditch of
illusionism. May he be my shelter."
—Sri Baladev Vidyabhusan
•Srila Jiva
Goswami Prabhu
"I have no power to say what kind of devotion to his Guru Jiva Goswami
had. Jiva Goswami's service cannot be compared to
anyone's service. Whatever order he would get, he would place it on his
head and do it all the time—his mind never went to any other place."
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•Srila Jiva
Goswami Prabhu: The All-Rounder
"Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu did everything alone—he cooked, did puja,
cleaned the temple, brought water from the Yamuna, and also did personal
service to his Guru. He was busy with his service from morning to night, and
did everything alone."
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•Protected
Journey
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj explains the pranam-mantra of
Srila Jiva Goswami in the book Dignity of the Divine Servitor: "I
offer my full dandavats unto the lotus feet of Srila Jiva Goswami who
is the protector of our spiritual life. He rescues us from the whole illusory
environment..."
•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.
About Sri Jagadish
Pandit:
Sri Jagadish
Pandit
"Born in Guwahati, Assam, Sri Jagadish Pandit came to live in Nabadwip. Sri
Jagadish Pandit and Hiranya lived together on the bank of the Gages near Sri
Jagannath Misra's house, and Mahaprabhu would often come to visit them."
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"Jagadish Pandit was formerly a great dancer in Krishna-lila and was known
as Chandrahasa. He belonged to the village of Yasada-gram, in the district of
Nadia near the Chakadaha railway station. His father, the son of Bhatta
Narayan, was named Kamalaksa. Both his father and mother were great devotees
of Lord Visnu, and after their death, Jagadish, with his wife Duhkhini and
brother Mahesa, left his birthplace and came to Sri Mayapur to live in the
company of Jagannath Misra and other Vaisnavas. Lord Chaitanya asked Jagadish
to go to Jagannath Puri to preach the Harinam sankirtan movement. After
returning from Jagannath Puri, on the order of Lord Jagannath he established
Deities of Jagannath in the village of Yasada-gram."
"Sri Jagadish is described in the Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (192) as follows:
'Sri Jagadish and Hiranya previously appeared as the wives of the yajnic
brahmans of Vraja. The Lord asked for the grains they offered to Vishnu on
the day of Ekadasi. Chandrahasa, the expert dancer and knower of the mellows
of Vraja, has now appeared as Sri Jagadish Pandit.' Sri Nityananda Prabhu
with His associates are the life and wealth of the most effulgent Sri
Jagadish Pandit."
Jagadish Pandit and Hiranya Pandit—lived in Godrumadwip. Their house was some
distance from the Lord's house. On the day of Ekadasi they arranged a large
offering for the Lord. The injunction for fasting on Ekadasi is meant only
for the living entities, but Lord Vishnu is beyond the jurisdiction of the
rules and regulations that He has established. Since He is not bound to
observe fast on Ekadasi, and since He alone is the enjoyer of all sacrificial
offerings, all types of foodstuffs should be offered to Him on Ekadasi. On
the day of Ekadasi the Vaisnavs give up all kinds of enjoyment and do not
accept the injunction for honoring prasada as on other days, but Lord Sri
Hari, the protector of the devotees, accepts the foodstuffs offered by His
devotees on His day, Hari-vasara. Sri Gaura-Narayan also revealed His desire
to eat those foodstuffs.
(Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Sri Chaitanya-bhagavata)
No Other Shelter
"One time, when Nimai was three-four years old, He showed He was sick, and
was crying so much. It was an Ekadasi day. His mother, Sachi Mata, asked Him,
'What has happened?' Nimai said, 'I want to go to Hiranya-Jagadish's
house!'"
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Tue, 27 December 2022
Perverted and Transcendental Charm
"What will you get by going there and staying in a hotel? All kinds of
wrongdoings and atrocious things happen there. You will find only all dirty
things there, but there is a very beautiful place right next to it, a place
where Nitayananda Prabhu's worship is going on eternally."
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Root of Devotion
"If you want to conquer illusory environment, it is necessary to have the
mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs. Guru-kripa is the root of your creeper of
devotion. If you cut your creeper at the root, your devotion, your practice
will dry just like a tree dries up when uprooted."
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Wed, 28 December 2022
Our
Greatest and Only Friends
"Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu are your greatest friends. They show us the
road to Krishna, 'If you take this road, you will come to the Lord.' The holy
lotus feet of Sri Guru and Nityananda are our only hope! There is nothing in
this world except their holy lotus feet. Do you understand it?"
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Remembering
Right Things
"First practise chanting the Holy Name, concentrate your mind on service, and
when you come to the highest position in your worship (bhajan), then you can
ask such questions. We must first practise Krishna consciousness properly,
chant the Holy Name, because our heart, mind is always busy with nonsense
things."
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Wed, 28 December 2022
Our
Greatest and Only Friends
"Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu are your greatest friends. They show us the
road to Krishna, 'If you take this road, you will come to the Lord.' The holy
lotus feet of Sri Guru and Nityananda are our only hope! There is nothing in
this world except their holy lotus feet. Do you understand it?"
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Remembering
Right Things
"First practise chanting the Holy Name, concentrate your mind on service, and
when you come to the highest position in your worship (bhajan), then you can
ask such questions. We must first practise Krishna consciousness properly,
chant the Holy Name, because our heart, mind is always busy with nonsense
things."
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Fri, 30 December 2022
Pull of Maya
"Having opened many temples, our Guru-varga has given us many opportunities
for service, but what of that? Are you able to stay without illusory bondage?
It is not easy for us to leave the world of Maya and come here. Maya will
keep pulling you in the other direction."
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Bengali)
—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Loving Service
"You are all liberated souls, you are trying to make your Guru happy—you are
giving everything for the service of your Guru. You are doing this and
getting taste. You can enter your home through your service mood."
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Sat, 31 December 2022
Wrong
Preoccupation
"We always think about our bodies and homes—we always think how to live and
sleep comfortably. We feel attached to trifle things. That is why it is
necessary for everyone to take shelter of Nityananda Prabhu. The problem is
that because of small, trifle things, because of various obstacles and
problems, we cannot come to this line easily."
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Bengali)
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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2010)
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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—{ "Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address" }—
Do Not Jump Into
Maya
"If you send a letter to the Lord, you will not get any answer, but if you
send a letter to your Guru, you will immediately get an answer from the Lord
because Gurudev is the closest, dearmost friend of the Lord. We must proceed
in our spiritual life following this process."
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'I told him, 'Why are you talking like this? You will be OK, do not worry,'
but who will listen to me? The Lord is the proprietor. 'Marabi rakhabi, yo
ichchha tohara: You can kill me, You can protect me, it is up to
You.''