Internal
Meaning of Initiation
'I think that all of you have taken initiation and beads from Gurudev. One
time, Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur was asked, "Is
everyone who has taken the mantra called a disciple?"'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Fruits of
Inconceivable Mercy
"Nityananda Prabhu's and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy is inconceivable.
Therefore, our devotees must always be inspired, must always preach properly.
They should live and behave properly, they should do their service properly,
and they should talk humbly."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Sasthi. Disappearance of Srila Jayadev Goswami 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."
In honour of Sri Jayadev
Goswami:
"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. While there, he wrote the
Dasa-avatara-stotram, and this poem once came to the hand of Laksman Sen. The
king read the poem with great joy and then asked, 'Who wrote this?' Govardhan
Acharya said to the king, 'The great poet Jayadev wrote it.' The king asked,
'Where is this poet Jayadev?' Govardhan replied, 'He lives in Nabadwip.'
Hearing this, the king secretly searched for Jayadev's home and then came
there in the evening.
The king entered the cottage in the dress of a Vaisnava. He bowed to Jayadev
and sat on one side. Jayadev understood that this man was the king and that
he had come to him as a beggar in the dress of a Vaisnava. Within a short
time, the king introduced himself and requested Jayadev to go to his palace.
The wise Jayadev was extremely detached, and he did not agree to go to the
home of any materialist. Jayadev, the great devotee of Krishna, then said, 'I
will leave your province and go elsewhere. 'Association with materialists
never results in good fortune, so I will cross the Ganga and go to Nilachal.'
The king said, 'O master, listen to my words. Please do not ever leave
Nabadwip. 'Please be merciful to me and act in such a way that your words
will come true and my desire will also be fulfilled. On the other side of the
Ganga, there is a beautiful place known as Champa Hatta. Please stay there
for a couple of years. I will not go there according to my own desire; I will
come to see your feet only when you desire it.' Hearing the words of the
king, the great poet immediately replied in agreement. 'Although you are a
materialist and this kingdom is yours, you are a devotee of Krishna and you
have no material attachment. I called you a materialist to test you, but you
heard this and tolerated it. I have now understood that you are a devotee of
Krishna. You engage in material affairs but remain detached. I will stay in
Champaka Hatta for some time. In secret, leaving your opulence behind, you
may come to see me.'
"Through one of his ministers, the king happily had a house constructed in
Champaka Hatta. The poet Jayadev stayed there for some time and served Sri
Krishna according to the path of divine love. Padmavati Devi would bring
loads of champak flowers, and Jayadev worshipped Krishna, the son of Nanda,
with them. Jayadev offered worship with intense love, and eventually he saw
Sri Krishna appear before him in a form the colour of a champak flower. The
Lord's beautiful, golden lustre was completely enchanting, and His extremely
beautiful face belittled millions of moons. He had wavy hair, long arms, and
a beautiful flower garland around His neck. His body illumined the thatched
hut of Jayadev. Seeing the form of Gauranga, Jayadev, the best of poets,
fainted in divine love as tears streamed from his eyes. Seeing the Lord's
form, Padmavati Devi fainted and fell to the ground.
"The Lord raised them both with His lotus hands and then mercifully spoke
nectarean words. 'You are both My highly exalted devotees, and I desired to
reveal Myself to you. Very soon I will take birth from the womb of Sachi Devi
in Nadia. With all the devotees of all My previous Avatars, I will distribute
the wealth of divine love through Sri Krishna-kirtan. At the age of
twenty-four, I will take sannyas and then reside in Nilachal. There, immersed
in intense divine love, I will deeply relish your Sri Gita-govinda with My
devotees. I am telling you the truth: your Gita-govinda is extremely dear to
Me. Nabadwip Dham is spiritual and supreme; I promise you that you will come
here after leaving your body. For now, you two will go to Nilachal. Serve
Jagannath there, and you will attain the fruit of divine love.'
Saying this, Gaurachandra disappeared. In separation from the Lord, Jayadev
and Padmavati fainted. Regaining consciousness, they began to cry profusely.
Crying and crying, they offered prayers. 'Alas! What a form we have seen! How
will we now live in separation from Him? Why did the Lord order us to leave
Nadia? We understand that we must have made some offence here. Nabadwip Dham
is spiritual and supreme, and our hearts are dismayed at the thought of
leaving. It would be better to become an animal or bird and remain here
forever, meditating on the Dham. We can give up our lives, but we cannot give
up the Dham—our attachment is so intense. O Lord! Sri Gauranga! Be merciful
and keep us here at Your holy feet.' While speaking in this way, they cried
aloud, and then they heard a divine voice. 'Go to Nilachal, and do not be sad
or unsteady at heart. I will tell you two things. Some time ago, you both
desired to stay in Nilachal for a few days. Jagannath has fulfilled this
desire of yours, and He wants to see you. You two will please Jagannath,
again leave your bodies, and then reside in Nabadwip eternally.'
Upon hearing the divine voice, Jayadev and Padmavati immediately left, and
after some time, they turned and looked back at Nabadwip. They wept, and
tears streamed from their eyes. Humbly, they spoke to the residents of
Nabadwip. 'Please be merciful to these two souls. Please forgive us for the
offences we have committed.' They walked away, looking back again and again
at the eight-petalled lotus of Nabadwip. They went ahead and eventually did
not see Nabadwip anymore. Crying, they crossed outside the land of Gauda.
Some time later, they arrived in Nilachal and saw Jagannath with cheerful
hearts. Glory to the poet Jayadev! Glory to Padmavati! Glory to Sri
Gita-govinda! Glory to love for Krishna!"
Who Will Understand
This?(Continuation of "My Grief")
"Jayadev Goswami started composing this Gita Govinda in some other
place, but he could not finish it there, so he came to Nabadwip to finish it.
He sat there in Champa-hatti, but then he suddenly forgot what to write
next..."
Fri, 2 February 2024
Amidst What
Are You Sitting?
'You must be anxious to make Him happy and always be alert and conscious of
His happiness. Sacrifice your selfish interests for His happiness, serve for
His happiness. Just as people sit near a fire to keep themselves warm in
winter, sannyasis also always sit amidst fire blazing on all four
sides. What is this fire?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Absorbed in
Service
"Why will devotees leave their service? They must do their service until
death! But such is human nature, what can you do?... When Krishna came to
Vidura's house, Vidura's wife did not know anything, she was so overwhelmed
and excited."
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Sat, 3 February 2024
Karma-Misra
Bhakti
'"I will serve the Lord, and I will get something from Him in lieu of that."
This is their hope. Many of us also think that if we serve the Lord, we will
go to Goloka Vrindavan. Even this is also not necessary. Even this should be
given up. "Bhog tyag, tyag tyag": renounce enjoyment and renounce
renunciation.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Corrupted Life
"We are not political men. Our 'candidate' is only Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
We do not involve ourselves with politics or politicians. We do not want any
political party movements. There is corruption in every country..."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Astami. Disappearance 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, 4 February 2024
Beyond
Jnana-Misra Bhakti
'The next kind of devotion is jnana-misra bhakti. Such devotees strive
to accumulate some knowledge. They chant the Holy Name because they believe
that the Holy Name can give them some knowledge. The followers of this line
can also believe that man is God.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Worshippable
Sita Thakurani
"Advaita Acharya's wife, Sri Sita Thakurani, is worshipped by everyone all
over the world. I have not read much about her, but we know that when
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born, Advaita Prabhu sent her with some
gifts to Jagannath Misra's house..."
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Mon, 5 February 2024
Indomitable
Power of Mercy
'We often chant, "Seva-adhikara diya, ei bara more kare daya. Please
be merciful to me this time, give me the right to serve." Service is like
that. If you have Gurudev's blessing, if you have Gurudev's mercy, nobody can
do anything to you. Always remember this.'
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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."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Service
Succession
"Will you follow the instruction of the scriptures or will you follow your
Gurudev's instruction? That is our question. What is important for you? You
will never get the mercy of Krishna without worshipping Radharani..."
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Tue, 6 February 2024 (Fast on Sat-tila Ekadasi; tomorrow paran at 6:20–10:00)
Learn to
Behave as Sadhu
'One can bite, one can swear, one can say and do all kinds of things, but a
sadhu's duty is to protect and save everyone. Sadhus must not
change their nature. It is necessary to learn this kind of saintly behaviour.
We must behave as devotees.'
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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."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
No More Wasting
Time
"Now, all countries are one by one lifting lockdown and we are again getting
chance to preach and do sankirtan—we must restart our preaching. As it
is, we have already lost almost six months of our spiritual time, we do not
want to lose another moment."
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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.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking a bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa [non-grain
prasadam that is allowed to be taken on ekadasi]. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
like anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not fast on
ekadasi at all: "Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan." But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like
that—it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in
the name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to
Krishna, it is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to
it, so we must take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by
fasting, a loss of energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your
service, you may go on fasting—perhaps, your Gurudev wanted
that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
Gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my Guru's service will be hampered. In
this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of Krsna, for the
cause of his Guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be
responsible to the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit,
the opportunity has been lost!' 'Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my Gurudev, to Vaishnavs, to
the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I am entitled
to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do dot do that, I should be a separationist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hestitation whatever is necessary to
make myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be
punishable."
•"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)
Wed, 7 February 2024 (Ekadasi paran is at 6:20–10:00)
Preparing for
Festival
'We serve gurudev every day (we try as far as possible), but tomorrow
is a special day, my gurudev's appearance day. I am praying to gurudev
that the festival goes well tomorrow. Many came to me and said they wanted to
take initiation, but I told them that I would give them initiation another
day.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Guru-Varga's Prasad
"We always tell what Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Gurudev and all the
godbrothers of Srila Guru Maharaj told about Srila Guru Maharaj, we always
enjoy taking their prasad. That is our happiness. If we hear from our
guru-varga and read their lectures, it is good for us."
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Thu, 8 February 2024
External and Internal Opulence
'I do not want anybody's money and wealth. All I want from you all is your
love and affection. If you have love and affection for your guru, if you have
devotion and faith, then I do not need anything else. You have taken
initiation, and if you have faith in your guru and love for your
guru, I do not need anything else.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Devotion to
Devotees
"Some preach that you must become a Krishna-bhakta, but we do not preach like
this; we preach that you must be Krishna's devotees' devotee. First become a
Vaishnav-das, then a Guru-das, and only after that a Krishna-das. First you
must be a servant of Vaishnavs."
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Fri, 9 February 2024
Worship Nityananda
'You have arrived at the holy abode of Lord Nityananda Prabhu as the result of
great fortune. If you discuss what Srila Narottam Das Thakur, Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur and Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami wrote, you will see how they
describe the qualities and pastimes of Nityananda Prabhu, and if you study
these things, you will understand how necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our
lives.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Service Zest
"Now disciples live in the lap of luxury. They blackmail Gurudev saying, "If
I do not get this, I will leave the temple!" Such is the service in this
world. If your service is conditional, then this is not the proper
relationship between the Guru and the disciple. That is why doubts start
coming, 'Will I enter that planet?'"
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Sat, 10 February 2024
Immerse Yourself in Exclusive Worship
'Do not follow your mind. What we practise is not the kirtan you find
in this world – it is not the kirtan that is chanted to please your
mind and the minds of others or for the sake of flowery words; this kind of
kirtan cannot bring your highest benefit.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Supreme
and Inconceivable Glories of Sri Guru
"What are your glories, Gurudev? Your glories are known to all liberated
souls—the entire Goloka-mandal sings your glories—but I am a fallen soul, how
shall I talk about Gurudev? Gurudev's position is extremely high, talks about
him are very high."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Pratipad. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Gaurava
Vaikhanas Maharaj and departure of Sri Haripada Chaudhuri
Das-Adhikari.
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, 11 February 2024
Fill Your
Heart with Kirtan
'If you do not want to fall prey to Maya, if you do not want to live in
Maya's bondage, then you must always chant kirtan. Not only once a day, not
only one time! You must always chant. We must genuinely hold onto Nitai's
feet. It will not do if you just clasp His feet and then sit aside.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Entering
Transcendental Plane
"You cannot worship the Lord with a mundane body. Only an eternal,
transcendental body can worship or serve the Lord. If you serve the Lord
thinking that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and you give your
everything for the service to Krishna, then your body becomes
transcendental."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvitiya. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Sharan Shanta
Maharaj (an acharya of Sri Gaudiya Math).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
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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Mon, 12 February 2024
Mahaprabhu's
Caution
'How necessary Nityananda Prabhu is in our lives! We must understand it. We
must know why we worship Nityananda Prabhu. Seeing His external behaviour and
clothes, people called Nityananda Prabhu "avadhut". Externally,
"avadhut" is a person who does not follow any rules, who is beyond any
standards or rules of this world; and internally, "avadhut" means He
who can clean dirty, bad things – who can rescue and clean the fallen.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Purposeful
Preaching
"Preaching is necessary. When you preach, you get pleasure, you get
everything. I have told you that when I tell something, I myself get
energy—devotees listen to it and I am also listening to it and I myself
become purified..."
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Tue, 13 February 2024
Adjust Your
Aspiration
'Many of us want to become Vaishnavs, but we do not know how one becomes a
Vaishnav. Many want to become Vaishnavs without serving Vaishnavs, but Srila
Prabhupad says that without service to Vaishnavs, you can never become a
Vaishnav.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Devotees' Core
Principle
"All Gaudiya Vaishnavs follow ekadasi tithi, and it is good for you
also to follow it because even Sriman Mahaprabhu Himself told to do so. If we
want to follow Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, we must follow His instruction."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Chaturthi. Appearance of Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Pavan Janardan
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."
Wed, 14 February 2024 (Sri Vasanta Panchami)
Meaning and
Value of Fortune
'When Srila Raghunath Das Goswami fell at Nityananda Prabhu's holy feet in a
prostrate obeisance, and Nityananda Prabhu put His feet on Raghunath Das
Goswami's head. Nityananda Prabhu also kicked Sivananda Sen! He also sent
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, an elderly brahman, to Vrindavan. What
does it mean?'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Panchami. Sri Krishna Vasanta Panchami. • Appearance day of Srimati
Vishnupriya Devi. • Appearance of Srila Pundarik
Vidyanidhi Prabhu, Srila Raghunath Das Goswami and Srila Raghunandan
Thakur. • Disappearance of Srila Visvanath
Chakravarti Thakur. • Disappearance of Tridandi Swami
Srimad Bhakti Vivek Bharati Maharaj and Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Svarup
Parvat Maharaj (both are diksa and sannyas disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati Thakur). In Affectionate Guidance, Srila Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj notes: "I heard from Srila Guru Maharaj that when his Godbrother,
Srimad Parvat Maharaj, was a young boy, he used to live in the house next door
to Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur. He told us, 'In my young age, I heard every
night from about 2 a.m. until the morning, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur would
chant the Mahamantra on his rooftop, but you could hear that his chanting was
more like calling, a heartfelt call to his Lord.' So we must be serious about
our chanting, and we must make obeisance to Guru and Vaishnava." • Sri Saraswati Puja.
In Honour of Sri Vasanta
Panchami:
Holy Vasanta
Panchami Day
"(1) Sri Pundarik Vidyanidhi Prabhu was the incarnation
of King Vrisabhanu, and he is a great Vaishnav. (2)
Nobody has been able to trace when Sri Vishnupriya Devi left this world. We
have not heard it mentioned anywhere in the scriptures. We only know the
avirbhav of Sri Vishnupriya Devi..."
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For further reading: See the extensive chapter "A Holy Day"
in the Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion, Volume II, by Om Vishnupad
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj.
•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."
•SONG:
Krpa kara Vaishnav Thakura |
কৃপা কর বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O Vaishnav Thakur! Please be merciful! Knowing the true relationship I will worship You and my ego will go far away. If I think, 'I am a Vaishnav,' then I will never stop expecting honour from others—my heart will become polluted by the desire for fame and I will end up in hell."
Thu, 15 February 2024
Have You Found What You Are Looking For?
'We have lost our address, but the Lord is searching for us everywhere. There
is a book called Loving Search for the Lost Servant: we are the Lord's
lost children, but we have lost our Lord, so we are now searching for the
Lord, and the Lord is also wandering everywhere, looking for us.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Sustaining
Mahaprabhu's Line
"Mahaprabhu's line was maintained by Srila Narottam Das Thakur, Acharya
Srinivas, Sri Shyamananda Prabhu. After them, so much darkness came down upon
the sky of Gaura-desh. The preaching movement again emerged through Srila
Bhaktivinod Thakur."
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Fri, 16 February 2024 (Appearance of Sri Advaita Acharya Prabhu)
Follow and Preach
'It is not necessary to think about the water of a whole ocean – you can
drink a glass of water and your thirst will be satiated. So, when we have our
gurudev, Vaishnavs, the Lord and Nityananda Prabhu, what else do we need
then?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
"I Am
Proud, I Am Astonished, and I Am Grateful"
"Wherever I may be, I come back to Kolkata on Sunday just to get your good
association. I see your smiling faces and I know that your love and affection
has no alloy—your love and affection is not cheating, it is actual love and
affection."
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Saptami. Appearance of Sri Mahavisnu Avatar, Sri Advaita
Acharya.
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 glorification of Sri Advaita Acharya Prabhu:
Sri Advaita Acharya Bhavan[From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala]
An extensive article in glorification of Sri Advaita Acharya Prabhu:
"Sri Advaita Acharya Prabhu is the main trunk of the wish-fulfilling tree
of devotion. He has two other names, Mangal and Kamalaksa. After his parents
departed, he went to Sri Vrindavan, becoming immersed in the worship of Lord
Krishna. Later, he returned to Shantipur, and his manifestation (his glory)
became known in Nabadwip."
Mad Nimai Pandita[From the Golden Volcano of Divine Love]
"Advaita Acarya was a great scholar and the most senior among Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu's followers. He appeared in Navagrama in Sri Hatta, in the eastern
province of Bengal, and resided in Santipura..."
Love for Guru,
Not Yourself
"To test Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Advaita Prabhu one time started
preaching mayavadi conception, and Mahaprabhu came to his house and beat him.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu explained the glory of Sri Advaita Prabhu...."
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Our Real Necessity
'In this world, there is much greed, lust, etc. for many things, but if we
can leave this greed aside and practise Krishna consciousness, if we can
serve devotees, if we can serve Nityananda Prabhu, then we will get the
highest benefit. There are some spiritual things in this world, and if we
come in touch with those things, then we will understand what the main gist,
the main essence is.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Ekadasi Struggle?
"You think that you will break ekadasi, that you will do what you like
in your life, but you do not think that after that austerity will come—you
have no idea what hell is like, what kind of austerity you will get there.
What austerity is there in following ekadasi?"
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Astami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Prapanna
Parivrajak Maharaj and departure of Sripad Virendra Krishna 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."
Sun, 18 February 2024
Seek Soul's
Fulfilment
'The mind and the soul are not the same. The soul is a particle of the Lord –
what does the soul want? The soul wants to serve Paramatma, and the soul
knows what the Lord wants – the mind does not know it. The soul is a particle
of the Lord, but the mind is not (the mind is not related to the Lord).'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Navami. Disappearance of Sripad Madhvacharya.
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 Madhva
Acharya:
"Madhva Acharya also stayed here with his disciples for some time as a
resident of the Nabadwip Dham. Gauranga-sundar mercifully revealed His most
enchanting form to Madhva Acharya in a dream. Smiling, Gaurachandra said to
Madhva Acharya, 'Everyone knows that you are My eternal servant. When I
appear in Nabadwip, I will follow your lineage. Now, carefully eradicate
illusionism and false scriptures from all regions, and establish the glory of
the Lord's Deity form. Later, I will develop your pure conception.' Saying
this, Gaurachandra disappeared. Madhva Acharya awoke and then fainted. Madhva
Acharya then cried, wondering, 'Will I ever see that beautiful golden form
again?' Then a divine voice came from the clear sky, 'Serve Me secretly, and
you will come to Me.' Madhva Acharya became resolute and defeated the
mayavadis in all directions."
Foundation of
Surrender
"It is a very auspicious day today—the holy appearance day of Sri
Madhvacharya, also today is vijaya maha-mahotsav of Lord Ramachandra.
It is a very auspicious day, and we are getting some chance to speak some
Hari-katha, to practise sravanam, kirtanam."
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In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
Supremely Worshippable
Day
"Today is the holy appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—He without
whose mercy this world is plunged into darkness, He without whose mercy we do
not see and will never see any light, He without whose mercy the door of
Goloka Vrindavan will never open for us, He without whose mercy we can never
save ourselves from this illusory environment."
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Do Not Pass Your Life in
Vain
"Each of you lives in a house—you are all proud of the place where you stay
and call it 'home'—you live comfortably; but you come here and struggle so
much. If you want this struggle to be worth it, you must take advantage of
Hari-katha and kirtan."
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Cleanliness Is Next
to Godliness
"You can see how you make your own bed—every day you first dust and clean it
nicely, then you lie down. You must treat the Lord, the Deities like that
too. The archan of the Deities means to keep the Deities' room clean. It is
necessary to keep everything clean. Temple must be always clean and
neat."
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Meaning of
Discipleship
"You live at your house and you know how you serve your husband, wife, and
children. In the same way, you must love the Lord with your heart and soul;
you must love the Lord's temple with your heart and soul."
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Ask Yourself, "Am I
Practising?"
"You must ask yourself, 'Have I become a surrendered soul?' I do not come to
examine or test you, but you should ask yourself, 'Am I really practising
Krishna consciousness? Do I live following what my Guru tells? Do I live in
strict adherence to my Guru or not?'"
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Become Pure
"You must prepare yourself so that the Lord could accept you. If you do not
clean yourself, do not make yourself pure, the Lord will not accept you. You
do not become pure just by bathing in the Ganges. Your heart must become
clean."
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Who Is Nityananda
Prabhu?
"There is Gaurasundar, the original personality of Godhead, and there is also
His personal expansion, Sri Nityananda Prabhu. So, Sri Nityananda Prabhu is
Sriman Mahaprabhu's dearmost associate and the Lord Himself."
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How and When?
"When will my mind become pure and I behold Sri Dham Vrindavan? When will
material desires leave me? There is meditation, knowledge, etc. in this
world, but when will I leave all material things, when will my mind become
pure and when will I be able to feel, see, know, etc. the wealth of Vaikuntha
world?"
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Scattered Heart
"Just as an ant always crawls everywhere looking for a hole, Maya is also
always around us, always looking for hole to catch you. As soon as you forget
the Lord and think about something else, Maya will jump on you."
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Learn the Truth
"It is necessary to know what the truth is. Everything in this world that you
see is false; the Holy Name is the only truth. Everything else that is
created will go away. It is said in Srimad Bhagavad-gita also that
everything in this world will be destroyed one day."
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What Do You Need?
"Those who desire the highest benefit need only one thing—the shelter of Sri
Nabadwip Dham; their duty is to take shelter at the holy lotus feet Sri Gaura
Nityananda; their duty is to serve Their Name, holy dham, and
desire."
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Mon, 19 February 2024
Stay on Right
Track
'Unless you practise Krishna consciousness, you can never get rid of
anarthas. When other thoughts come to your mind, when bad thoughts
come to your mind, when you are anxious because of some trouble, always
loudly chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and kirtan. Sing loudly,
strongly. If you do this, all evils within you will diminish.'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dashami. Disappearance of Srila Ramanuja Acharya.
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 Ramanuja
Acharya:
•Service: Faith
and Surrender "Gurudev told the story of Dhanur Das and his wife, Ramanuja Acharya's
disciples, and how they maintained their family life..."
•How
to See the Guru: Chastity "Ramanuja Acharya heard there was a Guru in Alwar (South India). He came
to that Guru and asked, 'You know one mantra that can give liberation.
I want to get this mantra...'"
•Odds and Ends:
Ramanuja Acharya's bed "One time Ramanuja Acharya he went to Tirupati and stayed one month at one
ashram there. He had a good servitor called Govinda who always served
him..."
In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
Sri Advaita
Prabhu's Nityananda Stuti
"One day, Nityananda Prabhu came to have a meal in Sri Advaita Prabhu's
house... Mahaprabhu saw them and laughed thinking, 'Maha Vishnu and the Lord
have met, and They are having a fight!'"
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Sriman Mahaprabhu's
Nityananda Stuti
"When Sriman Mahaprabhu was in Panihati, He sang in praise of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu. Mahaprabhu says, 'Those have faith for Nityananda Prabhu, actually
have faith in Me. You can never get Me without faith in Nityananda
Prabhu.'"
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Approaching
Nityananda Prabhu
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says, 'I am not fit to speak about
Nityananda Prabhu's glory, which are as sacred as the topics of the Vedas,
but I am speaking about it to reveal His mercy to the world. If there is any
fault in what I say, please forgive my offence.'"
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Know Your Place
"Those who have the right to do something, they can do it. Many imitate
Nityananda Prabhu and take two wives, for example. Those who have the right
can do that, they can eat everything, but you do not have this right to cross
the viddhi-marga. That is why we do not eat anything and everything
without discrimination..."
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Amidst 'Dal' and 'Gal'
"People want very good quality ghee and good quality of rice. They say, 'Oh,
I do not want to live at the temple! I would rather stay at home and eat
nice ghee and nice rice!' Our life is not eternal: we will have to leave one
day; but we are all eternal servants of Krishna, and not for two-three or
four days only. No. We are eternal servants."
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Increase Your
Fortune
"We have to leave this world, but how much have you chanted the Holy Name?
How much have you listened to Hari-katha? You will have to answer these
questions. You have come to this holy abode of Nityananda Prabhu by a great
fortune."
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Tue, 20 February 2024 (Sri Bhaimi Ekadasi)
Approaching
Nityananda
'I am very low! I am lower than Jagai, Madhai, outcasts and Muslim people! I
do not have any qualities. I have committed too many sins in my life, that is
why Nityananda Prabhu will not give me His mercy!'
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Ekadasi. Fast on Bhaimi Ekadasi and in honour of Lord Sri Varahadev's
appearance (tomorrow).
"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."
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.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking a bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa [non-grain
prasadam that is allowed to be taken on ekadasi]. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
like anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not fast on
ekadasi at all: "Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan." But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like
that—it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in
the name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to
Krishna, it is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to
it, so we must take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by
fasting, a loss of energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your
service, you may go on fasting—perhaps, your Gurudev wanted
that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
Gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my Guru's service will be hampered. In
this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of Krsna, for the
cause of his Guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be
responsible to the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit,
the opportunity has been lost!' 'Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my Gurudev, to Vaishnavs, to
the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I am entitled
to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do dot do that, I should be a separationist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hestitation whatever is necessary to
make myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be
punishable."
•"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..."
At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Evening Kirtans • Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Krpa kara Vaisnava Thakura
• Parama Karuna pahu dui jana
• Emana durmati
• Janama saphala tara
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Free Yourself From
Deceit
"In one or another, many do some service, and those who do service are very
fortunate. If you behave deceitfully and try to cheat, you can never succeed
like that—you cannot hide anything from Gurudev, you cannot hide anything
from Nityananda Prabhu."
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Be Truthful, Pious, and
Sincere
"You wear tilaks, wear beads on your necks, but inside you do
wrong—one day, sooner or later, your character will be exposed. You will not
get anything by hiding something from the Lord, and you cannot hide anything
from Gurudev. What you do at your home or not do—Gurudev can understand
everything. When you come to practise Krishna consciousness and do something
wrong, keep some fault inside, then all fault falls on the body of your Guru.
Your Guru has to suffer for your wrongdoing..."
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Chastity In Preaching
"We must serve Gurudev—we must not use Gurudev. We have not
come here to do business, and we do not want to do anything covering up with
the name of Gurudev. We must preach in the same way that Gurudev preached,
and we must preach his teaching—we must understand properly, truly what
Gurudev's teaching and preaching mood are."
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Cry, Pray, and Serve
"When will I leave material world and my mind become clean? When will
material desires be removed from me? We must always cry and pray for this. We
have become entangled in the material life just as ants get stuck in
molasses..."
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Service: Labour of
Love
"How many things one person must see to! Making temples, buildings is not a
big matter, but it is important to maintain them. It is necessary to have
service mood. Tad viddhi pranipatena, pariprasnena, sevaya."
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Service: Adherence and
Attachment
"There is no Krishna consciousness without anugatya. You must remember
this. If somebody practises Krishna consciousness without strict adherence
and devotion to a Guru, it is Maya (illusion). Krishna consciousness means we
must please our Gurudev."
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Forging Fortune
"It is natural one will leave; rather, it is unnatural (uncommon) that one
would stay. How many people can stay at the temple? Who can tolerate the
austerities and practise Krishna consciousness, do service? Who has such a
fortune?"
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Concentrate Your
Mind on Nityananda Prabhu's Service
"Many say, 'I will leave my family' by mouth, but in the meantime, the poison
of material life is slowly growing... but if you listen to what the Guru and
sadhus say and can put aside material desires—if Nitaichand gives His
mercy—then all desires will become trifle. Therefore, concentrate your mind
on the service of Nityananda Prabhu, always serve Nityananda Prabhu."
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Direct Your Mind to
Bhagavatam
"Loving search for the lost servant. When a son is lost, the father searches
for him—he gives an advertisement on TV, in newspapers, declares the boy
missing, etc. In the same way, the Lord has lost His children, and He is
searching for us everywhere, 'When will these souls start practising Krishna
consciousness and come back to Me?'"
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Keep Yourself On
Track
"Those who have wealth should serve with wealth; those who have a body should
serve with their body; those who have a mind should serve with their mind;
those who have life in them should serve with their life. Whatever your
capacity is, whatever your qualification is, everyone must serve your Guru in
that capacity. Actually, we have no qualification: Gurudev's mercy is
everything. How can we get that mercy?"
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Are You Getting Off?
"Gurudev has got you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off half way to
Vrindavan and go to Kashi. You must understand what I am saying. Gurudev has
given you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off in Kashi. We must get on the
train that Gurudev is taking us in. You must go with your Guru."
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Gentle Clean Hearts
"Many say with their mouth, 'I will leave my material life!' but you must get
there to feel with all your being, all your heart that your family (your
material life) is trifling. You must make so that all material desires become
insignificant. May only attachment and devotion to the Lord come to you."
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Do Not Give Up
"Param Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) always said,
'Start the fire, and the wind will come on its own,' 'Even if your boat is
sinking, keep rowing!' Srila Prabhupad also said, 'When you go to preach, you
must sweat and fight to preach about the Lord!'"
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False Attachments
"We want to leave the material life, but the material life does not want to
leave us. It is not so easy to practise Krishna consciousness. In Sri
Bhakti Raksak Harikathamrita, Srila Guru Maharaj wrote about one
story...."
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Wed, 21 February 2024 (Sri Varaha Dvadasi)
Ardent Appeal
'If you can understand the meaning of what we have been singing just now, you
will like it very much. Take Sri Nityananda Mahimarita with you and
read these songs – sing them every day at home. Singing them just once will
not do; you must sing them every day.'
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dvadasi. Appearance of Lord Sri Varahadev. Ekadasi paran is at
6:11:11–9:57:25 after offering worship to Lord Varahadev.
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj about the appearance day of Sri
Varahadev: "Varahadev is the master of Koladwip. Make a very nice sweet
rice offering for Varahadev, with best rice, nuts, raisins, good milk,
etc."
Varaha Avatar
"Today is the day when we must worship Varahadev. He is the master of
Koladwip, so today at the time of His worship we must make a special
offering. The Lord took the form of a boar and killed Hiranyaksa..."
Lord
Varahadev's Appearance
"Today is the appearance day of Lord Varahadev. There were two gatekeepers,
Jay and Vijay, in Vaikuntha. They guarded the door of Lord Narayan's room and
made sure no disturbance came to Lord Narayan and Laksmi Devi."
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•SONG:
Dasa-avatara-stotram |
দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্ "O Hari! O Kesava! O Lord of the universe! You have assumed the form of a
boar! All glory to You! The earth sits fixed atop the tip of Your tusk like a
dark spot upon the moon."
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj's Holy Guidance:
"The holy appearance day of Sri Nityananda Prabhu is coming soon—there will
be a big festival in Ekachakra on Nityananda Prabhu's trayodasi tithi.
Ekachakra is the birthplace of Nityananda Prabhu, and we have a temple of Sri
Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu there that was founded on the appearance day
of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu.
"We are inviting you all to join this festival—if you cannot come physically,
you can join this festival through your heart, through your mind. I know that
you cannot come for the Ekachakra festival this year [...] but you must
observe this day from your house. Make glorification of Nityananda Prabhu,
speak about His glories, make some good prasadam for Nityananda
Prabhu. Observe this day in this way, it will be good for you. You can make
this festival from your house, you can remember this day very nicely. The
festival is on [...] a working day, but what can you do? Make the festival in
the evening or in the morning then, it will be good, but you must remember
Sriman Nityananda Prabhu all day, it will be good for you. We are very fallen
souls—we cannot proceed in our spiritual life without Nityananda Prabhu's
mercy. Therefore, we must remember Nityananda Prabhu properly, full day, on
His appearance day."
In honour of the
forthcoming grand festival of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's appearance
day:
26 February 2021 (Festival at Sri Ekachakra Dham; concluding class)
Evening Kirtans: Sri Ekachakra Dham • Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakura
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Gaurangera duti pada
• Yasoda Nandana Krsna
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Main Festivals
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, we cannot enter the kingdom of spiritual
life. It is first necessary to have Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, and Nityananda
means Gurupadpadma. They are asraya-vigraha (worshippable embodiment
of shelter)."
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Serve with Faith
"Initiation means service to the Guru. Service can be different—one can serve
close to Guru, and one can serve from far too. We must have this faith:
Krishna is my protector, Krishna is my maintainer. As soon as you lose this
faith, Maya will catch you."
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Service Duty (1)
"We love our wife, sons, brothers, sisters, we have a relationship with them,
but that kind of love must be there for our Guru, the temple, and the Lord.
This is the Lord's house—this is what must be our consciousness like. We must
prepare (mould) ourselves. If we can serve the Lord twenty-four hours a day,
we will get the highest benefit."
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Service Duty (2)
"You are spending your life thinking all the time about material things, but
one day will come when you will be asked, 'You have been at My place for so
many days, what have you been doing there? How did you take care of My
house?'"
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Heed My Word
"There is no lack of anything. Those who think this is some want are the ones
who lack a lot: those who run behind money always feel they lack, and their
lack will never be fulfilled. If you rely and depend on the Lord, then the
Lord will no doubt arrange everything for you."
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Perverted Tastes and
Habits
"Listen to what I am saying. If you do not learn to be like that, you will
never be able to practise Krishna consciousness. Those who make offences
against Vaishnavs can never get any good result—they cannot even chant the
Holy Name no matter how much they count the beads."
•
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Snowball of Offences
"If you keep making and making offences, then these offences will go up to
the Guru. You can never get any benefit like this. Such people become
alienated from others—nobody likes them..."
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Path to Indigestion
"Can you eat the same amount as a young person? You cannot. Therefore, a
young person has more qualification and right to eat than you. If you speak
about things that are beyond your right, you will have indigestion—your
devotion will be destroyed."
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Memorable Pastimes
"I have remembered one story that Srila Gurudev told me. The name of Srila
Prabhupad's guru was Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj. When Srila Gaura
Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj came to Nabadwip from Vrindavan, people thought he
was like a madman..."
•
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Kali Yuga Brahmans
"Who is great, a brahman or a Vaishnav? If you have 100,000 rupees, it
automatically means you have 1,000 rupees as well. So, 1,000 rupees is
brahman, and 100,000 rupees is Vaishnav—it means that those who have
the qualities of a Vaishnav automatically have all qualities of a
brahman."
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Thu, 22 February 2024 (Appearance Day
of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; fast until noon)
How to Attain
Mercy
'Not everybody can find Him. Nityananda Prabhu is a very hidden, esoteric
personality. Everybody is looking for the treasure of divine love, but not
everybody finds it – everybody finds treasures of lust, treasures of Maya,
but it is not so easy to find the treasure of divine love.'
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Bengali)
Sri Ekachakra Dham Parikrama
Coming down early in the morning, His Divine Grace leads Sri Mangal Arati of
Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda Prabhu and stays with the devotees to chant
morning kirtans and speak Hari-katha in glorification of Lord
Nityananda Prabhu. At about 9 a.m., everyone assembles in the courtyard of
the temple to start the much-awaited parikrama of Sri Ekachakra
Dham...
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and Hari-katha (Bengali) (47 Mb, 92 min | 7 February 2020)
Sri Nityananda Dvadasakam "Dear Lord, O Nityananda Prabhu, emperor of the associates of Sriman
Mahaprabhu! Graciously grant this fallen soul firm and faithful devotion for
Sri Gauranga, the supreme embodiment of the taste of the sweet nectar of the
ecstasy of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna's Pastimes. By neglecting the lotus feet of
Nityananda Prabhu all sadhana or bhajan—spiritual practices, services or
worship—become an illusion, just like a dream. I worship and adore with all
my heart that gracious giver of Sri Gaura, the benevolent bestower of His
shelter to the fallen souls—Sri Nityanandachandra."
•
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The Nectarean Glories
of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
Compiled from lectures of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, accompanied by a compilation of scriptural verses,
kirtans, and Sanskrit compositions glorifying Lord Nityananda Prabhu,
the book is now available for online reading.
At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Nityananda Prabhu's Kirtans • Vandana
• Krsna haite chaturmukha
• Gurudev! Bada krpa kari
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya daya kara
• Kabe Sri Chaitanya more karibena daya
[The following eight kirtans, rarely sung, are from Sri Nityananda
Mahimamrta]
• Nitai amara dayara avadhi
• Nitai mora jivana dhana
• Daya kare more Nitai
• Jayare jayare jaya Nityananda Raya
• Rarha majhe eka-chaka name achhe grama
• Iha Kali-yuga dhanya
• Ei bara karuna kara Chaitanya Nitai
• Nitai Chaitanya donhe bara avatara
• Hari Hari viphale
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Over a hundred beautiful and important lectures spoken by His Divine
Grace in Sri Ekachakra Dham during the Festival:
Arriving at
Sri Ekachakra Dham
"Today, by our great fortune we have arrived here at Sri Ekachakra Dham, the
land of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. The Lord Himself appeared here as Nityananda
Prabhu, a son of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati..."
Varaha Avatar
"Today is the day when we must worship Varahadev. He is the master of
Koladwip, so today at the time of His worship we must make a special
offering. The Lord took the form of a boar and killed Hiranyaksa..."
Disturbance
In Service
A short educational story that illustrates that there is no need to be
afraid of obstacles. Even opposing elements can be seen as favourable.
Ekachakra
Festival: Attachment To Prasadam
"The festival in Ekachakra this year was very successful, and we are also
very happy that we could give some prasadam to the devotees. Yesterday by
the evening everything had finished, but still, at 5-6 o'clock people came
asking for a drop of prasadam."
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The Supreme
and the Tiny
"Who Sriman Nityananda Prabhu and Srimati Radharani will take service
from, that is Their matter, but we should try heart and soul. We must do
our duty."
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Sri Ekachakra Dham:
History and Glory
"Our fortune is very good—we have come to the holy Dham of Nityananda Prabhu.
You cannot come here unless you have a great fortune. Nityananda Prabhu's
appearance day is on Saturday, but we do not know, we cannot recognise who
will join the festival..."
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At Nityananda
Prabhu's Feet
"Today in a very beautiful way we have concluded the celebration of Sri
Nityananda Prabhu's appearance festival. It is not every day that we can come
to the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Prabhu: we must pray to the lotus feet of
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Sri Ekachakra
Dham: Exclusive Land
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Cry and Call,
"Doyal Nitai!"
"Who will give mercy to such a low fallen soul as myself except Nityananda?
Except Nityananda, there is no one in this world who can give mercy to
me. We must worship this Nityananda Prabhu."
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Clean Heart, Open
Door
"We are sitting in the nat mandir and this is not a place for idle talks. If
you engage yourself in sravan and kirtan, then all dirt from your heart will
go away, but if you do not clean the dirt from your heart, Bhakti Devi will
never come there."
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Nityananda: Our
All in All
"It is necessary to always meditate on this in your heart: 'When will
Nitaichand give His mercy to me? When will my desires become insignificant?
When will Nityananda be merciful to me and relieve me from the material
illusion?'"
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Mercy
Through Surrender and Service
"There is only one way how to get out of this suffering—we must take shelter
of the lotus feet of Nitai. We must not use Nitai, we must serve Him.
Only when you serve Him can you get His mercy."
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Chaste and
Sincere Service
"We must be chaste, we must be sincere, we must accept these teachings.
Taking shelter of Guru and Vaishnavs, serving the Guru and Vaishnavs is what
is called bhajan. What service have we done at the temple of our Guru
Maharaj? We must think about this."
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Highest
Benefactors
"A Guru takes a disciple so that the disciple can serve the Lord. So, we must
ask ourselves and judge it for ourselves, 'How much service have I done?' Who
has the right to do kirtan? Those who have humility, tolerance and who
can give honour to others."
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Sadhus' Target
"Sadhus come to hijack souls from the family of Maya and bring them to
the family of Krishna—your father thought I had come to steal something from
you, that I had come to take your money, but actually I had come to steal
you."
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Beyond I and Mine
"We always take untruth as truth—we believe that His things are ours. We
always think in terms of 'my' and 'I'. We are slaves of our tongues, but look
at the examples of the Vaishnavs."
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"Please Do Not
Forget"
"I am requesting you all—please do not forget service to the Lord. You can
make a temple in your own room or house. When you do everything for the Lord,
when you use your room for the Lord, then your room becomes a temple..."
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Eternal and
Internal Devotion
"The house where the eternal service of the Lord is going on every day, where
eternal kirtan is going on, is Goloka Vrindavan. Many of our devotees
live like that. They offer the bhog to the Lord and do not take or
enjoy anything except prasadam."
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Pandav Tala
"There is also Pandav tala near our temple. When the Pandavs were exiled from
their kingdom, they started travelling to many different places, and when a
few years passed, they came here to Ekachakra..."
Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu' Festival: Anxiously Awaiting
"We had waited for this day all year thinking, 'When will this day come in
our life? When will this festival come?' We have read about Sriman Nityananda
Prabhu, glorified Sriman Nityananda Prabhu for these few days, but it is
actually not so easy to glorify Him..."
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Our Hope
and Heart-Felt Gratitude
"By the mercy of our Gurupadpadma, by a great fortune, we have arrived today
at the holy land of Nityananda Prabhu. If you want to get the Lord, you must
want the mercy of Lord Nityananda—without His mercy we cannot proceed, cannot
progress in our spiritual life."
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Learn from Mahajanas
"When I read about mahajanas (life history of many highly qualified
gurus), I see how their life went and how difficult it was in so many ways.
We can learn from them—we can learn to be humble, to be tolerant and give
honour to others."
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Seeking Mercy
"Be humble and try to understand the proper teachings that Gurudev gave you,
and preach in this way. We did not come to this world for buildings or other
things. Wherever we live, we must follow spiritual practice, that is the main
thing in our spiritual life."
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Revealing Nityananda
Prabhu
"Chandrasekhar Acharya and Srivas Pandit went to search for Nityananda
Prabhu, but they were unable to find Him because Nityananda's glories are
actually very guro—very sacred and of a very high level. It is not easy to
find Him."
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Mahaprabhu's Stay in
Shantipur
"Nityananda Prabhu understood devotees' feeling and somehow managed to take
Mahaprabhu to Shantipur instead of taking Him straight to Vrindavan. In
Shantipur, Mahaprabhu gave lecture, He sang and danced the whole day and
night without stop..."
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Preaching Ideal
"Our duty is to learn what the main teachings of Mahaprabhu are. For as many
days you are alive in this world, you must preach Krishna-katha,
Gauranga-katha, Guru-katha, Guru Maharaj's katha. If you preach that, what is
the need for you to worry about your future?"
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Learn and Distribute
"You must learn from Visvanath Chakravarti, from Prabodhananda Saraswati,
from Gopal Bhatta Goswami, Rupa Goswami, Sanatan Goswami. If you learn what
they teach, what they do, what their lifestyle is like, you can understand
everything easily then."
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Great Good
Fortune
"By the mercy of Guru and Vaishnavs, by the mercy of the Lord, we have
arrived in this Sri Ekachakra Dham where our most beloved Lord Nityananda
Prabhu appeared. This is not a matter of small fortune—not everybody gets
such fortune."
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Bhava-Rog Doctor
"When you get sick, you see a doctor—the doctor gives you medicine, you take
it and get well. Here, to cure your disease of material existence, the doctor
actually comes to your house and tells you what things you must avoid to
remove your illusory environment."
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Foster Devotional
Feelings
"What do I want? I do not want wealth, knowledge, beautiful companions—all
these things that the outside people are so proud of... If you run behind
the illusory environment—enjoyment and liberation—Krishna will give it to
you, but what will you think after that?"
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Association and
Assimilation
"Remember Nityananda Prabhu's tolerance and patience. If somebody tells you
something bad, you become upset, you get angry, but this is not your
conception—your Gurudev never taught you this, Nityananda Prabhu never taught
you this."
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Enthusiasm for Service
"It is necessary to do eternal daily service with sincerity. 'How can I use
myself in the service of the lotus feet of my Gurudev? What service can be
done through me?' We must think about this at every moment. We must live
thinking about this."
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All Loss, All Gain
"There are so many people, so gurus—they all stand in one line, but Bhakti
Devi is guarding the door and does not let anyone enter. Bhakti Devi will let
on the boat only those who have devotion, who have earned the qualification,
who have the ticket, and others will be denied entry, they will have to go
back."
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Crest Jewel
"Mahaprabhu gave Gaura-dham, Gaura-nam—He gave everything to Nityananda
Prabhu. It is by the unlimited mercy of this Nityananda Prabhu that we have
come to His dham and have got this opportunity to chant His glories.
Come, come for Nityananda Prabhu."
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Capital Misjudgement
"A thief thinks every man steals. We think that everyone is like us. Some
shave their heads during the shraddha ceremony and some shave their
heads on Nityananda trayodasi—do you think it is the same?"
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Muddled Mind
"Srila Prabhupad also told another story about Lalu and Kalu. We are like
that too—even though we are taught to chant the Holy Name, but nobody wants
to say Hare Krishna."
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Clasping for Shelter
"It is said that Nityananda Prabhu is actually very hidden (esoteric)—it is
very difficult to find Him. Unless one is a very fortunate soul, one can
never find Him."
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You Be an Instrument
"Gurudev and the Lord are the drivers and we are only Their instruments. If
you serve Vaishnavs, then the Lord Himself will come to serve you—the Lord
Himself will come and do the service through you. It is necessary to have
such faith, to always think about this."
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Hidden Practice and
Broad Preaching
"We pray to you—wherever you go, wherever you stay, only chant Krishna's
Name, chant 'Nitai Gaura Hari bol' to yourself. You do not need to show
anything to others. If people criticise you, it will be your offence. You
must keep your spiritual practice to yourself."
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Love to Death
"When the ego of servitors increases, the Lord can get annoyed. It happened
to Uddhav Maharaj also—he thought, 'I always stay with Krishna, I am a big
devotee!' but the Lord showed him that the gopis were the greatest
devotees. But what are nowadays' wives like?"
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Ditching the World
"We have come here by a great fortune. Not everybody can come here. We must
take the dust of this place, we must take prasad at this place. Do you
see our condition? We must cry, 'When will material attachment be removed
from my heart? When will that happen?'"
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Masterminding the
Escape
"If you take a tip of a hair and divide it ten thousand times, this is the
size of the soul—but we are so proud, we think we are so great. It is all
useless. Only if you get the mercy of sadhus and Guru, can Maya be defeated.
Otherwise not. Maya always surrounds us."
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Look for Purity
"You have two cups with milk. Both look the same, but if you drink one you
will get nourishment and if you drink the other one that has snake poison in
it you will die. If you hear the Holy Name, you will get benefit, but if you
hear Nama-aparadh, you will die."
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Lord Nityananda Prabhu's
Sakti
"The Lord has tried to save the souls bounded by maya in so many ways
in this Kali-yuga. He was the only child of Hadai Pandit and Padmavati Devi
and He left them when He was twelve. Later, He was introduced to Jahnava
Devi."
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Remembering Our Fortune
"We have come here by the mercy of Gurudev, by the mercy of Lord Nityananda
Prabhu. Without their mercy we cannot be present here. Out of His mercy,
Nityananda Prabhu has given us some small place at his birthplace where we
can stay."
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Place of Pivotal
Pastimes
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was empowered to protect and distribute
Sri Rupa-Raghunath line. He came here in Sri Ekachakra Dham before starting
to take disciples, and every year he would send some small donation for the
service of Nityananda Prabhu."
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First Memories of Sri
Ekachakra Dham
"I had heard Ekachakra's name before and wanted to come here many times, but
when I told about it to Gurudev, he said, 'What will you go there for?'
Later, in 2004, Gurudev finally allowed it—he said, 'You can go with devotees
and do some parikrama there.'"
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His Mercy Is Essential
"Nityananda Prabhu's mercy is essential in our lives. Mahaprabhu showed that
it is not so easy to find this kind of personality, but Mahaprabhu found Him
easily because They are very intimate."
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His Service Is Essential
"We must be humble, tolerant and we must give honour to others. It is
necessary. Chant with heart and soul—it is necessary to serve Nityananda
Prabhu with heart and soul."
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Servant or Merchant?
"Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that instead of serving Gurudev,
Nityananda Prabhu, Krishna, we make Them serve us—we must not make Nityananda
Prabhu, Gurudev our servants. Do not make Guru and Krishna your servant, a
bribe-taker."
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Serve Nitai without
Deceit
"By the mercy of Gurudev we have got an opportunity to serve this
place—Nityananda Prabhu's appearance place—we must take advantage of this
opportunity. We must understand how necessary it is to serve Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu and His devotees."
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Nitaichand: Spotless
Moon
"It is said that if someone cannot understand the character of Sriman
Nityananda Prabhu, then they are making so much offence—because of that
devotion can be removed from her or him."
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Nitaichand: Our Eternal
Shelter
"We cannot conceive of it, but Guru-Nityananda is our eternal shelter.
Gurudev is the eternal shelter of our life. Unless we can understand what the
reality is, there is no other way for us to get relief from suffering."
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Nitaichand: Our Only Hope
"Our only hope is Sri Guru-Nityananda—if we serve Their lotus feet, we can
increase our devotion, our spiritual life. That is the main thing about
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Beware Imitation
"If you follow Narottam Das Thakur's advice, this is good, but if you think
you want to do what Narottam Das Thakur did, if you want to become Narottam,
then it is a very big problem. Do not imitate Nityananda Prabhu."
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Householders' Hypocrisy
"People think, 'If I become a sannyasi, I may fall down later, so
better I become a householder!' Those who are interested in spiritual life do
not live like that. One can never prosper or develop their spiritual life by
hypocrisy."
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Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"'How can we get qualities of a Vaishnav?' Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
Thakur told that many people do not want to be servants of Vaishnavs, but
they want to be Vaishnavs—he said it is impossible to become a Vaishnav
without service to a Vaishnav's servant."
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Eternal Rememberance
"When you remember devotees' pastimes, your heart becomes clean in this
way—and this must be eternal. Sincerity is necessary. The main thing is
'kirtana prabhave smarana haibe'—you can remember the Lord's and the
Lord's devotees' pastime through kirtan."
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Engage Yourself In
Service
"Why are you afraid of me? If somebody is making some offence inside or doing
something wrong, they will be afraid of me, otherwise no one should be afraid
of me. I am sometimes angry with those who do not follow properly, but other
than that I am not an angry man."
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Capture Nityananda
Prabhu's Heart
"We must remember this Nityananda Prabhu's appearance festival every day—not
only every day, but at every every moment. We can only try to serve
Nityananda Prabhu's devotees, Nityananda Prabhu's servitor. That is our only
hope. We must understand that this is the only way how we can please
Nityananda Prabhu."
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Hope of the Hopeless
"We are fallen souls, we do not know so much about the culture, the rules and
regulations, we do not know so many mantras, we do not do anything properly,
but we have Nityananda Prabhu—we have hope that if we fully surrender to
Nityananda Prabhu, then everything will be revealed."
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Purifying Shelter
"We are here now by the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, and we always pray to
Him, "I am a fallen soul, I have no quality and qualification, I am always
making offence. Please forgive my offence, please take my service. Please
give me shelter at Your lotus feet."
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Facing Austerity
"Whatever you want to do, you must have the strongest desire. Even in the
material life, does anything come without austerity? No. Therefore, 'I want
austerity! I want problems! If more problems come, it is OK, let them come! I
want to see how many problems you can give me, Prabhu.'"
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Distinction of Sri
Rupanuga Line
"In this world, people serve the Lord in three ways. First, somebody worships
the Lord because they are afraid. Second, people worship the Lord because
have some material desire. Third, somebody worships the Lord out of duty.
This is not right."
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Treacherous Desires
"If you have some material desire and want it to be fulfilled, Krishna will
give that to you happily. On the other hand, Krishna says, 'I am not a
fool—why will I give them visaya? Instead, I will give them My lotus
feet and make them forget visaya!"
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Inconceivable Mercy
"We can understand Krishna consciousness if we have a desire to serve the
Lord—if we have enthusiasm. You can see how merciful Lord Krishna is, but
Mahaprabhu is more merciful than Krishna, and Nityananda Prabhu is even more
merciful than Gauranga."
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Victory over Visaya
"If we take prasad, all kinds of bad elements, bad diseases will be
removed; if we chant the Holy Name, all Nama-aparadhas will go away;
if we do service, all seva-aparadhas will go away—we do it, but why
are we not getting the result?"
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Power of Sukriti
"Sanda and Amarka taught Prahlad Maharaj nonsense things, but Prahlad Maharaj
did not take that association. Prahlad Maharaj had some previous
sukriti (actions related with the Lord), and through that
sukriti he could receive the proper teaching from Narad
Goswami."
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Atma-Buddhi
"If you have fifty kilogrammes of rice on your head, you feel so much
pressure—even if you come into an A/C room, you will not get any comfort
there because you have heavy things on your head. We still have ego, we still
cannot even understand that we are eternal servants of the Lord."
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Buddhi-Suddhi
"You recite mantras for the archan, you chant that the cloth is clean,
the chamara is clean, the peacock fan is clean, the
pancha-pradip is clean, etc. Everything is clean, but do you ever
think, 'Is my mind clean?'"
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Zest for Service
"I think that the Lord arranges everything that is necessary for His
service—only our desire, wish, will is necessary. If you have desire ('I will
do it!'), you will succeed. It is necessary to have desire, otherwise sitting
idle, laziness will not take you far."
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Grand Festival
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, without Gurudev's mercy, we are not able
to do it. We do not know for how many days in this life we can do this
service like this, but we are always enthusiastic, we are always trying to
serve Gurudev or Nityananda Prabhu, and it is Their matter whether they will
accept our service or not."
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My Gratitude
"So many devotees are helping us with this festival—somebody cannot help
physically, but they are helping through their mind, through their funds,
etc. I am not only thanking them, I am very grateful to them because they are
doing so much for Gurudev."
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Guard Your Service Life
"Whatever problem comes, we will not run away from our service. Problems will
always come—we are in the battlefield, and we will fight against maya until
our death. That is our conception. We will not fight against men, but we will
fight against ourselves."
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Do Not Fear Sacrifice
"Life should be for service. What the guru and Vaishnavs tell, that is
service, and you must serve with love. You must sacrifice in your life. Those
who can make sacrifice in their life, they get the real benefit."
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Hidden Service
"Srivas Pandit's faith is super strongest. Everybody's faith is not like
that. When somebody puts some poison in others' brain, they change their
mind. Our faith must be strong. Practise, practise and practise."
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Spiritual Promotion
"You struggle so much in your life, but how many days have we got in this
lifetime? We do not want to be demoted. We want to be promoted, and this
promotion will come through service—through the service to the guru and
Vaishnavs. That is the main thing."
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Puja with Love
"Pujari must serve with love and affection. When you do puja,
you must do it with love, wearing clean clothes, etc. Actually, I have always
been afraid to do puja. I never go inside the Deities' room. Gurudev
also said he was afraid..."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Evening Kirtans (Part One) • Sri Guru-parampara
• Gurudev bada krpa kara
• Sri Krsna Chaitanya Prabhu daya
kara
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This Is Not a Playground
"You must come here surrendering your all—all your heart, soul, mind,
everything—at the lotus feet of the Lord. We always blame the Lord for making
us suffer, but we do not blame ourselves for not being able to surrender to
the Lord. You blame the Lord, but have you become surrendered to the Lord?
You must ask yourself this question."
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Wrong Worries
"You have no faith, that is why you have no devotion. Bhakti Devi always
wants a clean place. Devotion (Bhakti Devi) does not stay where there is no
faith—she runs away from such places. If you stuff the room with other
things, then where will you seat your Thakur?"
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Pure Identity
"We must have jnana-sunya bhakti—'I do not know anything, I do not understand
anything. O Lord, I am a low and fallen soul.' We must watch out that we do
not get the ego that 'I have become a big Vaishnav!' What did Mahaprabhu say
when describing His own identity?"
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Worshipful Devotion
"I will consider myself your slave, and I will leave all ego of guru. When
Vaishnavs take prasadam, I will take the remnants of their
prasadam. Such was Kalidas's character. How beautiful this is. Such
are Nityananda Prabhu's associates."
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Meaning of Discipleship
"If you tell one word to the disciple, they get angry. They live as they
please. We think that we sing a song and this is it, we have practised
Krishna consciousness. No. Krishna consciousness means following what your
Gurudev says and serving your Guru and Vaishnavs; it means to please
them."
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Free Mercy, Exclusive
Rights
"There is no one as merciful as Mahaprabhu is! To rescue such low and fallen
souls as ourselves, He came to this world performing human pastimes. He went
door to door calling out to everyone. But who has the right to chant
kirtan?"
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Path of Devotion
"If I had not come to your house, you would not have come here today, you
would not have got a chance to hear these holy talks, you would not have been
able to get the mercy of Lord Nityananda Prabhu. That is why I roam the land,
going house to house. This is all that I tell everyone: practise Krishna
consciousness."
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Krishna Conscious Life
"We are alive in this world at the expense of killing so many jiva
souls. The only way out of this kind of life is to turn your whole life into
Krishna conscious life. It means that you will cook, you will work, you will
do everything, but you will do it for the Lord."
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Sri Nityananda Prabhu's Glory
(1)
"A low and fallen soul such as myself is not capable of glorifying Sri
Nityananda Prabhu; however, if Gurudev and Nityananda Prabhu give their mercy
and say something through my mouth, then only can it be possible."
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Sri Nityananda Prabhu's
Glory (2)
"Many worship Gauranga bypassing the Guru, but Nityananda Prabhu said that
this was thievery. It is impossible to get mercy without Nityananda Prabhu.
We have not got there yet; we do what our minds wants. Gurudev gave me
initiation, so this body is now his—I will do whatever Gurudev wants me to
do."
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Sri Nityananda Prabhu's
Glory (3)
"Apart from Srila Raghunath Das Goswami, there were other great personalities
who received Sri Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. Two of them are Srila Krishna Das
Kaviraj Goswami and Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur. You know that Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur was the son of Narayani, Srivas Pandit Prabhu's niece..."
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Sri Nityananda Prabhu's
Glory (4)
"Another person who received Sri Nityananda Prabhu's mercy was Srila Krishna
Das Kaviraj Goswami. Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami said that there were
only three persons in this world who knew Mahaprabhu, but Gurudev said that
there was one more person. Who is it? Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami
himself."
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Clean Mood
"Always chant the Holy Name—when you are eating, when you are sleeping.
Always keep your heart and mood clean. If we practise Krishna consciousness
with proper decorum, then our ego will be removed."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Morning Kirtans (Part One) • Sri Dasavatara Stotram
• Gaya Gaura madhur svare
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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Clear Your Path
"It is necessary to always chant Krishna-kirtan. You are worrying about your
money, food, clothes, gossips at every moment passing your whole life like
that. It is necessary to control the six urges, it is necessary to correct
six defects in yourself, and it is necessary to keep good association. Keep
enthusiasm for Hari-katha, for the Lord's service. If you do not read about
it, if you do not follow it, you will not get any result."
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Nurture Exclusive
Desire
"Can you control all these senses? How is it possible to do it? If senses
become very strong and we feel too much lust, anger, greed, illusion, etc.,
we will be removed from Krishna consciousness. There is ananya-abhilas
(exclusive desire) and there is anya-abhilas (other desires)..."
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Sri Ekachakra Dham: Our Fortune
To Be Here
"We have come here by a great fortune. If you only think about the dust of
this holy dham, then you will think that you must circumambulate this holy
abode walking on your head. The Lord Himself wandered in this land.
Nityananda Prabhu is non-different from Mahaprabhu, the Lord Himself."
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Forging Your Destiny
"Not everybody comes to practise Krishna consciousness. Some come to goggle,
some come for entertainment. There are different kinds of desires. Everybody
does not have the same desires. That is why, we cannot bring everyone to this
path. Those who have such fortune, who are destined to come, they come."
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Extreme Mercy
"Krishna is so merciful, but Gaura is even more merciful than Him.Gauranga
Mahaprabhu and Sri Nityananda Prabhu distributed Krishna-prema without any
price! They gave Krishna-prema to the entire world. This is so
beautiful."
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About Nityananda
Prabhu
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says that Nityananda Prabhu's glory is
unlimited; if you get a slightest touch of His mercy, you will understand His
glory. Nityananda Prabhu freely scattered His mercy to all fallen souls. The
Lord came to this world to deliver all fallen souls."
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Sri Ekachakra Temple
"It was Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur's desire to establish a temple
in Sri Ekachakra Dham, but he did not live a long life—he only stayed in this
world for sixty-four years—and he did not live to fulfil his desire. Yet by
his mercy, by the mercy of Param Gurudev and by Gurudev's desire, we managed
to acquire this land here in 2008."
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Parental Sacrifice
"Nityananda Prabhu's parents could not let the sannyasi go
empty-handed, so they agreed to give him whatever he would ask for. However,
the sannyasi asked for their only son, Nityananda Prabhu. They made
such a great sacrifice in their life!"
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Full Service Sway
"Balaram (Nitai) arranges to appear as the elder brother to be able to serve
the Lord. This is the glory of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda Prabhu is
hidden and extremely esoteric. We actually have no quality or qualification
to speak about His glory."
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Life in Kirtan
"You have your mouth, but one will not hear the Holy Name coming out of it,
only other talks come out of it. That is why, I always keep on telling you
about Mahaprabhu's advice to Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu..."
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Please Give These Alms
"Our consciousness is covered by illusory environment, but Gurudev and
Vaishnavs mercifully give us an opportunity to hear and speak about the Lord.
I am asking you to give your mind, body, heart, everything at the holy feet
of the Lord as alms for one-two hours. One day you will understand the
benefit..."
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Remembering Glories of Sri Nityananda Prabhu
"This Sri Ekachakra Dham is a pure land. Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra
are also here. There is also Radha Kunda and Shyama Kunda here. Here is also
Sri Ekachakleswar Sivji Maharaj.Here is also Kadam Khandi..."
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Sri Sivananda Sen's
Mercy
"Sivananda Sen's house is in Kulingram. Mahaprabhu said, 'I love Kulingram
devotees so much. I love even the dogs from Kulingram! I love even the
parrots from Kulingram for they chant the Holy Name of Krishna!' It is near
Jogram station. I have been to that place a few times when I was doing
collection..."
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Sri Nityananda
Prabhu's Eccentricity
"When Mahaprabhu took sannyas, He first came to Sri Advaita Acharya
Prabhu's house, and from there He was going to go to Vrindavan. However, He
changed His mind and finally went to Puri. On the way to Puri, Sri Nityananda
Prabhu contrived a plan...."
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Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj
Goswami's Gratitude
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami writes, 'I have got Sri Vrindavan Dham by
the mercy of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. He ordered me to Vrindavan saying I would
get all possible benefit there. When I came there, I attained the mercy of
Mahaprabhu's dearmost devotees.'"
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Unblemished Nitai
"If Nityananda Prabhu had not come, we would not have known anything about
the transcendental pastimes of Sriman Mahaprabhu. Fire can remove all
impurities, but fire is not affected by that. In the same way, even if
Nityananda Prabhu transgresses the religion of a sannyasi, He has no
fault. He is higher than any rules and regulations."
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Sri Nityananda's
Supreme Mercy
"Sri Nityananda Prabhu is my only hope. He is supremely magnanimous, He is
merciful, and it is easy for us to receive His mercy. Sri Gaura Hari cannot
reject somebody who has been approved by Sri Nityananda Prabhu..."
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Our Only Wealth and
Shelter
"I am telling you that He is the greatest and most qualified personality on
this path of devotion, and if we throw ourselves at His holy feet, our life
will be successful. Our only wealth in spiritual life is to surrender
everything and take exclusive shelter at the holy lotus feet of Sri
Nityananda and Gurudev, who is non-different from Him."
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Mahaprabhu's Private
Order
"One day, when They were in Sri Puri Dham, Mahaprabhu called Nityananda and
spoke to Him privately. In those days, it was not possible for a
sannyasi to mix with public closely, there were many rules and
regulations for renounced persons. However, Sriman Mahaprabhu wanted the Holy
Name to be preached in every corner of the world..."
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Nityananda Prabhu's
Campaign
"Such was Sri Nityananda Prabhu's enthusiasm. From the beginning, He raised
the banner of rescuing the fallen souls of this world and cleared the path
for them to become attracted to the holy lotus feet of Sriman
Mahaprabhu."
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Humility and Deep
Faith
"We must always be humble. I have told you before: the higher a Vaishnav is,
the more humility they have. Those who understand what Nabadwip Dham is, who
have deep internal faith live in the land of Vraja."
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Save Yourself
"When will Sri Nityananda Prabhu give His mercy to me? When will I be free
from material illusion? How can I save myself from this ocean of material
existence? You must practise Krishna consciousness giving up all bad
practices and embracing Krishna's family. You are uselessly wasting your
time..."
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Supremely Worshippable
Day
"Today is the holy appearance day of Sriman Nityananda Prabhu—He without
whose mercy this world is plunged into darkness, He without whose mercy we do
not see and will never see any light, He without whose mercy the door of
Goloka Vrindavan will never open for us, He without whose mercy we can never
save ourselves from this illusory environment."
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Do Not Pass Your Life in
Vain
"Each of you lives in a house—you are all proud of the place where you stay
and call it 'home'—you live comfortably; but you come here and struggle so
much. If you want this struggle to be worth it, you must take advantage of
Hari-katha and kirtan."
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Cleanliness Is Next
to Godliness
"You can see how you make your own bed—every day you first dust and clean it
nicely, then you lie down. You must treat the Lord, the Deities like that
too. The archan of the Deities means to keep the Deities' room clean. It is
necessary to keep everything clean. Temple must be always clean and
neat."
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Meaning of
Discipleship
"You live at your house and you know how you serve your husband, wife, and
children. In the same way, you must love the Lord with your heart and soul;
you must love the Lord's temple with your heart and soul."
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Ask Yourself, "Am I
Practising?"
"You must ask yourself, 'Have I become a surrendered soul?' I do not come to
examine or test you, but you should ask yourself, 'Am I really practising
Krishna consciousness? Do I live following what my Guru tells? Do I live in
strict adherence to my Guru or not?'"
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Become Pure
"You must prepare yourself so that the Lord could accept you. If you do not
clean yourself, do not make yourself pure, the Lord will not accept you. You
do not become pure just by bathing in the Ganges. Your heart must become
clean."
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Who Is Nityananda
Prabhu?
"There is Gaurasundar, the original personality of Godhead, and there is also
His personal expansion, Sri Nityananda Prabhu. So, Sri Nityananda Prabhu is
Sriman Mahaprabhu's dearmost associate and the Lord Himself."
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How and When?
"When will my mind become pure and I behold Sri Dham Vrindavan? When will
material desires leave me? There is meditation, knowledge, etc. in this
world, but when will I leave all material things, when will my mind become
pure and when will I be able to feel, see, know, etc. the wealth of Vaikuntha
world?"
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Scattered Heart
"Just as an ant always crawls everywhere looking for a hole, Maya is also
always around us, always looking for hole to catch you. As soon as you forget
the Lord and think about something else, Maya will jump on you."
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Learn the Truth
"It is necessary to know what the truth is. Everything in this world that you
see is false; the Holy Name is the only truth. Everything else that is
created will go away. It is said in Srimad Bhagavad-gita also that
everything in this world will be destroyed one day."
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What Do You Need?
"Those who desire the highest benefit need only one thing—the shelter of Sri
Nabadwip Dham; their duty is to take shelter at the holy lotus feet Sri Gaura
Nityananda; their duty is to serve Their Name, holy dham, and
desire."
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Sri Advaita
Prabhu's Nityananda Stuti
"One day, Nityananda Prabhu came to have a meal in Sri Advaita Prabhu's
house... Mahaprabhu saw them and laughed thinking, 'Maha Vishnu and the Lord
have met, and They are having a fight!'"
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Sriman Mahaprabhu's
Nityananda Stuti
"When Sriman Mahaprabhu was in Panihati, He sang in praise of Sri Nityananda
Prabhu. Mahaprabhu says, 'Those have faith for Nityananda Prabhu, actually
have faith in Me. You can never get Me without faith in Nityananda
Prabhu.'"
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Approaching
Nityananda Prabhu
"Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami says, 'I am not fit to speak about
Nityananda Prabhu's glory, which are as sacred as the topics of the Vedas,
but I am speaking about it to reveal His mercy to the world. If there is any
fault in what I say, please forgive my offence.'"
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Know Your Place
"Those who have the right to do something, they can do it. Many imitate
Nityananda Prabhu and take two wives, for example. Those who have the right
can do that, they can eat everything, but you do not have this right to cross
the viddhi-marga. That is why we do not eat anything and everything
without discrimination..."
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Amidst 'Dal' and 'Gal'
"People want very good quality ghee and good quality of rice. They say, 'Oh,
I do not want to live at the temple! I would rather stay at home and eat
nice ghee and nice rice!' Our life is not eternal: we will have to leave one
day; but we are all eternal servants of Krishna, and not for two-three or
four days only. No. We are eternal servants."
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Increase Your
Fortune
"We have to leave this world, but how much have you chanted the Holy Name?
How much have you listened to Hari-katha? You will have to answer these
questions. You have come to this holy abode of Nityananda Prabhu by a great
fortune."
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At Sri Ekachakra Dham: Evening Kirtans • Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Krpa kara Vaisnava Thakura
• Parama Karuna pahu dui jana
• Emana durmati
• Janama saphala tara
• Jaya Radha Madhava
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Free Yourself From
Deceit
"In one or another, many do some service, and those who do service are very
fortunate. If you behave deceitfully and try to cheat, you can never succeed
like that—you cannot hide anything from Gurudev, you cannot hide anything
from Nityananda Prabhu."
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Be Truthful, Pious, and
Sincere
"You wear tilaks, wear beads on your necks, but inside you do
wrong—one day, sooner or later, your character will be exposed. You will not
get anything by hiding something from the Lord, and you cannot hide anything
from Gurudev. What you do at your home or not do—Gurudev can understand
everything. When you come to practise Krishna consciousness and do something
wrong, keep some fault inside, then all fault falls on the body of your Guru.
Your Guru has to suffer for your wrongdoing..."
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Chastity In Preaching
"We must serve Gurudev—we must not use Gurudev. We have not
come here to do business, and we do not want to do anything covering up with
the name of Gurudev. We must preach in the same way that Gurudev preached,
and we must preach his teaching—we must understand properly, truly what
Gurudev's teaching and preaching mood are."
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Cry, Pray, and Serve
"When will I leave material world and my mind become clean? When will
material desires be removed from me? We must always cry and pray for this. We
have become entangled in the material life just as ants get stuck in
molasses..."
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Service: Labour of
Love
"How many things one person must see to! Making temples, buildings is not a
big matter, but it is important to maintain them. It is necessary to have
service mood. Tad viddhi pranipatena, pariprasnena, sevaya."
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Service: Adherence and
Attachment
"There is no Krishna consciousness without anugatya. You must remember
this. If somebody practises Krishna consciousness without strict adherence
and devotion to a Guru, it is Maya (illusion). Krishna consciousness means we
must please our Gurudev."
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Forging Fortune
"It is natural one will leave; rather, it is unnatural (uncommon) that one
would stay. How many people can stay at the temple? Who can tolerate the
austerities and practise Krishna consciousness, do service? Who has such a
fortune?"
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Concentrate Your
Mind on Nityananda Prabhu's Service
"Many say, 'I will leave my family' by mouth, but in the meantime, the poison
of material life is slowly growing... but if you listen to what the Guru and
sadhus say and can put aside material desires—if Nitaichand gives His
mercy—then all desires will become trifle. Therefore, concentrate your mind
on the service of Nityananda Prabhu, always serve Nityananda Prabhu."
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Direct Your Mind to
Bhagavatam
"Loving search for the lost servant. When a son is lost, the father searches
for him—he gives an advertisement on TV, in newspapers, declares the boy
missing, etc. In the same way, the Lord has lost His children, and He is
searching for us everywhere, 'When will these souls start practising Krishna
consciousness and come back to Me?'"
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Keep Yourself On
Track
"Those who have wealth should serve with wealth; those who have a body should
serve with their body; those who have a mind should serve with their mind;
those who have life in them should serve with their life. Whatever your
capacity is, whatever your qualification is, everyone must serve your Guru in
that capacity. Actually, we have no qualification: Gurudev's mercy is
everything. How can we get that mercy?"
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Are You Getting Off?
"Gurudev has got you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off half way to
Vrindavan and go to Kashi. You must understand what I am saying. Gurudev has
given you a ticket to Vrindavan, but you get off in Kashi. We must get on the
train that Gurudev is taking us in. You must go with your Guru."
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Gentle Clean Hearts
"Many say with their mouth, 'I will leave my material life!' but you must get
there to feel with all your being, all your heart that your family (your
material life) is trifling. You must make so that all material desires become
insignificant. May only attachment and devotion to the Lord come to you."
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Do Not Give Up
"Param Guru Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) always said,
'Start the fire, and the wind will come on its own,' 'Even if your boat is
sinking, keep rowing!' Srila Prabhupad also said, 'When you go to preach, you
must sweat and fight to preach about the Lord!'"
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False Attachments
"We want to leave the material life, but the material life does not want to
leave us. It is not so easy to practise Krishna consciousness. In Sri
Bhakti Raksak Harikathamrita, Srila Guru Maharaj wrote about one
story...."
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Evening Kirtans: Sri Ekachakra Dham • Gurudev, bada krpa kari
• Ohe Vaisnava Thakura
• Nitai-pada-kamala
• Gaurangera duti pada
• Yasoda Nandana Krsna
• Hare Krishna maha-mantra
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Main Festivals
"Without Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, we cannot enter the kingdom of spiritual
life. It is first necessary to have Nityananda Prabhu's mercy, and Nityananda
means Gurupadpadma. They are asraya-vigraha (worshippable embodiment
of shelter)."
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Serve with Faith
"Initiation means service to the Guru. Service can be different—one can serve
close to Guru, and one can serve from far too. We must have this faith:
Krishna is my protector, Krishna is my maintainer. As soon as you lose this
faith, Maya will catch you."
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Service Duty (1)
"We love our wife, sons, brothers, sisters, we have a relationship with them,
but that kind of love must be there for our Guru, the temple, and the Lord.
This is the Lord's house—this is what must be our consciousness like. We must
prepare (mould) ourselves. If we can serve the Lord twenty-four hours a day,
we will get the highest benefit."
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Service Duty (2)
"You are spending your life thinking all the time about material things, but
one day will come when you will be asked, 'You have been at My place for so
many days, what have you been doing there? How did you take care of My
house?'"
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Heed My Word
"There is no lack of anything. Those who think this is some want are the ones
who lack a lot: those who run behind money always feel they lack, and their
lack will never be fulfilled. If you rely and depend on the Lord, then the
Lord will no doubt arrange everything for you."
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Perverted Tastes and
Habits
"Listen to what I am saying. If you do not learn to be like that, you will
never be able to practise Krishna consciousness. Those who make offences
against Vaishnavs can never get any good result—they cannot even chant the
Holy Name no matter how much they count the beads."
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Snowball of Offences
"If you keep making and making offences, then these offences will go up to
the Guru. You can never get any benefit like this. Such people become
alienated from others—nobody likes them..."
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Path to Indigestion
"Can you eat the same amount as a young person? You cannot. Therefore, a
young person has more qualification and right to eat than you. If you speak
about things that are beyond your right, you will have indigestion—your
devotion will be destroyed."
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Memorable Pastimes
"I have remembered one story that Srila Gurudev told me. The name of Srila
Prabhupad's guru was Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj. When Srila Gaura
Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj came to Nabadwip from Vrindavan, people thought he
was like a madman..."
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Kali Yuga Brahmans
"Who is great, a brahman or a Vaishnav? If you have 100,000 rupees, it
automatically means you have 1,000 rupees as well. So, 1,000 rupees is
brahman, and 100,000 rupees is Vaishnav—it means that those who have
the qualities of a Vaishnav automatically have all qualities of a
brahman."
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Fri, 23 February 2024
Nityananda
Prabhu's Campaign
'Nityananda Prabhu would embrace and give divine love to the untouchable, the
worst kinds of people. He never considered who is high and who is low – He
rescued everything. Today is the appearance day of this Nityananda
Prabhu...'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Redundant
Rituals
"Those who do not follow Krishna consciousness, who are not devotees, can
follow as many Hindu rituals and rules as they like, but we do not do it. We
know that we are jiva souls—we are eternal servants of the Lord, and
we always remember that."
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Sat, 24 February 2024
Varahadev's
Appearance
'Today, the Lord appeared as Varahadev, assumed the form of a boar. Lord
Varahadev is actually Lord Narayana or Vishnu. The original form of Lord
Narayan or Vishnu is four-armed. I told you earlier that the body of the Lord
is one but it manifests itself as two forms...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Primary
and Paramount Necessity
"Teach Srimad Bhagavad-gita everywhere, it will be good. Most people
cannot understand Srimad Bhagavatam or Chaitanya-charitamrita,
it is very difficult for them, but everybody knows Srimad
Bhagavad-gita, so everybody can easily understand its message."
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Today in the calendar:
Purnima. Sri Krishna's Madhurotsav. Appearance of Srila Narottam 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."
"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 Narottam Das
Thakur:
Whole-Hearted
Service
"Narottam Das Thakur was born in Sripat Keturi (Bangladesh) and in his life
he composed many Vaishnav songs. Actually, all our Guru-varga serve the Lord
and serve their Guru whole-heartedly, with body, mind, and speech."
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Srila Narottam Das
Thakur: Bona Fide Benefactor
"Who will you call a Guru? A Guru is not someone whose profession is to make
disciples, who only takes your money. The Guru gives a conception, gives some
wealth, property, with which you can go to your real home..."
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Srila Narottam
Das Thakur's Separation
"How did he leave his body? It was unbelievable. It happened on the
panchami (fifth) day of the Kartik month, that is today... One day, he
was chanting and the devotees could see that he was saying, 'I want to go, I
want to go.' He said this in front of everybody..."
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Srila Narottam
Das Thakur: His Mission in Bengal
"Three persons had promised to stay in Vrindavan, but they left their
promise and came to Bengal. When Narottam Das Thakur came to Bengal he found
so many great devotees who were not getting good association. He kept
Mahaprabhu's conception properly. We pray we can get some mercy and can serve
him, protect his line and preach about him."
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Beware of Maya
"After some days there will come Guru Maharaj's appearance festival. We must
honour his appearance day properly... Always, at all times, be alert, be
aware of Maya. Maya does not mean some girl or a woman..."
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Kirtans:• Ye anila prema-dhana • Hari haraye nama
krsna.
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Beware Imitation
"If you follow Narottam Das Thakur's advice, this is good, but if you think
you want to do what Narottam Das Thakur did, if you want to become Narottam,
then it is a very big problem. Do not imitate Nityananda Prabhu."
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In Praise of Srila Narottam Das Thakur[From Affectionate Guidance]
"Today is the Disappearance Day of Srila Narottam Thakur, so I would like to
say a few words to glorify him. Before Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur most of the
Vaisnava songs came from Srila Narottam Thakur. But although he wrote many
beautiful songs of devotion, Narottam Das Thakur was not just a song writer,
he was a great pandit and more than that, he was a devotee of Sri
Chaitanyadev."
"We have no quality, no qualification to serve the Vaishnavs. If we do not
got mercy from Vaishnavs, we cannot acquire, or get, service from the
Vaishnavs. That is why we always make Vaishnavs' tirobhav
(disappearance) festivals and remember such days.
"We are praying to that Vaishnav Thakur [Srila Narottam Das Thakur],
'Wherever you are staying, Prabhu, wherever you are living now, we want to
serve your servant! We want to serve your servant's servant.' We pray we can
get some mercy and can serve him, can protect his line and preach about him."
•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, please deliver Narottam this time!"
•Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. In every birth I
aspire for the dust of your feet."
•Thakura vaisnava-gana |
ঠাকুর বৈষ্ণবগণ "Narottam Das says, 'Seeing and hearing about my situation, I am stricken
with fear. Please rescue me and keep me by your side.'"
•Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath. My mind is
intently fixed upon the remnants of Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the
name of Vaishnavs."
•Nitai-pada kamala "Always aspire for Nitai's feet. Narottam is very sad: 'O Nitai! Make me
happy. Keep me beside your reddish feet.'"
•Gaurangera Duti Pada "Whether he lives in a house or in the forest, Narottam Das begs for the
association of one who calls, 'O Gauranga!'"
•Sri-rupa-manjari-pada |
শ্রীরূপমঞ্জরী-পদ "O Rupa! Please be merciful to me, give me shelter at your lotus feet.
Narottam is praying for your shelter."
•Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Not finding the association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes
with all these associates, Narottam Das weeps."
Vishnu,
Krishna and Nitai
'If you understand this, nobody will be able to defeat you. Otherwise, people
will say, "Oh, Vishnu and Krishna are the same", or, if you go even lower,
people say, "Oh, Kali and Krishna are the same!" What kinds of things people
say!'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Continuing
Service Movement
"We can practise Vaishnav-sanga, sadhu-sanga from anywhere. We must
always remember Krishna, chant the Holy Name, practise and do our service
from wherever we are. We must continue our service movement."
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Mon, 26 February 2024
Raghunath's Release
'Srila Raghunath Das Goswami tried to come to Mahaprabhu again and again, but
he could not come to Him. Only having got Nityananda Prabhu's mercy could
Srila Raghunath Das Goswami finally get service to Mahaprabhu.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Keep Your Guru
In Your Heart
"Our hearts are always full of kanak, kamini, pratistha—we always think about
our own enjoyment, we always think about our own safety. It is necessary to
have the strongest faith. You must keep some place in your heart for your
Guru."
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Tue, 27 February 2024
Flow of
Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'There was one more person who received Sriman Nityananda Prabhu's mercy in a
very wonderful way. That person is Srila Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami.
Although he had never personally met Sriman Nityananda Prabhu, he received
Nityananda Prabhu's mercy. How?'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Unparalleled
Vairagya
"Always read the pastimes of great Vaishnavs. We can read their biographies
and see how much tolerance they have, how much austerity they got in their
spiritual life. If we think about it, we will be astonished—we cannot imagine
how austere their life is."
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Tritiya. Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Sripad Bhakti Premik
Siddhanti Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
Religion of the
Heart
This book was prepared and published first in 2006 by His Holiness Sripad
Bhakti Premik Siddhanti Maharaj. It was received with great joy by His Divine
Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. Presenting it now
online for reading and downloading: "We do not know how good we are,
but I see that what comes from our kitchen is very tasteful for the jiva
souls. I could not conceive that this book would be like this, and it is
coming from Sripad Siddhanti Maharaj, then neither I nor you know what will
be inside, but when I have seen it, then I can say this book has come out
perfectly." (Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Wed, 28 February 2024
Shower of Nityananda Prabhu's Mercy
'If somebody ever says anything about Nitai behind His back, they will have
no relief in this world – there is nobody in this world who can save them! Go
and be careful, and tell everyone what you have heard from Me.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Pillars of
Devotional Life
"We must leave everything for the happiness of the Lord, for the happiness of
our Guru. We must learn how previous Vaishnavs maintained their lives, and we
must follow their example, their path. We must try to live and maintain our
life the way sadhus do. We must try to do that. We must try to
practise that."
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Thu, 29 February 2024
Krishna-Centred Renunciation
'I am not saying that you must leave your house and go live in the jungle.
This is false renunciation. We are told by Srila Rupa Goswamipad to practise
yukta-vairagya. It means, "Grhe thako, vane thako, sada Hari bole
dako: whether you live in a house or in a forest, always call out the
Holy Name."'
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Bengali)
Blessings and Guidance of Srila Prabhupad (spoken at the time of his
departure)
'I have caused anxiety to many people because I was bound to tell the truth
candidly; because I have told to practise Krishna consciousness without
deceit, many people may even consider me their enemy. To become eager to
sincerely serve Lord Krishna, leaving all other desires and deceit, I have
caused various anxiety to many people. Some day or another they will
understand what I am saying.'
শ্রীল
প্রভুপাদের অপ্রকট-কালীন আশীর্ব্বাণী
"আমি বহু লোককে উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি, অকৈতব সত্য কথা বলতে বাধ্য হয়েছি বলে, নিষ্কপটে
হরি-ভজন করতে বলেছি বলে অনেক লোক হয় ত' আমাকে শত্রুও মনে করেছেন । অন্যাভিলাষ ও
কপটতা ছেড়ে নিষ্কপটে কৃষ্ণ-সেবায় উন্মুখ হবার জন্যই আমি অনেক লোককে নানাপ্রকার
উদ্বেগ দিয়েছি । এ কথা তাঁ'রা কোনও না কোনও দিন বুঝতে পারবেন ।"
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 Panchami. Divine appearance festival of the founder of
the Sri Chaitanya Math and worldwide Sri Gaudiya Maths, Bhagavan Sri Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupad. Manifestation anniversary of
Sri Gupta Govardhan Mandir at Sri Govinda Kunda, Nabadwip. Disappearance of
Srila Purushottam 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 Bhagavan Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad:
"Today is a special day, Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur's appearance
day. If he had not come, where would we get Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila
Gurudev? If we do not get mercy from Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur,
without Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, we cannot think about Srila
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj."
— Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj
sri-siddhanta-sarasvatiti vidito gaudiya-gurv-anvaye
bhato bhanuriva prabhata-gagane yo gaura-sankirtanaih
mayavada-timingilodara-gatan uddhrtya jivaniman
krsna-prema-sudhabdhi-gahana-sukham pradat prabhum tam bhaje
"I serve my lord, who is known as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Thakur. Within the Gaudiya sampradaya's lineage of Gurus, he shines like the
sun in the morning sky. Through the sankirtan of Sriman Mahaprabhu he rescues
the souls engulfed within the belly of the timingila of illusionism and
bestows upon them the ecstasy of swimming in the nectarean ocean of divine
love for Krishna."
Biography of Bhagavan Sri
Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad
The first part of the biographical compilation dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad taken from a lecture of Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. The page shall be updated and expanded
in the course of time.
Srila Prabhupad:
Universal Benefactor
"This is how Prabhupad started preaching the proper conception in this world,
and it is owing to him that we are here now, that we can preach now. That is
why we must glorify Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur."
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Srila Saraswati Thakur's Mercy
"I am very happy that we celebrate the days of Srila Saraswati Thakur, Srila
Bhaktivinod Thakur together and I am very grateful that you have given me, a
lowly person, an asan on this stage... What teachings did Srila Saraswati
Thakur give to the world?"
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Srila Prabhupad:
Embodiment of Mercy
"Today is the holy appearance day of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Goswami Thakur Prabhupad, whom we are here to offer prayers to in
the assembly of the devotees. He is Jagad Guru and what he gave to the world,
no one else could ever give..."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Glory (1)
"Acharya-vandana: If you can realise the meaning this song, you can
get all glorification of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam: We sing it but we do not realise its
meaning because if we realised its meaning, we would get taste singing it. We
must sing it every day and be conscious of it."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Glory (2)
"Mahaprabhu predicted this, and Prabhupad fulfilled it through Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila
Gurudev. Now, in every village, all day, all night there is Hari-katha and
kirtan going on."
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Vaisnav Ke? (An Appeal to
Your Mind)
"We do not want to stay in the temple because there are so many rules and
regulations—everything has to be maintained at a certain time, and if you
live alone, nobody will tell you anything, but you will be losing your
devotional activities. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur said that
nirjan bhajan is self-deception."
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Download / listen to the audio (6.3 Mb, 19 min | 6 March 2016)Illustrious Acharya
"I am offering my obeisance at the lotus feet of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur whose disappearance day took place today. He is
not an ordinary person of this material world—he came from Goloka Vrindavan,
from the Lord Himself. When his job finished here, he passed the
responsibility to his beloved disciples and went back to his own home."
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Advent of Hari-Kirtan
Murti
"We have heard about so many glories of Bhagavan Srila Bhakti Siddhanta
Saraswati Thakur from many Vaishnavs, many scholars, and our Param Guru
Maharaj (Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj) also described everything in
his poetry."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Mission
"Srila Prabhupad taught what pure service is—he taught that everything could
be used and is meant for the service of the Lord. He established sixty-four
temples, and all the brahmacharis, sannyasis of these temples preached
house to house and distributed Hari-katha."
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Srila Prabhupad's
Teachings
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj often said that Srila Prabhupad's word was
very hard, like a stone or thunderbolt, but inside he could be soft as a
lotus. Fathers are always very loving and affectionate to their sons, but
Srila Prabhupad gave more love and affection that any father could give."
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Unimaginable Service
"It is unforgettable. We do not know who Krishna and Gurudev take service
from—only those who have some sukriti, who have some great fortune,
can participate in service in their life. There are so many rich people,
there are so many big people, but only a fortunate soul can do service."
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Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur(Bengali
class)
His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is speaking on this day in 2015
about Srila Prabhupad's birth, youth, initiation, Srila Bhakti Vinod
Thakur's founding the Yogapith temple, Srila Saraswati Thakur's preaching
pastimes, divine power transmission, and vast contribution to the
sampradaya.
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Sri Guru Parampara |
শ্রীগুরুপরম্পরা "The follower of Srila Gaura Kisor Das Babaji, the great soul Dayita Das (Srila
Saraswati Thakur), whose wealth is Sri Krsna-kirtan, fulfilled the desires of the whole
world. He is the dearmost of Sri Varsabhanavi and is always engaged in Her
service."
Sujanarvuda-radhita |
সুজনার্ব্বুদরাধিতপাদযুগং "My master, Prabhupad Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur, established
the religion of the age, Krsna-sankirtan, and is the chief minister of the
universal assembly of leading Vaisnavas. His lotus feet are worshipped
by millions of virtuous souls and fulfil the desires of those who dispel
souls' fears. Eternally I offer my obeisance to my master's worshippable
feet."
Jayare jayare jaya paramahamsa |
জয়রে জয়রে জয় পরমহংস "Glory, glory, glory to Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur,
this great swan-like perfect personality, abode of highest mercy, who is the
path and refuge for the low and miserable who have no refuge!"
Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Vani
"If someone does not consider it necessary to faithfully follow their Guru
and the Vaishnavs, their endeavour to serve the Lord is not service to the
Lord—it is service to maya."
'Sing the songs and read the translation to understand their meaning, chant
the Holy Name constantly—when somebody chants, listens to lectures,
reads Gurudev's lectures, I am very happy to see that, it gives me
pleasure.'