Resist
Defective Lifestyle
'"O Vaishnav Thakur, please rectify me! Please make me good. I am clasping
your feet." This is not about coming up and touching somebody's feet. No.
Bhakti Devi is not like that. You must mentally grasp Vaishnavs' feet and
feel sincerely, "I will not go anywhere from here. I will do whatever you
say."'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 2]
Pure Devotional
Life (1)
"You must pray to gurudev, you must check the calendar every day. Wake
up in the morning and give jay to gurudev, take
gurudev’s name. Give jay to Vaishnavs, to our
guru-varga. The more you talk about them, the more you will remember
them…"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
SWEET SUCCESS ASSURED
'Sometimes we achieve what we want and sometimes we do not. But service life
is not like that. We must not involve ourselves with any mundane matter. We
must involve ourselves with service and we must try to fulfil our service,
but the result is in the hand of Krishna. Whatever comes may be good or may
be bad but as much as possible I must always try to be successful. This is
our life, and joyfulness and success must finally come to us.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SRIMAN MAHAPRABHU VANDANA: Nagara bhramana kare
‘Wandering throughout the town, Gaura has now come home. Gaura has come home,
and my Nitai has also come home. Brushing the dust off Him, Sachi Mata takes
Gaura on her lap, and devotees start chanting, "Hari! Hari!" out of joy.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Five, chanted on Wednesdays)
'He reveals (first, to Sri Sanatan and then to Prakasananda) sixty-two
interpretations of the famous verse ‘Atmaramas cha… ittham-bhuta-guno
harih’ (‘Even self-realised, self-satisfied souls are moved to worship
the Lord’) from Srimad Bhagavatam; interpreting the various lexical
meanings of the eleven words of this verse, juxtaposed in different ways, He
reveals a treasure-mine of multitudinous meanings of this verse in consonance
with the precepts of pure devotional conclusions – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Thu, 2 April 2026
Six Pillars
of Devotional Life
'You must remember what the six good qualities are. You must see how
sadhus live in their lives and follow their example. These are not
ordinary activities (karma); such activities are service
(seva).'
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Today in the calendar:
Purnima. Vasanta Rasa of Sri Krishna. Rasa Yatra of Sri Sri Balaram.
Appearance of Srila Vamsi-vadananda Thakur and Srila Syamananda
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."
In honour of Sri Syamananda
Prabhu:
"Srinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, and Shyamananda Prabhu
started for Vrindavan to have the darshan of Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila
Sanatan Goswami, Srila Gopala Bhatta Goswami, Srila Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami
and others who were there.
"When they were only a few miles away from Mathura, they heard that Sanatan
Goswami had passed away. People were saying that that great Sanatan Goswami
who was the prime minister and who had captured all people in the whole of
Vrindavan within his heart—that Sanatan had passed away, a great disaster for
the country. What to do then? Rupa, Raghunath, Jiva and Gopala Bhatta were
still living, so Srinivas, Narottam, and Shyamananda dragged somehow on.
When they reached Mathura, they heard that Srila Rupa Goswami had left the
night before that. Sanatana left on an ashari purnima, and Srila Rupa Goswami
left after that on next dvadasi. They thought, "What hopeless and cursed
souls we are! We have come so near, yet we could not see those two generals
of Mahaprabhu!" Mahaprabhu sent two of his generals to Vrindavan to carry out
His orders and establish the kingdom of the Gaudiya Vaishnavs there... So,
they dragged their bodies to Vrindavan and came to Govinda Mandir. When they
reached it, they found that an evening aroti was going on there in a very
great splendour. There was a great crowd there—Srila Rupa Goswami had just
passed away, so with that feeling of high bereavement, everybody was chanting
his name madly. Srinivas, Narottam, and Shyamananda Prabhu were there, but
Srinivas Acharya could not stand that sort of sentimental wave—he was
standing aside and he fainted. When he regained his consciousness, he saw
Srila Jiva Goswami with some of his followers...
In this way, Srinivas Acharya, Narottam Das Thakur, and Shyamananda Prabhu
stayed in Vrindavan for one year—Srinivas Acharya took initiation from
Gopala Bhatta, Narottam Thakur from Lokanath Goswami, and Shyamananda Prabhu
from Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu..."
(Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
"Sri Gauri Das Pandit is one of the twelve cowherd friends of Krishna in
Vrindavan. Shyamananda Prabhu was his disciple and followed him in the
sakhya-bhav (transcendental mood of friendship with the Lord), however when
he later entered the association of Srila Jiva Goswami Prabhu, who was a
follower of Sri Rupa Goswami, he exhibited madhura-bhav (transcendental mood
of paramour relationship with the Lord). Shyamananda Prabhu was promoted to
the manjari group by the mercy of Lalita Devi. Later, Shyamananda Prabhu went
to preach with Srila Narottam Das Thakur and Srila Srinivas Acharya. Srila
Narottam Das Thakur preached in Bangladesh, Srila Srinivas Acharya Prabhu
preached in the north, and Srila Shyamananda Prabhu preached in Midnapore.
They preached and protected our line, Rupa Goswami's line, the main
conception."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 3]
Pure Devotional
Life (2)
"Sadhus always live following all rules strictly and regularly. If you
live at home, you must always practise; otherwise, you will not get any
result. Practice is the main thing. If you cannot do that, then everything
will be a waste."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
ANSWERS THROUGH LETTERS
'After the disappearance of Srila Guru Maharaj, in his separation so many
inauspicious things have happened, and due to that I am really too much
shocked both mentally and bodily, but by the will of Krishna, there is no
other way to spend a single moment without His seva programme.
Nirjan-bhajan may be possible singlely but sankirtan is not
possible without Vaishnava association; in that way we are in the proper line
of our Srila Guru Maharaj. Until death we must try to maintain our joyful
sankirtan life.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Amara jivana sada pape rata
‘My life is always engrossed in sin. There is not a trace of piety in it. And
I have been giving others so much anxiety and pain. I am not afraid to commit
sins for my own happiness. I am merciless and selfish. I always lie. I feel
unhappy to see others happy, and I feel happy to see others sad.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Six, chanted on Thursdays)
'Captivated by and afflicted with an intense feeling of separation, He runs
swiftly to the simha-dvara gate of Lord Jagannathdev’s holy temple;
the next moment He falls down on the spot, His holy figure transformed into
that of a tortoise by the influence of deep separation; attracted by the
uncommon divine fragrance emanating from His holy figure, the Telangi cows
residing at the temple draw near, surrounding Him – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Fri, 3 April 2026
Leave This World
'What does it say here? "Give up all visaya (material things)."
Visaya means money, wealth, property, cars, houses, whatever you have.
Does it mean that you should leave everything and go to live in the jungle?
Do you think that you will come to the Lord like that?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 4]
Detach and
Immerse Yourself
"You must accept everything that comes; do not recoil at anything. Obstacles
and danger can come. There are things that are unfavourable to
devotional life, and you cannot do both what is favourable and what is
unfavourable."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
TREASURES: SHORT EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS
'Outer space is a foreign place to us and it is only possible to survive
there in a carefully protected space-capsule. Similarly we are to lead
spiritual life in this world in an environment carefully protected by
devotion.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Ki jani ki bale
‘Everything belongs to You, and I am only a servant. Please rescue me! I have
embraced Your holy feet, so I no longer belong to myself. Crying, Bhaktivinod
has surrendered at Your feet. Please take charge of him – forgive his
offences and let him have taste for the Holy Name.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Seven, chanted on Fridays)
'He is a holy embodiment of the beautiful reality which is beyond the reach
of one’s eyes and ears, which paralyses the very necessity of intelligence
and which leaves even firmly fixed consciousness dumbstruck when divine love
surges up – even Brahma, Sambhu (Siva), as well as their revealed scriptures,
Vedas and tantras cannot conceive of such reality, so they merely keep
searching after Him – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Sat, 4 April 2026
Do Not Poison Your
Mind
'Kirtan must come from the heart. If somebody else sings or chants
something, what benefit does it give you? Do not listen to hired
Bhagavatam readers or kirtan singers. Even if you listen to
them for ten million lifetimes, it will not bring you to the Lord because
those hired people commit offences to the Holy Name.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 5]
Earn
Qualification
"O Lord, You have been so merciful to me – You have told me to chant the Holy
Name, but I have no qualification, I am not fit. How will I chant it? When
will You take pity on this servant and allow him to earn the necessary
qualification? What is the qualification to chant Krishna-kirtan?"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(1.1)
VAISHNAVA THAKUR
'I don’t know to what extent the disciples of Srila Guru Maharaj and other
devotees all over the world are aware of just how much they are also indebted
to Sripad Bhakti Sundar Govinda Maharaj. So this is a wonderful opportunity
that we could all come together and show some appreciation on this day.'
(1.2)
THE ORIGINAL CURRENT
'From the very beginning of our coming to Srila Guru Maharaj he taught us the
glories of Srila Govinda Maharaj. On his own Vyasa-puja day, the day after
the sannyasa of Srila Govinda Maharaj, Srila Guru Maharaj said,
“Furthermore I want to say one thing, tadiyanam samarchanam, if you
serve who is beloved of me, that is more than service to me.”'
(1.3)
SRILA GURU MAHARAJ'S DIVINE DESIRE AND DIRECTIVES
'Hereby, I do reveal my final desire and directives unto all my Eastern and
Western lady and gentlemen disciples, as well as to the faithful souls
devoted to the Divinity, that: they must respect him as the exclusive Acharya
and President, and remain faithful to him and cooperate with him in the
service duties of the Math. If anyone cannot honour these directives and this
final desire of mine, then they shall be bound to disassociate themselves
from my established Maths.'
(2.1)
DESCENT OF KNOWLEDGE
'Everywhere in Srila Guru Maharaj’s books and Srila Swami Maharaj’s books
there is advice and descriptions for our benefit, and if you can capture the
essence and understand that properly, you will receive everything. The only
cause of not capturing that essence is a deficiency of transcendental
knowledge. Our deficiency lies there, and our necessity is to take the help
of an expert.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Emana durmati samsara-bhitare
‘(O Lord!) I have fallen into this vile material world, but You have sent a
great soul, Your associate, to me. Seeing me so fallen, he took pity on me
and came to me, saying: "Poor soul, listen to this good news, it will make
your heart rejoice."’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part One, chanted on Saturdays)
'Demigods, perfected souls, liberated souls, yogis and Lord’s devotees always
sing His praise; He relieves the world from the blazing forest fire of
three-fold miseries (caused by the desire for enjoyment, liberation and
perfections) brought about by inauspicious actions (performed in aversion to
the Supreme Lord); an ocean of generosity, He bestows His own Name from the
nectarean storehouse of Lord Sri Krishna’s Names – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Sun, 5 April 2026
Once Upon a Guru
'There is one story about a guru. I have told it to you many times,
and I will tell it to you again today. So, there was that one guru who
gave initiation to many people...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 6]
Humble Heartfelt
Plea
"‘When will I come and be able to take shelter in such a guru? When will I be
able to serve gurudev?’ You must always remember this. If you go directly to
the Lord, you will not get any reply. The Lord sends His own dear associate
to this world to tell us about Him. Therefore, we pray, ‘When will I get Sri
Chaitanya’s mercy? When will I get the association of Vaishnavs?’"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(2.2) LESSONS IN GIVING
'Always we must try to offer ourselves to our Guru; and the Guru’s nature is
that he always sends everything immediately to the lotus feet of his Guru,
and in this way through the preceptorial line everything very quickly reaches
Krishna.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Durlabha manava janma
‘I have got a rare human life in this world, but I have not worshipped Lord
Krishna. Who shall I tell about my misery now? I have wasted all my time on
material life and family and have got nothing but garbage as the
result...’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Two, chanted on Sundays)
'Very tall, beautiful and infused with divine love, His holy form increases
gods’ joy; the lustre of His body, which puts millions of golden lotuses to
shame, is worshipped by the Moon; and His intrinsic form is a holy abode of
divine pastimes manifest as eternal ever-increasing transcendental ecstatic
transformations that spring up as He revels dancing in Sri
Krishna-sankirtan – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Mon, 6 April 2026
'My Happiness or
Your Head'
'The king was still unhappy. Finally, he told his guru, "Listen,
gurudev, I think that you must be cheating me. You are only taking my
money and doing nothing. I am giving you seven days – if I do not feel peace
within seven days, I will cut your head off." Like guru, like
disciple.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 7]
Quality and
Qualification
"If I cannot give honour to others, then the Lord, the Vaishnav will not give
me the right (the qualification) to chant kirtan. If I try to chant
myself, it will be only letters, it will not be kirtan proper. Those
who cannot give honour to others chant only a tune, they do not chant
kirtan. Remember this."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(2.3) PROTECTED JOURNEY
'Yesterday someone asked, “How do we see that Baladev Vidyabhusana is in the
line of Visvanath Chakravarti and Rupa Goswami?” Actually they are protectors
of our sampradaya from the illusory environment created by the
pandit section.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Bhajahu re mana sri-nanda-nandana
‘Dear mind, serve the fearless holy lotus feet of the Son of Nanda. This
human life is very rare, so cross this ocean of material existence by
spending it in the association of saints.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Three, chanted on Mondays)
'He ardently preached that service performed in various divine relationships
(from dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya- to madhura-rasa)
and the (paramount) service beauty of Sri Radha’s servitors in the highest
paramour madhura-rasa, as well as any transcendental hankering of the
self-realised souls in Sri Vraja Dham, can indisputably be realised in Sri
Vrajendra-nandan only – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Tue, 7 April 2026
Price of Peace
'It is not possible to feel any peace or happiness without first coming free
from material bondage. If you take initiation from a bogus guru, you
will not get any result. You can live with such a guru your whole
life, but you will get nothing.'
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Srila Krishna
Das Babaji Maharaj: 'My Close Friend'
From the holy lotus mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: 'Our
connection was something above the conscious area of our experience, it was a
causeless connection, and we had much in common in many ways. I met him first
in 1926 or so. I found him shortly after I joined Gaudiya Math...'
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"I am offering my obeisance to Sri Krishna Das Prabhu, whose form is very
beautiful and auspicious, who always smiles and has a very melodious voice;
who day and night chants the Holy Name in a very beautiful way, bringing
about the nectar of Lord Krishna; who resides in Vraja during the pastimes of
Lord Krishna and in Mayapur during the pastimes of Gaura; and who sports in
devotion with proper renunciation."
The
Root of Our Fortune
"Srila Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj was a good kirtaniya and a good
singer, and that Krishna Das Babaji Maharaj would walk from Nabadwip to
Hapaniya and chant Srila Sridhar Maharaj's song..."
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Cracking
"'Time has passed as I have been busy in my material life, and I have got
nothing—only became burdened. What sort of world is this?' In this world
there is no want of food, no want of money, no want of anything except only
one thing..."
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 8]
Devotional
Depth
"We must serve our guru, Vaishnavs and the Lord with all our hearts,
souls, minds and bodies, extracting and smearing mellows of deep love from
our hearts. We must do it internally, with all our hearts – not in some
external way, within the external world. You must serve
internally."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(2.4) ADJUSTING TO HIS ACCOUNT
'At the present time we cannot do pure service and we cannot chant Krishna’s
Name properly. For example, we know from Guru, Vaishnav, and
sastra that Krishna and Krishna-nama are the same; why then do
we not receive the result of Krishna Himself appearing within our hearts when
we chant Krishna-nama? We must consider this point. The result of
chanting real Krishna-nama is that Krishna will appear in the heart,
but Krishna is not appearing within our hearts, therefore we know we are not
engaging in real Krishna-nama. Therefore, in our present position we
are in the stage of practising, and this is also true for other forms of
service. By practising here, the force of our habit will put us in good
standing. If we practise chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, then
even while sleeping, that Hare Krishna mantra will appear within us.
If we practise doing service, then also while sleeping we shall think of
service.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: E ghora-samsare padiya manava
‘Those who have fallen into this terrible world never cease suffering. But if
you associate with sadhus and serve the Lord, your suffering will come
to an end.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Four, chanted on Tuesdays)
'Overcome with strong bouts of divine love surging through Him and becoming
unconscious of the world around Him, He dances madly and chants
kirtan; the tears streaming incessantly from His eyes flood His body,
the colour of molten gold and tall as the mount Sumeru, His clothes, the
colour of the newly risen sun, and the earth in all fourteen directions
around Him; He glows as He chants, ‘Krishna! Krishna!’, shouts jumbled up
words and relishes various postures and behaviours (roaring with laughter,
etc.) under the influence of divine love – I am singing in praise of this
beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Wed, 8 April 2026
Pave Your Road
to Holy Dham
'If you want to get relief, you must take shelter at the holy feet of the
guru, Vaishnav and the Lord. There is no other way. Chant the Holy
Name of the Lord, think about the Lord. Practise Krishna consciousness. I do
not have anything else to tell you. Always remember what I have told you,
always speak about Krishna.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 9]
Surrender and
Practise
"You must do properly the service that gurudev has given you. You must
listen to what gurudev says and realise, "I want to do the service
that gurudev has given me, I will do it." If you do something out of
your own accord – if you follow what your mind says – it will be
karma."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(2.5) PRESENT POSITION, BRIGHTEST PROSPECT
'When we walk along a path we may step on many blades of durvasa grass, but
when that same kind of grass is offered to the Lord we take that upon our
head. We cannot even think to crush it beneath our feet. Why? We cannot think
such a thing because we know it has been offered to Krishna therefore it has
assumed a transcendental position. So Krishna says, “If you can do everything
for My satisfaction then you will have no debt, and furthermore you will be
benefited even while in this mundane plane.” This is the main principle to be
followed for our living in this world.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Gora pahu na bhajiya mainu
‘I did not worship Gora’s feet, I did not care for the jewel treasure of
divine love! I have lost my chance! Why am I still alive? What joy is there
in this life? Oh, why did Narottam Das not just die?…’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Five, chanted on Wednesdays)
'He reveals (first, to Sri Sanatan and then to Prakasananda) sixty-two
interpretations of the famous verse ‘Atmaramas cha… ittham-bhuta-guno
harih’ (‘Even self-realised, self-satisfied souls are moved to worship
the Lord’) from Srimad Bhagavatam; interpreting the various lexical
meanings of the eleven words of this verse, juxtaposed in different ways, He
reveals a treasure-mine of multitudinous meanings of this verse in consonance
with the precepts of pure devotional conclusions – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Thu, 9 April 2026
Our Happiness
and Mission
'This is the most valuable and important knowledge for us in our lives. You
think that you know everything, but there is no question of knowing
everything – first you must know who you are.'
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Today in the calendar:
Krishna Saptami. Disappearance of Srila Abhiram Thakur.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
From a purport found in Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita:
"Sri Ramadas, later known as Abhiram Thakur, was one of the twelve
gopals, or cowherd boyfriends, of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. The
Gaura-ganoddesa-dipika (126) states that Sri Ramadasa was formerly Sridam.
By the order of Sri Nityananda Prabhu, Abhiram Thakur became a great
acharya and preacher of the Chaitanya cult of devotional service. He was a
very influential personality, and nondevotees were very much afraid of him.
Empowered by Sri Nityananda Prabhu, he was always in ecstasy and was
extremely kind to all fallen souls. It is said that if he offered obeisances
to any stone other than a salagrama-sila, it would immediately fracture. It
is also said that Abhiram Thakur had a whip and that whoever he touched with
it would immediately become an elevated devotee of Krishna. Among his many
disciples, Sriman Srinivas Acharya was the most famous and the most dear,
but it is doubtful that he was his initiated disciple."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 10]
Cut Off
Material Attachment
"We must all reach the nectar where we have come from. How long we have been
living in the bondage of this material world! Until and unless our material
attachment goes away, we will not feel attachment and love for the Lord and
for the service of the Lord."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(2.6) FORTUNATE INDEED
'We are so fortunate that we have many things, now it is the time to use that
“property” properly. I heard from Srila Guru Maharaj the phrase, “religion is
proper adjustment.” Everything has been given but it is necessary for us to
make proper adjustment: to understand who we are; what our duty is; who is
Krishna, and who is His servitor.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Atma-nivedana tuya pade kari
‘Submitting myself at Your feet, I have become extremely happy. All my
unhappiness is gone far away, and I no longer worry about anything – I see
happiness in all directions.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Six, chanted on Thursdays)
'Captivated by and afflicted with an intense feeling of separation, He runs
swiftly to the simha-dvara gate of Lord Jagannathdev’s holy temple;
the next moment He falls down on the spot, His holy figure transformed into
that of a tortoise by the influence of deep separation; attracted by the
uncommon divine fragrance emanating from His holy figure, the Telangi cows
residing at the temple draw near, surrounding Him – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Fri, 10 April 2026
Where
Does Your Submission Lie?
'You must always keep yourselves within the shelter of spiritual life. How
should you practise Krishna consciousness? How can you come to the Lord? What
should you do to get rid of all the unwanted elements within you?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 11]
Bogus
Kirtan – Bogus Devotion
"People chant kirtans going house to house for their own purpose. They
you serve the Lord hoping to get something in return, but if you practise
bogus kirtan, you will not get any result. People do this to earn
money; it is business."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(3.1) THE WRITTEN WORD
'All over the world Srila Guru Maharaj arranged the fire sacrifice of
sankirtan and we are the ingredients to fuel the flames of that fire,
but if we hide ourselves from there then that is not real saving, but that is
suiciding. That is, everything is transcendentally arranged there and
therefore we cannot feel the burning sensation. Only we can feel the
transcendental joyful nourishment of the mood of sacrifice.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Sarvasva tomara charane sapiya
‘Submitting everything at Your feet, I have come to Your home. You are my
Master, so please consider me Your dog. Sitting or lying down, I will always
think about Your feet. As soon as You call me, I will come to You,
dancing.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Seven, chanted on Fridays)
'He is a holy embodiment of the beautiful reality which is beyond the reach
of one’s eyes and ears, which paralyses the very necessity of intelligence
and which leaves even firmly fixed consciousness dumbstruck when divine love
surges up – even Brahma, Sambhu (Siva), as well as their revealed scriptures,
Vedas and tantras cannot conceive of such reality, so they merely keep
searching after Him – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Sat, 11 April 2026
Do Not
Take This Life for Granted
'You all live in your material lives, in your family lives, so how can you
practise Krishna consciousness? You are always busy with your material
lives – you are always taking care of your children, husbands, wives, houses.
We are born as humans, but we still live worrying about all this...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 12]
Embracing
Controlled Life
"When gurudev tells you to do some service or to go somewhere, you
must do that. If you do not do it – if you keep saying that you have no time
or make other excuses – then one day this opportunity will be gone. That is
why I am telling you all: surrender everything to gurudev, and,
whichever way gurudev will use it, it is his matter."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIGNITY OF THE DIVINE SERVITOR •
(3.2) JEWELS
'Sankirtan means that all together we are chanting the Holy Names and
offering service whole-heartedly to our Divine Master and our Lord. Krishna
only looks at this qualification and no other. Each one is like an auspicious
stick of wood fully dedicating himself for the exaltation of Srila Guru
Maharaj by entering into the sankirtan fire sacrifice. These sticks
are burning happily because they do not receive pain, only purification. It
is my only prayer to you all that you must look to this central Math where
there is continuous service to the Deities and Srila Guru Maharaj as well as
the living sankirtan fire sacrifice which is always continuing
here.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Sarvasva tomara charane sapiya
‘Forgetting You, I came to this material world and suffered all kinds of
pain, but now I have come to Your holy feet. Let me tell You my sad
story. When I was in my mother’s womb, I lived in terrible confinement. One
time, dear Lord, You let me see You, and this poor servant realised how
deprived he was.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part One, chanted on Saturdays)
'Demigods, perfected souls, liberated souls, yogis and Lord’s devotees always
sing His praise; He relieves the world from the blazing forest fire of
three-fold miseries (caused by the desire for enjoyment, liberation and
perfections) brought about by inauspicious actions (performed in aversion to
the Supreme Lord); an ocean of generosity, He bestows His own Name from the
nectarean storehouse of Lord Sri Krishna’s Names – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Sun, 12 April 2026
Prasad
Consciousness
'We must always remember the Lord. You all know how we can do this and how we
must live. We suffer from five material diseases, and it is said in the
scriptures that if we honour prasad, then all material illusion will
be removed. Prasad-seva: we must honour prasad. What does it
mean?'
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Science of Self-Effacement (From the holy mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
'Your progress will depend on the extent to which you are consciously doing
your duty to satisfy your guru, Vaishnavs and Krishna. The degree and
intensity of your earnestness, hankering and thirst to satisfy them will
determine your progress and improvement. We shall always try to be faithful
to the conception centred around the guru, Vaishnav, Krishna,
Mahaprabhu, and so on. Our way is mainly self-effacement and
self-surrender.'
Be
Courageous (From the holy mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
"We must not be disappointed. We must have courage. We must face everything
courageously and well-meaning in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Srimad
Bhagavatam comes to teach us to face any danger, any adverse circumstance
with this spirit. This should be our real spirit when facing trouble, then we
will get relief very soon, we will not have to wait long."
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Dasami. Disappearance of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
In honour of Sri Chaitanya-Vyas
Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur:
~ Pranam-mantra ~
dasa-vrndavanam vande krsna-dasa-prabhum tatha
chhannavatara-chaitanya-lila-vistara-karinau
dvau nityananda-padabja-karuna-renu-bhusitau
vyakta-chchhannau budhachintyau vavande vyasa-rupinau
sri-guru-gaura-gandharva-govindas cha ganaih saha
jayanti pathakas chatra sarvesam karunarthinah
"I offer my obeisances to Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur and Srila
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami, who made public the pastimes of the hidden
avatar, Sri Chaitanya. They were both adorned with the mercy-dust of
the lotus feet of Nityananda. I offer my obeisances to these two
inconceivable sages who assumed the form of Vyasadeva, one—explicitly
(Vrindavan Das Thakur), another—hiddenly (Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami).
Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva Govinda and Their associates
are ever victorious and we, the students, pray for Their
mercy."
(Composed by Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Srila Vrindavan
Das Thakur
His holy birthplace (Mamgachhi), his holy Deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai), his
holy pastimes place (haritaki tree), and his holy samadhi
(Denur)...
Land of Childhood Pastimes of Srila Vrindavan Das Thakur [From Sri Nabadwip Dham
Mahatmya-Mukta-Mala]
An extensive chapter about the pastimes and glory of Srila Vrindavan Das
Thakur and two special profound dedicated articles in his eternal
glorification.
Under a Haritaki Tree
"Vrindavan Das Thakur's mother's name is Narayani, and she was a niece of
Srivas Pandit. Mahaprabhu always held kirtans in the house of Srivas Pandit,
and Narayani lived in that same house. When she was very little, she got
Mahaprabhu's mercy..."
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Clasping Nityananda
Prabhu's Feet
"Nityananda is nondifferent from Guru-tattva: without mercy of the Guru you
cannot get the mercy of Krishna. When will Nityananda Prabhu give me some
mercy? When will He be compassionate to me and relieve me from the mundane
illusion?"
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Are bhai! nitai amara dayara avadhi
'Brother! My Nitai is the acme of mercy personified! Bestowing mercy on
souls, He roams from place to place constantly begging everyone to accept
divine love for the Lord.'
Bimala hema-jini
‘His figure defeats pure gold! Various flower garlands adorn Him,
highlighting His beauty, and in His ecstatic thrill, the hairs on His body
standing erect defeat the beautiful stamens of kadamba flowers! His body is
covered with drops of perspiration.’
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
10 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 13]
Start From
Tongue
"People say, ‘Oh, I will die if I do not eat fish and meat.’ This is a very
bad mentality. If your intelligence is bad, you cannot control your mind. If
you cannot control your tongues, you will not be able to control
anything."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
DIVINE BENEVOLENCE ABROAD
'Srila Govinda Maharaj loves every one of us, and if the devotees can come
together as a loving, serving family, then a beautiful thing will happen.
Whenever strangers will see Srila Govinda Maharaj's disciples they will say,
"They are so nice, and so loving to each other. Let's try to arrange
something with them so that we can gain their association."'
UNIVERSAL GRACE
'There we find all happiness, all ecstasy, all beauty, charm, and Divine
Love. Whatever we want in this mundane world within our conditioned
position—beyond that, in the Transcendental World, that Divine Love is always
waiting for us, waiting to embrace us. That is the actual position, and one
who can understand this cannot live without giving that gift to others. That
is Krishna consciousness. Once we wake up and get connected with that
consciousness, we can never leave it.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Manasa deha geha
‘I have offered my mind, body, home, whatever I have, at Your feet, Nanda
Kishor. Whether I am living peacefully or in danger, whether I am alive or
dead, all my responsibility is gone by embracing Your feet.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Two, chanted on Sundays)
'Very tall, beautiful and infused with divine love, His holy form increases
gods’ joy; the lustre of His body, which puts millions of golden lotuses to
shame, is worshipped by the Moon; and His intrinsic form is a holy abode of
divine pastimes manifest as eternal ever-increasing transcendental ecstatic
transformations that spring up as He revels dancing in Sri
Krishna-sankirtan – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Tue, 14 April 2026
Every Day Service
Day
'You think that you can get a hired band to sing some kirtans at your
home and this is what spiritual practice is, but what they chant is not the
Holy Name! We do not practise like that. What do we do? You eat every day,
you sleep every day, you take a shower every day – in the same way, you must
serve the Lord every single day, too.'
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Cow Consciousness (From the holy mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
'Many souls aspire to become a cow in Vrindavan. Cows are represented as the
most innocent of all the animals and are considered to be of peaceful nature.
We must learn and try to be sincere to our own selves. Purify your inner
hearts; do not be eager to purify the outer aspect. The circumstances, the
environment will help you to go up. Do not be eager to hold an upper position
yourselves.'
All Glory to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga
— · Announcement · —
Disappearance Festival of Om Vishnupad Paramahamsa
Parivrajakacharya-varya Ashtottara-sata-sri
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my Gurudev, the best of acharyas, Srila
Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart guardian of
the current of pure devotion whose highest form flows from our most
worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to
Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani.
I offer my respectful obeisances to Swami Bhakti Nirmal Acharya, who is
energetically inspiring all of Eastern and Western disciples on the path of
pure devotion.
Dear Devotees, Vaishnavs and Well-Wishers,
Bowing down at your holy feet, we would like to extend to you a humble and
earnest invitation to join the observance of the divine disappearance day of
our beloved Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad-Guru Sri Srila Bhakti Nirmal
Acharya Maharaj, manifesting this year on 16 April 2026
(this Thursday).
On this worshippable day, fraught with sorrowful remembrance of His Divine
Grace's withdrawal from this world that plunged us into abysmal, pathetic
darkness yet pleased the hearts of Sri Sri Guru Gauranga Gandharva
Govinda-sundar for They regained the company of Their beloved associate in
Their eternal pastimes, we pray for forgiveness of our offences that prevent
us from rejecting the illusory charms surrounding us and embracing His Divine
Grace's instructions exclusively, as our all-in-all. May the merciful
teachings of His Divine Grace reign forever victorious in our hearts. We hope
all devotees find an opportunity to observe this holy day for the
satisfaction of Sri Gurupadpadma, keeping his divine Guidance on their heads:
'Always sit amidst fire blazing on all four sides. This fire is Hari-katha,
kirtan, service to the Lord, and service to the guru. You must
progress in your practising life keeping the sacrificial fire of your service
ablaze.'
Your aspiring servants,
On behalf of SCSMathInternational.com
• Observing Festivals
His Divine Grace many times advised how to hold special programmes and taught
it many times by his own example. In summary, such programmes usually consist
of kirtan glorification, Hari-katha, arati, pushpanjali
(offering of flowers to a photograph) and prasad-seva (cooking a
special offering, offering it at the altar and lovingly distributing it to
devotees).
•
Favourite Preparations
When asked, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj
replies, 'When devotees give me something with affection, I accept it.'
Presented on this page, however, is a list of preparations favourite to His
Divine Grace that was provided by the servitors of His Divine Grace.
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | NOON | PART 2]
Think About Lord
"The Lord says, ‘If you think about Me, I will think about you. But if you
think about yourself, then why must I look after you?’ Do not think about
yourselves – always think about the Lord. Our line of devotion is such that
we always think about the Lord, ‘How can I make the Lord happy?’"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
THE EYE-OPENER
'Material education such as we have in colleges and universities is, we are
sorry to say, nothing more than progress in ignorance. We can have true
knowledge only when we surrender to the lotus feet of a spiritual master.
Real knowledge will make us understand our own self, and God. We will realise
our happy position as a servitor, and we will serve accordingly.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: (Hari he!) prapanche padiya
‘O Lord! I have fallen into this material world, becoming helpless. I do not
see the way out now. You are the shelter of the shelterless, so I surrender
myself at Your holy feet. You are everything to me now.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Three, chanted on Mondays)
'He ardently preached that service performed in various divine relationships
(from dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya- to madhura-rasa)
and the (paramount) service beauty of Sri Radha’s servitors in the highest
paramour madhura-rasa, as well as any transcendental hankering of the
self-realised souls in Sri Vraja Dham, can indisputably be realised in Sri
Vrajendra-nandan only – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Wed, 15 April 2026 (Adhivas of Sri Gurupadpadma's holy
disappearance day)
Universal
Stumbling Block
'We are suffering because we forgot the Lord, and the only way to get relief
from this suffering is to take shelter at the holy feet of a genuine
guru. We do not realise that if we want to get something great, we
must sacrifice small things. Our only difficulty is that we cannot do
that.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | NOON | PART 3]
Stay Away from
Nonsense
"Do not waste your time. Instead of reading newspapers and watching TV,
series and news, chant the Holy Name. There is no use watching the news – it
is all lies. Today he says that you are a thief, and tomorrow you are saying
that he is a thief. Is that news? This is all lies."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
LIFE'S DESTINATION
'A proper examination of the Vedic scriptures will leave us with no doubt
that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Throughout the whole
world people are chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and through
that we can also have some understanding. In all the scriptures—the Vedanta,
Upanisads, eighteen Puranas, etc.—everywhere we find chanted the glories of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. Still the question arises, "What
is Krishna consciousness, and why should we worship Krishna?"'
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Four, chanted on Tuesdays)
'Overcome with strong bouts of divine love surging through Him and becoming
unconscious of the world around Him, He dances madly and chants
kirtan; the tears streaming incessantly from His eyes flood His body,
the colour of molten gold and tall as the mount Sumeru, His clothes, the
colour of the newly risen sun, and the earth in all fourteen directions
around Him; He glows as He chants, ‘Krishna! Krishna!’, shouts jumbled up
words and relishes various postures and behaviours (roaring with laughter,
etc.) under the influence of divine love – I am singing in praise of this
beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Thu, 16 April 2026 (Holy disappearance day of Om Vishnupad
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj)
"I bow my head in eternal obeisance to my gurudev, the best of acharyas,
Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. He is the ever vigilant, stalwart
guardian of the current of pure devotion, whose highest form flows from our
most worshippable Sri Rupanuga Guru-varga in their exclusive dedication to
Mahabhav, Srimati Radharani."
"A disappearance day is also called viraha-tithi, a separation day.
Viraha, separation, comes if there is relation—if you have some
relation with the person, then separation comes. When and how does relation
come? It comes through service. If you have no service, you have no relation;
if you have service, then you have relation, and when there is relation,
separation comes. No service—no relation. Remember this."
"You must always listen and speak about the Lord. Where will you find
Gurudev? Gurudev has gone now. But you can get his association if you read
his books. When I am not here, where will you get my association? I have
books – if you read those books, you can get the darshan of your Gurudev and
get his association every day. Guru is always with us; he always gives us
instruction. If we remember his instructions, his words, if we read his
books, we will always get his association through that."
~Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj
"This day is very painful for me. In happy or unhappy times, he was always
with me. I always received help and advice from him. I did not feel any fear
towards him. Many devotees were afraid to go to Gurudev, but I have never
felt any fear. I always went to him unobstructed, and I could tell him
everything without any hesitation, and I always knew that I had somebody. But
now I have lost this person... This day gives me very much pain. Those who do
not have a relationship with their gurudev cannot understand this.
They can never understand the pain of losing one's guru... Only those
who have a relationship with gurudev can understand this pain of
losing one's guru. We mostly forge only bodily relationships in this
world, but when it comes to the relationship with your guru, this is
something of the heart – that attraction, that pull comes from the heart
(this is not some bodily attraction). The real attraction comes from the
heart. Gurudev is my dearest person, my most worshippable person, my closest
friend. This is whom I lost..."
~Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj
Autobiography of Srila
B.N. Acharya Maharaj To try to describe unlimited glories of a Vaishnav is a very challenging
task, and because the nature of Guru is beyond what we can grasp with our
material intelligence and beyond what we can perceive with our material
senses, it makes the task even harder. Presented here is an autobiographical
discourse of His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj, the
current Acharya and Sevaite of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
PHOTO ALBUM The photographs presented in this dedicated photo album are only a few
glimpses into a particle of the service and contribution that His Divine
Grace has made. May they however become a source of inspiration for the
service and dedication to the lotus feet of Sri Gurudev that His Divine Grace
embodies.
My Grief[22 March 2016 | Part 1]
"Today, by the mercy of Sri Gurupadpadma, by the mercy of Gaura Hari, you
have successfully, beautifully and without any obtacles completed Sri
Nabadwip Dham parikrama. It is a very happy, joyful day, but at the
same time it is also a sorrowful day..."
Who Will Understand
This?[22 March 2016 | Part 2]
"This relationship is not a two-day connection, this connection is not just
to take initiation and go away, no. You must not only think like this, but
you must understand it. What is the love of Guru? What do you
receive from your Guru? You must always think about it."
'I Am at Your Service'
'I have seen how many times Gurudev went abroad to reach out to you all, to
touch your heart and how much love and affection he gave to you all. Gurudev
chose me as his perfect dog for his service, and I am always at your service:
you can use me in any way, in any place.'
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2020)
Cannot Have
Foot in Both Camps
'Why will we leave Krishna consciousness? Why do we go to surrender to Maya?
If we surrender to Gurudev, then Gurudev will engage us in the service of the
Lord as surrendered devotees. But if we surrender to Maya, she will keep us
as her prisoners.'
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2020)
Do Not Compromise
with Maya
"So many problems came in their time, and they did not back off—they spoke
the truth; but we are ready to compromise our principles—we compromise what
Mahaprabhu teaches us with other things. Srila Sridhar Maharaj saw a big
dream that Mahaprabhu's proper conception would be preached all over the
world by Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, and that is happening now. We must not
surrender to maya."
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The last recorded Hari-katha and Guidance of Sri Gurupadpadma:
Take Care of Yourself[2 May 2021 | Part 1]
"...This is the situation now—we must all be careful. We must chant more and
more, we must preach more and more, and we must practise more and more.
Always continue following all the rules and regulations—we must distribute
the teachings that we have got from our Gurudev to others."
Sadhus' Fight[2 May 2021 | Part 2]
"This is a battlefield. We will not run away from the battlefield—we will
always stand and fight against Maya. You can see everywhere that finally
demons are always defeated by the sadhu. Om is always at the side of a
sadhu. Please you all take care yourself. In this situation, everybody
should practise on their own, do not be disheartened."
Be Exclusive,
One-Pointed[2 May 2021 | Part 3]
"If you think about good things, then all bad things will automatically be
removed from you. Do not worry so much about this. When you think some
anartha is coming, you must give more and more attention to
practising—concentrate your mind on practising."
শ্রীগুরুপাদপদ্মের শেষ-কথা
(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত)
[২ মে ২০২১] "এটা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র । আমরা যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র
থেকে কখনও পালিয়ে যাব না—আমরা দাঁড়িয়ে থাকব আর মায়ার বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধ করব ।
সর্বত্রই দেখতে পাবেন যে, অসুররা সব সময় সাধুর দ্বারা পরাজিত হন । যেদিকে সাধু,
সেইদিকে সব সময় ওঁ থাকে । দয়া করে নিজেদের দেখাশোনা করুন । এই অবস্থায় সকলের
নিজেই সাধন করতে হয়, নিরুৎসাহিত হন না ।"
KIRTANS: •Gurudev!
krpa-bindu diya |
গুরুদেব! কৃপাবিন্দু
দিয়া "When I examine myself for qualifications, I find none. Your mercy is everything. If you are not merciful to me, then, crying, I will no longer maintain my life."
•Samsara-davanala |
সংসার-দাবানল "I offer my obeisance unto the lotus feet of Sri Guru, the ocean of goodness who assumes the form of a cloud of mercy to deliver the souls burning in the blazing fire of material existence."
•Sri-guru-charana-padma |
শ্রীগুরুচরণ-পদ্ম "I carefully offer my obeisance to Sri Guru's lotus feet, which are the
sole abode of devotion. O brother! By his mercy we cross over this world and
reach Krishna."
•Krsna haite
chatur-mukha |
কৃষ্ণ হৈতে চতুর্ম্মুখ "Srila Govinda Maharaj's dear successor, who is devoted to practising and
preaching his teachings, is Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj. All the
Gurus in this succession are associates of Sri Gauranga—I pray for their
remnants."
•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! It is not possible to conquer maya by engaging in maya. I see no other way to get relief except for the mercy of sadhus."
•Sri Rupa-manjari-pada |
শ্রীরূপমঞ্জরী-পদ "The lotus feet of Sri Rupa Manjari are my wealth, my bhajan (service), my puja (worship), the wealth of my life, and whatever ornaments I may have. Her lotus feet are the very life of my life."
•Amara jivana |
আমার জীবন "My life is always engrossed in sin. There is not a trace of piety within it. I have caused others so much anxiety and trouble. Such a sinner as I is shunned by devotees, and is a constant offender."
•Gurudev bada krpa kari |
গুরুদেব!
বড় কৃপা করি’ "When, O master, will you mercifully grant this servant the qualification to do this? Then my heart will become steadfast, I will tolerate everything, and I will serve the Lord sincerely."
•Ye anila prema dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "I will break my head on a rock, I will enter into fire. Not finding the
association of Sri Gauranga, who performed His Pastimes with all these
associates, Narottam Das weeps."
108 KIRTANS recorded and collected throughout
His Divine Grace's manifest pastimes, chanted among his associates, devotees
and fortunate souls at various festivals, programmes and devotional
assemblies. We pray this compilation can nourish devotees' hearts and its
glory may continue to forever resound throughout the world.
His Divine Grace elaborates on transcendental significance of Hari-kirtan in
Guidance 4:
'What does Krishna-sankirtan mean? Playing the mridanga, karatals and
singing songs together with many people is not kirtan. If you sing together
with some radio artist or a musician, you may practise music skills, but
through radio kirtans you can neither taste the nectar of divine love that
was described above, nor will such kirtan destroy your material bondage. It
has to be pure sankirtan. It takes a pure great soul to bring and introduce
such pure sankirtan. A pure great soul is a soul who has been captured by
devotion through chanting of the Holy Name, and who has been accepted by
Bhakti Devi. If you can join and assist the chanting, the dancing of such
pure Vaishnavs, then when you see such chanting of the Holy Name, when you
hear it, or speak about it, it will destroy your material existence, paralyse
your material desires – your heart will become pure, and you will get to
taste or realise this ocean of entire ecstasy. If you have an open mind, if
your heart is clean, and if you do not have enmity or hostility, then all
this will clearly appear before your eyes – maha-sankirtan will be resounding
in your ears, and you will realise what a beautiful kirtan devotees do and
how much joy they do it with.'
! The audio files can be listened to or downloaded by clicking on each
kirtan below or accessed through: Google Drive (and
download all together as a zipped archive – 360 Mb). (It is possible to save the files on most mobile devices;
otherwise, they can be downloaded on a computer and then uploaded to the
device.)
'It is said, “Krishna personally appears in Hari-sankirtan." That is the
result of Hari-sankirtan. The Name, form, qualities, pastimes of Krishna
reveal themselves. Those who can chant such kirtan or hear such kirtan will
get the realisation that the Lord is full of love and mercy. Suppose there is
a discussion about Krishna – if one’s heart does not get attracted to Him or
the desire to serve Krishna does not arise in the listeners after hearing
such a discussion, then you must understand that it is not the proper
sankirtan. In the proper, pure Hari-sankirtan, you will feel in your heart
that Sri Nam Prabhu is sach-chid-ananda (eternal, cognisant, and blissful).
"Nama amani udita haya, bhakata-gita-same – when devotees chant the Holy
Name, the Holy Name arises on its own." If the desire to know about Him and
the inclination to serve Him awakens within you, then you must understand
that you have heard the proper Hari-sankirtan.
'Sri Nityananda is the father of sankirtan, He is the presiding Deity of
sankirtan. If you get taste for kirtan, you get the mercy of Nitai. "Kirtan"
does not mean gratification of one’s own senses – when Sri Nityananda Prabhu
hears chanting of the Holy Name, He becomes very happy. It is a matter of a
great fortune and it a very great thing to become qualified to give joy to
Sri Nitaichand, to attain the right to chant the Holy Name, and to feel
happiness when chanting the Holy Name. This happiness comes by His mercy. If
Nityananda Prabhu relishes someone’s kirtan, if He likes it, if He becomes
happy, then His happiness is reflected onto the person chanting kirtan, i.e.
the person who is chanting will also feel happy. "Kirtan" is not some melody,
tune, or showing off music skills. Ecstasy of kirtan is born from a lustrous
heart, purified by pure goodness. This is a very high attainment. Unless pure
goodness appears in one’s heart, the ecstasy of kirtan can never appear
there.'
Fri, 17 April 2026 (Appearance day of Sri Gadadhar Pandit
Goswami)
Spiritual
Birth and Death
'There are a few fortunate souls here who have got the Holy Name and chant it
now. The Holy Name revealed Himself to them, so they started living following
all the rules and regulations. This is what we come to give, and this is what
you are to get.'
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Today in the calendar:
Amavasya. Appearance of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
In honour of Srila Gadadhar Pandit Goswami:
— { Pranam mantra of Sri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami } —
nilambhodhi-tate sada sva-viraha-ksepanvitam bandhavam
srimad-bhagavati katha madiraya sanjivayan bhati yah
srimad-bhagavatam sada sva-nayanasru-payanaih pujayan
gosvami-prabaro gadadhara-vibhur-bhuyat mad-eka-gatih
"On the shore of the ocean in Nilachal, Sri Gadadhar Pandit would read
Srimad Bhagavatam to his Friend (Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), who suffered from
deep pain of separation from Himself (Krishna). Sri Gadadhar Pandit would
supply the wine of Krishna-lila to intoxicate his afflicted Friend and thus
give Him some relief. As he read, tears always fell from his eyes like flower
offerings onto the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam. May this great personality,
Sri Gadadhar Pandit, the best of the goswamis, always remain my only
shelter."
(Composed by Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Sri Gadadhar Pandit Goswami (A chapter from Srila Acharya Maharaj's Bengali book Sri
Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala)
"Sri Gadadhar Pandit stayed with Mahaprabhu from his childhood. His father's
name was Madhav Misra, and his mother's name was Ratnavali Devi. They lived
in Mayapur near Jagannath Misra's house. Mahaprabhu could never stay without
Gadadhar Pandit, and Gadadhar Pandit could not stay without Mahaprabhu even a
moment too..."
Service
to Gaura-Gadadhar(By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj)
"Is worship of Gaura-Gadadhar a completely madhurya conception? Yes,
and more than that. This worship is rather related to separation, or union in
separation. Gadadhar Pandit represented Radharani's bhava, but though
he is the possessor of that wealth, it was taken up by Mahaprabhu, so he
stood empty."
Sri Gadadhar Pandit: Mahaprabhu's Shadow (A chapter from Srila Acharya Maharaj's Bengali book Sri
Puri Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala)
"Sri Gadadhar Pandit stayed with Mahaprabhu from his childhood. His father's
name was Madhav Misra, and his mother's name was Ratnavali Devi. They lived
in Mayapur near Jagannath Misra's house. Mahaprabhu could never stay without
Gadadhar Pandit, and Gadadhar Pandit could not stay without Mahaprabhu even a
moment too..."
About Sri Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar
"Know your place when you serve, do not cross the line. Sri Sri
Gaura-Gadadhar are extremely high Deities. They are worshipped only in very
rare places, that is because the relationship between Sri Gaura and Sri Gadai
is a very confidential, very high."
At Sri
Chatak Parvat and Sri Tota Gopinath Temple
His Divine Grace is speaking at the bhajan-kutir of Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur and Sri Tota Gopinath temple on the first day of
Sri Puri Dham parikrama, telling the pastimes of Srila Haridas
Thakur's disappearance and Srila Gadadhar Pandit.
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Sri Gadadhar Pandit's
Life in Puri
A special discourse given by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj for Sri Gaudiya Darshan, 1995, dwelling on "Puri
Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math" and "Jagannathdev and His Dham." Later, this
article was included in the compilation of lectures Affectionate
Guidance (Chapter 23).
পণ্ডিত শ্রীগদাধর
গোস্বামী["Pandit Sri Gadadhar Goswami," the original
Bengali article]
শ্রীল ভক্তিরক্ষক শ্রীধর দেব গোস্বামী মহারাজের প্রবন্ধ: "পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী
চরিত্র নিজ প্রিয়তমের উদ্দেশ্যে একটী নীরব পূর্ণ-আত্মোৎসর্গময় উপটোকন বিশেষ ।
লক্ষ্মীদেবীর স্কন্ধ ভিক্ষার ঝুলি দর্শনে যাঁহারা বিরোধালঙ্কারের চমৎকারিতা
হৃদয়ঙ্গমে যে অপূর্ব্ব সুখাস্বাদনে সমর্থ, তাঁহারাই শ্রীমৎ পণ্ডিত গোস্বামী
অপূর্ব্ব ব্যক্তিত্বের অসাধারণ মহিমা অনুভবের অধিকারী ।"
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | NOON | PART 4]
Delay No More
"There is no time left! If you do something one day earlier, you will get the
result one day earlier, too. We will leave any day, there is no time to
delay! This is how we must practise Krishna consciousness."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
REAPING THE ETERNAL FRUIT
'This independence has been given to us by the Lord. Why? So that by our own
desire and free wish we can engage ourselves in His service. With as much
power at our command, as much as we desire, we can combine everything we have
and render divine service to the Lord. The Lord’s feeling is, “I have given
you independence, and I will not take it back. If you want to serve Me, you
may do so; otherwise you can go to Maya. You may do as you wish. But you will
be happy if you render service to Me. Why will you be happy? If you serve the
eternal, you will reap the eternal fruit; if you serve the temporal, you must
reap the temporary fruit.”'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: (Prabhu he!) suna mora duhkhera kahini
‘If You come to examine me, You will find multiple faults and not a trace of
good qualities. Everyone in this world says that You are the master of the
world, and, however wretched I may be, I am also part of this world.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Seven, chanted on Fridays)
'He is a holy embodiment of the beautiful reality which is beyond the reach
of one’s eyes and ears, which paralyses the very necessity of intelligence
and which leaves even firmly fixed consciousness dumbstruck when divine love
surges up – even Brahma, Sambhu (Siva), as well as their revealed scriptures,
Vedas and tantras cannot conceive of such reality, so they merely keep
searching after Him – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Sat, 18 April 2026
Inaugurator
of Gaudiya Sky
'Today is the holy appearance day of the main personality in the sky of the
entire Gaudiya line, Bhagavan Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad. On this auspicious day, we all pray and offer humble flower
offerings at his holy lotus feet. We do not know if this holy day will ever
come in our lives again, but we are present here today on this holy
occasion.'
•
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2019)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka
(Bhaktyaloka) Paramahamsa Maharaj (his brahmachari name was Sri Mahananda
Prabhu; he is a diksa disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad and a sannyas disciple of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj;
and he founded Sri Paramahamsa Gaudiya Math in Sri Dham Mayapur).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day."
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj
remembers [mentioned in Centenary Anthology: "There was a very dear disciple of Srila
Saraswati Thakur who lived in the same room with Srila Saraswati Thakur and
received much affection from him—his name was Mahananda Brahmachari. We saw
that lastly he came to Srila Guru Maharaj and said, 'Maharaj, I want to take
sannyas from you. Please give me sannyas.' Srila Guru Maharaj
gave it very happily and his name became Srila Bhakti Alok Paramahamsa
Maharaj."
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | NOON | PART 5]
Pastimes of Lord
Siva
"Lord Siva is a great Vaishnav. He took part in the rasa-lila of Lord
Krishna. We always offer obeisances to him. We have Lord Siva’s Deity in many
temples – there is Gangadhar Siva in Nabadwip, there is Lord Siva in
Midnapore, Ganga Sagar and other places. We always offer Lord Govinda’s
prasad to Lord Siva..."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
OUR SUPER BENEFIT
'You have all assembled here to hear the messages of the Lord. The Lord
Himself is your own natural wealth, and in your hearts the Lord is gloriously
presiding. He has many, many forms, and we have many, many paths to reach
Him; but the supreme path is bhakti, devotion.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Tatala saikate bari bindu-sama
‘I lived amidst children, friends, beautiful women and society, who are all
like drops of water on a scorching sandy beach – forgetting You, I dedicated
myself to them, but are they of any use now?’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part One, chanted on Saturdays)
'Demigods, perfected souls, liberated souls, yogis and Lord’s devotees always
sing His praise; He relieves the world from the blazing forest fire of
three-fold miseries (caused by the desire for enjoyment, liberation and
perfections) brought about by inauspicious actions (performed in aversion to
the Supreme Lord); an ocean of generosity, He bestows His own Name from the
nectarean storehouse of Lord Sri Krishna’s Names – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Sun, 19 April 2026
Preceptor Born
of Prabhupad's Feet
'As you all know, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj came to
Srila Prabhupad's holy feet in 1924, when Srila Prabhupad was staying at
Ultadanga in Kolkata. After that, he came to Mayapur and took shelter at his
holy feet. Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj was born from his lotus
feet.'
•
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2019)
Today in the calendar:
Dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj (a
disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and a dear
associate of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"I offer my obeisance unto my great master, the worshippable Srimad Bhakti
Vichar Jajavar Maharaj. He is a beautiful follower of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati Thakur and has been a bee in the lotus feet of the Lord since his
youth. He has a divine form and a moonlike face. He is filled with the Name's
ecstasy and his heart is tranquil. He is gentle, he relieves the fallen of
their distress, and he delivers the world."
(Composed by
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj)
Srila Bhakti
Vichar Jajavar Maharaj: 'My Oldest Friend'
From the holy lotus mouth of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj: 'Sripad
Jajavar Maharaj is one of my oldest friend, my main old friend. We have lost
the association of most of them now, but Sripad Jajavar Maharaj is still
here, and he has kindly come here to give me his darshan. He is the
last sannyasi disciple of our Guru Maharaj, and he is senior to
me.'
Sripad
Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj(by Srila B.S. Govinda
Dev-Goswami Maharaj, spoken on Srila Jajavar Maharaj's disappearance
day)
"Srila Jajavar Maharaj joined the Gaudiya Mission of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Saraswati Thakur at a very young age. He could sing nicely, and he looked
very simple—there was not a shadow of inauspiciousness in his
body..."
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Sri Sri
Nityananda Stuti(by Srila B.V. Jajavar Maharaj)
'O Balaram Nityananda! Please be merciful to me. Who can possibly know Gaura
without Your mercy? Without You, I have no other way, no other refuge. Please
give me some place at Your holy feet. Please allow me to always chant Your
Name. This poor Jajavar is thus singing Your glorification.'
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 1]
Mahaprabhu's
Order
"When you call the Lord, you must call Him with all your heart and soul, not
to impress others – you must call Him with all your heart. You must call the
Lord extracting and smearing the mellows of love from the depths of your
hearts..."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• THE BENEDICTINE TREE OF DIVINE
ASPIRATION •
EVERYONE’S REAL FRIEND
'Just as we were so fortunate to have the association of Srila Prabhupada, we
are now so lucky to have Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. He
is carrying the same current. He is a personality of the same soil, the same
land. He can, and is, giving us these teachings.'
DASA-VIDHA NAMAPARADHA
'Just as we were so fortunate to have the association of Srila Prabhupada, we
are now so lucky to have Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj. He
is carrying the same current. He is a personality of the same soil, the same
land. He can, and is, giving us these teachings.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Hari hari! viphale janama gonainu
‘O Lord! My life has passed in vain. I have got a human birth but have not
served Radha-Krishna. I have been consciously drinking poison (I knew it, I
heard about it from others, but I still drank it).’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Two, chanted on Sundays)
'Very tall, beautiful and infused with divine love, His holy form increases
gods’ joy; the lustre of His body, which puts millions of golden lotuses to
shame, is worshipped by the Moon; and His intrinsic form is a holy abode of
divine pastimes manifest as eternal ever-increasing transcendental ecstatic
transformations that spring up as He revels dancing in Sri
Krishna-sankirtan – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Mon, 20 April 2026 (Aksaya-tritiya)
Saving
Mahaprabhu's Line
'You all know that after Mahaprabhu left (after He finished His pastimes in
this world), Acharya Srinivas, Sri Shyamananda Prabhu and Srila Narottam Das
Thakur started preaching Mahaprabhu's message, and after them Mahaprabhu's
religion took a different turn...'
•
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2019)
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Tritiya. Aksaya Tritiya (an auspicious day to start some works).
Beginning of the 21-day Chandan Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev.
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 2]
Chad Kazi:
Defeated Again
"Mahaprabhu asked politely, ‘What is wrong, Kazi? Why are you sitting behind
the closed door? We are your guests. Is this what your religion teaches? Does
it say in Quran or Hadith that when guests come, you must close the door and
hide?’ Hearing this, Chad Kazi came out..."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(1) UTILISING
OUR FORTUNE
'We must be conscious, therefore, about our position and about our service,
then we will not be deviated from our position. But even if some deviation
does come, if we are sincere we can emerge from that position also. When we
live within this body, there is the possibility of deviation everywhere.
Deviation will not come to attack us if we do not listen to the demands of
our mental and physical bodies—otherwise, deviation is possible for
everyone.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Hari hari! bada sela marame rahila
‘O Lord! My heart is pierced with a thick arrow. I have got a very rare body,
but because I have not worshipped Lord Sri Krishna, my life has simply passed
in vain.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Three, chanted on Mondays)
'He ardently preached that service performed in various divine relationships
(from dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya- to madhura-rasa)
and the (paramount) service beauty of Sri Radha’s servitors in the highest
paramour madhura-rasa, as well as any transcendental hankering of the
self-realised souls in Sri Vraja Dham, can indisputably be realised in Sri
Vrajendra-nandan only – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Tue, 21 April 2026
Srila
Prabhupad's Renown
'We speak about Srila Prabhupad today. His glories are unlimited. We preach
about Srila Prabhupad all over the world, and many of the things I tell you
are actually his words. He was a daring, fearless preacher.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 3]
Listen and
Learn
"We must surrender to the Lord. Everybody keeps Gita in their homes,
but we do not understand the meaning and the main idea of Gita. We
must believe what is written in scriptures and holy books."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(2) ON THE
WAY TO SRI PURI DHAM
'We are not going sightseeing but we are going to a place of pilgrimage, a
holy place. Going there will purify us—body, mind, and soul. You all pray to
Lord Jagannath that He will take us safely there and then bring us all back
safely to where we are doing our respective seva. This is our only
prayer today. We have nothing else to pray for.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Anya-abhilasa chhadi’
‘I will serve the Lord with my body and mind, giving up all other desires and
pursuits of material benefit and knowledge. I will serve Lord Krishna in
sadhus’ association without worshipping any gods or goddesses – this is the
ultimate way to attain devotion.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Four, chanted on Tuesdays)
'Overcome with strong bouts of divine love surging through Him and becoming
unconscious of the world around Him, He dances madly and chants
kirtan; the tears streaming incessantly from His eyes flood His body,
the colour of molten gold and tall as the mount Sumeru, His clothes, the
colour of the newly risen sun, and the earth in all fourteen directions
around Him; He glows as He chants, ‘Krishna! Krishna!’, shouts jumbled up
words and relishes various postures and behaviours (roaring with laughter,
etc.) under the influence of divine love – I am singing in praise of this
beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Wed, 22 April 2026
Spreading
Prabhupad's Glory
'It is necessary to preach about Srila Prabhupad more and more – his glories
should radiate farther and farther. Nobody else can give us that which
Jagad-Guru Srila Prabhupad has given in this world. We must always remember
his contribution and arrangement in this world.'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Panchami. Appearance of Sripad Sankaracharya. Disappearance of
Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vilas Gabhastinemi Maharaj.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
In honour of Sri Sankar Acharya:
Hearing the name of Sri Sankar Acharya, Paramahamsa Babaji Mahasay offered
his prostrate obeisance and said:
‘O great soul! “Sankarah Sankarah saksat” (Sankar is Mahadev-Sankar, Lord
Siva, himself) – always remember these words. Sankar is a Guru of Vaishnavs,
that is why Mahaprabhu spoke of him as an Acharya. Sankar is a perfect
Vaishnav. When he made his advent in India, there was a very urgent need in a
guna-avatara like him. At that time, discussions of Vedas and practices of
varnasrama-dharma had become almost obliterated by the influence of Buddhist
voidism, which is extremely atheistic. Although Buddhist doctrine contains
some truth about jiva souls, that religion is quite temporal (non-eternal).
At that time, almost all brahmans had become Buddhists and had almost
completely given up Vedic religion. Filled with wondrous power, the advent of
Sankar’s incarnation established the honour of Vedic scriptures and changed
voidism into brahmanism. The work he performed is wonderful. India is
eternally indebted to Sri Sankar for this great work. All works in the world
can be divided into two types. Some works are related to some particular time
(temporal), and some are not related to any time (timeless, eternal). The
great work of Sankar’s incarnation is temporal, and many good results emerged
from it. Sankar’s incarnation created a foundation upon which the
incarnations of Sri Ramanuja, Sri Madhva and other great teachers later built
the palace of pure Vaishnavism. Therefore, Sankar’s incarnation is the
greatest friend of Vaishnavism and a predecessor acharya.
Sri Sankar revealed a conceptual path in this world, and to this day,
Vaishnavs easily take advantage of its wealth. Sambandha-jnana (knowledge of
the relationship) is extremely necessary for material conditioned souls.
Vaishnavs and Sankar Acharya believe that gross bodies existent in this
material world are different and separate from transcendental matter, but
spiritually, there is no difference between a jiva soul’s internal and
external identity. Both agree that giving up material world is called
liberation (mukti), and up until attaining liberation, there is very much
similarity between Sri Sankar and Vaishnav Acharyas. Sankar Acharya teaches
that it is possible to purify one’s heart and attain liberation by practising
God consciousness (by serving and worshipping the Lord), but only Sankar is
silent about the transcendental path jiva souls face after attaining
liberation. Sankar knew very well that if a jiva soul can progress on the
path of liberation by serving the Lord, it will gradually, bound by the
happiness of spiritual life, become a pure devotee. Therefore, when Sankar
showed the path, he did not further reveal the mystery of Vaishnavs. Those
who read and consider his commentaries very carefully can understand Sankar’s
profound intention. But those who pass their time reading only the external
parts of his teachings become driven away from proper Vaishnavism.
(From Jaiva Dharma by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 4]
In Search of
Real Benefit
"The question that Pariksit Maharaj asked Sukadev Goswami was, ‘How can I get
real benefit?’ He asked him only one question. Do you know how you can get
real benefit in Kali-yuga? What should you do not to get any birth
again?"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(3) ON THE WAY
TO SRI VRINDAVAN DHAM
'Even to see the outside of the Dham is beneficial, but if we make
aparadh, offence, it is detrimental to our spiritual life. And if we
cannot see properly the real transcendental Dham, at least we should
try not to see the opposite thing—to see it as only mundane. The Dham
is covered by illusion, but even so, there is some brilliance, and that glow
or brilliance of the Dham may touch us if we stay there without offence. But
if we stay there too long we may become overly familiar and then that glow
may leave us.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Hari-bala hari-bala
‘The Holy Name’s inherent quality is such that you can get all those results
without even wishing for them. (Stop striving for such trifle gain!) Vinod
says that aspiring after such things is only an offence to the Holy Name.
(Give up offences to the Holy Name!)’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Five, chanted on Wednesdays)
'He reveals (first, to Sri Sanatan and then to Prakasananda) sixty-two
interpretations of the famous verse ‘Atmaramas cha… ittham-bhuta-guno
harih’ (‘Even self-realised, self-satisfied souls are moved to worship
the Lord’) from Srimad Bhagavatam; interpreting the various lexical
meanings of the eleven words of this verse, juxtaposed in different ways, He
reveals a treasure-mine of multitudinous meanings of this verse in consonance
with the precepts of pure devotional conclusions – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Thu, 23 April 2026
Ekadasi Rules
'Srila Prabhupad relaxed the rigidity of rules. How did people use to fast on
ekadasi before? They fasted the day before ekadasi, on the
ekadasi day itself, and the day after ekadasi. Srila Prabhupad
made the rules not as strict.'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Saptami. Jahnu Saptami: Sri Jahnavi Puja (worship of the Ganga).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
In honour of Sri Jahnavi Puja (Sri Ganga Puja):
"...While speaking, they went to Jan Nagar and saw the beauty of the
hermitage of Jahnu Muni. Nityananda Prabhu said, 'This charming abode is
known as Jahnudwip and Bhadravan. Jahnu Muni performed austerities here and
saw the golden form of Gaura. Once, when Jahnu Muni sat here to perform his
evening meditation, His copper vessel fell into the swiftly flowing River
Ganga. The copper vessel fell into the river and floated away. Jahnu Muni
then drank all the water of the Ganga with his palm. Maharaj Bhagirath
thought, "Where did the Ganga go?" Bewildered, he began to think over the
situation. Understanding that Jahnu Muni had drunk all the water of the
Ganga, Maharaj Bhagirath became concerned. Sober Maharaj Bhagirath worshipped
the sage for some time, and eventually the Ganga broke out of the sage's
body. Thereafter, she became known as Jahnavi. The whole world now calls her
'Jahnavi'.'"
Visiting Holy
Places: Pleasure Hunting?
"'The trouble of visiting holy places is simply a mental delusion—all
possible perfection is the feet of Govinda.' You can ask me, 'Maharaj, then
why are you going there, why are taking us with you?' Do you know the
answer?"
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Glory of Manasi Ganga
"This Haridev Temple is located to the south of Manasi Ganga. When it came to
the temple of Asadi Purnima, Nanda Maharaj, Mother Yasoda and other
Vraja-basis wanted to travel to the Ganges to bathe in her water..."
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 5]
Rescue
Programme
"You bring people to your houses and pay them to do kirtans. So many
have come and left, taking your money, but how much benefit have you got
through that? If you do not chant kirtan yourselves, what benefit is there
for you in others’ chanting? If you eat, your stomaches will be full, but
will your stomaches be full if only I eat?"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(4) WITHIN THE
HOLY DHAM
'Here is one question. Do we want that or not? We hear about Vrindavan Dham,
but we hear through our mundane senses and with our mundane feelings. Some
essence, however, is coming through that and we express, “We like Vrindavan
Dham.” But, like Sri Harinam mahamantra, Vrindavan Dham is also
transcendental. If we want to enter there, we need some special mercy of
Srimati Radharani through Her associates, and we can only get that with our
super-hankering mood.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Mana re kena ara varna abhimana
‘If you try your best to practise devotion to Lord Krishna, you will get to
your perfect destination – the highest aspiration will guide your entire life
and will give you all possible attainment in this life and the next. Vinod
will chant about the glory of this truth.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Six, chanted on Thursdays)
'Captivated by and afflicted with an intense feeling of separation, He runs
swiftly to the simha-dvara gate of Lord Jagannathdev’s holy temple;
the next moment He falls down on the spot, His holy figure transformed into
that of a tortoise by the influence of deep separation; attracted by the
uncommon divine fragrance emanating from His holy figure, the Telangi cows
residing at the temple draw near, surrounding Him – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Fri, 24 April 2026
Vultures'
Curse
'Your mind wants something, and you do it. No! Your mind is naughty, it
always wants to take you in different directions – if you follow your mind
and do whatever comes to your mind, it will not get you anywhere. You must do
what your guru-varga and the scriptures say.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 6]
Eating Up Old
Rice
"‘Eating old rice’ means that as the result of your previous births (because
you did some good works in your previous lives), you are living now in this
nice three-storey house and eating nice food – because you are living happily
now, you forget the Lord, but you have not done anything for your next
life."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(5) THE LAND
OF SPIRITUAL GEMS
'Sometimes a few devotees have some intention to stay in Vrindavan, but they
are staying in Vrindavan like a bee on the outside of a bottle of honey. What
are they doing? Vrindavan is infinitely great and it is inconceivable by our
intelligence. We only see the mundane cover and we are not getting admission
within the transcendental world of Sri Vrindavan Dham. We need admission, and
it is our hope that one day we shall get that real vision.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Mana re kena ara varna abhimana
‘You keep admiring the beauty of your face in the mirror, but one day dogs
and foxes will feast on it. You decorate yourself with your favourite
clothes, but where will all that be in the end?’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Seven, chanted on Fridays)
'He is a holy embodiment of the beautiful reality which is beyond the reach
of one’s eyes and ears, which paralyses the very necessity of intelligence
and which leaves even firmly fixed consciousness dumbstruck when divine love
surges up – even Brahma, Sambhu (Siva), as well as their revealed scriptures,
Vedas and tantras cannot conceive of such reality, so they merely keep
searching after Him – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Sat, 25 April 2026
Demolish
Deceitful Devotion
'Always remember this. We must worship pure devotees’ foot dust. All these
things that are going in this world in the name of devotion are non-devotion,
hypocritical, deceitful, false devotion. We must put an end to this! You must
come to the path of pure devotion.'
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Today in the calendar:
Gaura Navami. Appearance of Sri Jahnava Devi (Sri Nityananda-sakti) and Sri
Sita Devi (Sri Rama-sakti).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "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. We
must always remember disappearance and appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If
we can remember such personalities, such great souls, it will bring great
benefit to our spiritual lives."
In honour of Sri Sita Devi:
"Lord Ramachandra said to Sri Sita Devi, 'Loving devotion to Me is
relished in two ways. O Sita, please hear My words. The joy felt during union
with Me is called sambhoga. The joy felt during separation from Me is called
vipralambha. My devotees, My eternal associates, desire sambhoga, and by My
grace, they experience vipralambha. Devotees know that the sadness felt for
My sake during vipralambha is actually the greatest joy. When sambhoga occurs
after vipralambha, the happiness felt is ten million times greater than
before. Separation from Me is the cause of that happiness. Accept this as
truth; the four Vedas affirm it. During My Pastimes as Sri Gauranga, Mother
Kausalya, who is known in the Vedas as Aditi, will appear as Sachi Devi. You
will serve Me as Visnu Priya. In separation from Me, You will make a Deity of
My golden form. In separation from You, I will make a golden Sita and worship
You in Ayodhya. In exchange, You will make a Deity of My golden form and
worship Me in Nadia. O Sita, these profound topics are very confidential.
They will not be revealed to the public now. Nabadwip is very dear to Me:
neither Ayodhya nor any other place is equal to it.'"
Niti and Priti
"It was Ramachandra's vijay utsav yesterday, and we would like to
clarify some things about Rama-tattva and Krishna-tattva. In Rama-lila, rules
and regulations are the highest, and love and affection go down, but this is
not the highest ideal..."
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In honour of Sri Jahnava Devi:
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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Nityananda
Prabhu's Marriage
"Everybody says that for the devotees Nityananda Prabhu never marries, but He
has two saktis, Jahnava and Vasudha. They were actually daughters of Surya
Das, Gauri Das Pandit's brother..."
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
11 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | EVENING | PART 7]
No Other
Shelter
"The Holy Name is the oars, and Gurudev is the captain—if you surrender to
Gurudev, you will be taken to the Lord. This age is blessed because Gaura
Hari appears in it: we have no other way or shelter except Him."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(6) SWEET
SERVICE, SERVICE, SERVICE
'We can see the Guru’s position in many ways, but it is all within the
play of Krishna. Krishna means the conjugal Power and the Powerful, and that
is full Krishna. It is from that plane that Krishna comes down and says,
acharyam mam vijaniyan, “I am Guru.” When Krishna says, “I am
your Guru,” that is not the full conception of Krishna.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: O mana! ki kare varana kula
‘Dear mind! What is there in a high birth and status? Whatever family you are
born into, it is pure devotion that matters. How can birth, status or rites
help you? Those who worship the Lord are beyond that.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part One, chanted on Saturdays)
'Demigods, perfected souls, liberated souls, yogis and Lord’s devotees always
sing His praise; He relieves the world from the blazing forest fire of
three-fold miseries (caused by the desire for enjoyment, liberation and
perfections) brought about by inauspicious actions (performed in aversion to
the Supreme Lord); an ocean of generosity, He bestows His own Name from the
nectarean storehouse of Lord Sri Krishna’s Names – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Sun, 26 April 2026
Breaking Free
'You forget that there is an owner, there is a master in this world. Overcome
with Maya Devi's games, you forget all about it. You can see that there are
some few people in this world who became attracted to Krishna consciousness
and now live serving the Lord, serving devotees, but why do the rest of the
people cannot do it?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
12 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | PART 1]
Remembering Sri Ekachakra Dham (1)
"Nityananda Prabhu’s glory is so great. You have heard from
Mahabharata about the great battle between the Pandavas and the
Kauravas that took place in Dvapar-yuga. Before that battle, the Pandavas
lost a game of dice and were exiled..."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• DIVINE GUIDANCE •
(7)
HAND-CARVED GEMS
'Here in Nabadwip so many activities are going on, but all is for the
satisfaction of Srila Guru Maharaj. Also you can think that in the capital
city of a country there are many duties that cannot be done there in the
capital. The provinces, the smaller towns, and the villages all have their
part to play in serving the centre. They grow paddy, vegetables, spin cotton,
make fabrics and clothing, keep cows and produce milk, butter, yoghurt, as
well as many other duties. In this way all over the world fortunate souls can
engage in service to the central Mission of our Srila Guru Maharaj in
unlimited ways. This varied service-life to the Centre is the basis of the
whole spiritual world of joyful activity.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Ara kena maya-jale paditechha
‘Oh why has this soul, like a fish, got caught in the net of illusion? You do
not know anything – you will now stay in this bondage forever! Despite your
current plight, you can embrace devotion and easily live playing in the
waters of the ocean of divine love for Lord Krishna. So, become subservient
to Lord Krishna.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Two, chanted on Sundays)
'Very tall, beautiful and infused with divine love, His holy form increases
gods’ joy; the lustre of His body, which puts millions of golden lotuses to
shame, is worshipped by the Moon; and His intrinsic form is a holy abode of
divine pastimes manifest as eternal ever-increasing transcendental ecstatic
transformations that spring up as He revels dancing in Sri
Krishna-sankirtan – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Mon, 27 April 2026 (Fast on Sri Mohini Ekadasi)
Spiritual
Sacrifice
'I have a question for you. Who can give you the right to serve Lord Krishna,
to serve the Supreme Lord? Krishna belongs to Radharani, and Radharani is
non-different from Sri Gurupadpadma. So, if you take shelter of such a
guru, he can give you the right to serve the Supreme Lord Himself.
This is the kind of guru one must take initiation from.'
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SRI EKADASI GUIDANCE
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.
Renunciation of Cowards and Misers [By Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj]
'What we need is yukta-vairagya: we shall take from the store of
Krishna to keep ourselves fit and to do service. It is Krishna's account, and
if we do not do that, we will be separatists, mayavadis, renunciationists. We
must render maximum service to Krishna, so we must take without any
hesitation whatever is necessary to make ourselves fit for the service;
otherwise, we 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)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
12 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | PART 2]
Remembering Sri Ekachakra Dham (2)
"There are so many pastimes and glories of Nityananda Prabhu. Nityananda
Prabhu stayed at Srivas Pandit’s house. At that time, Srivas Pandit’s spouse
Malini Devi must have been about seventy years old, and Nityananda Prabhu
called her ‘Mother’..."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
THE DIVINE SERVICE OF KRISHNA
'There are so many religious conceptions to be found in the world. Some
favour santa-rasa (peacefulness), others dasya-rasa
(servitude), or sakhya-rasa (friendship), or vatsalya-rasa
(parenthood). But madhura-rasa (divine consorthood) is found in the
extreme only in the line of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Bandhu-sange yadi tava ranga parihasa
‘If you want to have fun and enjoy with your friends, then mark my word: do
not go, do not go anywhere near the Kesi Tirtha ghat in Mathura. Dear
materialist, a great danger will happen to you there, so do not come anywhere
near the Kesi Tirtha ghat in Mathura!’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Three, chanted on Mondays)
'He ardently preached that service performed in various divine relationships
(from dasya-, sakhya-, vatsalya- to madhura-rasa)
and the (paramount) service beauty of Sri Radha’s servitors in the highest
paramour madhura-rasa, as well as any transcendental hankering of the
self-realised souls in Sri Vraja Dham, can indisputably be realised in Sri
Vrajendra-nandan only – I am singing in praise of this beautiful Lord Sri
Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Tue, 28 April 2026
Seek Genuine
Guru
'There are many gurus roaming this world: karmi-gurus,
jnani-gurus, yogi-gurus. Sivji Maharaj told Parvati Devi, "O
Devi! The gurus in this world are mostly after people's material
wealth; there are very few gurus who are interested in relieving
people of their misery."'
•
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2019)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
12 FEBRUARY 2021 [TARAKESWAR | PART 1]
Vaishnavs'
Nature
"People become pure by touching the Ganges. But one can become pure just by
seeing a Vaishnav. Who is a Vaishnav? One who dresses as a Vaishnav, wears
tilaks and neck-beads and chants on some beads? Vaishnavs are those
who practise Vaishnavism. Always remember this."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
IN PRAISE OF THE DEVOTEES
'We are not to leave our track to go to see with any other’s vision. The good
servitors of Srila Guru Maharaj are the wealth of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat
Math. The real wealth is the devotees and I am trying to serve you all with
whatever I have. I want your association really. I am receiving
transcendental food from you. When I see you I think, “I have service,” but
to be alone is not good for anyone, even myself.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Nivedana
‘Gopinath! Please hear my humble petition. Gopinath! You are my only hope. I
have taken shelter at Your holy feet – I am Your servant. This wretch is
weeping and begging for a permanent place at Your holy feet. Please bestow
Your mercy.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Four, chanted on Tuesdays)
'Overcome with strong bouts of divine love surging through Him and becoming
unconscious of the world around Him, He dances madly and chants
kirtan; the tears streaming incessantly from His eyes flood His body,
the colour of molten gold and tall as the mount Sumeru, His clothes, the
colour of the newly risen sun, and the earth in all fourteen directions
around Him; He glows as He chants, ‘Krishna! Krishna!’, shouts jumbled up
words and relishes various postures and behaviours (roaring with laughter,
etc.) under the influence of divine love – I am singing in praise of this
beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine love.'
Wed, 29 April 2026 (Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi adhivas)
Do Not
Bottle Yourselves Up
'I am praying to all those of you who have already come to this genuine path:
please do not think about all those trifles. There is nothing to worry about
if you want to practise spiritual life – you can practise at any time. Always
be open. Do not keep things inside. Keep your hearts always open, then you
can come to the Lord.'
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2019)
Some guidance regarding the forthcoming grand festival in honour of Lord
Sri Nrisinghadev's Appearance and the holy Vyasa Puja festival of His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj:
According to the rules established at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math by our
worshippable Sri Guru-varga, the holy day of Lord Sri Nrisinghadev's
appearance is observed in the following way:
•Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi adhivas: devotees follow the daily programme
of the temple engaging in various services and prepare for the festival
(decorating the temple, purchasing and collecting bhoga, inviting
honourable guests, etc.). •Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi day: devotees follow the daily programme of
the temple, reading scriptures, engaging in various services, and observe
a complete fast until sunset. •Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi evening (sunset): the evening programme
starts before the evening arati (around 4 p.m.) following which an
opulent bhoga is offered to the Deities in the evening, containing
various grain and non-grain preparations (the grain preparations are made in
small quantities, just for the offering of the Deities). At sunset (the time
of Lord Nrisinghadev's appearance), the Deities are offered the evening
arati and devotees honour anukalpa prasadam (non-grain,
similar to what is taken on ekadasi) before finishing the rest of the
services and retiring for rest. His Divine Grace comments that anything
can be offered on this day, mentioning that our Temple always makes a
nice preparation of sweet rice using best ingredients (best rice, milk,
raisins and nuts) on this day and that dub, fresh coconut water, can
also be offered to provide soothing coolness to the Lord on His appearance
day. •The next day morning and afternoon: the morning daily programme
continues as usual; paran (breaking the fast) is at 5:09–9:26 a.m. this
year, so after offering bhoga to the Deities in the morning,
devotees break the fast with the grain maha-prasadam remnants from the
day before and from the morning offering. After that, devotees engage in
various services and a little later hold a Vaishnav Seva festival programme
starting from 9–10 a.m. until midday. Following the main programme of
Hari-katha and Hari-kirtan, the Deities are offered another
special opulent offering of bhoga at noon as well as the noon
arati, after which everyone is lovingly served festive
maha-prasadam.
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Because the holy appearance day of Lord Nrisinghadev coincides with the
divine appearance of His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.T. Niriha Maharaj,
devotees observe these auspicious days by remembering both the Lord and His
associate, following the programme outlined above.
Below is an extensive collection of photographs taken during the festival
in 2019 which was observed in the shelter and under the guidance of our
beloved Sri Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj at
Sri Nrisingha Palli, Sri Nabadwip Dham, in 2019:
Preparation to Sri
Nrisingha Chaturdasi: Bhoga Collection
(17 May 2019 | 11 photographs, 1 Mb)
Sharing first few glimpses from the temple of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in
Sri Nrisingha Palli where the preparation to the festival is well under way.
Arriving in Sri Nrisingha Palli, His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti
Nirmal Acharya Maharaj personally selects and collects bhoga for the
festival.
Sri Nrisingha Chaturdasi
Adhivas
(17 May 2019 | 39 photographs, 3.4 Mb)
Photographs taken during the eve of the festive programme of Lord
Nrisinghadev's appearance and the Temple inauguration anniversary spent by
the fortunate devotees in the shade of the holy lotus feet of His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri Nrisingha Chaturdasi
Festival
(18 May 2019 | 39 photographs, 5.2 Mb)
Holy Vaishnavs and devotees observe the appearance of Lord Nrisinghadev
and the inauguration anniversary of Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga and Sri Laksmi
Nrisinghadev Sri Prahlad Maharaj under the guidance and in the association of
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj.
Sri Nrisingha Chaturdasi:
Vaishnav Seva
(19 May 2019 | 64 photographs, 3.4 Mb)
Photographs taken during the morning and afternoon programmes following Sri
Nrisingha-chaturdasi at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, Sri Nrisingha Palli
arranged by His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya
Maharaj: morning class, first and second initiations, noon programme attended
by holy Vaishnavs of Gaudiya Maths, arati and grand prasadam
distribution. With all the devotees striving heart and soul to please Sri
Gurupadpadma and serve all the Vaishnavs, the festival passes gloriously and
gorgeously.
[Addressing a devotee who did not go to the temple but made a festival at
home.] Why did you have a home festival? You should have gone to the
festival at the temple. If there is a temple in your city or nearby, you
must go to the temple. How do you make a festival alone at home? You only
cook, offer some bhog, and take prasadam—it basically means
cooking too much and eating it yourself... You must always go to the temple.
What did Gurudev make the temple for? For preaching, to arranging festivals
and for giving you a place where you can gather and take devotees'
association. It is necessary to understand this. Everybody have a right to
stay at the temple, everybody has a right to go to the temple, and everybody
must follow the rules and regulations of the temple—be humble, tolerant, and
give honour to others. Follow the rules and regulations that Gurudev has
established, that will be perfect. We cannot make our own rules, it is not
good. The rules must be always the rules and regulations that Gurudev has
set. Always behave very nicely with the devotees, be humble, tolerant,
and give honour to others. This is what Gurudev teaches us, these are the
main qualities we must have. Be humble, tolerant, and give honour to others,
and you must also have proper surrender—do not be a hypocrite, do not
practise false renunciation; surrender must be proper.
— { DAILY
PRACTICE } —
Pages dedicated to the spiritual practices that are recommended for the
spiritual health of a disciple comprised of eternal instructions emanating
from the holy lotus mouths of our Sri Guru-varga:
Heartfelt
Prayers
"I have no strength, I have no intelligence, I am very poor! Please hijack
me! Please give me strength so that I may be able to tolerate everything. I
do not want any honour or respect for myself. I want to give honour to
everyone. Please give me such power. It is necessary to always chant
kirtans in this way."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• AFFECTIONATE GUIDANCE •
SECURE AT HOME
'If you can think you can make a garland out of all the peaks of the
Himalayas and the peaks of all the mountains of the world and offer that to
Krishna, and if you think you can make a rope out of spiders’ webs and bind
an elephant, then you may be able to understand something of that plane. So
it is not necessary to think too much, but instead our main attention is to
try to chant "Hare Krishna" properly. This is our main channel to go there
and this is our one hope.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SARANAGATI GITI: Chit-kana jiva krsna chinmaya bhaskara
‘Souls are spiritual sparks, and Krishna is the transcendental sun, so they
eternally see and revere Him. But when some souls turn away from Krishna and
desire to enjoy, Maya, who is always nearby, pounces on them.’
Sri Sri Prema-Dhama Deva Stotram(Part Five, chanted on Wednesdays)
'He reveals (first, to Sri Sanatan and then to Prakasananda) sixty-two
interpretations of the famous verse ‘Atmaramas cha… ittham-bhuta-guno
harih’ (‘Even self-realised, self-satisfied souls are moved to worship
the Lord’) from Srimad Bhagavatam; interpreting the various lexical
meanings of the eleven words of this verse, juxtaposed in different ways, He
reveals a treasure-mine of multitudinous meanings of this verse in consonance
with the precepts of pure devotional conclusions – I am singing in praise of
this beautiful Lord Sri Gauranga-sundar, a worshippable Deity of divine
love.'
Thu, 30 April 2026 (Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi; fast until
sunset, then anukalpa)
Sri Nrisingha Palli[From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala]
"The story of Sri Sri Nrisimhadev and Prahlad Maharaj is very important. You
must listen to it very attentively and always remember it. This is what our
Guru Maharaj said, and what he taught was very important. I still remember
what he told me, and I am telling it to you now for your eternal spiritual
benefit."
শ্রীনৃসিংহপল্লী(ওঁ বিষ্ণুপাদ শ্রীল ভক্তি নির্ম্মল আচার্য্য
মহারাজের হরি-কথামৃত)
"শ্রীনৃসিংহদেব ও প্রহ্লাদ মহারাজের কথা খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কথা, আপনাদের এই
কথাগুলো মন দিয়ে শুনতে হবে এবং সব সময় মনে রাখতে হবে । যে শিক্ষা শ্রীল গুরুদেব
আমাকে দিয়েছেন, সেটা অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ শিক্ষা । যে কথাটা তিনি বলেছেন, সেটা
আমি এখনও মনে রাখি এবং আপনাদের মঙ্গল প্রদান করবার জন্য এখন বলে দিচ্ছি ।"
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Chaturdasi. Sri Nrisimha Chaturdasi:
appearance of Lord Sri Nrisimhadev. Full fast until sunset; then no
grains (anukalpa). Sri Vyasa-puja festival in honour
of the divine appearance day of Om Visnupad Paramahamsa
Parivrajakacharya-varya Astottara-sata-sri Sri Srimad Bhakti Tilak Niriha
Maharaj, the current successor President-Acharya of Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math. Manifestation anniversary of Sri Sri Guru Gaura Nityananda
Prabhu and Sri Prahlad Maharaj and Sri Sri Laksmi Nrisimhadev at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nrisingha Palli.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "We must fast
from morning until sunset in the evening. Before sunset, you must read about
the glories of Prahlad Maharaj and Lord Nrisinghadev, you can read about the
appearance of Sri Nrisinghadev from Srimad Bhagavatam or any other book you
have."
"It is necessary to offer a daab (a coconut with coconut water)
with the bhog in the evening because Nrisinghadev is sweating very
much and very angry because He had just killed an asura..."
About His Divine
Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Tilak Niriha Maharaj Holy Guidance of Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Those who are fit to be
disciplined are called disciples. They want to be chastised, they get
chastised—such disciples become gurus. If somebody wants to be chastised, has
been chastised, and if Gurudev has made and is making a disciple from them,
then such a disciple has the qualities of a guru."
"Guru is the divine messenger of immortal hope and joy in this
mortal and miserable world. His advent is the most auspicious and happy event
to the suffering animation and can be compared to the rising of the morning
star that can guide the traveller lost in the desert. A gentle touch of Sri
Guru's merciful hand can wipe away the incessant tears from all weeping eyes.
Oh the day when this poor soul realises the causeless grace of Sri
Gurudev."
In honour of Sri Nrisinghadev, Sri Prahlad Maharaj:
ito nrsimha parato nrsimho
yato yato yami tato nrsimhah
bahir nrsimho hrdaye nrsimho
nrsimham adim saranam prapadye
"Nrsimha is here, Nrsimha is there—Nrsimha is wherever I go.
Nrsimha is outside, Nrsimha is within my heart. I am surrendered unto that
primeval Lord Nrsimha."
Festival of
the Lord—for the Lord His Divine Grace speaking on the adhivas of Sri Nrisingha chaturdasi in
2015: "You have all come here to observe this festival tomorrow. Amidst
so many things you have come here thinking about the Lord. You have been
planning it, you have been thinking about it..."
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Lord
Nrisinghadev
"'Please, remove the obstacles to pure devotion and bad elements from our
society'—that is our only prayer to Lord Nrisinghadev."
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Using / Serving
"You cannot use Nrisinghadev for your own purpose or benefit—you must
serve Nrisinghadev. We must give something to our Guru and the
devotees, we should not take so much from our Guru or take anything from the
devotees..."
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Entrance to Service
Planet
"The main lesson today is to pray to the Lord and ask Him to remove material
desires from our hearts. That is the glory of Nrisinghadev's appearance at
Nrisingha Palli. I remember one time Gurudev asked devotees, 'What do you
want?'"
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Lord's Care For
His Devotee
"The Lord comes whenever His devotee calls for Him. To protect His devotee,
the Lord took the form of Nrisingha—when it comes to protecting His devotees,
the Lord does not remain idle."
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Sri Vyasa Puja
Speech
"I hear now they say that I have deviated from the Gaudiya siddhanta
because I installed the Deities of Nrisinghadev in Nrisingha Palli in
Nabadwip, Godrumdwip. What am I? Who am I? Is it possible for me to install
Deities?"
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Sri Nrisingha Palli[From Sri Nabadwip Dham Mahatmya-mukta-mala]
"The story of Sri Sri Nrisimhadev and Prahlad Maharaj is very important. You
must listen to it very attentively and always remember it. This is what our
Guru Maharaj said, and what he taught was very important. I still remember
what he told me, and I am telling it to you now for your eternal spiritual
benefit."
শ্রীশ্রীনৃসিংহ-চতুর্দ্দশী
(১৯৯০ সাল)
শ্রীল ভক্তিসুন্দর গোবিন্দ দেবগোস্বামী মহারাজ ভগবান শ্রীশ্রীনৃসিংহদেবের লীলা
আর মহিমা বর্ণনা করিতেছেন এবং শ্রীমদ্ভাগবতম্ থেকে পড়িতেছেন ।
(Extensive Bengali lecture of Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, spoken
in May 1990, describing the Pastimes of the Lord in His form of Sri
Nrsimhadev and reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 7)
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(Evening of 22 May
2005)
২২ মে ২০০৫: শ্রীল গুরুমহারাজের বাংলা পাঠ এই শুভ দিনে । রেকর্ডিংটা ডাউনলোড বা
অনলাইন শুনতে পারেন (ডানদিকে)।
Glories of Sri Nrisingha and Sri Prahlad Maharaj
[Bengali Class] His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj relates
the pastimes of Lord Sri Nrisinghadev and reads from the scriptures on the
holy day of Sri Nrisingha-chaturdasi on the evening of 22 May 2005, in the
assembly of holy Vaishnavs at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip.
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(20.1 Mb, 56 min | 22 May 2005)
Kirtan
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj chants kirtan on
the evening of 22 May 2005, in the assembly of holy Vaishnavs at Sri
Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip: the Hare Krishna maha-mantra and
glories of Sri Prahlad Maharaj and Sri Nrisinghadev.
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Sri Dasavatar
Stotram |
দশাবতারস্তোত্রম্ "As if crushing a wasp, You rip apart Hiranyakasipu's body with the
amazingly sharp nails of Your beautiful lotus hands. O Kesava who assumes a
half-man, half-lion form! Glory to You, O Lord of the universe, O
Hari!"
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Sri Nrisingha Palli Arati: (1)Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga arati(Nrisingha Palli) |
জয় জয় গুরুদেব করুণাসাগর "Glory to Srila Gurudev, Sri Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, an
ocean of mercy. He manifested the effulgent service of Sri Nitai Sri
Gauranga-dev in Sri Nabadwip Dham for the benefit of the entire
world."
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Real mercy: 'Getting mercy means getting service: if you have service, you
have mercy.'
Real service: 'Practise properly, keep proper association, and always avoid
the Nama aparadh, seva aparadh, dham aparadh, Vaishnav aparadh. Chant the
Holy Name properly, without deceit, and with proper attention and service
mood.'
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Krishnadas Babaji Maharaj.
Dear Devotees, Vaishnavs and Well-Wishers,
PHOTO ALBUM
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Gurudev!
krpa-bindu diya |
গুরুদেব! কৃপাবিন্দু
দিয়া
'What does Krishna-sankirtan mean? Playing the mridanga, karatals and
singing songs together with many people is not kirtan. If you sing together
with some radio artist or a musician, you may practise music skills, but
through radio kirtans you can neither taste the nectar of divine love that
was described above, nor will such kirtan destroy your material bondage. It
has to be pure sankirtan. It takes a pure great soul to bring and introduce
such pure sankirtan. A pure great soul is a soul who has been captured by
devotion through chanting of the Holy Name, and who has been accepted by
Bhakti Devi. If you can join and assist the chanting, the dancing of such
pure Vaishnavs, then when you see such chanting of the Holy Name, when you
hear it, or speak about it, it will destroy your material existence, paralyse
your material desires – your heart will become pure, and you will get to
taste or realise this ocean of entire ecstasy. If you have an open mind, if
your heart is clean, and if you do not have enmity or hostility, then all
this will clearly appear before your eyes – maha-sankirtan will be resounding
in your ears, and you will realise what a beautiful kirtan devotees do and
how much joy they do it with.'
'Sri Nityananda is the father of sankirtan, He is the presiding Deity of
sankirtan. If you get taste for kirtan, you get the mercy of Nitai. "Kirtan"
does not mean gratification of one’s own senses – when Sri Nityananda Prabhu
hears chanting of the Holy Name, He becomes very happy. It is a matter of a
great fortune and it a very great thing to become qualified to give joy to
Sri Nitaichand, to attain the right to chant the Holy Name, and to feel
happiness when chanting the Holy Name. This happiness comes by His mercy. If
Nityananda Prabhu relishes someone’s kirtan, if He likes it, if He becomes
happy, then His happiness is reflected onto the person chanting kirtan, i.e.
the person who is chanting will also feel happy. "Kirtan" is not some melody,
tune, or showing off music skills. Ecstasy of kirtan is born from a lustrous
heart, purified by pure goodness. This is a very high attainment. Unless pure
goodness appears in one’s heart, the ecstasy of kirtan can never appear
there.'
Gaura Pratipad. Appearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Aloka
(Bhaktyaloka) Paramahamsa Maharaj (his brahmachari name was Sri Mahananda
Prabhu; he is a diksa disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad and a sannyas disciple of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj;
and he founded Sri Paramahamsa Gaudiya Math in Sri Dham Mayapur).
Dvitiya. Appearance of Tridandi-swami Srimad Bhakti Vichar Jajavar Maharaj (a
disciple of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad and a dear
associate of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj).
Hearing the name of Sri Sankar Acharya, Paramahamsa Babaji Mahasay offered
his prostrate obeisance and said:
