Halo of Service
Life
'If you cook cabbage or potato, the cabbage and potato will be able to do
some service. To grow something, you need water, wind, soil and other
facilities – water, wind and soil are all represented by demigods, and even
they want to serve Lord Govinda. It is within sadhus' and devotees'
capacity to engage everybody in the service of Lord Govinda.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
21 FEBRUARY 2021 [WORLDWIDE ADDRESS | PART 7]
Pride in Our
Identity
"It is unfortunate that people become great PhDs, get doctorates and become
very proud of that. What should we be proud of? We must be proud of being
eternal servants – eternal servants of the servants of devotees. This is our
main pride. But we become proud of our mundane education. Real education is
when you learn to be a devotee."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• REVEALED TRUTH •
(8) THE WAVES OF KAMA AND PREMA
'In English we translate the word prema as “love for Krishna”.
Actually there is no word in English for prema. Prema means
something like a mixture of love, attraction, attachment, affection, and
sincere hankering. When Srila Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami says trijagat
kaila kama-maya he means that the universe is overflooded with both
kama, the desire for mundane enjoyment, and prema, the desire
to lovingly serve Krishna.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SPECIAl POETRY: Sri Guru Prasastih
‘I offer you ten million prostrate obeisances. May I forever remain attached
to your holy feet. The glories of sadhus, gurus and Vaishnavs
bring so much happiness that I just sing whatever comes to my mind.’
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, 2 June 2026
Deity Eats
'Mahaprabhu had a close devotee called Mukunda Prabhu. Mukunda Prabhu had
only one son, his name was Raghunandan. If you go to Srikhanda, you can see a
place called Narahari Dham. There, the Deity has half of a sweet in His hand.
Do you know why?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
23 FEBRUARY 2021 [EKACHAKRA | EVENING | PART 1]
This Is Not a
Playground
"You must come here surrendering your everything – all your hearts, souls,
minds, everything – at the lotus feet of the Lord. We always blame the Lord
for making us suffer, but we do not blame ourselves for not being able to
surrender to the Lord. You blame the Lord, but have you become
surrendered to the Lord? You must ask yourselves this question."
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• REVEALED TRUTH •
(9) PERFECT HARMONY
'The conception of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is called the
achintya-bhedabheda-siddhanta: the conclusion of inconceivable
difference and nondifference. Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu taught that the
achintya-bhedabheda-siddhanta applies to everything, and that
everything can be adjusted and harmonised by it. His teaching of
achintya-bhedabheda-siddhanta is not a vad, an ism. Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not preach an ism. He preached siddhanta:
perfect conclusions that make perfect harmony with everything, perfect
conclusions that harmonise all isms.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SPECIAl POETRY: Pranama-mantras of Srila Sridhar Maharaj
‘His holy form is of a radiant golden colour, he is very beautiful and
gentle; he is a holy guru who is revered by the most learned souls and
is replete with all perfections; he is adorned by the garments the colour of
the rising sun and is engaged in the joyful pastimes of bestowing devotion.
Dear mind, please worship this Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami
Maharaj.’
SPECIAl POETRY: Pranati Dasakam (naumi sri-gurupadabjam)
‘Those who happily and with faith study this "Pranati Dasakam" every day will
attain the mercy of Srila Gurudev’s associates and receive the right to serve
the Lord on the path of spontaneous love.’
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, 3 June 2026
Deity Gives
Witness
'Ksir-chor Gopinath stole ksir (condensed milk) for Madhavendra Puri.
Saksi Gopal went to Vidyanagar and gave witness (saksi), after which
an Odian king fought a battle and brought the Deity to His current temple.
One time, Saksi Gopal wanted to have a nose ring...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
23 FEBRUARY 2021 [EKACHAKRA | EVENING | PART 2]
Wrong Worries
"You have no faith, that is why you have no devotion. Devotion (Bhakti Devi)
does not stay where there is no faith. She runs away from such places. Bhakti
Devi always wants a clean place. If you stuff the room with sacks of potato,
dal, rice, etc., where will you seat your Thakur?"
—{ Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math's Treasury }—
• REVEALED TRUTH •
(10) SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION
'I have been reading Srimad Bhagavad-gita and practising
bhakti-yoga all my life, and through that I have understood that
everything within Srimad Bhagavad-gita is important for everyone. I
have read Srimad Bhagavad-gita so many times, and every time I read it
new meaning comes to me. But the general meanings of the verses do not become
suppressed. Rather, more and more meanings continue to overflow. I am so
satisfied with that. From deep to deeper to deepest, everything is presented
in Srimad Bhagavad-gita. It is necessary for everyone to read
Srimad Bhagavad-gita every day attentively. Day by day I am more and
more enthusiastic to preach the conception taught in Srimad
Bhagavad-gita because it is very essential for the primary religious
education of all people.'
• SRI GAUDIYA GITANJALI •
SPECIAl POETRY: Sri Guru Prasasti (bhagyadhisa! tvadiyo)
‘O Holder of the divine Sri Gauranga-Saraswati River! You are the
worshippable protector of devotion. You are the dearmost associate of Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur! O King among sannyasis! O Divine
Master! O Supreme Lord of this universe! I am praying to you, my Lord, on
this auspicious day: please extend your mercy to me – let me be an eternal
servant of your holy lotus feet.’
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.'
