Fill Your Life
and Others'
'Sincerity means that you eat every day, you go to the toilet every day, you
do all these things for yourself every day, and you must similarly serve
Gurudev, serve the Lord every day. Whatever you do for Gurudev (arati,
kirtan, etc.), you should do it every day. That is called
sincerity.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Embody Proper
Conception
"Devotees must be always humble, it is necessary for everyone. Learn to be
humble, tolerant and to give honour to others from Mahaprabhu and Gurudev.
You must apply all these things in your life. These are the main things in
one's life."
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(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.'
Wed, 2 July 2025
Meaning of
Mercy
'Devotees always think that they are very low, that they are of a low
quality. If you think like this from your heart, then it is good for you. You
want mercy, but what is mercy? Means service. If I give you some service and
you do it, that is mercy. And it is also necessary to have surrendered mood,
not defending mood.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Real
Relationship
"It is not necessary to become a great guru—we must become great disciples.
If you worship the Lord understanding your relationship with Him, then your
ego will be removed. We must understand that we are servants of devotees.
When this relationship comes, your ego will be removed."
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(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.'
Thu, 3 July 2025
Bound and
Benumbed
'We had to undergo so much hellish suffering in the wombs of our mothers.
After that, emerging from that suffering, we took birth and again fell into
illusory bondage. Everybody can say all kinds of things – people talk about
their parents, family, friends, and so on – but it is not so easy for
everybody to pronounce the Holy Name of Lord Krishna. Do you know why?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Try to Forget
"How can I tell you it is easy to forget it. It is not easy. Even I cannot do
that, then how will you do it? When somebody abuses you, it is not something
you can forget. It is not that easy... But at least you can try."
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2020)
(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.'
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Ashtami. Disappearance of Sripad Ajita Krishna
Brahmachari.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Sripad Ajita Krishna
Brahmachari:
A Miracle and Wealth
of Our Mission[Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj]
"Ajita Krishna Brahmachari was an ideal servitor of Srila Guru Maharaj. I am
surprised to see his mood of service. I did something, no doubt, but he used
ten times more energy for the service of Guru Maharaj! That was his
peculiarity. That type of all-rounder brahmachari was the wealth of
our mission."
The
Tireless Servitor[Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
An article written by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj in
honour of the passing of Sripad Ajita Krishna Prabhu Seva Saurabh. It was
first published in Sri Gaudiya Darsan on 19 September 1971.
The
Best of All Servitors[Sri Gaudiya
Darshan]
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj's tribute to Sripad Ajita
Krishna Das Brahmachari Seva Saurabh.
•SONG:
Ye anila
prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Where are the saviours of the fallen souls? Not finding Sri Gauranga, who
performed His Pastimes with all His associates, Narottam Das weeps."
•SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
•SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba
seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা "I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the
saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
•SONG:
Dhana mora
nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
Fri, 4 July 2025
Within and
Without
'What is that thing inside this body that makes it work? It is called the
soul. The soul and the body are not one and the same. Because we are misled
about the relation between the body and the soul, we think that our souls and
our bodies are one and the same thing.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Bound by Loving
Service
"It is necessary to understand how one should serve their Guru. You will
serve your Guru with much love and affection. They do not know how close the
relationship between Gurudev and me was. Gurudev gradually started to depend
on me—when he came to Nabadwip, he would always depend on me in everything,
and he said, 'I am coming here only because I know I can come and you will
take care of everything.'"
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(11) SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION
'Krishna’s advice is revolutionary but also simple. It is actually a direct
description of the jiva soul’s position as His eternal servant.
Krishna’s teaching is actually an expression of the universal spirituality
natural to all souls: anything not done in Krishna consciousness is sinful,
and everything done for Krishna is pious. This is the key to harmonising
everything and understanding Krishna’s revolutionary teaching at the
conclusion of Srimad Bhagavad-gita and throughout Srimad
Bhagavatam—Krishna’s subjective revolution of consciousness.'
Sat, 5 July 2025
Think about
Your Actual Self
'In this material world, we are always busy with our own material lives. But
try to understand what your soul wants, what your soul is meant to do. Try to
know who you are first. Before you try to understand the world, try to
understand yourselves.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Deep Service
Mood
"Chatak bird always waits for rain, and we too should have this hankering for
service. By hook or by crook, I always wanted to please Gurudev. It is
necessary to have service mood, and to have service mood you must have love
and affection and always engage in sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam,
etc."
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2020)
(12) SURRENDER
'Krishna is always with us. He lives in our heart in the form of Paramatma.
From within our hearts He observes everything we do and all the reactions we
create for ourselves. Whenever we consciously surrender to Him and act
according to our nature as His eternal servants, He removes all of our
karmic reactions, fills our hearts with happiness, joy, and beauty,
and gives us entrance into the ecstatic world of Goloka Vrindavan Dham.'
Today in the calendar:
Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj
(a disciple of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, a sannyas disciple and a
dear associate of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj). Departure of
Sriyukta Krishnamayi Devi. Punar Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev (return
journey of the Chariots).
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Bhakti Kamal
Madhusudan Maharaj:
Pranam-mantra of Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, composed by Srila
Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj:
"I offer my obeisance unto the great Guru Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan
Maharaj. His tall, tranquil form, adorned with a tridanda and garments the
colour of the newly risen sun, is the embodiment of mercy. He is an
affectionate king amongst the Gaudiya Vaishnava sannyasis, an ocean of
Vedantic knowledge, and always rapt with the ecstatic taste of Sri Sri
Guru-Gauranga's kirtan."
Godbrothers'
Bond
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj tells about
the close and reverent relationship that Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar
Dev-Goswami Maharaj had with his godbrothers, Srila Bhakti Saranga Goswami
Maharaj, Srila Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj, and Srila Krishna Das Babaji
Maharaj.
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2009)
Invoking
Vaishnavs' Mercy
"Today is Srimad Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj's appearance day. Wherever
he is staying now, whether in Goloka Vrindavan or anywhere else, we are
praying to him, 'Wherever you are now, please give us some mercy.'"
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In honour of Sri Krishna Mayi Devi Dasi:
Srila B.S. Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj remembers:
"When Krishnamayi Didi's son and son-in-law both died. She was in great
distress and came here to take shelter. Her son and myself were both the same
age. Krishnamayi Didi saw that Srila Guru Maharaj gave me much affection,
therefore she treated me as her son and would always give me much
enthusiasm.
"She came from a very high family. Both her father's family and her husband's
family were very high brahmanas, but they were smarta and so none of them
liked the Vaishnav Temples. Krishnamayi Didi was previously coming here but
hiddenly. Because her family were smarta they did not give her permission to
come, but she came anyway. Her family knew Srila Guru Maharaj since childhood
as Srila Guru Maharaj was their relative and also came from a very prominent
smarta brahmana family. Outwardly, therefore, they did not say anything wrong
to Krishnamayi Didi but they expressed their objection in many ways. She did
not listen to them but told, 'I have a great Guru and I cannot leave his
lotus feet.' When her very good son-in-law died she became very distressed
and could not remain living in her house. She came to take shelter of Srila
Guru Maharaj and offered her house to him. She said to me, 'Please you sell
my house.' I eventually was able to sell it for a good price and, according
to her wish, gave the money to Srila Guru Maharaj. He made one small
single-roomed bungalow for her to live in. It is known as Govinda Dham and is
where she now stays.
"The first lady to help Srila Guru Maharaj in the Math was Rama Didi. When
she would go to stay with her relatives, Krishnamayi Didi would help to look
after Srila Guru Maharaj. It was necessary to cook in a very precise way for
Srila Guru Maharaj otherwise he would get a headache. Krishnamayi Didi learnt
to cook for him from Rama Didi. We would offer Srila Guru Maharaj her
preparations, but after maybe two or three years she herself would take him
his prasadam and offer it directly to him. At that time Srila Guru Maharaj
could not see very well. One day Krishnamayi Didi was giving something to
Srila Guru Maharaj and by chance her finger and Srila Guru Maharaj's finger
touched. Immediately she paid her obeisances to Srila Guru Maharaj saying,
'Oh, I have made a great offence!' I was there and saw Srila Guru Maharaj
smile a little, thinking, 'She has acted perfectly.'
"Srila Guru Maharaj was becoming old, his pulse and blood pressure were low
and his health was deteriorating. And after that incident Krishnamayi Didi
became close in the service to Srila Guru Maharaj. So from that first
situation where no lady could enter his room we have seen how presently
Krishnamayi Didi began rendering service to Srila Guru Maharaj, and later
Rama Didi and so many others also came and served him in various ways."
Digesting
Gurudev's Love
"They cannot understand how much love and affection Gurudev has for them.
They think Gurudev loves his disciples but not his godbrothers and
godsisters, and that is why they left..."
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Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
•SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
•SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা "I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
•SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
•SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
Sun, 6 July 2025 (Sri Sayan Ekadasi)
Pivotal
Difference
'Your life revolves around eating, sleeping, fearing for your lives and
procreating, but even dogs and goats live like this. So, what is the
difference between us and animals then? They do the same things as we. But
the difference appears when and if we practise Krishna consciousness.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Ideal of
Surrender
"Sri Sri Prapanna-jivanamritam is an important book in our line. There
are so many highest things written here in a very beautiful way. I read it
today again after many years, and I liked it a lot, I am thinking I must read
it again and again."
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(13) THE TRANSCENDENTAL SERVICE WORLD
'Sometimes great hope comes to us in our lives, and sometimes hopeless
situations come to us, but we do not become frustrated in any way, and we do
not leave Krishna consciousness. We only try to engage ourselves in Krishna’s
service. We cannot leave our internal enemies forever. From time to time our
internal enemies will disturb us. Sometimes we will be submerged in them. I
can understand now that such immersion is for our purification, and that we
will not remain immersed in them forever. This is our position, and all we
can do is try to not allow ourselves to always be a servant of our mundane
desires, while we pray to the Lord for His mercy and try to engage in His
service.'
Sri Ekadasi Guidance Guidelines on how to observe and honour this holy day: Ekadasi takes an
indispensible part in the life of a sincere practitioner. At Sri Chaitanya
Saraswat Math, Ekadasi and paran are observed with affection and without
fail according to the dates given in the Calendar.
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj about fasting on ekadasi and
accepting material facilities:
"One time, a devotee came here from Vrindavan on the day of
ekadasi. He reached in the evening and, after taking bath in the
Ganges, attended kirtans, danced, circumambulated the temple and so
on. Then, I asked him whether he would take any anukalpa. He replied,
'Generally, I do not take anything, but if you like, then, of course, I must
take anukalpa. Your will is greater than my fasting.' That was his
decision.
"My Guru Maharaj (Srila Prabhupad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur)
always wanted maximum energy: you should take good food and do good service.
That was his maxim. Krishna is not a liquidated party: take full
prasadam and do full service. Do maximum service, and you should take
whatever is necessary for that. You are to take it for the cause of Krishna,
not for your own cause. You are Krishna's, so if you grow weak, His service
will be hampered, and both you and Krishna will be losers thereby. 'My
soldiers will be well-fed and well-working.' That was our Guru Maharaj's
principle. Napoleon said, 'One full-fed soldier is equal to ten half-fed
soldiers.'
"So, prasad-seva: if it is service, then it must be taken in a
serving mood, of course. But, at the same time, the individual position of a
devotee should be taken into consideration. Sahajiyas do not Fast on
ekadasi at all: 'Oh, we are in Vrindavan, and there is no fasting in
Vrindavan.' But Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Prabhupad did not like that –
it is sahajiya (imitation) if you go on feeding your senses in the
name of Krishna-bhakti (devotion to the Lord). For the service to Krishna, it
is necessary to keep up the body and to provide nourishment to it, so we must
take what is necessary for service. We do not like it if by fasting a loss of
energy is effected. If fasting does not hamper your service, you may go on
fasting – perhaps, your gurudev wanted that...
"For service, I must accept what is necessary to make me physically
fit so that I can render more service. So, accepting material things is not
objectionable. It is fruitful, not detrimental. Rather, it produces something
of a pure character, which helps everyone. This is how a disciple receives
and accepts things. At that same time, he may even blame himself, 'I cannot
go on with my worldly life without the help of this or that!' He will blame
himself, but the underlying spirit must be, 'If I do not take it, I shall be
unfit; I will not be able to do my bit of service to the Lord, to my
gurudev.'
"Moreover, by taking up renunciation, I will be a loser. I will incur
a loss for myself, for the world, and my guru's service will be
hampered. In this spirit, devotees are to take everything. For the cause of
Krishna, for the cause of their guru, they will accept anything.
"Suppose there is a very miserly karmachari (manager). Because
he does not want to spend money, he may not attain a particular result; then,
some difficulty comes, and the opportunity is lost. This manager will be held
responsible by the proprietor: 'Why did you not spend money? Why are you
afraid of spending money from my store? Because of your miserly habit, the
opportunity has been lost! Why should you not spend My money for My
interest?' So, to render service to Krishna, to my gurudev, to
Vaishnavs, to the world, to everyone, I must keep up this mundane body, and I
am entitled to take something for that.
"Miserliness is mayavada; it is the renunciation spirit, and it
will mar Krishna's interest. What we need is yukta-vairagya: I shall
take from the store of Krishna to keep myself fit and to do service. It is
Krishna's account, and if I do not do that, I should be a separatist, a
mayavadi, a renunciationist. I shall render maximum service to
Krishna, and I must take without any hesitation whatever is necessary to make
myself fit for the service; otherwise, I shall be punishable."
•"Sri
Ekadasi"
(Sri Sri Prema Vivarta)
"One day, Gaurahari left the Gundicha Temple and sat in the Jagannath
Vallabha garden. It was pure Ekadasi, and the Lord spent the whole day and
night chanting the Name of Krishna..."
•SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু "I carefully observe the holy days related to Madhava, they are the mother
of devotion."
•SONG:
Sri hari-vasare |
শ্রীহরি-বাসরে হরি "On the holy day of Sri Hari, Sriman Mahaprabhu, the life and
soul of the universe, began dancing..."
"You do not need to know the meaning of each ekadasi tithi because if
you know it, you will want to get this result, that result, etc."
(Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj)
Mon, 7 July 2025
Forget Me Not
'Because we forget about God, we are now suffering the agony of threefold
miseries. You think, "I am very poor, but those who have a lot of money must
have nothing to worry about in their lives..." It is not so. There is no
peace in this world – nobody lives worry-free here.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Worldwide Address }—
Spiritual
Chastity
"Actually, Gaudiya mission is very big, and our line is the line of Srila
Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj—we find all perfection, all fulfilment in this
line. Do not bring other conceptions to Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. Be
chaste to our Guru."
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2020)
(14) THE TRANSCENDENTAL VIBRATION FORM
OF THE LORD
'When we chant the Lord’s Holy Name it is not necessary to think or focus on
anything. We only need to chant in a prayerful mood of surrender,
considering, “I am Yours, and You are mine.” Through this mood our
relationship with the Lord will be finalised. At first it will not become
final, but by chanting, chanting, and chanting, slowly the source of our
chanting, the Lord, will fully acquire our mind. The Lord’s Holy Name will
enter our heart and give us full nourishment: supreme benefit,
auspiciousness, and so on. We have no other way but to chant the Lord’s Holy
Name in humble surrender.'
Tue, 8 July 2025
Antidote to
Material Life
'The problem is that you hear about it, but you are not doing it. You have
got this human birth, but you forget what you must do. You do not even know,
do not even understand what you need. Because we forget the Lord, we keep
getting born in this material world. How can we get out of it now?'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 1]
Gurudev's
Appearance
"Today is 1 January, the first day of the year, and this is the day of my
Gurupadpadma Om Vishnupad Jagad Guru Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj's appearance. Choosing this holy dvitiya tithi day, Gurudev
appeared in this world 92 years ago."
(15) SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU’S MOOD OF DEVOTION
'Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu did not write many verses or give many
instructions. He simply gave the gist of all instructions in His
Siksastakam. There is no way to proceed in our spiritual life or in
our chanting of the Lord’s Holy Names without following the directives of Sri
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu given in His Siksastakam. Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu’s Siksastakam is our life and soul. We will try until death
to proceed according to its instructions and we must be benefitted to the
utmost by that.'
Wed, 9 July 2025
Mixing in
Adulteration
'Always keep these things tight in your hearts. Never forgot about it. When
outside people come and sing kirtans, you can enjoy the pleasant
poetry, and it can stir some emotions in you, it can give pleasure to your
minds or hearts – but it can never bring any genuine benefit or
auspiciousness to you.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 2]
Gurudev's
Coming to the Temple
"One day, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj's preaching party came to
Nadanghat on their way back from preaching. They did collection during the
day, and in the evening they would give a class and chant kirtans at
the house of some zamindar. When they came to Nadanghat, Gurudev came and sat
at the programme, listening to the Hari-katha."
(16) SERVING UNDER PROPER GUIDANCE
'We cannot see Krishna’s divine form or hear His Divine Name. If we try to go
to Krishna directly, overstepping the sadhu, we will never see
Krishna’s real form. We will only go down into the garbage of illusion again
and again. It is necessary to understand what the Holy Name of Krishna is,
and what it is not, if we actually want to chant the Holy Name. From our
mundane position we do not understand Krishna, but He can reveal Himself in
our hearts if we try to connect with Him with love, affection, chastity, and
sincerity through the proper channel of His devotee.'
Thu, 10 July 2025 (Sri Guru Purnima)
Wholesome Life
'Do you dream of going to heaven? Do you think that you can do something good
in this world and after that go to heaven? Our lives are neither about
rejecting Krishna's things or enjoying Krishna's things out of ego – our
lives are about taking Krishna's things and using them in His service.'
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Bengali)
Today in the calendar:
Purnima. Sri Guru Purnima.Appearance of
Srila Vyasadev. Disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu.Beginning of Chaturmasya Vrata.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of
Sri Chaturmasya-vrata:
Chaturmasya
"Chaturmasya is good, but chaturmasya does not mean you must
keep a beard, grow long hair and not eat something, but secretly do nonsense.
This life is not for enjoyment only. You must be always careful with the
food..."
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In honour of Srila
Vyasadev:
"You have heard of the Upanisads, Vedas, Vedanta, and the other
scriptures which were revealed in India in written form five thousand years
ago. Previously, this knowledge existed as sruti-mantram, spoken
words, and it was transmitted by rsis and munis to their
disciples through sruti-mantram. At that time there were no books.
Vedavyas has very mercifully given us the written form of
sruti-mantram: the Veda. He divided the Veda (sruti)
into four parts: Rg, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva. He also composed
the supplementary literatures (smrti) like the Mahabharata, which is
called the fifth Veda. The gist of the Vedas can also be found
in the hundreds of Upanisads he wrote. The great rsis, Vedic
research scholars, have also presented the Vedic knowledge in the
Puranas. Thus, through the great rsis, this transcendental
knowledge is being revealed in this mundane world, and when necessary, from
time to time, an incarnation of the Lord manifests by whose divine mercy we
get a connection with that transcendental knowledge.
"These Vedic literatures mainly try to give us transcendental knowledge, and
for our benefit they have proclaimed, "Srnvantu visve amrtasya putra:
you are all the sons of nectar, transcendental nectar; you are from the
nectarean ocean. Dive deep into that nectar!" We are all parts and parcels of
the Lord, therefore we are spiritual relatives."
(Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj,
Original Source)
namo 'stu te vyasa-visala-buddhe
phullaravindayata-patra-netra
yena tvaya bharata-taila-purnah
prajvalito jnana-mayah pradipah
Obeisances unto Srila Vyasadeva—
O Srila Vyasadeva of formidable intelligence, whose eyes resemble the long
petals of the blooming lotus flower, and who ignited the lamp of knowledge,
filled with the oil of the Mahabharata—I offer my obeisances unto
you.
The Greatest Gift of
Sri Vedavyas A wonderful extensive talk by Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami
Maharaj describing the holy appearance of Srimad Bhagavatam:
"Srimad Bhagavatam is the oldest and finest book of Krishna
consciousness. Vedavyas had composed all the scriptures, but he still did not
feel happiness in his heart. He started searching what had happened..."
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In honour of
Sri Guru Purnima:
Sri Bhakti
Siddhanta Vani
A quote of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad that is much
appreaciated by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj and is
framed and hung in many of the temples: "If someone does not consider it
necessary to faithfully follow their Guru and the Vaishnavs, their endeavour
to serve the Lord is not service to the Lord—it is service to
maya."
Sri
Guru-Tattva: The Captain of Your Boat
"If you serve your Guru properly, if you have devotion to the Guru, then you
will be able to remove the bondage with the modes of material nature, and
through that relationship with your Guru you can get service to the Lord and
finally reach your destination."
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Bengali)
Sri Guru Purnima:
Remembrance Day
"Today is a very good and auspicious day, the day of Sri Guru Purnima. On
this day, we can pray to our Gurudev that he may engage us in service more
and more, so that we could progress in our spiritual life, so that we could
submit ourselves to him as a devotee."
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Sri Guru Purnima
Address
"My body is here, but my heart, my mind, my everything is with you. I am
always thinking about you, I am always thinking about your good, how you can
become better and better, how you can run the mission more and more
successfully. Any service I can help you with, I will always try to do it,
and I will try my best. That is my promise on this Guru Purnima day."
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Will-O'-the-Wisp of
Worldly Wishes
"If you give Maya chance, then Maya will attack you. As soon as you get a
weak spot, Maya will attack you. It does not matter whether you are young or
old. If you try to control your elements, you can control them
from a young age."
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Eternal Priorities
"You cannot follow all the very strict rules that the six goswamis
followed properly in Vrindavan. So, think only about doing your service
properly, about practising properly, about avoiding bad association
properly—give much importance to all this."
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Key to Guru Puja
"Gurudev had explained and taught me that when you make a festival not much
is necessary—a festival means Vaishnav seva, bhakta-seva.
Guru-seva is not engaging your Guru in service—it means serving your
Guru, serving his devotees."
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Sri Guru's
Forgiving Mercy
"Gurudev is always merciful. I can give you an example of how merciful
Gurudev is, I can tell you one story. Disciples always do wrong, but Gurudev
is always merciful..."
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Part 1:
How to See the Guru: Mercy
Clear guidance on how to understand who the Guru is, and how a sincere
disciple should see the Guru: the Guru is not only a mahabhagavata (a great
devotee), he is nondifferent from Krishna Himself.
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Part 2:
How to See the Guru: Chastity
The main quality of a sincere disciple explained by several examples:
one-pointed attention, rejecting the unfavourable, intense attachment to
service and devotees, faith, and careful choice of association.
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Sri Guru and His
Grace
His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj has been recently
repeatedly stressing the importance of reading this holy book,
recalling many examples and guidenlines found therein. Presented here
in English for online reading, and in Bengali and English for
downloading.
Sri
Sanatan-Siksa
The first lecture in the cycle of lectures given by His Divine Grace Srila
B.N. Acharya Maharaj in 2015, dedicated to the teachings of Sri Krishna
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhu and Srila Sanatan Goswami
Prabhu.
Sri
Rupa-Sanatan Siksa(EPUB file, 0.5 Mb)
"Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita: Sri Rupa-Satana Siksa, read and expounded by His
Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj." An electronic
version of the published previously online matter available now for download,
reading and worshipping on phones, tablets, eBook readers, etc.
•SONG:
Sri Sad-Goswamy-Astakam |
শ্রীশ্রীষড়্গোস্বাম্যষ্টকম্ "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Six Goswamis, namely Sri
Rupa Goswami, Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri
Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Jiva Goswami, and Sri Gopala Bhatta Goswami, who
are always engaged in chanting the Holy Name of Krishna and dancing. They are
just like the ocean of love of God, and they are popular both with the gentle
and with the ruffians, because they are not envious of anyone. Whatever they
do, they are all-pleasing to everyone, and they are fully blessed by Lord
Chaitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver
all the conditioned souls in the material universe."
•SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
•SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
•SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা "I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
•SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
•SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
Fri, 11 July 2025
Devoured by
Darkness
'There are people who serve the Lord (such people are called devotees of the
Lord). At the same time, in this material world, there are also other people
who cannot serve the Lord. What is the reason?'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 3]
Perfect
Adherence
"Within seven days after Guru Maharaj's coming to the temple, Srila Sridhar
Maharaj told him, 'Do not follow what your mind tells you. You must do only
what I tell you. Never do what your mind tells you to do.' Remember
this."
(17) RECOGNISING DEVOTION
'If we chant the Hare Krishna maha-mantra with the qualities of
humility, tolerance, and giving honour to others, we will certainly get a
proper result. Mahaprabhu promised this to us, and even Krishna will not be
able to check our result because our result will come to us through His
devotee’s devotee. Humility, tolerance, and the offering of respect are the
essential qualities of a devotee. Everyone must maintain those qualities in
their devotional lives. If anyone is successful in practising Mahaprabhu’s
procedure, then they will be very, very close to liberation, and after
liberation they will see and feel how everything is transcendental and all
right, by the will of the Lord.'
Sat, 12 July 2025
Spiritual
Power
'Chant the Holy Names of Nitai-Chaitanya, and your material bondage will be
removed – you will get taste for chanting the Holy Name of Lord Krishna, and
then your life will be easily successful! Do you understand the process? You
must always remember this.'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 4]
Who Is Guru?
"The guru is one into whom the Lord has invested all His power. Once
you get the mercy of the guru, you will get all mercy. If Krishna
bestows His mercy on any fortunate soul, then the guru teaches that
soul everything in his omniscient (antaryami) form."
(18) INCONCEIVABLE GLORY
'From our mundane position we cannot gauge or feel the nature of Vrindavan.
If we try to feel that abode from here, what we feel will be mundane. It is
not necessary for us to discuss the matters of the transcendental world so
much. That abode is not revealed through lectures or reading actually. It is
revealed through dedication, devotion, determination, and divine grace. When
one is fully enriched with those qualities, one will get everything
automatically.'
Today in the calendar:
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj (a diksa and
sannyas disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, the
first Gaudiya Math preacher in the West).
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 Sripad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj:
Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj remembers:
When I got sannyas, Sripad Bon Maharaj was present there, as well as many
others also. Sripad Bon Maharaj remarked, "Prabhupad has got a high
satisfaction by giving you sannyas. We have never seen so much satisfaction
in him at the occasion of any other sannyasi. He is highly satisfied with
conferring sannyas to you."
....When Sripad Bon Maharaj returned from England, he put so many disturbing
questions to our Guru Maharaj (Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur
Prabhupad), "What do you know about that country? They are so brave, so
gorgeous! Staying here, we cannot have any proper estimation of the
civilisation in London at present. We are all ignorant. If we are to preach
in London or Europe, we will have to be trained in a different way!" That was
his advice to our Guru Maharaj, and Guru Maharaj, being pressed, rather
attacked by his own disciple in such a way, withdrew himself by saying, "This
is not our way of thinking. Our Guru Maharaj, Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji
Maharaj, did not even know how to sign his name, but we think that all the
scholarship, wealth, everything is there in a nail of his toe." Guru Maharaj
represented himself in a mild and humble way, but there was also professor
Sanyal present there, and he came out like a tiger at our Bon Maharaj, "Have
you lost all you have got from Guru Maharaj?! You are bold enough to talk in
such a boisterous way? Have you forgotten how to behave with your Divine
Master?" He was furious; Bon Maharaj had to check himself. Anyhow, Prabhupad
said about him, "Bon Maharaj went to preach in my first year in
England and in my second year in England." Prabhupad had gone through
it using Bon Maharaj.
So, when I heard that Sripad Bon Maharaj had returned from Europe and put
forth so many arguments of the Western persons saying that they could not be
answered, I wanted to hear what those questions were that could not be
answered. He reluctantly spoke about the arguments he had had to face there,
and I began to answer them one by one. Then, when Sripad Bon Maharaj could
not say anything more, Srila Swami Maharaj [Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Maharaj], who was present at that round table meeting, said, "Here, Europe is
defeated by Asia!"
* * *
...At that time, all the preachers had been taken back from the compass of
the country and were concentrated to work in Kolkata—they used to have to go
door to door collecting bhiksa (alms, donations). Sripad Bon Maharaj's
party, he and one or two brahmacharis, went to some part of Kolkata for
collection. Generally, seeing some gentleman standing by, one of the members
of the party would run up to him and say something like, "We come from
Gaudiya Math, we want to make some collection. Dear sir, you are a devoted
person of this locality, please make some contribution." So, one time, Bon
Maharaj asked some gentleman to give him some addresses of good benevolent
gentlemen whom they could approach to get some money for their purpose. The
gentleman showed Bon Maharaj the way saying, "Just go to that house, you will
find the right person there." Bon Maharaj went there in good faith. When he
knocked on the door, the door was open. A lady came out. Seeing him, she
said, "Oh, you are a sadhu! What do you want from me?" The gentleman who had
directed Bon Maharaj there, was laughing behind him—the lady was a
prostitute. Bon Maharaj was perplexed—it was a lady. Anyhow, he still gave
her the letter of invitation saying, "We have got such and such festival, we
want you to come and we want to ask you for some contribution." I do not know
if the lady had given him anything or not, but all the people around were
laughing. After that, Bon Maharaj came back to Prabhupad and said,
"Prabhupad, I will not go for any collection again." Prabhupad asked him,
"Why? What has happened?" Bon Maharaj related the incident saying that some
rogues had guided him to a prostitute's house. After that, Prabhupad
delivered a lecture: "There are many of you who have left their own property,
but still I send you out for collection. Do you think that I am doing wrong?
I am not. The visayi (materialists) always want to entrap us within their
material life, but we must learn to utilise everything and anything in the
service of Krishna, then only are we saved; otherwise, if we leave, give
everything away, all this visaya (material elements) will be left there and
as soon as it gets any chance, it will come to bite me. So, whatever comes to
us, we should deal with everything in such a way that rather, 'Whatever I
shall come across, it will give me some impression to remember
Krishna—everything should utilise me for a particular service to Krishna.' If
left there, they will be enemies, but they should all be turned into friends.
They will help me, remind me, excite me in the service of Krishna. We must
have this kind of adjustment in this world. So, nothing should be left off.
'Nirbandhah Krsna-sambandhe yuktam vairagyam uchyate: when one is not
attached to anything, but at the same time accepts everything in relation to
Krishna, one is rightly situated above possessiveness.'"
Prayers to Sri Vaishnav Thakur:
•SONG:
Ei-bara karuna kara |
এইবার করুণা কর "O worshippable Vaisnava, be merciful to me this time. O saviour of the
fallen, without you there is no one. In every birth I aspire for the dust of
your feet."
•SONG:
Ohe Vaisnava
Thakura |
(ওহে) বৈষ্ণব ঠাকুর "O worshippable Vaishnav, ocean of grace, be merciful to this servant.
Give me the shade of your feet and purify me. I clasp your feet. You can give
Krishna, you have that power. Calling, 'Krishna!' 'Krishna!', I run after
you."
•SONG:
Ki-rupe paiba seva |
কিরূপে পাইব সেবা "I am so wicked, how will I ever get service? I do not have any attachment
to Sri Guru and Vaishnavs! Prabhu, you see no fault in others, you are the
saviour of the fallen. Please deliver Narottam this time!"
•SONG:
Dhana mora nityananda |
ধন মোর নিত্যানন্দ "The feet dust of the Vaishnavs is where I sport and take bath, Vaishnavs'
name is the water oblation. My mind is intently fixed upon the remnants of
Vaishnavs, and I am elated hearing the name of Vaishnavs."
•SONG:
Ye
anila prema-dhana |
যে আনিল প্রেমধন "Where has Advaita Acharya gone? Where are my Svarup, Rupa, Sanatan? Where
is my Raghunath? Where are the saviours of the fallen souls?"
Sun, 13 July 2025
Depths of
Devotion
'If we truly have attachment and affection, faith and devotion, towards the
holy lotus feet of our Gurupadpadma, then we will never have to face anything
inauspicious in our lives. If we can leave our bodies always thinking about
the Lord, always chanting the Lord's Names, then it will be arranged for us
to come to the holy abode of the Lord in Goloka Vrindavan.'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 5]
Sri Guru
Tattva
"Souls wander throughout this universe, but if some fortunate souls take by
Krishna's mercy the seed of devotion from Gurudev and practises Krishna
consciousness, they can reach the Lord's abode! Do you understand what I am
saying?"
(19) THE NEXT EDITION OF RADHA-KRISHNA’S PASTIMES
'Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, but He has now become the
divine form of Radha and Krishna combined to taste Radharani’s
Krishna-prema. Radharani and Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu are actually
nondifferent. Mahaprabhu appeared to taste the divine ecstasy of
Krishna-prema in the way that Radharani tastes it and to see the way
how She gives Krishna super joy and ecstasy through Her love, affection,
charm, beauty, and so on. That is the hidden purpose of Krishna’s appearance
as Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.'
Mon, 14 July 2025
Guard Your
Spiritual Purity
'When we are in the association of devotees or when we remember devotees,
then we can remember the Lord – thoughts about the Lord will be coming to our
minds and hearts. The problem is that many of us think that we have become
Vaishnavs...'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 6]
Guru's
Greed, Disciple's Greed
"These are desires or your tongue and mind! The souls never wants all this,
but we are so greedy that we think that our mind and our soul are one and the
same. People do not understand what is mind and what is the soul..."
(20) THE FINEST CONCEPTION
'We need transcendental ecstasy. We do not want sadness, sorrow, or
inauspiciousness. We always need the opposite. We need something eternal,
glorious, and beautiful. There is only one way to get that: through
hankering. Hankering gives us the real property in our spiritual lives. If I
have hankering for Krishna-prema then I must search, “Where is
Krishna-prema?” It is very rare, but if I find anyone who has
Krishna-prema in their heart, I must try to get his association.
Through that person I can understand what Krishna-prema is, how much I
need it, how much I will be satisfied by it, and so on.'
Tue, 15 July 2025 (Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami
Prabhu)
Focus on
Lord's Happiness
'We come to the temple and instead of thinking about it as a place for
service, we thinking that a temple is a place for our enjoyment.
Gurudev makes a temple, and we take it as an object of enjoyment.
Hari-seva (service to the Lord) means Hari-bhoga (supplying
enjoyment to the Lord), not Hari-bhogi (using the Lord for your own
enjoyment).'
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—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [PART 7]
Deceivers and
Deceived
"If somebody lives in enjoyment, is foolish (ignorant of what one's duty is
and what must not do) and lives following any other path except pure
devotion, then even if this person is called a guru (in name only), it is the
order of the scriptures that he must be given up."
APPENDIX: DASA-VIDHA NAMAPARADHA
'The Harinam maha-mantra is the best of all mantras and is
distributed throughout the world by the mercy of the sadhus devoted to the
Name. Never criticise such great souls.'
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
'Srila Govinda Maharaj created the atmosphere of Vraja Dham wherever he went.
His seemingly simple, yet deeply loving and profound personality can only be
understood as a manifestation of the aprakrta realm. His seniors,
peers, and followers all marvelled at the beauty of his form and the
sweetness and strength he exhibited as he related naturally and intimately
with all. His captivating affection awakened the dormant spirit of devotion
from within the hearts of thousands and forcibly inspired them to dedicate
their lives to the service of Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.'
Today in the calendar:
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami
Prabhu.
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj: "Even if you do
not know anything about the Vaishnav mentioned in the calendar, you must
still give them 'jay' on this day. We must always remember disappearance and
appearance days of all Vaishnavs. If we can remember such personalities, such
great souls, it will bring a great benefit to our spiritual life."
"We should always check the calendar, and when we see some dates mentioned
there, even if we do not know anything about the Vaishnav or events mentioned
there, we can at least give 'jay' to them—that also brings some good sukriti,
some purification to us. Seeing the calendar and taking devotees' names early
in the morning, from the beginning of the day, is very good for all
devotees."
"Wake up, look into the calendar and give 'jay' to your Guru and
Vaishnavs. Always pay obeisance to your Guru and Vaishnavs when you wake up
in the morning, always give them 'jay'. Always keep faith and show
respect to them. Always see the calendar—whose appearance day it is, whose
disappearance day it is. Even if you cannot make a festival, at least you can
give them 'jay', it will bring you benefit. When you give 'jay'
to your Guru and Vaishnavs, it brings you sukriti. For example, today
is the disappearance day of a Vaishnav—give 'jay' to him, remember
him. We must always remember the words of Vaishnavs. If I remember the words
of Vaishnavs, I get some benefit, some deposit through that."
In honour of Srila Gopal Bhatta
Goswamipad:
Srila Gopal
Bhatta Goswami's Miracle
"You have heard about the Deity of Sri Radha-Raman in Vrindavan. When Gopal
Bhatta Goswami lived in Vrindavan, he every day worshipped twelve pieces of
Govardhan sila..."
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Strongest
Faith (2) Gopal Bhatta Goswami
"You have eyes in your heart, and if you have such feeling towards the Deity
in your heart and do your service with such faith, then you can easily see
Krishna everywhere, hear Krishna-nama everywhere, nothing else besides
Krishna-nama will enter your ears..."
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Wed, 16 July 2025
Pure
Devotees' Pure Hankering
'What is the purpose of this body? What do highest devotees hanker for? Why
do we see others' faults? How can one live in Mathura? What is the difference
between a Vaishnav and a brahman? What happens if I listen to non-devotional
talks? What does a show of service mean?'
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Bengali)
—{ Sri Gurupadpadma's Hari-Katha: Year 2021 }—
1 JANUARY 2021 [NOON | PART 1]
Satiating
Hunger
"We have no attachment or love for what the great souls say. We only want
food! What is the need to come to the temple for that? If you want to come to
the temple for the benefit of your soul, then you can come, but do not come
as a beggar for food – come as a beggar for spiritual life! Always remember
this."
(1) YOU ARE SONS OF NECTAR
'You are all my spiritual relatives, assembled here today for hearing
something from me about Krishna consciousness. I humbly pay my respects to
you all because you have given me this opportunity to speak about my Lord Sri
Krishna and His associates. I want to do good for you, good for myself, and
good for the world.'
"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."
Gaura Dasami. Disappearance of Tridandi-swami Bhakti Kamal Madhusudan Maharaj
(a disciple of Srila Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, a sannyas disciple and a
dear associate of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj). Departure of
Sriyukta Krishnamayi Devi. Punar Yatra of Sri Sri Jagannathdev (return
journey of the Chariots).
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SONG:
Suddha-bhakata |
শুদ্ধ ভকত-চরণ-রেণু
Purnima. Sri Guru Purnima. Appearance of
Srila Vyasadev. Disappearance of Srila Sanatan Goswami Prabhu.
Beginning of Chaturmasya Vrata.
Sri
Rupa-Sanatan Siksa
Disappearance of Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Hriday Bon Maharaj (a diksa and
sannyas disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad, the
first Gaudiya Math preacher in the West).
Krishna Panchami. Disappearance of Srila Gopal Bhatta Goswami
Prabhu.