The Seeds of Discord
"This animosity, these things have not grown overnight—it has been growing
and increasing day by day, day by day. You did not see what was happening
inside, and now that tree grown very big!"
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Strong Faith and
Chastity
"He may not be able to talk now like before, but he can see everything, and
he is watching everything. I think those who say Gurudev is not here anymore
have not got any connection with Gurudev. That is why it is necessary to have
a strong faith."
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"I Want to Forget"
"I want to go somewhere—I want to get some relief. When I am sitting in the
office, I get some relief, but as soon as I go to my room, I again start
remembering everything. I want to forget it, but I cannot... It is impossible
to forget this. Such is my situation."
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31 March 2010
Greatest Sorrow
"Before, we could only read about it, and we could not even imagine it, but
now we can understand what it is like. Before, we did not even think about
it, but now we can understand what is sorrow and what is the greatest
sadness..."
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Remembering
Haridas Thakur's Departure
"In Mahaprabhu's pastimes, Mahaprabhu could not tolerate the separation from
Srila Haridas Thakur. One day, when Govinda came, he saw that Haridas Thakur
was not chanting loudly—he was chanting very softly..."
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Go Forward!
"Please, I want to do Gurudev's service together. I want to proceed together
for the service of Gurudev. We are all under one umbrella, we all belong to
one house. If we can serve his mission under Gurudev's guidance, it will be
very good. This is his instruction."
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Gurudev's Expectation
"On that day of his Vyasa Puja day, Gurudev said that some things would come
after him in Chaitanya Saraswat Math. This is his expectation and his hope,
and by the mercy of all the devotees, we can continue preaching."
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Follow Gurudev's
Instruction to a T
"If we cannot follow Gurudev's instruction, then there is no hope for our
spiritual life. Even if you can lose something, you must still follow
Gurudev's instruction. Actually, we do not think we can lose anything—if you
follow Gurudev's instruction, you will see that later you will get a good
result."
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Gurudev's Early Days at
the Temple
'Actually, day by day our time is going. Gurudev has left his body here... He
told us many things about his pastimes and his vision... You know that many
things happened when Gurudev joined this mission. Gurudev spoke about it many
times.'
Gurudev's Love for the
Temple
'Gurudev always thought about his temple from his young age when he joined
the temple. He also protected his temple, fighting so much. So many things
happened. Gurudev loved his temple and personally handled so many
things.'
Gurudev's Love and
Affection
'Gurudev told us many things about service and service decision. He always
thought about devotees and about how to give them relief. He showed very much
patience and tolerance in his life. And I saw how much love and affection he
had for his godbrothers. That love and affection were incomparable.'
Our Desperate Hope
'Our only bad fortune is that Gurudev has left... But his mercy is above us.
We must follow his line, follow his instruction, then his mercy will easily
come to us. That is our hope. Gurudev told me many times that it is necessary
to be a sincere seeker and it is necessary to have chastity. Everybody is a
sincere seeker, but it is very rare to see chastity in anyone.'
Our Hopeful
Determination
'We have done many things wrong, it is not like we are washed Tulasi leaves –
all of us have some bad qualities. So, what hope is there for us? We follow
the will and the order of our gurudev, and we must have desire and
determination to serve gurudev. This is our only hope.'
20 April 2010
Gopeshwar
Mahadev's Surrender
"...Lord Siva entered the rasa-mancha in this mood, and Krishna understood
who had come. Everyone wondered where the new gopi had come from and why
Krishna was giving her so much honour."
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June 2010
Chant Constantly
"Anywhere you can stay, be it forest or a house, it is necessary to chant,
only to chant constantly. When you stop chanting, illusory environment can
come. Chant constantly!"
The Four
Regulative Principles
The morbid consequences of neglecting the proper following of the four
regulative principles—the four dwelling places of Kali Maharaj; and
the affectionate advice on this matter.
Sri Guru:
Mercy at Your Doorstep
"What has Sri Guru come for? Krishna sent him to rescue us, to take us
home, but we do not want to go. Krishna is pulling us one way, and we are
grasping onto our house pillar. Krishna and Gurudev are saying, 'Come with
me! I have come to take you home.' But we reply...."
Unpretentious Mood
"It is not necessary to show detachment, just as it is not necessary to
[externally] show love and affection. The jiva soul wants to serve the
Lord, but it cannot because the illusory environment is always pressuring
it—it cannot get out of it."
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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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Faith Is the Currency
"I have carried so many things from Nabadwip, it is such a heavy load on My
head—do I now have to go again back to Nabadwip with all this? I cannot do
it. I must distribute it! If somebody can pay at least a little price, I will
distribute it to them!"
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Yamaduts
and Ego: How to Survive?
How to escape Yamaduts? Is it really necessary to wear Tulasi neck beads?
Can a grihastha be totally surrendered? And what to do if along
with a lot of service there comes a lot of ego?
Whole-Hearted Service
"Narottam Das Thakur was born in Sripat Keturi (Bangladesh) and in his life
he composed many Vaishnav songs. Actually, all our Guru-varga serve the Lord
and serve their Guru whole-heartedly, with body, mind, and speech."
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17 June 2010
Do not follow your mind:
surrender to your Guru
"We cannot follow our mind. We do not know what will be good for us, so
what instructions Gurudev gives, what is Gurudev's desire, and what will
happen—depend on him, give up everything to him."
The Devotee and the
Barber
"How do you know there is no God? You never went to God. You never go to
Krishna's devotee, you never go to Krishna's temple. Go and then you can
understand whether Krishna exists or not."
The Eyes to See, the Heart to
Feel
"If you have love and affection for the Lord, then you will be able to
recognise who has love and affection for the Lord. If you are a sincere
seeker and have chastity, you will be able to understand who is senior, who
is junior. It does not depend upon age..."
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24 June 2010
Vaishnavs: Not What They
Seem
The only path for us is to surrender and take association of a Vaishnav,
but if we cannot recognise Vaishnavs with our eyes, what can we then
recognised them with?
"My Devotee Is Always with
Me"
"Actually those who serve Gurudev and the Lord full-heartedly, always stay
with Gurudev and the Lord." His Divine Grace gives the examples of three
devotees of the Lord that illustrate this truth: Laksmi Priya Devi, Srivas
Pandit's son, and Chhota Haridas.
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26 June 2010 (Anniversary Festival at Sri Parama Karuna temple in Caracas)
Overeating and
Prasadam
The answer to the question: We are advised to avoid eating too much, but
sometimes as soon as people hear about taking prasadam they think
they can eat as much as they like...
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A Lesson on Surrender:
Body, Mind, and Words
"Aren't you ashamed?! You have already given this body to Me, then how can
you want to spoil My property? This is My property! This is not your
property"—pastimes of great Vaishnavas are not just stories, we have
to learn from them.
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My Joy and My Plight
"I have never wanted this—that I would sit in one place and everybody would
come, pay obeisance to me. Never. I want to go and chant and dance
everywhere, preach in the villages—this is my life. It is impossible for me,
it is actually an austerity for me, but I have to keep Gurudev's word."
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"I Need Your Mercy!"
"I am here today to get your mercy—I am here today to worship you, I have not
come to take worship. I only want to serve the Vaishnavs, I have no other
desire. I do not want anybody to do my puja, I want to serve you all."
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27 October 2010
Follow Your Dream
"'What is my desire? My only desire is that I can be a servant of the
Vaishnavs.' It is not necessary to become a manager, or a big guru— if
you want to become the dust of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, that is
sufficient to go to Goloka Vrindavan."
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3 November 2010
Panihati
"We have been to Panihati for chira-dadhi mahotsav, it is the place where
Srila Raghunath Das Goswami Prabhu received mercy of Sri Nityananda Prabhu.
It is not so far from Dum Dum Park, and it is a very nice place, on the bank
of the Ganges..."
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Eternal Values
"How many days will you be alive in this world? Even if you are alive for
thirty more years, then you will sleep for fifteen years, and the other
fifteen you have other things to do, and the time is gone. How many days do
we have to do Hari-bhajan? You must count it."
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Nimai's Playground: Body, Mind,
Soul
Nityananda Prabhu is remembering Pastimes of Mahaprabhu: "He is the master,
protector, and maintainer of the whole world. He is the shinning moon of
Mayapur, dissipating the dark ignorance of the world, He is the source of all
nectar for all of Nabadwip."
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6 November 2010
Bhukti,
Mukti, Bhakti
What is mukti and what is bhakti? His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya
Maharaj is reading from Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila,
Chapters 8 and 10, noting the exceptional character of devotion of Srila
Krishna Das Kaviraj Goswami and Srila Raghunath Das Goswami.
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Nistha: the Core
of Devotion
"First of all and above all it is necessary to have sincerity, nistha.
In Bengali and English, the meaning of sincerity is a little
different—nistha is something more than sincerity. Nistha means
if you do something you must do it every day."
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Extent of Devotion
"How much do we think about ourself and how much do we think about our Guru?
You must think about it, you must calculate this percentage..."
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Price of Devotion
"You cannot buy Krishna-bhakti even with millions of lifetimes of
sukriti; but if you think right now, 'I need it!'—when you feel that
kind of greed is coming through hearing Krishna-katha—you must immediately
purchase it. This is the price for Krishna-bhakti."
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Bond of Krishna-Katha
"When the taste for Bhagavat-katha, for Krishna-katha comes, there remains no
taste for any other katha—if you see Him once, you will not want to
see anything else. This is Krishna-prema."
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14 November 2010
Proper Engagement
"Krishna is easy—He says He wants some laddu, then give Him a laddu and He
will be happy, but you are giving Him a singara... This is not service, it is
following your mind. It is necessary to have service temper."
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Go-Astami
"Feed the cows, give some garland to the cows, give some sweets to the cows.
When Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj got some pranami, he would buy sweets
and give them to the cows..."
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15 November 2010
Service Consciousness
"Gurudev always says that you can take something but if you take it you must
be able to digest it. Everything that is created in this world exists for
Lord Krishna. You can take something but not for yourself—you must
use everything for the
service of the Lord."
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Srila
Sanatan Goswami's Pastimes
"In Singapore, Malaysia it is not so cold, they always have the same
temperature, but can you imagine how much Rupa Goswami and Sanatan Goswami
tolerated in Vrindavan during their whole life?..."
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Exclusive Opportunity
"If you take people who have no houses, no food, who sleep at some train
station and give them prasadam, a nice room, they cannot stay here.
Why? A great fortune is necessary. But we have at last got this opportunity.
Do not lose your chance."
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Sweet Talk
"You can conquer people's mind if you speak to them sweetly. If you throw a
lot of rice in the field, crows will come there; but if you mix the rice with
some black ash and throw it in the field, crows will not come."
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17 November 2010
Srila
Gaura Kishor Das Babaji Maharaj
The transcendental pastimes and character of a great Vaishnav of our
sampradaya: "'Why are you staying here in Radha Kunda? You must come to
Nabadwip. My Lila is not in Vrindavan, now My Lila is going on in
Nabadwip, so you must come here.' And he came here...."
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21 November 2010
Power of Sankirtan
"Through the sound vibration of Hare Krishna maha-mantra all kinds of
misconceptions, bad things go away. If you can use your energy for preaching
purpose, it will be beneficial for us and beneficial for everybody also. We
must do something for these poor people..."
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Real Service Mood
"Whether the Deity is small or big, it does not matter. Mahaprabhu gave a
Govardhan sila to Das Goswami Prabhu—it is a very small sila,
but when he served it, he could see the pastimes of Radha-Krishna. It depends
on the service mood."
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Shameless Life—Shameful
Future
"Now we have got this human body, but if we do not use it properly—if we do
not use it for the service of our Guru—then we will have to go there again.
There is no doubt. If you do not use your energy in the proper way, then one
day you will find you have no energy left."
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Engage in Service, Not
Maya
"One day my time will finish, but I have not been able to do anything for the
Lord! I am sent here for His service, but I could not do anything for Him...
Anyhow, by hook or by crook, we must engage ourselves in service of the
Lord."
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22 November 2010
Strong
Foundation
A strong foundation in one's spiritual life is very important. How can it
be built, and how can those who do not have such a strong foundation
survive in their spiritual life?
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25 November 2010
Karma-Bandhan
"If you water and nourish unwanted branches, they will grow stronger, and,
interfering with the main branches of your tree, will not let them
grow..."
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27 November 2010
Trying Times
"You know that before Mahaprabhu came it was a very difficult time, and now
also a very difficult time is coming. I was surprised to read how difficult
the situation was at that time. It is unbearable. We cannot even imagine
these things."
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Purity of Preaching
"Mahaprabhu only chanted and danced, and our preaching will also be chanting
and dancing. People will be happy and they will get more benefit. If there is
any programme without chanting, without kirtan, then it is called a mayavadi
conception."
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28 November 2010
Triumph of
Sankirtan Movement
"Illusory environment is very strong, and when somebody enjoys life, it is
not so easy to come out of that kind of environment. Only through
sankirtan can people come out of the illusory environment, there is no
other way. I want to have a strong preaching group..."
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Nurture
Devotion, Not Desires
"We must not waste our time on doing some nonsense—when we have time, we
should read books, practise, chant, preach. That is our life. We must cut all
unwanted branches. As soon as desires come to your heart or mind, you must
immediately cut them off..."
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What You Wish Is What You
Get
"We are like insects in the stool. If you take some worms out of the stool,
they will always go back to the stool, their character is like that. You
cannot conquer this illusory environment unless you get proper mercy."
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Accepting Guru's Order
"Gurudev gave some explanation about uttam, madhyam and
adham devotees. If you tell somebody something and then they do it,
that is called madhyam..."
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His Things For
His Service
"For the service of the Lord you can do everything. Krishna bail to you. If
you use His property for yourself, a reaction will come, but if you use His
property and His things for your Gurudev, for Krishna, the Lord, then no
reaction comes."
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29 November 2010
Cherishing Service (1)
"When you do service, some kind of sorrow, sadness, some kind of
problems will come—that is our happiness. So much pleasure also comes through
service: when we engage ourselves in chanting, dancing, playing, with
sankirtan, that brings even much happiness."
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Cherishing Service (2)
"It is the highest place of service, but he said he would not go there
because it was too cold.... But when Mahaprabhu told Sanatan Goswami and Rupa
Goswami to go to Govardhan, Vrindavan, they did not say like this..."
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Healthy Service Mood
"We must go to do service thinking, 'I do not have any qualification to stay
here. Prabhu, please give me some qualification—I am a fallen soul, please
give me some mercy so that I can stay there and serve you.'"
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Lord's Care for Devotees
"The Lord is always ready for the protection of His devotees—He can never
tolerate harassment and chastisement of His devotees. Mahaprabhu said it
also, 'If you disrespect a devotee, the Lord Himself cannot tolerate
that.'"
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Practise Kirtans
"Stay here and serve here, get some training. You must come to the class, to
the sankirtan. Everybody must go for sankirtan every evening,
then go to take prasadam—I will be very happy. Why waste our
time?"
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5 December 2010
Open Your Eyes
What are you doing with your life? Who are your true family and
well-wishers? How to get connection with the Lord? There is an
unparalleled gift from the Lord and His associates right in front
you...
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6 December 2010
Disentangled
"It is not easy, but we have got this chance, and we must use the
opportunity. Illusory environment is very strong, so if we do not practise
properly, if we do not serve properly, any time we can lose our mind and
leave this line."
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Entering Service Life
"I think that you are a sincere seeker, Gurudev and Krishna sent you here
through a good great devotee, and I am here to serve you. That is my duty.
Gurudev gave me this duty to serve you..."
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11 December 2010 (1)
Involve with Resolve
"We are suffering so much, getting too much unhappiness—the solution is
in good association and worship of the Lord in the association of a good
devotee. If you surrender fully, if you actually want some good association,
want a bona fide Guru, then your chaitya guru will take you to the
mahanta guru."
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Lacking Strength
or Lacking Effort?
"We must understand how many hours of our time we waste—spend on
ourselves, on our own enjoyment—and how many hours we spend on
practising. We have come here for service—we have not come for
enjoyment. This is our promise."
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No Shortcuts
"If you think you can conquer illusory environment, can conquer your ego and
everything else, it is not possible. These are Gurudev's words. He said it is
only possible through sravanam, kirtanam—through practising. Not
in any other way."
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11 December 2010 (2)
Practise What You Preach
"A lady had a little grandson who ate too much molasses and nobody could stop
him—he did not listen to anybody. Somebody advised the lady, 'Take the
boy to Hazrad Muhammad. He is a big personality and if he tells him he will
listen.'"
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Bad Habit vs Sincere Heart
"You may have a very bad habit, but if you practise, everything will be
removed. 'I will practise, I will follow the scripture, I will follow
Gurudev's word'—this kind of mood must be there."
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Be Clear, Not Clever
"You must remember that the instruction comes from above. If Krishna says,
'Give Me a laddu,' then give Him a laddu, it is not necessary to think about
a samosa. If Gurudev says, 'Use white,' why will I go to see any
other colour?"
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Get 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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Samsara: False
and Worthless
"When we die, we will have to leave everything, and where will we go then?
Wherever we go, we will again have to take birth, again have to die." What is
the solution?
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Distributors of Mercy
"Today is the appearance day of Nitai Gaurachandra in Puri. Actually, you
know that Deities always come through devotees—the Lord takes the hand
of His devotee and comes in the form of a Deity..."
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12 December 2010, morning
Vaishnavs' Wealth and
Glory
"'Singing the glories of the Vaishnavs rescues and protects the jiva
soul. I heard this from the mouth of sadhus and my Guru.' If we give
some honour, give some glorification to the Vaishnavs, it is actually for
our benefit, for our spiritual life."
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Clearing the Obstacles
"Depend upon Me. How you will come out of that illusory environment is not
your business, it is not for you to think about. If you follow what I am
telling you, then when the time comes Krishna will show you how to come."
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Simple. Sincere.
Sufficient.
Prabhupad also said, "Do not read so many books, and do not practise so many
things." Simple books are sufficient. You can recite, sing, and memorise
daily songs, and practise every day.
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12 December 2010
The Wealth of Heart
"We must always keep the advice that our Guru gives us in our heart. It is
necessary to do it otherwise we cannot proceed... Some obstacles can
come—not only can come, they will definitely come—but we must
proceed even with obstacles."
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Tolerance vs. Chastity
"When you have that kind of love and affection to your Guru, Deity, and
Vaishnavs, at that time there are no rules and regulations. Humility,
tolerance, giving honour to others is the rule, but when you see there is
some problem, it is not the time for tolerance."
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14 December 2010 (1)
Power of the Holy Name:
Nothing Else
"'If you have any love and affection for Me, then only say "Krishna".'
Without Krishna Nam, there is nothing else in this age of Kali. All
inauspiciousness will be removed through chanting."
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Power of the Holy Name:
Love Is the Weapon
"You promised that in this age You would give love and affection to the
conditioned souls. In this age of Kali, there are no weapons. Mridanga,
kartal, love, and affection are the weapons—not shouting, beating, or
killing."
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Power
of the Holy Name: Abode of Sweetness
"If you chant this Name of Krishna so many times but still there is no love,
there are no tears streaming from your eyes, then as I understand there are
too many offences and the seed of Krishna's Name does not sprout."
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Matchless Mercy, Matchless
Misfortune
"Can you see anybody as kind as Nityananda Prabhu, as kind as Gurudev? If you
hear Nityananda Prabhu's glorification, tears will come automatically, stone
will be melted, but our heart is so hard—nothing happens, nothing changes in
us."
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14 December 2010 (2)
The Power of
Surrender
"If Krishna protects you, no one can destroy you. Krishna says, 'If you
think for Me, I will think for you.' You think that your children and
other people will look after you, but no, it is not so."
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Make Krishna Your
Friend
"It is necessary to have desire to get it. Krishna Himself said, 'If you
have desire, one day mercy will come.' If you make one step to Krishna,
Krishna will make ten steps to you."
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15 December 2010
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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Perils of Karma
"You can see many people chanting, professional kirtan singers chant
Hare Krishna for two-three hours with a harmonium, but it gives no benefit to
anybody. Why? Ten thousand people listen to their chanting, but not even one
person will come to this line. Why?"
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How Can Vyasa Not Know?
"Of course it can be. You may write something or do something but it is
coming from The Lord—He is writing, He is doing everything. Devotees are
always humble, they feel, 'We do not know anything, but Krishna is giving
some power.'"
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17 December 2010
Remembering Sri
Vrindavan
"'Radha-padankita dhama, Vrndavana yara nama.' You must always do
Vrindavan parikrama with your head. Not with your legs, but with your
head. We are joking about it, but actually you must remember in your mind,
'Oh, I am walking here with my head.'"
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18 December 2010
A Sadhu's
Character
"A sadhu should be humble, tolerant, and give honour to others." Two
graphic stories that illustrate the extent of tolerance of a sadhu.
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Sri Guru's Protection: Sincere Surrender
& Impaled by Illusion
An extensive story that illustrates the extent to which a Guru goes to
protect his surrendered disciple: "If a servant somehow falls down and
goes to some other place, glorious is the master who grabs him and brings
him back by his hair."
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19 December 2010
Proper Detachment
"'Do not show your false renunciation to people. Serve accepting material
things, but without attachment'—it is about emotion and devotion. Here
it is said, 'Practise! Always practise,' and Das Goswami, Sanatana Goswami
practised so much."
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Poison-Free Service
"You do Vaishnav seva and become proud, 'I am spending money', 'I am
doing this', 'I am doing that'—this kind of mentality can come, but our
mood should be, 'I am not doing anything', 'I cannot do anything.'"
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Sanatan Goswami's Madan
Mohan
"Many years ago Vrindavan was all forest, a jungle, so Sanatan Goswami would
every day go begging to Mathura. Once, he went to a house where there lived a
husband and a wife who had been married for twelve-fourteen years but did not
have any children..."
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20 December 2010
Mahaprabhu's
Pastimes
Srila B.N. Acharya Maharaj is briefly speaking on some of the Pastimes of
Sriman Mahaprabhu: eating soil, playing with soot, relationship with
Gadadhar Pandit, Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya, and Ramachandra Puri.
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Morning Practice
"How many hours are necessary? Wake up early in the morning, practise, and
then go to your work. But everything is impossible for those who do not do
anything."
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20 December 2010
Keeping Current Clean
"Through sraddha comes good association, sadhu-sanga. What
happens during sadhu-sanga? Sravanam, kirtanam. There are many
kinds of katha in this world, but what you listen to from a
sadhu, is called sravan-kirtan."
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21 December 2010
Gurudev's Vyasa Puja Is Coming
"Gurudev's lila is going on, but only the fortunate souls can see it, that
is why we must engage everybody in service on his appearance day. Whatever
capacity we have—in kaya, mana, vakya, body, mind, and
speech—we must serve his appearance day, his birth day."
23 December 2010
Sri Guru's Order
"Wherever you live, you can practise your spiritual life. The main thing is
to follow the order of your Guru. When you receive an order from Gurudev,
that becomes your duty. Our Rupanuga-sampradaya Guru, he came from the
transcendental abode, but when he was here we could not understand
that..."
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24 December 2010
Passed or Failed?
"When you join the temple who will give you a certificate? You must make your
certificate yourself. You can easily understand yourself whether you pass or
fail. Examine yourself, 'Is the taste for Hari-katha, Krishna-katha coming to
me or do I think more about other things?'"
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Sailing or Treading
Water?
"You say, 'Oh, I have no time,' but you have time for other things. It is
necessary to practise. Gurudev said that wherever you are staying you must
proceed with your spiritual life. We forget what Gurudev taught us, but where
does that take us in the end?"
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Habit Is Second Nature
"It is necessary to practise regularly, to make it your habit. Wake up early
in the morning, do mangal arati, chant kirtans. Practising life
is a beautiful life. If you can practise in this way in your house in the
morning, you will get energy. Otherwise this life is nothing."
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Vaishnavs' Mercy Is Our
Refuge
"Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj kept Gurudev, kept all the devotees here
to serve this Math, and this is our only hope and refuge. The mercy of
Vaishnavs is our blessing, this is our hope and prayer. We must always
remember and think about this."
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Practice Secures Your
Life
"Always chant the Name of Krishna, chant kirtans, and you will see
that you yourself will get energy and you will be able to stay in this line
all your life until death. If you want to stay in this line, you must
practise."
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25 December 2010
Srila Prabhupad's Glory (1)
"Acharya-vandana: If you can realise the meaning this song, you can
get all glorification of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur.
Sujanarvuda-radhita-pada-yugam: We sing it but we do not realise its
meaning because if we realised its meaning, we would get taste singing it. We
must sing it every day and be conscious of it."
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Irreparable Loss
"We can pray, 'Wherever you are staying now, please shower your mercy upon us
so we can be servants of the servants of your lotus feet, and so that we may
not leave this line of devotion. Please, do not reject me. You can make me
your foot dust...'"
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Srila Prabhupad's Glory
(2)
"Mahaprabhu predicted this, and Prabhupad fulfilled it through Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, Srila
Gurudev. Now, in every village, all day, all night there is Hari-katha and
kirtan going on."
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Guru Consciousness, Service
Consciousness
"If Maya Devi gives us her mercy and removes this illusory net, then we will
be able to see the transcendental dham. You must go to a good doctor,
otherwise you need an operation on your left leg and if you go to a wrong
doctor, he will operate your right leg."
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25 December 2010
Stay Awake
"The intelligent people always avoid bad association and always keep good
association. Through the association of the sadhus, what is
unfavourable to devotion, all desires that bind you, everything will finish.
At the same time, do you know what Maya Devi says?..."
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Chanting or
Cheating Yourself?
"The Holy Name will never come in bad association, only the letters, some
Namabhas can come, but the transcendental Name does not come in this way. If
the transcendental Name comes even once in your life, then you can see the
transcendental vibration everywhere..."
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Know and Practise
"It is necessary to read the books, to know what is written in them and to
practise that—it is necessary to study, otherwise you will not get anything.
If you do not read, you can chant the kirtans, you must listen to
Hari-katha."
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Pursue Spiritual
Education
"What is mundane education? If you try to get so much mundane education, it
is all illusory environment—it creates bondage to spiritual benefit and it
makes a gadha (a donkey) out of the jiva. Then you must
understand that spiritual knowledge is necessary."
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26 December 2010
Intolerable
Two stories that illustrate Mahaprabhu's character and His unappreciation
of anybody showing disrespect towards His devotees.
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27 December 2010
Concluding Pastimes
His Divine Grace Om Vishnupad Srila Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj is
requested to speak on the concluding poetry composition found in Srila Bhakti
Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupad's purport to Sri
Chaitanya-charitamrita, that Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj
recited at the programme following the disappearance day of Srila Saraswati
Thakur Prabhupad in 1937.
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30 December 2010
Nityananda Prabhu's Land
and Mercy
"Nityananda Prabhu's place is a very nice place, I like it very much and do
not want to go from there. Go corner to corner, invite everybody, 'Please
come to Gaura Purnima, please come to the festival at Nityananda Prabhu's
birthplace.'"
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31 December 2010
Austerity in Service
"You think in your service everything will go smoothly, but it is
impossible—everything cannot go smoothly. Krishna will test you,
will examine you: how much tolerance do you have? How much love and
affection do you have for the Lord and for your Guru?"
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Sri Hari-Vasare
"Hari-vasar activities are like this. Every day when the
sankirtan started, Mahaprabhu started to dance. They would start at
Srivas Pandit's angan early in the morning and first sing the 'Gopala
Govinda' song..."
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One More Year Passed
As one more years draws to its end, His Divine Grace Srila B.N. Acharya
Maharaj muses on the value and meaning of life, quoting several Vaishnav
songs: "Life is shaky—it is here now, and then it is gone. Serve the
Lord's feet!"
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'His long, supple, golden form crushes the pride of golden lotus stems. His moon-like feet are worshipped by millions of Cupids. Eternally I offer my obeisance to them.'